Which Artist uses the mellotron the best?
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Topic: Which Artist uses the mellotron the best?
Posted By: Zitro
Subject: Which Artist uses the mellotron the best?
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 17:27
| I choose Harmonium! |
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 17:30
| Genesis |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 17:35
I'll go with Porcupine Tree for a change of pace.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 17:40
| 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. |
Posted By: Melos
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 17:42
| Schicke, Fuhrs and Frohling... their use of the Mellotron is unique |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 17:46
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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 I am right, Andrea C.?
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 17:49
Also, IQ would be a great option. One of the few big league Neo bands to widely use classic prog instrumentation.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 17:54
Indeed Stonebeard, excellent choice, just watch their Eighties Super Channel concert DVD and enjoy the Mellotron M400 work  !
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 17:58
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MOODY BLUES. The Prog songs of Moody Blues are based on mellotron. ------------- 
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 17:58
I agree with you!!!
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erik neuteboom wrote:Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 18:02
Dave Greenslade is also a great mellotron player!!!
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Posted By: crimson thing
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 18:09
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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." from: http://www.planetmellotron.com/wakeman.htm - http://www.planetmellotron.com/wakeman.htm------------- "Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS 
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 18:11
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 18:17
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I don't think there was any Mellotron player who had no mixed feelings about the Mellotron |
....Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 18:20
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Posted By: Olias
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 18:43
 I choose Mr Tony Banks...
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Posted By: pierreolivier
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 18:56
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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. |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 19:04
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Genesis ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: elpprogster
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 19:25
| Also Museo Rosenbach´s Pit Corradi...just check out the album "Zarathustra! |
Posted By: aspinosa
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 19:51
| Genesis, without doubt. `The foutain of salmacis` is the best example. |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 21:38
The one that played it in Epitaph & The court of the crimson king  .The Moodies also made great use of it. It's not like in your face so I like it like in the song "House of four doors". Genesis also made a very good use of the mellotron. They where the runner up. Although I like Harmonium, I don't think the mellotron is put into much ggod use, the acoustic instruments are the protagonist in that band and theres no problem with that  ------------- 
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Posted By: RoyalJelly
Date Posted: June 09 2006 at 01:41
Yes, you probably don't know Schicke, Fuhrs and Fröhlings "Symphonic Pictures", or you would have included it in this poll. Some of the most ominous Tron ever to terrorize the airwaves, and among the few who use it for melodies. Passport also has very cool Mellotron on Cross-Collateral and Looking Thru, only place I've ever heard it used in heavy funk. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: June 09 2006 at 02:02
| I voted for "Yes/Rick Wakeman" |
Posted By: Erpland316
Date Posted: June 09 2006 at 02:11
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Genesis-Watcher of the Skies ------------- "Science is all metaphor"-Timothy Leary [IMG]http://freespace.virgin.net/martin.jones10/amonpic.jpg">[IMG]http://imagegen.last.fm/red/artists/Yeti316.gif"> |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: June 09 2006 at 05:20
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A few months ago I bought Schicke, Fuhrs and Fröhling - Live 1975, it's loaded with The Mighty Tron !
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Posted By: Kord
Date Posted: June 09 2006 at 05:41
| I would have said Greenslade but there isn't....so I choose king crimson |
Posted By: Joolz
Date Posted: June 09 2006 at 06:12
Me too - Woolly IS one of the best I'd also nominate SPRING |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: June 09 2006 at 07:29
I love SPRING self-titled debut and only album, a minor masterpiece of British prog, with three mellotrons.
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