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Originally Posted by SteveMacD
I forget where I read it, but Christine claims to have/had one of the first Mellotrons ever made, which isn’t too far fetched, since those were invented in Birmingham.
Going back and listening to the Peter Green stuff, I’ve been wondering if all of the strings/orchestra parts on songs like “Need Your Love So Bad,” “Oh Well, Pt. 2,” and “Searching for Madge” are actually Christine on Mellotron.
I’m positive that’s her playing one on “The Ghost” (“flute” solo) and “Why.”
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The Mellotron strings and woodwinds don't sound like actual strings and winds. They don't breathe the way real strings breathe, they flutter and wobble electronically, and they decay unnaturally. (Probably every actual string or wind player can immediately hear the difference.) NEED YOUR LOVE and WHY are real strings. The break in MADGE is electronic and THE GHOST is electronic. NEED YOUR LOVE sounds real to me but poorly arranged and possibly poorly recorded, which might be giving it that electronic warble.