Mike Pinder on the Mellotron, Part 3

[@dawnrussell8867]

I will always love Mike and his mellotron, some of the most beautiful music ever made, especially "Out and in" and "Candle of life"

[@robertstockdale7729]

I play mellotron and agree with you totally I would like to add how is tr we are here from question of balance his tron gives me shivers😟

[@sparcksnz]

Mike is the Mellotron King.Always superb...thanks Mike

[@beautifuldissonance]

great clips of Mike on the Tron.

[@jsilence418]

He was always a class act ! still is!

[@smoovegittar]

Thanks for posting!

[@BolsaChicaRadio]

I WAS THERE! I attended this premiere at The Egyptian in 2010! The presentation was fabulous! But you can see it in Pinder's demeanor, that that old beastly Mellotron that someone "donated" to the premiere that night for him to play, was drastically out of tune! Beats the living snot outta me, why they didn't wheel onto the stage, one of those BEAUTIFUL Mellotrons that were featured in much of their early films & "videos" back in the day? (Probably 'cause NONE even exist anymore!)

[@imagodoc]

It's wonderful to see the maestro in action. Although obviously Mike could do things on his Mk. II that he had some difficulty replicating on the M400, it was still fun to see and hear him perform the glissando sweeps he made famous on albums like In Search of the Lost Chord and On The Threshold of a Dream. I can't recall any other mellotronist pushing their instrument in that manner.

[@Trondoc]

My thoughts... He wasn't a fan of the M-400. Not much here to change his mind. There had to have been better operating M-400s somewhere in the area. Pinder is a gentleman.