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Subject: Re: A good time for Mellotronists
From: "Tony Swettenham" <tonkev66@...>
Date: 2006-07-03
> > > What was the band, Tony? Any recordings?
> > > Andy T.
> >
> > We were called The History Of Gardening ...[snip].. I think the closest we got to any
> > sort of 'fame' (if that's the right word) was having some of our tapes
> > reviewed in The Organ magazine in the late 80s :) ....
>
> Ah - Sean and Marina are still good friends of mine. The name rings a bell,
> now I come to think of it.
Yes, I think Sean and Marina reviewed a few of our tapes over that period, they seemed to like us! (They used to refer to our music as 'citric acid rock', which still makes me smile). Must get in touch with them again sometime soon. > > There are several recordings of our stuff, but right now they're all
> > still in their original cassette format. One day soon though, I'm
> > aiming to transfer them to CD, or mp3 at least!
>
> Aargh! Not the dreaded 'squash 'em flat' format? Since you'll have to get
> them into a sensible digital format first, please let me know when I can get
> CD-Rs from you...
This is true - I'll certainly keep you posted on the CD-R front.... >
> Didn't we all? :-) I rather excitedly posted the follow-up last autumn,
> when I won a 'Tron flightcase on eBay, and it turned out to be the one that
> used to belong to my machine... Thoroughly bizarre, but reunited after 20
> years! Not that they've been anywhere near each other yet, but you know what
> I mean...
>
Yes - that was it, I remember now, utterly bizarre indeed - a bit like a Cilla Black 'Surprise Surprise' of the 'tron world. Or actually no, best not to think of it like that ;) ...
Tony