The Mellotron Group

Thanks Mike. Lizard still sounds great on vinyl and the 30th  
anniversary remasters, so that's what I'll stick with.

A friend of mine bought the new Red package. I haven't paid much  
attention to the music, but I've watched the video portion about 10  
times. Starless is awesome with Fripp's Mellotron and pianet painted  
black and Cross' painted white. Bruford is no slouch either, but I  
have to say that when Fripp says that Bill lacked subtlety and taste,  
he's absolutely right. Probably terrible to play with, but fun for us  
to listen to and watch.
On Oct 27, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Mike Dickson wrote:

> I've just played through the '40th Anniversary' remix of Lizard and  
> it seems to be more of the same. Weird mixing decisions. Odd stereo  
> placements. McCullochs (frankly) annoying snare stuck way too high  
> in the mix. But worst of all is what they do to the Mellotron. It's  
> fairly well established in Cirkus and has a prominent place in the  
> alternative version of Lady of the Dancing Water, but unfortunately  
> it's posted missing in my favourite bit in the album.
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> The coda to the god-awful Jon Anderson song features a colossal  
> Mellotron section that restates the melody from the verse,  
> culminating in a wonderful resolution to A which then drops to A  
> minor in entrance to the bolero. Oh dear. But it doesn't. The  
> harmonic complexities of this section are lost once we realise that  
> of the two Mellotronii recorded for this section, only one is on the  
> new recording. Consequently, it all sounds a bit thin and a bit anti- 
> climactic.
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> On the positive side, the clarity on the CD is breathtaking, but the  
> mixing decisions are weird in the extreme.
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> -- 
> Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
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> Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson
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