The Mellotron Group

On Mar 1, 2009, at 6:56 PM, ceccles_ca wrote:

> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "James Bailey" <jimab@...>
> wrote:
> > Unfortunately he wasn't so savvy in the marketing department.
>
> Calling it The Electronic Sackbut wasn't a great marketing decision.
> A Sackbut is a Trombone. I suppose he called it that because of it's
> unique glide control.

It was a stupid name, even Le Caine said so later on, but it's a way- 
cool instrument. I only played a prototype (but it was a later one),  
and let me tell you, it could do some wild things. The glide control  
was amazing. If he'd only had some marketing savvy...

Rick