Classic Mellotron Albums
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4 жыл бұрынJoin host Pete Pardo as he looks at some of his favorite albums featuring the legendary progressive rock keyboard/tape instrument the Mellotron. #mellotronrules
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@raymondkizer1216 4 жыл бұрын
The Mellotron was also used on "Tears" from the Rush 2112 album, and "Changes" by Black Sabbath.
@SvenTviking Жыл бұрын
Strawberry fields forever.
@TooSkinnyKenny Жыл бұрын
it REALLY adds a lot to "Changes" doesn't it? And it's such a striking song to begin with.
@wti70 7 ай бұрын
She's Gone also
@onslow958 4 жыл бұрын
Outstanding show Pete!!! A lot of new music for me to search out. Thank you sir, keep up the great work.
@arthurprice603 4 жыл бұрын
A few ‘often forgotten others’ to perhaps add to a list. :D ‘The Coming Of Kohoutek’ (Argent ‘Nexus’ album 1974) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/orGgZt2gyrayk3U.html ‘Once Around The Sun’ (Argent ‘Nexus’ album 1974) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hMhigM9onZ-qink.html ‘U.H.F.’ (Curved Air ‘Air Cut’ album 1973) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrRyfsaBsZbPkoU.html ‘Metamorphosis’ (Curved Air ‘Air Cut’ album 1973) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bJ5_qrpoyKqbdGQ.html ‘We People Darker Than Blue’ (Babe Ruth ‘Babe Ruth’ album 1975) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z8iDq5SdmpnMZKs.html ‘Earth Shanty’ (Groundhogs ‘Hogwash’ album 1972) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p7iVd5Si0KjNgoE.html
@63mckenzie 4 жыл бұрын
Fav Mellotron moment is the ending of Seven Stones from Genesis' Nursery Cryme album
@Carlo8836 4 жыл бұрын
Probably my favorite Mellotron tune!
@jazzandrocknroll3235 4 жыл бұрын
Genghis Kant Same here, without a doubt the ultimate Mellotron moment! Simply divine Mellotron use!
@neugey 4 жыл бұрын
Some great moments to choose from with Genesis ... Blood on the Rooftops might be my favorite mellotron tune of all-time ... the way it blends with the piano is so epic.
@marcelob4132 4 жыл бұрын
Watcher Of The Skies intro
@63mckenzie 4 жыл бұрын
@@neugey Yip, Mellotron magic.
@darlatidwell6255 4 жыл бұрын
I had to save this video so I could write all of them down. I love your channel, you are so dedicated and so cut out for this. Rick Wakeman is still astoundingly awesome! TY Pete for this channel!
@curtharvilla958 4 жыл бұрын
Love the sound of the mellotron! Great show as usual Pete! 👍✌🏻
@greensombrero3641 4 жыл бұрын
Nice work Pete Pardo! Really glad I found your channel. Learning a lot - interesting subjects.
@leifsiklossy6548 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Pete! I’d love to see a top 10 songs of the Moody Blues. I see you have the great seven collection. Thanks for keeping the music alive!
@maysinpile5561 4 жыл бұрын
So would I...and have you profiled the band's albums? I have looked through your videos and can't see to find it if you have already. Pete, always look forward to your new videos on here.
@garychristensen8025 4 жыл бұрын
Glad you included all 7 classic Moody's albums. Mike Pinder was the melatrone player and worked for the manufacturer tuning the finished machine.
@malcolmharing3744 Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you mentioned this fact. You saved me from having to educate this guy on the melotron. Too bad Mike Pinder left the Moodies, all key artists who replaced Mike were just players whereas Mike contributed to the band as a significant writer of some of their songs/hits.
@adampineda5460 4 жыл бұрын
LOVE THE CHANNEL. YOU'VE TURNED ME ON TO A BUNCH OF QUALITY STUFF, AS A MUSIC GEEK WHO PRIDES HIMSELF IN DEEP CUTS AND OBSCURE KNOWLEDGE I APPRECIATE THAT. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. P.S. YOUR COLLECTION IS MOUTH WATERING.
@Franz_Morhart 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Pete! Been eagerly awaiting this one!
@paulwheeldon3075 4 жыл бұрын
Great video Pete. Loads of stuff I’ve never heard of that I need to check out. I’m going to have to watch this again! Love The Strawbs & Barclay James Harvest, so it’s cool to hear them given kudos.
@davepugh2519 4 жыл бұрын
'The Rain Song' by Led Zeppelin has always been one of my Mellotron favourites
@davepugh2519 3 жыл бұрын
@Jaiden Jake The live version is really good too.
