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BBG found this great video the Mellotron, a tape-based synthesizer that was all the rage with besuited musicians who probably finished this commercial and sat down for a drink or two and thought fondly of their days fighting Jerry.
It’s abundantly clear, however, from this video where the Mellotron fits in the modern pantheon – squarely between the Hammond Organ and the 808. It’s quite amazing what a bunch of tape heads, some fragile tape, and a bit of whiskey can do to the entire canon of Western Music.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Mzr_A-Q0I&hl=en&fs=1]
