Mellotronists

charel196 wrote:

>  I was thinking about the psychological implications of a group of
> people obssessed with an antique musical instrument which plays tape
> recordings of other musical instruments and what the name of this
> obsession could be called...I remember when I contracted it hearing
> the first Crimson album (Epitaph)..."what the hell IS that sound??"
>  Geeez...I sold my tron a few years back and still seem to have the
> fever.

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Charles, I think you hit the nail on the head !

Mellotron-Fever is quite infectious too.  It begins
with goose-bumps on both arms at early age upon
hearing "that sound." And continues well into
middle-age. ....and possibly beyond......

Further complications are attempts to  own one of
each model,own every sound in the tape library,
and listening to the favorite tunes over 1000X .
Also frequent mutterings about who played what/when.

.....Sound familiar,gang??   There is no known
cure for Mellotron-Fever,thankfully !


I myself caught "canal-fever" in late 2001, commencing
to explore/hike old towpath canals in the Northeast USA.

It developed in much the same way as Mellotron-Fever.
Collecting memorabilia, reading books on canals, seeking-out
experts , then taking oneself back to 1850 , muttering
old canaller's songs whilst getting full of briars/brambles.

Cheers, the incurable lover of yesteryear.......Jerry K.