The Mellotron Group

My best friend of 15 years, a Dalmatian named Violet, recently died, so I know what you are going through.  Great elegant loving dogs...

best,

fritz

 

 

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From: Bill Rudloff <doctorwho8@aol.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, May 3, 2012 10:01 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: The Musical Box


  
    
                  

I'm sorry about your Dalmatian. We had a 12.5 year old named Pongo. We had him for 2.5 years until we had to put him to sleep last December.
Bill Rudloff

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On May 3, 2012, at 8:46 PM, Robert <rmrmax@yahoo.com> wrote:




     
                  

Thanks Gino,


I saw Pink Floyd on tour in 1973 (I believe) for DSOTM and again in 1994 for The Division Bell album; another friend of mine from England is friends with Dick Parry their saxophonist.  He got me a pass and I saw them in their final dress rehearsal at Joe Robbie (now Sun Life) Stadium in '94.  I didn't have tickets to the concert the following evening (it rained), but the dress rehearsal was almost 2 hours long and the weather was perfect; I would estimate there were only a couple of hundred people there ?  A day after the show, my friend borrowed my car so he could show Dick and 2 of the female vocalists (all very nice people) around town.  They picked me up from work and we drove them back to their hotel in Fort Lauderdale.  I remember speaking with Dick about Lol Coxhill who he knows personally and is also fond of.


Yes, I would have loved to see PF during the early days, but never did.


Hooking up with somebody locally who owns a working Mellotron in South Florida is about as likely as Emilio and Gloria Estafan inviting me over for dinner.  Even some of my closest friends think it is strange that I have such a curiosity and interest in Mellotrons.


My companion, a beautiful 14 year old Dalmatian is sick and in the final chapter of her life.  I have made a commitment not to travel anywhere until she is gone.  When that day comes, I'm going to call on one of you guys and maybe my dream will come true.


Robert






  
 
 
  
  From: gino wong <wonggster@gmail.com>
 To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 8:02 PM
 Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: The Musical Box
  
 

     
                  
TMB is as close to seeing Genesis in their prime as being there.  It is shocking how accurate they are.  I followed Genesis in the early 70's seeing 6-7 stops each tour (did that with PF before DSOTM too)
and these guys are getting down to the nuance, they are not a tribute band.


I am sure there are any number of people who would allow you to come see and play their Mellotron. We dodo dat.






On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:38 PM, ClayE <ecclesreinson@rogers.com> wrote:

 
  
    
                  
TMB keyboard player David Myers web site:http://www.davidmyersmusic.ca/index_en.html

Last I heard he was using G Force M-Tron samples.  Hopefully samples of The Streetly tapes.  http://www.gforcesoftware.com/products/thestreetlytapes

Clay


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> I don't recall. I'd have to go back through my photographs or ask David  
> Myers. He was the keyboard player the last time that I saw them.
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> Thanks for correcting me.  Shows you "guys" how little I  really know about 
> Mellotrons.  But I'm learning, however slowly...   I guess the back of the 
> cabinet fooled me ?  But whatever source of  Mellotron samples that were 
> used, sounded very authentic to these ears.   Maybe I have Tinnitus too !  Not 
> that I'm necessarily interested, do you  know what is the source of the 
> Mellotron samples that TMB use ?
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> BTW - my friend who I went to the concert is an acquaintance of  Dave 
> Kerzner of IK Multi Media Sampletron who was also at the show and he  indirectly 
> introduced me to Dave, who lives somewhere in South Florida.   Dave did not 
> point this (TMBs use of samples) out to me.  Over  enthusiastically, I asked 
> / "begged" Dave if there was any possibility if  someday in the future, I 
> could visit him and see and hear his Mellotron.   He replied "We don't do 
> that" and walked away.  Oh well...    
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> With respect to the organ, do they use an M3 ?
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> Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 2:40  PM
> Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] The Musical Box
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> Sadly, Robert, you weren't close to a real 400 lat night either.  It's a 
> keyboard controller inside a Mellotron shaped cabinet. I know this,  because 
> I've seen it up close and I know that they don't use a real one. I  think 
> Pierre Vielleux  was probably the only member/keys player in TMB  who actually 
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> Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing The Musical Box perform  "The Lamb 
> Lies Down On Broadway" at The Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood,  Florida.
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> They were fantastic and paid great attention to detail in every  respect; 
> the sound was great too!
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> Any of you "guys" who like the Gabriel era Genesis who have never  seen The 
> Musical Box perform before, I highly recommend you check them  out.
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> For their encore, they played "The Musical Box" and "Watcher of  the 
> Skies".  By then, several of the other concert goers who had the  better seats on 
> the floor area near the center had left, so I had the  opportunity to see 
> them up close.   Their keyboardist had a  beautiful black M400 Mellotron and 
> it sounded wonderful to my ears.  An  RMI Electric Piano was sitting on top 
> of the Mellotron and another keyboard  was sitting on top of the RMI.  He 
> also had an organ that I "think" was  a Hammond, but it was not a B3 and I 
> don't believe it was a C3 or  A100  either.  There was a Leslie speaker sitting 
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> I don't remember ever being in such close proximity  (approximately 20 
> feet) to a real Mellotron in all my life; what a thrill it  was !
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