On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Pishock, Jimmy wrote:
> I'm pretty sure he never did (which surprised me-- his counterpart, Capt.
> Beefheart used one - totally dry flutes and 3 violins- on "Doc At The Radar
> Station"). I have about 20 of his albums (most from the 60's and 70's) and
> have yet to hear one. Lots of Organs (farfisas, hammonds), Electric Pianos,
> Acoustic Pianos, and later on, synthesizers.
i have just about everything frank ever did, and i can't recall
EVER hearing a mellotron. he also seemed to be able to acquire
the REAL instruments and players when he wanted them, so it
have just been unnecessary to use the mellotron to "imitate"
instruments that he had "in the flesh" as it were...
and i don't recall ever seeing one listed on credits either...
never saw one in george duke's rig, tommy mars' rig, or with
other keyboard players that he used through the years...
> I just saw the Baby Snakes DVD last month and one of the two keyboardists
> has this huge modular synthesizer in his keyboard set. Have no idea what it
> was though. Not a moog from what I can tell. Anybody know?
it's an e-mu modular system.
pics of it turn up here and there.
wonder what became of that thing?
[note: i can't wait to see the roxy DVD release!!!]
> Jimmy P.
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> Zappa ever use a Mellotron?
> If so, which album?
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> And, what do you think of the VST plugin M-Tron?
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