The Mellotron Group

Hey guys,
Has anyone out there got Nick Awdes new book yet? I think it's called
"Mellotron - The machine and the muscians who revolutionised rock".
Just wondered what it was like.
John

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "John Beresford"
<j.k.beresford@...> wrote:

>
> Hey guys,
> Has anyone out there got Nick Awdes new book yet? I think it's called
> "Mellotron - The machine and the muscians who revolutionised rock".
> Just wondered what it was like.
> John
>

I was wondering about this very elusive book as well - apparently it
was supposed to be published last month and I've been scouring various
bookshops and websites for it, but to no avail so far.

Tony

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Swettenham"
<tonkev66@...> wrote:

>
> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "John Beresford"
> <j.k.beresford@> wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys,
> > Has anyone out there got Nick Awdes new book yet? I think it's

called

> > "Mellotron - The machine and the muscians who revolutionised

rock".

> > Just wondered what it was like.
> > John
> >
>
> I was wondering about this very elusive book as well - apparently

it

> was supposed to be published last month and I've been scouring

various

> bookshops and websites for it, but to no avail so far.
>
> Tony
>

It's listed on Amazon as currently unavailable.

http://tinyurl.com/yqzw6w

Bernie

> It's listed on Amazon as currently unavailable.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yqzw6w
>
> Bernie

Country Bookshop - UK seems to have it.
http://www.countrybookshop.co.uk/books/index.phtml?whatfor=9781898948025

I note that the related links on the page include
those well known mellotronists Victoria Beckham and
Cilla Black.

Mark
--- ceccles_ca <ecclesreinson@rogers.com> wrote:

>
> > It's listed on Amazon as currently unavailable.
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/yqzw6w
> >
> > Bernie
>
> Country Bookshop - UK seems to have it.
>

http://www.countrybookshop.co.uk/books/index.phtml?whatfor=9781898948025

>
>

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> From: ecclesreinson@rogers.com
> Date: Jan 19, 2008 1:09:37 AM
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Subj: [newmellotrongroup] Re: New Mellotron Book

Chaps

I believe Nick's had a family crisis, so it probably isn't even ready to go to
the printers yet.

Andy T.

> > It's listed on Amazon as currently unavailable.
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/yqzw6w
> >
> > Bernie
>
> Country Bookshop - UK seems to have it.
> http://www.countrybookshop.co.uk/books/index.phtml?whatfor=9781898948025
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

MAinPsych@aol.com wrote:

> *I wish Nick well and look forward to getting a copy.*
> **
> *Frank Samagaio*
> *San Diego CA*
> *owner, Mellotron MkII #134 (Pindertron) / M400 #908 (for the time being)*
> *author, /The Mellotron Book/*
>
> In a message dated 3/24/2008 1:14:24 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> tronbros@aol.com writes:
>
> A little update for you all.
>
> The new mellotron book by Nick Awde will be with us very shortly.
> According to Nick, /'The book is poised to go to the printer.
> We’re just cleaning up picture credits and stuff like that. It is
> a MASSIVE 560 PAGES LONG and has 250 plus pictures in it.'/
> //
> This is not going to be another cut, paste, beg, borrow and steal
> monstrosity but a book purposefully written/ by an author./ A
> revelation as opposed to a revulsion/./
> //
> Best,
>
> Martin
> Author of an email entitled New Mellotron Book.

I liked the current 'tron book, even if there was a lot of cut and
paste. I will no doubt like the new one even more, which I will order
ASAP. Thanks for the HU! about it.
--
Cheers,
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official site <www.systemstheory.net>
MySpace MP3s <www.myspace.com/systemstheory>
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"Soundtracks For Imaginary Movies" CD released Dec 2004
"Codetalkers" CD coming Xmas 2007
NP: demos for our next album "overfulnoisecascaade"

I've just today received my copy of Nick Awde's book 'Mellotron: The
Machine and the Musicians that Revolutionsied Rock'.

It's enormously thick - about 600 pages - and features a large number of
interviews with all the usual suspects. It as three notable ommisions
(by the author's own admission), being Robert Moog (dead), Rick Wakeman
(busy) and Robert Fripp (on being Fripp). I'm still ploughing through
it. So far it's an interesting read, even if the author felt the need to
interview Tony Banks and Mike Pinder. :-)

Mike

Nearly everything.

