Mellotronists

At 09:50 02/01/04 -0500, Pishock, Jimmy wrote:
>
>If you open the following attachment, you will notice it is Rick Wakeman 
>(and Chris Squire) from the Going for the One tour (1977).  From what I've 
>come to understand, I thought Wakeman used a Mellotron on this tour (the 
>double-black-one that Mr. Dale currently owns); however, I don't see it-- 
>unless it stuck way back in the second tier of keyboards.  In fact, what 
>struck me as odd, is that there are three (3) Birotrons in his set-up [two 
>(2) to Wakeman's left and one (1) in the upper keyboard set-up].

I don't know about the Mellotron, but there were two Birotrons (I think the 
box behind the Birotron on the right is
something else - it's not quite the same as the Birotron in front)

>   I didn't think the Birotron was created until later on in 1978.  Did 
> anyone see the tour and (hoping to job some memories here) remember 
> anything regarding this?

I worked on the Birotron from 1976 - 1978 and the first 'production' models 
of course went to Wakeman
and they would have been around at the right time for that tour.