Yes, Rodd Keith records were not really well distributed.
You can find his work on song poem CD compilations - though most of that music / lyrics is of dubious quality because of the nature of that industry.
About John Lennon - he never even laid eyes on a Chamberlin. He only ever had a Mellotron (and was interested in the Birotron).
The stuff you're looking for was done on his home machine and although it's interesting - it tends to wear out it's welcome rather quickly because it's completely improvised and full of starts and stops, never keeping a melody for too long. You'll have to search out Beatles bootleg music for it. It's definitely not something to play at parties unless you want to end them.
And lets not even discuss Yoko Ono's attempt at singing (apart from sounding like a banshee in heat)
You'd be better off tracking down the Wonderwall soundtrack by George Harrison. There's good use of the Dixieland music rhythms in Drilling A Home. For cheesy playing and fun, you really can't beat that.
You should also search out 448 Deathless Days by Steve Fisk. He uses Optigan (some occasional scatchy chamberlin sounds from an optical disc) There's only one or two tracks that have it, but it's a fun listen.
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 3:34 PM, d829d
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Rodd keith is a interesting artist, thanks for the tip.
I am looking for some of that super cheesy stuff like john lennon
did on his basement tape with the chamberlin
this is fun thanks a lot I will keep digging, so much gold out there
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