How It Was Recorded

Gear · keyboard

Mellotron Mark II

Records it appears on · 1

  • Odessey and Oracle

    The Zombies · Album, 1968

    • Organ and Mellotron · InstrumentReportedA Mellotron that John Lennon had left in the studio, which Argent played on various tracks of the album.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

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First choice · Emulation of this unit

Arturia Mellotron V

instrument

An emulation of the Mellotron, with its tape sets.

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Alternative

Mellotron Micro

The current maker's small digital Mellotron, which plays samples of the original tapes and has no tapes of its own.

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