From: Bomp-Digest-Sender To: bomp-digest@bolis.com Subject: Bomp V96 #75 Reply-To: Bomp@bolis.com Precedence: bulk Bomp Wednesday, 28 August 1996 Volume 96 : Number 075 In this issue: Re: a sundazed fan of polyester pittsburgh quesiton -Reply mission impossible! Re: theremin Re: theremin Re: mellotron Re: theremin Re: theremin Re: Mellotron, Voxmobile Treblefest! Combo Organs more portable than the VIP 233 Re: Combo Organs more portable than the VIP 233 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "T P Uschanov" Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 20:53:47 EET Subject: Re: a sundazed fan of polyester "Laura Taylor" wrote: ~ There has been much scribed lately about cool-out SUNDAZED releases...Anyone ~ know a good way to get a SUNDAZED catalog? Perhaps via their web site? I got on their mailing list by begging for promos for my long-sleeping zine, though. T P Uschanov, University of Helsinki, Finland, European Union tuschano@cc.helsinki.fi ### http://www.helsinki.fi/~tuschano/ "Omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt." (Baruch Spinoza, 1632-1677) ------------------------------ From: Erica Wissolik Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 09:05:55 -0500 Subject: pittsburgh quesiton -Reply This Pittsburgher transplanted to DC can tell you that the rest of the museum is totally cool and well worth a trip in itself. I haven't seen the Velvet Underground exhibit but if the Carnegie does it the way they do everything else, its sure to be worth it. Its only a 4 ? drive (sometimes 3 ? if you drive like me) so go for it. - --Erica ------------------------------ From: "Laura Taylor" Date: 28 Aug 1996 11:28:52 -0400 Subject: mission impossible! Ya'll probably know this...but I keep my word! LOUNGE Laura laura@wusf.usf.edu "It's just my nature to do weird stuff..." 8/28/96 5:38 AM Inches: 10.9 REGULAR AP-Obit-Morris 08-28 0165 AP-Obit-Morris ---------------- ! GENERAL NEWS ! - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Morris Dead At 61 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Las Vegas) -- Actor Greg Morris, one of the first blacks to star in a major television series, has died at the age of 61. Morris made his mark as technical wizard Barney Collier in the 1960's hit ``Mission Impossible,'' a role he described as seven of the most fun years of his career. Morris was not a fan of the new movie version of the show. He called the Tom Cruise film an ``abomination,'' and walked out after watching just 40 minutes of it. Morris' body was found in his Las Vegas home yesterday. The cause of death remains unknown, although he had battled brain cancer the past few years. (Copyright 1996 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APNP-08-28-96 0530EDT ------------------------------ From: Andrea Lauritzen Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 11:40:33 -0400 Subject: Re: theremin Totally ignorant question time: I know what a theramin is, but what is... a MELLOTRON!?! Please advise. Andrea Cambridge, Massachusetts also, I recently acquired a Farfisa VIP 233 and a Farfisa amp (matches compact duo, I think). I don't know how to play, but I've be diddling around with it and have signed up for piano lessons 'cuz I have no musical experience! I'd like to get a smaller organ b/c I cannot lift the 233 by myself! Any leads on a fast 3 or compact? Also, has anyone seen the VOXMOBILE? I was just in Denver Aug 1-4 and managed to get a good look at it/pictures of it. Andrea Lauritzen Legal Secretary ATHQ 617-577-0100 x313 617-577-7694 FAX email: LAURITZEN@ASPENTEC.COM ------------------------------ From: Brian Phillips Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 12:59:08 -0400 Subject: Re: theremin >What is a MELLOTRON!?! Suppose I am a producer that wants to save a few ducats by not hiring a string section to play on a record. I then get a Mellotron which simulates a string section. Nights in White Satin has a very prominent Mellotron part. Brian Phillips MindSpring Techinical Support 404-815-9111 800-719-4660 ------------------------------ From: michael@hal.com (Michael