@jamiepastman5594 Жыл бұрын
Great choice, Jones is great on that track
@garyhitchcock3828 Жыл бұрын
Fab song & JP Jones Mellotron on Kashmir & Stairway.
@jayburdification 2 ай бұрын
Same
@michaelhemmingartist 4 жыл бұрын
What a great video, thanks for putting it up. Lifelong fan of Genesis, Steve Hackett, Yes, Beatles etc and now excited to give some of these other bands a listen. Already started with Cathedral, liking it so far. I have to say I've never seen such immaculate cd cases, couldn't see a single scratch 😂
@EGlideKid 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent review of the Mellotron and the music it influenced, Pete. It's funny, my wife and I were listening to Meddle and 'Echoes' last night, and I pointed out the keyboard part where a Mellotron was used. Have always loved the sounds of the Mellotron. I was born in '57 and will always cherish 70's music above all other decades. Noticed you left Yes 'Fragile' off the list. Heart of the Sunrise was a very mysterious and beautiful use of the Mellotron. Thanks again! Don't know why I took so long to subscribe!
@ronniefarnsworth6465 4 жыл бұрын
The "Mellotron" the Keyboard of Prog !!! : D I've been wanting you do do this for so long !! Thanks : )
@paulsimister944 4 жыл бұрын
Good to see you have do many of the Moodiy Blues early albums. A fine band.
@rogertemple7193 Жыл бұрын
I just saw this from a while back and interested in the Mellotron Thanks.😮🎹🎹🎹🎹😎
@JosephFrancisBurton 4 жыл бұрын
I think my favorite Mellotron moment is the opening swells of Eleventh Earl of Mar from Genesis. Incredible and majestic..!! My favorite Mellotron album is Tales from Topographic Oceans, in particular sides 1, 2 and 3. Wakeman may have hated TFTO, but I swear he did his most incredible mellotron work on that album..!!
@stuarthecht8196 4 жыл бұрын
Eleventh Earl's lush mellotron is made even more pronounced and intense by those deep bass Taurus pedals and Steve Hackett's guitar line buzzing from speaker to speaker!
@misterakt 4 жыл бұрын
TFTO is one of the greatest mellotron albums ever made, critics be dammed!
@ronfisher5259 4 жыл бұрын
Truly love TFTO, went to see Yes performance of it at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, the first night all the blow-up stage props worked. Some failed in testing for the second night and some friends who couldn’t go with us the first night only saw sides 1 & 4 instead of all 4 parts. Really glad we went on first night.
@TheScreamingFrog916 Жыл бұрын
+1 for Genesis use of Mellotron.
@sbbinahee 4 жыл бұрын
I'm discovering 'new' great music, bands and albums to my ears thanks to uour videos. Love the mellotron a nd the favourite albums by ear videos. The Moody's main instrument of distinction through the early years. There's a great video of Mike Pinder talking us through the functioning parts of the mellotron on it GREAT STUFF again thanks! I have all the Moody stuff but I'm listening to Jeff Beck group band No G Crimson..the ones you recommending. It adds to my prog rock knowledge and collection.
@TheScreamingFrog916 Жыл бұрын
Genesis, and Yes, are my favorite Mellotron users. I have the iPad Mellotron app, and also have the AKAI MPC 1, with a great Mellotron emulation in it. What a great time to be into hardware synthesizers and great emulations of the old classics. Thanks for sharing this list of Mellotron users. Opened my eyes to a lot of great bands/music that I did not know about. Have a great day, and best wishes for your continued success.
@simonjones8111 4 жыл бұрын
Totally with you on King Crimson’s Epitaph, somewhat scary how relevant the lyrics are today!
@davidsimons5944 4 ай бұрын
I found your video after I just bought a Mellotron mini 4000D today. Can't wait for it to be delivered!
@edhartman5466 20 күн бұрын
Happy for you,stay with it and continue it's unique sound!
@DonHornsby 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Pete. I knew about the classic Crimson, Moody Blues, and Genesis mellotron tunes. But I need to check out the other material you mentioned. I fell in love with the Mellotron with the early Moody Blues albums. And I think that one of the best Mellotron tracks is Afterglow from the Seconds Out album by Genesis. I need to check out the other material you mentioned in this video. I was excited about this presentation since you mentioned it in other videos. You didn't disappoint!
@DANTEFISI 4 жыл бұрын
My favourite instrument! Love it so much!
@abe3802 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Very interesting, great show.
