Evening all,
Well... on the 'Out of the Blue' 'Wembley '77 DVD, Richard Tandy has a 400 under his CS80, and definitely uses 8-choir on the last chorus in 'Rockaria'. I also fancy I can hear 8-choir on 'Wild West Hero' single (1978). But as you say no Mellotron strings anywhere!
PM
M400 #1380 (strings on everything, 8-choir now and again)
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