"The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England, in 1963." That's the first sentence of the "Mellotron" entry on ...

"It is an iconic part of so much pop and rock music, but it's also an instrument that's yet to be fully explored," says jazz keyboardist John Medeski. Medeski is talking about the Mellotron. In ...

We've never had an original Mellotron at the Tiny Desk until now. Much like a Hammond organ, it's big, heavy and fragile. When they fired it up, with all its mechanical gears turning tape loops and ...

A musical whim in Memphis has turned into a full-blown all-star project called Mellotron Variations. By Gary Graff A musical whim in Memphis has turned into a full-blown all-star project called ...

RedShark Replay: A profile of a true blast from the past, the Mellotron, which has become yet another tool to tap into the nostalgia of a bygone era. By Roland Denning. In its heyday, the Mellotron ...

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrXtmKGkSa4&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&fs=1] BBG found this great video the Mellotron, a tape-based synthesizer that was ...

Ever heard of the Mellotron? It was a British made audio sampler that used the most cutting edge technology available back in 1963… Magnetic tapes. You could record different sounds, music, beats or ...

But in the spirit of the times, the group soldiered on with a forward-looking sound, aided by new blood and new songs. Their November 1967 album "Days of Futures Past" pioneered this entirely new ...

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions How can a band "sound like the Royal Phil" when they've only got five ...

Listen to this amazing EFX Effectology demo and tell me it’s not amazing. Essentially the guitarist, Bill Ruppert, is recreating the classic proto-sampler sound of the Mellotron with a few stompboxes ...

"It is an iconic part of so much pop and rock music, but it's also an instrument that's yet to be fully explored," says jazz keyboardist John Medeski. The way Medeski uses the instrument might sound ...