[bomp] Re: John Cale

[Sknoof@xxxxxxx]

<< He brought it up himself and admitted to admiring Paul Revere. I keep
thinking of that post (Dom's?) where it was revealed Melcher had an organ
and 2 basses following the bassline on Byrds/Revere stuff and that's why it
sounds so good. >>

That was me, actually...Mark Lindsay has a very good memory and he was able 
to tell us exactly what was used on most tracks -- the majority of the Melcher 
songs have at least two electric bass tracks and a set of disembodied Hammond 
organ pedals backing them up.  Very often you can hear a "ghost" bass as well 
-- it's evident in "Him Or Me" if you turn it way up, during those parts in 
the verses when you think nothing's playing except a tambourine.

As for Cale having worked with Revere, that's highly unlikely -- Revere isn't 
even ON any Raiders records after "Just Like Us," except for the odd kibitz 
or vocal part.  They're all complete Melcher/Lindsay constructs, using the 
other band members as sidemen (except on those members' own songs.)  The organ you 
hear on those records was usually either Melcher or Lindsay, or a session 
hotshot like Don Randi.

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