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Posted: May 16 2014 at 00:21

Michael678 wrote:

dudes, what about f**king "Epitaph"!!!!

Indeed. A classic example of Mellotron heaven.

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Posted: May 16 2014 at 03:13

Mirror Image wrote:

Michael678 wrote:

dudes, what about f**king "Epitaph"!!!!

Indeed. A classic example of Mellotron heaven.

Speaking of which, Happy Birthday to Robert Fripp! 16 May!

(this is probably the only black Mellotron I can remember ever seeing!)

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Posted: May 16 2014 at 04:31

Yeah obviously anything like Epitath IntheCourt ofthe Crimson King or early KingCrimson deserves amention. Also love Porcupine Tree's Mellotron Scratch song. Gotta mention the Tron used on Ocean by Eloy- actually thats probly not even a Mellotron!

Tron Treasures to love:

Love the song by UFO - Love to Love You

also Starless-KCrimson

Rubycon - Tangerine dream

And You and I - Yes

Heart of the Sunrise - Yes

Gates of Delerium - Yes

A Plague of Lighthouse keepers - VDGG

Kung Bore- Anglagard

Hybris - Anglagard

Anywhere - Grobschnitt

Suppers ready- Genesis

Firth of Fifth - Genesis

Mad Man Moon i Genesis

Watcher ofthe Skies- Genesis

Fountain of Samalcis - Genesis

CinemaShow - Genesis

Dancing with the Moonlit Knight- genesis

Never LetGo - Camel

Air Born - Camel

River of Life - PFM

Hero & heroine - Strawbs

Zarathustra- Museo Rosenbach

Late November - Pavlovs Dog

Three Friends - Gentle Giant

The Weirding - Astra (whole album!!!)

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

Ticochet - Anekdoten

Shadow oftheHierophant - Steve Hackett

Come Away Melinda- Uriah Heep

For My Lady - Moody Blues

Question - Moody Blues

Tuesday Afternoon- Moody Blues

Nights in White Satin - MBlues

Actually all of that debut album Days of Future Past!

and all of the Tron used on IN the Wake of Poseidon, and Lizard - KCrimson

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Posted: May 16 2014 at 08:26

actually thought the original thread title was intentional

dig it

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Posted: May 16 2014 at 09:47

Porcupine Tree-My Ashes
Led Zeppelin-No Quarter
Opeth-Weakness

those are my favorite Mellotron moments :)

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Posted: May 16 2014 at 16:11

^ Rain Song, no 'tron on No Quarter.

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Posted: May 16 2014 at 18:01

I'm sorry, I got it confused with the moog

Since No Quarter doesn't have Mellotron for Led Zeppelin I'd say Kashmir

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Posted: May 16 2014 at 19:37

cstack3 wrote:

Mirror Image wrote:

Michael678 wrote:

dudes, what about f**king "Epitaph"!!!!

Indeed. A classic example of Mellotron heaven.

Speaking of which, Happy Birthday to Robert Fripp! 16 May!

(this is probably the only black Mellotron I can remember ever seeing!)

What?! his birthday's today!?! congradulations dude!

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Posted: May 17 2014 at 07:01

Michael678 wrote:

cstack3 wrote:

Mirror Image wrote:

Michael678 wrote:

dudes, what about f**king "Epitaph"!!!!

Indeed. A classic example of Mellotron heaven.

Speaking of which, Happy Birthday to Robert Fripp! 16 May!

(this is probably the only black Mellotron I can remember ever seeing!)

What?! his birthday's today!?! congradulations dude!

oh yeah and, funny thing, the day i posted this comment also marks this guy's birthday today, woohoo!!!!

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Posted: May 17 2014 at 07:10

Happy BD Bru

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Posted: May 18 2014 at 04:24

Unitron wrote:

I'm sorry, I got it confused with the moog

Since No Quarter doesn't have Mellotron for Led Zeppelin I'd say Kashmir

I always assumed that JPJ used the Yamaha GX1 on that one. Doesn't sound like a mellotron to me.

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Posted: May 18 2014 at 04:33

Kashmir is full of genuine 'tron. Rain Song too. I always thought No Quarter had some tremelo'd e-piano...??

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Posted: May 18 2014 at 05:45

Tom Ozric wrote:

Kashmir is full of genuine 'tron. Rain Song too. I always thought No Quarter had some tremelo'd e-piano...??

Interesting i looked up info on No Quarter and found this:

With his electric piano, Jones achieved a Fender Rhodes-like oscillator effect, as well as a real-time bass synth line, done on early Moog Taurus foot pedals in sequence with the keyboard track, which requires an amount of dexterity. Along with full-range intonation, the depression-sensitive bass pedals were then able to be modulated in-time with the riff, opening up the filter cut-off, rhythmically, judging by the amount the pedal is depressed. The result is a swampy, hollow, and deep bass sound, which was also compressed in the final cut.

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Posted: May 18 2014 at 05:51

Love thispicture too

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Posted: May 18 2014 at 05:57

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Tom Ozric wrote:

Kashmir is full of genuine 'tron. Rain Song too. I always thought No Quarter had some tremelo'd e-piano...??

Interesting i looked up info on No Quarter and found this:

<span style="color: rgb37, 37, 37; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">With his electric piano, Jones achieved a Fender Rhodes-like oscillator effect, as well as a real-time bass synth line, done on early Moog Taurus foot pedals in sequence with the keyboard track, which requires an amount of dexterity. Along with full-range intonation, the depression-sensitive bass pedals were then able to be modulated in-time with the riff, opening up the filter cut-off, rhythmically, judging by the amount the pedal is depressed. The result is a swampy, hollow, and deep bass sound, which was also compressed in the final cut.</span>

That's a very interesting bit of info there - thanks for digging that up.

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Posted: May 18 2014 at 06:58

The whole of Days of Future Passed, I think, qualifies as the Mellotron's finest moment. When I was a young(er) lad, I didn't even notice that it wasn't a real orchestra playing with the Moodies. It was only later that I realized the orchestra only played during the interludes, and all of the orchestral sounds heard with the band came from some crazy keyboard instrument of which I'd never heard. Notice it everywhere, now, of course, even in decidedly unprogressive modern music.

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Posted: May 18 2014 at 16:43

I'm a fan of the lone LP by Spring and The Grail and Golden Fleece from that LP have some very nice tron on it.

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Posted: May 18 2014 at 18:25

Michael678 wrote:

dudes, what about f**king "Epitaph"!!!!

besides that there's "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles (yes it does have mellotron), and also some of the "The Remembering" and "Ritual" from Yes' Tales album, i especially like the latter

UPDATE: The guy with that as well as pretty much every other keyboard celebrates 55 years of age today (im doing it here cause i have no where else i know of i can about if you were wondering)

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Posted: May 19 2014 at 00:58

Richard Wright plays some deliciously sinister 'tron on Sysyphus. Or the avante section of Atom Heart (Mind Your Throats Please). Quite an unusual way of playing.
Caravan's Golf Girl features a superb solo.
The U.S. band Cathedral, with their Stained Glass Stories album shows off amazingly technical performances on the 'tron too.

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Posted: May 19 2014 at 17:06

Tom Ozric wrote:

.......The U.S. band Cathedral, with their Stained Glass Stories album shows off amazingly technical performances on the 'tron too.

Just listened to that the other day....solid album.

I'm surprised that no one other than myself mentioned Spring or Fantasy.

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