your favorite mellotron 'moments'
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Topic: your favorite mellotron 'moments'
Posted By: Steven in Atlanta
Subject: your favorite mellotron 'moments'
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 11:30
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... you know, the brief moment in time where the hairs stand up on your neck and you turn to mush! Usually it's a crescendo, but it also can be during a tune's intro, its denouement, the final fade or even a moment of simple transition. Here are the ones that really make my mellotron boat float: Intro: King Crimson's In the Wake of Poseidon Crescendo: Genesis' Eleventh Earl of Mar Denouement: Genesis' Supper's Ready Final Fade: King Crimson's Sailor's Tale (those two barely audible minor chords cycling down and out after Fripp's final strum) Transition: Moody Blues' When You're A Free Man (i.e. the chord right after "someday I hope to see you shining") / tied with Greenslade's What Are You Doing To Me's climbing chords between the verses |
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Posted By: PabstRibbon
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 11:43
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King Crimson's Starless. First 2 seconds before the drum join in are just amazing. Give me the goosebump each times I listen to it.
Prologue by Anglagard is awesome to, so emotional..
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Posted By: jplanet
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 11:52
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King Crimson's In the Court of the Crimson King, after the solo just as it goes back into the verse...It feels like taking flight... Yes - Heart of the Sunrise - The crescendo during the intro jam...love the tension in that build... ------------- https://www.facebook.com/ShadowCircus/" rel="nofollow - ..::welcome to the shadow circus::.. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 11:59
| Can-Utility and The Coastliners, enough said. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 12:04
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One of my favourites is the intro to "Sad Rain", ANEKDOTEN's classic track.But most of my favourite mellotron moments involve ANEKDOTEN. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Ellegon
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 12:04
| Intro - Genesis Watcher of the Skies |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 12:13
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Hola by Anekdoten ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: apps79
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 12:21
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''Mellotronmania'' by Italian band CALLIOPE on their debut ''La terra dei grandi occhi'' ...a nostagic short instrumental! ------------- When the power of love overcomes the love of power,the world will know peace... listen to www.justincaseradio.com , the first ever Greek Progressive Rock radio |
Posted By: Lota
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 15:24
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epitaph!!! just great ------------- And In The End, The Love You Take, Is Equal To The Love You Make |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 16:15
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This one: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55976&KW=mellotron+moment&PID=3163661#3163661 ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: chefrobb
Date Posted: January 06 2010 at 17:39
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I was fortunate enough to be in the audience (basically 1 seat from the stage) when Genesis did their legendary shows at the Roxy Theater in LA in 1972. When Watcher of the Skies started, and the lites were out, and slowly it all sterted to coalesce, it was one of the most awe inspiring moments in my lengthy prog show history. Without a doubt, it was the peak of Mellotron heaven..........followed (but not to closely) by Strawbs opening for King Crimson, and the opening of Hero and Heroine......when Cousins stopped the song about 1/4 of the way in because the Mellotron was not working up to snuff, then starting the whole thing over. Damn that pesky primitive technology. ------------- chefrobb |
Posted By: seventhsojourn
Date Posted: January 07 2010 at 05:32
| The title track of The World Became The World by PFM. Ok, I love the original Impressioni Di Settembre. However the Mellotron is better on the English language song, especially combined with that synthesizer. Gorgeous. |
Posted By: manch1ech00ta
Date Posted: January 07 2010 at 11:20
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the beginning of claire obscur with wobbler is awesome watcher of the Skies is craaaassssyy don't remember anything more at the moment  |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: January 07 2010 at 11:53
Seconded. Still gives me goosebumps. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Ellegon wrote:Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: January 07 2010 at 16:42
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The devils triangle by KC comes to mind. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Wrinkler
Date Posted: January 08 2010 at 01:38
Genesis- The Cinema Show 
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Posted By: Jon89
Date Posted: January 08 2010 at 01:47
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Melodie Boreale (16:50)
Bievenue Au Consiel D'Administration
Pulsar ------------- jon 89 |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: January 08 2010 at 05:33
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Elton John - Daniel (even has a Mellotron solo), this Song has no title (both flute Mellotron and some string sound). ofcours Gensis Watcher of the Skies and King Crimson - Epitaph, Court of the Crimson King, In wake. |
Posted By: antonyus
Date Posted: January 08 2010 at 06:20
| epitaph....no question !!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 08 2010 at 06:22
| The end of "Seven Stones " from "Nursery Cryme". |
Posted By: Rando
Date Posted: January 09 2010 at 21:56
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Watcher Of The Skies
Fountain Of Salmacis
Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats (The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway-The best mixed choir I've ever hear on the tron).
To Our Children's Children's Children-The Moody Blues-(I think it's Mike Pinder's Mellotron masterpiece moment. The whole album seems to float on air with his mellotron).
Tales From Topographic Oceans-Yes
There's many more I can name, but these are my top five.
