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 ...

"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 would seem that whenever a Mellotron comes up in conversation, a history lesson ensues. The experienced keyboard aficionado knows the legend, yet for the newcomers, there is continued fascination ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than 50 years ago, the British-made Mellotron keyboard was introduced to the world as an electro-mechanical music-making marvel — an invention wondrous enough to capture the attention of The ...

For Winston Eggleston, his obsession with the Mellotron — the keyboard-based sampling instrument — began with the Beatles. "As a kid, I was obsessed with the song 'Strawberry Fields.' I knew every ...

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[Michael] is a huge fan of old media formats. There’s something special about quarter-inch thick 78s, fragile blue cylinders holding music, and thin strips of mylar that preserve the human voice. He’s ...