Classic Mellotron Albums

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Join 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 года назад

The Mellotron was also used on "Tears" from the Rush 2112 album, and "Changes" by Black Sabbath.

@SvenTviking Год назад

Strawberry fields forever.

@TooSkinnyKenny Год назад

it REALLY adds a lot to "Changes" doesn't it? And it's such a striking song to begin with.

@wti70 6 месяцев назад

She's Gone also

@63mckenzie 4 года назад

Fav Mellotron moment is the ending of Seven Stones from Genesis' Nursery Cryme album

@Carlo8836 4 года назад

Probably my favorite Mellotron tune!

@jazzandrocknroll3235 4 года назад

Genghis Kant Same here, without a doubt the ultimate Mellotron moment! Simply divine Mellotron use!

@neugey 4 года назад

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 года назад

Watcher Of The Skies intro

@63mckenzie 4 года назад

@@neugey Yip, Mellotron magic.

@davepugh2519 4 года назад

'The Rain Song' by Led Zeppelin has always been one of my Mellotron favourites

@davepugh2519 3 года назад

@Jaiden Jake The live version is really good too.

@jamiepastman5594 Год назад

Great choice, Jones is great on that track

@garyhitchcock3828 Год назад

Fab song & JP Jones Mellotron on Kashmir & Stairway.

@jayburdification Месяц назад

Same

@mikep6222 4 года назад

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.

@simonjones8111 4 года назад

Totally with you on King Crimson’s Epitaph, somewhat scary how relevant the lyrics are today!

@thecocomastiux3655 4 года назад

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

@garychristensen8025 4 года назад

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 Год назад

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.

@JosephFrancisBurton 4 года назад

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 года назад

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!

@alexanderkingtickle 4 года назад

TFTO is one of the greatest mellotron albums ever made, critics be dammed!

@ronfisher5259 4 года назад

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 Год назад

+1 for Genesis use of Mellotron.

@paulayers1111 4 года назад

The intro to Watcher Of a The Skies!!!!

@michaelcottle6270 4 года назад

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 года назад

My favorite mellotron ever. Brilliant stuff.

@denni-sl.c 4 года назад

Absolute love it! Check out the intro of Tangerine Dream's "Cherokee Lane" from Encore, both creepy stuff!

@brunoprimas1483 4 года назад

@@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 года назад

Especially the one from 'Genesis Live'..stunning

@paulsimister944 4 года назад

Good to see you have do many of the Moodiy Blues early albums. A fine band.

@leifsiklossy6548 4 года назад

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 года назад

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.

@tomfisher2103 4 года назад

When it came to Mellotron, first band that popped into my head was the Moody Blues.

@curtharvilla958 4 года назад

Love the sound of the mellotron! Great show as usual Pete! 👍✌🏻

@onslow958 4 года назад

Outstanding show Pete!!! A lot of new music for me to search out. Thank you sir, keep up the great work.

@arthurprice603 4 года назад

A few ‘often forgotten others’ to perhaps add to a list. :D ‘The Coming Of Kohoutek’ (Argent ‘Nexus’ album 1974) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lKp3zoePNcA.html ‘Once Around The Sun’ (Argent ‘Nexus’ album 1974) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Nb2Ml789FZE.html ‘U.H.F.’ (Curved Air ‘Air Cut’ album 1973) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tNBKcPL0kbQ.html ‘Metamorphosis’ (Curved Air ‘Air Cut’ album 1973) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-68OwW7cD7D0.html ‘We People Darker Than Blue’ (Babe Ruth ‘Babe Ruth’ album 1975) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1bSx1l53h4w.html ‘Earth Shanty’ (Groundhogs ‘Hogwash’ album 1972) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qReD1qkBiRM.html

@krshollis 4 года назад

Glad to see you included Tangerine Dream. Stratosfear is one of my favorite albums of all time.

@SwisstedChef2018 2 года назад

Well deserved

@bmardon2112 2 года назад

Tangerine is phenomenal

@DANTEFISI 4 года назад

My favourite instrument! Love it so much!

@erikjohnson3434 4 года назад

God I forgot PFM, shocked me back to my teen years

@abe3802 4 года назад

Thanks! Very interesting, great show.

@toonmunger 4 года назад

There was some great Mellotron on the early Focus albums.