@JekyllHyde967 4 жыл бұрын
Good stuff Pete. You're my ultimate guide on discovering good music
@arthurprice603 4 жыл бұрын
A few ‘often forgotten others’ to perhaps add to a list. :D ‘The Coming Of Kohoutek’ (Argent ‘Nexus’ album 1974) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/orGgZt2gyrayk3U.html ‘Once Around The Sun’ (Argent ‘Nexus’ album 1974) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hMhigM9onZ-qink.html ‘U.H.F.’ (Curved Air ‘Air Cut’ album 1973) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrRyfsaBsZbPkoU.html ‘Metamorphosis’ (Curved Air ‘Air Cut’ album 1973) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bJ5_qrpoyKqbdGQ.html ‘We People Darker Than Blue’ (Babe Ruth ‘Babe Ruth’ album 1975) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z8iDq5SdmpnMZKs.html ‘Earth Shanty’ (Groundhogs ‘Hogwash’ album 1972) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p7iVd5Si0KjNgoE.html
@jlcougilljr 4 жыл бұрын
great episode as always Pete! hope you and your family are safe and well brother. stoked and looking forward to the Hendrix rating
@inmyhouse11 4 жыл бұрын
I was getting sea of tranquility withdrawal not getting any content up till now. Thank you for another great show
@krshollis 4 жыл бұрын
Glad to see you included Tangerine Dream. Stratosfear is one of my favorite albums of all time.
@SwisstedChef2018 2 жыл бұрын
Well deserved
@bmardon2112 2 жыл бұрын
Tangerine is phenomenal
@dipanjanbiswas6580 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for introducing me to England! Loving their sound!
@willsonnett6693 4 жыл бұрын
Love the mellotron sounds. One of your best Pete. Note: Leviathan, obscure band from Memphis circa 1974 has some great mellotron..
@erikjohnson3434 4 жыл бұрын
God I forgot PFM, shocked me back to my teen years
@rite-note1702 4 жыл бұрын
Phew! Take a deep breath after that. Nice Job. Another one I would add also one of my favourite keyboard bands were Tai Phong, French progressive symphonic band founded by Vietnamese brothers Kahn and Taï Ho Tong. Similar to Camel, Barclay James Harvest or even Novalis. First 2 albums feature great Samurai album artwork Unique guitar and vocal harmonies as well as strong moog and mellotron playing. Once again great video.
@mikep6222 4 жыл бұрын
I completely agree about "Wind And Wuthering" and "Trick Of The Tail" But I will stand by Steve Hackett as the one who made those albums the beauties they are.
@tomfisher2103 4 жыл бұрын
When it came to Mellotron, first band that popped into my head was the Moody Blues.
@ilabelle1 4 жыл бұрын
The opening to Watcher of the Skies has got to be the best example of a mellotrons sound. It still sounds so majestic. The Moody Blues' keyboard player, Mike Pinder had a lot to do with the actual development of the mellotron. And of course In the Court of the Crimson King. You can't talk about the mellotron without talking about King Crimson. Genesis' first mellotron was bought off of King Crimson.
@gregorycooper9150 4 жыл бұрын
The mellotron Genesis used in "Watchers Of The Skys" was said to belong to King Crimson.
@shyshift 2 жыл бұрын
And Tony Banks said it.
@johngiummarra8983 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Pete, fantastic video! I've been waiting for someone to do something like this for a long time. I absolutely LOVE the sound of the Mellotron, one of the most emotive, expressive keyboards ever made. How about possibly doing a list of albums featuring the incredible Yamaha CS-80? ( Eddie Jobson, Vangelis just to name a few ) Keep up the great work man!
@arthurprice603 4 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear mention of Eddie Jobson - one time member of Curved Air and ‘master of the mellotron’! Both Argent and Curved Air - sadly, seldom mentioned. :D ‘The Coming Of Kohoutek’ (Argent ‘Nexus’ album 1974) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/orGgZt2gyrayk3U.html ‘Once Around The Sun’ (Argent ‘Nexus’ album 1974) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hMhigM9onZ-qink.html ‘U.H.F.’ (Curved Air ‘Air Cut’ album 1973) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrRyfsaBsZbPkoU.html ‘Metamorphosis’ (Curved Air ‘Air Cut’ album 1973) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bJ5_qrpoyKqbdGQ.html ‘We People Darker Than Blue’ (Babe Ruth ‘Babe Ruth’ album 1975) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z8iDq5SdmpnMZKs.html ‘Earth Shanty’ (Groundhogs ‘Hogwash’ album 1972) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p7iVd5Si0KjNgoE.html ‘Sundown’ (Edgar Winter Group ‘Shock Treatment’ album 1974) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rpd0eMdz0d3UZWQ.html ‘Somebody Take My Heart Away’ (Edgar Winter Group ‘Shock Treatment’ album 1974) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bdlhmrZ3sLSViKM.html
@teedlebomb1 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent. The majestic Mellotron of the Moodies and first KC album pulled me into Prog-Rock immediately. Wunnerful!
