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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Chamby 300 - "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer"

From: Str03@...
Date: 2007-09-23

"Mack The Knife" was recorded in 1959...(grammy in 1960)  - was this model Chamberlin available then?

On the other hand, I think I can see the Chamberlin in this video of "Mack the Knife"...it is near the bottom right hand of the picture, painted in stealth black...right behind the cavalry charge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBTITHA8twI

One thought...there was another keyboardist that was a fan of Three Penny opera tunes.

Ray Manzarek (and Jim Morrison) also did a Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht Three Penny Opera tune - "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)".

I heard a rumor that one night in Stockholm the Doors actually performed "Mack the Knife" live , and for one night Ray Manzarek traded in his cheesy farfisa sound for a cheesy string sound.

I will say this, the keys on the Chamberlin "are pearly white...."

 




 

-----Original Message-----
From: lsf5275@...
Sent: Sep 22, 2007 11:42 PM
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Chamby 300

I have asked the seller to prove its provenance.




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