Chris,
Interesting story,thanks for sharing it with us.
Pete
Chris Dale wrote:
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> Gino Vannelli and his brother Joe used a Chamberlin M1 on
> the 1981 Nightwalker album.
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> I know this for a fact because I bought that unit from them in 1994.
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> The hit single from that album was "Living Inside Myself" and you can
> hear the Chamby 3 violins and cello on that.
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> Their M1 was one of the very last ones made and has harp sounds that
> Harry kept only for himself up until then, (when he probably needed
> the money).
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> The unit was purchased just before recording for that album began
> and only used on that album and then stored away in a corner. So it's
> quite possibly the least used Chamberlin on the planet. Joe hadn't
> switched it on since then, and that was his main concern when offering
> to sell it to me.
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> Regarding the customs sounds - they were different string sections
> recorded for the instrument. I have all those on another set of tapes,
> along with documents about their recording and a Chamberlin hole
> puncher (odd thing) used for making Chamberlin M series tapes.
> Markus has 'some' of those Vannelli sounds.
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> I went to see Joe just a while back. He produced Burton Cummings
> latest album and both he and Gino are still active in music.
> Some of the nicest most down to earth people I've ever met, but maybe
> it's because we're all Canadian eh!
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> Merry Christmas (to almost all of you! :)
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> Chris Dale
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