Hello to all
2002-12-29 by mellotrongirl <mellotrongirl@hotmail.com>
Just found out about this Group. I'm not a musician, but have M-400 #1019 and some other strange keyboard instruments I bang on once in a while (Optigan, a couple old Farfisa's, and a recent acquisition--a 1963 Hammond L-1 in mint shape for $40 at a yard sale. I'm trying to get the Leslie speaker working right that came with it. I don't know anything about Leslies. It looks to me like a big wooden box the size of a refridgerator filled with spider webs. Of course I like all the Mellotron LP's you people like. Spring, Eyes Of Blue, Help Yourself, Goblin, SFF, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Il Baletto Di Bronzo, Fields, Moody Blues, Refugee, King Crimson, Kayak, Earth & Fire, Strawbs, Strange Advance, Anekdoten, Jonesy, Fruupp, Yes, Sebastian Hardie, Gracious!, and whatever else winds up on labels like Harvest SKAO/SHVL, Brain/Metronome, Famous Charisma, RCA Neon, Ohr, Cosmic Couriers, Vertigo swirl label, etc. It seems the Mellotron is still very much alive, appearing on lots of new releases that aren't necessarily prog or psyche/retro--like Truly, Sky Cries Mary, Halo Benders, Plasticland, DJ Honda, DJ Flow (yep, the latter two are hip hop artsists). Labels like March, Matador, Kindercore, Magna Carta and Metropolis have a fair current crop of bands and musicians utilizing the 'tron. Maybe there are more, but in the liner notes, they only say they play "keyboards". Aaaargh! Thanks to David Kean and his supporters fo keeping Mellotrons and Chamberlins running and serviced or the whole analog aspect of it would have died twelve years ago.