Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Mellotronists

I am entirely new to the Mellotron, though I must have heard it
somewhere w/o knowing it, so I was wondering if anyone could tell me
what a mellotron sounds like, and share some examples of music that
features the 'tron.
I've been reciently intrigued by it thanks to an old article I
read about Dan the Automator, the underground Hip-Hop producer. I'd
appreciate any insight if it's not a bother.

XANDRE