http://bbluesman.com/2009/06/24/the-court-of-the-crimson-king/ Bbluesman-Atifactuality Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:22:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://bbluesman.com/2009/06/24/the-court-of-the-crimson-king/comment-page-1/#comment-167494 bbluesman Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:43:06 +0000 http://bbluesman.com/?p=1108#comment-167494 Yeah it was a very cool albeit flawed instrument and was used by many cool<br>bands. I neglected to include the moody blues on that list. Yeah it was a very cool albeit flawed instrument and was used by many cool
bands. I neglected to include the moody blues on that list.

]]> http://bbluesman.com/2009/06/24/the-court-of-the-crimson-king/comment-page-1/#comment-167493 MJ Klein Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:40:21 +0000 http://bbluesman.com/?p=1108#comment-167493 the Mellotron used tape cassettes that allowed one to play (if memory serves, it's been a long time since i played one) 8 keys at a time. the recordings were of real instruments and they ran out after a certain number of seconds. the player had to release the key to reset the tape back to the beginning. it was a mechanical nightmare but had a distinctive sound. the Mellotron used tape cassettes that allowed one to play (if memory serves, it's been a long time since i played one) 8 keys at a time. the recordings were of real instruments and they ran out after a certain number of seconds. the player had to release the key to reset the tape back to the beginning. it was a mechanical nightmare but had a distinctive sound.

]]> http://bbluesman.com/2009/06/24/the-court-of-the-crimson-king/comment-page-1/#comment-167060 bbluesman Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:43:06 +0000 http://bbluesman.com/?p=1108#comment-167060 Yeah it was a very cool albeit flawed instrument and was used by many cool<br>bands. I neglected to include the moody blues on that list. Yeah it was a very cool albeit flawed instrument and was used by many cool
bands. I neglected to include the moody blues on that list.

]]> http://bbluesman.com/2009/06/24/the-court-of-the-crimson-king/comment-page-1/#comment-167059 MJ Klein Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:40:21 +0000 http://bbluesman.com/?p=1108#comment-167059 the Mellotron used tape cassettes that allowed one to play (if memory serves, it's been a long time since i played one) 8 keys at a time. the recordings were of real instruments and they ran out after a certain number of seconds. the player had to release the key to reset the tape back to the beginning. it was a mechanical nightmare but had a distinctive sound. the Mellotron used tape cassettes that allowed one to play (if memory serves, it's been a long time since i played one) 8 keys at a time. the recordings were of real instruments and they ran out after a certain number of seconds. the player had to release the key to reset the tape back to the beginning. it was a mechanical nightmare but had a distinctive sound.

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