Whoa...easy does it there.Unseen122 wrote:I never implied that it wasn't!!!!!!!!bradhurley wrote:But if you read the interview with Matt Molloy linked above he clearly says the flute was in Eb.Unseen122 wrote:Could be a high-pitched flute, could be that Matt had the slide in all the way and never tuned to to something in tune (there were no electronic tunes in those days). It could also be the unfortunate habit that some sound engineers have, increasing the speed of recordings which also raises the pitch, this happens more than some of us realize. I should also note that in those days the artist didn't really have any say in things like that so it certainly wasn't Matt's idea! If that is indeed what happened, if you are listening to a CD or digital copy it is also possible that this speeding up was done when the masters were updated.
There was a parallel discussion on The Session some years back: https://thesession.org/discussions/29593
Thanks, folks. This is very interesting. New information for me. Yes, it's an Eflat flute, that might have been high-pitched on top of it. OK.