 ------------- - Music is Life, that's why our hearts have beats - |
Posted By: synthguy
Date Posted: January 10 2010 at 11:51
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Rando,
That's pretty cool, when I saw the topic I thought of Entangled, and there it is in you signature. The end of "Entangled" Fountain of Salmacis Epitath ------------- Wearing feelings on our faces when our faces took a rest... |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: January 10 2010 at 12:17
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the mellotron just before the "Land's End / Sineline" section of "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" by VdGG. mellotron has never been more sinister and menacing than here. -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: sorcerer kermes
Date Posted: January 10 2010 at 14:13
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King crimson- in the court of the crimson king Barclay James Harvest- for no one(live) Museo rosenbach-Il Tempio Delle Clessidre Harmonium-Histoires sans paroles and of course a lot more in the prog world...! |
Posted By: Rando
Date Posted: January 10 2010 at 17:55
Ha! I guess I missed that one! Definitely one of the best Genesis mellotron endings!
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Posted By: Malve87
Date Posted: January 10 2010 at 18:04
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The Devil's triangle, the last part of Starless, then Lizard and Epitaph By King Crimson The part in Supper's ready by Genesis, when the lyrics goes "...In blood he's writing the lyrics of a brand new tune..." to the very end of the tune: always stunning.... "Los Endos" and "Starship Trooper: Wurm" (the live version on yessongs) ------------- ] 
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Posted By: Jake Kobrin
Date Posted: January 11 2010 at 00:24
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All that's been said, but I'd like to add the entirety of Morte
Macabre's Symphonic Holocaust as well as the end of VDGG's Pawn Hearts.
That's some seriously "evil" sounding 'tron right there! Also the 'tron
solo in Caravan's Golf Girl is awesome. He plays it like a hammond! Oh and the oft forgotten intro solo to The Rain Song when Led Zeppelin plays the song live is amazing! ------------- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-Neil-Kobrin/244687105562746" rel="nofollow - SUPPORT MY FATHER AND BECOME A FAN Jacob Kobrin Illustration |
Posted By: Proggy Pogo
Date Posted: January 11 2010 at 13:32
How about Genesis' live version of The Cinema Show from Seconds Out? The mellotron in that sends shivers up my spine - marvellous  .
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Posted By: mike hewetson
Date Posted: January 11 2010 at 14:52
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my favourite mello" bits -it has to be the lamb" and tales from topographic oceans,and what about mr.dave greenslade and "tide" off the "time and tide" album.-that beautiful eerieness -it could only be mellotron! (mike-"pony" hewetson-mothership oracle) ------------- mike hewetson |
Posted By: silcir
Date Posted: January 11 2010 at 15:21
| Watcher of the Skies, it's always what comes to my mind first, and then In the Court of the crimson king. |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: February 22 2010 at 21:52
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First, I'd have to say "Dancing With the Moonlit Knight" on "Selling England"....the Mellotron M-400 eight-voice choir is stunning! I love everything you have all mentioned, I'd like to nominate "For My Lady" by the Moodies....Mike Pinder did fantastic things with the Mellotron, including customized instruments with multiple keyboards etc. He use tapes of a sailer's squeeze-box on the song, very haunting!! This is hilarious (from Pinder's Wikipedia page): Typical of his travails was the Moodies' first http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States - United States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert - concert ;
when the band struck its first harmony, the back of the Mellotron fell
open and all of the tape strips cascaded out. Pinder grabbed his tool
box and got the instrument back into working order in 20 minutes, while
the light crew entertained the audience by projecting Bugs Bunny
cartoons. Mike's website for you Mellotron & Chamberlin freaks!! http://www.mikepinder.com/mellotron.shtml - http://www.mikepinder.com/mellotron.shtml
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Posted By: m2thek
Date Posted: February 22 2010 at 23:41
| The ending of Watcher of the Skies, where the intro is revisited with the mellotron playing the higher chord, and the guitar hitting the lower notes. |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 01:39
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The closing part of KC's Starless must be the ultimate spine tingling mellotron moment. Drum Folk by Greenslade has some really beautiful flute mellotron on it.
------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 02:07
Damn you Alan - you got there first!
When we saw The Musical Box in Bristol a few years ago, the lights went down, the mellotron began the stately beginning to 'Watcher..', lights went up to reveal vocalist in full Watcher costume... then the mellotron broke down. Cue everyone leaving the stage looking embarrased & a horde of roadies trying to fix the Mellotron (they did after about 15 minutes & the rest of the show was fantastic) ------------- 
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Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 05:05
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How didn't anybody mention the mellotron after the vocal climax in GG's Giant? ------------- http://www.formspring.me/Aragorn224" rel="nofollow - Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection. |
Posted By: pierreolivier
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 14:01
Are you sure about that statement? The Musical Box didn't use a real mellotron. They used a sampler
keyboard put in a faked M400 furniture.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 15:27
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Genesis - Blood On The Rooftops ,perhaps the last time Tony Banks used the Mellotron?
OMD - Maid Of Orleans , not prog but it sounds great here especially with the unusal time signature (a waltz!)
