Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

I know you would pass by "The Olde Fighting Cock" when I checked my  
Simmons book recently ;-)
Our Superwolle on the last crusade !!!!
And the Musicaid (cool logo indeed) hexa-box is the best :-)
Have a nice trip and keep the pics posted for us unworthy  
apprentices ;-)

Thomas

On Apr 29, 2010, at 10:18 PM, superwolle70 wrote:

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

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, jesper <jesper@...> wrote:
>
> Crazy man (in a loving way!) - you sure deserve that coffee! :D
>
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> electronically yours, jesper
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> www.electronic-obsession.se
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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=dBUwTGSx2GWiDPBxTNuqH 
>> w&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=dBUwTGSx2GWiDPBxTNuqH 
>> w&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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