Mellotronists

Thanks, Andy. Does this mean that all those bands owned those machines
at the time of their use or were they just part of the studio's
equipment arsenal that they recorded at? (i.e. Smashing Pumpkins, Bee
Gee's) 

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Thompson [mailto:andy.thompson@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 3:51 PM
To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] "famous" owners



----- Original Message -----
From: "Brundage, Jim" <jpb@...>
To: <mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 3:54 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] "famous" owners


Dear all

> I was talking to a friend about Mellotrons and the Uriah Heep tron
came
> up. I told him that it was reportedly once owned by David Copperfield.
> (I hope I got that right)

I'm afraid the 'Copperfield' joke was too subtle for me, although I
should've known better. And I didn't even have to admit that...

> He then asked what other famous people, whether it be a professional
> musician, magician, actor or whatever, actually owns a Mellotron
> currently. It seems that many of the folks we know as being some of
the
> original "Mellotron players" no longer own one. I would also assume
that
> the majority of the bands listed on Andy's list do not actually own
one
> and used someone else's or the studio owned one or they used...
samples.
>
> Any interesting owners worth noting?

While it's highly incomplete, have a look at my 'artists' page (link
from
main page):

http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/artists.htm

Actually, must add the Heep-'Tron. Speaking of which, I wasn't aware
they
ever used one live, espec.not around the turn of the '80s. But I could
be
proved wrong...

Andy T. (hoping to finally make the break into a proper domain name
sometime
soon).



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