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charel196 wrote:
I was thinking about the psychological implicationsof a group of
people obssessed with an antique musical instrument which plays tape
recordings of other musical instruments and what the name of this
obsession could be called...I remember when I contracted it hearing
the first Crimson album (Epitaph)..."what the hell IS that sound??"
Geeez...I sold my tron a few years back and still seem to havethe
fever.Charles, I thinkyou hit the nail on the head !
Mellotron-Feveris quite infectious too. It begins
with goose-bumpson both arms at early age upon
hearing "thatsound." And continues well into
middle-age. ....andpossibly beyond......Further complicationsare attempts to own one of
each model,ownevery sound in the tape library,
and listeningto the favorite tunes over 1000X .
Also frequentmutterings about who played what/when......Sound familiar,gang?? There is no known
cure for Mellotron-Fever,thankfully!
I myself caught"canal-fever" in late 2001, commencing
to explore/hikeold towpath canals in the Northeast USA.It developed inmuch the same way as Mellotron-Fever.
Collecting memorabilia,reading books on canals, seeking-out
experts , thentaking oneself back to 1850 , muttering
old canaller'ssongs whilst getting full of briars/brambles.Cheers, the incurablelover of yesteryear.......Jerry K.