9 December 1966:
The Beatles record overdubs for Strawberry Fields Forever.
They include two Mellotron parts – played by John Lennon and George Martin – using the 'swinging flutes' and 'piano riff' settings.
See more:
www.beatlesbible.com/1966/12/09/r...
The Beatles record overdubs for Strawberry Fields Forever.
They include two Mellotron parts – played by John Lennon and George Martin – using the 'swinging flutes' and 'piano riff' settings.
See more:
www.beatlesbible.com/1966/12/09/r...
Recording, mixing: Strawberry Fields Forever
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick The Beatles continued working on their remake of 'Strawberry Fields Forever' during this session, which began at 2.3...
www.beatlesbible.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
9 December 1966:
The Beatles record overdubs for Strawberry Fields Forever.
They include two Mellotron parts – played by John Lennon and George Martin – using the 'swinging flutes' and 'piano riff' settings.
See more:
www.beatlesbible.com/1966/12/09/r...
The Beatles record overdubs for Strawberry Fields Forever.
They include two Mellotron parts – played by John Lennon and George Martin – using the 'swinging flutes' and 'piano riff' settings.
See more:
www.beatlesbible.com/1966/12/09/r...
Here’s a moog and mellotron centered kosmische Christmas album that dropped last week.
"Sleigh Ride" translates nicely into a mellow-moog adventure. Mort Garson-adjacent holiday classics.
omnigardens.bandcamp.com/album/christ...
"Sleigh Ride" translates nicely into a mellow-moog adventure. Mort Garson-adjacent holiday classics.
omnigardens.bandcamp.com/album/christ...
Christmas, by Omni Gardens
7 track album
omnigardens.bandcamp.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Here’s a moog and mellotron centered kosmische Christmas album that dropped last week.
"Sleigh Ride" translates nicely into a mellow-moog adventure. Mort Garson-adjacent holiday classics.
omnigardens.bandcamp.com/album/christ...
"Sleigh Ride" translates nicely into a mellow-moog adventure. Mort Garson-adjacent holiday classics.
omnigardens.bandcamp.com/album/christ...
#Top31DavidBowie
22. Warszawa (1977)
Synthesizers, mellotron and wordless vocal chants come together perfectly in one of Bowie’s most haunting and beautiful ambient pieces.
youtu.be/9Gy94N_mcWs?...
22. Warszawa (1977)
Synthesizers, mellotron and wordless vocal chants come together perfectly in one of Bowie’s most haunting and beautiful ambient pieces.
youtu.be/9Gy94N_mcWs?...
David Bowie - Warszawa
YouTube video by aIiensatemybrain
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
#Top31DavidBowie
22. Warszawa (1977)
Synthesizers, mellotron and wordless vocal chants come together perfectly in one of Bowie’s most haunting and beautiful ambient pieces.
youtu.be/9Gy94N_mcWs?...
22. Warszawa (1977)
Synthesizers, mellotron and wordless vocal chants come together perfectly in one of Bowie’s most haunting and beautiful ambient pieces.
youtu.be/9Gy94N_mcWs?...
If you’re into improvised rock music, you have to hear this all-improvised album, which is as good as anything you’ll hear from any stateside jamband. Takes as much inspiration from 70s King Crimson’s jamming (they even play mellotron!) as from Phish/Dead.
guranfoe.bandcamp.com/album/guranj...
guranfoe.bandcamp.com/album/guranj...
December 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If you’re into improvised rock music, you have to hear this all-improvised album, which is as good as anything you’ll hear from any stateside jamband. Takes as much inspiration from 70s King Crimson’s jamming (they even play mellotron!) as from Phish/Dead.
guranfoe.bandcamp.com/album/guranj...
guranfoe.bandcamp.com/album/guranj...
It was a Mellotron we sampled off a record, but I forget which. We used an Akai sampler and triggered it from a laptop.
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It was a Mellotron we sampled off a record, but I forget which. We used an Akai sampler and triggered it from a laptop.
Still the greatest mellotron driven dirge ever written. Guitar and drums relentlessly on the one. No lead guitar whatsoever and a middle eight cheekily lifted from the intro to Nilsson's My Old Desk. And it got to number one!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fImu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fImu...
