Steve Thompson Back in the late seventies I was house producer in a recording studio. One day an artist brought in a little black box called a ìBoss Dr Rhythmî. It was the first time I had seen a drum machine. It was cute looking machine about 6 inches by 4 but no drummer would have felt … Read more
Hurry Home was in the UK charts for 3 months. It was quite an experience for me but I never got to meet the band. Over the years I have been contacted several times by people looking for the band but I have been unable to help. There was a record label wanting to put … Read more
The Caffrey Brothers recording sessions for Phonogram with Gus Dudgeon producing. Gus (right) and engineer Stuart Epps, during† Caffrey Brothers recording session The fabulous Mill Studio where we cut four tracks. Now owned by Chris Rea who was once also produced by Gus at the Mill Relaxing outside the residential part of the Mill The … Read more
Pete Adshead who was to become Baby Ford was sent up to my Whitley bay studio to collaborate with me by his manager Joe Chibley. We co-wrote several songs. The usual way of working was that Pete would send me a bunch of suggested titles in the post and I would work up a track, … Read more
I worked with visual artist Maggie Parker and poet Maureen Almond. Maggie and I illustrated Maureens new volume of poems, “The Works” for a multi media tour. Maggie provided images and I produced soundscapes and together we were the Laptop Orchestra backing up a remarkable poet. Click here for some reports from this exciting tour
In the year 2000 we saw the very first online pubquiz between Skinningrove in Timms Coffee House and the Black Bull in Trimdon. Skinningrove won! This was a great boost for Skinningrove for a number of reasons. Firstly Skinningrove were just recovering from two massive floods. The other reason was that the Black Bull had … Read more