The Mellotron Group

What about playing it on the noble Flugelhorn? 
 
 
In a message dated 10/17/2009 3:25:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mike.dickson@gmail.com writes:

 
 
 
...and Schizoid Man on the tuba.

_http://www.mikedickhttp://www.http://www.mikedhttp://www.mhtt_ 
(http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/private/Schizoid%20Reworked.mp3) 

markpringnz  wrote:  
 
That is brilliant Mike even better than NIWS!

--- In _newmellotrongroup@newmellotronnew_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) , Mike Dickson  <mike.dickson@mik> wrote:
>
> _http://www.mikedickhttp://www.http://www.mikedhttp://wwhtt_ 
(http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/private/Epitaph-Reworked.mp3) 
>  
> markpringnz wrote:
> > 
> >
> >  Apparently in the 50th anniversary edition the mellotron will be 
>  > replaced with a kazoo.
> >
> > --- In _newmellotrongroup@newmellotronnew_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com)  
> >  <_mailto:newmellotro_ (mailto:newmellotro) 
<WBR>ngroup%40ya<WBR>ngr><WBR>,  Mike Dic
> > <mike.dickson@> wrote:
> >  >
> > > This may sound like heresy....
> >  >
> > > Does anyone else have the new 40th anniversary  edition of 'In The 
Court
> > > of the Crimson King'? I do (as  you may expect) and believe it or not,
> > > what has been done  to it in terms of sonic quality is astounding. 
It's
> > > even  better than the 30th anniversary edition (which I thought was
> >  > outstanding) and comes with some really good extras too.
> >  >
> > > But.
> > >
> > > To me, the  biggie on this album was always 'Epitaph'. It was really 
> >  this
> > > track that showed me the way and pointed me at a  style of music I 
don't
> > > think anyone else in the genre has  come /close /to equalling. And it 
> > was
> > > always  the Mellotron that did it. Everything else in the track was
> >  > great, but the piercing shreik of the Mellotron propelled it from  
being
> > > a /fairly/ standard minor key tune into something  really magical.
> > >
> > > Which begs the question:  /what the shiny blue fuck has happened 
> > here? /I
> >  > was listening to the track again today having had a feeling of loss  
> > in a
> > > couple of previous listens, and have  suddenly found out where it was
> > > coming from. Or not. At  the close of the first chorus the Mellotron
> > > climbs to the  top E as well all know...and never gets there. The 
> > note  is
> > > /not there/. One note. Big deal, you may say, but it is  a /sublime
> > > /note. As Fripp himself has droned, you '/can  play any note they like
> > > provided it's the right one/'. And  this is the right one. It's sweet 
> > and
> > >  perfect and rounds off the chorus perfectly. So why is it omitted.  
It's
> > > even in tune!
> > >
> > >  Worse is to come. /That pitch bend. /My 14 year old jaw dropped on
>  > > hearing it for the first time. I think I destroyed my first copy  by
> > > dropping the needle onto at point again and again and  again. It is a
> > > fantastic, blood-curdling  hair-on-the- fantastic,  fantastic, 
blood-cu
> > > on  the 40th anniversary set it is /sludged out/. The crescendo 
> >  behind it
> > > absolutely overwhelms it to the extent that you  can hear the trick; 
one
> > > Mellotron plays a crescendo  climbing 'flat' to E-minor whilst the 
other
> > > one bends up  to it. Expert fading on the original ensured that the
> > >  /effect /was heard but that the squeak of strings ratcheted up like 
>  > that
> > > /was not/. It's a superb moment. And you can  barely hear it on the 
new
> > > release.
> >  >
> > > Has anyone else noticed this or any other weirdness/  It's the only 
> > track
> > > I have listened to in  such detail so far, which makes me a tad scared
> > > for the  rest now. Actually, I'm playing it now and the clarity of the
> >  > piece now makes it sound like Mike Giles banging on timpani in a  
> > studio,
> > > not the far-off and distant /sound  of doom /that I know so well. 
Maybe
> > > less is nore. Perhaps  Fripp has /tinkered beyond. /Perhaps I'll ask 
him.
> > >
>  > > Musical choices aside, the sound quality is to be heard and  
> > disbelieved.
> > > A friend with a good 5:1 system  says that 21CSM is like having the 
band
> > > play in your front  room. It's that good.
> > >
> > > --
> >  > Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
> > >
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>  > >
> >
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Mike  Dickson, Edinburgh
> 
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>




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