The Mellotron Group

For those of you who know where this madrigal is from and what it is, 
I'm sorry.

Shaky playing all over and some ropey starts to some notes etc. 
Nevertheless, interesting to hear what may have been had you-know-who 
had access to a Birotron. :-)

Enjoy.

http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/private/Our%20Prayer.mp3

-- 
Mike Dickson, Edinburgh

Free Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/ 
Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson                  
Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson
Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson   
Or http://www.myspace.com/mellotronworks

Hell, he sure wasn't the best Mellotron player I ever saw, but he and his  
brothers (and cousin and friend) sure could sing. 
 
Thanks Mike! Nice rendition. What was the inspiration for this  undertaking?
 
I guess I need to make a new video now. 
 
Frank
 
 
In a message dated 4/12/2010 5:54:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mike.dickson@gmail.com writes:

 
 
 
For those of you who know where this madrigal is from and what it is,  
I'm sorry.

Shaky playing all over and some ropey starts to some  notes etc. 
Nevertheless, interesting to hear what may have been had  you-know-who 
had access to a Birotron. :-)

Enjoy.

_http://www.mikedickhttp://www.http://www.mhttp://wwhtt_ 
(http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/private/Our%20Prayer.mp3) 

--  
Mike Dickson, Edinburgh

Free Music Project: _http://www.mikedickhttp://www._ 
(http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/)   
Or _http://www.last.http://wwhttp://www.l_ 
(http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson)   
Or _http://soundcloud.http://soundclo_ (http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson) 
Or  _http://www.planetmehttp://www.phttp://wwwhttp://www._ 
(http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson)   
Or _http://www.myspace.http://www.myspaht_ 
(http://www.myspace.com/mellotronworks)

\ufffd

I can see it now. A whole album of Beach Boys done on the Mellotron, Birotron and Chamberain.

lsf5275@aol.com wrote:

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> Thanks Mike! Nice rendition. What was the inspiration for this 
> undertaking?
>

Not really sure. I was playing the 6 hours+ I have of 1966/67 'SMiLE' 
tapes recently and was struck by how blisteringly original so much of it 
was, and just how in control of the proceedings BW actually was at the 
time.  I'm assured by those 'in the know' (it's a long story about how I 
know them) that he only /really /went off the rails in the early 1970s 
but that until that point he merely lacked focus, having had so many 
musically interesting doors shut in his face. (A lot of the bad 
treatment meted out to him was, it appears, either meant for the best or 
his own fault)

The first time I heard OP I was immediately taken by how much it sounded 
like something Byrd could have written 300 years before. Some people 
speak of a continuum with Gershwin, Ives, Carmichael, Porter, Webb, 
Bacharach leading up to BW. I'm not sure that's very far off the mark.

Mike,
Nice job.I don't know why but I was actually surprised at how many knew 
the tune.
Pete

Mike Dickson wrote:

> For those of you who know where this madrigal is from and what it is, 
> I'm sorry.
>
> Shaky playing all over and some ropey starts to some notes etc. 
> Nevertheless, interesting to hear what may have been had you-know-who 
> had access to a Birotron. :-)
>
> Enjoy.
>
> http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/private/Our%20Prayer.mp3
>
>

On Apr 12, 2010, at 5:54 PM, Mike Dickson wrote:

> For those of you who know where this madrigal is from and what it is, 
> I'm sorry.
> 
> Shaky playing all over and some ropey starts to some notes etc. 
> Nevertheless, interesting to hear what may have been had you-know-who 
> had access to a Birotron. :-)
> 
> Enjoy.
> 

I didn't have a chance to hear it until this morning. Nice moving parts underneath.

Why don't you polish it up? It's a fine arrangement.

Rick

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Rick Blechta <rick@...> wrote:
>
> I didn't have a chance to hear it until this morning. Nice moving parts underneath.

Mike apparently has a lot of moving parts underneath. We're just not quite sure what they are.

Jim Bailey

Chris,
 
I notice on your myspace site that you have a Digeridoo. Perhaps you could  
record a set of tapes for the Mellotron. That would be something, ehh? 
Dooooooooo. Doooooooo.  Doooooooo. Doooooooo.   
____________________________________

 From: unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com
Reply-to:  newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
To:  newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 4/13/2010 10:11:21 A.M. Eastern  Daylight Time
Subj: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Our Prayer




In a message dated 4/13/2010 10:11:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com writes:

 
 
 
Geez what a coincidence you said this.
 
It's not Beach Boys but I recorded a demo last year with  pitchy falsetto 
vocals and only:
 
Optigan 
Orchestron 
Mellotron 
Chamberlin 
Birotron 
 
It's done with all original instruments (no samples) on a  portastudio 
cassette recorder.   
 
 
It's a very rough draft, nowhere near as good as I'd like  - part of a 
larger unfinished work.
 
But I'm told it's (rather sadly) the only time all of them have  appeared 
alongside each other in a single recording.
 
 
So I've reluctantly posted it to MySpace. 
 
_http://www.myspace.http://www.myspahttp://www._ 
(http://www.myspace.com/chrisdalemellotronmusic) 


On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Daniel Swanson <_tspit74@comcast.tsp_ 
(mailto:tspit74@comcast.net) >  wrote:  
 
 
 
 
can see it now. A whole album of Beach Boys done on the Mellotron,  
Birotron and Chamberain.  


"Eat a lot, drink a lot, brush 'em like crazy..."  

.

Mike,
Nice job.I don't know why but I was actually surprised at how many knew
the tune.

On Apr 12, 2010, at 5:54 PM, Mike Dickson wrote:

For those of you who know where this madrigal is from and what it is,
I'm sorry.

Shaky playing all over and some ropey starts to some notes etc.
Nevertheless, interesting to hear what may have been had you-know-who
had access to a Birotron. :-)

Enjoy.

I didn't have a chance to hear it until this morning. Nice moving parts underneath.

Why don't you polish it up? It's a fine arrangement.

Mike,
Nice picture.Hold onto it!
Pete

Mike Dickson wrote:

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> marabus wrote:
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>>  
>>
>> Mike,
>> Nice job.I don't know why but I was actually surprised at how many knew
>> the tune.
>>
>
> Thanks. I suppose I am too, but that may be mostly because enjoyment 
> of that entire canon was such a hidden pleasure for so many. There is 
> a even type of fan out there who bemoans the official release as it 
> has made their 'inside knowledge' into something more public. A pretty 
> daft attitude, I may say.
>
> Incidentally:
>
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3157786/smile_slick.jpg
>
> This is print slick from the 1967 run that was going to be the 
> album...but never was. It's signed by Frank Holmes, the artist and was 
> given to me a few years ago in payment for a favour or two I did for 
> people connected to the band. I've been offered substantial sums for 
> it, but it's going nowhere. Incidentally, Frank Holmes only got to see 
> the live version of 'Smile' because he was working as an usher at the 
> theatre where they were playing.
>
> Mike
>
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>  
> ,_._,___