Does YM stand for Young Man?
Rick
Chris Dale wrote:
Sir Rick sold his double mellotron and a surviving birotron. The other
mellotrons he burned (see translated excerpt of interview below):
RW: The Mellotron... I used to have two single Mellotrons, and a double
special Mellotron. And the two single ones I had, I was so frustrated,
because of tuning problems, and the tapes... And full of anger, I took the
two Mellotrons into a field, a put petrol over them, and I fired them.
YM: You really did that?. I can't believe it!.
RW: Yeah. And all of them, all the wood, burnt and all the metal just...
YM: Did you enjoy that?.
RW: At the time, at the time I enjoyed it, because they had ruined so many
sessions through going wrong and breaking, but afterwards I regret it. Oh,
of course I regret it!.
YM: And they were two 400 Mellotron, isn't it, the white ones?.
RW: Yes, so however how many 400 Mellotrons were built, I can tell you there
are two less