Fripp had two Mellotron 400s shipped to Real World for the recording of THRAK. These, however, saw little in the way action — except from Mastelotto and Levin, who used them to rest their laptop computers. Eventually, the two machines were shipped back and the original Mellotron from ITCOTCK arrived in their place — along with a request from Fripp for it not to be used as a workstation.
After the last note fades out, a burst of cocktail lounge music from the Mellotron veers briefly into view. Mastelotto recalls the moment. "My big surprise on hearing the CD was my voice at the end going 'Yeah!'. I had said that as I got up to leave my kit, long after the track had died out, but after additional overdubs it appeared right at the end of the Mellotron decay.”
This track is available for download as part of a bumper collection of Mr Stormy's Monday Selections. Mr Stormy's Monday Selections Volume Four - Yes, his fourth year of treasures from the murky, cavernous DGM archives, torch in hand, fedora upon his head is already available for download.