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    Posted: February 03 2006 at 07:52

The ending of "Seven Stones"!

Also, I know it's not prog, but I have to mention the intro to "Strawberry Fields Forever".
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The best Melltron piece that I have ever heard was during the giant crescendo duying And You and I at Madison Square Gardern March of 2004. An absolutly majcle moment!
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[HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!>
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Epitaph was my first song that made me fall in love with these very "mellow" and beautiful instrument so IMO its one of the songs that has one of the best use of mellotron.

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Banks' solo in "..I heard the old man tell his tale.."
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Silent sorrow in empty boots

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My secret advise: mail [email protected], he is a friend of mine and owns a progrock mailorder servcice, I am sure that he has that Earth &Fire DVD in stock! By the way, I have no commercial links with his company!
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Thanks for the hint, Erik.Can you tell me more infos about that DVD? I am very interested with Earth & Fire at the moment.Can you also tell me the year of the concert on the DVD and if it's available in Canada?

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Pierreoliver, you should watch that DVD from Earth & Fire featuring 20 minutes of the epic Song Of The Marching Children, including a Mellotron improvisation, GOOSE BUMPS!!
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Circus - King Crimson

I love when it first comes in during the song.
We got to pump the stuff to make us tough
from the heart
Its astart
What we need is awareness we cant get careless
Mental self defensive fitness
Make everybody see in order to fight the powers that be
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You are right Candy Apple Red, the Moody Blues are great.You are also right by saying that Mike Pinder brought his first Mellotron Mark II at the Dunlop Tires company for maybe 10% the price of a new one in 1966. Mr.Pinder used to work at the Streetly factory for 18 months.He tested the finished Mark II at the end of the production line.When he leave Streetly to go with the Moody Blues, he wanted a mellotron but he doesn't have the money for a new one. Then, Mr. Leslie Bradley (the mellotron inventor) called Mike Pinder and say that there's one available at the Dunlop Tires Co. for a very reasonnable price.

For the Amon Düül 2 albums and choir organ subject,I never seen an image of this "choir organ" and only seen this article on the planetmellotron site.Apparently, the choir organ are very rare and they're only 1 or 2 instruments in existence.The debate came when one of my friend brought the "Wolf City" cd a couple of months ago. He told me that the album is full of mellotron and we listened to it. I told him after hearing that it sound a lot like mellotron choir but a lot of the chords played on the album are over 8 seconds in duration.After, I found about the article on the web and told my friend about the choir organ.

You are right Eric about the Earth & Fire. Their early albums have great mellotron. I love their "Song for the Marching Children" suite.They used the rare M300 and apparently it's the same machine that is used on Ekseption early albums.



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I wasn't too chauvinistic .. ..?

By the way, I feel very ashamed that I didn't mention early The Strawbs (the BBC In Concert CD has marvellous Mellotron work, especially the choir Mellotron in Down By the Sea) and Barclay James Harvest (Andrea, are you on a holiday or do you have another romantic dinner ..?) their Live 2-LP is one big Mellotron party!
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Oh, and a big up to Erik for the mention of Earth & Fire's Storm & Thunder as well.
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Originally posted by pierreolivier pierreolivier wrote:

, but I'm afraid that it's not mellotron on the Amon Düül 2 albums "Tanz der Lemminge" and "Wolf city". The instrument mistaken for the mellotron is a "choir organ"and it's supposed to be more rare than mellotron. You can have more infos about that here:http://www.planetmellotron.com/reviewsmis.htm#amonduulii

Have a good day!

Thanks for clearing that one up for me Pierre! I asked on a separate Amon Duul thread a while ago if anyone knew what the "choir organ" was and a couple of people said Mellotron, but I always thought it sounded different. But whatever it is, the end of Sleepwalker's Timeless Bridge is just stunning!

As for Mellotron, the first "orgasmic" 'tron sound I remember hearing was "The Voyage" by the Moodies, and it just blew me away. And to think it was bought from the Dunlop Tyres Social Club in Birmingham!

Many others I love have been mentioned, but "And You and I" always sounds special.

But possibly the best is Watcher. I nearly fell off the balcony at Newcastle City Hall to that one! Apparently a weird mix of choir, brass and strings was used.
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My favourite mellotron parts in prog are those from "Grave new world" by the Strawbs, this album really is a mellotron heaven (by the way, Rick Wakeman is not the keyboard player here, this is the first Strawbs album with Blue Weaver on keys).
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Originally posted by salmacis salmacis wrote:

Seeing pierreoliver's screen pic reminded me of one of THE great mellotron albums; Czar. 'Tread Softly On My Dreams' is a mellotron classic from that album...

You are right Salmacis, The Czar album is a great proto-prog album and full of beautiful mellotron Mark II (the 60's model with tubes pre-amp).In the same field, the Spring and Gracious! albums are also great. These albums filled with Mark II sound are great.
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Seeing pierreoliver's screen pic reminded me of one of THE great mellotron albums; Czar. 'Tread Softly On My Dreams' is a mellotron classic from that album...
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Hi to all,

My favorite mellotron part from prog right now are:

 -In the wake of the Poseidon from In the Wake of the Poseidon by King Crimson.

 -SFF- Live in Papenburg 1975- the whole album is incredible for mellotron parts.

 -Museo Rosenbach- Zarathustra (the suite).

Sorry to be a downer, but I'm afraid that it's not mellotron on the Amon Düül 2 albums "Tanz der Lemminge" and "Wolf city". The instrument mistaken for the mellotron is a "choir organ"and it's supposed to be more rare than mellotron. You can have more infos about that here:http://www.planetmellotron.com/reviewsmis.htm#amonduulii

Have a good day!

 



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Good thread; a few come to mind....

Genesis- Watcher..., Seven Stones, Apocalypse In 9/8 (Seconds Out version)

King Crimson- Epitaph, In The Court..., Cirkus

Yes- Heart Of The Sunrise, The Revealing...

VDGG- Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers

 

That's the obvious out the way...

Spring- The Prisoner, Grail

Curved Air- Puppets, Screw

Rick Wakeman- The Loser

IQ- Widow's Peak

Moody Blues- The Voyage, Beyond, Legend Of A Mind

Steve Hackett- Hands Of The Priestess

Refugee- Grand Canyon Suite

Uriah Heep- Come Away Melinda, Wake Up Set Your Sights

David Byron- Man Full Of Yesterdays

Elton John- Grey Seal

Greenslade- Bedside Manners Are Extra, Pilgrim's Progress, Drum Folk

 

 
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