Eml synthesizers

I thought I would use this opportunity to say Hi.

I'm a new member of your group.  I own a EML 101 and two EML 
500'ss.  I also own a lot of other vintage synths (like 80, I have a 
problem.....)

Right as you are about Todd Rundgren being in Woodstook area of New 
York.  He has had a studio there for years (although I'm not sure he 
does any longer).  His first synth that he recorded with is a EMS 
VCS3 with a DK1.  He later used that synth and a EMS PVC as a guitar 
synthesizer on "A Wizard a True Star."  This is about when he hooked 
up with Roger Powell, who had a nearly infinite supply of Arp 
equipment available that dominated Todd's sound until the late 
seventies when Oberheims and Prophet V's took over.

--- In emlsynth@yahoogroups.com, "nicholas_kent" 
<nicholas_kent@y...> wrote:
> 
> >   Vernon Connecticut was just a stone's throw away from  the 
> Woodstock area 
> > and a lot of  well known musicians lived and recorded around 
> there during 
> > EML's  years of operation. That includes some real heavy duty 
> gearheads and 
> > keyboard geeks like Todd Rungren and Garth Hudson. I'd bet 
> they saw and 
> > twiddled some EML gear at some point.
> 
> Good point though after thinking about it it would seem to me 
> that those heavy duty acts would be coming there to retreat and 
> work at studios with a special reputation and vibe. Not that I 
> know or am saying the studios with EML weren't the main draw 
> studios but one would think that EML sales would be best for 
> studios wanting to establish themselves, get a little more and 
> different gear for their investment. It would be more like  
> _prospective_ gearheads that this would be really appealing to, 
> not the acts that already had their synth requirements down, 
> owned custom gear, etc.
> 
> As for John McLaughlin, and my contention that EML seemed 
> nearly unknown in England until the internet, wasn't he mostly  
> U.S. based during EML's prime? (I don't know his bio that well).