Mellotronists

In a message dated 2/5/2004 9:49:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
andy.thompson@... writes:
It's got to be either '6 Wives' or the Strawbs' 'Bursting at the Seams', on
'Lay Down' and 'Down By The Sea'. According to one of my reference books,
they both appeared in the same month, Feb.'73, so it's a toss-up as to who
actually recorded with it first.
Assuming that it was one of the two above-mentioned albums, a little research 
turns up the information that "6 Wives" was released on 02/11/73, and that 
"Bursting" had an originally scheduled release date of 01/26/73, but got "pushed 
back a week" because of a graphics problem, which would place its release on 
or about 02/03/73.  Chalk one up for Strawbs and Mr. Weaver.  As far as who 
actually recorded it first, "6 Wives" was recorded much earlier in 1972 than 
Strawbs did on Bursting" (12/72), so Rick appears to have won that round.  
Depends on your standard of measure, I guess!

Frank Samagaio
San Diego CA
MkII #134 / M400 #908
author, The Mellotron Book