Mellotronists

Do I recall right it was on an album by Graham Bond Organisation? I
found a mildly worn out old 45 rpm single at a yard sale called Long
Tall Shorty. Well, no Mellotron on that one or on the flip side. Well,
I guess it was worth a quarter to find out! I don't know anothing
about Graham Bond really (except the late great Dick Heckstall-Smith
blew sax with them) and have no other recordings by them.

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> Do I recall right it was on an album by Graham Bond Organisation? I
> found a mildly worn out old 45 rpm single at a yard sale called Long
> Tall Shorty. Well, no Mellotron on that one or on the flip side. 
Well,
> I guess it was worth a quarter to find out! I don't know anothing
> about Graham Bond really (except the late great Dick Heckstall-Smith
> blew sax with them) and have no other recordings by them.

Hi, 

According to the mellotron book by Frank Samagaio, the first use of 
the mellotron is by Graham Bondc on "Baby, can it be true" single
in 1965.

Pierre-Olivier-Turmel
M400/#719

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From: "turmelpierrolivier" <turmelpierrolivier@...>
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Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:35 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: first Mellotron usage ever on a record?



> > Do I recall right it was on an album by Graham Bond Organisation? I
> > found a mildly worn out old 45 rpm single at a yard sale called Long
> > Tall Shorty. Well, no Mellotron on that one or on the flip side.

>
> According to the Mellotron Book by Frank Samagaio, the first mellotron
> use is by Graham Bond on the single "Baby, can it be true" from 1965.
>
> Pierre-Olivier-Turmel
> M400/#719

I thought it was Bond's 'Lease on Love' single, also from '65. There's a
snippet of it on the BBC radio 'Tron programme from a few years back. There
are rumours of 'Tron use on an album called 'Sounds International' by the
Dalley Dozen (!) from the same year, though it's possible that this one's a
wind-up.

Andy T.

The reference to Sounds International by the Graham Dalley Dozen was made by me
some years ago after talking to Grahams next door neighbour! (I was trying to
find out what happened to his tron!) He said Graham - who was a big tron user -
brought out this album with his band around that time and he said it may have
had him playing tron on it but no-one had a copy to check out. So still
unconfirmed - as is the date.
John

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> I thought it was Bond's 'Lease on Love' single, also from '65. There's a
> snippet of it on the BBC radio 'Tron programme from a few years back. There
> are rumours of 'Tron use on an album called 'Sounds International' by the
> Dalley Dozen (!) from the same year, though it's possible that this one's a
> wind-up.
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> Andy T.
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