Mellotronists

Hi all.

  My first record player was the family's old G.E.C. 4-speed unit. This 
venerable beast featured rubber tyres in it's drive mechanism and these were 
well worn. The net effect was that 33 1/3 became more like 38 rpm. 
Consequently many of my records seemed much groovier and more exciting than 
they actually were. The same things played on different machines often 
lacked some elusive quality..

  I loved the mechanical clunkiness of the thing and particularly the 
'tiddley-pom' noise that it made at the end of a side. Even the rumble lurks 
in my sonic memorybank.

   It now lurks in an attic having been lent to a mate of my Dad. I think 
it's time I rescued it.

Ahh, memories.

Love and Scones,

msw

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