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Big Star's Mellotron

Scott Bomar (of Impala and the Bo-Keys) at Ardent Studios, Memphis, with the Mellotron used on Big Star's records. The Mellotron was an early synthesizer, contained short tape loops of recorded sound. Princess Margaret and L Ron Hubbard were early enthuasiasts. Scott's latest work, recorded at Ardent, is the soundtrack album to Craig Brewer's Black Snake Moan, in which Samuel L Jackson plays a Mississippi bluesman.

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Uploaded on December 4, 2006
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