Mellotronists

Did the Mellotron fail? :)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "logadm" <victor.berridge@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 7:06 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Keith Emerson = Troniac? Not


> Yep,
> I saw Lake play the mellotron in 1974 in Zurich, and yes the opening 
> song was Abbadon's Bolero with the tron, the sound was violins or 
> strings (difficult to distinguish...) I send some time ago the 
> recording I made with an ancestor of walkman (very poor quality) to 
> Ken Merb just for the fun...
> 
> Victor
> 
> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Tillotson" 
> <p.m.Tillotson@w...> wrote:
> >   The one reference I have directly read from an interview with 
> Emerson was
> > that Lake was suppose to help flesh out "Abbadon's Bolero" live 
> with his
> > 'tron but the Mellotron malfunctioned the first try live and so the 
> song was
> > scrapped from live sets.
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Stan Cotey" <Stan_Cotey@d...>
> > To: "Mellotron List" <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:10 AM
> > Subject: RE: [Mellotronists] Keith Emerson = Troniac? Not
> > 
> > 
> > > I understand Lake used a Mellotron on the Works tour when the 
> orchestra
> > became to expensive.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andy Thompson [mailto:andy.thompson@v...]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:27 AM
> > > To: Mellotron List
> > > Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Keith Emerson = Troniac? Not
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "David Jacques" <djacques@c...>
> > > To: "Mellotron List" <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:44 PM
> > > Subject: [Mellotronists] Keith Emerson = Troniac? Not
> > >
> > >
> > > > Found this amusing quote from Keith Emerson...
> > > >
> > > > "I refuse to play a Mellotron on the grounds that it just 
> doesn't agree
> > > > with my principles.
> > >
> > > And playing bad honky-tonk piano and tuneless 20-minutes 'epics' 
> does?
> > >
> > > Because another violinist has had to come in to tape
> > > > record it and what you're playing is a tape recording - I 
> refuse to play
> > > > a Mellotron under those situations.
> > >
> > > That's the most stupid reason I've ever heard for disliking them. 
> Why not
> > > just admit that you don't like them because they won't let you 
> show off
> > > outrageously?
> > >
> > > Greg (Lake) has a Mellotron--I don't
> > > > mind him playing it."
> > >
> > > Anyone know anything about this? I heard that he used it twice on 
> stage
> > for
> > > FX in 'Tarkus' before it caught fire (!).
> > >
> > > Andy T.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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