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Andy Thompson wrote:
Dearall For those of youwho are interested, I just found this posting from '96 on an archive ElephantTalk: "As a HUGE andLONG TIME YES fan I must correct a mistake that has been repeated a few
times here at ET. YES' use ofa mellotron was NOT significant. I'd like to
know where the mellotron was supposidlyplayed. It is known that Tony Kaye,
in both the early years and the 80's,did NOT use one because he disliked
them. Yes, Wakeman used one,but it's use is SO rare that it is not even
worth mentioning, and again he alsodisliked useing them. And I am pretty
confideant in saying that FRAGILEwas the ∗only∗ album he used one on. So
don't look to YES for a mellotron." Thesame digest features someone asking if the string sound at the beginningof 'Starless' was a 'Tron. Well, it made me laugh... Andy T.Greetings All,
Many thanks for sharing that interesting article, Andy. It's like my old college
professor in 1975 upon seeing the first micro-processor (Intel Altair)
"Ugly little box with useless data entry. They'll NEVER amount to anything."
.....HAH !If y'all desire another Mellotronic chuckle from the past , referto :
"Rock Hardware",1981 Harmony Books,USA . Page 95.There's an illustration of M400 tape operation/movement.
As pictured, every tape will spill to the FRONT of the Tron,
resting under each key.... There is however, a great photo of
Rick Wakeman on page-94 with the custom Wake-O-Tron ,
still painted white.Furthermore, Page 210 shows Streetly's 1981 address (they were still
in business) as 388 Aldridge Road, not 338 ...I sent Streetly a
wonderful letter of introduction in 1985, which they NEVER received.
.......Mellotron history MIGHT be different today.....C'est La Vie.....Cheers, -- JK -- (same address since 1983...."East Podunk,USA")