Great video, well researched and entertaining. You should do a sound re-mix though because the volume levels jump all over the place, so I was constantly riding the volume control. Also, when you voice-over some of the music clips it is hard to hear you because the music is too loud. Also suggest using a Shure SM7B. I'm going to subscibe and see how this all works out for you. Best of luck!
@emdotambient
8 ай бұрын
Strange that Pinder would erroneously say Mellotrons use a tape loop. They don't. Each key has only about 8 seconds of sound, which you can hear as hes' talking. Once the tape reaches the end of that time, it stops. Tape loops, OTOH, are exactly that. The tape never stops because it's spliced together and just keeps going round and round. The Orchestron, which Kraftwerk used on their albums Radio-Activity, Trans Europe Express, and The Man Machine, uses a loop (albeit not on tape, but rather on an optical disc). The 7 or 8-second limit to each note on a Mellotron caused players to learn a technique when playing longer chords where the fingers of different notes would be released and pressed in a cyclic fashion so that all the notes never stopped at the same time. It's one of the quirks of the Mellotron that gave it its character.
@Conernforthesedogs-iw7lf
8 ай бұрын
awesome
@geraldfriend256
8 ай бұрын
Yeah they made a digital clone of it that you had to also retrigger a long sustained note. So accurate it even had a couple broken keys.
@cjbani159
8 ай бұрын
Just to add, the Orchestron and Birotron (based on looped tapes) did not have the distinctive attack on each note that the Mellotron had ~
@timfurnier7061
8 ай бұрын
I turn the volume up so I can hear you, and then the music blasts in my ears.
@tiredironrepair
8 ай бұрын
If the audio tape sections for each key were easily replaced and a new one inserted with words or a phrase recorded on it it would be the first audio sampling keyboard.
@jaygosch8705
8 ай бұрын
Add a record amp and an erase head and circuit, and you could record new sounds directly with the Mellotron. The tricky part would be pressing the key exactly when you want to start recording and making sure what you want to record fits within the length of the tape. It would be interesting to see the tape drive in the Mellowtron. I'm used to a capstan and pinch roller. When I was a kid, my first tape recorder didn't use a capstan and pinch roller, and it was nearly impossible to get the tape to play back at the speed it was recorded. I got a better one a couple years later. Also, it sounds like the original Mellotron lacked a regulated power supply. That could be easily remedied these days.
@henrygrant5562
8 ай бұрын
Check out the 1970 album on RCA by a band called Spring. Self titled album . Amazing mellotron I still love that album, dominated by mellotron
@darleytransportandtravel6353
8 ай бұрын
I once had this album. Worth a fortune now! I believe they used two mk2 models to achieve that haunting spine chilling sound.
@lunarpollen
8 ай бұрын
Definitely a great album... Another one with some amazing Mellotron is Frumpy's second album, especially the song "Duty"...
@hamstring6792
7 ай бұрын
Mellotrons got a bad rap for being unreliable. Actually, it was their owners that were unreliable. I've owned 4 of them and the level of maintenance is extremely low. I spend way more time maintaining one guitar than I do on my one remaining Mellotron.
@cyclesgoff9768
9 ай бұрын
Man your vocal level is way way to low in relation to the excerpts your using.
@briankehew579
9 ай бұрын
Yes it's easy to fix but it seems to happen a lot nowadays.
@kirkericson2722
8 ай бұрын
This. My wife kept yelling at me because I had the volume jacked up and then the music would kick in and it was deafening. Good content but I almost had to tap out because of this.
@KCGeno
8 ай бұрын
Yes! I was afraid my soundbar was having phase issues.
@ESIRasta
8 ай бұрын
Absolutely...
@OttoByOgraffey
8 ай бұрын
*too low
@peterl3282
9 ай бұрын
It was briefly mentioned here but should be emphasized that the point of the mellotron, aside from its unique wobbly, spooky, ethereal sound, was that bands could get an orchestral sound on stage without incurring the expense of touring with an actual orchestra. It just couldn't be done. (Deep Purple did a one-off show with an orchestra in 1969 but it was really rare.) The Moody Blues were truly unique in that keyboardist Mike Pinder worked at mellotron maker Streetly Electronics prior to forming the band. He could repair the instrument himself. In fact, it happened that Moodies shows could be delayed while Pinder had his head in the cabinet untangling tape loops. This explains why it is so prominently used in their sound. One other note: the mechanical nature of the mellotron meant it was sensitive to voltage fluctuations at the concert venue. Pinder learned to use the pitch bend wheel to counter these voltage surges. He was truly the Mellotron Master and deserves more recognition.
