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cstack3 
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 Posted: February 24 2010 at 00:30 |
Great site, lots of lists & reminders (I forgot "Life Auction" by Strawbs)
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Hanke666
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Posted: February 24 2010 at 09:47 |
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When it comes in in Cirkus by KIng Crimson. Or the Starless intro. Or after the solo part when the main theme comes in again.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: February 24 2010 at 10:23 |
Hard to say:
- The sad nostagic ending of Entangled.
- The sad nostalgic ending of The King in the Castle by Pendragon (Extremely similar to Entangled)
- Anglagard Kung Bore
- Opening oif Watcherof the Skies
- Fountain of Salmacis
- Rick Wakeman Catherine Howard
- Museo Rosenback's Zarathustra
- Spectral Mornings by Steve Hackett
- Children of the Sun by Magenta
- Mithrandir by Glass Hammer
Iván
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Floydman
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Posted: February 24 2010 at 10:51 |
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Watcher Of The Skies
Fountain Of Salmacis
Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats (The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway-The best mixed choir I've ever hear on the tron).
To Our Children's Children's Children-The Moody Blues-(I think it's Mike Pinder's Mellotron masterpiece moment. The whole album seems to float on air with his mellotron).
Tales From Topographic Oceans-Yes
There's many more I can name, but these are my top five.
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I have to give the Beatles some respect on this one they basically put the mellotron on the map with "Strawberry Fields Forever" with it's trippy sounding mellotron backwards?. I also like the Rolling Stones "2,000 Light Years From Home".
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cstack3
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Posted: February 24 2010 at 10:56 |
The Mellotron that Wakeman used in "Siberian Khatru" is impressive use of the Mellotron "brass" instrument samples. I think "Cirkus" used the same horn samples. Pretty jarring!
Interesting that Keith Emerson never appeared to embrace Mellotron....I have no idea why not.
I sure miss the damn Mellotron, it used to be fun to scan the stage for the big, white box back in the day! (when you could see the stage at all due to the pot smoke).
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cstack3
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Posted: February 24 2010 at 10:59 |
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I have to give the Beatles some respect on this one they basically put the mellotron on the map with "Strawberry Fields Forever" with it's trippy sounding mellotron backwards?. I also like the Rolling Stones "2,000 Light Years From Home". [/QUOTE]
Nice! Mike Pinder of the Moodies says he introduced the Beatles to the Mellotron, I believe him.
Neat YouTube clip of Pinder playing with modern Mellotron samples on synth
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WalterDigsTunes
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Posted: February 24 2010 at 11:03 |
cstack3 wrote:
The Mellotron that Wakeman used in "Siberian Khatru" is impressive use of the Mellotron "brass" instrument samples. I think "Cirkus" used the same horn samples. Pretty jarring!
Interesting that Keith Emerson never appeared to embrace Mellotron....I have no idea why not.
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Wasn't it Emerson who said the Mellotron "put orchestras out of work"?
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cstack3
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Posted: February 24 2010 at 13:45 |
WalterDigsTunes wrote:
cstack3 wrote:
The Mellotron that Wakeman used in "Siberian Khatru" is impressive use of the Mellotron "brass" instrument samples. I think "Cirkus" used the same horn samples. Pretty jarring!
Interesting that Keith Emerson never appeared to embrace Mellotron....I have no idea why not.
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Wasn't it Emerson who said the Mellotron "put orchestras out of work"?
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ha ha ha!! Actually, it was the cost of the orchestra on their "Works" tour that put ELP out of business!! --- Despite mixed reviews (as always), Works Vol. I
sold in its millions and reached the top ten in the US. With delusions
well beyond grandeur fuelled by healthy album sales, the band undertook
its most ambitious project to date; a grand-scale world tour, with
nothing less than a 52-piece orchestra in tow (conducted by Godfrey
Salmon, after Leonard Berstein allegedly had a fit during auditions). While an artistic and (surprisingly) critical success, including a
memorable gig at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, the enormous costs of
keeping the behemoth operation on the road made the tour into a
financial disaster for the band and the orchestra was dropped from the
rest of the tour schedule after only a few weeks. -------- ...shoulda packed a few 'trons instead!!
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himtroy
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Posted: February 24 2010 at 14:33 |
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The Mellotron....I have to bring up Mike Pinder as he is, in my mind, the main man of the Mellotron. Theres some amazing Mellotron work on all of the good seven Moody Blues albums(Days of Future Passed-Seventh Sojourn). Especially songs like When You're a Free Man (Seventh Sojourn), and all over In Search of the Lost Chord.
