The Mellotron Group

Chris,
Interesting story,thanks for sharing it with us.
Pete

Chris Dale wrote:
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> Gino Vannelli and his brother Joe used a Chamberlin M1 on 
> the 1981 Nightwalker album.
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> I know this for a fact because I bought that unit from them in 1994.
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> The hit single from that album was "Living Inside Myself" and you can 
> hear the Chamby 3 violins and cello on that.
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> Their  M1 was one of the very last ones made and has harp sounds that 
> Harry kept only for himself up until then, (when he probably needed 
> the money).
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> The unit was purchased just before recording for that album began 
> and only used on that album and then stored away in a corner. So it's 
> quite possibly the least used Chamberlin on the planet. Joe hadn't 
> switched it on since then, and that was his main concern when offering 
> to sell it to me. 
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> Regarding the customs sounds - they were different string sections 
> recorded for the instrument. I have all those on another set of tapes, 
> along with documents about their recording and a Chamberlin hole 
> puncher (odd thing) used for making Chamberlin M series tapes.
> Markus has 'some' of those Vannelli sounds.
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> I went to see Joe just a while back. He produced Burton Cummings 
> latest album and both he and Gino are still active in music.
> Some of the nicest most down to earth people I've ever met,  but maybe 
> it's because we're all Canadian eh!
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> Merry Christmas (to almost all of you! :)
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> Chris Dale
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