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Heracleum Mantegazziani Stellar DJ Offline Posts: 1,641 Latitude 33°N/Longitude 117°W Gender:	Re: 24 HOUR MELLOTRON MARATHON New Years Eve Reply #30 - 1^st Jan, 2009 at 12:06am HAPPY NEW YEAR GMT'ers !!!
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Dan Joy Watcher Of The Skies Offline turn on, tune in, comment profusely Posts: 805 Falls Church VA Gender:	Re: 24 HOUR MELLOTRON MARATHON New Years Eve Reply #31 - 1^st Jan, 2009 at 2:38am Two and a half hours left to go Eastern, that'd be five and a half for you, HM... Here's the "Melloman", a variation of the Mellotron using cassette tapes! A 2005 innovation, cool looking! http://www.mysterycircuits.com/melloman/melloman.html
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Re: 24 HOUR MELLOTRON MARATHON New Years Eve
Reply #32 - 1^st Jan, 2009 at 2:42am

And here's the Melloman opened so as to display the innards.

Meanwhile:

Currently playing track:
Mangala Vallis - Asha (Coming Back Home)

I'm really enjoying the show, HM! A lot of stuff a haven't heard before that I like--that it itself makes for a great broadcast for me--plus familiar favorites, an excellent broth!

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Heracleum Mantegazziani Stellar DJ Offline Posts: 1,641 Latitude 33°N/Longitude 117°W Gender:	Re: 24 HOUR MELLOTRON MARATHON New Years Eve Reply #33 - 1^st Jan, 2009 at 2:53am Dan Joy wrote on 1^st Jan, 2009 at 2:38am: Two and a half hours left to go Eastern, that'd be five and a half for you, HM... Cool pix Dan...but you underestimate this session..it's 24 hours , therefore I've got 17 1/2 hrs to go (not 5 1/2) 14 1/2 for you - much MUCH more Tron-age to come - Hm
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Dan Joy Watcher Of The Skies Offline turn on, tune in, comment profusely Posts: 805 Falls Church VA Gender:	Re: 24 HOUR MELLOTRON MARATHON New Years Eve Reply #34 - 1^st Jan, 2009 at 3:10am Is it just ME or do all these tracks have ... MELLOTRONS in them!?!?!?
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Dan Joy Watcher Of The Skies Offline turn on, tune in, comment profusely Posts: 805 Falls Church VA Gender:	Re: 24 HOUR MELLOTRON MARATHON New Years Eve Reply #35 - 1^st Jan, 2009 at 3:11am Heracleum Mantegazziani wrote on 1^st Jan, 2009 at 2:53am: Cool pix Dan...but you underestimate this session..] I only meant it was five and a half hours until your new years!
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Heracleum Mantegazziani Stellar DJ Offline Posts: 1,641 Latitude 33°N/Longitude 117°W Gender:	Re: 24 HOUR MELLOTRON MARATHON New Years Eve Reply #36 - 1^st Jan, 2009 at 3:20am D'oh ...my bad ...now 4 2/3 for me 1 2/3 hr for you - HNY!!!
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Dan Joy Watcher Of The Skies Offline turn on, tune in, comment profusely Posts: 805 Falls Church VA Gender:	Re: 24 HOUR MELLOTRON MARATHON New Years Eve Reply #37 - 1^st Jan, 2009 at 3:23am Currently playing track: Cyrille Verdeaux & Clearlight - First Movement This sounds great! I used to have it on vinyl. Sounds like a good remastering job has been done on it.
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Heracleum Mantegazziani Stellar DJ Offline Posts: 1,641 Latitude 33°N/Longitude 117°W Gender:	Re: 24 HOUR MELLOTRON MARATHON New Years Eve Reply #38 - 1^st Jan, 2009 at 3:30am One of my favourite pieces of music bar none!! Glad you like it - still have the vinyl - bought the import new back in the day (1973)
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Dan Joy Watcher Of The Skies Offline turn on, tune in, comment profusely Posts: 805 Falls Church VA Gender:	Re: 24 HOUR MELLOTRON MARATHON New Years Eve Reply #39 - 1^st Jan, 2009 at 3:31am A Mellotron with a minmoog on top... ooohhh, sexy!!!
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Re: 24 HOUR MELLOTRON MARATHON New Years Eve
Reply #40 - 1^st Jan, 2009 at 3:40am

Heracleum Mantegazziani wrote on 1^st Jan, 2009 at 3:30am:

One of my favourite pieces of music bar none!! Glad you like it - still have the vinyl - bought the import new back in the day (1973) Cool

There's a version of the later part of that piece, the piano-dominated part, with Gabriel-esque vocals added, it's credited to "Clearlight" and it's the last track on the 1st disc of the 006 KALEVALA project. Don't know exactly how the contemporary Clearlight relates to the old.

God, I wish I'd kept my vinyl!!!!

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Heracleum Mantegazziani Stellar DJ Offline Posts: 1,641 Latitude 33°N/Longitude 117°W Gender:	Re: 24 HOUR MELLOTRON MARATHON New Years Eve Reply #41 - 1^st Jan, 2009 at 3:41am M-Audio Gforce MTRON 9910-40684-00 Mellotron emmulator Easily affordable - under $100 (!)
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Re: 24 HOUR MELLOTRON MARATHON New Years Eve
Reply #42 - 1^st Jan, 2009 at 3:54am

Here's the 2002 Mellotron book by Frank Samagaio. It might be somewhat out of date as they've started making Mellotrons again since then, and software Trons have been coming out like the one you posted. I think you've already linked us to the new Mellotron book, the one by Nick Awde.

MEANWHILE, here's a link to a BBC4 Mellotron video. I haven't checked it out yet, but my friend says it features Peter Sinfield, Bill Bruford, and Rick Wakeman!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/progbritannia/video/prog2/

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Dan Joy Watcher Of The Skies Offline turn on, tune in, comment profusely Posts: 805 Falls Church VA Gender:	Re: 24 HOUR MELLOTRON MARATHON New Years Eve Reply #43 - 1^st Jan, 2009 at 4:01am Currently playing track: Harmonium - Depuis l`automne All right! An exquisite piece of music--and one of the great wraparound album covers!
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Heracleum Mantegazziani Stellar DJ Offline Posts: 1,641 Latitude 33°N/Longitude 117°W Gender:	Re: 24 HOUR MELLOTRON MARATHON New Years Eve Reply #44 - 1^st Jan, 2009 at 4:03am Excellent vid Dan - wish there was more of it! Tony Banks (Genesis) spoke as well...quick little archival shot of a young Wakeman playing...there should be a DVD out there of this!
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