Coxe) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 10:36:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: mellotron > From: Andrea Lauritzen > > I know what a theramin is, but what is... > > a MELLOTRON!?! A precursor to the synthesizer (sort of), The Mellotron is a keyboard that uses a set of prerecorded tape loops in which each tape is located beneath a different key on the keyboard. Pressing a key on the keyboard brings that particular play-head into contact with the tape and makes the loop to play, releasing the key makes the loop rewind. Mike Pender formerly of the Moody Blues is undoubtedly the king of the Mellotron. Early Moody Blues albums (after the 1st with "Go Now) will have all sorts of cool sounds done with the Mellotron. - michael ------------------------------ From: "Laura Taylor" Date: 28 Aug 1996 14:29:48 -0400 Subject: Re: theremin RE>>theremin 8/28/96 lest we shall forget STRAWBERRY FIELDS... - -------------------------------------- Date: 8/28/96 2:28 PM To: Laura Taylor From: Bomp@bolis.com >What is a MELLOTRON!?! Suppose I am a producer that wants to save a few ducats by not hiring a string section to play on a record. I then get a Mellotron which simulates a string section. Nights in White Satin has a very prominent Mellotron part. Brian Phillips MindSpring Techinical Support 404-815-9111 800-719-4660 ------------------------------ From: "Laura Taylor" Date: 28 Aug 1996 16:12:31 -0400 Subject: Re: theremin RE>>theremin 8/28/96 lest we shall forget STRAWBERRY FIELDS... - -------------------------------------- Date: 8/28/96 2:28 PM To: Laura Taylor From: Bomp@bolis.com >What is a MELLOTRON!?! Suppose I am a producer that wants to save a few ducats by not hiring a string section to play on a record. I then get a Mellotron which simulates a string section. Nights in White Satin has a very prominent Mellotron part. Brian Phillips MindSpring Techinical Support 404-815-9111 800-719-4660 ------------------------------ From: Menachem Turchick Date: Wed, 28 Aug 96 14:15:05 -0700 Subject: Re: Mellotron, Voxmobile Andrea, I can't add to what's already been sent in as to the technical aspects of the Mellotron, but I encourage you to check out The Pretty Things' "S.F. Sorrow," in my opinion the best use of the instrument on record. It's good to hear that the Voxmobile still exists. I've got a set of lobby cards for the film "Psych-Out," one of which shows a bunch of teenagers lounging on the Voxmobile in the park, no doubt grooving to the "sound of green." Unfortunately that footage wound up on the cutting room floor. I take it you were in Denver for the TrebleFest. I wanted to join you, but had to settle for the Crap Out in Las Vegas, which was full of lousy 70s influenced Estrus bands, with the exception of The Insomniacs, Bomboras and Makers, all of whom were great (I missed the Thursday night line-up). Maybe you or someone who was there can fill us in on the Treblefest action (if the subject hasn't been brought up before - I'm new to the list). Menachem email: mturchic@igate.iscg.pima.gov ------------------------------ From: Andrea Lauritzen Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 18:28:02 -0400 Subject: Treblefest! At 06:13 PM 8/28/96, you wrote: Menachem, I'm new to the list too. Treble Fest was easily the BEST time I have EVER had! I've been to Garage Rage in NYC 12/95, Trash Bash in Athens, 3/96, Garage Fest in Tuscaloosa 11/94 (only saw the Smugglers and the Royal Pendletons though...other bands canceled and I was travelling w/ the Ptons at the time). I don't know what was the HIGHLIGHT of TrebleFest; maybe just hanging out w/all my friends whom I never get to see cuz we're scattered between the NE, SE and Midwest (mw?). I can't even say which bands were the best! Maybe the Hate Bombs or Fortune and Maltese and the Phabulous Pallbearers. But I gotta go home now...I'll tell you more as I remember it! Andrea Andrea Lauritzen Legal Secretary ATHQ 617-577-0100 x313 617-577-7694 FAX email: LAURITZEN@ASPENTEC.COM ------------------------------ From: User Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 20:09:37 