Mellotronists

Forgot this bit!

I only recently realised that the speed issues must have set me back YEARS 
when it came to trying to develop an accurate sense of pitch. And me a 
Mellotron/Theremin player..


>From: "Mark Wallis" <markstuartwallis@...>
>To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: recorded music collections
>Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:40:22 +0000
>
>Hi all.
>
>   My first record player was the family's old G.E.C. 4-speed unit. This
>venerable beast featured rubber tyres in it's drive mechanism and these 
>were
>well worn. The net effect was that 33 1/3 became more like 38 rpm.
>Consequently many of my records seemed much groovier and more exciting than
>they actually were. The same things played on different machines often
>lacked some elusive quality..
>
>   I loved the mechanical clunkiness of the thing and particularly the
>'tiddley-pom' noise that it made at the end of a side. Even the rumble 
>lurks
>in my sonic memorybank.
>
>    It now lurks in an attic having been lent to a mate of my Dad. I think
>it's time I rescued it.
>
>Ahh, memories.
>
>Love and Scones,
>
>msw
>
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