The Mellotron Group

Forgive me if this is well known, but I was browsing through a very large book on Genesis in a Wellington book shop at the week end and I came across a paragraph dealing with the group's mellotron.

Apparently they bought a Mark II from Robert Fripp which he insisted was the very one used to record "In the court of..". However Tony Banks remarks that at that stage Fripp owned 3 trons and he reckoned that Fripp said that about all of them.

Mark

There are also a couple of different MKII machines out there,all of them used for Strawberry Fields,aren't there?

Cheers,Hessel

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Onderwerp: [newmellotrongroup] Genesis and Fripp's Tron

Forgive me if this is well known, but I was browsing through a very large book on Genesis in a Wellington book shop at the week end and I came across a paragraph dealing with the group's mellotron.

Apparently they bought a Mark II from Robert Fripp which he insisted was the very one used to record "In the court of..". However Tony Banks remarks that at that stage Fripp owned 3 trons and he reckoned that Fripp said that about all of them.

Mark

In a message dated 6/15/2008 4:11:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
markpringnz@yahoo.com writes:

However Tony Banks remarks that at that stage Fripp owned 3 trons and  he 
reckoned that Fripp said that about all of  them.




I think everyone pretty much knows that Martin Smith knows the answer to  
this one.



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In a message dated 6/15/2008 4:24:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
hessel@soundscape.nl writes:

There  are also a couple of different MKII machines out there,all of them 
used for  Strawberry Fields,aren'There  




I happen to have several Mellotrons that have been used to play Strawberry  
Fields.
 
Frank



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And I'll be buying them.
johnb
1407


lsf5275@aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 6/15/2008 4:24:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> hessel@soundscape.nl writes:
>
>     There are also a couple of different MKII machines out there,all
>     of them used for Strawberry Fields,aren't there?
>
>  
> I happen to have several Mellotrons that have been used to play 
> Strawberry Fields.
>  
> Frank
>
>
>
> ___

frank?
please let us know how things went at nearfest.
dennis did not get back to me re: EMS synthi, so i didn't make
the drive not knowing if/how i was going to gain admission.

so how did it all go?
i really wanted to see RMI again.
they put a mellotron through a real workout, at least they did
the couple times i have loaned them mine and jimmy moore his,
and gino his...

...jeff

funny....

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In a message dated 6/15/2008 4:24:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
hessel@soundscape.nl writes:


There 
  are also a couple of different MKII machines out there,all of them used for 
  Strawberry Fields,aren't there?







?


I happen to have several Mellotrons that have been used to play Strawberry 
Fields.


?


Frank







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In a message dated 6/16/2008 2:19:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jeffc@netaxs.com writes:

frank?
please let us know how things went at nearfest.
dennis did  not get back to me re: EMS synthi, so i didn't make
the drive not knowing  if/how i was going to gain admission.

so how did it all go?
i really  wanted to see RMI again.
they put a mellotron through a real workout, at  least they did
the couple times i have loaned them mine and jimmy moore  his,
and gino his...

...jeff





Jeff,
 
NEARfest is next weekend.
 
I'm still working on Tron #2. It's in about a zillion pieces in my  shop.
 
Frank



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On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 lsf5275@aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 6/16/2008 2:19:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jeffc@netaxs.com writes:
>
> frank?
> please let us know how things went at nearfest.
> dennis did  not get back to me re: EMS synthi, so i didn't make
> the drive not knowing  if/how i was going to gain admission.
>
> so how did it all go?
> i really  wanted to see RMI again.
> they put a mellotron through a real workout, at  least they did
> the couple times i have loaned them mine and jimmy moore  his,
> and gino his...
>
> ...jeff
>
>
> Jeff,
>
> NEARfest is next weekend.



oh jeez... D U H !
total brain fart.

well then, there is a chance still that i'll be there with EMS in hand.
can't say for sure - if i don't make then gino will be there with one.



> I'm still working on Tron #2. It's in about a zillion pieces in my  shop.
>
> Frank


best of luck on that.
sorry i can't offer to bring one of mine - an m400 doesn't fit in my car.
if you get in a jam, please feel free to reach out though - there may be
a chance to make arrangements - but the sooner i know the better - i do
have 2 m400s at my house still and might be able to arrange a van, but
like i said- the sooner i know the better since i would be relying on
another party for the van...

keep me posted, and maybe i will see you on sunday [?!]

...jeff

Like I said, I am on holiday at Nearfest,  I ll put a synthi in the hotel lockup but I would rather you show up with yours. gino BTW I just found an lp from

In a message dated 6/16/2008 4:24:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jeffc@netaxs.com writes:

best  of luck on that.
sorry i can't offer to bring one of mine - an m400 doesn't  fit in my car.
if you get in a jam, please feel free to reach out though -  there may be
a chance to make arrangements - but the sooner i know the  better - i do
have 2 m400s at my house still and might be able to arrange a  van, but
like i said- the sooner i know the better since i would be relying  on
another party for the van...

keep me posted, and maybe i will see  you on sunday [?!]




Thanks Jeff. I have plenty of Mellotrons. There are 5 of them in my  
basement. The one that is apart will be back together in the next day or two.  I'll 
have three there and only two will be needed.
 
Frank



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After that short stint I was inspired to start the acid polka jazz band? "Wurst Case Scenario".? We put out one album, "Band of Bratters", which did quite well.

The albums I've worked on usually stay in the closet.......


franz dadej....... dobryiitron #G

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On Jun 16, 2008, at 5:06 PM, gino wong wrote:


BTW I just found an lp from the mid 80s in one of my closets that had F Doddy listed as engineer.



That would be Franz Doddy, the famous Swiss yodeler, who went on to a brilliant engineering numerous polka albums after suffering a bizarre, career-ending, alpenhorn accident in 1978.

It had a note from Ornette Coleman on the back.  Shock Exchange. ... -- Wanted: Odd rare unusual and maligned electronic devices such as: Davolisynt, Kawai, 

Oh yeah,  My friend Chris Bowman and his pals are devotees of Ornette.  He came to a bunch of the sessions and played the role of mentor.  Nice man....nutty, but nice. On one subsequent album I played bass on one song.  I had no idea what the hell I was playing, as I felt like I was doing the bass player equivalent of shooing a nasty bee from my face, but the rest of the band thought my contribution was "perfect".

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It had a note from Ornette Coleman on the back.  Shock Exchange.



On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 4:08 AM,  <fdoddy@aol.com> wrote:





















    

            



 After that short stint I was inspired to start the acid polka jazz band  "Wurst Case Scenario".  We put out one album, "Band of Bratters", which did quite well.




The albums I've worked on usually stay in the closet.......





franz dadej....... dobryiitron #G






 





 



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On Jun 16, 2008, at 5:06 PM, gino wong wrote:



BTW I just found an lp from the mid 80s in one of my closets that had F Doddy listed as engineer.







That would be Franz Doddy, the famous Swiss yodeler, who went on to a brilliant engineering numerous polka albums after suffering a bizarre, career-ending, alpenhorn accident in 1978.






    

  

    
    
    
    




    
    

 





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