The one reference I have directly read from an interview with Emerson was
that Lake was suppose to help flesh out "Abbadon's Bolero" live with his
'tron but the Mellotron malfunctioned the first try live and so the song was
scrapped from live sets.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Cotey" <Stan_Cotey@...>
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> I understand Lake used a Mellotron on the Works tour when the orchestra
became to expensive.
>
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> Subject: [Mellotronists] Keith Emerson = Troniac? Not
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> > Found this amusing quote from Keith Emerson...
> >
> > "I refuse to play a Mellotron on the grounds that it just doesn't agree
> > with my principles.
>
> And playing bad honky-tonk piano and tuneless 20-minutes 'epics' does?
>
> Because another violinist has had to come in to tape
> > record it and what you're playing is a tape recording - I refuse to play
> > a Mellotron under those situations.
>
> That's the most stupid reason I've ever heard for disliking them. Why not
> just admit that you don't like them because they won't let you show off
> outrageously?
>
> Greg (Lake) has a Mellotron--I don't
> > mind him playing it."
>
> Anyone know anything about this? I heard that he used it twice on stage
for
> FX in 'Tarkus' before it caught fire (!).
>
> Andy T.
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