30 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Bands Dr Feelgood and the Secret to Stupidity The Place - De Lane Lea, Wembley The Time - August 1976 Artist - Dr Feelgood The Album - Stupidity Engineer - Vic Maile Dr. Feelgood formed in 1971 was… Read More
27 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Movies, Writers Jack Fishman: A Shilling Goes A Long Way Place - Pye Recording Studios, London Time - 1970 Client - Jack Fishman Spycatcher Jack Fishman was a songwriter, journalist and spy catcher. He co-wrote several hits including, If Paradise… Read More
25 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Bands, Singers, Stories, Writers Doug Sahm Nightmare Part 3 – The Sessions The place - Different Fur Studios - San Francisco The time - December 1983 Artist - Sir Douglas Quintet The producer - Kenny Denton Five days and counting On the… Read More
24 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Bands, Singers, Stories Doug Sahm Nightmare Part 2 – The Rehearsal The Band- Sir Douglas Quintet Place - Mill Valley San Francisco Time - 1982 Rehearsal Studio On arriving at my motel I was informed that there was no reservation made… Read More
23 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Bands, Singers, Stories Doug Sahm Nightmare Part 1 – A Bad Start The Band - Sir Douglas Quintet Place -Sweden & San Francisco Time - 1982 Album - Midnight Sun "You can always tell a Texan but you can't tell him much."… Read More
20 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers, Stories “Kinky Friedman. The Lone Star New York” Dies In Texas. Place - The Lone Star Cafe - New York Time - 1984 Artist - Kinky Friedman & The Texas Jew Boys Kinky Friedman is a Texas country singer, novelist, songwriter,… Read More
19 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Other Recording Studios Mythbuster – Erasing Tapes On The Underground Place - Tangerine Studios, North London Time - The 70s Artist - The Child Prince North London Studio, Tangerine had a child prince from the Middle East booked into the… Read More
18 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Movies Diana Dors – Oh For Fluck’s Sake Place -Studio Two, Pye Recording Studios, London Time - 1970 Guest visitor - Diana Dors Diana Dors, born Diana Fluck, was Britain’s answer to Marilyn Monroe. Her likeness appears on the… Read More
16 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Movies, Stories James Garner Hits The Jackpot And Buys Me Breakfast Place - De Lane Lea/CTS Recording Studios Wembley Time - 1981 n Artist - Gigi Garner and James Garner One evening the session had finished early and everyone else had… Read More
15 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Movies, Stories James Garner Mistakenly Thought To Be Rock Hudson. Really? Place - De Lane Lea/CTS Recordings Studios Wembley Time - 1981 Artist - Gigi Garner & James Garner James Garner is an American film and television actor whose career has… Read More
14 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers, Stories, Writers Tommy Boyce Working with A Real Life Monkee Part 2 Place - De Lane Lea Time - Mid 70s Artist - Tommy Boyce Mix Engineer - Kenny Denton Splicing Success Tommy Boyce, born in the USA, was probably most famous… Read More
14 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers, Writers Tommy Boyce The Monkees & His Magic Touch Part 1: Place - Del Lane Lea Studios Time - Mid 70s Artist - Tommy Boyce Engineer - Kenny Denton Tommy Boyce was a wonderful complex character So I wanted to capture… Read More
13 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers Wayne Fontana: A Noisy Fight with a Bingo Hall Place - Tangerine Studios, North London Time - The 70s Artist - Wayne Fontana Welcome to Tangerine Studios Situated in heart of North London was a small facility called Tangerine… Read More
12 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Movies, Singers, Stories Bing Crosby Gives the Best Birthday Gift Ever Place - The Music Centre, Wembley Time - July 1975 Artist - Bing Crosby In July 1975 at the Music Centre in Wembley, Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire were recording… Read More
11 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Pye Mobile Chicago – The First And Only Time Place - Isle of Wight Festival Time - Friday 28th August 1970 Artist - Chicago On the Friday about an hour before the band Chicago was to go on stage,… Read More
10 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Bands 30 Million in Just 2 Minutes, What a Triumph! Place - Pye Recording Studios Time - 1970 Artist - Mungo Jerry Producer - Barry Murray Engineers - Terry Evennett & Howard Barrow Mungo Jerry’s greatest success was with the… Read More
9 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Writers Sir Tim Rice – What a Generous Man Place - Pye Studios Editing Room Time - 1970 Client - Tim Rice Tim Rice is one of the most versatile and prolific lyricists writing today. He has written for… Read More
8 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Pye Mobile Jimi Hendrix – The prophecy fulfils? The Place - Isle of Wight Festival Time - 30th August 1970 Artist - Jimi Hendrix That night after keeping the crowd waiting for sometime, Hendrix finally appeared on stage… Read More
7 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Pye Mobile, Singers Jimi Hendrix – Arrogance and a Death Threat Place - Isle of Wight Festival, East Afton Farm Time - August 26th 1970 The Recording Crew - Vic Maile, Neville Crozier, Alan Perkins, Kenny Denton & Tony Carey 1970… Read More
5 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Bands ELO and Jeff – So Wrong Yet So Right Place - De Lane Lea Studios, Wembley Time - February 1974 Artist - ELO The Electric Light Orchestra is a rock band from Birmingham, England. By the mid 70s they… Read More
3 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers, Stories Dorothy Squires: James Bond’s Wife Does It Her Way Place - Studio One Pye Recording Studios Time - 1970 Artist - Dorothy Squires Engineer - Howard Barrow A very colourful life. Dorothy Squires was a Welsh vocalist who had… Read More
1 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Bands, Stories Clem Cattini Performs Some Real Magic Place - Decca Studios, London Time - Mid 60s Producer - Dick Rowe The renowned Dick Rowe was the producer on this Decca Studios session. Famously he was head of… Read More