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| This page documents a walk
"Ghosts of Swinging London" which I participated in as part of Openhouse
London on September 20, 2020. It was led by Frank Molloy. You can
follow the route, see maps, pictures and notes, together with a spoken
description and relevant music
from here.
The book on which it is based can be
purchased here |
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| The walk started in Denmark
Street (technically in Camden not Westminster). For many years this was
the home of the UK music industry and was known as "Tin Pan Alley" |
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| No 27: Hanks Guitars
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No 26 (car
outside): Previously the
"12 Bar Club"
a
small live music venue with a capacity of about 100 people which was
established in 1994.
Some people who played there in their early careers were Adele, Katie
Melua, James Blunt and Keane. |
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No.4 Regent Studios: this tiny recording facility was
established in 1963. A year later, the Rolling Stones were the first
major band to record an album here. They were followed by the
quintessential Swinging London band, the Kinks. Elton John also recorded
covers here for the Woolworth’s label |
| No 5: Formerly offices of New Musical
Express (published first charts from
1952)
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No 6 is used for the entrance to Cormoran Strike's office in the
BBC
series "Strike" based on the
books by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling)
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No.11: Rose Morris Music was the first music shop on
Denmark Street, established in the 1920’s. The Moody Blues were regular
shoppers here. It is now in 2 parts with guitars in No11 and
pianos/keyboards next door but one. |
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No 20:
Formerly
Mills Music publishers.
Elton John (as Reg Dwight) worked here as an office junior (paid £5 a
week in 1965)
.Mills Music rejected
Paul Simon’s Sound
of Silence and Homeward
Bound. So
he started his own publishers, Charing Cross Music, named after the
nearby street. He has owned his music rights ever since |
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