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Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 15:32
You saw Genesis live in 1972? Lucky b*****d. Anyways, one of my favorite mellotron moments would have to be the one used in "Apocalypse in 9/8" from "Supper's Ready." It makes an epic song even more epic. Genesis were certainly the masters of the Mellotron.
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: February 24 2010 at 00:20
Thanks for "Apocalypse"! Forgot that one, how could I??
I saw King Crimson at Chicago's Kinetic Playground, April 20, 1973....Bob Fripp and David Cross playing dueling Mellotrons! God it was awesome!! Oddly, Peter Frampton was the backup band!! |
Posted By: Kazuhiro
Date Posted: February 24 2010 at 00:26
| http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=cadNIhU10I0&v=J0jtJiaUyjY - http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=cadNIhU10I0&v=J0jtJiaUyjY |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: February 24 2010 at 00:30
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Great site, lots of lists & reminders (I forgot "Life Auction" by Strawbs) http://www.planetmellotron.com/ - http://www.planetmellotron.com/
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Posted By: Hanke666
Date Posted: February 24 2010 at 09:47
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When it comes in in Cirkus by KIng Crimson. Or the Starless intro. Or after the solo part when the main theme comes in again.
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: February 24 2010 at 10:23
Hard to say:
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Posted By: Floydman
Date Posted: February 24 2010 at 10:51
I have to give the Beatles some respect on this one they basically put the mellotron on the map with "Strawberry Fields Forever" with it's trippy sounding mellotron backwards?. I also like the Rolling Stones "2,000 Light Years From Home".
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: February 24 2010 at 10:56
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The Mellotron that Wakeman used in "Siberian Khatru" is impressive use of the Mellotron "brass" instrument samples. I think "Cirkus" used the same horn samples. Pretty jarring! Interesting that Keith Emerson never appeared to embrace Mellotron....I have no idea why not. I sure miss the damn Mellotron, it used to be fun to scan the stage for the big, white box back in the day! (when you could see the stage at all due to the pot smoke). |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: February 24 2010 at 10:59
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[/QUOTE] I have to give the Beatles some respect on this one they basically put the mellotron on the map with "Strawberry Fields Forever" with it's trippy sounding mellotron backwards?. I also like the Rolling Stones "2,000 Light Years From Home". [/QUOTE]
Nice! Mike Pinder of the Moodies says he introduced the Beatles to the Mellotron, I believe him. Neat YouTube clip of Pinder playing with modern Mellotron samples on synth : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVxX_ooPWSg - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVxX_ooPWSg
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: February 24 2010 at 11:03
Wasn't it Emerson who said the Mellotron "put orchestras out of work"? |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: February 24 2010 at 13:45
ha ha ha!! Actually, it was the cost of the orchestra on their "Works" tour that put ELP out of business!! --- Despite mixed reviews (as always), Works Vol. I sold in its millions and reached the top ten in the US. With delusions well beyond grandeur fuelled by healthy album sales, the band undertook its most ambitious project to date; a grand-scale world tour, with nothing less than a 52-piece orchestra in tow (conducted by Godfrey Salmon, after Leonard Berstein allegedly had a fit during auditions). While an artistic and (surprisingly) critical success, including a memorable gig at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, the enormous costs of keeping the behemoth operation on the road made the tour into a financial disaster for the band and the orchestra was dropped from the rest of the tour schedule after only a few weeks. -------- ...shoulda packed a few 'trons instead!! |
Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: February 24 2010 at 14:33
| The Mellotron....I have to bring up Mike Pinder as he is, in my mind, the main man of the Mellotron. Theres some amazing Mellotron work on all of the good seven Moody Blues albums(Days of Future Passed-Seventh Sojourn). Especially songs like When You're a Free Man (Seventh Sojourn), and all over In Search of the Lost Chord. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 26 2010 at 16:35
Eventually they got to play Abaddons Bolero properly on the orchestral tour that you mention.AB was originally scored for orchestra by John Mayer who was the then leader of the London Philharmonic. (sorry useless trivia overload
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: February 26 2010 at 21:58
That's alright, good stuff! Mellotrons don't like to be stabbed with knives, rocked violently onstage & other Emerson-like antics. I'm sure Emerson didn't have much use for the things, they are as delicate as eggs.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 28 2010 at 10:48
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yeah.. I thought I saw this thread the other day. Listening to Salisbury... just remebered a favorite Mellotron 'moment' of mine. Lady in Black... love how they use the 'tron in that one. Doesn't hurt it is simply a tasty fruit topping on an already great song. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 02 2010 at 15:36
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Posted By: pierreolivier
Date Posted: March 02 2010 at 16:32
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Posted By: ko
Date Posted: March 03 2010 at 03:59
| Supper's Ready and Starless |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 03 2010 at 04:27
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My favorites: 1. Genesis - Watcher Of The Skies (Genesis Live version) 2. King Crimson: opening of "In The Court Of The Crimson King" 3. King Crimson on In The Wake Of Poseidon 4. IQ - "Widows Peak" 5. King Crimson: opening chords of "Starless" |