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    Posted: July 10 2010 at 13:51
Hi everyone!



There's  some threads about favourite Mellotron parts but, as I am in a Minimoog mood, I'm wondering which are your favourite Minimoog moments?

I'm curious to know Wink

(sorry if this topic already exists, I didn't find it with the search form)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2010 at 17:05
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2010 at 18:46
Great topic. Have to give it some thought. Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2010 at 19:01

'The Revealing Science of God' has a mind-blowing Moog solo by Rick Wakeman after(or before?) Steve Howe's guitar solo.

'Stratus' by Billy Cobham has a splendid groovy Moog solo by the great Jan Hammer.
 
I'll think of more later...
 
By the way, it's pretty difficult to know which is a Moog and which is another synth don't you think? Nearly all of the modern Prog bands don't even use those synths, but they play synths that sound exactly like them.


Edited by The Quiet One - July 10 2010 at 19:19
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2010 at 19:13
Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:


'The Cienema Show' has a very inventive and cool Moog solo by Tony Banks which I've always been very fond of.
 


I'm not 100% sure, but is that not an ARP that he plays?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2010 at 19:16
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:


'The Cienema Show' has a very inventive and cool Moog solo by Tony Banks which I've always been very fond of.
 


I'm not 100% sure, but is that not an ARP that he plays?
 
Yes, it might be, Tony Banks used the ARP more often rather than the Moog as far as I'm concerned.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2010 at 19:18
Yeah:
 
"The first synthesiser to be used by Genesis was the monophonic ARP Pro Soloist, which Banks first acquired in 1973"
 
From Wikipedia.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2010 at 19:22
Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

Yeah:
 
"The first synthesiser to be used by Genesis was the monophonic ARP Pro Soloist, which Banks first acquired in 1973"
 
From Wikipedia.

Sorry to be pedantic.Embarrassed
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2010 at 19:24
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

Yeah:
 
"The first synthesiser to be used by Genesis was the monophonic ARP Pro Soloist, which Banks first acquired in 1973"
 
From Wikipedia.

Sorry to be pedantic.Embarrassed
 
Hey, no problem, sooner or later someone else would have pointed it out.Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2010 at 02:49
Yep, I think Tony Banks never used a Minimoog ;)

I admit it's not that easy for modern bands but for 70's bands, there's already a lot to say ;)

Neal Morse uses a lot of Minimoog sounds (on Transatlantic making of dvd, he explained he uses the new Minimoog model and also a Minimoog software).

Minimoog sound is really specific, what is better than a beautiful Minimoog solo on some Mellotron layers Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2010 at 03:57

ELP - Tarkus (live) .Specifically the Aquatarkus section has a brilliant moog passage.Emerson works some magic there!

Also
ELP - From The Beginning (beautifull)
ELP - The Endless Enigma Part 2 (superb intro)
 
( looking at the credits to the Trilogy album Emerson was using the full blown Moog as well as the Mini Moog Model D so it can be difficult to seperate them but I think the above are all mini-moog)
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2010 at 04:13
Rick Wakeman's solo on Revealing Science of God
Patrick Moraz on Sound Chaser
Geoff Downes on Machine Messiah
Neal Morse on All is Vanity
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2010 at 10:34
Originally posted by jplanet jplanet wrote:

Rick Wakeman's solo on Revealing Science of God
Patrick Moraz on Sound Chaser
Geoff Downes on Machine Messiah
Neal Morse on All is Vanity

Out of those, Sound Chaser. Big smile
Moraz smoked it.


Edited by Slartibartfast - July 11 2010 at 10:35
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2010 at 13:11
I'll probably regret this, but I've always liked the Minimoog in Phil Collins' "Sussudio."
Short and powerful, although repetitious, it got me into dance music.

Oops. Doesn't qualify as a solo. Withdrawn.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2010 at 13:51
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by jplanet jplanet wrote:

Rick Wakeman's solo on Revealing Science of God
Patrick Moraz on Sound Chaser
Geoff Downes on Machine Messiah
Neal Morse on All is Vanity

Out of those, Sound Chaser. Big smile
Moraz smoked it.


I'd have to agree! The more I listen to it, the better it is - he also got a really original sound out of it, I don't know how, it almost sounds like it's going through a talk-box or something - but he's probably just sweeping a filter with the other hand as he plays - however he does it, it's badass!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2010 at 09:48
Minimoog needs more love! ;)

I add "Starship Trooper" solo on Yessongs by Rick Wakeman of course :)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2010 at 10:03
I don't know if it's a Moog, but I think it is. Camel's "Nimrodel" has my favorite keyboard solo ever.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2010 at 10:55
Originally posted by Anaon Anaon wrote:

Minimoog needs more love! ;)

I add "Starship Trooper" solo on Yessongs by Rick Wakeman of course :)

Most definitely, that's the one I was going to mention too!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2010 at 13:29
Rick Wakeman isn't much of an organ user, making his PHENOMENAL Close to the Edge solo on the hammond a bit out-of-place.

Had this solo been played on a moog I'm sure he would have been given a Nobel Prize or something! Clap
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2010 at 21:26
Jan Hammer (Mahavishnu Orchestra) - "Sister Andrea".  Any version studio, "Lost Trident Sessions" or live, "Between Nothingness & Eternity".  Or even this version from YouTube:
 
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