Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: The Mellotron Group

Got it, and yes, it is.

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
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> Buy Andy's new CD. It is terrific!
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> In a message dated 7/31/2013 8:28:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> kinchmusic@... writes:
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> New home sales are my main form of income, which enables me to dabble in
> recording the odd album every decade or so! So God willing there should be
> time enough for at least one more before my time on planet Earth is done.
> Started my musical life back in 73 in Christian gospel/ folk band 11.59.
> Our album "This our Sacrifice of Praise" was released in 74 and I played as
> much mellotron as my then (anti-tron) producer would allow.
> In the 80s synth pop was my mainstay in the band Flip, with self titled
> album recorded at Abbey Road in 1985/6.
> Mid 90's. and I started work on my CD "Andy's Diner" the first album to
> feature all of my own songs, with notable contributions from Kelly Groucutt
> (ELO) sax player Butch Thomas (Sting) and the brilliant Doug Scarratt on
> guitar (Saxon).
> The last few years, I've been working on the recently released Kracked
> Earth album "Splash" which again features tron, both digital and origina l
> everywhere. This is available in CD and download from the MRR website or via
> Amazon, CD Baby or ITunes.
> I've been lucky enough to own a number of trons over the years, some good,
> some in need of a good overhaul. All sounded different from each other, so
> it makes me laugh when I hear people discussing the virtues of a perfect
> Mellotron sound. By definition, there's no such thing.
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> Pleased to be here, amongst people who cherish the musical legacy these
> machines have left on music of all genres over the years. We are the keepers
> of the flame.
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> I also thank god for Martin and John here in the UK and for Frank S and
> others around the world for keeping these wonderful machines running for us
> all to enjoy.
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> Best Regards to all.
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> Andy K
> Sent from my iPad
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> On 31 Jul 2013, at 10:05, "frobisher_neck" <_mellotron_head@ya hoo.co.uk_
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> I'm an East London-born 46-year-old web designer for a publishing and
> events company in SW London but live 30 miles north of London (in Luton,
> Bedfordshire) with my partner in a civil partnership. Spending far too much time
> at work and commuting and nowhere near enough time on my main interests,
> but working on rectifying that situation...
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> So, main interests: I've always been primarily a musician, playing various
> keyboards and dabbling with anything that makes a noise I might find
> interesting. I was in a local East London-based band during my 20s, main
> influences being punk, psychedelia and (the dreaded term) 'prog rock' and at one
> point we were told that we sounded like a cross between Gong, Hawkwind, Syd
> Barrett, The Bonzos and - after buying my first 'tron in 1986 - King
> Crimson. Now, I'm no longer in any bands but do have the odd collaboration which
> is always fun, but mainly recording my own stuff under my 'band pseudonym'
> of Frobisher Neck, and had a few things (mainly covers) released on
> vinyl-only label Fruits de Mer records.
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> Other than that, I love designing psychedelic artwork, am a lifelong
> mad-keen record collector, have no interest in sport, can't wait to move away
> from Luton and want to get a dog.
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> Tony Swettenham
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> --- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) , "tron400" <tron400@> wrote:
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> > I'm sure there's more to our lives than just Mellotrons. So, what else
> do you do?
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> > I'm an IT guy with The Hartford, but I'm retiring at the end of this
> year. I'm primarily a bass guitarist, but I fool around on guitar, keys and
> modular synth. Other hobbies/skills are model and high power rocketry,
> martial arts (American-style Kenpo Karate, Chinese Wushu, Japanese Ninjutsu),
> traveling, walking in the park with Wifey and watching my stepdaughter
> struggle through college.
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> > OK, your turn.
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> > Bernie
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