The Mellotron Group

I have most of the Nice albums, not including the re-released "greatest
hits" stuff.  I got into them because I was such a fan of ELP first and
I wanted to explore the bands that led up to ELP.  For me, much of the
music was difficult.  Seems like you had endure a lot  of  Hammond
bashing and reverb tank boinking noise before the good stuff.  However,
the album artwork was very cool, particularly Five Bridges and Elegy.  I
think these were early offerings by Hypnosis.

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From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Dale
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 3:25 AM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Steinberger bass


  

Yes - Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon.
 
 
I used to go on road trips with a couple of friends, and one of them
loved this song, and the other hated it. 
 
When they'd have a disagreement, the one who loved it played it
endlessly for the one who hated it. 
 
Needless to say, they weren't together for very long.
 
Girls especially don't like that song for some reason. 
 
About the Mellotron - it does sound like real brass in most parts.
 
And Mike is right - the song is awful, but I attribute that to Lee
Jackson and Brain Davison singing out of tune on it.
 
 
 
 


 
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com
<mailto:mike.dickson@gmail.com> > wrote:


	  

	I've read someplace that he 'didn't believe in stealing other
people's music from them' which is what he thought the Mellotron did.
Considering that he appropriated (and desecrated) so much by Copland,
Ives, etc etc that seems to be a fairly wild thing for even *him* to
say.
	
	He used one once though on a Nice record. Can't remember the
title; something about 'apples' and 'the moon'. Bloody awful, as you may
expect. 


	william Beith wrote: 

		  
		One queston I never asked Emerson when I interviewed him
for a magazine- Why did he never use a mellotron?
		 
		Anyone know if he ever answered this?