Mellotron

The Beatles' influence turns up in "Dizzy," where a riff on Mellotron brings to mind "Strawberry Fields Forever"; for "Easier Said Than Done," Mr. St. Hilaire played a piano part on the same white upright used in "A Day in the Life."

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After showing the “Box” script to Arcade songwriter Win Butler, the director and the band traveled to Toronto, where they recorded 80 minutes of original music with a full orchestra, including strings, brass and a rich, polyphonic keyboard called a Mellotron.

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The session took place at Trident Studios in London using an eight-track recorder: "It went smoothly," recalls Buckmaster, "we did the basic track first, with David on jumbo guitar [large body acoustic], together with the rest of the rhythm section and Rick Wakeman's Mellotron, then David's vocal and Stylophone [a pocket-sized, stylus-operated electronic keyboard], and finally, strings and flutes."

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Tony Banks started up his Mellotron introduction to Watcher Of The Skies and someone shouted out, "Sounds like fuckin' Beethoven!"

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Though her studio is crammed with some genuine museum pieces from the analog era—including a Mellotron and a celeste—Ms. Honda has a soft spot for the early digital era.

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A regular Rahsaan Roland Kirk of the keyboards, Ted cooked up his own little homemade 88's complete with five keyboards, pedalboard, Hammond B-3, Minimoog, Mellotron, and an echolette.

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A regular Rahsaan Roland Kirk of the keyboards, Ted cooked up his own little homemade 88's complete with five keyboards, pedalboard, Hammond B-3, Minimoog, Mellotron, and an echolette.

Archive 2010-05-01 baikinange 2010

There's a nominal take on blues rock ( "From the Clouds"), a lovely ballad about his daughter ( "My Little Girl") and the less lovely "Pictures of People Taking Pictures," an upbeat but awkward number centered on a wayward Mellotron.

Jack Johnson's album ‘To the Sea,' reviewed by Allison Stewart 2010

There's a nominal take on blues rock ( "From the Clouds"), a lovely ballad about his daughter ( "My Little Girl") and the less lovely "Pictures of People Taking Pictures," an upbeat but awkward number centered on a wayward Mellotron.

Album review: Jack Johnson, "To The Sea" 2010

Among the wealth of unissued recordings are eight alternate versions and mixes of album tracks, including "You And Your Sister" with Mellotron in place of the original's string arrangement, and a later version of "Get Away" featuring Big Star's Alex Chilton on guitar, Ken Woodley on bass, and Richard Rosebrough on drums.

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