Hi Philip,
Yeah Sounds International is the one not Sounds of 65. I was
getting mixed up - I think thats Graham Bond isn't it. Might be
interesting to get - on the other hand - might be crap!
Cheers
John
Date sent: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:42:16 -0000
From: "Philip <
philipjamesjohnston@...>" <
philipjamesjohnston@...>
To: "J.K.Beresford" <
j.k.beresford@...>
Subject: Re: Early recordings
> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "J.K.Beresford"
> <j.k.beresford@s...> wrote:
> > 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.
> > John
> > M300#005
>
> Hi there,
>
> I did a quick search on Google and came up with this. An album
> called 'Sounds International' by the Graham Dalley Dozen for £10
>
> www.bside.co.uk/justintoday.htm - 80k
>
> There is also an album called 'At the Barn' from around the same time.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Philip.
>