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Re: [Mellotronists] Re: first Mellotron usage ever on a record?

2005-02-21 by Andy Thompson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "turmelpierrolivier" <turmelpierrolivier@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:35 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: first Mellotron usage ever on a record?



> > Do I recall right it was on an album by Graham Bond Organisation? I
> > found a mildly worn out old 45 rpm single at a yard sale called Long
> > Tall Shorty. Well, no Mellotron on that one or on the flip side.

>
> According to the Mellotron Book by Frank Samagaio, the first mellotron
> use is by Graham Bond on the single "Baby, can it be true" from 1965.
>
> Pierre-Olivier-Turmel
> M400/#719

I thought it was Bond's 'Lease on Love' single, also from '65. There's a
snippet of it on the BBC radio 'Tron programme from a few years back. There
are rumours of 'Tron use on an album called 'Sounds International' by the
Dalley Dozen (!) from the same year, though it's possible that this one's a
wind-up.

Andy T.

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