Rock History

Unique stories from the British Music scene

Author: Rock History UK

  • Caldwell Smythe launches Colonel Barefoot’s Rock Garden

    The old hotel had fallen by the wayside but when Colonel Barefoot’s Rock Garden sprang back to life on the Eel Pie island, it was to showcase so many brilliant rock groups

  • Willie Morgan goes from shop to jockey with a few diversions enroute

    Willie Morgan goes from shop to jockey with a few diversions enroute

    This week we have managed to film the current country music disc jockey Willie Morgan and hear tales of summer holiday jobs in record shops whilst under age in the Sixties. Hi-jinks with the artists at a variety of record companies in the Seventies and the role of an ever changing radio service for us all…

  • Vince Connolly working with the stars and musicians

    Vince Connolly working with the stars and musicians

    Vince Connolly was last week’s guest in front of the camera, spilling the beans on life as a Liverpool son who grew up there in the Beatle years. He eventually made his way down south to become a promotion man on radio and TV for the major record companies in London where of course he…

  • Vic Flick starts his extraordinary recording career

    Vic Flick starts his extraordinary recording career

    One from the archive that is proving eternally popular, session guitarist Vic Flick explains how he started off in the world of endless sessions

  • Mastering for beginners

    Mastering for beginners

      It is not just as simple as recording a batch of genius songs in various places around the world and expecting the public to appreciate your creative wonderfulness. One of the things you have to do is make them sound cohesive, make them sound like an ‘album’ that flows from song to song with…

  • Pink Floyd – London 66-67 – a new screening

    Pink Floyd – London 66-67 – a new screening

    Our release of the Peter Whitehead footage of Pink Floyd is going to be screened next week at the Royal Albert Hall. There is also Peter Whitehead’s film ‘Tonite Let’s All Make Love In London’  as well as Yoko Ono’s ‘Bottoms’ film all receiving screenings. Here is a link for tickets  The work of Peter…

  • Rob Davis throws himself back to the days of Mud

    Rob Davis throws himself back to the days of Mud

  • A master class in mastering music

    A master class in mastering music

    So far this week we have had the pleasure of a mastering class from Barry Grint who learnt his craft at studios like Trident and Abbey Road. This man now sits in his padded room all day listening to music and making sure it sounds as good as is possible when transferred to vinyl or CD for our listening…

  • Punk pioneers on the BBC

    Punk pioneers on the BBC

    We had a minor role in finding people for this programme – nice to see it making the airways Sue MacGregor reunites five musicians who embraced the anarchy of punk music and created a unique style of their own. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08m98q2

  • Walking the Beatles Tour of London

    Walking the Beatles Tour of London

    Well it was a lovely day yesterday and I had a couple of hours to kill which co-incided perfectly time-wise with the excellent Richard Porter’s Beatles Magical Mystery tour walking around London’s Soho and beyond. My fellow walkers were an interesting bunch, mainly from foreign parts, America, Canada and France and with a huge age…

  • Glitch over

    Glitch over

    Well we had a little update to do on this magnificent site and then it all fell over for a few days, ah the joys of technology, but as you see we are back again and that is a relief. So maybe today is the day for you to hop on the Swinging 60s bus…

  • The magic bus

    The magic bus

    If you live near Richmond, Surrey or are lucky enough to be visiting soon, it is worth checking this extraordinary musical trip as the holiday season starts again and the bus starts running more trips. You can ride from Richmond to the Hard Rock cafe on an original Sixties Route Master bus complete with musical…