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Hi y'all,
A possible contender for earliest recording of mellotron may be by
a small-time band leader by the name of Graham Dalley. Graham's
band "The Graham Dalley Dozen" was resident at a place called
The Barn near Solihull, England. He was a young brilliantly talented
musician (trumpet I think) and he was mad about the mellotron. He
had a MKII at The Barn and used it to entertain the punters whilst
they ate their chicken and chips between sets. He was responsible
for 2 separate versions of the theme music to a radio show called
"My Music" which he did on the MKII. He also released at least
one album ("The sounds of 65" or something) which I have been
trying to find as there is the possibility it may contain some of
Grahams mellotron playing. I've also been trying to get hold of a
recording of the My Music theme tune from the 60's from the Beeb
but no luck yet - anyone remember this? Sadly Graham died of a
heart-attack at the Barn one night in 1971 aged 41. His tron which I
chased around a lot looking for probably returned to the music
shop in Birmingham where he worked during the day. The thought
is it was probably on long term loan as a promotion exercise.
Anybody know any other pub/club mellotron players? There must
have been a few.
John
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