The Move - Blackberry Way (1969)
YouTube video by Beat-Club
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Still the greatest mellotron driven dirge ever written. Guitar and drums relentlessly on the one. No lead guitar whatsoever and a middle eight cheekily lifted from the intro to Nilsson's My Old Desk. And it got to number one!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fImu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fImu...
#EmojiSounds
#MusicChallenge
Day 5 🎺
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever has everything but the kitchen sink thrown in, including some tasty Mellotron, but most importantly, several trumpets. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtUH...
#MusicChallenge
Day 5 🎺
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever has everything but the kitchen sink thrown in, including some tasty Mellotron, but most importantly, several trumpets. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtUH...
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
YouTube video by TheBeatlesVEVO
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
#EmojiSounds
#MusicChallenge
Day 5 🎺
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever has everything but the kitchen sink thrown in, including some tasty Mellotron, but most importantly, several trumpets. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtUH...
#MusicChallenge
Day 5 🎺
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever has everything but the kitchen sink thrown in, including some tasty Mellotron, but most importantly, several trumpets. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtUH...
In those days, the number of Mellotron stand ins seemed endless. It wasn't till the early noughties that we got a decent sample.
December 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
In those days, the number of Mellotron stand ins seemed endless. It wasn't till the early noughties that we got a decent sample.
Margaret Cho and I dug into Good on Paper, the glory of leaving a club after a killer set, 90s dating disasters, riot grrrl grandchildren, Velocity Girl (!!), and her Mellotron-fueled album.
www.lpm.org/music/2021-0...
www.lpm.org/music/2021-0...
Margaret Cho: “90s internet dating was wild"
Margaret Cho on Good on Paper, Dating Disasters, Riot Grrrl Grandchildren, and Why Musicians Have It Even Weirder
www.lpm.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Margaret Cho and I dug into Good on Paper, the glory of leaving a club after a killer set, 90s dating disasters, riot grrrl grandchildren, Velocity Girl (!!), and her Mellotron-fueled album.
www.lpm.org/music/2021-0...
www.lpm.org/music/2021-0...
A wonderful debut album from a fabulous musical collective (well, they did ultimately have more than a few lineups, LOL!!😂), plus alongside the Moody Blues and Genesis they really helped to popularize the use of the Mellotron in Prog. Rock!!👍 ...Schizoid Man😍, Epitaph & The title track are all 🌋!!👊
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A wonderful debut album from a fabulous musical collective (well, they did ultimately have more than a few lineups, LOL!!😂), plus alongside the Moody Blues and Genesis they really helped to popularize the use of the Mellotron in Prog. Rock!!👍 ...Schizoid Man😍, Epitaph & The title track are all 🌋!!👊
Listen Now~Check Vinyl Out
Trace - ST 1974
Rock. Dutch symph/prog trio debut-former Ekseption, Focus members. Classical-influences w/ soaring Hammond, Mellotron swells & massive rhythms. Needs serious listen-overlooked sleeper classic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao0U...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6JH...
Trace - ST 1974
Rock. Dutch symph/prog trio debut-former Ekseption, Focus members. Classical-influences w/ soaring Hammond, Mellotron swells & massive rhythms. Needs serious listen-overlooked sleeper classic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao0U...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6JH...
December 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Listen Now~Check Vinyl Out
Trace - ST 1974
Rock. Dutch symph/prog trio debut-former Ekseption, Focus members. Classical-influences w/ soaring Hammond, Mellotron swells & massive rhythms. Needs serious listen-overlooked sleeper classic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao0U...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6JH...
Trace - ST 1974
Rock. Dutch symph/prog trio debut-former Ekseption, Focus members. Classical-influences w/ soaring Hammond, Mellotron swells & massive rhythms. Needs serious listen-overlooked sleeper classic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao0U...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6JH...
Listen Now~Check Vinyl Out
The Striped Bananas-Eternity Forest 2025
Psych Rock. Garage-rock bounce & trippy atmospheres. Swirling organ/Mellotron/sitar/guitar blend creates a kaleidoscope of sound-a love letter to classic psych.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRGt...
youtu.be/mRUGIoDkM3Q?...
