>>AFAIK the truck is in storage in Canada. There's a collector there who has a warehouse with tons of vintage synths and the RSM unit.<<
>>"When the Stones decommissioned this rig, they sold it to some investors in NYC, who called it RSM Remote and based it in Weehauken, NJ. Still had the Stones lips logo on the back. In the late 90's I was involved (as a tech) with doing some of the mods to the 3M's as well as repairs to other pieces on the truck. This thing was fabulous, and that Helios rocked. I remember seeing a copy of a master list that was kept showing all of the sessions done on that truck since it was built.
In excess of 300+ records which read like a who's who of music from that era...you know, all the good stuff that we liked. "<<
"I last worked on it in 2000, and for what I have heard as well, it did wind up being sold to a collector in Canada. If I had known at the time it was for sale, I would have bought it myself. Heard the sale price was only $35,000.
Tom the analog dinosaur....."<<
The Story of the mobile begins in 1968
in 2000 it's still there, In Canada.
some quotes taken from [
gearslutz.com]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2006-05-06 02:59 by open-g.