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Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Mello Docu

From: "Hessel Herder" <hessel@soundscape.nl>
Date: 2009-12-01

Thanx Andy! A while ago  I heard from someone that it wassupposed to be released on DVD this autumn, haven’t seen or heardanything about it further!

 

Cheers,H

 

 

 

Van:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] NamensAndy Thompson
Verzonden: zondag 29 november 2009 2:30
Aan: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Onderwerp: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Mello Docu

 

 

 

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Sent: Friday, November 27,2009 6:42 PM

Subject: [newmellotrongroup]Mello Docu

 

Hi Hessel 

Does anyone know if the Mellotron Documentary“Mellodrama” is available on DVD already?

Any of you seen it already? Any good?

Don't know whether it's on DVD yet (doubtit), but yes, I've seen it. Some fascinating footage, some, er, lessfascinating, and a fairly amateurish vibe about the whole thing (wildlyvariable sound quality/background noise etc.), not to mention loads of factualerrors. And why bother interviewing people who openly admit they only usesamples? Odd. Best interviewees? A couple of the American Chamberlin guys(Patrick Warren and Jon Brion especially) and our very own Mattias Olsson.Worth seeing for some of the insights, though, not to mention the footage of aChamberlin's internals...

Andy T.