@charlesshaver7024
9 ай бұрын
Barclay James Harvest toured with an orchestra in the early 70s, to a greater extent than that one-off Deep Purple show. It did prove to be quite expensive.
@martineldritch
8 ай бұрын
Pinder talked the Beatles into trying out the mellotron and they used it on "Strawberry Fields" in Nov/Dec 66
@andreasheine9607
8 ай бұрын
The folk prog band Renaissance recorded a lot with orchestras even the Live at the Carnegie Hall LP. They are great!
@SRV2013
8 ай бұрын
I guess you didn't know that ELP toured with an Orchestra in 1977.
@cuda426hemi
8 ай бұрын
Close. It actually existed to be more of a one man band sold to rich folks to park in the parlor with built in rhythms and such , you can hear it in the first example. Later it became a gimmick for Crimson and Moodys, Groundhogs et al. 🎹
@signal12hvac
8 ай бұрын
the Moodies introduced the mellotron to the Beatles
@peterv7258
8 ай бұрын
The Mellotron never fell. It was society which fell.
@BenTrem42
8 ай бұрын
pffffffffffff ... *_triffler_*
@hanskloss1331
8 ай бұрын
I had a friend in college that had one (Topeka Kansas '83) I would play with it sometimes and it was BEAUTIFUL 3 iconic keyboards for me Hammond B3 , Fender Rhodes , and the Mellotron
@neutralearth1061
8 ай бұрын
Best comment ever. Bravo!
@CrystilBluebird-nl7wj
5 ай бұрын
Very well stated!! Music is a reflection of what is happening in society, and present day society has fallen a great deal, and so has the music! I think it was Justin Hayward or John Lodge that said their music is not about genitals, or anything to do with chaos, violence, and destruction!!
@fueledbylove
4 ай бұрын
@@hanskloss1331 guy named Chuck McDaniel in a Dallas band called Sheriff had one. he wouldnt let anybody touch it! I asked once. No! Chuck you still out there somewhere? You were smart, damn thing breaks down if you look at it cross-eyed!
@kevm8965
8 ай бұрын
An interesting video but why was your audio so quiet compared to the music and the blank screen bits?
@Sutterjack
8 ай бұрын
I'm friends with Mike Pinder and I still think he's the absolute master of the Mellotron. I've heard and respected the 'tron used by many artists but I've never heard anyone get the subtle, etherial sounds out of the mellotron that Mike was able to coax from it in the Moody Blues. That said, I was surprised that Mike had no problem going fully digital once the technology was there.
@jamescaron6465
8 ай бұрын
Nobody could handle a Mellotron like Mike Pinder. He was a magician with that thing. Not surprised he could go digital. If he would keep a mellotron running he could make anything sound good.
@mickeythompson9537
8 ай бұрын
Edgar Froese - Epsilon In Malaysian Pale: very ethereal Mellotron.
@theclearsounds3911
8 ай бұрын
Yes, I also love all those old Moody Blues albums that Mike played the Mellotron on. But I still slightly favor Tony Banks on the Genesis album Wind And Wuthering, as far as really getting the most out of the Mellotron. He somehow made it sound less shrill, and got a slightly more orchestral sound out of it. Wow, though, how awesome is it to be friends with Mike Pinder?? I'm envious!
@Sutterjack
8 ай бұрын
@@theclearsounds3911 I think Mike had an edge because he worked at Mellotron and knew the machine so intimately that he wasn't intimidated by it. He also made substantial improvements to it for sound and reliability. I'm sure you've heard of Rick Wakeman's infamous burning of one of his mellotrons out of frustration - Mike said "he should have called me!"
@theclearsounds3911
8 ай бұрын
@@Sutterjack I hadn't heard of that one, but it's consistent with an interview I heard where Rick described what it was like to play a concert where the mellotron wouldn't play at the right speed because it was was very finicky about temperature and roadie handling. What a shame, because I think Yes would have sounded better with the Mellotron.
