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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Camel

2011-09-24 by gino wong

When I saw them in the 70s they had a big old Elka Rhapsody.I thought it was an organ at first. The thiing was massive.

On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:37 AM, tron400 <tron400@yahoo.com> wrote:

I didn't think Camel ever used a Tron. None of my albums or CDs have Tron on them.

Bernie



--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
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> I had a chance to work with Camel back in 2003. Tom Brislin was the keys
> man for them on that tour. ( he was fabulous). At NEARfest, Tom asked if he
> could have a couple of Yrons in his rig for the show and I obliged. As we
> were setting them up, Andy Latimer came over and said, "Mellotrons! Ahh, the
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> In a message dated 9/23/2011 6:24:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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> Continuing my trawl through the early 70's, I came across this:
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> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbqaKyVEFjU&feature=mh_lolz&;list=PL46B5719EE
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> Seems to be an overdubbed live performance, the video shows an organ but
> there seems to be loads of tron and a great mark II flute solo, he must have
> had a very well set up tron.
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> Mark
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Gino Wong Birgelo
BSComm, BSEE & BS in general
Audio Production, Logistics, Synthesizers and sound design



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