[Mellotronists] Re: Mellotron disasters
2004-08-24 by tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk
... Hey Blechta - your p key seems to be malfunctioning. Mike Dickson (tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk) M400 #996 The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics
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Mk2 to M-400 design
2004-08-24 by mellotrongirl
The Mk1 and Mk2 are certainly beautiful pieces of furniture...beautiful woods, thick polished shellac...and even a matching bench. So why does the M-400 look
Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Mellotron disaster
2004-08-24 by Bob Snyder
Tron Bros, Considering the rarity of Chamberlins in Britain, and that this was a 600, isn t it a strong possibility that the machine was one of the originals
Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Mellotron disasters
2004-08-23 by rick@rickblechta.com
... Yeah, we know. We was just yanking your chain. Robert Fripp IS a bit of a tosser, though... Hey! Maybe we should all sign our emails like this: The Rick
Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Mellotron disaster
2004-08-23 by Andy Thompson
... From: tronbros@aol.com To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 8:53 AM Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Mellotron disaster
Re: [Mellotronists] [Fwd: [ProgAndOther] cool show alert]
2004-08-23 by zappaboggs
Pete, One word... Plunger.... Umph has some serious chops with hopefully a long, entertaining future.... Pete wrote: Happy Sunday
Re: Mellotron disasters
2004-08-23 by lsf5275@aol.com
I m sorry. It was a JOKE! Frank
[Fwd: [ProgAndOther] cool show alert]
2004-08-23 by Pete
Happy Sunday everyone I have seen a whirlwind of shows over the last couple of weeks, starting two weeks ago- Los Lobos, this is simply one of the best bands
Re: Mellotron disaster
2004-08-23 by tronbros@aol.com
OK........... Whilst on me summer hols I received an email to say that a Chamberlin 600 MusicMaster had been found in the basement of a house in a fashionable
Re: Disasters/E.T.
2004-08-23 by mellotrongirl
Well, lemme ask you this I_am_Zontar...do you believe that these aforementioned United States Government officials posess the intelligence and wisdom to
Re: [Mellotronists] disasters, E.T.'s ?
2004-08-23 by Jeff Coulter
... i heard they are secretly being preserved by the US government in... ...area mark I ?
Space Aliens/Disaster
2004-08-23 by mellotrongirl
I know they abduct Theremins...at least that s the sound I keep hearing when I see UFOs lift off. (Am now waiting to hear about crop circles that aren t so
disasters, E.T.'s ?
2004-08-23 by George Summers
Perhaps space aliens abducted missing mellotrons. George Summers, Houston(Space City), Texas, U.S.A.
Re: Disasters
2004-08-23 by mellotrongirl
Hey, hey hey now. The subject of Mellotron Disasters is GREAT reading. The bottom line is: if there is anything that is fanatically collectable in limited
[Mellotronists] Re: Mellotron disaster
2004-08-23 by Rick Blechta
... Everyone, Frank has obviously had a very, very bad day. I suspect someone has stolen his upholstered lizard... Rick
Re: Mellotron disaster
2004-08-23 by lsf5275@aol.com
Excuse me, Who gives a shit? This may be the most worthless thread I have ever read. I reminds me of the time I read in Melody Maker that Rick Wakeman s
[Mellotronists] Trons lost in disasters
2004-08-22 by tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk
... A while bak I was in touch with a 1970s Tron player from Scotland called Adrian Spence. He told me that his band had bought an M400 to replace the Mk II
[Mellotronists] Re: Toronto band/Mellotron Disaster
2004-08-22 by tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk
... Er...don t you mean Pete Sinfield ? Mike Dickson (tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk) M400 #996 The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics Streetly Sample Library
Re: Toronto band/Mellotron Disaster
2004-08-22 by mellotrongirl
Okay Rick--try this. Go to allmusic.com and type in their search engine Saga (y know, the Canadian band that gets compared to Rush quite often). When s Saga s
Re: MK2 sustained chords
2004-08-22 by charel196
I don t think he had any duplicated sounds on his 400s,Mike ... are ... than his
[Mellotronists] MK2 sustained chords
2004-08-22 by tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk
... Didn t Wakeman pull that trick using two M400s? Imagine trying to synch up two M400s with old motors so that they are within a quarter tone. Mind you, it
Re: [Mellotronists] MK2 sustained chords
2004-08-21 by Jerry Korb
... Howdee Pardners ! Mike Pinder had identical MK2 lead tapes on both keyboards of his Pindertrons. He was prob. one of the first to practice/utilise this
Re: [Mellotronists] MK2 sustained chords
2004-08-21 by Rick Blechta
... You know, I happen to have Orchestra on both keyboards of my FX Console, and believe it or not, I haven t ever thought of trying that. I will and will let
Re: [Mellotronists] Kinks/Disasters/MIO Records
2004-08-21 by Rick Blechta
... Sadly, no. I will know the band immediately when someone says their name (and don t worry, I ve been asking around Toronto), but I do know that they were a
Re: [Mellotronists] MK2 sustained chords
2004-08-21 by Colin Crawford
... I once had an ex Manfred Mann 400 which had some woodwind sunds (saxes I think.... ) that were duplicated from a key-split somewhere in the middle of the
MK2 sustained chords
2004-08-21 by charel196
Anybody ever try putting the same sound on both sides of a MK2 or MK5 so that when,say...the violins tapes end on one side, you could switch to the same
Kinks/Disasters/MIO Records
2004-08-21 by mellotrongirl
1. Kinks quixotic-records, another newsgroup here at yahoo! (which spotlights psyche and obscure Sixties music) just today uploaded a handful of Kinks tunes
shipping
2004-08-19 by Tony
I have a question for any of the group members in the US who have shipped their machines to Streetly. The only company I have had any luck with regarding the
Re: ...The Very First Of Its Kind....
