Pictures From Rob Gretton's Secret Stash

Drool...

http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=101&op=page&SubMenu=

Intrigued by this one:

"Barney's holiday riffs, s on s, Cries And Whispers, practice vocals + BEACH CLUB"

certainly puts my vault to shame. i'd like some of those live tapes. nice find.

Wow!

Snorri xxx

Old Blue wrote: Drool... http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=101&op=page&SubMenu=Intrigued by this one:"Barney's holiday riffs, s on s, Cries And Whispers, practice vocals + BEACH CLUB"

1981- Ukranian Hall. Old Blue-- sht. thanks so much for getting this out. you say DrooL- Intrigued- yeah- that works. http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/7058/ukranianhall115ye.th.jpg" class="max-w-full" alt="" loading="lazy" /> http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/491/notape55bi.jpg" class="max-w-full" alt="" loading="lazy" />

. edit- from the tapes section..as above.mind shattering. November 1980- May 81.

oh yes the fabled beach club recording. it does exist.

Bit of a Holy Grail find here. BEACH CLUB indeed.

Excellent unearthing there OB.

Now it's in the public domain, wonder if a certain memorabilia monopolist from Miami will fly over and lodge an offer the estate "just can't refuse".

:\pimp3:

[orange]depthcharge[/orange] wrote: Excellent unearthing there OB.

Now it's in the public domain, wonder if a certain memorabilia monopolist from Miami will fly over and lodge an offer the estate "just can't refuse".

:\pimp3:

..and can one or two of us, purely for authenticity purposes be left alone in a room with this lot?

Thanks for that find.

PHD wrote:

[orange]depthcharge[/orange] wrote: Excellent unearthing there OB.

Now it's in the public domain, wonder if a certain memorabilia monopolist from Miami will fly over and lodge an offer the estate "just can't refuse".:\pimp3:

..and can one or two of us, purely for authenticity purposes be left alone in a room with this lot?

have to look into that..

until then...aybe three or four keep to that room. .. or wow. so fine.. they picked the pieces up. or kept the pieces up and kept walking over everybody.

14 -K wrote:

Old Blue wrote: Drool... http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=101&op=page&SubMenu=Intrigued by this one:"Barney's holiday riffs, s on s, Cries And Whispers, practice vocals + BEACH CLUB"

1981- Ukranian Hall. http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/7058/ukranianhall115ye.th.jpg" class="max-w-full" alt="" loading="lazy" />also just trying to see if this image shack can transfer- apologies if it didn't work. thanks Old--Blue .

Something looks odd about Barney's right arm, seems a bit large.

the photos and slides don't look like they've been kept in the best of shape over the years. they need to be framed and hanging on my wall as soon as possible. for preservation's sake, of course.

Agent, you'd have the pictures in preference to the tapes? 200 (two hundred) mixing desk recordings...

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Shug wrote: Fookin ell!

What I wouldn't give to have a good rummage through some of that!

There will be some fucking great stuff in there that no-one knows about!!!!!!

They don't know themselves yet! Just asked them, and they haven't been chronicled yet.

goop wrote:

Shug wrote: Fookin ell!

What I wouldn't give to have a good rummage through some of that!

There will be some fucking great stuff in there that no-one knows about!!!!!!

They don't know themselves yet! Just asked them, and they haven't been chronicled yet.

Woah, is that little lot tantalising? Any idea what is likely to happen to it all?

Snorri xxx

Holy grail. Holy shit! I'm unclear, is this stuff up for auction or sale?

If so, let's start a NOOL pledge drive and try to snap these up before it's gone forever.

My reaction exactly. Oh wow.

Surely no one would mind me just standing in the same room as it all.

FAC 51 wrote: Holy grail. Holy shit! I'm unclear, is this stuff up for auction or sale?

If so, let's start a NOOL pledge drive and try to snap these up before it's gone forever.

Nope, none of it is for sale, far from it. It's in safe storage to preserve the history and to prevent it being sold off to collectors and sultans ;)

This really is the Holy Grail. Who would I have to do… I mean what would I have to do to get into that storage unit?:wink3:

So will we finally know when and where JD was going to play in the US? Or is that already known and I’m a bit behind?

Did Ian never get to hear the final version of Closer? The date on Rob’s test pressing is May 18. And I like that it says “Closer__ to what?”

Looks very interesting!

So is it like a library? Anyone can go and do a "research"?

wow !! this is amazing !!! i wonder if it really will see the light of day sometime...

goop wrote:

FAC 51 wrote: Holy grail. Holy shit! I'm unclear, is this stuff up for auction or sale?

If so, let's start a NOOL pledge drive and try to snap these up before it's gone forever.

Nope, none of it is for sale, far from it. It's in safe storage to preserve the history and to prevent it being sold off to collectors and sultans ;)

Who owns this treasure and what are their intentions?

I hope that we who understand will get our hands some day on that treasure.

my god..

Daaaamnn!

Old Blue wrote: Agent, you'd have the pictures in preference to the tapes? 200 (two hundred) mixing desk recordings...

actually, yes. i've always loved photography and i'm getting into it even more now--i want to spend more time exploring it as a hobby. so, the photographs jumped out at me at first glance.

'course, i wouldn't turn down the recordings, either!

I'm prepared to wager that none of the recordings used in Retro will be found in this pile - and that they only had one tape of each gig, Hooky had some, Rob had some, Steve had some. The ones used on Retro were merely the ones Hooky had!

Question is, WHO OWN'S THIS STUFF?

I think I need a napkin after seeing that box of live tapes.

I know the public will never have access to that kind of stuff, but couldn't Tony Wilson or someone do something along the lines of the Preston/Bains Douches releases with some of this. Obviously, we're not going to get 200 live albums on London Records (and even though they're from the desk it doesn't mean they're definitely worth releasing), but 4 or 5 select shows released on a small budget like the JD ones might be a good idea.

Just a thought.

And, of course if they want to consult me on which shows, I'll be glad to help out ewith any suggestions.:D

Binocher wrote: Question is, WHO OWN'S THIS STUFF?

was gretton married?

I don’t think he and Lesley ever married, but I guess this stash is hers and their kids now.

lets hope some of the recorded stuff gets into our grubby little hands.How about a MP3 archive which you have to subscribe to then all money going to local manchester charities???

Fookin' hell....most of us would kill to see(or hear)some of this lot up close and personal....meself included...thanks for posting the link OB

this is amazing. thanks for posting it. I can't think of anything to say but, wow.

Minneapolis? Holy shit!