"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 ...

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 ...

For Pat Sansone, the mysterious, ethereal and beautiful sounds of the instrument known as the Mellotron captured him early on. “I’m sure it came from my love for the Beatles as a kid. ‘Strawberry ...

Though initially conceived as 'The Chamberlin' by American Harry Chamberlin, there's something entirely British about the Mellotron. Indeed, the first instrument to carry the name was British born, a ...

Guitarists with MIDI guitars have had access to Mellotron sounds before, but this is the first time any six-stringer can recreate that vintage vibe from a plug-in-and-play pedal. Some sounds are a ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Few instruments in modern music have endured such a tormented life as the Mellotron. In the mid-1960s, the analog, tape-driven keyboard was hailed by rock 'n' roll artists as an expansive musical tool ...

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