Index to Posts

DISCOS
Dream Discotheques and Mood Lighting Systems - 1974
First Computerised system based in Rugby and Coventry area.

Colin Campbell (Village) Now The Phoenix

By Hazel O'Connor, Pete Waterman and many more Coventry stars.

With The Primitives and Kristy Gallacher.

Minutes of the The More Than Two Tones music exhibition.

Coventry Music Museum Proposal 2003
Trev Teasdel's 2003 proposal for a Hobo Magazine  initiated Music Museum project.



Recording Studios List

COVENTRY HITS
To be added.

 MUSIC AGENCIES AND PROMOTERS
Friars Promotions - 
Vince Holliday - promoted bands and venues in Coventry pubs. Pete Waterman and Mark Brown worked for them. Walsgrave, Mercers Arms etc.

Sunshine Music Agency 1974
Craig Ward, Graham Wood, Monty Bird, Stu Bell, Bob Young. Bands include - A Band Called George, Smack, Walrus Gumboot. Artists include Gill Darbey. Venues, discos, Studios etc.

Q ARTISTES - Coventry music / Arts agency 1974



Coventry Music Agencies List.
COLIN RICHARDSON
Bron Music Agent based in London who brought many of the big bands to the Lanchester Poly Arts Fests.
Colin Richardson & Paul McCartney
Colin was also manager of Colosseum / New Jazz orchestra and booked an early version of Manfred Mann. A jazz musician himself, he brought Monty Python to Coventry for their first ever live performance at the Belgrade Theatre. Was a Music Journalist interviewing genesis, Paul McCartney, Nilsson and many more and worked for Chrysalis Records.  The following posts are sections of an full interview Trev Teasdel did with Colin Richardson c 2007 on his interesting and insightful music business career that included work in Coventry.


Colin Richardson Interview Part 1 (Manager of Colosseum and Much More)

Colin Richardson Interview Part 2 - The JazzHouse Club 1962Colin Richardson Interview Part 3 (The Marquee Club 1964-65)

Colin Richardson Interview Part 4 - Bron Booking Agent

Colin Richardson Interview Part 5 ( Formation of Colosseum and the Lanchester Arts festival)

Colin Richardson Interview Part 6 - Monty Python at the Belgrade, Coventry


COVENTRY MUSIC TUTORS 1970'S
Music Tutors - 1970's
TREV TEASDEL 1971 DIARY OF COVENTRY GIGS AND BANDS ETC.
To be added

1 comment:

  1. UnknownMay 8, 2020 at 12:50 AM

    Anyone remember The Green Onion. 1965/66. It was a very early MOD record club. Every Saturday night at a ballroom dancing school on the green opposite the station. I was the promotor and DJ, played regularly at The Gaff, The Whisky and Spikes Place

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