Mellotronists

You folks are absolutely correct! Sorry for the
confusion..  I do remember seeing bass pedals from the
early 70's, but it was of the Fender kind...

http://www.geocities.com/jpjkeys/basspedals.html


--- Andy Thompson <andy.thompson@...> wrote:
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: zappaboggs [mailto:zappaboggs@...]
> Sent: 07 April 2003 20:53
> To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Yessongs DVD
> 
> 
> FYI
> 
> http://www.sonicstate.com/synth/moog_taurus1.cfm
> 
> The Taurus 1 Bass Pedals were released in 1971.
> 
> 
> Sorry, but the Mark 1 Taurus was absolutely not
> released in '71. The guy
> that wrote the summary on that site obviously
> doesn't know his arse from his
> elbow anyway, given that he's under the impression
> there were three
> different models. '75 sounds like a more reasonable
> release date. Visually,
> they match the MultiMoog and possibly the MicroMoog
> - mid-'70s instruments.
> I believe they were originally going to be part of
> Moog's uber-synth
> project, the Constellation, consisting of a
> polysynth, possibly a mono, and
> pedals. When it fell through, they carried on with
> the development of the
> pedals. First known recording, Genesis, 'A Trick of
> the Tail', recorded that
> year.
> 
> Both Genesis and Yes used pre-Taurus bass pedals
> from about '71 onwards,
> then switched to Moog when they became available.
> 
> Andy T.
> M400 #1145
> Moog Taurus Mark 1 #2-something and #3-something. 
> :-)
> 
> 'The Ultimate Mellotron Recordings List (Possibly)'
> 
> http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/
> 
> 
> 
> 


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