On the Chamberlin Flute recordings, I hear
the sound of trucks rumbling by outside.
... and I am sure there is a cat meow on
one of the tapes.
Clay
--- In Mellotronists@y..., kenmerb@a... wrote:
>
> The part of the story I get a kick out of is the noise of the
women
> shifting around in their chairs as they played the notes. I think
someone
> else pointed that out on the list, wasn't that you Martin? I was
just
> playing some serious sounding chords, using MKII strings/brass, and
> occasionally I'd hear the odd click or two. Can't help but chuckle
at that
> point, thinking about the Lawrence Welk ladies and their clacking
chairs.
> Probably voicing their disapproval at what I'm doing with their
recordings
> ;-).
>
> Ken M.
>
>
> In a message dated 02/26/2002 7:25:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> rblechta@s... writes:
>
> >
> > 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?)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Jon E Salley
> >>> <A HREF="mailto:MiloJohnson@p...">MiloJohnson@p...</A>
> >>> M400 #886
> >>>
> >>
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