I've seen the Mick MK2 in Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall...there's a key stuck down (sigh)
what a waste of a great instrument (oh look honey what's that funny organ?)
--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, tronbros@... wrote:
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>
> In a message dated 01/04/2007 15:34:40 GMT Standard Time,
> lil_guapo11@... writes:
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> Are there any documents regarding how/when Olympic Studios came to
> have a mellotron?
>
> Or, does the instrument that appears on stones recordings from 67 - 68
> belong to the band? If so, is there any documentation regarding the
> instrument being sold to a member of the band?
>
>
> We know for definite that Mick Jagger and Bill Wyman had MKIIs. The first
> was featured in the film Performance and we restored Bill's a few years back.
> Recently Mick J donated his to the Rock Hall of Fame or some such
> organisation and Bill still has his at his 15th century manor house in Suffolk.
>
> Best,
>
> Martin
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