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ProgSword 
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Posted: March 27 2015 at 04:24 |
I've always fancied the choir. Even if it's a song that doesn't particular click, as soon as that Mellotron comes out, I start totally freaking out (in a good way lol).
The Strawbs use it masterfully in the outro to Autumn. Very nice followup to the closing vocals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJaGE4GSCfQ&t=08m12s
And then of course, there's the haunting choir from Radiohead's Exit Music. Gives me chills every time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMqXj-eVCjI&t=01m39s
On a lesser note, I've never really fancied the brass section or the flutes. The former is almost never used, although I know King Crimson has done it a couple times, and it always gives me a very uneasy feeling (not the good kind). And as someone who used to play the flute, perhaps that's why I find the Mellotron flute very dull (sorry Strawberry Fields Forever). I find that the extra effort goes a long way whether you're as good as Ian Anderson, or you just threw it in to add to the overall sound a la Peter Gabriel.
Edited by ProgSword - March 27 2015 at 17:11
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Posted: March 27 2015 at 05:11 |
I see this is going to be another YouTube thread. Please post links instead of embedded vids 
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Posted: March 27 2015 at 07:21 |
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ProgSword
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Posted: March 27 2015 at 17:12 |
 Guldbamsen wrote:
I see this is going to be another YouTube thread. Please post links instead of embedded vids
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Done :) This is better too since the embedded vids wouldn't directly link to the Mellotron parts I was trying to show.
And Svetonio, that was very surreal use of the Mellotron. Always good to hear bands still using it, even in the 2010s.
Edited by ProgSword - March 27 2015 at 17:13
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Posted: March 27 2015 at 18:05 |
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listen to ItCotCK; there's mine. however, the choir thing i definitely can see, not just in Exit Music but also Los Endos and some live performances of the song. damn.....
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Posted: March 28 2015 at 02:29 |
Can't post any samples  (dumb-ass iPod user here.....), but, as many distinctive sounds there are, the 'Choir' setting always gets my 'man-tits' dangling (so to speak). Tony Banks' use at the end of Entangled (Trick Of The Tail) is some of the most incredible build-ups EVER.
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Steven Wilson wrote a song about a mellotron scratching, has anyone ever actually heard one do that?
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted: March 29 2015 at 18:43 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
Can't post any samples (dumb-ass iPod user here.....), but, as many distinctive sounds there are, the 'Choir' setting always gets my 'man-tits' dangling (so to speak). Tony Banks' use at the end of Entangled (Trick Of The Tail) is some of the most incredible build-ups EVER. |
OMG YES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdJkOMYzVFE&t=04m27s
Probably in my top 3 favorite prog moments. I couldn't of imagined how he thought of this wonderful combo. Even a lot of my non-prog friends are amazed by the outro when they hear Entangled.
And yeah about PT, I never understood what a Mellotron scratch is lol
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No thought required: the trio of 'trons playing together on ANEKDOTEN's 2005 live album, Waking the Dead (Live in Japan 2005). Brilliant throughout! One of my Top 5 favorite live albums of all-time.
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Posted: April 09 2015 at 18:45 |
All of em
Not a single bad one
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Posted: April 09 2015 at 19:04 |
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The end of Entangled is a combination of ARP and Mellotron, but it's the first thing that came to mind. Now I have to go listen to that whole album. Thanks.
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Choir. Flutes close second. Love the uses on Changes by The Zombies in particular. For choir, She Came Shining is a must. Beautiful choir introduction. But all the samples are good. Love the thing.
Edited by fudgenuts64 - April 10 2015 at 03:11
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Heldon, In the Wake of King Fripp.
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