The Striped Bananas-Eternity Forest 2025
Psych Rock. Garage-rock bounce & trippy atmospheres. Swirling organ/Mellotron/sitar/guitar blend creates a kaleidoscope of sound-a love letter to classic psych.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRGt...
youtu.be/mRUGIoDkM3Q?...
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Listen Now~Check Vinyl Out
The Striped Bananas-Eternity Forest 2025
Psych Rock. Garage-rock bounce & trippy atmospheres. Swirling organ/Mellotron/sitar/guitar blend creates a kaleidoscope of sound-a love letter to classic psych.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRGt...
youtu.be/mRUGIoDkM3Q?...
The Striped Bananas-Eternity Forest 2025
Psych Rock. Garage-rock bounce & trippy atmospheres. Swirling organ/Mellotron/sitar/guitar blend creates a kaleidoscope of sound-a love letter to classic psych.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRGt...
youtu.be/mRUGIoDkM3Q?...
Fuzzy moog synths, mellotron tones, soft piano and subtle textures color the songs with a hushed presence. Like sitting beside the quiet glow of the Christmas tree, the album wanders down a seasonal side-path of serene synth carols, tape-softened melodies and wintry stillness...
Christmas, by Omni Gardens
7 track album
omnigardens.bandcamp.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Fuzzy moog synths, mellotron tones, soft piano and subtle textures color the songs with a hushed presence. Like sitting beside the quiet glow of the Christmas tree, the album wanders down a seasonal side-path of serene synth carols, tape-softened melodies and wintry stillness...
I’m a Genesis fan.
Meaning I love -both- the Gabriel’s era AND the Collins era. The early theatrics, the convoluted prog rock, the Mellotron-heavy tracks AND the pop tunes, the funny and easy-listening ones.
Meaning I enjoy both “Can-Utility and the Coatliners” and “Illegal Alien”.
Sue me, idc.
Meaning I love -both- the Gabriel’s era AND the Collins era. The early theatrics, the convoluted prog rock, the Mellotron-heavy tracks AND the pop tunes, the funny and easy-listening ones.
Meaning I enjoy both “Can-Utility and the Coatliners” and “Illegal Alien”.
Sue me, idc.
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I’m a Genesis fan.
Meaning I love -both- the Gabriel’s era AND the Collins era. The early theatrics, the convoluted prog rock, the Mellotron-heavy tracks AND the pop tunes, the funny and easy-listening ones.
Meaning I enjoy both “Can-Utility and the Coatliners” and “Illegal Alien”.
Sue me, idc.
Meaning I love -both- the Gabriel’s era AND the Collins era. The early theatrics, the convoluted prog rock, the Mellotron-heavy tracks AND the pop tunes, the funny and easy-listening ones.
Meaning I enjoy both “Can-Utility and the Coatliners” and “Illegal Alien”.
Sue me, idc.
The canonical definition of prog is "Time changes, a Mellotron, and a posh school", but this probably has exceptions.
I *think* that definition catches Radiohead, too.
I *think* that definition catches Radiohead, too.
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The canonical definition of prog is "Time changes, a Mellotron, and a posh school", but this probably has exceptions.
I *think* that definition catches Radiohead, too.
I *think* that definition catches Radiohead, too.
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Shocked to see a mint Mellotron mk VI for sale in Boulder! Only 102 of these were produced in 1999 in white, black and mahogany, all based on the specs of the classic 400 model.
I might need to drop by and kick the tires.
I might need to drop by and kick the tires.
Mellotron MK VI - musical instruments - by owner - sale - craigslist
Mellotron MK VI in black for sale. It includes 5 tape frames (3 sounds per frame), 4 tape travel cases, Mellotron road case and a copy of the Mellotron book. Condition of everything is very good/...
boulder.craigslist.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Shocked to see a mint Mellotron mk VI for sale in Boulder! Only 102 of these were produced in 1999 in white, black and mahogany, all based on the specs of the classic 400 model.
I might need to drop by and kick the tires.
I might need to drop by and kick the tires.
The $11.5K asking price is wild (these originally sold for $5200) but I NEED to meet this fellow local Mellotron enthusiast.
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The $11.5K asking price is wild (these originally sold for $5200) but I NEED to meet this fellow local Mellotron enthusiast.
