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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Documentary glaring omission

2010-01-04 by Mike Dickson

I can't see why anyone here would be interested in buying the DVD at 
all. Surely you know it all already, and being a film it won't be as 
informative as a book and is bound to have 'rough factual edges' on it 
that will just irritate you.

'Blah blah....Harry Chamberlin...blah blah....matched playback 
heads....blah blah....Fransen....blah blah....Graham Bond....blah 
blah....Strawberry Fields....blah blah....liquidation blunder....blah 
blah....popular resurgence....'

What else is there to actually say about a musical instrument? Or can I 
corner the market in making a film called 'I Like The Kazoo'?


lsf5275@aol.com wrote:
>  
>
> I haven't received my copy yet, but I can already imagine being 
> disappointed. How do you make a documentary about Mellotrons without 
> including the development of the M4000/5000? Unless, of course, M&J 
> wouldn't let them....
>  
> In a message dated 1/4/2010 10:34:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
> MAinPsych@aol.com writes:
>
>      
>
>     *Happy New Year, y'all.*
>     ** 
>     *I, too, received my copy of /Mellodrama/ a couple of days ago. 
>     My surprise is that so far no one has mentioned the most glaring
>     omission, which is the current status of Streetly and its role in
>     the tron's resurgence in popularity and use, as well as ignoring
>     the development of the M4000/5000.  Contrarily, they seem to have
>     been unfairly treated as a footnote in Mellotron history.  I
>     intend on asking Dianna about this during the upcoming NAMM showing.*
>     ** 
>     *Frank Samagaio*
>
>

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