MaxQ
Tripoli 2747
...or spaceflight in general...
This one reminds me of the 1950s...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pkiSPoZiIU
This one reminds me of the 1950s...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pkiSPoZiIU
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There was a song by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils called "Spaceship Orion".
Loved that song when I was in Jr. high.
This is a modern rendition...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TojxDE4ZtxU
"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" by Klaatu.
One of my all-time favorite Mellotron tunes I think The Carpenters' version is equally as good as Klaatu's version, just different.
"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" by Klaatu.
How is it that I know this stuff? Well, I have the original album ("Klaatu" here in the US) released by Klaatu back in 1976 and it still holds up quite well 34 years later. "Sub-Rosa Subway" is another notable cut from the album. At the time of its release, Klaatu was believed to by an anonymous side project of the Beatles. Turns out they were a Canadian prog rock group.
You have a M400?..I'd love to have one.
Now that you mentioned the Mellotron, I'll have to add one of my favorite 'tron tunes that just happens to be about space...............Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, "2000 light years from Home".
Of course the entire "To Our Children's Children's Children" album by the Moody Blues was dedicated in honor of the moon landing that year, so the entire album would offer some good tracks.
The first track "Higher and Higher" has a fabulous simulated Saturn V lift off they crafted themselves, as standard recorded sound just didn't do it for them.
"Rocketman" by Elton John, one of my favorites.
It's a 35 year machine that was completely refurbished a few years ago including new tapes; no longer white, but a golden oak finish with black trim. I just replaced the pinch rollers and adjusted the keyboard this past weekend. It's playing like new now. They've been showing up on eBay quite a bit lately, but they usually need a couple of grand in refurbishing to make them right.
To Our Children's Children's Children is one of my favorite Moodies albums. The recording quality is outstanding; very spacey. I think 2000 Light Years From Home is one of the best Stones tunes, too.
Yep...Moodies "TOCCC" as they say, is one of my top ten favorite albums of all time, just the right blend of serene stratospheric sound laced with a kind of cosmic spiritual meaning... (for instance "Out and In" and the indian raga like "Sun is Still Shining"). They really attempted to convey the meaning of man landing on the moon as an evolutionary voyage ....I was fortunate enough to see Mike Pinder play live with the MB at Baltimore in '72 when "EGBDF" came out.
ahhh, the good ole days.
Wonder what happened to them.
As for the mellotron, I never tire of listening to how different the "2000 years from Home" sound is, when compared to Pinder's work, and that of Ian McDonald in early King Crimson, which I also like...
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