Mellotronists

Andy Thompson wrote:

> Dear all For those of you who are interested, I just found this
> posting from '96 on an archive Elephant Talk: "As a HUGE and LONG TIME
> YES fan I must correct a mistake that has been repeated a few
> times here at ET.  YES' use of a mellotron was NOT significant.  I'd
> like to
> know where the mellotron was supposidly played.  It is known that Tony
> Kaye,
> in both the early years and the 80's, did NOT use one because he
> disliked
> them.  Yes, Wakeman used one, but it's use is SO rare that it is not
> even
> worth mentioning, and again he also disliked useing them.  And I am
> pretty
> confideant in saying that FRAGILE was the *only* album he used one
> on.  So
> don't look to YES for a mellotron." The same digest features someone
> asking if the string sound at the beginning of 'Starless' was a
> 'Tron.    Well, it made me laugh...   Andy T.
>
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>
> Greetings All,
>
> Many thanks for sharing that interesting article, Andy.   It's like my
> old college
> professor in 1975 upon seeing the first micro-processor (Intel Altair)
>
> "Ugly little box with useless data entry. They'll NEVER amount to
> anything."
> .....HAH !
>
> If  y'all desire another Mellotronic chuckle from the past , refer to
> :
> "Rock Hardware",1981 Harmony Books,USA   . Page 95.
>
> There's an illustration of M400 tape operation/movement.
> As pictured, every tape will spill to the FRONT of the Tron,
> resting under each key.... There is however, a great photo of
> Rick Wakeman on page-94 with the custom Wake-O-Tron ,
> still painted white.
>
> Furthermore, Page 210 shows Streetly's 1981 address (they were still
> in business) as 388 Aldridge Road, not 338 ...I sent Streetly a
> wonderful letter of introduction in 1985, which they NEVER received.
> .......Mellotron history MIGHT be different today.....C'est La
> Vie.....
>
> Cheers,   -- JK -- (same address since 1983...."East Podunk,USA ")