Mellotronists

In a message dated 13/1/04 5:21:30 AM GMT Standard Time, jeffc@... 
writes:


> i met gerry anderson last week.
> some of you are probably too young to remember thunderbirds, fireball
> xl5, stingray, supercar, captain scarlet, but might vaguely recall
> space 1999 or UFO [the tv show - not the band].
> he is a gracious, humble, inceredibly pleasant and approchable man.
> and he even knows what a mellotron is:
> "you mean one of those things that has all the tapes?"
> i had him sign all my japanese box set thunderbird laserdiscs.
> 

And do you know where the SFX for those programmes were made?  None other 
than Grosvenor Studios in B'ham where a lot of the Rime takes were done.  We 
initially started to make tapes at Grosvenor before getting kitted out ourselves.  
John Taylor is credited on Thunderbirds, Stingray and Fireball.  He was Les 
Bradley's closest friend and is now over 80 years old.  The last of the the 
true masters of analogue recording and a nice bloke.

Best,

Martin
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