@kevhead1525
9 ай бұрын
Pinder's Mellotron was essential to Moody Blues' sound.
@toddblanks
8 ай бұрын
On the threshold of a dream.
@jeffsmith1819
4 ай бұрын
May he rest in peace - died this week
@danielstickney2400
8 ай бұрын
I've heard the mellotron described as sounding like "a celestial choir with a mild throat infection" and I wish I could remember who said that.
@JamesMcGillis
8 ай бұрын
Thank you. I'm a big Moody Blues fan, and their use of the Mellotron was what made their signature sound what it was. It sounded like every chord was bent to their will. Timothy Leary!
@studentjohn35
8 ай бұрын
Mellorons were also responsivle for much of Tangerine Dream's early sound. Case in point: Phaedra
@toddblanks
8 ай бұрын
Fabulous album. Great point there!
@lukespread
8 ай бұрын
I love Phaedra, bought it when it was first released.
@mickeythompson9537
8 ай бұрын
If you don't know it, Edgar Froese' solo Epsilon In Malaysian Pale is a must listen.
@PaulDeForrest
8 ай бұрын
How can this documentary gloss over In The Court of the crimson King, the album that became the forefather of the progressive movement? No album before or after captures the depth or intensity of mellotron use as this does. Ian Macdonald should be in the HOF just for his creative playing of this instrument and his musical arrangements on this pivotal album alone!
@simonagree4070
8 ай бұрын
King Crimson hunts down and destroys KZitem vids that use their image or music. Given that, why would anyone take a chance on giving them more than a passing reference? If Fripp wants recognition for Mellotron pioneering, it's on him to blow his own horn.
8 ай бұрын
Apparently Macdonald used to turn the mellotron up full and down during songs like on epitaph.
@steelyman08
8 ай бұрын
@@simonagree4070 That's a shame. Sad when certain individuals ruin it for many over what basically makes their music fade away for newer generations anyway. The money is in streaming these days. Most have enough common sense to let it go now. All said and done, older bands depend on these streaming sources to keep things moving forwards. It must be just one member of King Crimson. Fripp? Like Don Henley from The Eagles. Same problem (there's even a vid on him ranting about YT). He honestly makes no sense at all. I think Rick Beato featured that clip because Henley went after him.
@AntonXul
8 ай бұрын
@@steelyman08 Yeah some of the old fogeys are pretty stupid. Their music will fade away, but they refuse to let people share their work for new people to discover. It’s stupid for them to block them. They’re shooting themselves in the foot with that reaction.
@steelyman08
8 ай бұрын
@@AntonXul I think most who research it a little agree as well. Luckily it's very few all things considered. And it always seems to involve some behind the scenes ego feud between band members.
@AntonXul
8 ай бұрын
My mind was totally blown away when I discovered the Mellotron during the pandemic! I couldn’t believe that the Flute sound in “Strawberry Fields Forever” was a Mellotron, not a Flute! As far as other songs go, I had always thought it was an orchestra playing with the songs that had an orchestral sound. Once I discovered what this instrument was I started to search for bands that used it and discovered King Crimson. I’ve heard “21st Century Schizoid Man” before and I liked it, but not enough to explore them. Once I heard this instrument and their use, I was hooked. “Epitaph”, “Court of the Crimson King” & “In the Wake of Poseidon” became instant favorites. I really love the sound of this instrument. It’s a shame it faded away for the horrible ’80s keyboard I despise.
@BillBraun-g3f
9 ай бұрын
early prog would not have been the same without the mellotron. R. Fripp
@cjmesq
8 ай бұрын
King Crimson bought a used one from the Moody Blues in early 1969. The rest is history.
@ErnieDulanowsky
9 ай бұрын
the narration is far too quiet durimg musical passages!!
@josephcrocilla1469
8 ай бұрын
Your voice is way too low in parts and needs re-editing , otherwise it’s a good documentary
@davidw5993
8 ай бұрын
the black screen cuts are very jarring.
