BRENDAN GRACE’S MANAGER’S STUDIO / ‘CAN YE PLAY ANY ELVIS?’
Wormhole (& Marc) - 44 Bulldog Intro
The other Eamonn was in touch to remind me that he first desk in 147 was a 16 channel studiomaster desk accompanied by a tascam TSR 8 half inch tape machine. He bought them off Irish comedian Brendan Grace’s manager in Sligo in 1993 together with some ‘really good’ B&W speakers which Marc loved. The gear had a pre-history recording Country and Irish acts. Marc used to joke about this pre-history with bands. In fact I think his japery that is preserved on a small excerpt on ‘Chicks Dig Scars’ by Wormhole might have been inspired by this. He’s asking in a horror-culchie voice if the band can ‘play any Elvis’. It’s linked above.
Alan Lambert and Eamonn were interested in recording equipment because they were looking to record a soundtrack for an intended ‘abstract’ film project. The soundtrack for the film was completed eventually years later but the film never got made. Eamonn had asked everyone he knew at the time for £10 to sponsor the project and had got together nearly £2000 to buy some studio time to record the soundtrack … but then decided it was a much better idea to just go ahead and buy some studio gear. According to him it was me who spotted the advert for the gear in Hot Press. I have absolutely no memory of that though I do remember their film plans. The desk (and speakers) was used extensively by Dead Elvis and by D1 Recordings as well a little later on in the story.
Below is an image of 147 from the time. Eamonn’s room described in the previous post was on the top floor at the front.
