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White Noise

White Noise

2009-03-02 by ceccles_ca

Thank you Dan for letting us in on the secret about David Vorhaus,
Delia Ann Derbyshire and the Electric Storm LP.

Julian Cope's review of Electric Storm:
"It's one of those you'll never hear about it until someone lets you
in on the secret, and once you've been initiated, there is no return.
I guarantee once you hear this record you will never forget it."
http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/1143

Your Hidden Dreams - Visuals added to music by Accelerator:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtyyc6Hr4Lk&feature=related

RE: [newmellotrongroup] White Noise

2009-03-02 by Mark Wallis

Aha! I LOVE this record. Our drummer did me a copy a year ago or thereabouts, blank cd, no words or warnings. I listened to it for the first time on a train journey through open-backed Sennheiser headphones with lots of spillage and everybody in my vicinity looked VERY strangely at me during the 'orgy' sequence.. Brilliant record and hearing it for the first time was very trippy indeed.

I happen to have a massive crush on Delia Derbyshire in her prime. What a mind she had, what a sonic sensibility.

Nice hands too.


Love and Scones,

MSW


PS I've just got me an analog Roland GR300/G202 guitar synth rig. It's GORGEOUS! I now sound like Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy at the same time. Resonance and Cutoff knobs on the guitar too. Perfect!






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Re: [newmellotrongroup] White Noise

2009-03-02 by doctorwho8@aol.com

Well since this is releated to my main love, Doctor Who, here's some Delia love (and BBC Radiophonic love too).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDX_CS3NsTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKPGzX5kZd0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYUR5saA2I0

And the most famous child from her work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USijQAth1Tc
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Mark_ayres/DWTheme.htm
Bill "the Doctor" Rudloff

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I happen to have a massive crush on Delia Derbyshire in her prime. What a mind she had, what a sonic sensibility.

Nice hands too.



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Re: [newmellotrongroup] White Noise

2009-03-02 by Jon

T-series Hammond spinet?
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Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 12:16 PM
Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] White Noise

Aha! I LOVE this record. Our drummer did me a copy a year ago or thereabouts, blank cd, no words or warnings. I listened to it for the first time on a train journey through open-backed Sennheiser headphones with lots of spillage and everybody in my vicinity looked VERY strangely at me during the 'orgy' sequence.. Brilliant record and hearing it for the first time was very trippy indeed.


I happen to have a massive crush on Delia Derbyshire in her prime. What a mind she had, what a sonic sensibility.

Nice hands too.


Love and Scones,

MSW


PS I've just got me an analog Roland GR300/G202 guitar synth rig. It's GORGEOUS! I now sound like Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy at the same time. Resonance and Cutoff knobs on the guitar too. Perfect!






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RE: [newmellotrongroup] White Noise

2009-03-02 by Mark Wallis

Nah. Battered split M102 with full foldback.

To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
From: jonesalley@cox.net
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 13:19:48 -0600
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] White Noise


T-series Hammond spinet?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 12:16 PM
Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] White Noise

Aha! I LOVE this record. Our drummer did me a copy a year ago or thereabouts, blank cd, no words or warnings. I listened to it for the first time on a train journey through open-backed Sennheiser headphones with lots of spillage and everybody in my vicinity looked VERY strangely at me during the 'orgy' sequence.. Brilliant record and hearing it for the first time was very trippy indeed.

I happen to have a massive crush on Delia Derbyshire in her prime. What a mind she had, what a sonic sensibility.

Nice hands too.


Love and Scones,

MSW


PS I've just got me an analog Roland GR300/G202 guitar synth rig. It's GORGEOUS! I now sound like Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy at the same time. Resonance and Cutoff knobs on the guitar too. Perfect!






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Re: [newmellotrongroup] White Noise

2009-03-02 by tronbros@aol.com

The Doctor Who theme still puts tingles down my spine like it did the first time I heard it in November '63. What a tune. Ron Grainer was a great TV theme composer and deserves credit. He also wrote the fabulous Prisoner theme.
Best
M
Streetly Electronics - All Things Mellotronic
www.mellotronics.com
US Sales East: Jimmy Moore JMoore6397@aol.com
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Re: White Noise

2009-03-02 by Dan

Actually, it was Delia who did most of the tune, but got no credit...

