----- Original Message -----From: John BeresfordSent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 5:22 AMSubject: [Mellotronists] RE: Strawbs trons
I came across a pic last night on their web site (is this the same pic as on the album?) of the Strawbs live at Drury Lane in 76 with the 2 keyboard setups. On the right there is definitely a MKV. It has the correct profile. The only pic I have of the wakeman double tron has more of an M400 profile at the top with a squared off lower section and not the sharply angled lower section the MkV has.
Cheers
John
From: John Beresford [mailto:j.k.beresford@...]
Sent: 21 June 2006 13:01
To: 'mellotronists@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: Strawbs trons
Hi all,
I had good fortune to spend a few minutes talking to Dave Cousins and John Hawken last night prior to a gig and I asked about the trons. Dave said they had the 2 M400\u2019s painted black during most of the mid 70R17;s (one of which I have) but then said they also had one of the big twin manuals one\u2019s as well. John nodded and said \u201coh yes that was the really heavy one\u201d. I asked if it was a MkV and Dave yes he thought so. This was a bit of a surprise but unfortunately I didn\u2019t get the chance to ask any more. Does anyone know if they did have a Mk V or MkII? If they did when did they use it? John is using the Pinder samples on stage but he blends them with something else.
Cheers
John
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Re: [Mellotronists] RE: Strawbs trons
2006-06-24 by chris.dale@primus.ca
So it looks like either they used both trons, or
Dave Lambert is possibly confusing the two units because they bear a close
physical resemblance.
This is an example of one of those mellotron
questions we will probably never have complete answers to because the
detail gets lost in the mists of time.
We have quite a few "who used what model tron on
what track / when" questions don't we?
Another one is the Genesis / King Crimson
tron. Did we ever find out definitively that the King Crimson / Genesis
/ England tron is the same unit? ;Ditto
the Peter Sellers / Princess Margaret tron.
Seems like an entire subject within a subject.
Perhaps for extreme fanatics only? Any takers?? :)
Chris