Baby, Mellotron My Mind
The Sadies “Postcards” Darker Circles(2010 Yep Roc
The dBs “Write Back” Falling Off The Sky (2012) Bar-None
Kelly Hogan “I Like To Keep Myself In Pain” I Like to Keep Myself In Pain (2012) Anti — Robyn Hitchcock penned number
Robyn Hitchcock “Twitch For Sam Surfer” Single (2012) Robyn Hitchcock — Phantom Single #4 - August 23rd Music
Charlemagne “August Evenings” Charlemagne (2004) Winterlander — Happy Belated BDay wishes to Carl - August 23rd
Go Kart Mozart “Retro-Glancing” On the Hot Dog Streets (2012) Cherry Red — Lawrence of Felt fame
Musical Spotlight on the Mellotron
The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever” Anthology 2 (1996) Apple — Take 1 Rec Nov 1966
Graham Bond Organisation “Baby Can It Be True?” There's A Bond Between Us (1965) Columbia — First use of Mellotron on a Pop Album
Manfred Mann “Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James” Single (1966) Mercury — First pop hit with Mellotron
Madonna “Beautiful Stranger” The Spy Who Shagged Me (1996) Maverick — Yeah. Madonna and Mellotrons Baby
Traffic “Hole In My Shoe” Mr. Fantasy (1968) United Artists
The Dukes Of Stratosphear “The Mole from the Ministry” 25 O'Clock (1985) Virgin — An overdose of Mellotron
Genesis “Watcher Of The Skies” Foxtrot (1972) o Famous Charisma Label
The Flaming Lips “All We Have Is Now” Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002) Warner Bros.
The Pretty Things “S.F. Sorrow Is Born” S.F. Sorrow (1969) Rare Earth — Great middle section
The Kinks “Phenomenal Cat” The Village Green Preservation Society (1968) Reprise
The Eels “Souljacker Part II” Souljacker (2002) Dreamworks
King Crimson “Epitaph” In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969) Atlantic
Joy Division “Decades” Closer (1980) Factory
Elliott Smith “Everything Means Nothing To Me” Figure 8 (2000) Dreamworks — mellotrons kick in right at the end
Pink Floyd “Julia Dream” Single (1968) Capitol
The Rolling Stones “2000 Light Years From Home” Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) Decca
The Moody Blues “Legend Of A Mind” In Search of the Lost Chord (1968) Deram — Timothy Leary's dead and looking in
Radiohead "Exit Music (For A Film)" OK Computer (1997) Capitol
David Bowie "Space Oddity" Single (1969) RCA
Led Zeppelin "The Rain Song" Houses Of The Holy (1973) Atlantic
Spring "Sweet Mountain" Spring (1972) United Artists
Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark "Joan Of Arc (Maid Of Orleans)" Architecture And Morality (1981) DinDisc
Spiritualized “Harmony 1 (Mellotron)” Songs In A & E (2008) Spacemen
The Apples In Stereo “Mellotron 1” New Magnetic Wonder (2007) Yep Roc Records
The Bee Gees “Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You” Bee Gees' 1st (1967) Atco
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band “Mellotron Improv” Grow Fins (1999) Revenant — Live 1978
Stereolab “Mellotron” Peng! (1992) Too Pure
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band “Mellotron Improv” Grow Fins (1999) Revenant — Live 1980 - Cranky as ever
Julian Cope “Psychedelic Odin” Black Sheep (2008) Head Heritage — Edit
The Apples In Stereo “Mellotron 2” New Magnetic Wonder (2007) Yep Roc
George Harrison “Wonderwall To Be Here” Wonderwall (1968) Apple
Paul Weller “Echoes Round The Sun” 22 Dreams (2008) Yep Roc — With Noel Gallagher
Wilco “She's a Jar” Summerteeth (1999) Reprise
Plasticland “Wallflowers” Plasticland (1985) Bam Caruso
The Zombies “Hung Up On A Dream” Odessey and Oracle (1968) Date
Yes “And You And I (Eclipse)” Close To The Edge (1972) Atlantic
The Beatles “Tomorrow Never Knows” Revolver (1966) Capitol — Their first use of the Mellotron
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