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> wrote:
>
> I've just today received my copy of Nick Awde's book 'Mellotron: The
> Machine and the Musicians that Revolutionsied Rock'.
>
> It's enormously thick - about 600 pages - and features a large number of
> interviews with all the usual suspects. It as three notable ommisions
> (by the author's own admission), being Robert Moog (dead), Rick Wakeman
> (busy) and Robert Fripp (on being Fripp). I'm still ploughing through
> it. So far it's an interesting read, even if the author felt the need to
> interview Tony Banks and Mike Pinder. :-)
>
> Mike
>

I just got my notice today that it's in the mail. Good news! I'm especially looking forward to reading the interviews with Tony Banks and Mike Pinder!

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:

>
>
> In a message dated 7/25/2008 9:45:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> markpringnz@... writes:
>
> Nearly everything.
>
>
>
>
> I'm anxious to know if there is any information on Mike Pinder's

swell pedal

> technique. And did he put little marks on his Mark IIs so he knew

how far to

> twist the pitch knob during his famous pitch dives?
>
> I also would like to know who the first person was who ever vomited

in a

> Mellotron. Why were the feet on M-400s painted black... was it

because of the

> white and black keys? If so, then why didn't black Mellotrons have

white feet?

>
> Why weren't Mark IIs made out of steel? I doubt they would have been

much

> heavier.
>
> When did Woolly first realize that the fluon tape guides in his

M-300 had

> gone south? And when Barclay James Harvest pushed their Mark II down

the flight

> of stairs, why weren't they arrested for cruelty to particle board?
>
> How come there wasn't ever a Mellotron drum machine. It could have

been

> called the Mellotron Beat Master or Master Beater or something cool

like that.

>
> If Rick was too busy, couldn't Nick have interviewed his brother

Melvin

> Wakeman? Maybe Rick had mentioned stuff to him.
>
> Is any of this in the book?
>
>
>
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Frank, I believe all these questions are answered in the latest
edition of the National Enquirer.

Bernie

If it is, I'll buy it.

As far as I can tell Woolly hardly ever used any other voice on the M300 other than the strings, so my guess is that the problems started early on. Any body know what voice is on the other track from the M300 strings?

Mark

--- On Sat, 7/26/08, lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:

From: lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] New Mellotron Book
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, July 26, 2008, 3:21 PM

In a message dated 7/25/2008 9:45:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, markpringnz@ yahoo.com writes:

Nearly everything.

I'm anxious to know if there is any information on Mike Pinder's swell pedal technique. And did he put little marks on his Mark IIs so he knew how far to twist the pitch knob during his famous pitch dives?

I also would like to know who the first person was who ever vomited in a Mellotron. Why were the feet on M-400s painted black... was it because of the white and black keys? If so, then why didn't black Mellotrons have white feet?

Why weren't Mark IIs made out of steel? I doubt they would have been much heavier.

When did Woolly first realize that the fluon tape guides in his M-300 had gone south? And when Barclay James Harvest pushed their Mark II down the flight of stairs, why weren't they arrested for cruelty to particle board?

How come there wasn't ever a Mellotron drum machine. It could have been called the Mellotron Beat Master or Master Beater or something cool like that.

If Rick was too busy, couldn't Nick have interviewed his brother Melvin Wakeman? Maybe Rick had mentioned stuff to him.

Is any of this in the book?

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In a message dated 7/25/2008 11:53:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kornowicz@cox. net writes:

Frank, I believe all these questions are answered in the latest
edition of the National Enquirer.

Bernie

I didn't know they had a section on Mellotrons What have I missed?

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I've just today received my copy of Nick Awde's book 'Mellotron: The 

Machine and the Musicians that Revolutionsied Rock'.

Me too - looks like a loooooooooong (but interesting) read...

All the best,
Norm

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So have I - it may have been a very long wait for the book to
materialise, but it's proving to have been worth it so far.
Fascinating stuff.


Regards,

Tony S.


--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson
<mike.dickson@...> wrote:

>
> I've just today received my copy of Nick Awde's book 'Mellotron: The
> Machine and the Musicians that Revolutionsied Rock'.
>
> It's enormously thick - about 600 pages - and features a large

number of

> interviews with all the usual suspects. It as three notable ommisions
> (by the author's own admission), being Robert Moog (dead), Rick Wakeman
> (busy) and Robert Fripp (on being Fripp). I'm still ploughing through
> it. So far it's an interesting read, even if the author felt the

need to

> interview Tony Banks and Mike Pinder. :-)
>
> Mike
>