The Mellotron Group

The sound is a little garbled by the usual savaging that MP3 encoding 
dishes out. I may record another one for it instead.

Mike

Bernie wrote:
>
> The choir that's linked to in the article sounds pretty nice. I
> wonder how many other Birotron sounds are still floating around.
>
> BTW, the Mellotron book arrived today. Haven't had any time to look
> it over yet.
>
> Bernie
>
> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, Bruce Daily <pocotron@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hey Frank-
> >    Birotron, huh?  All hail the 8-track!  If you haven't read it
> berore, try this site-
> >  
> > www.believermag.com/issues/200706/?read=article_collins
> >  
> >  
> >     -Bruce D.
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 7/31/08, lsf5275@... <lsf5275@...> wrote:
> >
> > From: lsf5275@... <lsf5275@...>
> > Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] new mellotron book
> > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 2:57 PM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 7/31/2008 3:26:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> chris.dale@primus. ca writes:
> > In order to satisfy *everyone* on this planet,  the
> definitive "dream" book
> > would include all the material in the new book, Frank's book,
> interviews
> > with Martin and John from Streetly, Dave Kean, Markus Resch, Bill
> Eberline,
> > ex- Mellotronics / Streetly / Sound Sales employees, Richard
> Chamberlin and
> > his sister, Richards' technician Steve Hawk, Dave Biro, Peter
> Robinson, Rick
> > Wakeman, ex- Packhorse employees , Dave VanKoevering and ex-Vako
> employees,
> > ex- Moog employees, ex- Optigan - Mattel employees, Hugh LeCaine's
> > descendants, plus all the usual classic "Mellotron musicians", etc.
> etc.
> > Where do you draw the line???
> >
> >
> >  
> > This would be the kind of book that would most interest me. I could
> care less how many suspended notes someone uses in there technique. I
> would like to know exactly the process that Harry Chamberlin went
> through to make his first working anything. Then I would like to know
> How each successive machine was created and what thought processes
> went into their creation. Same thing for the Mellotron and Streetly.
> What was it like back in the day in the "factory" when they were
> perfecting the Mark I, Mark II and the M300-400?
> >  
> > I'd like to know what occurred with Dave Biro and Wakeman... What
> went into making the Birotron, the Optigan, the Orchestron?
> >  
> > That's the kind of book that would most appeal to me.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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