TOWARD THE PLANET MELLOTRON
This week, a deviation off course with some shore leave at...


 

Hour 1
Planet Mellotron:
Djam Karet-The Gypsy and the Hegemon  from Cuneiform
Manfred Mann-Semi Detached Suburban Mr James
Beatles-Strawberry Fields Forever
Rolling Stones-We Love You
Flowerpot Men-Let's Go To San Francisco
Bee Gees-Jumbo
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & Trinity-This Wheel's On Fire
Traffic-Hole In My Shoe
Move-Blackberry Way
Flaming Lips-Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell
Strawbs-Grave New World
Led Zeppelin-Rain Song
Idle Race-Skeleton And The Roundabout
Jason Crest-A Place In The Sun
Pink Floyd-It Would Be So Nice

Hour 2
Beneath The Planet Mellotron:
Klaatu-A Routine Day
Traffic-No Face No Name and No Number
Fairfield Parlour-Bordeaux Rose
Pretty Things-Talkin' About The Good Times
Caravan-Golf Girl
Alice Cooper-Hello Hooray
Black Sabbath-Changes
Roxy Music-Ladytron
Earth and Fire-Memories
King Crimson-Moonchild
Pink Floyd-Julia Dream
Andrew Bown-Tarot
Elton John-Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Manfred Mann-Ha Ha Said The Clown

Nucleus-Torrid Zone

Hour 3
Seagull Seaquence: The Alternative Sounds Of The Sixties & Seventies - the VERTIGO record label
Affinity-Three Sisters
Nucleus-Song For The Bearded Lady
Beggars Opera-Time Machine
Tudor Lodge-The Lady's Changing Home
Uriah Heep-Lady In Black
Warhorse-Mouthpiece
Ronno-Power Of Darkness
Juicy Lucy-Thinking Of My Life
May Blitz-For Madmen Only
Sensational Alex Harvey Band-Midnight Moses
Ian Matthews-Little Known
Status Quo-Paper Plane

Hour 4
The well known region:
T. Rex-Rip Off/Get It On
Locomotive-Rudi's In love
M-That's The Way The Money Goes
Ruts-Babylon's Burning
Tenacious D-Wonderboy
Knack-My Sharona
Genesis-Jesus He Knows Me
The The-Heartland
Siouxsie and the Banshees-Christine
Kraftwerk-Das Model
David Bowie-Helden
Cornershop-Brimful Of Asha
KLF-Justified and Ancient

Hour 5
Escape From The Planet Mellotron:
Nice-Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon
King Crimson-A Sailors Tale
Earth and Fire-Storm And Thunder
Budgie-Young Is A World
Tears For Fears-Closest Thing To Heaven
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & Trinity-Road To Cairo
OMD-Maid Of Orleans
Athlete-Wires
Eels-Souljacker
Aerosmith-Dream On

Freedom-Through The Years
Fast 'n' Bulbous-When It Blows Its Stacks  from Cuneiform

Hour 6
Seagull Seaquence: The Alternative Sounds Of The Sixties & Seventies - the ISLAND  record label
Spooky Tooth-I Am The Walrus
Mott The Hoople-Thunderbuck Ram
Fairport Convention-A Sailors Life
Nick Drake-Northern Sky
Emerson Lake & Palmer-Knife Edge
John Martyn-Glistening Glyndebourne
Blodwyn Pig-See My Way
King Crimson-Groon
Robin Williamson-Dark Dance
Traffic-No Time To Live


Interested in the Mellotron? Want to check whether any of the songs played feature a Mellotron? Visit:     

The Ultimate Recordings List (probably)

Instrumental backgrounds: Henry Purcell-Ground www.baroquecds.com
and Bama Winds interpretation of Traffic's "The Dealer"

Head Like A Hole