@thecocomastiux3655 4 жыл бұрын
The proggiest instrument. My favorite moments of mellotron epicness have to be in Nights in White Satin, Soon from Gates of Delirium, Entangled of a Trick of the Tail, many moments in Suppers Ready and that climax in Epitaph of course
@enjois5464 4 жыл бұрын
gotta say pete , what a knowledge of music you have, I thought he will never have heard of spring, a great mellotron band , but bugger me you have, you are the man
@lonedrone 4 жыл бұрын
Brian Jones' Mellotron work on "We Love You" was very special. Almost like a percussive sound. I have several sample libraries of Mellotron sounds but none can reproduce that chunky attack sound - there was probably some vintage compression involved.
@MegaCraptacular 2 жыл бұрын
Stones also used it on 10,000 Light Years From Home.
@TheSimonScowl 4 жыл бұрын
Good timing. Was ruminating on the Mellotron just yesterday!
@paulayers1111 4 жыл бұрын
The intro to Watcher Of a The Skies!!!!
@michaelcottle6270 4 жыл бұрын
Yes! Banksy jammed the tape selector between two settings and played two sounds at once on the intro. Probably didn't help with the reliability...
@ledzeplover58 4 жыл бұрын
My favorite mellotron ever. Brilliant stuff.
@denni-sl.c 4 жыл бұрын
Absolute love it! Check out the intro of Tangerine Dream's "Cherokee Lane" from Encore, both creepy stuff!
@brunoprimas1483 4 жыл бұрын
@@michaelcottle6270 I believe there were 5 buttons for selection between the 3 sounds. 3 white for A, B, and C. The other two black buttons were in between A and B and B and C. Those mixed A with B, or B with C.
@lorneturner5318 4 жыл бұрын
Especially the one from 'Genesis Live'..stunning
@tadreaming1 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the Mellotron video, very nice! Almost thought you weren't going to mention Tangerine Dream, but you did. One of my favorite tracks with Mellotron is probably Heindrich von Kleist by Klaus Schulze on his "X" album, love that song to bits with great use of Choir Tron, must hear on headphones.
@zachhaywood1564 4 жыл бұрын
Was so excited to hear you mention Tangerine Dream, they seem to be a band that sadly aren't as name-checked as their contemporaries when it comes to discussing great Mellotron bands.
@chrisbywater275 3 жыл бұрын
Epsilon In Malaysian Pale by Edgar Froese is THE Mellotron album
@Mega3st 4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! Thanks and greetings from Germany 😉
@martynhewitt91 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Pete for this video. I've always treasured the mellotron sounds having grown up with Strawbs, Barclay James Harvest and Moody Blues. Just a quick mention of Opeth's Damnation that has Mellotron all over it.
@neutralearth1061 Жыл бұрын
Great presentation Pete! We LOVE the Mellotron too and use a vintage M400 (with 4 tape frames) along with 2 Mellotron Micro's, an M4000D (with 5 Sound Cards) and several Mellotron apps for iPad and iPhone. Our motto is "You Can Never Have Too Much Mellotron".
@guillaumeavon1449 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Pete! I love your show, I go back to it a lot to explore new music. Thanks to you I got more into Yes, Santana, Rush, King Crimson, Camel, Jethro Tulletc. I'm quite new to the music of Steve Hackett and since this is the first time I see you mentionning his music I was wondering if you could do a show ranking his albums. I'd love to get your perspective on his discography.
@toonmunger 4 жыл бұрын
There was some great Mellotron on the early Focus albums.
@billsinkking128 4 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this show and must admit I own and love every cd you held up to the camera and talked about...excpet for two new ones to me: "Wind" and "Wobbler"...and I need to check out those two bands right away. Yes, I'm a big prog fan and even bigger Mellotron fan ever since I bought Fragile back in '72 and never in my wildest dreams imagined I would actually own one fifteen years later (1973 M400,) which I use on all my own original song recordings. I was glad you finally mentioned the band Spring, I love that album. But I'm surprised you didn't mention Germany's SFF (Schicke, Fuhrs & Frohling) and especially the Fuhrs & Frohling solo debut album "Ammerland" and it's gorgeous Mellotron-soaked title track (quite possibly the most beautiful Mellotron song ever recorded). However, I know time is of the essence and there are way too many albums to fit into just one show. So how about part 2 maybe someday?
