Mellodrama, the Mellotron Story: How Harry Chamberlin’s Magic Box Set Loose the Beatles, Prog Rock, Post-punk, and "Free Bird"

Draws on hundreds of original interviews with members of the Chamberlin family and their associates to chronicle the rise, and falling fortunes, of the first musical keyboards to emulate the sounds of other instruments, tracing their pivotal roles in the bands and music of the past half century.