Rock History

Unique stories from the British Music scene

Author: Rock History UK

  • Mick Underwood

    Mick Underwood

    We have recently had the pleasure of filming Mick Underwood, a man who is easily one of the great Rock drummers. This is the man who persuaded his friend Richie Blackmore into joining him in working with producer Joe Meek in the Outlaws with Chas Hodges. Flash forward a few years and you have stints with…

  • Eel Pie Island

    Eel Pie Island

    On the south west side of London in the River Thames there is an island that passed into music folklore as one of the great venues for bands to play in the Sixties. It was based in the Eel Pie Island Hotel with its sprung dance floor and entrance was originally via a chain ferry, where you…

  • Venus In Blue Jeans – Great British Record Labels: Pye

    Venus In Blue Jeans – Great British Record Labels: Pye

       CLICK SLEEVE TO BUY Available right now – our double CD look at the Pye label Track Listing: CD1: MARK WYNTER – Venus In Blue Jeans: JULIE GRANT – Up On The Roof: EMILE FORD & THE CHECKMATES – Counting Teardrops: THE PACKABEATS – Theme From ‘The Traitors’: THE VISCOUNTS – That Stranger Used…

  • Tell Laura I Love Her – Great British Record Labels: Columbia

    Tell Laura I Love Her – Great British Record Labels: Columbia

      CLICK SLEEVE TO BUY Available now – our double disc look at the Columbia label. Track Listing: CD1: RICKY VALANCE – Tell Laura I Love Her: CRAIG DOUGLAS – Our Favourite Melodies: JIMMY CRAWFORD – Love Or Money: DAVE SAMPSON & THE HUNTERS – Sweet Dreams: ALMA COGAN – Tell Him: CLIFF RICHARD & THE…

  • Clem Cattini drums up a different break

    Clem Cattini drums up a different break

  • Dashing about the country doing interviews

    Dashing about the country doing interviews

    What a few days we have had dashing about filming the good folks for the forthcoming music documentaries. We headed out of leafy Surrey where our director Steve resides and headed up the glorious M6 to what turned out to be a very sunny Manchester for a hectic day of filming. We were in search of…

  • Ginger Baker gets a lesson drummed into him

    Ginger Baker gets a lesson drummed into him

    Ginger learns a lot whilst starting out with Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies. He learnt lessons that he has obviously never forgotten

  • Shake It Up baby

    Shake It Up baby

    Bill Harry has written a great review of Norman Jopling’s ‘Shake It Up Baby’ on his blog which is to be found at:  http://billharry.co.uk Bill came to London from Liverpool with the success of The Beatles and his famous Merseybeat magazine and became part of the small journalists scene that existed then in the big city. So…

  • Chris Barber – a musical legend

    Chris Barber – a musical legend

    Yesterday we had the right royal pleasure of filming Chris Barber at the Troubadour Club, we covered Trad, Lonnie, Skiffle, Blues, Jazz, The Marquee Club and more. It turns out that although his first stereo album ‘Folk Barber Style’ pictures him in front of the club, he never actually went in or even recorded it…

  • When is a fag not a fag?

    When is a fag not a fag?

    The joys of touring the world with a rock band always led to a few things ‘lost in translation’, surprises could be had by all even in when you both appeared to speak the same language

  • Two new RockHistory releases

    Two new RockHistory releases

    We now have the stock in of the next two RockHistory double CD releases even though they are not available elsewhere for several weeks, but we thought we would let you get them now if you so desire. Be the first on your block, impress your neighbours, all that sort of thing. They are both in…

  • Les Reed and a certain hit record

    Les Reed and a certain hit record

    An amusing insight into the hit and miss world of spotting future superstars