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Poll Question: Where do you hear the best mellotron work?
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    Posted: June 08 2006 at 17:27
I choose Harmonium!
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I'll go with Porcupine Tree for a change of pace. Cool
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I don't know Harmonium so I'm at a disadvantage there. Porcupine Tree - nice choice Stonebeard. Genesis is an obvious choice as is Moody Blues. King Crimson - yes but a bit limited I feel. I'm going to be really boring and go for Yes/Wakeman because I think he/they did use the Mellotron in a great way, even if not quite as adventurous as some others.

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Schicke, Fuhrs and Frohling... their use of the Mellotron is unique
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Barclay James Harvest their Seventies keyboard player Woolly Wolstenholme is the most underrated Mellotronplayer of all times, a big hand for him ClapClapClap !

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Also, IQ would be a great option. One of the few big league Neo bands to widely use classic prog instrumentation. Clap
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Indeed Stonebeard, excellent choice, just watch their Eighties Super Channel concert DVD and enjoy the Mellotron M400 work Approve !
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MOODY BLUES. The Prog songs of Moody Blues are based on mellotron.
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Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

Barclay James Harvest their Seventies keyboard player Woolly Wolstenholme is the most underrated Mellotronplayer of all times, a big hand for him ClapClapClap !

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Dave Greenslade is also a great mellotron player!!!Wink
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Was Wakeman really so keen on the Mellotron ?
 

RW: "The Mellotron... I used to have two single Mellotrons, and a double special Mellotron. And the two single ones I had, I was so frustrated, because of tuning problems, and the tapes... And full of anger, I took the two Mellotrons into a field, put petrol over them, and I fired them."

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Originally posted by ANDREW ANDREW wrote:

Dave Greenslade is also a great mellotron player!!!Wink
 
 
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I don't think there was any Mellotron player who had no mixed feelings about the Mellotron Angry Heart ....
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Originally posted by crimson thing crimson thing wrote:

Was Wakeman really so keen on the Mellotron ?
 

RW: "The Mellotron... I used to have two single Mellotrons, and a double special Mellotron. And the two single ones I had, I was so frustrated, because of tuning problems, and the tapes... And full of anger, I took the two Mellotrons into a field, put petrol over them, and I fired them."

from: http://www.planetmellotron.com/wakeman.htm
Wakey used it quite a bit but he had big problems with it on stage so came up with the Birontron which was even worse (see other threads on this site). But I'd still say his work with the Mellotron was great.
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Thumbs Up I choose Mr Tony Banks...
 
 
 
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Personnally, I think Serge Locat from Harmonium is the guy who made the best use of the mellotron.On the album "Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison" the mellotron is so space and incredible.Apparently, the secret of Serge Locat magical mellotron sound is that he replaced the original M400 pre-amp with an other pre-amp that was sold in Radio Shack in the 70's.The result is a softer and spacier sound that you can hear on this wonderful album.

I love a lot of others(Moody Blues,King Crimson,Genesis,SFF) but Harmonium is so original that I vote for them.Smile
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Also Museo Rosenbach´s Pit Corradi...just check out the album "Zarathustra!
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Genesis, without doubt. `The foutain of salmacis` is the best example.
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