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MajesterX 
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Posted: July 23 2006 at 15:15 |
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I've been listening to some Genesis lately and have fallen in love with the organ sound Tony Banks uses at the beginning of Watcher of the skies, The Knife, and the end of the Musical Box.
What kind of Organ is this? Hammond? Mellotron?
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The Miracle
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Posted: July 23 2006 at 15:19 |
That's one of prog's most famous Mellotron moments 
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MajesterX
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Posted: July 23 2006 at 15:24 |
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I see... What sort of setting does he have it on?
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Blacksword
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Posted: July 23 2006 at 15:36 |
^ Strings. 
and maybe some brass, but mostly string...
Edited by Blacksword - July 23 2006 at 15:37
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: July 23 2006 at 16:02 |
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Originally Tony Banks uses a Mellotron Mark 2 (violin section) for the intro of Watcher Of The Skies in the studio. In my opinion Tony Banks uses a Hammond organ during The Knife and at the end of The Musical Box.
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pierreolivier
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Posted: July 23 2006 at 16:31 |
 MajesterX wrote:
I've been listening to some Genesis lately and have fallen in love with the organ sound Tony Banks uses at the beginning of Watcher of the skies, The Knife, and the end of the Musical Box.
What kind of Organ is this? Hammond? Mellotron?
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In fact,that's the two combined together for "Watcher of the Skies".He play Hammond organ(L100) with his left hand and Mark II Mellotron with his right with the 3 violins/brass/bass accordian sounds.For "the Knife",it's Hammond that he play,he used the mellotron 3 violins only in the second part after the flute break.For the "Musical Box" he use Hammond organ only and Hohner pianet trough a fuzz box for the guitar like solo.
Edited by pierreolivier - July 23 2006 at 16:33
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: July 23 2006 at 16:41 |
Thanks for the subtle additions to my explanation, Pierreolivier  !
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pierreolivier
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Posted: July 23 2006 at 16:52 |
erik neuteboom wrote:
Thanks for the subtle additions to my explanation, Pierreolivier ! |
That was a pleasure,but I think I made a mistake on my first answer.To be exact, the song "Watcher of the skies" begin with only Mark II mellotron with the 3 violins/brass sound played with the right hand and bass accordian sound played with his left hand on the other keyboard of the Mark II.Later in the intro,he replaced the left hand(bass accordian)with the Hammond organ.He also played the bass pedals of the Hammond organ.
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: July 23 2006 at 16:57 |
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You can see views from that keyboard play on the Shepperton footage!
Edited by erik neuteboom - July 23 2006 at 16:57
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robertplantowns
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Posted: July 23 2006 at 17:31 |
Just for the record, the mellotron is not an organ. 
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marktheshark
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Posted: July 23 2006 at 19:02 |
pierreolivier wrote:
MajesterX wrote:
I've been listening to some Genesis lately and have fallen in love with the organ sound Tony Banks uses at the beginning of Watcher of the skies, The Knife, and the end of the Musical Box. What kind of Organ is this? Hammond? Mellotron? |
In fact,that's the two combined together for "Watcher of the Skies".He play Hammond organ(L100) with his left hand and Mark II Mellotron with his right with the 3 violins/brass/bass accordian sounds.For "the Knife",it's Hammond that he play,he used the mellotron 3 violins only in the second part after the flute break.For the "Musical Box" he use Hammond organ only and Hohner pianet trough a fuzz box for the guitar like solo. |
That's what I was thinking but you beat me to it. Definitley 2 keyboards at work there. I saw them open their show up with this in '72 and though the stage was dark (as it always was back in those early Genesis shows then), I could see he was using 2 keyboards for that.
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javierros
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Posted: July 24 2006 at 08:31 |
Mellotron..
if you like this sound try with Anglagardīs "Hybris" or "Epilog" albums or Trionīs "Tortoise",a real surprise for me.
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Cygnus X-2
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Posted: July 24 2006 at 11:37 |
The Miracle wrote:
That's one of prog's most famous Mellotron moments
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If not the most famous prog Mellotron moment.
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