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The great Marshall stack
People have written many books about the debt British music owes to Jim Marshall and his peers. They made our music audible to the world – on a scale of eleven. Visiting their factory to film the manufacturing process in 2011 and meeting the man was an utter honour. Now based in Milton Keynes they have…
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Norman shakes it up
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Adrian Kerridge RIP – from Joe Meek to the DC5
Adrian Kerridge is possibly not a name you are familiar with and in keeping with the RockHistory objective we have worked here to shine a light on his many achievements. Starting as a general studio dog’s body in the mid 1950s he spent many hours working with a young Joe Meek travelling around the country…
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Joe Meek’s Triumph Record label
“Records with teenage appeal… …Records made for the Hit Parade” By far the most collectable label of its era, TRIUMPH RECORDS was in existence for less than a year – effectively, between February and November 1960 – during which they registered one major top 10 hit, a couple of more modest chart riders, and issued…
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The tape is rolling
Another good interview in the can this time with Phill Brown who started as a Tape Op at Olympic Studios learning to record the extraordinary bands that passed through those fabled walls before moving, via Canada, to the new Island Records studio in Basing Street where he made his mark and then beyond to the world of…
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Vic Flick joins the JB7
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New book looms
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Jive time and so much more
This is Steve Jenkins with his book detailing the story of his life in the music business, out of Walsall he worked in the business at NEMS, Chrysalis, MCA and Mountain before finding his niche in the Seventies world of radio and shop promotion. Then moving on the become MD of Jive Records who became…
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Don’t Knock Upon My Door – Six Dozen Great British ‘B’ Sides
When I first became interested in Pop music, back in the late 50s, my pocket money wouldn’t stretch to records so I had to try and blag what I could from sundry uncles, aunts and cousins. The trouble was, their unwanted oldies were invariably either cracked old Embassy 78s or ancient, pre-R&R crooners/dancebands/novelty items, so my embryonic…
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The Axemen Cometh – The Genesis Of The Great British Guitar Hero
By the late 60s the British Guitar Hero was in the ascendency, and blokes like Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Alvin Lee were being deified. Rock Music was growing progressively louder, hair was flowing, trousers were tightening, and guitar solos were getting longer, flashier, more intricate and increasingly self-indulgent. The Axe…
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The Mic Man is listening
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Sixties bass player – just busy doing gigs
Managed to catch up with Richard Brown (aka Rick Fenson) yesterday who had played bass with Cyril Davies many moons ago. Over the years he played bass with The Savages, Brian Auger, Marty Wilde, Steampacket, Georgie Fame, Long John Baldry and he even turns up in Keith Richard’s book as the early Stones kept getting gigs…