Mellotron
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The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which causes a length of magnetic tape to contact a caps
A Mellotron Mk VI
The Mellotron M400 has a removable tape frame that can be replaced with another containing different sounds
A Mellotron M400 tape frame as removed from the instrument
The simplified control panel of the M400
Strawberry Fields Forever
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"Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released on 13 February 1967 as a double A-side single with
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…songs featuring the Mellotron was Manfred Mann's "Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James" (1966). The Beatles used it on tracks including the hit single "Strawberry Fields Forever" (1967). The Moody Blues keyboardist Mike Pinder used it extensively on the band's 1967 album Days of Future Passed as well as the group's following…
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Candy Flip Strawberry Fields Forever
Entrance gates at Strawberry Field, near Lennon's childhood home in Woolton, Liverpool, pictured 2007
"Strawberry Fields Forever" was one of the most technically complex recordings the Beatles ever attempted. The song was recorded entirely on a Studer J37 four-track machine.