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"Paul Stamler" <pstamlerhell@pobox.com> wrote in message news:<E_lOc.154099$OB3.86520@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>...
> "playon" <playonATcomcast.net> wrote in message
> news:kfljg0ho0v3qqpaj7ojj3cfjl8bmeth2ga@4ax.com...
> > On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:08:30 -0400, Don Cooper
> > <dcooper28800@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >Animix wrote:
> > >
> > >> Oops........maybe Synclavier? Did they even have Synclavier's back in
> 66?
> > >
> > >
> > >No.
> >
> > No Mellotrons either.
>
> Yeah, they did. They used them on "Penny Lane", which was recorded in, I
> believe, the fall of '66. Before that, I think they were used to generate
> laugh tracks for sitcoms (really).
>
> Peace,
> Paul
It was actually "Strawberry Fields Forever", but we knew what you
meant. Recorded in November and December of '66. But mellotrons were
around long before that, as others have pointed out.
As far as i can recall, a mellotron was used on the "Wild Honey"
album, but definately not on "Pet Sounds".
Both mandolins and ukulele were used in the song "Wouldn't It Be
Nice", and both were listed in the quite large line-up of instruments
used on that album.
Folks, it was a uke for the intro. There is no double course
instrument that can ring that clear. It was a ukulele. The mandolins
were used as rhythm instruments, e.g., the 'chunka, chunka,...'
*ritardando* after the middle section, and as the tremelo melody
during the "you know it seems the more we talk about it..." near the
end of the song.
Brian Wilson did use a harp (and harpsichord) on pretty much every
album since mid-'64,(well OK, mid/late '63 for the harp on "In My
Room") but i can't hear anywhere else on "Pet Sounds" were a ukulele
might have been used.
Then again, with all that bouncing, what do i know?
JF
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