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3 Songs That Use the Mellotron: The Instrument That Took 1960s Rock Music to Another Level

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UNITED KINGDOM - 1st OCTOBER: The Beatles posed with bottles of beer and party snacks and balloons in October 1964. Left to right: Paul McCartney, John Lennon (1940-1980), Ringo Starr and George Harrison (1943-2001). The session was taken to promote the BBC World Service. (Photo by Mark Hayward Archive/Redferns) Developed in England in 1963, the Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument that functions like a piano but records on tape while being played. Here are a few rock songs from the 1960s that were seriously elevated by this instrument’s unique sounds. “Strawberry Fields Forever” by The Beatles This song uses Mellotron flute sounds. In an interview with […] The post 3 Songs That Use the Mellotron: The Instrument That Took 1960s Rock Music to Another Level appeared first on American Songwriter .

First report: On the Charts 62 Years Ago, The Beatles Landed Their Fifth No. 1 in Seven Months With a Song Inspired by a Ringo Starr Malapropism — americansongwriter.com, 11d