@jameslatham8009
8 ай бұрын
Shout out to Brian Jones' use of the mellotron. 😊
@MRichK
8 ай бұрын
Great video essay but as you go forward please adjust the volume levels! If you turn your voice to normal levels then the music blows the speakers out, Or if music is normal your voice is very low.
@gerardocarroll1158
8 ай бұрын
Assault and Battery: Hawkwind, The Rain Song: Led Zeppelin, Care of Cell 44:The Zombies, 2000 Light Years from Home : The Stones, all brilliant songs made better by the Mellotron, fantastic instrument\ gadget.
@daveogarf
8 ай бұрын
The sudden cuts of the sound examples are very unpleasant and jarring. Voiceovers are sometimes buried by the soundtrack.
@kingslaphappy1533
8 ай бұрын
Interesting history of the instrument, thank you for making it. The constant total black outs threw me off somewhat.
@alfredhernandez9799
8 ай бұрын
Worst sound recording of a narrator track ever. Muddy, too low and lost in the mix.
@dalecsaunders
8 ай бұрын
I owned a Mellotron and absolutely loved spending hours noodling around on it. There was somewhat of an ethereal spirit similar to a Player Piano (which uses paper rolls) programmed to replicate performances of artists who may have produced these before we were born but we still hear their soulfulness. Regrettably the pitch was so erratic that I was unable to use it for stage with my other instruments. The person that purchased the unit from me took it to the manufacturer to have it completely refurbished.
8 ай бұрын
The digital version just doesn't cut it - doesn't have the eeriness of the orgional.
@mickeythompson9537
8 ай бұрын
@ There are two different digital Tron manufacturers, one takes its sounds from the original master tapes (so a 'perfect' sound), the other takes its sounds from the output of a refurbished Mellotron - and that one is better for the eerie sound :-)
@glenhenning9261
8 ай бұрын
CAUTION! The volume is all over the place, you can easily blow out speakers. Keep a hand on the volume control, otherwise would have been a great video. P.s.- MUSICIANS! Electro-harmonix makes a bunch of footpedals that electronically produce these sounds today!!! "MEL-9" for instance, and they work awesome with any electric guitar.
@holydiver73
8 ай бұрын
UK DJ Mark Ratcliffe referred to the Mellotron as ‘an orchestra in a drinks cabinet’. That’s genius, because that’s essentially what it is. 😂😂
@PeterJVogel
8 ай бұрын
Fantastic. Mellotron was used by a majority of Brit bands: Pink Floyd, Camel, The Who, Led Zep, ELO, Yes, Moody Blues, Genesis, ELP, Beatles, etc. Era-defining sounds.
@bassfooter
8 ай бұрын
ELP? Which tracks?
@mikeelliott5541
8 ай бұрын
Another bands significant use of the mellotron was Barclay James Harvest, particularly on their album Time Honoured Ghosts.
@mickeythompson9537
8 ай бұрын
Absolutely - BJH!!
@donstevenson2660
9 ай бұрын
The man who always got the best out of the mellotron was Tony Banks.
@patricklemeur4607
9 ай бұрын
MIKE PINDER , MOODY BLUES ....
@stuartwaby3081
9 ай бұрын
Yes Tony Banks was the absolute master, in fact it's generally agreed that Watcher Of The Skies is the best opening piece of Music 🎶 by anyone.
@blueridgepatriot1356
8 ай бұрын
And the Arp Quadra.
@marktrail8624
8 ай бұрын
Most certainly Mike Pinder had a way of bring out the etheric sounds in so many Moody Blues tunes.
@perry3928
8 ай бұрын
Agreed. Just listen to the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Such versatility use of the instrument. Amazing instrument and sadly missed. Very unique sound.
@VultureClone
8 ай бұрын
Video is interesting but dude, I can barely hear your voice over the music lol. And I had to keep quickly turning my volume up and down, up and down throughout the video. Just letting you know. Other than that, awesome video.
@sxipshirey
8 ай бұрын
why your voice mixed so low? I had to stop watching.
@antrygis1
8 ай бұрын
Michael Pinder. Ahh, the Moodies. He once explained how he worked for the company that made them or something intricately connected to it. And on their last album with Mike....he sings, "There's one thing I can do....play my mellotron for you...." Tons of trubs on tour with these recordings-tape loops whatever. But man, when it worked on those Moody albums....MAGIC.
