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While driving home from our show last night during a tornadic storm
outbreak in my area, I had my local radio station on for weather
updates. I caught about the last half of a song that was stated to
date from 1969 by a band called "Neon Philharmonic." It had sort of
a pop-prog, kind of an "American" Moodies feel to it, with a little
of that "Love is Blue" vibe, and strings that were at times very
Mellotronish and at times clearly real. I don't recall ever having
heard them or of them before. Can anybody fill in the blanks on
that, particularly the possibility of some early rock Mellotron use?