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From: "charel196" <charel196@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 7:17 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] 3 DOG NIGHT


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> I recently watched a video of 3 Dog Night on PBS Soundstage 1975 and
> was amazed at the amount of Chamberlin that was featured on just
> about every song-played by Skip Konte of Blues Image fame(in full
> wizard regaila).He was using the same M4 model I posted a picture of
> in the Photos section here in the group. A friend of mine copied it
> to DVDR from Japanese laser disc and the sound and pic quality was
> great.The Chamberlin tones sounded very Pinder-y.Skip used:
> violins,flute,cellos,brasses,clarinet,vibes,harpsichord(?),male and
> female voices, oboe and sound efx(crowd laughs and creaking door
> slamming) and maybe organ
> There were some nice shots of Skip's fingers at the Chamby

I've heard what I believe to be the only three albums Konte recorded with
them, and while I can only hear Chamby on a few tracks, I'd guess I'm
missing a lot of stuff where I don't recognise the sounds. Hated the music,
BTW... Would be cool to see this video, just for the Chamby bits.

Andy T.