Mellotronists

There seems to be some similarities:

http://go.zibycom.com/members/002222119/Site4/solovox.html
http://go.zibycom.com/members/002222119/Site4/maxmusitron.html


--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "jonesalley" <jonesalley@c...> 
wrote:
> "Musitron???????"  That was a Hammond Solovox.  
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: marabus 
>   To: looking-for-answers@yahoogroups.com 
>   Cc: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 4:14 AM
>   Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: [looking-for-answers] Re: Album 
Openers (Was: Deadwing)
> 
> 
>   I believe Max Crook's home built Musitron gets the gold star on 
Del Shannon's "Runaway"-early '61
>   Pete
> 
>   http://www.delshannon.com/runaway.htm
>   Carlos Baez wrote: 
> 
>     According to the Henry Ford Museum research center: "The first 
Moog
>     synthesizer was one of two prototypes built by Robert Moog from
>     July-September 1964, with additional modules added in 1964 and 
1965. One was
>     taken to Toronto University in 1965, while one was kept by the 
inventor and
>     his colleague, Herbert Deutsch. It was used in live public 
performance for
>     the first time in a concert at Town Hall in New York City on 
September 25,
>     1965."
> 
>     I'd always heard that the Monkees were the first to use one on 
record as
>     well, but given the above dates, it appears someone else might 
have actually
>     preceded them.
> 
>     _________
>     >  Can you, Tom, or anyone else for that matter, cite an 
>     example of the Moog synthesizer being used on a pop record 
earlier than 
>     Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, and Jones, Ltd. by the Monkees?
> 
> 
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Let's first keep in mind that we're talking here about the late 1950's, early 1960's.

"Max Crook cannibalized tubes and valves from vacuum cleaners and television sets...."

Tubes and valves from a vacuum cleaner?????????

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"Further electronic parts were used from stoves to create pitch-bending devices."

Electronic parts.  Stoves.  You're kidding, right???

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"The humming was very hip and was presented to Berry Gordy before Motown became Motown. Gordy passed on the recording but did like Max's organ."

Hmmmmmmmmm................or should I say, Hummmmmmmmm............

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"Max became one of the first owners of the Moog organ (used for compositions such as "Popcorn" by the group 'Hot Butter')."

I wonder if Bob Moog knows about the Moog "organ".......


Okay, I'll shut up now.

Mark B.,
aka MSB
aka k6msb
aka


----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Bernie Kornowicz" <kornowicz@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 9:54 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] [looking-for-answers] Re: Album Openers (Was: Deadwing)


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>> http://go.zibycom.com/members/002222119/Site4/maxmusitron.html
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