@bobthebear1246 4 года назад

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 года назад

Bob Schneider a lot of people still use mellotron, Paul Weller has used it on his most recent albums.

@raymatthews4319 4 года назад

Out and In features some of the greatest Mellotron work ever recorded.

@ilabelle1 4 года назад

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 года назад

The mellotron Genesis used in "Watchers Of The Skys" was said to belong to King Crimson.

@shyshift 2 года назад

And Tony Banks said it.

@Franz_Morhart 4 года назад

Thank you Pete! Been eagerly awaiting this one!

@darlatidwell6255 4 года назад

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!

@greensombrero3641 4 года назад

Nice work Pete Pardo! Really glad I found your channel. Learning a lot - interesting subjects.

@dipanjanbiswas6580 4 года назад

Thanks for introducing me to England! Loving their sound!

@godders7594 4 года назад

Marvelous stuff

@lonedrone 4 года назад

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 года назад

Stones also used it on 10,000 Light Years From Home.

@hans8740 4 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

Hi from Wales. Love Earth and Fire.

@SuperBillyHood 4 года назад

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 Год назад

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.

@rogertemple7193 Год назад

I just saw this from a while back and interested in the Mellotron Thanks.😮🎹🎹🎹🎹😎

@willsonnett6693 4 года назад

Love the mellotron sounds. One of your best Pete. Note: Leviathan, obscure band from Memphis circa 1974 has some great mellotron..

@marcelob4132 4 года назад

Autumn intro on Strawbs' Hero & Heroine album

@foxtrotnow 4 года назад

Splendid indeed.

@gdavid4509 4 года назад

Great example

@oliaslives6986 4 года назад

EPIC track.

@paulwheeldon3075 4 года назад

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.

@ivanfortuny2244 Год назад

Great show.

@enjois5464 4 года назад

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

@teedlebomb1 4 года назад

Excellent. The majestic Mellotron of the Moodies and first KC album pulled me into Prog-Rock immediately. Wunnerful!

@TheScreamingFrog916 Год назад

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.

@JekyllHyde967 4 года назад

Good stuff Pete. You're my ultimate guide on discovering good music

@arthurprice603 4 года назад

@JosephFrancisBurton 4 года назад

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 года назад

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.

@TheSOUNDMAN513 4 года назад

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 года назад

"2000 Light Years From Home!"

@DonHornsby 4 года назад

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!

@markchoma9822 4 года назад

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 года назад

Just listened to PM yesterday. Forgot how great it was. I know we're talking mellotron but Julia's opening piano-shiver.

@darthflorist3126 4 года назад

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 года назад

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.

@michaelhemmingartist 4 года назад

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 😂

@Ifoughtpiranhas 4 года назад

John Paul Jones played some classic tracks with a Mellotron.

@chrisevans9553 4 года назад

"The Rain Song" comes to mind immediately!

@raymatthews4319 4 года назад

@@chrisevans9553 The Rain Song and Khashmir

@adampoll4977 11 месяцев назад

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 2 месяца назад

Clever things told adampoll ! Liké thé Hammond with tone wheels ,an instrument with default which made his charm !

@adampineda5460 4 года назад

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.

@ronniefarnsworth6465 4 года назад

The "Mellotron" the Keyboard of Prog !!! : D I've been wanting you do do this for so long !! Thanks : )

@sbbinahee 4 года назад

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.

@randalclarke5487 4 года назад

Now THIS is an episode I can get into!!!

@EGlideKid 4 года назад

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!

@davidsimons5944 4 месяца назад

I found your video after I just bought a Mellotron mini 4000D today. Can't wait for it to be delivered!

@edhartman5466 3 дня назад

Happy for you,stay with it and continue it's unique sound!

@kevc-69- 4 года назад

I love the atmosphere a mellotron brings.

@jlcougilljr 4 года назад

great episode as always Pete! hope you and your family are safe and well brother. stoked and looking forward to the Hendrix rating

@Mega3st 4 года назад

Very interesting! Thanks and greetings from Germany 😉

@rite-note1702 4 года назад

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.

@inmyhouse11 4 года назад

I was getting sea of tranquility withdrawal not getting any content up till now. Thank you for another great show

@TheSimonScowl 4 года назад

Good timing. Was ruminating on the Mellotron just yesterday!

