Fact #100129
When:
Short story:
Mike Sheridan And
The Night Riders record their version of the Gerry Goffin and Carole
King composition What A Sweet Thing That Was, at EMI's Abbey
Road Studios, London, UK. Night Rider Roy Wood will go on to
form The Move, Wizzard and
Electric
Light Orchestra.
Full article:
Roy Wood (The Night Riders) : We were invited to a Abbey Road at a time new groups used to make singles in th engineer's lunch break.
All The Beatles guitars were stacked up in the corner of Studio 2. Mike Sheridan nicked one of John Lennon's plectrums and wore it round his neck on a chain.
I was impressed with the place, but we didn't get much chance to form any opinion about the sound and engineering because we were in and out in two hours.
(Source : sleeve notes for the EMI Records CD Beat At Abbey Road, 1963 to 1965)
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All The Beatles guitars were stacked up in the corner of Studio 2. Mike Sheridan nicked one of John Lennon's plectrums and wore it round his neck on a chain.
I was impressed with the place, but we didn't get much chance to form any opinion about the sound and engineering because we were in and out in two hours.
(Source : sleeve notes for the EMI Records CD Beat At Abbey Road, 1963 to 1965)