Mellotronists

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From: "mellotrongirl" <mellotrongirl@...>
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Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 10:53 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] early Mellotron usage in the USA



Mellotrongirl

> Eclectic Discs out of Canterbury (perhaps most famous right now for
> keeping bands like Caravan and Nektar alive with both new and reissued
> CD's) has reissued the 1968 gem by Touch (with bonus material), and one
> of the new tracks is a monster extruded instrumental drama prog workout
> titled "The Second Coming Of Suzanne (Film Music 1973)" loaded with
> standard flute and strings from what sounds like an M-400. Don Gallucci
> is the keyboard player on this--also a former member of The Kingsman
> back in the early 60's. No mention is made where that track was
> recorded, but Touch has Portland, Oregon roots...so there might be yet
> another M-400 kicking around the Pacific Northwest perhaps unaccounted
> for.

Strangely, I found my old tape of this recently, with a view to playing it
for alleged 'Tron content (as I do). Haven't yet, but will now do a.s.a.p.
Haven't got that bonus track on my version, either (tape of Renaissance
Recs.reissue from early '90s) - was it actually recorded in '73, five years
after the album?

Andy T.