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Turn Blue by the Black Keys
Unplugged 1991/2001: The Complete Sessions (2CD) by R.E.M.
Blondie 4(0)-Ever: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux / Ghosts of Download [2CD/DVD Combo]
Mystery Girl Deluxe (CD/DVD) by Roy Orbison
Godzilla: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine by the Doors
The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 by Hank Williams
Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown [50th Anniversary] [Orange Vinyl] by the Vince Guaraldi Trio
Live: Denver Co 9/19/02 by the Who
Live: Camden Nj 7/27/02 by the Who
r.i.p. by the Zombies
New DVD and Blu-ray releases May 13, 2014: Longmire season 2; Her; Marvel Knights Wolverine Weapon X; Dave Clark Five, more!
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Longmire: Season 2
Her
Marvel Knights: Wolverine Weapon X: Tomorrow Dies Today
Dave Clark Five: Glad All Over
Whispering Smith (Great Western Collection) [PAL]
Louie Season 3
Longmire: Season 2
Her
Marvel Knights: Wolverine Weapon X: Tomorrow Dies Today
Dave Clark Five: Glad All Over
Whispering Smith (Great Western Collection) [PAL]
Louie Season 3
Pop Focus: The Mellotron!
Before synthesizers and samplers, there was the Mellotron.
A distinctive presence on many psychedelic tracks of the 1960s, pop music wouldn't have evolved the same way without this strange beast, which used tape loops triggered by a piano keyboard to emulate various instrumental and orchestral sounds.
Think of the "flutes" at the beginning of the Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" and you'll hear a Mellotron in your head.
Other tunes featuring the instrument include the Beatles' "Flying"; the Stones' "Like a Rainbow" and "2,000 Light Years from Home"; numerous songs from the Zombies' Odessy and Oracle LP; "Julia Dream" and others by Pink Floyd; several Moody Blues songs, including "Forever Afternoon (Tuesday)," and Led Zeppelin's "Rain Song."
See the videos below for some cool explanations and demonstrations of how this unique instrument worked and sounded -- including a demo by Sir Paul McCartney.
Here's a cool BBC Radio documentary about the Mellotron, as well.
A distinctive presence on many psychedelic tracks of the 1960s, pop music wouldn't have evolved the same way without this strange beast, which used tape loops triggered by a piano keyboard to emulate various instrumental and orchestral sounds.
Think of the "flutes" at the beginning of the Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" and you'll hear a Mellotron in your head.
Other tunes featuring the instrument include the Beatles' "Flying"; the Stones' "Like a Rainbow" and "2,000 Light Years from Home"; numerous songs from the Zombies' Odessy and Oracle LP; "Julia Dream" and others by Pink Floyd; several Moody Blues songs, including "Forever Afternoon (Tuesday)," and Led Zeppelin's "Rain Song."
See the videos below for some cool explanations and demonstrations of how this unique instrument worked and sounded -- including a demo by Sir Paul McCartney.
Here's a cool BBC Radio documentary about the Mellotron, as well.
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