The M400 used by Led Zeppelin was a standard
Streetly M400, serial number 216 I think.
There is a bootleg video of The Song Remains
The Same where the unit can clearly be seen during a lacklustre performance of
the Rain Song. The machine goes out of tune, and Pagey sulks through
the entire piece.
Regarding mellotrons with handles - there is
a picture in Crimson's "Great Deceiver" Box set where handles have been
fitted to the sides of their M400. The machine is still white (no carpet or
black paint).
Chris
----- Original Message -----From: Andy ThompsonSent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 11:49 AMSubject: RE: [Mellotronists] Zeppelin tron.-----Original Message-----
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Subject: [Mellotronists] Zeppelin tron.Does anyone know whether the machine in question was an EMI one? Only, when I discovered my beaten up machine rotting away in some basement in Kensington a few years ago, the seller reckoned it had spent its last working years at the country retreat of Jimmy Page.The seller of my M400 reckoned it was 'ex-Crimson'. Yeah, right. Zep's M400, at least in '73, was a standard white one. To my knowledge, that's the machine used on the studio 'Rain Song' and 'Kashmir', although I believe 'Kashmir' was easier to perform with the MkV. Wasn't that the prototype one? Looks quite different to the production model.Andy T.
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