@johnhenfrey5936 4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant Pete! Wish you could have done a list below! Any chance of a part 2 in the future.
@JosephFrancisBurton 4 жыл бұрын
I agree there is so much incredible Mellotron work on Wind and Wuthering, I think that was the last album Genesis used Mellotron.
@tadreaming1 4 жыл бұрын
There was just a little here & there on ...and then there were three, but not featured at all, Many To Many & Burning Rope if I remember right.
@SwisstedChef2018 2 жыл бұрын
Wow Pete, such great words spoken about Epitaph , your description is it man
@SwisstedChef2018 2 жыл бұрын
End of the Genesis song Entangled
@rosesprog1722 4 жыл бұрын
YESSSS, England's Garden Shed, I am not alone anymore!!!! he he. Did you mention Glass Hammer, Kaipa, Transatlantic, the Flower Kings, Steven Wilson... maybe not but I'm sure you thought about them. :-) Great video, thanks, that instrument sometimes made me feel so emotional, I may have shed a few tears, secretly, of course.
@arnaudb.7669 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that erudite and fantastic show! Another great who use the mellotron: The Flower Kings ( for example the marvellous track Circus Brimstone on the "Stardust We Are" album), their keyboard player Tomas Bodin has a superb solo album with a good amount of mellotron called "An ordinary night in my ordinary life".
@TheSOUNDMAN513 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been listening to Satanic Majesties Request recently over and over... Citadel is my favorite!! Also the Stones “We Love You”( which should have been on that album) has some KILLER mellotron... love that psychedelic rock!!!
@richardwadholm4019 4 жыл бұрын
"2000 Light Years From Home!"
@kevinputry5655 4 жыл бұрын
Great list Pete! But I have to add SFF(Schicke, Fuhrs and Frohling). Their first 2 albums have some killer Mellotron on them!
@angrybird32495 4 жыл бұрын
The Mellotron and the Hammond Organ have made me a huge classic rock guy. The first time I became consciously aware of these instruments and what they sounded like was through listening to Opeth (In My Time of Need). Which prompted me to go back several decades and consume classic rock music which features these lovely keyboards...
@randalclarke5487 4 жыл бұрын
Now THIS is an episode I can get into!!!
@bobthebear1246 4 жыл бұрын
Even Lenny Kravitz - the old soul that he always was - used the Mellotron to great effect on some of his early songs. 🙂 As for The Moody Blues, I would say that they and King Crimson were the Mellotron kings. Although I like every single one of their early albums, and love *Every Good Boy Deserves Favour* and *Seventh Sojourn,* my all-time favorite one by The Moodies is *To Our Children's Children's Children.* I typically play it in its 40-minute entirety. 👍🏻 Incredible stuff.
@sspbrazil 4 жыл бұрын
Bob Schneider a lot of people still use mellotron, Paul Weller has used it on his most recent albums.
@raymatthews4319 4 жыл бұрын
Out and In features some of the greatest Mellotron work ever recorded.
@hans8740 4 жыл бұрын
Glad an American found the Dutch band Earth & Fire! Never expected that anyone outside the Netherlands would found this underrated band ! Great prog!!
@christown2827 4 жыл бұрын
I live in the UK and heard their music on Arrow Classic Rock when it was on AM radio. Have a listen to the first Portishead album which I think has some Earth And Fire influences.
@stephenlegg262 4 жыл бұрын
Hi from Wales. Love Earth and Fire.
@SuperBillyHood 4 жыл бұрын
Ik ben Brits en ik ken Earth and Fire! I rate the late Gerard Koerts particularly highly on mellotron. The band's single 'Memories' is a mellotron classic!
@joerg6908 Жыл бұрын
Hi. I always was and still am a great fan of dutch prog bands like Kayak, Focus, Ekseption, Supersister, Alquin and of course Earth and Fire. By the way, I'm German and fortunately had the pleasure to see Earth and Fire live in 1975.
