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    Posted: October 31 2014 at 20:11
Anekdoten's Waking the Dead, Live in Japan 2005 ... the whole album!

I have never heard any album to compare to this one for effective Mellotron use. There's an instrumental intro to "The Sun Absolute" called "Moons of Mars" on which not one, not two, but three band members are playing mellotron at the same time. Then there's all the other Anekdoten greats: "Monolith," "From Within," "Kiss of life," "Hole," Ricochet," "Gravity," and "Sad Rain." Amazing!
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I saw King Crimson's concert in Chicago on 26 September, 2014, and I'm happy to announce that the concert featured copious amounts of Mellotron! 

Mind you, these were authentic Mellotron digital samples, but they sounded absolutely glorious!! 

This was the set list:


Drummer Bill Rieflin contributed a great deal of Mellotron to the proceedings!  Folks, I've seen KC concerts dating back to LTIA, this was one of the best concerts I have ever seen, period!!  


Collins' presence was an obvious trigger for the revival of Poseidon's long-dormant "Pictures of a City" (the saxophonist's first recording with the group) and the Islands tracks, "Sailor's Tale" and "The Letter," all rendered with authentic scoring (Rieflin doubled on Mellotron) but treated with new flourishes – especially in Levin's bass undertow and that drumming front line. 





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Jennifer Houston George recently devoted two whole four-hour extravaganzas to the 'tron for her weekly progrock.com radio show/podcast - Episodes 49 and 50 here: http://proginhighheels.com. Stream/download is still available for anyone interested. Smile
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Points: 6253 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2014 at 22:25
The hottest man alive aka David Bowie Heart sigh Approve ground control for MAJOR TOM (Space Oddity) is another mellotron beauty Thumbs Up happy hugs Hug
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Points: 6253 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2014 at 22:22
Oh yes, YES song And You and I, Rick Wakeman used heavily the mellotron here  Thumbs Up God I love this song xxxxx hugs Hug
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Originally posted by Ruby900 Ruby900 wrote:






Tricky question (putting it mildly........)  - but as title - What would you consider have been the finest Mellotron moments in Prog?
 
For me (in no order......);
 
Watcher of the skies
Court of the crimson king
And you and I
Benedictus
Starless
Never Let Go
Heart of the Sunrise
Entangled
Dancing with the Moonlit Knight
To Be Over
Blood on the Rooftops
Shadow of the Hierophant
Hero and Heroine
 
 
More suggestions please!



 
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Points: 2866 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2014 at 21:12
Ah yes the mighty mellotron.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrXtmKGkSa4
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oh yeah.. has to be this gem. Finest mellotron moment by the group that defined its sound the master of the instrument...
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Heartsfield – Shine on.  Not really prog, but still one of my favorite non-prog uses of the tron.
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Simply great.
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In the Court of the Crimson King! And how glorious it was to see that tune finally get its cinematic nod in the film "Children of Men."
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Luminol by Steven Wilson, at 8:31. Mindblowing!
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Fear & Trembling from The Wistman Tales by British new band NAPIER'S BONES
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Hard to say. Tons of good Mellotron uses - "Starless', "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Fountain Of Salmacis" - but if push comes to shove, I have to say Mike Pinder's use in the Moody Blues' classic period. There were good Mellotron players after Pinder, but no one made the Mellotron a household name to the extent that he did.


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Jasun Martz & the Neoteric Orchestra – “The Pillory”. A frightfully obscure album (not sure if it ever came out on CD) that’s worth seeking out. Features Eddie Jobson on solo violin and Ruth Underwood on percussion. Oh yes, and an all-mellotron section at the end of side one.
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I second that Herbie rec. Nice pick Saper.
Really great example of the mellotron used in a completely original way, and I adore just about every Mwandishi related release from these years. Bernie Maupin's Jewel in the Lotus in particular, but that's mostly down to Maupin's bass clarinet, that come to think of it actually does sound awfully close to the lower registers of the mellotron.

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Points: 10105 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 06 2014 at 06:05
These were the ones I was going to mention. First off perhaps the ultimate analogue keyboard album ever was hidden among many other (fine) suggestions.:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:


Flamen Dialis from France with the 'Symptome Dei' album.
 

Originally posted by PC-72 PC-72 wrote:

One w- ...sentence. Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares. 

And of course:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Attention all Mellotron fiends! 
What you need is Morte Macabre's Symphonic Holocaust.

My favorite mellotronsound is the thick, woolen and unbelievably gorgeous washes of  Pete Knutsen's haunting and melancholic mellotron found on Terje Rypdal - Whenever I Seem to be Far Away (namely on Silver Bird is Heading for the Sun + The Hunt). Chamber-or maybe even symphonic jazzfusion that should appeal to symphonic prog lovers. Almost like a fuzzed out 70's version of late romantic era Gustav Mahler or pre-12 tone Arnold Schoenberg. 

...for some intriguing and unorthodox use check out Herbie Hancock adding thick string-layers of "The Devil's Triangle"-like horror on his masterpiece Crossings strangely grooving last track "Water Torture". 
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