002: The Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream (1969)
Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast
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What Is a Leslie Speaker?
The Leslie speaker is a speaker cabinet containing two loud speakers and an amplifier The treble speaker rotates while the bass speaker remains stationary. Creating a distinctive swirling sound by means of the doppler effect. It is most commonly found in or alongside a ham and organ But the effect can sometimes be heard on other instruments such as guitars or in this case vocals. They dug an acoustic bass out of some Pile of instruments somewhere and it was played by mike penders As far as I can tell john lauch might not be on here at all That's a good question One thing I want to just want to jump in with the sun is so It's very much an art rock song
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