All great suggestions guys/girl, but perhaps the scope of the book should be
slightly wider if possible.
Will the book include any observations/experiences of Chamberlin playing
(maybe Birotron as well - time to ask Wakeman/Earthstar)?
Otherwise the book will still be lacking a LOT of information and leaving
readers with many questions.
If you only had one chance at this and you wanted to do it beyond reproach
for all time - what/who/why would you ask???
I guess what I'm getting at is there's a whole plethora of musicians/people
(albeit not as well known) who would have been familiar with using these
instruments from the early 50's on up. Lawrence Welk was one of the first
people interested in the Chamberlin and even offered to fund it if it was
called a "Welk Machine" (His interest in Harry's wife being a moot point).
That's an example of the kind of arcane info that would be worth reading
about, along with what we do and still don't know about Mellotrons. I think
this would make it a more worthwhile venture.
Another fact is that at least over here in Canada/U.S the
Mellotron/Chamberlin have been confused together to the point where one is
consistently mistaken for the other by musicians/liner note writers etc.
This was true in the golden days and it's still true now. This is something
we tend to ignore because we're fairly well versed in the differences
between the two machines. Unfortunately, many others are not and the laymen
don't care to be.
So.....can it be a 50/50 amount about the history of the machines
themselves/music celebrity observations or is that going overboard?
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: <egrefin@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: The list...
> Here is my little list.
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> The Beatles - Paul Mc Cartney (MKII & M400)
> Genesis - Tony Banks (MKII and M400) and Anthony Phillips (MKII) &
> Steve Hackett (M400) (solo albums)
> Yes - Rick Wakeman (M400 & double mellotron)
> King Crimson - Robert Fripp and Ian Mc Donald (MKII & M400)
> Pink Floyd - Rick Wright (black MKII)
> Gentle Giant - Kerry Minnear (M300)
> Led Zeppelin - John Paul Jones (M400) and perhaps Jimmy Page (MKV
> prototype)
> PFM (Premiata Forneria Marconi) - Flavio Premoli (MKII)
> Matching Mole - Robert Wyatt (M400)
> Manfred Mann (MKII)
> Barclay James Harvest - Woolly Woolstenholme (M300)
> The Moody Blues - Mike Pinder (MKII)
> The Kinks - Raymond Douglas Davies (MKII)
> The Zombies - Rod Argent (MKII)
> Tangerine Dream - Edgar Froese (M400)
> Radiohead (M400)
> Herbie Hancock ("Crossings" 1972 & "Sextant" 1973 : M400)
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> Cheers,
>
> David
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