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History of Popular Music in Merthyr Tydfil Exhibition: Thanks!
Well, after around two years of planning, interviewing many community members and collating close to 200 photographs, the Lost History of Popular Music in Merthyr Tydifil Exhibition at the Redhouse is in its last week of a one month run. … Continue reading
Posted in Merthyr, Musicology
Tagged Austin McCarthy, Cal Ford, Chapter five, Dance Bands, First Impression, Good News, Lost History of Popular Music, Merthyr Tydfil, Pete Lovis, Pink Floyd, The Bystanders, The Cheatin Harts, The Dynatones, The Five of Diamonds, The Herd, The Kirkhouse, The Miners Hall, The Palace Cinema, The Phil Gaye Combo, The Saints, The Small Faces, The Villians, The Westerners
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Pink Floyd in Merthyr Part 2
Off the back of my last post on Pink Floyd playing at The Castle Cinema in Merthyr Tydfil on December 9th 1967, it appears that this would have been one of the last gigs that Syd Barrett played with the … Continue reading
Pink Floyd in Merthyr: It Actually Happened!
My Oral History of Popular Music in Merthyr Tydfil project is now well underway, so it now seems about the right time to do some detective work regarding the mythical performance Pink Floyd performed in the town in the 1960s … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Musicology, Popular Music
Tagged Merthyr Tydfil, Pink Floyd, The Castle Cinema
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The Castle Cinema in Merthyr: Oral Memories Needed
As part of my Oral History of Music in Merthyr Project, I am now looking for specific recorded memories of music making in The Castle Cinema, between 1955 to the mid 1970s. This venue featured bands like the Ted … Continue reading
Posted in Merthyr Music Project, Musicology
Tagged Castle Cinema, Merthyr Tydfil, Pink Floyd, Ted Heath
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