@GunnarCreutz 3 жыл бұрын
Great list of great Mellotron albums! Morte Macabre was a Swedish band playing Italian film scores from the '70s. They consisted of members from Anekdoten (Nicklas Barker and Peter Nordins) and Landberk (Reine Fiske and Stefan Dimle). White Willow was a Norwegian band, but the Swedish drummer Mattias Olsson from Änglagård played in the band. Something missing on the list is the German trio Schicke Führs Fröhling and their first album Symphonic Pictures (1976). Tangerine Dream was mentioned. I particulary love their live album Encore (1977) with Edgar Froese on the twin keyboard Mellotron Mark V, and Chris Franke and Peter Baumann on Mellotron M400. Speaking of Mellotron Mark V it was also used by Anekdoten on their first two albums, Vemod and Nucleus. The Mark V was a heavy beast. I know it because I helped them to carry their Mark V up the stairs at an Anekdoten gig in 1994. Nicklas Barker later sold his Mark V and got an M400 instead.
@skallagrimr_kveldulfsson 4 жыл бұрын
Great video Pete. I am a big mellotron enthusiast and a few of these albums are still missing in my collection. Some of them are hard to find on CD these days.
@arthurprice603 4 жыл бұрын
Some others that may be of interest - from often overlooked bands from the 1970s. :D ‘The Coming Of Kohoutek’ (Argent ‘Nexus’ album 1974) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/orGgZt2gyrayk3U.html ‘Once Around The Sun’ (Argent ‘Nexus’ album 1974) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hMhigM9onZ-qink.html ‘U.H.F.’ (Curved Air ‘Air Cut’ album 1973) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrRyfsaBsZbPkoU.html ‘Metamorphosis’ (Curved Air ‘Air Cut’ album 1973) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bJ5_qrpoyKqbdGQ.html ‘We People Darker Than Blue’ (Babe Ruth ‘Babe Ruth’ album 1975) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z8iDq5SdmpnMZKs.html ‘Earth Shanty’ (Groundhogs ‘Hogwash’ album 1972) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p7iVd5Si0KjNgoE.html
@bobbeckey6941 4 жыл бұрын
great video. A little in the weeds for me personalty, but I glad you did this.
@thewal1ofsleep 4 жыл бұрын
Just hearing you talk about Genesis makes me want to listen to them all day. Really great to hear you discuss Italian prog a little bit. Such good stuff and it doesn't get a lot of recognition. Maybe you could do a Top 10 "Rock Progressivo Italiano" show sometime! Also, Wobbler are freakin' awesome!
@adampoll4977 Жыл бұрын
The actual audio flaws of the Mellotron are what make it truly great and unique (as opposed to what it was conceived to be, ie a sampler). There is always something "off" and vaguely unsettling about the sound that is wonderful.
@alaincelos476 3 ай бұрын
Clever things told adampoll ! Liké thé Hammond with tone wheels ,an instrument with default which made his charm !
@creech54 4 жыл бұрын
Finally, a mention of Strawbs! I've been hoping for a "Ranking The Albums" video with Strawbs. Any chance?
@cyclesgoff9768 4 жыл бұрын
Michael Scott I don’t think the union would allow it 😬
@kenrussell1093 4 жыл бұрын
Another Strawbs fan.....you must also be an extremely intelligent individual😏
@digitig 4 жыл бұрын
If "From the Witchwood" isn't number one, it's a fix.
@creech54 4 жыл бұрын
@@kenrussell1093 I jus think there music is priddy! Hu-hu!
@creech54 4 жыл бұрын
@@digitig Anything from WITCHWOOD to GHOSTS is alright with me.
@Ifoughtpiranhas 4 жыл бұрын
John Paul Jones played some classic tracks with a Mellotron.
@chrisevans9553 4 жыл бұрын
"The Rain Song" comes to mind immediately!
@raymatthews4319 4 жыл бұрын
@@chrisevans9553 The Rain Song and Khashmir
@snakebite69 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Pete, Just re-watched this fantastic video you did and wanted to mention it was the classically trained Simon House who played mellotron and synths on the two Hawkwind albums you mentioned, a very underrated player. Peace Andy H
@ivanfortuny2244 Жыл бұрын
Great show.
@marcelob4132 4 жыл бұрын
Autumn intro on Strawbs' Hero & Heroine album
@foxtrotnow 4 жыл бұрын
Splendid indeed.
@gdavid4509 4 жыл бұрын
Great example
@oliaslives6986 4 жыл бұрын
EPIC track.
@kevc-69- 4 жыл бұрын
I love the atmosphere a mellotron brings.
