The Mellotron Group

The Kooks own a M4000. The mellotron in this video seems to be a M400. I guess they don't take the nice new one on the road.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEMDZ0boOSM
The song is used in a Michelob tv ad.
This was posted by Don T. on the old list. Thanks Don!

Could it be a white MK VI?
Bill Rudloff

In a message dated 10/2/09 10:45:09 AM, lsf5275@aol.com writes:

Looks like a 4000 to me. It looks taller and deeper than a 400.

In a message dated 10/2/2009 8:29:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ecclesreinson@In a message dated


The Kooks own a M4000. The mellotron in this video seems to be a M400. I guess they don't take the nice new one on the road.
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The song is used in a Michelob tv ad.
This was posted by Don T. on the old list. Thanks Don!

Those punks have scuffed it up good in a short time. Damn hippies.

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> It's their M4000 with mahogany feet!
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> They look nice. I want a set.

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Rick,
Did you really gig with M.R.?
What's Frank Marino like?
I love their first 4 lps.
Pete

Rick Blechta wrote:

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> On Oct 2, 2009, at 2:43 PM, tronbros@aol.com <mailto:tronbros@aol.com>
> wrote:
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>> It's their M4000 with mahogany feet!
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> I remember seeing Mahogany Feet in Montreal in the '70s. Did a couple
> of gigs with them, too.
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> No...wait a moment...that was Mahogany Rush. Gee, I got all excited
> there for a moment.
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> _
> ._,___

Rick,
Thanks for sharing your story.
Pete

Rick Blechta wrote:

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> On Oct 3, 2009, at 4:26 AM, marabus wrote:
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>> Rick,
>> Did you really gig with M.R.?
>> What's Frank Marino like?
>> I love their first 4 lps.
>> Pete
>
> Yeah. When I started up Devotion, it was in Montreal where I'd just
> graduated from McGill. (We used to practise in the Electronic Music
> Studio -- summer -- because I could use the huge modular Moog and Hugh
> LeCaine's Sackbut, a very cool instrument.)
>
> We started to get bookings around Quebec with the same agency that
> handled Mahogany Rush, who had their first album out. Since we did the
> Prog thing and they did their sort-of-Hendrix thing, it was a good
> fit. We did this one outdoor gig with them at McGill for Homecoming
> Week that was very cool, about 8,000 people showed up.
>
> Frank was okay. He really liked our guitarist, Peter Follett, who is
> one-of-a-kind, but he kept to himself pretty much. We knew Jimmy Ayoub
> a lot better since our woodwind player had gigged a bit with him and
> also with his dad, Nick, a great jazz saxophonist.
>
> Frank's a hell of a guitarist, though. They opened for King Crimson,
> Mk II (Boz and the gang) in 1972 at one of the CEGEPs (Quebec junior
> colleges) and that was a really great gig for them -- and KC.
>
> So there you have it.
>
> Rick
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