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Another weekend added owing to extreme demand! After more than a thousand visitors from as far away as Scotland and Essex passed through the Strawberry Studios Control Room this last weekend and thanks to the kindness of building owner Damian Walsh [Mondiale Publishing] we are staging another chance for people to visit during the day on Saturday 7th October and Sunday 8th October […]
For the forthcoming 2018 Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody, John Henry’s of London who are sourcing a lot of the musical equipment, called on the vintage equipment stock and expertise of CH Vintage Audio. We were pleased to supply various authentic items including a mixing desk, drum mikes and mike holders for the iconic Live Aid […]
ARE YOU FEELING IT? “That will be a weird feeling! Does anyone fancy a séance?” Peter Hook on the recreation of Strawberry Studios For one weekend only experience first-hand what it was like to be in the Strawberry Studios control room when artists such as 10CC, Joy Division, New Order and The Smiths first captured […]
CH Vintage Audio is pleased to have acquired some WEM sound equipment previously owned and used by Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac in 1969/70. Dinky Dawson (Fleetwood Mac’s soundman late 1960’s until July 1970, sent this text to Chris Hewitt in 2017 “The Fleetwood Mac slaves and speaker cabinets you have Chris Hewitt, are all from […]
During the shooting of the Morrissey film England is Mine, we supplied PA equipment to help recreate the legendary Sex Pistols Lesser Free Trade Hall gig and a Morrissey Rafters gig. We also helped with gear to recreate bedroom rehearsals.
We were especially pleased to help with the Strawberry Studios Stockport Museum exhibition by supplying some Martin Hannett production equipment and 10CC/Strawberry control room equipment from our archive. For a forthcoming Strawberry Studios BBC 6Music item with Chris Hewitt, BBC broadcast journalist Elizabeth Alker got a tour of the original Strawberry studios main studio room […]
Our original George Harrison Vox amps are in great demand, and recently have been available to view at the Beatles Story Museum, The Whittaker Museum Rossendale, and the Haworth Art Gallery Accrington. They have also been in action with ex Oasis guitar legend Bonehead and with my friend and renowned guitar builder Michael Eastwood for […]
We were delighted to re-unite David Gilmour of Pink Floyd with one of their five original WEM Audiomasters from our collection.
June Watkins [widow of WEM founder and industry legend Charlie Watkins] very kindly sent us a letter of support for our WEM Museum and a donation! We’re very pleased to have this endorsement of our endeavours to further awareness of the importance of WEM sound equipment in the music industry in the 1960’s and 70’s. […]