Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Some "Pre-impressions":
http://www.simmonsmuseum.com/?area=stalbans

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, jesper <jesper@...> wrote:
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> Crazy man (in a loving way!) - you sure deserve that coffee! :D
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> electronically yours, jesper
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> superwolle70 skrev:
> > I just woke up....
> > Yes, I went to London and St. Albans within a 24 hour trip (actually 20
> > hours drivin/ferry, 2 hours London and 2 hours St. Albans). I was lucky
> > to win a UK auction of Trevor Horn's Musicaid SDSV pads (a real studio
> > bitch kit) and a prototype pad made of solid wood. It weighs a ton. I
> > assume it is a prototype which they made for the SDSV catalogue, but I
> > need to prove this first.
> >
> > But the coolest part of the auction: A hex-shaped Musicaid cardboard-box
> > with the Musicaid logo printed on it. What a devotional thing! ;-)
> >
> > And I was wrong: The Homebase store is not the former facility in Alban
> > Park. The correct one is not pictured very well on Google Street View:
> >
> > http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=st+albans+alban+park+hatfield+road+AL4+0JH&sll=51.748973,-0.346669&sspn=0.002318,0.004705&ie=UTF8&hq=st+albans+alban+park&hnear=Hatfield+Rd,+St+Albans,+AL4,+UK&t=h&layer=c&cbll=51.750984,-0.281792&panoid=dBUwTGSx2GWiDPBxTNuqHw&cbp=12,108.92,,0,2.23&ll=51.751097,-0.281773&spn=0,0.001176&z=20
> > <http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=st+albans+alban+park+hatfield+road+AL4+0JH&sll=51.748973,-0.346669&sspn=0.002318,0.004705&ie=UTF8&hq=st+albans+alban+park&hnear=Hatfield+Rd,+St+Albans,+AL4,+UK&t=h&layer=c&cbll=51.750984,-0.281792&panoid=dBUwTGSx2GWiDPBxTNuqHw&cbp=12,108.92,,0,2.23&ll=51.751097,-0.281773&spn=0,0.001176&z=20>
> >
> > You can see it behind the Volkswagen dealer. I will provide some pics
> > soon. It is inhabited by a companay called "Best Import ltd."
> > http://www.bestimports.co.uk/pages/contact.shtml
> > <http://www.bestimports.co.uk/pages/contact.shtml>
> >
> > However, enough content for a couple of future blog posting. What a day.
> > I need a coffee...
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