@robbryant3588 4 жыл бұрын
Good job, Pete! The fisrt time I saw the Moody Blues must have been 1969. The only song I'd heard by some form of the band was 'Go Now'. The tickets were $4.00. I think they had just released 'On The Theshold Of A Dream'. I was sitting there, the boys were playing and before you know it, I'm hearing violins. I'm looking around, there are only five guys on stage. Mike Pinder went on to make that box sing. I went home and somehow figured out what the melletron was. I thoroughly enjoyed that concert of course and was hooked for life. Saw them six times. Thanks for mentioning Strawbs and PFM!
@godders7594 4 жыл бұрын
Marvelous stuff
@ericporter344 2 жыл бұрын
I played in a band back in the 80s, and we had a keyboard player for a short time who had Mellotron. Sounded great, and got to play it myself a few times, quite a thrill to play a real one
@caryheuchert 4 жыл бұрын
My favourite keyboard!!! Back in 1993, a local seller here in Vancouver, Canada was selling a M400 for $2,000. I couldn’t afford to buy it then, but was lucky enough to play it. Apparently a member of Pearl Jam later came up from Seattle and bought it. I finally purchased a Mellotron Micro (digital version), last year. One of the happiest days of my life!!!
@marinsiric 3 жыл бұрын
Nice, song of the marching children is one of my favourites, didn't expect it here Edit: beggars opera too? Man you're killing it with the prog underground, can't wait to check the ones i don't know
@jazzandrocknroll3235 4 жыл бұрын
Celeste's debut titled "Principe di un Giorno" is perhaps the ultimate Mellotron album. Great acoustic prog with lots of saxophone, ARP 2600, and of course, the mighty M400 Mellotron, played by TWO of the band members. Pete mentioned it in one of his underground prog shows. EDIT: Pete mentioned them in this video, go listen to them they're excellent!
@neugey 4 жыл бұрын
Great video Pete, much enjoyed this. If you are looking for a bit of a sequel to this theme, would be cool to see a feature segment on ARP Synthesizer!
@FANDANGALUS 4 жыл бұрын
Great video, your Channel is very inspiring and informative. I am on chapter 2 of A New Day Yesterday, it’s hard to imagine In The Court of The Crimson King without the Mellotron. I’m like you, a completist.....I’ve got 9 Gentle Giant albums on order! VdGG next, I only have their 2nd and 3rd albums. Best wishes from The UK.
@Rodr51zx 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Pete, great video! Wanted to know where do you usually buy your cds.. Keep the great work!
@markchoma9822 4 жыл бұрын
Planet Mellotron is a cool site with a comprehensive list of albums featuring the Mellotron and Chamberlin. Pavlov's Dog Pampered Menial is a great Mellotron album.
@ledzeplover58 4 жыл бұрын
Just listened to PM yesterday. Forgot how great it was. I know we're talking mellotron but Julia's opening piano-shiver.
@darthflorist3126 4 жыл бұрын
I agree about Planet Mellotron. I've met the guy that runs the site (Andy Thompson), who is now in the band Tytan. I've been a great aficionado of the tron since late 1970. I recommend early King Crimson, up to 1974, especially from late 1972 onwards.
@GeoffreyGentryMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Can also vouch for Planet Mellotron. Andy is a very thorough and well-organized resource for Tron fans like me. He's really knowledgeable with prog, as well as psychedelia and intelligent pop bands like XTC, Jellyfish, and Big Star.
@jayburdification 2 ай бұрын
Got some really great songs for my best of Mellotron playlist from this, thanks. Always loved McCartney’s use of Mellotron canned strings in “Singalong Junk.” Also “Hole in My Shoe” by Traffic and “Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James” by Manfred Mann, which I believe is one of the very first pop songs to use the instrument.
@terryjohnson5275 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Pete, lots of albums I have but also lots of others to discover - thankfully most of the ones I dont have can be found on you tube, and while not always the best sonically I've found in the past its a good way to listen to something before deciding to buy. Currently listenih to some harmonium, who I'd not heard anyhtng of before, and finding it a ver nice listen. PFM Per Un Amico came after Storia Di un Minuto and was the original Italian version of Photos of Ghosts. I have to say I have a great love of most Rock Progressiv Italiano so great to see PFM, LeOrme, Il Balleto di Bronzo and Osanna mentioned and as crazymanmichael100 said below I was starting to wonder if you'd get to Barclay James Harvest - Live which is one of my all time favourites.
@joerg6908 Жыл бұрын
Don't forget Banco or New Trolls, some other classic italian prog bands of the seventies.
