Mellotronists

No failure!! It was great... 
But then in those days I didnt know what a mellotron was capable..
So was it a miracle?

I will have to look for the photos I took but cant remember what I 
did with them at the moment...

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Tillotson" 
<p.m.Tillotson@w...> wrote:
>   Did the Mellotron fail? :)
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "logadm" <victor.berridge@i...>
> To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 7:06 AM
> Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Keith Emerson = Troniac? Not
> 
> 
> > Yep,
> > I saw Lake play the mellotron in 1974 in Zurich, and yes the 
opening 
> > song was Abbadon's Bolero with the tron, the sound was violins or 
> > strings (difficult to distinguish...) I send some time ago the 
> > recording I made with an ancestor of walkman (very poor quality) 
to 
> > Ken Merb just for the fun...
> > 
> > Victor
> > 
> > --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Tillotson" 
> > <p.m.Tillotson@w...> wrote:
> > >   The one reference I have directly read from an interview with 
> > Emerson was
> > > that Lake was suppose to help flesh out "Abbadon's Bolero" live 
> > with his
> > > 'tron but the Mellotron malfunctioned the first try live and so 
the 
> > song was
> > > scrapped from live sets.
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Stan Cotey" <Stan_Cotey@d...>
> > > To: "Mellotron List" <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:10 AM
> > > Subject: RE: [Mellotronists] Keith Emerson = Troniac? Not
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > I understand Lake used a Mellotron on the Works tour when the 
> > orchestra
> > > became to expensive.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Andy Thompson [mailto:andy.thompson@v...]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:27 AM
> > > > To: Mellotron List
> > > > Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Keith Emerson = Troniac? Not
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "David Jacques" <djacques@c...>
> > > > To: "Mellotron List" <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:44 PM
> > > > Subject: [Mellotronists] Keith Emerson = Troniac? Not
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Found this amusing quote from Keith Emerson...
> > > > >
> > > > > "I refuse to play a Mellotron on the grounds that it just 
> > doesn't agree
> > > > > with my principles.
> > > >
> > > > And playing bad honky-tonk piano and tuneless 20-
minutes 'epics' 
> > does?
> > > >
> > > > Because another violinist has had to come in to tape
> > > > > record it and what you're playing is a tape recording - I 
> > refuse to play
> > > > > a Mellotron under those situations.
> > > >
> > > > That's the most stupid reason I've ever heard for disliking 
them. 
> > Why not
> > > > just admit that you don't like them because they won't let 
you 
> > show off
> > > > outrageously?
> > > >
> > > > Greg (Lake) has a Mellotron--I don't
> > > > > mind him playing it."
> > > >
> > > > Anyone know anything about this? I heard that he used it 
twice on 
> > stage
> > > for
> > > > FX in 'Tarkus' before it caught fire (!).
> > > >
> > > > Andy T.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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