Post by B on Feb 20, 2021 21:38:26 GMT -5
The Otherworldly Sounds of the Clavioline, From Musical Saw to Wailing Cat
www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-otherworldly-sounds-of-the-clavioline/?fbclid=IwAR15A6tM0tlk8yy1NcXfYz1xAW2NuSEbPHJPJSiyoKDCB0gjs5PfaGnh5Fg
"...Later that year, in May, the Clavioline would get one more shot at fame when its 50 pounds of circuits and valves were lugged into Olympic Sound Studios in London.
The occasion was a recording session by the band Meek had counseled Brian Epstein not to sign, plus Mick Jagger on backing vocals, for a song called “Baby You’re a Rich Man.”
The Clavioline can be heard in the discordant meanderings of John Lennon’s keyboard solos, which have a whining, almost sitar-like quality.
Unlike the lead on “Telstar,” though, which Elwell can play note for note, it’s not likely anyone would be able to replicate Lennon’s artistry, perhaps because Lennon’s co-composer
may have been an orange, which, allegedly, the Beatle rolled up and down the instrument’s keyboard...."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWOBrpO88UU
www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-otherworldly-sounds-of-the-clavioline/?fbclid=IwAR15A6tM0tlk8yy1NcXfYz1xAW2NuSEbPHJPJSiyoKDCB0gjs5PfaGnh5Fg
"...Later that year, in May, the Clavioline would get one more shot at fame when its 50 pounds of circuits and valves were lugged into Olympic Sound Studios in London.
The occasion was a recording session by the band Meek had counseled Brian Epstein not to sign, plus Mick Jagger on backing vocals, for a song called “Baby You’re a Rich Man.”
The Clavioline can be heard in the discordant meanderings of John Lennon’s keyboard solos, which have a whining, almost sitar-like quality.
Unlike the lead on “Telstar,” though, which Elwell can play note for note, it’s not likely anyone would be able to replicate Lennon’s artistry, perhaps because Lennon’s co-composer
may have been an orange, which, allegedly, the Beatle rolled up and down the instrument’s keyboard...."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWOBrpO88UU