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Zeppelin tron.

2003-03-31 by kinchmusic@aol.com

Does anyone know whether the machine in question was an EMI one? Only, when I discovered my beaten up machine rotting away in some basement in Kensington a few years ago, the seller reckoned it had spent its last working years at the country retreat of Jimmy Page. It certainly had been "well toured".- Coffee mug stains and cigarette marks a plenty. Plus there were 2 large stickers on the cabinet, one Gentle Giant, one LZ. However, the power supply was completely missing, so I assume it might have been cannibalised to fit another machine at some stage, or I guess it might have been taken out for repair and never done. It was in a most sorry state of repair, a real challenge to JB and MS who did a most stirling job. This raises the prickly question of whether to have the cabinet restored or not. I decided, rightly or wrongly to have it done due to the surface damage, but obviously this process wipes out at a stroke the visible history of the instrument. Any thoughts out there?
Andy K
EMI m400 #E4/1405
www.go to/andykinch

RE: [Mellotronists] Zeppelin tron.

2003-04-01 by Andy Thompson

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Subject: [Mellotronists] Zeppelin tron.

Does anyone know whether the machine in question was an EMI one? Only, when I discovered my beaten up machine rotting away in some basement in Kensington a few years ago, the seller reckoned it had spent its last working years at the country retreat of Jimmy Page.

The seller of my M400 reckoned it was 'ex-Crimson'. Yeah, right. Zep's M400, at least in '73, was a standard white one. To my knowledge, that's the machine used on the studio 'Rain Song' and 'Kashmir', although I believe 'Kashmir' was easier to perform with the MkV. Wasn't that the prototype one? Looks quite different to the production model.

Andy T.

M400 #1145

'The Ultimate Mellotron Recordings List (Possibly)'

http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/

Re: [Mellotronists] Zeppelin tron.

2003-04-02 by chris.dale@primus.ca

The M400 used by Led Zeppelin was a standard Streetly M400, serial number 216 I think.

There is a bootleg video of The Song Remains The Same where the unit can clearly be seen during a lacklustre performance of the Rain Song. The machine goes out of tune, and Pagey sulks through the entire piece.

Regarding mellotrons with handles - there is a picture in Crimson's "Great Deceiver" Box set where handles have been fitted to the sides of their M400. The machine is still white (no carpet or black paint).

Chris

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-----Original Message-----
From: kinchmusic@... [mailto:kinchmusic@...]
Sent: 31 March 2003 20:57
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Mellotronists] Zeppelin tron.

Does anyone know whether the machine in question was an EMI one? Only, when I discovered my beaten up machine rotting away in some basement in Kensington a few years ago, the seller reckoned it had spent its last working years at the country retreat of Jimmy Page.

The seller of my M400 reckoned it was 'ex-Crimson'. Yeah, right. Zep's M400, at least in '73, was a standard white one. To my knowledge, that's the machine used on the studio 'Rain Song' and 'Kashmir', although I believe 'Kashmir' was easier to perform with the MkV. Wasn't that the prototype one? Looks quite different to the production model.

Andy T.

M400 #1145

'The Ultimate Mellotron Recordings List (Possibly)'

http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/

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