Black metal about bees and grain-based diseases. Remarkably good shit. Haunting, even. Mix of wails and screams, Mellotron part of the core ensemble.
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Black metal about bees and grain-based diseases. Remarkably good shit. Haunting, even. Mix of wails and screams, Mellotron part of the core ensemble.
Charming British Pathé film introducing the (then) revolutionary Streetly Electronics Mellotron analog polyphonic keyboard that would soon go on to be adopted by many pop/rock bands.
#Musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdki...
#Musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdki...
The Mellotron: A Keyboard with the Power of an Orchestra (1965) | British Pathé
YouTube video by British Pathé
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Charming British Pathé film introducing the (then) revolutionary Streetly Electronics Mellotron analog polyphonic keyboard that would soon go on to be adopted by many pop/rock bands.
#Musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdki...
#Musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdki...
Dandelion (1967) buff.ly/50bR4YV
This was released as the B-side to"We Love You
The psychedelic sound was perfect for the 'Summer of Love'
There were interesting instruments like the Mellotron & harpsichord on the recording
It's never been played live
#paws4music
This was released as the B-side to"We Love You
The psychedelic sound was perfect for the 'Summer of Love'
There were interesting instruments like the Mellotron & harpsichord on the recording
It's never been played live
#paws4music
The Rolling Stones - Dandelion (Official Lyric Video)
“Dandelion” by The Rolling Stones
Composers: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Lyrics:
Prince or pauper, beggar man or thief
Play the game with ev'ry blow you bring
Dandelion don't tell no…
buff.ly
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Dandelion (1967) buff.ly/50bR4YV
This was released as the B-side to"We Love You
The psychedelic sound was perfect for the 'Summer of Love'
There were interesting instruments like the Mellotron & harpsichord on the recording
It's never been played live
#paws4music
This was released as the B-side to"We Love You
The psychedelic sound was perfect for the 'Summer of Love'
There were interesting instruments like the Mellotron & harpsichord on the recording
It's never been played live
#paws4music
A timeless classic and Mike Pinder's impressive Mellotron work combined seamlessly with the London Festival Orchestra and Peter Knight's lovely orchestral arrangements!!👍 Plus Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?), A.K.A., Tuesday Afternoon, is my top song from this landmark release!!😍
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A timeless classic and Mike Pinder's impressive Mellotron work combined seamlessly with the London Festival Orchestra and Peter Knight's lovely orchestral arrangements!!👍 Plus Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?), A.K.A., Tuesday Afternoon, is my top song from this landmark release!!😍
To be honest I have never heard the album but Rick Wakeman plays mellotron on the timeless Space Oddity.
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
To be honest I have never heard the album but Rick Wakeman plays mellotron on the timeless Space Oddity.
youtu.be/ogfwc4oBiZg?...
1969.
Robert Fripp–guitar
Ian McDonald–reeds, woodwind, vibes, keyboards, mellotron, vocals
Greg Lake–bass guitar, lead vocals
Michael Giles–drums, percussion, vocals
Peter Sinfield–words and illumination
#music #musicsky #musiciansky #KingCrimson #Prog
1969.
Robert Fripp–guitar
Ian McDonald–reeds, woodwind, vibes, keyboards, mellotron, vocals
Greg Lake–bass guitar, lead vocals
Michael Giles–drums, percussion, vocals
Peter Sinfield–words and illumination
#music #musicsky #musiciansky #KingCrimson #Prog
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (Radio Version) [Bonus Track]
YouTube video by King Crimson
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
youtu.be/ogfwc4oBiZg?...
1969.
Robert Fripp–guitar
Ian McDonald–reeds, woodwind, vibes, keyboards, mellotron, vocals
Greg Lake–bass guitar, lead vocals
Michael Giles–drums, percussion, vocals
Peter Sinfield–words and illumination
#music #musicsky #musiciansky #KingCrimson #Prog
1969.
Robert Fripp–guitar
Ian McDonald–reeds, woodwind, vibes, keyboards, mellotron, vocals
Greg Lake–bass guitar, lead vocals
Michael Giles–drums, percussion, vocals
Peter Sinfield–words and illumination
#music #musicsky #musiciansky #KingCrimson #Prog
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM