Mellotronists

Robert Cervero wrote:

> For me, the real treat of NEARfest will be Nektar -- first performance in
> 25+ years.  I saw them in 1974 -- stunning musicianship, unparalleled light
> show, and some of the best prog of this era (...remember "remember the
> future"?).  Mr. Synth, Larry Fast, is suppose to join them.  Any others on
> this list going?  I'm hauling my butt out from San Fran to cheery Trenton
> NJ to catch this show.  I've got a few extra tickets to unload -- my cost
> -- if anyone's interested.  The tix for the 2-day festival sold out in 20
> minutes in March, thus it appears the market for prog of yesteryear is
> alive and well.            Rob m400/1095
> _____________________________________________________________

Hello All, I'm crawling out of lurk-mode for a bit. I had supper with Larry
and his wife recently when visiting Lucent Tech,NJ on business trip.
He definitely will be performing at that Nektar fest in Trenton .

....Speaking of which, "Synergy" has a new compilation of older tunes,
called "Reconstructed Artifacts". Several more pieces of music feature
Mellotron samples(nicely-done) that never had orig. Mellotron on them.

You'll recognize the CD cover,as it harks to old technology (Edison Battery
Meter ) on cover and inside notes.  Larry (and I) always remember our
forebears of technology. Besides,Larry/I are members of Edison Hist. Site.

I'm trying to convince him to do another retro work consisting of tributes
to NYC (as in "Metropolitan Suite" ) and  old boatmen's songs from
NJ's two towpath Morris and Delaware/Raritan Canals...

Only Larry's first LP in 1975 "Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra"
featured the one-time appearance of his M400 .  I'm trying to gently and
diplomatically persuade/convince Larry to get his machine out of storage
and use it  again......

Let me know how the concert will be , Bob. In the meantime, yours-truly
is gearing-up to complete the long-awaited finish to "Julia"  . Sometime.....
Cheers, Jerry Retro Korb