Mellotronists

I've seen the Mick MK2 in Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall...there's a key stuck down (sigh)
what a waste of a great instrument (oh look honey what's that funny organ?)





--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, tronbros@... wrote:
>
>  
> In a message dated 01/04/2007 15:34:40 GMT Standard Time,  
> lil_guapo11@... writes:
> 
> Are  there any documents regarding how/when Olympic Studios came to
> have a  mellotron? 
> 
> Or, does the instrument that appears on stones recordings  from 67 - 68
> belong to the band? If so, is there any documentation  regarding the
> instrument being sold to a member of the  band?
> 
> 
> We know for definite that Mick Jagger and Bill Wyman had MKIIs.  The  first 
> was featured in the film Performance and we restored Bill's a few years  back.  
> Recently Mick J donated his to the Rock Hall of Fame or some such  
> organisation and Bill still has his at his 15th century manor house in  Suffolk.
>  
> Best,
>  
> Martin
>  
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