Oh no. Don't let him.
Gary Brumm wrote:
Yes I ownedseveral…they were an extremely dependable car……I also owned severalBritish cars…the Triumph Spitfire is a much better
analogy to theMellotron….no matter how much you serviced it you could still count onit to let you down….it was however a lot of
fun to drive whenit was running….but I spent so much time pushing it I felt like burningit in a bonfire J I also had a JagXKE……
…same story….LOTS offun to drive…may it RIP……….
From: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com[mailto:newmellotro ngroup@yahoogrou ps.com] On Behalf Of JohnWright
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:56 AM
To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Mellotron film inLondon...
I'd bet there area lot of folks on this list that are, or were, Volkswagen owners. I'mtalking about the aircooled variety. If you did not maintain them, youwere hosed.
John
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From: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com[mailto:newmellotro ngroup@yahoogrou ps.com] On Behalf Of GaryBrumm
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:34 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Mellotron film inLondon...
“Mellotrons should be likeHarleys”……Great analogy Frank!!
From: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com[mailto:newmellotro ngroup@yahoogrou ps.com] On Behalf Of lsf5275@aol. com
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 9:14 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@ ya hoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Mellotron film inLondon...Clay,
Beforewe close out this subject, I want to say that some of Chris' pointswere well made. I too think Dianna should have further investigated thebackground a little more. It's not just about Harry Chamberlin orChilton & his partner Irving Talentmaker. There's so much more...
Iwould have liked to see the film include more on what lead up to usingrecording tape to play back other peoples instruments. Perhaps a smallsection explaining how recording tape stores and plays back sound.Actually, I've always wondered how they get the oxide to stick to thetape. Oh, and how the oxide was invented... who thought that up?
When onethinks about Harry Chamberlin, who doesn't wonder about that garagewhere he made his first instruments. Who built the garage? Did Harry'swife (Ethel) ever yell at him to stop fooling with his inventions andwash up for lunch?
AndOptigans... They have to be in the film so that people know that therewas actually a shittier way to reproduce real instrument sounds forplayback on a keyboard than the Mellotron. Where's the fuckingperspective? How else would people actually know that Harry'stechnology reached its pinnacle with the Mellotron and that anyattempts to advance beyond that were just a giant nosedive into a pileof crap.
Godlove the M4000, but it is, after all just a brand new Edsel with abetter motor, stickier tires and a substantially larger trunk (boot). ∗
Soif your going to make a movie about Mellotron, fuck Kanye, tell us moreabout something important, like how Harry Chamberlin came up with theid e a to house the mechanics in a Formica box years before Jimmy Moorestole the idea for his Mellotron.
WasMattel the only toy maker to try to build a crappy Mellotron rip off,or was Hasbro thinking of getting into the business as well? Where'sthe research I ask you? Where is the perspective.
Doyou realize that there's video out there of Mattias Olsen playing wineglasses on his Mellotron? Where does anyone thank Ben F∗∗king Franklinfor actually playing music on real wine glasses 250 years beforeMattias even existed? Where's the perspective?
Mellotronsshould be like Harleys... Only old fuckers should have one.
Frank
MyMellotron
MyHarley (Yeah, it's a Shovel Head)
∗ Ilove mine so no one freak out.
Ina message dated 9/29/2009 10:42:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ecclesreinson@ rogers.comwrites:
--- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com,Chris Dale wrote:
> You're lucky I'm not the moderator here. Your sneaky dishonest asswould be gone.
I am BORED to death with this story Chris. Please take your issue withMattias offline. Nobody gives a shit about it here but you.
I will not be removing anyone from this group. Mattias is welcome topost messages here anytime. Hopefully you haven't frightened him away.
Clay
-- Mike Dickson, EdinburghFree Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/ Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+DicksonOr http://soundcloud.com/mikedicksonOr http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson
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