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richardh
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Posted: February 26 2010 at 16:35 |
cstack3 wrote:
WalterDigsTunes wrote:
cstack3 wrote:
The Mellotron that Wakeman used in "Siberian Khatru" is impressive use of the Mellotron "brass" instrument samples. I think "Cirkus" used the same horn samples. Pretty jarring!
Interesting that Keith Emerson never appeared to embrace Mellotron....I have no idea why not.
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Wasn't it Emerson who said the Mellotron "put orchestras out of work"?
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ha ha ha!! Actually, it was the cost of the orchestra on their "Works" tour that put ELP out of business!!
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Despite mixed reviews (as always), Works Vol. I sold in its millions and reached the top ten in the US. With delusions well beyond grandeur fuelled by healthy album sales, the band undertook its most ambitious project to date; a grand-scale world tour, with nothing less than a 52-piece orchestra in tow (conducted by Godfrey Salmon, after Leonard Berstein allegedly had a fit during auditions).
While an artistic and (surprisingly) critical success, including a memorable gig at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, the enormous costs of keeping the behemoth operation on the road made the tour into a financial disaster for the band and the orchestra was dropped from the rest of the tour schedule after only a few weeks.
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...shoulda packed a few 'trons instead!!
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ELP did use a Mellotron in 1972 when they tried playing Abaddons Bolero live although it was used by Greg Lake and not Emerson.They gave up after a few shows because it kept breaking down.
Eventually they got to play Abaddons Bolero properly on the orchestral tour that you mention.AB was originally scored for orchestra by John Mayer who was the then leader of the London Philharmonic. (sorry useless trivia overload  )
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cstack3
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Posted: February 26 2010 at 21:58 |
richardh wrote:
cstack3 wrote:
WalterDigsTunes wrote:
cstack3 wrote:
The Mellotron that Wakeman used in "Siberian Khatru" is impressive use of the Mellotron "brass" instrument samples. I think "Cirkus" used the same horn samples. Pretty jarring!
Interesting that Keith Emerson never appeared to embrace Mellotron....I have no idea why not.
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Wasn't it Emerson who said the Mellotron "put orchestras out of work"?
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ha ha ha!! Actually, it was the cost of the orchestra on their "Works" tour that put ELP out of business!!
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Despite mixed reviews (as always), Works Vol. I sold in its millions and reached the top ten in the US. With delusions well beyond grandeur fuelled by healthy album sales, the band undertook its most ambitious project to date; a grand-scale world tour, with nothing less than a 52-piece orchestra in tow (conducted by Godfrey Salmon, after Leonard Berstein allegedly had a fit during auditions).
While an artistic and (surprisingly) critical success, including a memorable gig at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, the enormous costs of keeping the behemoth operation on the road made the tour into a financial disaster for the band and the orchestra was dropped from the rest of the tour schedule after only a few weeks.
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...shoulda packed a few 'trons instead!!
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ELP did use a Mellotron in 1972 when they tried playing Abaddons Bolero live although it was used by Greg Lake and not Emerson.They gave up after a few shows because it kept breaking down.
Eventually they got to play Abaddons Bolero properly on the orchestral tour that you mention.AB was originally scored for orchestra by John Mayer who was the then leader of the London Philharmonic. (sorry useless trivia overload ) |
That's alright, good stuff!
Mellotrons don't like to be stabbed with knives, rocked violently onstage & other Emerson-like antics. I'm sure Emerson didn't have much use for the things, they are as delicate as eggs.
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Posted: February 28 2010 at 10:48 |
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yeah.. I thought I saw this thread the other day.
Listening to Salisbury... just remebered a favorite Mellotron 'moment' of mine.
Lady in Black... love how they use the 'tron in that one. Doesn't hurt it is simply a tasty fruit topping on an already great song.
Edited by micky - February 28 2010 at 10:49
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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richardh
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Posted: March 02 2010 at 15:36 |
cstack3 wrote:
richardh wrote:
cstack3 wrote:
WalterDigsTunes wrote:
cstack3 wrote:
The Mellotron that Wakeman used in "Siberian Khatru" is impressive use of the Mellotron "brass" instrument samples. I think "Cirkus" used the same horn samples. Pretty jarring!
