A big hand for the MELLOTRON !!

 

BTW, the sound of the mellotron was an incredible improvement in rock music's history. Maybe it was as the discovery of wheel for us prog lovers.

 

Erik, Down by the Sea is an incredible piece. Generally the album Bursting at the Seams is an excellent one, even if many people underestimate it. I know you were referring not to the album version but to the live version in Grave New World/Live in Tokyo 1975. Isn't it?

 

 

 

Just litening to Lift: The Moment of Hearing. Great Mellotron prog fro USA. But this you know  already! Just wanted to mention it. Probably best prog from USA I've ever heard.

 

I asked earlier about The Enid if they use Mellotron in the Fand live version 79 included in the Something wicked this way comes album. Now I have the Aerie Faerie album and the Fand is there over 30 min long new version (84-87). Again no mention of the keyboard types used. Do you or somebody know?

 

They probably used Tron in In the Region of the Summer Stars  in 76.

 

Pirkka

 

I just orderd In the Region of the Summer Stars and a new one White Goddess   from Amazon (Caiman).

 

Great stuff!

 

Nice pics,Erik!

 

It's a beautiful M400,a little worn by the years but they are machines that have lived!

 

Just a little clarification,just for the record (I don't want to be considered a "big head" or a "fresh",sorry ) but judging by the photos,your friend M400 is equipped with CMC-10 motor card.I also had that motor card on my M400 and never got problem with it but mellotrons specialists said that it must be replaced as soon as possible with a new SMS-4 or SMS-5.When you tried it,Erik does it have a drop of pitch when you pressed 4-5 notes together?

 

Another point,personnally I will never had put stickers on the keys or in front of it but maybe they were already there when your friend brought the M400.But that's cosmetic and maybe they were put to hide some scratchs.Otherwise,it's a nice M400,above the majority of severals I saw for sale on Ebay.

 

Sorry Erik, yesterday I wanted to replied to your personnal message and even posted something here regarding of your pics but can't yesterday.You've done excellent pics of that Mellotron.

 

Thanks Erik!Yes, i'm a bit of "mellotron snob",I know.

But you guys are a lot sympathic and cool and I appreciated that!

 

For the CMC-10,It's sure that your friend M400 got it(it's the big screw on the middle left and got a big green plastic plate).I recognized it because I have the same on my M400 and it's very apparent on the pic you posted with the lid removed.I just want to know if it got a pitch-drop when you pressed 4-5 notes when you've tried it.For the serial number,I want to know if they were made around the same time as mine and I will be able to speculate a date of the time it was made.Mine is S/N 719 and was made in April or May(Spring) 1973.Thanks for asking your "Mellotron friend" the next time you will see him,Erik.Tell him he got a nice machine,like I said a lot nicer that the majority I saw on Ebay for sale and was sold for a lot of money.

 

 

 

Andrea C, I pointed at the Down By The Sea version on BBC Live 73/74 and the Live In Tokyo DVD.

 

Thanks for your enthousiastic reaction DarioIndjic  !

By the way, where are your from, I visited Yugoslavia (before the 'civil war'), Optajia, Plitvice, Bled, great!