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Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

I am a huge Atomic Rooster fan since many years, I love the late Vince Crane his exciting Hammond organ solos and the powerful guitar, great Heavy Prog Thumbs%20Up I don't think the Mellotron would have matched with their sound, Mandrakeroot but it's a challenging thought!


But "Winter" or "Death Walks Behind You" with mellotron... Oh my God...  That shudders! 

Also I think that Hammond and Mellotron... But in my opinion is two extreme different instruments for use. The Mellotron is great for a band like Black Widow in Heavy Prog.
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Originally posted by Lady In Black Lady In Black wrote:

Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

I am a huge Atomic Rooster fan since many years, I love the late Vince Crane his exciting Hammond organ solos and the powerful guitar, great Heavy Prog Thumbs%20Up I don't think the Mellotron would have matched with their sound, Mandrakeroot but it's a challenging thought!


But "Winter" or "Death Walks Behind You" with mellotron... Oh my God...  That shudders! 

Also I think that Hammond and Mellotron... But in my opinion is two extreme different instruments for use. The Mellotron is great for a band like Black Widow in Heavy Prog.
I agree. 
 
the mellotron doesn't always have to be graceful and floating as in The Moody Blues and Genesis...in fact it can be down right nasty and evil:  just listen to A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers and mid-70s King Crimson. 
 
I can imagine Death Walks Behind You as a force to be reckoned with if there were chunks of 'tron brass thrown in with the heavy guitar riff.
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Points: 7659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2007 at 00:33
Thanks Lady In Black and Jimmy Row, this weekend I will give Atomic Rooster a listen, I had forgotten they have the Mellotron in their sound Embarrassed
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Thanks to my girlfriend, I've just discovered the Virgin Suicides soundtrack by the french band AIR, do you know it? Because it's full of great mellotron sounds, really beautiful!!
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Well Anaon, a very good friend who has worked for a Dutch electronic prog magazine pointed me a few years ago at this French band ... because of the Trons so thanks for your posts, I have to check out Air Thumbs%20Up
By the way, I am preparing a huge Hammond organ article, similar to my Mellotron article, I hope to publish it medio November by opening a new thread entitled:
 
                              A BIG HAND FOR THE HAMMOND ORGAN Clap
 
 
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You should be really happy with this soundtrack, some parts are really... how could I say in english... well "beautiful", it's the best word for mellotron anyway... :)

I'll be there for the Hammond article for sure!! :)
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Anaon, I have had five years French at school, I am curious which French words you had in mind for the Mellotron Wink ?
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There is an album in the UK Top 10 at the moment which features a Mellotron. Big prize to the first person to guess which one I'm referring to.
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Hum I thought about "jubilatoire", it's not the easiest of the words, even in french :D
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Maybe James Blunt?
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Anaon, it reminds me of In Dulci Jubilo (by Mike Oldfield) Wink
 
Chopper, challenging post, I just googled this:
 

The Official UK Singles Chart : 23.09.2007

TW

LW

Wks

ARTIST TITLE (LABEL)

1 1 5

Sean Kingston

Beautiful Girls

(Beluga Heights/Epic)
http://www.seankingston.com

2 5 6

50 Cent/ Timberlake/ Timbaland

Ayo Technology

(Interscope)
http://www.50cent.com

3 2 10

Plain White T's

Hey There Delilah

(Angel/hollywood)
http://www.plainwhitets.com

4 3 7

Kanye West

Stronger

(Mercury)
http://www.kanyewest.com

5 4 4

James Blunt

1973

(Atlantic/Custard)
http://www.jamesblunt.com/

6 NEW
New%20Entry		 1

Babyshambles

Delivery

(Parlophone)
http://www.babyshambles.net/

7 10 4

Scouting For Girls

She's So Lovely

(Epic)
http://212.78.72.7/scoutingforgirls.co.uk/

8 21 6

Foo Fighters

The Pretender

(RCA)
http://www.foofighters.com

9 6 10

Rihanna

Shut Up And Drive

(Def Jam)
http://tinyurl.com/3admwk

10 9 14

Timbaland Ft Keri Hilson

The Way I Are

(Interscope)
http://www.timbalandmusic.com/

 
 
                        I also go for James Blunt, because of the 'vintage title' 1973 Approve
 
 
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Points: 20033 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2007 at 16:21
No, James Blunt is just Cockney rhyming slang.

Sorry Erik, I did say Album, not Single.
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Mark Knopfler's new album by any chance??
 
I somehow doubt it's 'Phil Collins Hits'!!LOL
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KT Tunstall? I wouldn't be so surprised...
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Sorry Chopper, new try, new chances:
 

Top 40 Albums : 23.09.2007

TW

LW

Wks

ARTIST TITLE (LABEL)

1 NEW
New%20Entry 		(-)

James Blunt

All The Lost Souls

(Atlantic/Custard)

2 1 (2)

Kanye West

Graduation

(Mercury)

3 4 (45)

Amy Winehouse

Back To Black

(Island)

4 2 (2)

50 Cent

Curtis

(Interscope)

5 NEW
New%20Entry 		(-)

Reverend & The Makers

The State Of Things

(Wall Of Sound)

6 3 (2)

KT Tunstall

Drastic Fantastic

(Relentless)

7 7 (3)

Plain White T's

Every Second Counts

(Angel/hollywood)

8 17 (2)

Luciano Pavarotti

The Ultimate Collection

(Decca)

9 NEW
New%20Entry 		(-)

Mark Knopfler

Kill To Get Crimson

(Mercury)

10 NEW
New%20Entry 		(-)

Phil Collins

Hits

(Virgin)

 
           I go for ...
9 NEW
New%20Entry 		(-)

Mark Knopfler

Kill To Get Crimson

(Mercury)

 
                           There is no band that is more close to Mellotrons
                            than King Crimson Wink, am I right?
 
 
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Points: 20033 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2007 at 16:36
Originally posted by Anaon Anaon wrote:

KT Tunstall? I wouldn't be so surprised...



Don't be, you're right!
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Points: 849 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2007 at 16:43
I liked her, now I love her LOL (I find it's not the worst of female singers these days by the way)
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Points: 7659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2007 at 16:43

 

Congratulations to Anaon and thanks to Chopper for this pleasant intermezzo but I have never heard of KT Tunstall, what kind of music is that Wacko ?
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Thanks Thumbs%20Up it's some sweet pop, it's nice, she sings quite well but she is famous because she can play alone on stage, with a guitar and some effects for looping the other parts, I saw here on TV, it was quite impressive!

Anyway, it's a bit different from what I'm listening to at the moment: "Zarathustra" from Museo Rosenbach, I'm going sligthly mad about this album and mellotron parts in it, incredible!! Probably one of my favourite italian prog album at the moment.

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Well Anaon, Zarathustra by Museo Rosenbach was one of the first bands I reviewed on Prog Archives and even I received a grateful PM from their drummer after he had read my review, I am still very proud on that! The titletrack is one of the most beautiful epics I have ever heard, what a tension, what a compelling shifting moods and ... what a majestic Mellotron sound Clap
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