Mellotronists

When I first came across the latest Real Tuesday Weld album, I 
believe the usage of 'tron and Optigan, etc. were confirmed in the 
who-plays-what listings within the deluxe packaging. There are lots 
of Mellotron *sounds* on many new releases these days. It seems like 
the past few years, I hear them on two or three new releases a 
week...most on indie labels that don't make commercial radio or 
mainstream sales charts. Some are confirmed in the liner notes, 
others are lumped in under that dreaded umbrella term "keyboards"--
and with all the sampling these days combined with hearing loss from 
30+ years of working in record stores to music and concert 
promotion, I'm having trouble decoding the real thing.

Good call on OMD...I remember the NBC days of David Letterman, when 
Paul Shaffer really got into a conversation with Humphreys about 
cool keyboards.

On Tuesday, September 21, 2004, at 01:09  am, mellotrongirl wrote:

>
> When I first came across the latest Real Tuesday Weld album, I
> believe the usage of 'tron and Optigan, etc. were confirmed in the
> who-plays-what listings within the deluxe packaging.

Ah!

I managed to buy a dealer promo on Sixdegrees which had no liner notes 
at all. TRTW are good fun live, btw. They are basically a jazz band 
with computer backing, and a louche lead-singer. They sound very 
littlelike their album,  but it all makes for a good night out!


> Good call on OMD...I remember the NBC days of David Letterman, when
> Paul Shaffer really got into a conversation with Humphreys about
> cool keyboards.

Wish that was available from the archives!

best!

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