@ayeatropoulos1 3 года назад

My favorite instrument!!

@martynhewitt91 4 года назад

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.

@arnaudb.7669 4 года назад

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".

@KPJohnson 4 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

@@mikereiss4216 the orchestra comes in at the end. Just a masterful piece of arranging by JPJ.

@garyhitchcock3828 Год назад

@@mikereiss4216Stairway to heaven on Zep 4's a mellotron (Imitating a flute)

@EmotiveTheMusic 4 года назад

like... all my favorites! Mellotron fan for sure.

@angrybird32495 4 года назад

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...

@GunnarCreutz 3 года назад

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.

@shanewright2772 4 года назад

The Bee Gees were mellotron heavyweights, too, on their massively underrated first 3 albums. And while it was nice to see the Tangers make your list, there's a lot more Krautrock that used the Mellotron as it's Wunderwaffe of choice.

@caryheuchert 4 года назад

Shane Wright Yes, the first Bee Gees album had Mellotron... also, The Steve Miller Band used one on their debut, “Children of the Future”.

@shanewright2772 4 года назад

That's why Maurice was so great - hand the guy anything and he'd play it, no matter how hammered drunk he was at the time.

@randalclarke5487 4 года назад

@UCul4WpSxEIsmayBUQtC_U7w haha love it!! so true...Maurice was the glue in that trio

@NewFalconerRecords 4 года назад

Yes, yes and yes to all the replies here so far. Great call!

@raymatthews4319 4 года назад

I believe Kraftwerk used an Orchestron on some of their songs

@tedkay_music 4 года назад

great!

@davidkiplingknox 4 года назад

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.

@zachhaywood1564 4 года назад

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 года назад

Epsilon In Malaysian Pale by Edgar Froese is THE Mellotron album

@neutralearth1061 Год назад

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".

@tadreaming1 4 года назад

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.

@kevinputry5655 4 года назад

Great list Pete! But I have to add SFF(Schicke, Fuhrs and Frohling). Their first 2 albums have some killer Mellotron on them!

@michaelmarino3013 4 года назад

Genesis fountain of Salmascis...

@runepedersenDK 4 года назад

...and the ending of Seven Stones...

@RayyMusik 4 года назад

... and the Cinema Show keyboard solo, constantly changing between organ and Mellotron chords.

@moonchard 10 месяцев назад

…and ‘Entangled’ for the single strings chord and the beautiful choir chord progression

@popculture70 4 года назад

Very interesting!

@johnhenfrey5936 4 года назад

Absolutely brilliant Pete! Wish you could have done a list below! Any chance of a part 2 in the future.

@bobbeckey6941 4 года назад

great video. A little in the weeds for me personalty, but I glad you did this.

@SwisstedChef2018 2 года назад

Wow Pete, such great words spoken about Epitaph , your description is it man

@SwisstedChef2018 2 года назад

End of the Genesis song Entangled

@samgamgeeterminator 4 года назад

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 года назад

Samwise Terminator I believe it was actually a Viscount organ, which Francis Decamps often played, and gave Ange their trademark sound.

@SaltieCat 4 года назад

Love me some Mellotron.

@billsinkking128 4 года назад

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?

@ericporter344 2 года назад

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

@rosesprog1722 4 года назад

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.

@rogertemple7193 Год назад

Mellotrons and Synthesizers were unique keyboard instruments. 🧐🤔 🌟🎹🎹🎹🎹🛡️🎹🎹🎹🎹🌟

@caryheuchert 4 года назад

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!!!

@raymondkizer1216 4 года назад

The instrument had a very haunting and atmospheric kind of sound to it.

@robbryant3588 4 года назад

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!

@jazzandrocknroll3235 4 года назад

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!

@wiseaxe 4 года назад

Fun episode!

@WCSkills Год назад

My fav prog song of all time, Starless by KC is also my fav example of Mellotron. Love that bands like Wobbler, Shamblemaths, Jordsjo and All Traps On Earth all make great use of the Mellotron in today's music.

@Warp75 2 года назад

Love the Mellotron

@garycreswell9107 4 года назад

Great explanation. Great in the studio and not really meant to take on the road.

@SuperMikael67 4 года назад

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

@snakebite69 3 года назад

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

@zeelias_zezito65 4 года назад

THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM has two great albums with many mellotron pieces.

