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This is a list of recordings that feature the sound of a Mellotron, a polyphonic tape-replay keyboard developed in the 1960s. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The first hit song to feature a Mellotron Mk II was "Baby Can It Be True", which Bond performed live with the machine in televised performances, using solenoids to trigger the tapes from his Hammond organ. [31] Manfred Mann then included multiple Mellotron parts on their single, "Ha! Ha! Said the Clown". [32] There's one thing I can do /
The songs on the album encompass a variety of musical genres, with elements of folk, blues, psychedelia, and hard rock. [11] The "riff-heavy" nature of tracks such as "Locomotive Breath", "Hymn 43" and "Wind Up" is regarded as a factor in the band's increased success after the release of the album, with Jethro Tull becoming "a major arena act" and a "fixture on FM radio" according to AllMusic.
Both songs were originally titled "Joan of Arc"; the name of the latter single was changed to Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) at the insistence of the publishers and to avoid confusion. [11] Readers of Smash Hits voted OMD the seventh-best group of 1981, [ 48 ] while Record Mirror readers named them the eighth-best band (as well as the ...
Going for the One is the eighth studio album by English progressive rock band Yes, released on 15 July 1977 by Atlantic Records.After taking a break in activity in 1975 for each member to release a solo album, and their 1976 tour of the United States and Canada, the band relocated to Montreux, Switzerland to record their next studio album.
Architecture & Morality is the third studio album by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released on 6 November 1981 by Dindisc. [10] Inspired by religious music, the group sought to broaden their musical palette by utilising elaborate choral samples, the Mellotron, and other new instruments to create a more naturalistic, emotive sound.
The sound in the start of the song was created by Brian Eno, after Bryan Ferry asked him to produce something reminiscent of the Lunar Landing. Lyrically, it presents Ferry as a Casanova-style seducer of women, whilst being simultaneously enraptured by them. Another interpretation is that the Ladytron is a female robot (hence the name), being ...
The song was recorded by the band at Olympic Studios during July and September 1967. [1] The working title of the instrumental backing was "Toffee Apple". Brian Jones performs prominent accompaniment on Mellotron. The number was regularly featured during the Stones' 1989–90 Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tours.