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Combo Organs more portable than the VIP 233 Well... on the Farfisa side, as Andrea mentioned, there's the Fast series (I've got a Fast 3, myself, and I believe Peter Zaremba of The Fleshtones has a Fast 4.) There's also the various Combo Compacts, including the Combo Compact Deluxe (I've got a red Combo Compact, the old Fleshtones one, in fact) and a gray Deluxe. My fave feature of the Combo Compact series is the Spring Reverb box hanging underneath. Give that thing a wallop and you'll get some killer thunder sounds. You may also be interested in various offerings from Vox, such as the Continental or the Jaguar. (I like the Continental, myself.) There's also the double keyboard SuperContinental, but - like its Farfisa counterpart - it weighs more. Elka Panthers are also pretty cool, with a sound somewhere between Vox & Farfisa. They've also got these cool mixture knobs that make for some interesting sounds. Acetone made a variety of models. I've got the Acetone Model Top 8, which is my pick when I want great vibrato. It's got *2* vibrato knobs rather than the one ON/OFF switch on the Continental or the 2 rocker switches (Heavy/Light, Fast/Slow) on the Farfisa Combo Compact Deluxe. The knobs give you a great choice of combinations (try 'em both all the way up after having the vibrato off completely and you'll really bug out!) I've also got an organ simply called Combo Organ that looks like it was made in the early 70s, but with sort of Farfisa-esque lettering. Almost looks like it might've been produced in the same factory as a knock-off, but with a couple nice ideas (like the Tremolo knob!) This one has fantastic sound *and* is the lightest of all my organs. The stand isn't as cool as a Vox or Farfisa, but it can be angled to match your height/wrist angle, rather than you having to bend for *it.* I got mine at Robby's Music on Rt 46 in Wayne, NJ after a tip from Dave Amels of Voce. It was $125 and came in its original leather carry-case, with the volume pedal and wires still sealed in plastic! Robby's was evidently a distributor at the time. I don't know if they still have more, since Dave got one, I got the second, and my friend Miles got a third one. Robby's is also where I got my Fast 3, by the way. They may have other stuff. Also, Lisa from the Friggs tells me that there's a music store in Philly that has a ton of great stuff in its back room. I also saw a Farfisa Combo Compact at a music store on Rt. 27 just north of New Brunswick, NJ about a year and a half back. Lou Rose, I think was the name of the store. Blair PS... don't pay more than $200 for any of these things, OK? ------------------------------ From: Mattdietr@aol.com Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 23:20:52 -0400 Subject: Re: Combo Organs more portable than the VIP 233 I second Blair's advice to NEVER pay more than $200 for a combo organ unless it's in perfect shape. Dealers these days are trying to make these as expensive as vintage guitars but, unlike guitars, combo organs don't get sweeter as they get older. And no matter how beat up they are, they usually can be fixed cheaply. I bought a Super Continental four years ago for $150 in near mint shape on the outside but barely playable internally. It cost $80 to get up to mint sound. Blair makes me salivate with his list of combo organs, but I think he left out the Farfisa Mini-Compact, which is very small and highly portable. I've found Farfisas to be a bit more durable than Voxes, but not nearly as cool looking (and that's what's important, right?). Also, if you do a Web search with keywords organ, farfisa, vox etc., you'll get to a Web site that's all about organs for sale. Mostly Hammonds and church/theater organs, but combo organs as well. Sorry I don't recall the url. If anyone's got these things to sell, I'd love to hear from you. Matt (mattdietr@aol.com) ------------------------------ End of Bomp V96 #75 ******************* You have been reading Bomp-digest. For subscription requests, send a message to majordomo@bolis.com containing "subscribe Bomp-digest" or "unsubscribe Bomp-digest"