@JJ_5289 4 года назад

I have not listened to their newest album but I've been listening to Primus's newest album. Its great

@samkinison2375 4 года назад

Claypool Lennon Delirium sounds like a subpar Beatles rip off.

@samkinison2375 4 года назад

@@JJ_5289 #PrimusSucks

@sspbrazil 4 года назад

Jose Elias Zezito yep

@simond1574 4 года назад

I agree on that. Especially South of Reality is great

@LuisGarcia-ee2tr 4 года назад

Great explanation Pete. I liked the mellotron sound of: # Six wives....by R. Wakeman; # Relayer # Watershed by Opeth # Nursery Crime # Physical Grafitty

@arthurprice603 4 года назад

Nice to hear mention of Rick Wakeman again. Unfortunately - Argent and Curved Air are frequently overlooked. :D ‘Catherine Howard’ ( Rick Wakeman ‘ The Six Wives Of Henry VIII’ album 1973) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XHOMoa8_yao.html ‘The Shoot’ (Rick Wakeman ‘White Rock’ album 1976) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-81Jnof58ri8.html ‘Lax’x’ ((Rick Wakeman ‘White Rock’ album 1976) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gc9imIMoJkA.html ‘The Coming Of Kohoutek’ (Argent ‘Nexus’ album 1974) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lKp3zoePNcA.html ‘Once Around The Sun’ (Argent ‘Nexus’ album 1974) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Nb2Ml789FZE.html ‘U.H.F.’ (Curved Air ‘Air Cut’ album 1973) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tNBKcPL0kbQ.html ‘Metamorphosis’ (Curved Air ‘Air Cut’ album 1973) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-68OwW7cD7D0.html ‘We People Darker Than Blue’ (Babe Ruth ‘Babe Ruth’ album 1975) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1bSx1l53h4w.html ‘Earth Shanty’ (Groundhogs ‘Hogwash’ album 1972) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qReD1qkBiRM.html

@unchattytwit 4 года назад

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 года назад

Yep, I mentioned that album here as well.

@skallagrimr_kveldulfsson 4 года назад

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 года назад

Some others that may be of interest - from often overlooked bands from the 1970s. :D ‘The Coming Of Kohoutek’ (Argent ‘Nexus’ album 1974) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lKp3zoePNcA.html ‘Once Around The Sun’ (Argent ‘Nexus’ album 1974) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Nb2Ml789FZE.html ‘U.H.F.’ (Curved Air ‘Air Cut’ album 1973) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tNBKcPL0kbQ.html ‘Metamorphosis’ (Curved Air ‘Air Cut’ album 1973) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-68OwW7cD7D0.html ‘We People Darker Than Blue’ (Babe Ruth ‘Babe Ruth’ album 1975) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1bSx1l53h4w.html ‘Earth Shanty’ (Groundhogs ‘Hogwash’ album 1972) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qReD1qkBiRM.html

@thewal1ofsleep 4 года назад

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!

@jbg48 Год назад

Yes, Heart of the Sunrise...

@johngiummarra8983 4 года назад

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 года назад

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) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lKp3zoePNcA.html ‘Once Around The Sun’ (Argent ‘Nexus’ album 1974) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Nb2Ml789FZE.html ‘U.H.F.’ (Curved Air ‘Air Cut’ album 1973) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tNBKcPL0kbQ.html ‘Metamorphosis’ (Curved Air ‘Air Cut’ album 1973) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-68OwW7cD7D0.html ‘We People Darker Than Blue’ (Babe Ruth ‘Babe Ruth’ album 1975) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1bSx1l53h4w.html ‘Earth Shanty’ (Groundhogs ‘Hogwash’ album 1972) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qReD1qkBiRM.html ‘Sundown’ (Edgar Winter Group ‘Shock Treatment’ album 1974) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x1DEdBlwp50.html ‘Somebody Take My Heart Away’ (Edgar Winter Group ‘Shock Treatment’ album 1974) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7s1gSFKN1Xo.html

@AndrewCapobianco2014 4 года назад

Well done film. Nursery Crime & Claypool/Lennon Pt 2 & Strawberry Fields are my 1 - 2 - 3

@shaunogle530 4 года назад

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 10 месяцев назад

Yeah, nice to see Greenslade mentioned. An excellent band that deserved greater recognition