The Mellotron Group

Got it, and yes, it is.

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
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> Buy Andy's new CD. It is terrific!
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> In a message dated 7/31/2013 8:28:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> kinchmusic@... writes:
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> New home sales are my main form of income, which enables me to dabble in  
> recording the odd album every decade or so! So God willing there should be  
> time enough for at least one more before my time on planet Earth is  done.
> Started my musical life back in 73 in Christian gospel/ folk band 11.59.  
> Our album "This our Sacrifice of Praise" was released in 74 and I played as  
> much mellotron as my then (anti-tron) producer would allow. 
> In the 80s synth pop was my mainstay in the band Flip, with self titled  
> album recorded at Abbey Road in 1985/6.
> Mid 90's. and I started work on my CD "Andy's Diner" the first album to  
> feature all of my own songs, with notable contributions from Kelly Groucutt  
> (ELO) sax player Butch Thomas (Sting) and   the brilliant Doug Scarratt  on 
> guitar (Saxon).
> The last few years, I've been working on the recently released Kracked  
> Earth album "Splash" which again features tron, both digital and origina l  
> everywhere. This is available in CD and download from the MRR website or via  
> Amazon, CD Baby or ITunes.
> I've been lucky enough to own a number of trons  over the years, some good, 
> some in need of a good overhaul. All sounded  different from each other, so 
> it makes me laugh when I hear people discussing  the virtues of a perfect 
> Mellotron sound. By definition, there's no such  thing. 
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> Pleased to be here, amongst people who cherish the musical legacy these  
> machines have left on music of all genres over the years. We are the keepers  
> of the flame.
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> I also thank god for Martin and John here in the UK and for Frank S and  
> others around the world for keeping these wonderful machines running for us  
> all to enjoy.
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> Best Regards to all.
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> Andy K
> Sent from my iPad
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> On 31 Jul 2013, at 10:05, "frobisher_neck" <_mellotron_head@ya hoo.co.uk_ 
> (mailto:mellotron_head@...) >  wrote:
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> I'm an East London-born 46-year-old web designer for a publishing and  
> events company in SW London but live 30 miles north of London (in Luton,  
> Bedfordshire) with my partner in a civil partnership. Spending far too much  time 
> at work and commuting and nowhere near enough time on my main  interests, 
> but working on rectifying that situation...
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> So, main  interests: I've always been primarily a musician, playing various 
> keyboards  and dabbling with anything that makes a noise I might find 
> interesting. I  was in a local East London-based band during my 20s, main 
> influences being  punk, psychedelia and (the dreaded term) 'prog rock' and at one 
> point we  were told that we sounded like a cross between Gong, Hawkwind, Syd 
> Barrett,  The Bonzos and - after buying my first 'tron in 1986 - King 
> Crimson. Now,  I'm no longer in any bands but do have the odd collaboration which 
> is always  fun, but mainly recording my own stuff under my 'band pseudonym' 
> of  Frobisher Neck, and had a few things (mainly covers) released on 
> vinyl-only  label Fruits de Mer records.
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> Other than that, I love designing  psychedelic artwork, am a lifelong 
> mad-keen record collector, have no  interest in sport, can't wait to move away 
> from Luton and want to get a  dog.
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> Tony Swettenham
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> --- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  "tron400" <tron400@> wrote:
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> > I'm sure there's more  to our lives than just Mellotrons. So, what else 
> do you do?
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> >  I'm an IT guy with The Hartford, but I'm retiring at the end of this 
> year.  I'm primarily a bass guitarist, but I fool around on guitar, keys and  
> modular synth. Other hobbies/skills are model and high power rocketry,  
> martial arts (American-style Kenpo Karate, Chinese Wushu, Japanese  Ninjutsu), 
> traveling, walking in the park with Wifey and watching my  stepdaughter 
> struggle through college.
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> > OK, your  turn.
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> > Bernie
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