The Great British Tron Story

[@bobbyggare8364]

I loved the, "we get them in all sorts of shapes, good, bad and bloody awful."

[@RoadKing21-e1p]

They forgot to mention Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues, he used one, he used to work in the factory building them.

[@mellotrongurl8275]

The small list mentioned were examples of contemporary artists that have introduced the Mellotron on their tracks. The narrator mentions that when they launched the M-Tron you could hardly give a Mellotron away. "Those choirs and strings that had become so out of fashion for so long are now essential for any sonic arsenal and when introduced to a contemporary track can Immediately add a certain degree of nostalgia and longing that rarely fails what we call the goosebump test". He then mentions to not just take his word for it, instead to listen to the music of contemporary artists they featured. It would've been impossible for him to mention all the classic artists that brilliantly used the Mellotron throughout the years. But that would make for a wonderful idea for its own KZbin video! Call it something like "The Legendary Sounds Of The Mellotron And The Legends That Used Them". That would be so fun!

[@mjs28c]

I'm a guitar-player...........and I think this video was very interesting and very well-done.

[@macronencer]

Thank you for the Graham Bond mention. He often gets overlooked :)

[@bloggulator]

Great little doc. I used to have two white M400s. I sold them both in the mid 1980s for less than $400 each. Face palm.

[@stephengarratt5076]

The Rhyme Of The Ancient Sampler! There is nothing like it!

[@duggydee5314]

I live in Streetly, grew up in Streetly, I must have seen these guys. Awesome history.

[@ChrisMcGranaghan]

Excellent film, well presented. Nice bunch of people - amazing what happens in this neck of the woods. Shine on you crazy diamonds, mine's a pint Martin

[@TheCartoonHead]

Absolutely love the M-Tron for Reason!

[@justinparkerthewildwolf6394]

Great story. I'm a mellotronic guy. I especially love the king crimson sound

[@earthlightsmusic2743]

The M400 in my avatar I sold in '16, but my Tron-in-ROM still plays as well as ever with the samples preserved against wear.

[@buska100]

Wonderful Eye opening History of a Much loved iconic instrument

[@KarlMiller-DjKarl]

I have been incorporating more Mellotron into my musical arrangements as of lately… Fascinating story behind the instrument…☮🔥

[@EnemyMagnetic]

Great documentary. Informative and engaging. I'm in love with this machine. Well done.

[@75IFFY]

Great little docu-promo film, thanks

[@Zemial]

Wonderful instrument, great information.

[@ClJNT]

Will do, thanks guys!

[@Temporalmixproductions]

Great documentary. It does a great job of making me want to by your M-Tron plugin too.

[@MrHarney]

Brilliant little doc ...thx

[@migueldoliveiracomposer]

Awesome channel, and amazing VSTi you chaps make.

[@neonwind]

Beautiful! My old 400 is in the shed waiting repairs! :-(

[@alaincelos476]

John Bradley and his team are thé ones and only ones to fix it correctly ,they did on my MK2 in 1995 and it still works quietly !!!! Streetly .

[@ClJNT]

Brilliant!, very well made.

[@scottkerr11]

Wow, what a wild story!

[@OFR]

"never been another instrument quite like it"? Except the Chamberlin, it's predecessor, which the Mellotron was a copy of. Great photos!

[@kjamison5951]

This is the TRON sequel we should have got...

[@bobparker8294]

"Tuning a Mellotron doesn't." (Robert Fripp)

[@bandfromtheband9445]

I can just hear Robert Fripp saying that... Funny guy!

[@efhess]

Robert Fripp also owns a Mk. II. Steven Wilson borrowed it to use on his 2013 album The Raven that Refused to Sing.

[@oaktadopbok665]

3:20 You can hear the opening bars of "Nights in White Satin."

[@FlipMartian]

Interesting stuff in there, learned a lot too.

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

It almost makes you believe this story to be proof positive that the magnetic tape industry is not kaput. If any tape-based keyboard were in demand among specific groups of musicians who weren't satisfied with digital samples, that's enough demand for a product which otherwise appears to be "yesterday's news".

[@persuadersonic]

Do you own a working Birotron? Do you have any (still playable) sound (cartridge) from this machine?

[@Sutterjack]

Obviously a plug for M-Tron, but a very nice documentary --concise history of the tron

[@skawashers]

11.16. what is that tune that is playing

[@RoadKing21-e1p]

Very hard to find a Mellotron Mark II

[@TheBrothers759]

What's the song around eight minutes in?

[@blahdeblah1975]

bravo.

[@Briansmusic-]

John Paul Jones played the the meletron on the Rolling Stones tunes for The Satanic Majesty's album and is credited for it in the liner notes. 2000 light years from home, She's Like A Rainbow ect.

[@ClJNT]

Song at 11:15?

[@shookstylez]

what about the Mellotron M4000d?

[@GForceSoftware]

This film is really about the British Tron story. The M4000D isn’t covered because it’s a digital hardware instrument, it's not made in the UK and IIRC it wasn’t released at the time we made this film. The story of the company behind that instrument is largely covered in the documentary ‘Mellodrama’ which is a great documentary (although I’m not sure if it goes into how they acquired the trademark) but sadly omits the lineage tracing the Bradley Brothers’ original Mellotron right through to John Bradley and Streetly Electronics’ offerings today. Streetly Electronics M4000 is an engineering marvel and keeps alive the whole tape replay instrument philosophy. And it’s British :-)

[@Northern-Sounds]

[@51farrelli]

One word...WAKEMAN !!!!!

[@MrJpbmusic2005]

Jean Michel Jarre was a regular Mellotron user

[@ОЧёмбе]

Так вот на чём играл Элис Купер в своей вещичке про скелетов.☻

[@looneyburgmusic]

When I started playing, first piano in the 70's, then synths in the 80's, I always looked at the Mellotron as a horrible sounding instrument. I can respect the guys who designed and built it, but the chosen sounds were, to my ears, just harsh and lifeless. I never understood, even today, why anyone likes the Mellotron sound.

[@haakman123]

looneyburgmusic Well, I don’t get the 80s synths, all the sounds are so lifeless