@pmoris4405
8 ай бұрын
It was mostly used in the UK where it was conceived. It was rarely heard in american rock/pop music. It trully contribuited to make english bands of the 60’s and 70’s much more interesting than those from the US. Only my opinion.
@Michael-Philip
8 ай бұрын
Can barely hear the narration..
@michaelivan9066
8 ай бұрын
John Paul Jones
@mikeeckel2807
8 ай бұрын
"The Rain Song" from "The Song Remains the Same" album is just pure Heaven!
@sunpointstudio4472
8 ай бұрын
To my mind, the Moody Blues' 3rd Album (ignoring Go Now) "On the Threshold of a Dream" side two "Have you Heard (1&2)" and "The Voyage" are among the greatest examples of the use of the Mellotron.
@warmswarm
8 ай бұрын
Mike Pinder was the Mellotron King. Ian McDonald from King Crimson was pretty amazing too.
@antrygis1
8 ай бұрын
And My Song from EGBDFavor.
@latetotheparty184
8 ай бұрын
How about Rick Wakeman's The 6 wives of King Henry the 8th. Melotron with voices taped.
@garrygrasinski
9 ай бұрын
Rick Wakeman's exemplary touch with the mellotron on David Bowie's Space Oddity blew me away.
@BostonBobby1961
8 ай бұрын
RickWakeman is playing the Mellotron on Elton John’s Levon from Madman Across the Water
@sdgakatbk
8 ай бұрын
I like the clips in this. When I think of the mellotron, I think of King Crimson.
@larryoilund3377
8 ай бұрын
I LIKE MELOTRON N HAMMOND B3 W/LESILE !
@tonbridgeman
8 ай бұрын
It is absolutely true that some of those classics just don't sound the same when a modern synth is used instead.
@onenamlit3861
8 ай бұрын
Something i've always wondered about the Mellotron: Did artists ever "hack" the instrument by installing their own snippets of tape? Examples? You've done a really nice job with this video. Interesting and well-researched topic. Keep it up; I'll be watching your channel's development.
@waltergold3457
8 ай бұрын
I hope he does something about his sound balance. But as for hacking the Mellotron, I believe it was the instrument used in a cat-food ad which featured a chorus of singing cats. "Meow, meow, MEOW, meow! Meow, meow, MEOW, meow!" And I seem to remember a rendition of "Old McDonald's Farm" with pigs oinking in tune and so forth.
@mickeythompson9537
8 ай бұрын
A few bands did have the manufacturer install custom sounds - Tangerine Dream in particular, but also others. The BBC had Mellotrons with different sound effects on each key.
@mickeythompson9537
8 ай бұрын
@@waltergold3457 That was a digital sampler, probably E-mu Emulator.
@waltergold3457
8 ай бұрын
@@mickeythompson9537 Thanks!
@cjbani159
8 ай бұрын
It's documented that the BBC had a few Mellotrons that they used for sound effects ~
@ZNRCDS
8 ай бұрын
Nice mention of the Spring album. They had 3 mellotron players! Also two of the greatest mellotron recordings in history were PFM "Per Un Amico" (1972) [kzitem.info/news/bejne/yXucvYyppZF2oHY] and England "Garden Shed" (1977) [kzitem.info/news/bejne/maaG0pqhf4B0nnY] There was also a renewed interest in the instrument in the 90s with groups like Anekdoten, Anglagard, Landberk, a.o. The mellotron was to an orchestra as the Fender Rhodes was to a piano. Both instruments transcended their initial uses to become distinctive sounds unto themselves.
@axxellein
8 ай бұрын
Black Sabbath=Changes-1972..Clear , Ethereal, Ballad! Mellotron TRES Heavy!
@stevenwilliams3083
9 ай бұрын
And don't forget the master keyboardist of Barclay James Harvest, the late, great Woolly Wolstenholme.
@nickk6518
9 ай бұрын
'For No One,' from Everyone is Everybody Else. Mellotron Heaven!!
@stevenwilliams3083
9 ай бұрын
@@nickk6518 Yes, possibly my very favorite BJH song, maybe my favorite of all time!
@stevenwilliams3083
9 ай бұрын
@@nickk6518And, in addition to the brilliant mellotron, the amazing cascading layers of guitar at the end...possibly their magnum opus?
@nickk6518
8 ай бұрын
@@stevenwilliams3083 That whole album is one of the greatest to have come out of the 1970s but undoubtedly overshadowed by those of other bands. After I posted my comment, I realised I had forgotten the equally majestic 'See Me See You,' with it's rather gorgeous church-organ style 'echo' at the end. Of course, we should never forget the exquisite final five or six minutes of Gates of Delerium by Yes, with Patrick Moraz on keys, including Mellotron. And for something a bit more recent 'Twice Around the Sun' from Darktown, by Steve Hackett.
@toddblanks
8 ай бұрын
It makes me V happy when i see someone give woolly recognition for the mellotron. Woollys contribution towards the end of those BJH albums is pinnacle. Woolly wolstenholme was a very special giffted musician.
@borusa32
8 ай бұрын
It would be hard to think of Watcher of the Skies with any other sound.
@NSBarnett
8 ай бұрын
How funny that the commentary is drowned out periodically throughout the video by pompous 70s progrock
@briankehew579
9 ай бұрын
The Dickies were a punk band using the mellotron in 1978. In the late eighties and nineties it was Mitchell Froom and Tom Waits who brought back the Chamberlain first. Michael Penn and Patrick Warren had hits with the Chamberlin, as well as John Brion on the Mellotron on the East Coast.
@cjbani159
8 ай бұрын
I enjoy your music as well as your scholarship, Brian ~
@idahomike4254
8 ай бұрын
Yeah, I don't think any band captured the pure essence of the Melotron like The Moody Blues. It became a very intricate part of their music. RIP Mike Pinder.
@valazuniga
8 ай бұрын
Great story! I had no idea many of my favorite songs included the sound from a Meletron. Thanks.
@warmswarm
8 ай бұрын
@valazuniga - It's Mellotron, it's written in the video title.
@monkeework5753
8 ай бұрын
I had to stop watching as the "host" is speaking so quietly and the examples are so loud - i got tired of turning the volume up to hear him then down whenever an example came on
@nx01craig
8 ай бұрын
The Mellotron was my first musical instrument! I bought it in 1976 and still have it and used it as often as possible with my current band NEUTRAL EARTH. Thanks!
@mlimbolimbo
8 ай бұрын
Great content, but the cuts to black are jarring and take the viewer out of the story. Also as commented below, the voice over is lost to the music in some cases.
@ybrix101
8 ай бұрын
Great video. Volume and editing needs some work though.
@bradleystone2623
5 ай бұрын
Good job, but you seriously need to remix this and bring your voice up in the mix!
@jbarnes2288
8 ай бұрын
Bowie used a mellotron and it turned up in the recordings of many who know of the coolness factor. The key is knowing what to do with it from a production standpoint. It wants to be used in good taste
@misterakt
8 ай бұрын
in fact, his very first hit "Space Oddity" featured it played Rick Wakeman (who, of course, was playing it on the song at the beginning of this video!)
8 ай бұрын
Rick Wakeman played it on space oddity.
@ricinro
8 ай бұрын
I inherited (volunteered to clean out a deceased man's hobby) old electromechanical music devices on of these was a "Chamberlain" (as I recal) which had a similar tape transport mechanism as the mellotron. Back when I was 18 this stuff was considered useless clutter by my folks and we soon parted ways. Sad, I guess
@cjbani159
8 ай бұрын
The Chamberlain predates the Mellotron, which was actually stolen from Harry Chamberlain. It's quite a story ~
@simonmason8582
8 ай бұрын
"Most Unique"????????????????????
@lukespread
8 ай бұрын
Great video let down by the overall sound quality. I struggled to hear what you were saying, at times.
@mikeymutual5489
8 ай бұрын
According to the Internet, the Beach Boys never used a Mellotron in any of their recordings. Instead, they used a domestic variant called the "Chamberlin" on a few of their songs.
@cjbani159
8 ай бұрын
The Chamberlain predates the Mellotron, which is actually a bootleg Chamberlain ~
@Nashvillain10SE
8 ай бұрын
Narration gets drowned out by the music.
