Steve's Place
Dictionary/Trivia
As
I have mentioned in areas of this site, the information that I post comes
from a variety of sources, alot, comes from other fans of Trower's music
that send me or post somewhere. I belong to the zoso mailing list and have
used information from some of the members and posted it for the benifit
of those who don't subscribe. Some come from guestbook entries
or emails direct to me. Again, my sincere thanks to all those
who help out.
One
of the zoso members, (Kevin Ruddell) has been a wealth of information for
me and others so when his last zoso post came in, it made me realize I
needed a page to put this type of information on!! I'm just getting
started so any help or contributions would be welcomed.
BBC Radio
shows
These
are "live' in the BBC studios .
The background to these recordings :
Musicians Union rules ,intended to keep
musicians working, limited radio airplay
of 'recorded music' . This led to "Live
" BBC recordings that were broadcast to get around
the limited per day air time play. These 'Live
' sessions could be played
twice per day without affecting the stations limiting air time play.
The BBC had a
longstanding practise of recording musicians
" In session" , a procedure which
falls half way between making a studio recording
and recording a live show.
The sessions averaged 2-3 hours including set up etc and usually resulted
in recording
of four or five songs. A backing track
was usually rcorded in mono without vocals
or guitar solos. The backing track was then
played back to the band thru headphones.
Bridge
Of Sighs : The origional Bridge Of Sighs is
in Venice Click here
but Robin actually got the name from a horse race.......
quote from U.K. Magazine
"Classic Rock"
June 2001 section " Classic Riffs"
"...The forbodding guitar riff which backs the verse had been kicking
around for six months before Trower got the chorus 'turnaround'
He then looked for a "title of doom" to fit the music, finding it in the
sports pages of a newspaper. ' Bridge Of Sighs To Win' read the headline,
and he was off and running! "
Old Grey
Whistle Test : A BBC TV program that showcased
musicians in the 70's.
: From
Kevin Ruddell
"I never knew what was the meaning of
the title of " The Old Grey Whistle
Test " BBC show that Robin appeared on back
in the seventies.
I just read the book called " The Chess Records
Story " about the blues
label in Chicago and saw a statement by Phil
Chess that when they played
a new record in the offices of Chess and the
elderly janitor picked up
his pace or whistled along with the record
they knew it had passed
" the old grey whistle test "
1976 : Who
had the worlds largest P.A. System ?
Click here
for the article