It's a Chamberlin M-4 Riviera. Also, the song Acid
Acidopholous is DRENCHED in Chamberlin sound effects.
I heard these very sounds on Kean's M-4 at Audities a
few years ago. He says that Leon still has that
instrument...won't sell it tho.
Mark
--- "bob.snyder" <
bob.snyder@...> wrote:
> Christopher Orczy wrote:
>
> >Leon Russell's Mellotron / Chamberlain usage is a
> real surprise. I am
> >not sure if there is any on his 1971 LP "With The
> Shelter People",
> >but I think I hear some faint strings on the first
> track. It starts
> >well with "Carney" (1972), with half of the LP
> featuring a
> >Chamberlain.
> >
> Thanks for bringing up Leon Russell,
>
> It was just a week or so ago that I was listening to
> a Leon Russell song
> that I must have heard a thousand times, This
> Masquerade from Carney,
> and realized that this song is drenched in what
> must be Chamberlin. I
> had alway enjoyed the haunting intro - it sounds so
> different from the
> rest of the song. It's funny how you can listen to
> something and enjoy
> it without really listening. If you don't remember
> it please grap a copy
> from KaZaA or someplace and listen. Somebody correct
> me if I'm wrong,
> but I believe that the entire intro is played on
> Chamberlin - steel
> guitar, vibes or marimba, and 3 violins The main
> tune has flutes as well
> as the strings running throughout.
>
> Bob S.
>
>
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