Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

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

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

However, enough content for a couple of future blog posting. What a day. I need a coffee...

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Buchner" <buchnerelectronics@...> wrote:
>
> Just received an SMS from Wolfgang. He is now at the place where the legend began: In St. Albans, Herts. In the trunk of his car are some Musicaid hexagonal pads he bought a few hours ago in London. The former owner of these was Trevor Horn.
> I hope, he brings some good pictures for our new Simmons book along...
> Michael
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Thomas Heckmann 
>   To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 6:44 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] A happy new SDS III owner :-)
> 
> 
>     
>   I know, me too ;-)
>   I spoke to Warren Cann when they played here recently and he said he 
>   dumped all the old gear !
>   They now use all Laptops and new gear, but they still rock and they 
>   were fantastic !
>   I saw them last year at the Roundhouse in London (on DVD now) and some 
>   weeks ago here in Offenbach !
>   No Hexas though ;-)
>   Enjoy a great concert...
> 
>   Thomas
> 
>   On Apr 28, 2010, at 6:36 PM, jesper wrote:
> 
>   > Thomas Heckmann skrev:
>   >> 160, and I don't give a fuck if it's from the 80s or 70s, it works
>   >> and feels like new ;-)
>   >> If I want old stuff to sound for me I use my 1969 R.A.Moog Modular...
>   >
>   > I know Thomas, just teasing! :)
>   >
>   > Let's see if Warren Cann has brought any hexapads tonight...
>   >
>   > -- 
>   > electronically yours, jesper
>   >
>   > - -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
>   > www.electronic-obsession.se
>   >
>   >
>   > ------------------------------------
>   >
>   > Yahoo! Groups Links
>   >
>   >
>   >
> 
> 
> 
>   
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>