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Re: [Mellotronists] Chamberlin Rivera for sale

2007-11-07 by Mark Pring

I am probably wrong, I thought my info came from your
site and having just checked, can see that it didn't,
however flutes on moonbeam song do sound different to
me, but then again I haven't got great ears, I had
never noticed that the tron voice on Badge was
mandolin!

Mark
--- Andy Thompson <andy.thompson@...> wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Pring" <markpringnz@...>
> To: <LSF5275@...>;
> <mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Chamberlin Rivera for
> sale
> 
> 
> > Do you  not like Chamberlins? I have never seen 
> or
> > played one and have only heard them on Richard
> > Thompson and Harry Nilsson CDs. The sound
> certainly is
> > different but not in a way I can easily explain, I
> > really like it but if offered a choice between a
> > chamberlin and a tron would take the tron, unless
> of
> > course it was the rivera/riviera in which case I
> would
> > play it continuously for several months and then
> sell
> > it to buy an M5000!
> 
> 
> Mark
> 
> When did Nilsson use a Chamberlin? I only know of
> his Mellotron work on 
> 'Nilsson Schmilsson' and 'Pussy Cats'. Or were they
> actually Chamby?
> 
> Andy T.
> 
> 
> 


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