Mellotronists

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From: "jonesalley" <jonesalley@...>
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Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 12:38 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] anybody here know anything about Mellotrons?


Jon

> A topic-relevant trivia question:
>
> Was the studio version of Led Zeppelin's "The Rain Song" recorded as
> a live-performance two-handed keyboard part, or was it multi-
> tracked?  If it was actually played two-handed, was it ever played
> that way live?  The DVD version I just saw was audibly just 3-violins
> on an M400, but they did take the big twin-keyboard monster (Mark V,
> right?) on the road as well, didn't they?  Is that the machine on the
> studio version, or was that a Mark II?

Have a look at 'the much-missed on this list' Brian Kehew's 'The Keyboards
of John Paul Jones' site's Mellotron page:

http://www.geocities.com/jpjkeys/mellotron.html

I'm not personally convinced the 'Rain Song' work is from a Mk.II - aren't
there M400 cellos in the mix? - but as Zep's least druggy member, I'd like
to think Jones actually knows what he's talking about! The Mk.V couldn't
have been on the studio 'Rain Song', BTW, as they didn't exist in '73.

Yours in usual know-all mode,

Andy T.