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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] First time you ever saw a live band use a Mellotron

From: Jeff Coulter <jeffc@...>
Date: 2003-08-12

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, mellotrongirl wrote:

> I'm curious as to when each of you saw a Mellotron on stage with a
> band playing live for the first time. As for myself--I never
> saw 'Crimson, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Barclay James Harvest, Sebastian
> Hardie in those early days live. I do remember my dad taking me to
> Strawbs and Earth & Fire in the early 1970's, but I wasn't paying
> attention. Bands like Amon Duul and Wind were touring in Germany when
> I was there, but I never saw them live either. I never saw KC until
> the Thrak tour--no 'tron in sight & I actually would have been
> surprised if there was.


tangerine dream - first US tour 1977 - tower theatre
upper darby pa [just outside of philadelphia]
front row centre balcony
this was the tour wih the laserium light show
it was amazing, though i had no idea what a mellotron
really was until a couple years later

...jeff


> I guess the first ones I saw in concert were around ten years ago
> with Sky Cries Mary, Built To Spill and Halo Benders.
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