The Mellotron Group

...and a clip of Warszawa from Tokyo, 1978. David playing Chamberlin. Unfortunately the lighting is rather low (sorry, couldn't avoid the pun) and there are only a few brief glimpses of the back.

http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/david_bowies_minimoog_a_gift_from_brian_eno

I'm not familiar with the particular variant of the MM in the picture. Looks like quite a different layout from mine (which definitely doesn't have the wooden side panels on the folding top).

Jim Bailey

Alas the next post on the blog suggests the material was a hoax, quite convincing though, and I enjoyed reading it.

Mark

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> wrote:

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> http://bowiemyths.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/bowie-object-exclusive-preview/
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> On 28 April 2012 14:55, trawnajim <jimab@...> wrote:
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> > **
> >
> >
> > ...and a clip of Warszawa from Tokyo, 1978. David playing Chamberlin.
> > Unfortunately the lighting is rather low (sorry, couldn't avoid the pun)
> > and there are only a few brief glimpses of the back.
> >
>

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "mellotronmadness" <mellotronmadness@...> wrote:
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> Alas the next post on the blog suggests the material was a hoax, quite convincing though, and I enjoyed reading it.
> 
> Mark

I agree; most interesting. Regardless of its authenticity, my main reason for the original post was the video.

Jim Bailey