The Mellotron Group

...and a clip of Warszawa from Tokyo, 1978. David playing Chamberlin. Unfortunately the lighting is rather low (sorry, couldn't avoid the pun) and there are only a few brief glimpses of the back.

http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/david_bowies_minimoog_a_gift_from_brian_eno

I'm not familiar with the particular variant of the MM in the picture. Looks like quite a different layout from mine (which definitely doesn't have the wooden side panels on the folding top).

Jim Bailey

http://bowiemyths.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/bowie-object-exclusive-preview/

On 28 April 2012 14:55, trawnajim <jimab@rogers.com> wrote:

...and a clip of Warszawa from Tokyo, 1978. David playing Chamberlin. Unfortunately the lighting is rather low (sorry, couldn't avoid the pun) and there are only a few brief glimpses of the back.

Alas the next post on the blog suggests the material was a hoax, quite convincing though, and I enjoyed reading it.

Mark

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> wrote:
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> http://bowiemyths.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/bowie-object-exclusive-preview/
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> On 28 April 2012 14:55, trawnajim <jimab@...> wrote:
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> > **
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> > ...and a clip of Warszawa from Tokyo, 1978. David playing Chamberlin.
> > Unfortunately the lighting is rather low (sorry, couldn't avoid the pun)
> > and there are only a few brief glimpses of the back.
> >
>

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "mellotronmadness" <mellotronmadness@...> wrote:

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> Alas the next post on the blog suggests the material was a hoax, quite convincing though, and I enjoyed reading it.
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> Mark

I agree; most interesting. Regardless of its authenticity, my main reason for the original post was the video.

Jim Bailey

There now seems to be some dubiety as to whether it really is a fake or not. I dunno. It was interesting anyway.