Supposedly Steve Howe once substituted his favourite 8 track tapes
for the Birotron tapes on Rick Wakeman's instrument on a Yes
recording session. Rick came back into the studio after going to the
loo, started playing, and the results were (to put it mildly)
surreal. Rick was not impressed by quadraphonic Seals and Crofts
sounds instead of strings!
Dave.
>Hi Chris,
>
>I had not heard about this second Birotron Dave Kean got.
>
>Dave Kean led me to believe that he never had been able to get a
>Birotron and that my
>giving him David Biro's phone number helped him get his first
>Birotron. He led me to
>believe that he got it from Dave Biro. I do believe this was before
>1991, but I could be
>wrong. I did live thru the '60 & '70's ;-)
>
>It could have been a second Birotron since I started working for
>E-mu Systems around
>1988 thru the 1990's the same time period of when you stated he got
>this other Birotron,
>from Mike Ayoub in Detroit around 1991.
>On the other hand, It could be the same unit. I was only going by
>what Dave Kean said to
>me.
>
>It's entirely possible that Dave Biro connected him with Mike Ayoub
>and that's really where
>he got the unit he told me he got "from Dave Biro".
>Or as you suggest, there could have been two that Dave Kean had
>gotten hold of.
>
>I guess only Dave Kean or Dave Biro would have the real story. I
>have not talked to either
>of the "Dave's" in quite a long time.
>
>You do bring up an interesting point though..maybe Rick Wakeman's
>estimate of 35 being
>produced versus Dave Biro's 13 produced, is a clue that there are
>probably more Birotrons
>out there than we think.
>
>As I said, I'm 52 and this stuff happened to me 30 years ago. I do
>have my senior
>moments as well ;-) I'd be curious to know if Dave Kean did did
>actually get two.
>
>I can call Ed Cohen and see what his take on all this is. He may or
>may not know anything
>about Dave Kean, but he could have more info on the Birotron(s) that
>Dave Biro did have.
>
>John
>