The Mellotron Group

Now you made me dig out a photo I have to double check my memory (knowing
how crappy that can be these days)..It's the Moodies at the Shrine Expo Hall
(next to the Shrine Auditorium, former home of the Oscars) in LA circa 1968.
R to L: John with P-Bass and HiWatt (pretty sure - photo is a bit obscured)
stack, Justin with Tele (no 335 to be seen) and Marshall stack, Graeme with
early logo on kick with one hang-tom and one floor tom, Ray with flute and
mic, and Mike with Marshall head on the Mk II facing the rest of the band
with a full Marshall stack at the back of the stage - kind of a wall of very
loud amps with Graeme nestled in between. The fellow who took the shot told
me about being there: the PA had taken a dump and the whole audience at this
multi-band, standing-only show finally sat down on the floor to wait. A half
hour passed and the first sound to come back to life was the mellotron - and
he said it was a bit eerie as the entire sea of people rose as one when the
'tron sound washed over the crowd..sounds like a good thing to me..

 

Wish I was there..

Vance

 

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I think it was only a Marshall head... Am I right?

 

In a message dated 12/26/2008 2:51:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
punchbowl4@earthlink.net writes:

Pinder used a Marshall stack on stage with his MkII.