2004-08-19 by Jerry Korb
... Hello Group, Thanks for your input, Rick. I have a photo given me by JB in 1998 of Les seated at the very first MK-I circa 1963 . Hopefully, it wasn t
Re: [Mellotronists] Trons lost in disasters....Mortality Rate
2004-08-18 by Rick Blechta
... My contribution (although sketchy): There was a Canadian band in the early 70s that used a 400 (can t remember the name -- that s the sketchy part) who
Re: [Mellotronists] Trons lost in disasters....Mortality Rate
2004-08-18 by Jerry Korb
... Greetings All, Good topic, Charles ! I often wondered myself. There s a formula somewhere that predicts the mortality rate for manufactured products in
Trons lost in disasters
2004-08-18 by charel196
The story about the guy getting the tron from his neighbor made me wonder how many units have been lost in hurricanes(Charley?) tornadoes,fires,or floods that
CD Release Party
2004-08-18 by David Jacques
Fall all in the So Cal area, I will be performing this Friday night at Martini Blues in Huntington Beach with Raging Sun. This is the CD release party for the
Re: [Mellotronists] So here's the story.....
2004-08-17 by jgwong
Hi Guys, I had a similar thing happen to me. A man who was going into a nusing home gave me his Voice of the Theatre sound system with several Macintosh amps,
Re: [Mellotronists] So here's the story.....
2004-08-17 by Jeff Coulter
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, John LeVasseur wrote: congrats john! do keep us all posted on the progress of this uniquely
Re: [Mellotronists] M400 Replacement Transformer
2004-08-17 by Jerry Korb
... Hello John and Everyone, Amazing Story ! Proves that a diamond in the rough can still be found these days. Thanks for sharing that account with us. I
So here's the story.....
2004-08-17 by John LeVasseur
Hi all, So I have a very nice collection of analog keyboards. A new Moog type modular by Synthesizers.com, a Prophet 10, a very choice and cherry D6 Clav, ARP
RE : Larry Fast's SynerTron Lives !
2004-08-15 by Jerry Korb
Greetings Everyone, Attached photos are of the orig. Mellotron #725 owned/played by Larry Synergy Fast of NJ, on his first LP release of 1975. His machine
Sundae Club Album
2004-08-14 by Colin Crawford
Hi!! Just to let you know that the Sundae Club album is now available to pre-order in time for the release date of August 31st. Thanks for putting up with us
Sundae Club... Album in sight!
2004-08-10 by Colin Crawford
Hi Tronlist! (Thought I d re-post this with links that actually worked.....!) Yes, that s right!... the debut album TECHNOSTALGIA from Sundae Club is to be
RE: [Mellotronists] I can't believe it's not real Mellotron!
2004-08-10 by Jeff Coulter
[reposting as my original reply was gobbled by the internet gremlin] ... ummm... won t you grow hair on your palms or go blind or something doing that?
RE: [Mellotronists] I can't believe it's not real Mellotron!
2004-08-10 by Pomeroy Ranch
Rumor has it that Harry Chamberlin recorded three female violinists from the Lawrence Welk Orchestra, in his bedroom no less. If true, that isn t exactly the
Re: I can't believe it's not real Mellotron!
2004-08-09 by Brady Arnold
... than a Mellotron! Yet, it does have a Tronish quality to it -- which is a neat orgainic thing in this digital age. Its sort of a 21st Century Bitzoid
Re: [Mellotronists] I can't believe it's not real Mellotron!
2004-08-09 by John Hofmeyer
Wow! This does sound great! I suspect that the performers of these samples are probably a little more reknown than those that performed the orginal, 3
I can't believe it's not real Mellotron!
2004-08-09 by Babz _
Hi Brady: I can believe it s not a Mellotron, because this sounds BETTER than a Mellotron! Yet, it does have a Tronish quality to it -- which is a neat
Re: I can't believe it's not real Mellotron!
2004-08-09 by jonesalley
GLORIOUS!!!
I can't believe it's not real Mellotron!
2004-08-09 by Brady Arnold
I ve been toying around with the idea (for a while now) to make my own three violins patch, and I finally got around to doing my first rough draft version of
21st Century Schizoid Band DVD
2004-08-06 by charel196
I picked up this the other day...the Live In Japan show.It s really worth getting....I highly recommend it but Epitaph really misses the real tron and
Mk VI for sale on e-bay
2004-08-04 by George Summers
There s a Mk VI for sale on e-bay. It s in Hawaii, but includes a flight case. Start bid is $ 2,995.00 USD. George Summers Houston, Texas U.S.A.
Sundae Club... Album in sight!
2004-08-02 by Colin Crawford
Hi Tronlist! Yes, that s right!... the debut album TECHNOSTALGIA from Sundae Club is to be released on August 31st!. The track listing includes 11 tracks,