Mellotronists

I recently watched a video of 3 Dog Night on PBS Soundstage 1975 and 
was amazed at the amount of Chamberlin that was featured on just 
about every song-played by Skip Konte of Blues Image fame(in full 
wizard regaila).He was using the same M4 model I posted a picture of 
in the Photos section here in the group. A friend of mine copied it 
to DVDR from Japanese laser disc and the sound and pic quality was 
great.The Chamberlin tones sounded very Pinder-y.Skip used: 
violins,flute,cellos,brasses,clarinet,vibes,harpsichord(?),male and 
female voices, oboe and sound efx(crowd laughs and creaking door 
slamming) and maybe organ
  There were some nice shots of Skip's fingers at the Chamby

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From: "charel196" <charel196@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 7:17 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] 3 DOG NIGHT


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>
> I recently watched a video of 3 Dog Night on PBS Soundstage 1975 and
> was amazed at the amount of Chamberlin that was featured on just
> about every song-played by Skip Konte of Blues Image fame(in full
> wizard regaila).He was using the same M4 model I posted a picture of
> in the Photos section here in the group. A friend of mine copied it
> to DVDR from Japanese laser disc and the sound and pic quality was
> great.The Chamberlin tones sounded very Pinder-y.Skip used:
> violins,flute,cellos,brasses,clarinet,vibes,harpsichord(?),male and
> female voices, oboe and sound efx(crowd laughs and creaking door
> slamming) and maybe organ
>   There were some nice shots of Skip's fingers at the Chamby

I've heard what I believe to be the only three albums Konte recorded with
them, and while I can only hear Chamby on a few tracks, I'd guess I'm
missing a lot of stuff where I don't recognise the sounds. Hated the music,
BTW... Would be cool to see this video, just for the Chamby bits.

Andy T.

Hi Andy
   I'm not a BIG fan of this music anymore either but Konte used the 
Chamberlin on a lot of their other pieces that had real strings etc. 
on the original records
 I just view this as a historical appearance of the rare instrument 
in a live setting.It was available on Rhino VHS as well...check with 
used sources




> 
> I've heard what I believe to be the only three albums Konte 
recorded with
> them, and while I can only hear Chamby on a few tracks, I'd guess 
I'm
> missing a lot of stuff where I don't recognise the sounds. Hated 
the music,

> BTW... Would be cool to see this video, just for the Chamby bits.
> 
> Andy T.