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

From: jkorb@...
Date: 2003-08-12

 

mellotrongirl wrote:

I'm curious as to when each of you saw a Mellotronon stage with a
band playing live for the first time.
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Greetings All,   In my former state of NJ, that's "Joisey",
I saw a localband called "Leviathan" use an M400 live.
in the summerof 1972 .  That sowed the seeds of my
Troniac maniaa few notches higher than ever before.

Late in 1972,I saw the Moodies at Madison Square
Garden duringtheir "Seventh Sojourn" tour. Pinder's
lengthened 15-minuteversion of  "The Voyage"
brought me "closeto the edge." And shortly thereafter,
YES's LP withsame title sent me "over the edge",
determined toget a Mellotron. And so I did in July-1973.

30 years on, Inever once regretted that pathway in my life.
Cheers, JerryK. in rainy,damp,soggy,froggy New England