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Hey Mark-
 
  MK2 or M300 on Candle of Life.  Pinder didn't use a Chamberlin until 7th Sojourn.
 
  -Bruce D.
 
 

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 From: Mark Pring <mellotronmadness@yahoo.com.au>
To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> 
Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2012 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Favourite Things
  

 
   
 
Thought so, and Candle of life is a Chamberlin?
 

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 From: Hammonddave <hammonddave2004@yahoo.com>
To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> 
Sent: Monday, 6 August 2012 1:47 AM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Favourite Things
  

  
Mark II

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On Aug 5, 2012, at 3:33, Mark Pring <mellotronmadness@yahoo.com.au> wrote:


  
>Yes, I was never a great fan of the Moody Blues, didn't hear a lot of there music till quite recently, still not a fan but can't argue with the fact that Mike Pinder was a master of the mellotron. Woolly and Mike Pinder were head and shoulders above everyone else in my opinion.
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>PS What model was Mike playing in Legend of a Mind?
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> From: marabus <marabus@charter.net>
>To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Sunday, 5 August 2012 10:17 PM
>Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Favourite Things
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>Mark,
>Did you mean Legend of A Mind?
>Pete
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>On 8/4/12 9:48 PM, Mark Pring wrote: 
>It's been a while since we've talked about favourite mellotron tracks and mine are quite different from a few years ago, in no particular order: 
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>>Moody Blues: Portrait of a mind, Candle of life 
>>BJH: Mocking Bird and She Said from BJH Live and Dark now my sky from the BBC live concert ( I never liked the sound of the tron in the studio ) 
>>The Pretty Things: Baron Saturday 
>>Camel: Never Let Go 
>>Jethro Tull The Witch's Promise 
>>The Strawbs: Grave New World 
>>Genesis: Seven Stones 
>>King Crimson: Epitaph ( still! although I have pretty much fallen out of love with most of their stuff ) 
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>>I suppose Mocking Bird and She Said would still be my favourites, but if the BBC hadn't wiped the tape of BJH doing "The Poet" for John Peel with mellotron and recorder, I think that might be the one, it's over 40 years since I heard it, so can't be sure. 
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