Martin Smith, Mike and John Bradley from Streetly Electronics in England.
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John Bradley’s dad, Les Bradley and John’s uncles manufactured the mellotron beginning in 1963. In a time between the “Go Now” days and “Days of Future Passed”, Mike Pinder worked for the Bradley’s and saw that the mellotron was just right for his rock ‘n roll band and the rest is history. John Bradley and his business partner Martin Smith, carry on with mellotrons with their company Streetly Electronics.
Just one more comment, in this picture Mike looks younger that either of these guys!
Thanks,
George tron
Apart from Mike, the best mellotron player around is Anna Sofi Dahlberg of the Swedish prog band Anekdoten. She uses primarily the M400 and only plays the actual instruments, not the sampler CD-ROM (anyone willing to put up with the mechanical idiosyncracies has got to really love the ‘tron!). Word is out she is using a 1965-vintage MkII on recent sessions.
One of the finest examples of her mastery of the ‘tron is on “Sad Rain”, on which she plays a MkV (YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbum2Vm0E1U).
Visit their website at http://www.anekdoten.se .
I have created a 9-disc Mellotron anthology; perhaps you’d like a peek at the contents:
http://tape.mx/-/b0sj2/the-classic-mel-o-traughn-disc-1
http://tape.mx/-/g0k8y/the-classic-mel-o-traughn-disc-2
http://tape.mx/-/eiowi/the-classic-mel-o-traughn-disc-3
http://tape.mx/-/jihle/the-classic-mel-o-traughn-disc-4
http://tape.mx/-/bebgy/the-classic-mel-o-traughn-disc-5
http://tape.mx/-/gd35u/the-classic-mel-o-traughn-disc-6
http://tape.mx/-/dv7te/the-classic-mel-o-traughn-disc-7
http://tape.mx/-/cm9m6/the-classic-mel-o-traughn-disc-8
http://tape.mx/-/hm2b2/the-classic-mel-o-traughn-disc-9
A tenth volume has been added:
http://tape.mx/-/fdlea/the-classic-mel-o-traughn-disc-10
This one features “Enciclica 1168”, by La Maschera Di Cera, a relatively young (around for about 10 years) band from Italy spearheading the Prog Progressivo Italiano revival. Their sound reminds one of Museo Rosenbach and early Genesis at their best, and Agostino Macor’s Mellotron playing is totally hot! Lots of great flute work, too.
Their website: http://mascheradicera.wordpress.com/