Dan

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--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, tronbros@... wrote:
>
> The Doctor Who theme still puts tingles down my spine like it did
the first
> time I heard it in November '63. What a tune. Ron Grainer was a
great TV
> theme composer and deserves credit. He also wrote the fabulous
Prisoner theme.
>
> Best
>
> M
>
> Streetly Electronics - All Things Mellotronic
> _www.mellotronics.com_ (http://www.mellotronics.com/)
>
> US Sales East: Jimmy Moore_ JMoore6397@..._
> (http://JMoore6397@.../)
> US Sales West: Paul Cox_ pjc56@earthlink_ (mailto:pjc56@earthlink)
>

Re: [newmellotrongroup] White Noise

2009-03-02 by Mike Dickson

I have a recording of the theme from The Prisoner (which is called 'The
Age of Elegance') played by Grainger himself on a Baldwin electric
harpsichord. Very spooky stuff.

The Dr Who theme has (I think) suffered a lot over the years. The
original wobbled microtonally which gave it a fantastic 'swimming'
effect (not unlike that in the second half of 'Strawberry Fields') and
comprised timbres you were never entirely certain about. The tune is
masterful, but Delia's craft is what makes it so memorable. Of course
the BBC went and savaged it in the 1980s with truly /horrific /synthed
up versions (not to mention a series of shit stories, shit actors, shit
plots, shit sets and shit monsters) but redeemed themselves with the new
theme (circa Eccleston) which now seems to have been compressed and EQed
flat for some reason. Come to think of it, it's a bit like the way the
show has progressed recently. But no doubt they have their reasons. A
shit reason, no doubt.

Mike

tronbros@aol.com wrote:
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>
> The Doctor Who theme still puts tingles down my spine like it did the
> first time I heard it in November '63. What a tune. Ron Grainer was
> a great TV theme composer and deserves credit. He also wrote the
> fabulous Prisoner theme.
>
> Best
>
> M
>
> *Streetly Electronics - All Things Mellotronic
> www.mellotronics.com <http://www.mellotronics.com/>*
> US Sales East: Jimmy Moore JMoore6397@aol.com <http://JMoore6397@aol.com/>
> US Sales West: Paul Cox pjc56@earthlink <mailto:pjc56@earthlink>
>
>

Re: White Noise

2009-03-02 by Dan

Thanks for the link to the White Noise review, Clay. I gree with
reviewer 110%.

My 1st LP copy was American strangely and featured all these ears
arranged in neat rows across the front of the LP.

The UK version with the lightening bolt is way cool though....

Incredible stereo effects for 1969.

I swore the cello effect was tron for years until I read something on
David Vorhaus' web-site, explaining that it was all electronic.

Delia and Brian did the theme music for an early 1970's Brit horror
flick ('Haunted House'? 'The House on the Hill'?) and they did
BAFFLING choir sounds with their electronics.

It remains one of my favourite albums.

Dan

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "ceccles_ca"
<ecclesreinson@...> wrote:
>
> Thank you Dan for letting us in on the secret about David Vorhaus,
> Delia Ann Derbyshire and the Electric Storm LP.
>
> Julian Cope's review of Electric Storm:
> "It's one of those you'll never hear about it until someone lets you
> in on the secret, and once you've been initiated, there is no
return.
Show quoted textHide quoted text
> I guarantee once you hear this record you will never forget it."
> http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/1143
>
> Your Hidden Dreams - Visuals added to music by Accelerator:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtyyc6Hr4Lk&feature=related
>

Re: White Noise

2009-03-02 by Dan

Oh go on witcha! I bet you say that to all the Mellotronists!

Just send me an M4000... a small one will do...

Dan

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--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, tronbros@... wrote:
>
>
>
> Dan,
>
> Actually, it was Delia who did most of the tune, but got no
credit...
>
>
> I bow to your superior trousers.
>
> M
>
>
> Streetly Electronics - All Things Mellotronic
> _www.mellotronics.com_ (http://www.mellotronics.com/)
>
> US Sales East: Jimmy Moore_ JMoore6397@..._
> (http://JMoore6397@.../)
> US Sales West: Paul Cox_ pjc56@earthlink_ (mailto:pjc56@earthlink)
>