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Original Original typed finished manuscript, probably for a rock music press article. 3 handwritten pages in Sanders biro + 5 typed pages. About 2500+ words. Interview and notes. Tales of Bob Pridden's time with the John Barry Seven also Alan Bown talk of Ealing blues club , work with The Action, the Easy beats. Setting up at a gig at Streatham Locarno was the first gig he did with The Who - witnessing Pete Townsend smashing his guitar against the amps ('I just couldnÕt believe it.') European tours, talking about the problems of miking Keith Moon's drums - difficult because he was so loud. Mention of setting up at Woodstock. Roadie techniques. The drag of humping equipmen,t sometimes as many as 100 pieces +miles of leads ('I live for it') setting up at the Albert Hall and the problems of that. Mention of the Speakeay and Savile Club (where he was temporay roadie for Cream)Bob Pridden was born in 1946 in Ickenham, England, and married Lady Maria Noel. Pridden grew up only a few miles from the West London neighbourhoods in which Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle lived. He has provided the stage mix for every Who concert ever since 1969.Pridden is commonly credited for having created on-stage "wedge" monitors in the late '60s; previously, onstage performers had no way to hear themselves singing. Pridden has worked both on stage and in the studio with many other of classic rock's major names, as well as with younger acts. He is credited on several of the Who's albums including Live at Leeds, and produced the 1973 Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert. Pridden is unusual in the music business for having attained recognition for his technical rather than musical input, and is rare in the fact that his name is known when most roadies and engineers are not. Rick Sanders (1947- 2023 ) was a talented journalist, musician, singer-songwriter and painter, who made his name as a rock writer in the late 1960s and early 70s. He worked first on Intro magazine, Nova and then as assistant editor of Beat Instrumental, interviewing major figures including Pink Floyd, Jim Morrison, Fairport Convention and Leonard Cohen. He also went on to edit the London pages of Rolling Stone magazine. Rick was also lead guitarist and a founder member of the poetry-music band the Occasional Word, whose album, The Year of the Great Leap Sideways, was released on John PeelÕs Dandelion Records in 1969. He played on other releases on the label including Bridget St JohnÕs first albums, and Mike Hart Bleeds. Peel described him as the best 12-string bottleneck guitarist he had ever heard. Provenance- Chiswick Auctions, autographs and memorabilia 31/1/26 Very good.
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