Mellotronists

jonesalley wrote:
> All I can say with certainty is that it goes all the way back to Harry's 
> original prototype.
>   
Sure - otherwise why else did he have only 35 violin notes recorded? I'm 
not sure I entirely buy the business about it encompassing the best 
range of orchestral instruments either. Maybe, but it just doesn't feel 
right. It all feels too arbitrary.

Oh, and another three-in-a-row on the way home in the car this evening. 
I have no idea who they are - three fairly bland songs sung by black 
American females - but each of the songs had Mellotron sounds somewhere 
in them. Samples, no doubt, but it's still *that sound* that people are 
after.

-- 
Mike Dickson, Edinburgh