The Mellotron Group

hi folks...

sometime in the recent past, somebody had pointed out a picture of America
performing live, and a mellotron was in the shot, seemingly neglected.
well, i got my wife the 'america live' from 1975 DVD from netflix.
this is the performance that the shot was from.
it's from an appearance on 'musicladen' which i think was a show on german
television in the 70s. while she was watching it [and i was upstairs
avoiding it] i heard the sound of mellotron flute. lo and behold, it was
used on the track 'wind wave' on this peformance - both flute and strings
in different sections of the song, including a pretty nice string part.
i am not really a fan, but my wife [obviously] is, and has known them for
many years, even introducing me to them on a number of occassions that she
has managed to drag me out to one of their shows.

i don't know if the studio recording of this track has mellotron or not.
i suspect it was used to replace some real strings used in the original,
buti will have to ask the wife to explore this. they are one of a handful
of rock bands to have worked with george martin [really - they did!] so
chances are they used real strings...

so there it is: america DID use that m400 [and it sounded pretty good].

best,
jeff