@MrStefanDittrich
8 ай бұрын
you have to mix your voice louder, män. It´s very hard to understand you
@alanporzio7143
8 ай бұрын
Why hasn’t anyone mention the Chamberlin? Harry Chamberlin of Upland California invented the original design and was stolen .copied by a former employee and manufactured by a British company that was unaware of its origin. For an accurate history, there is a documentary about the history of tape playback based keyboards. The film is called Mellodrama, I was one of the first to own a Chamberlin in the LA music circles in the mid 70’s. Jerry Lewis had one and it was originally designed as a home orchestra to replace the home organ. In fact, the Mellotron had aimed for the same market.
@kivimik
8 ай бұрын
Mike Pinder did record with a Chamberlin for the Moody Blues' album, Seventh Sojourn, if it's any consolation.
@cjbani159
8 ай бұрын
I'm a little surprised that the author of this video did not address this ~
@Nephilim2038
8 ай бұрын
Dang, man. ………. I can’t hear you compared to the songs. You’re almost inaudible! It’s a shame because this seems like a great video.
@mikemcintosh9933
8 ай бұрын
I did not know this. Thank you for the history. I remember reading liner notes from the Rick Ruben produced album Blood Sugar Sex Magic by RHCP and reading that Brendan O'Brien played the Mellotron on the song Breaking the Girl. It is a beautiful sound, like a flute arrangement, and I think one of the album's best cuts.
@VincentGavin
8 ай бұрын
Hey, great subject for a video but please consider re-uploading this with your voiceover higher in the mix (particularly when laid over music), I can’t make out what you’re saying!
@kensmith8152
8 ай бұрын
I went to the music store to buy a guitar and the salesman told me they now have a new digital version of the mellotron! I didn’t even go look at it because I would’ve added more money owed to my father’s credit card then I wanted to!😗
@axxellein
8 ай бұрын
New England S/T=1979! Mellotron Heaven!!!
@brusselssprouts560
8 ай бұрын
Sortthe commentary sound out.
@tonycameron5596
8 ай бұрын
Why are you whispering?
@alienteknology5390
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for recognizing this amazing instrument. But there are many of us who believe it hasn't fallen. It's sound is too iconic.
@stevem6963
8 ай бұрын
Great review but I can barely hear what the guy is saying about the Mellotron
@philsmith2444
8 ай бұрын
My favorite use of it is in Yes “The Revealing Science Of God.” It just sounds so huge!
@Aquatarkus96
8 ай бұрын
Hey I really liked the content of the video but the audio mix could use some work tbh :)
@TerminalConstipation
8 ай бұрын
i think it would be good to increase the volume of the narrator audio in the mix
@Pablo668
8 ай бұрын
This video is gold, but the sound levels are awful. It would be great if you could rework them. I think that (as you already said) the Mellotron, while being designed and built to sound like other instruments, it ended up having a sound all it's own. I have a Mellotron sound on my Nord. It may not be a perfect copy, but it is a heap of fun to play.
@mikeymutual5489
8 ай бұрын
Music is loud and narration is soft. Try to fix that.
@trep53
8 ай бұрын
Good stuff, I like the sound of the mellotron. Glad to watch this KZitem video. Thanks.
@TheOther11000
9 ай бұрын
I use a Memotron these days. The tape banks have all been digitized and it sounds amazing!
@earthlightsmusic2743
8 ай бұрын
In 1996 I constructed a Tron-In-ROM that has all the Violins and and octave of Cello digitized. Wouldn't mind having one of those Memotrons, though!
@cemdasou
8 ай бұрын
Arturia got a a mellotron as plugin as well
@DarrylTurner-p6t
9 ай бұрын
For me, it was the instrument of a lifetime and lifestyle!
@rdewey51
8 ай бұрын
Content was super, narrator's voice was too low. Ironic in a video about audio. But this can be fixed; learn and keep going!
@majonari
3 ай бұрын
Justin Hayward’s voice, Mike Pinder’s Mellotron and Ray Thomas’s flute got me hooked to the music of the Moody Blues. I listen to their music everyday since 1967.