Interesting that Keith Emerson never appeared to embrace Mellotron....I have no idea why not.
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Wasn't it Emerson who said the Mellotron "put orchestras out of work"?
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ha ha ha!! Actually, it was the cost of the orchestra on their "Works" tour that put ELP out of business!!
---
Despite mixed reviews (as always), Works Vol. I sold in its millions and reached the top ten in the US. With delusions well beyond grandeur fuelled by healthy album sales, the band undertook its most ambitious project to date; a grand-scale world tour, with nothing less than a 52-piece orchestra in tow (conducted by Godfrey Salmon, after Leonard Berstein allegedly had a fit during auditions).
While an artistic and (surprisingly) critical success, including a memorable gig at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, the enormous costs of keeping the behemoth operation on the road made the tour into a financial disaster for the band and the orchestra was dropped from the rest of the tour schedule after only a few weeks.
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...shoulda packed a few 'trons instead!!
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ELP did use a Mellotron in 1972 when they tried playing Abaddons Bolero live although it was used by Greg Lake and not Emerson.They gave up after a few shows because it kept breaking down.
Eventually they got to play Abaddons Bolero properly on the orchestral tour that you mention.AB was originally scored for orchestra by John Mayer who was the then leader of the London Philharmonic. (sorry useless trivia overload ) |
That's alright, good stuff!
Mellotrons don't like to be stabbed with knives, rocked violently onstage & other Emerson-like antics. I'm sure Emerson didn't have much use for the things, they are as delicate as eggs. |
Very true .Emerson also had access to all the latest synths being developed by Robert Moog at the time so the Mellotron would likely have seemed a bit one dimensional on a musical level compared to all the exciting shiny new things that Moog was bringing out.
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pierreolivier
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Posted: March 02 2010 at 16:32 |
richardh wrote:
cstack3 wrote:
richardh wrote:
cstack3 wrote:
WalterDigsTunes wrote:
cstack3 wrote:
The Mellotron that Wakeman used in "Siberian Khatru" is impressive use of the Mellotron "brass" instrument samples. I think "Cirkus" used the same horn samples. Pretty jarring!
Interesting that Keith Emerson never appeared to embrace Mellotron....I have no idea why not.
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Wasn't it Emerson who said the Mellotron "put orchestras out of work"?
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ha ha ha!! Actually, it was the cost of the orchestra on their "Works" tour that put ELP out of business!!
---
Despite mixed reviews (as always), Works Vol. I sold in its millions and reached the top ten in the US. With delusions well beyond grandeur fuelled by healthy album sales, the band undertook its most ambitious project to date; a grand-scale world tour, with nothing less than a 52-piece orchestra in tow (conducted by Godfrey Salmon, after Leonard Berstein allegedly had a fit during auditions).
While an artistic and (surprisingly) critical success, including a memorable gig at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, the enormous costs of keeping the behemoth operation on the road made the tour into a financial disaster for the band and the orchestra was dropped from the rest of the tour schedule after only a few weeks.
--------
...shoulda packed a few 'trons instead!!
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ELP did use a Mellotron in 1972 when they tried playing Abaddons Bolero live although it was used by Greg Lake and not Emerson.They gave up after a few shows because it kept breaking down.
Eventually they got to play Abaddons Bolero properly on the orchestral tour that you mention.AB was originally scored for orchestra by John Mayer who was the then leader of the London Philharmonic. (sorry useless trivia overload ) |
That's alright, good stuff!
Mellotrons don't like to be stabbed with knives, rocked violently onstage & other Emerson-like antics. I'm sure Emerson didn't have much use for the things, they are as delicate as eggs. |
Very true .Emerson also had access to all the latest synths being developed by Robert Moog at the time so the Mellotron would likely have seemed a bit one dimensional on a musical level compared to all the exciting shiny new things that Moog was bringing out. |
Moogs synthesizers and Mellotrons are two different things. You can't duplicate the sounds of Mellotron with a Moog synthesizers. 
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Posted: March 03 2010 at 03:59 |
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Supper's Ready and Starless
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Posted: March 03 2010 at 04:27 |
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My favorites:
1. Genesis - Watcher Of The Skies (Genesis Live version)
2. King Crimson: opening of "In The Court Of The Crimson King"
3. King Crimson on In The Wake Of Poseidon
4. IQ - "Widows Peak"
5. King Crimson: opening chords of "Starless"
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