@KPJohnson 4 жыл бұрын
Zeppelin! Kashmir and Rain Song in particular. What’s amazing about King Crimson is that Ian McDonald never played a mellotron before he joined the band and came up with Epitaph.
@mikereiss4216 2 жыл бұрын
Actually those are the only two studio LZ songs to feature a mellotron. I always thought "Kashmir" was just orchestra but apparently there's mellotron on there too.
@KPJohnson 2 жыл бұрын
@@mikereiss4216 the orchestra comes in at the end. Just a masterful piece of arranging by JPJ.
@garyhitchcock3828 Жыл бұрын
@@mikereiss4216Stairway to heaven on Zep 4's a mellotron (Imitating a flute)
@samgamgeeterminator 4 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite prog albums with lots of mellotron was from the French band Ange. Au-Dela Du Delire is the one I have. It too was dripping with superb 'tron.
@caryheuchert 4 жыл бұрын
Samwise Terminator I believe it was actually a Viscount organ, which Francis Decamps often played, and gave Ange their trademark sound.
@caseypsa 4 жыл бұрын
Have you done album rankings for prominent favorite band members solo albums? You mentioned Rick Wakeman here. How about solo Ozzy Osborne or Steve Hackett?
@raymondkizer1216 4 жыл бұрын
The instrument had a very haunting and atmospheric kind of sound to it.
@detheridge1951 4 жыл бұрын
You might also include Patrick Moraz's 'Story of i' which has Mellotron all over it - he later took some of the sounds from this album and had them made up into a tape frame, which he used on the live TV broadcast 'Future Memories'
@EmotiveTheMusic 4 жыл бұрын
like... all my favorites! Mellotron fan for sure.
@shaunogle530 4 жыл бұрын
Who knew there were (are) so many mellotrons out there! Love to hear you linkup across the pond with Stuart Maconie from BBC six music. A slot within his Sunday evening Freak show would be perfect where he champions prog old and young. A show centred on a shared top five mellotron based songs would be a winner. Nice to see Greenslade get a mention.
@moonchard 11 ай бұрын
Yeah, nice to see Greenslade mentioned. An excellent band that deserved greater recognition
@SuperMikael67 4 жыл бұрын
Hi here are some great bands from Sweden to be checked out... Gösta Berlings Saga , Anima Morte and Fredrik Klingwall & Julia Black Thanks for a great music channel to exploring new music
@ayeatropoulos1 3 жыл бұрын
My favorite instrument!!
@davidkiplingknox 4 жыл бұрын
The “Journey” album (1972) by Kingdom Come (featuring Arthur Brown). Extensive use of a Theremin and an early drum machine. Great mellotron and early synthesizer.
@MartyMurray 4 жыл бұрын
I got to talk with John Hawken of the Strawbs for a bit, after their show in Toronto, when the original lineup of Hero & Heroine had gotten back together to play live, and we were talking about the mellotron. He was saying how it used to act up all the time due to temperature and humidity, as you mentioned, Pete, and so many bands back then took several of them on tour, so if one was acting up, they had spares to use. These days John is using a super tricked out Mini Moog, where all the dials and controls are lit and such, and he told me he sampled all of the sounds from his mellotrons and put them into the Moog, so he could use them whenever he wanted without any problems, and the biggest benefit was that now you could play notes lasting longer than 15 seconds. Very nice guy to talk to. We had a pint together.
@robertmcneil2234 4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful to see some of my favourites here: Cressida, Le Orme, Dice, Spock's Beard and, of course, the mighty Eloy. Definitely need a ranking of the studio albums of Eloy...and Spock' Beard but definitely Eloy! I'd ask for a Tangerine Dream studio album ranking but that would take forever!
@jukeboxcowboy 4 жыл бұрын
Great great GREAT episode. Is a Theremin episode in the works? My band just appeared on the New York Theremin Society's Theremin 100 compilation - The instrument is having quite a Renaissance, and it just turned 100 years old!
@unchattytwit 4 жыл бұрын
Spot on with Barclay James Harvest. Fantastic live album and the mention for my fave BJH studio albums. Check-out Spring - absolutely classic first album.
@seaoftranquilityprog 4 жыл бұрын
Yep, I mentioned that album here as well.
@peterichards3261 4 жыл бұрын
Great selection Pete. You need to increase your Steve Hackett collection. PFM I got introduced to in 1974 courtesy of the wonderful BBC1 Saturday Rock Show hosted by Alan Freeman who was a huge fan. Title track of The World Became The World made my jaw drop. Sat staring at the radio wanting it to repeat!!
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