Mellotron
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"That's the sound you hear on Strawberry Fields Forever," he says, indicating a Mellotron organ, an early sampler that used tape loops to produce orchestral sounds.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Behind her, the production deploys distorted bass lines, salvos of drums, bleary Mellotron notes and down-tuned guitars, all battering just under her voice, clawing at her.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022
“Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane” were John and Paul’s odes to Liverpudlian childhood: one an acerbic song of estrangement with a flute-like Mellotron, the other a collage of suburbia set to French horns.
From Economist • Jun. 1, 2017
The biggest thing Mitchell brought was the Mellotron.
From Salon • Jul. 28, 2016
Tench's work on Mellotron and piano fill in key moments with his restrained countermelodies.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2014
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