@mikeadams8027
8 ай бұрын
Good video but THE LONDON FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA was not real and was the Moody Blues themselves. They were supposed to be recording songs to test some new stereo system with an orchestra. They took the money and did this album with a fake one. Have watched several docs about the Moody Blues.
@patrickmedland7473
8 ай бұрын
Simply not true: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Festival_Orchestra
@BP-kx2ig
8 ай бұрын
The London Festival Orchestra was not the Moody Blues themselves. The orchestra did not actually exist but was a group of session musicians. The Moody Blues actually recorded their songs entirely separately from the ‘orchestra’.
@BP-kx2ig
8 ай бұрын
What was the Moody Blues fast paced song towards the end of this video - not the last song which is Legend of a Mind. Never heard this before.
@davidf6326
8 ай бұрын
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! There is no such condition as 'most unique'. Unique is an absolute. Something either IS unique or it's not. When, oh when, will the horrid misuse of this word cease?! Rant over...... ......for now 😁
@stargate1555
3 ай бұрын
The Mellotron M4000D can reproduce every sound from the M400, the Mark I, the Mark II, Mark VI and has sound presets to reproduce every instrument in an orchestra. With the introduction of sound cards 02-03-04-05-06.......the possibilities are endless. I just hope one day Marcus comes out with an 88 key Mellotron. That would be fantastic. Yes, I'd buy one.
@andrewwilliams9599
8 ай бұрын
Many groups used Mellotrons in the 1980s, including Captain Beefheart (Doc at the Radar Station) and XTC (The Big Express).
@christopherp.hitchens3902
8 ай бұрын
Ugh! “Freebird”? Anybody that beings up Freebird can’t possibly know much about music!
@jaycossey850
3 ай бұрын
Excellent bit. The production quality of this video transported me right back to the Mellotron age! Seems like it was made in the 1970s on the gear I used back in college. Nice touch!! ;-)
@kathyrizzi8754
7 ай бұрын
They need to bring it back with bands, bring back our great music! YAY to The Moody Blues, Mike Pinder played it in 1968, love the Moodies!♥️🎵🎶🎵🎹🎸🎸🪈🥁
@billeberline9744
27 күн бұрын
“The Mellotron was a Labor of Love” Former President of Mellotron
@johnny-p
15 күн бұрын
Best ever and most impressive is the beginning of Watcher of the Skies by Genesis.
@ebayauxions
8 ай бұрын
You'd think a story on a musical instrument would have better audio...the mix is a train wreck. Too bad...
@mackb909
8 ай бұрын
Wish you’d mentioned The Rolling Stones’ employment of the Mellotron on their underrated psychedelic album “Their Satanic Majesties’ Request.” The late multi instrumentalist Brian Jones mastered it and the result was the eerie and haunting sound on “2000 Light Years From Home” and “She’s A Rainbow” on that album, as well as “Child of the Moon,” the B side of their 1968 single “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” You also don’t mention its employment by Led Zeppelin’s bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones (the quietest and most underrated member of that band) on the song “Kashmir,” from their 1975 album”Physical Graffiti” (also augmented by actual strings). It gives the song an otherworldly atmosphere.
@neutralearth1061
8 ай бұрын
All hail our Mellotron Overlords! The Mellotron is a staple of our sound. We use a vintage 1972 M400 with 4 different tape sets, as well as a digital M4000D (with all of the Sound Cards), 2 Mellotron Micros, and several Mellotron Apps for iPad and iPhone. You can never have too much Mellotron. We write and record our own interesting music for the fun of it and post the albums on our NEUTRAL EARTH KZitem channel. Mellotron lovers unite! Long live the Mellotron!
@zeljkofatzek3670
8 ай бұрын
I've just listened to early Steve Miller Band masterpiece Children of the Future after long time. Masterful mellotron work by Jim Peterman on par with best Pinder's works.
@johnleeson6946
8 ай бұрын
Speak louder and don't sound bored. I actually wished you would have used AI for this video! Jesus Christ, Man!!!
@michaelmakes1225
8 ай бұрын
The mellotron was usually found in certain studios in London, and bands recording in those studios would have the option of using it in the mid/ late 60's,when it was working..The Bee gees early albums, mainly their first 2,feature one, played by Maurice Gibb..
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