Hi again
Lovers of Lawrence Welk may find some interest here:
http://www.oeta.onenet.net/welkrelease.htmland after some delay I have more to come on the Birotron saga,
I've found 2 and a half, and a rebuild project is underway........piccys,
replys to earlier postings and general chit chat will follow over the
next week end, sorry it's been so long!)
Nic
At 19:22 26/02/02 -0500, Rick Blechta wrote:
>Well, Jon, it's like this. The mellotron's most famous sound, 3 violins,
>is actually a recording Harry Chamberlin made back in '52, I believe, for
>his new instrument. The recordings found their way to the UK via Bill
>Fransen who was a salesman for Harry and this voice was also used for the
>new mellotron (unbeknownst to everyone involved, the tapes did not belong
>to Mr Fransen.) Anyway, you know the Prog Fame that mellotron violins went
>on to, the splendour, the majesty, the dramatic weight of the music which
>was created using this sound! What no one knew was that Harry had hired 3
>middle-aged women from the Lawrence Welk Champagne Music Makers to record
>the notes.
>
>Life is full of small ironies, isn't it?
>
>Cheers!
>
>Rick
>
>JS wrote:
>>"Lawrence Welk violinists?????????" This is an apparently new
>>detail. Any more information about that, and the provenance of the
>>information?
>>>
>>>(It would be wonderful to have a shot of the three Lawrence Welk
>>>violinists recording in Harry Chamberlin's bedroom, wouldn't it?)