Phase Linear and Pink Floyd

Whoa that is a killer story! I see many possible siglines in that post!
 
Nice!

So...in theory, Lee could hook us up with sweet Peavey 800's as well as they are cheap and easy to find and will outlast most anything (I know we tortured several in the rack while going to shows around the area years ago)
 
PLF...thanks for these great articles. This thread has become my favorite daily reader here at Phoenix.
As a concert goer in the true "Classic Rock" era, (1968-1983) and as an audio enthusiast, I always looked at the cabs that were flown above my head and checked out the desk at the show. We'd fantasize about having a couple of those racks for our home stereo... Some of the concerts I went to had modules of PL700B amps flying with cabs that sound like the S4 described above. We thought that they were Altec Voice of the Theater cabs at the time, but during those years we were never, ever sober when we attended a show...I am clear about seeing multiple racks of PL amps though.
The best sounding show I've ever been to was New Years Eve 1976, the Bicentennial Beach Boys Concert at the Fabulous Forum in Los Angeles. They had the whole oval area above the arena floor circled with, as I recall, 32 of those modules that I thought had 4 PL 700 amps and 8 large cabs of some sort in each module...any idea what those may have been? Thinking about it, it may have been 4 cabs and a pair of 700B's in each...I'm foggy on that, (and it was 38 years ago!).
 
For Pete's sake, DO! That kind of stuff is always cool.

(Especially the hot groupie stuff about your friend with the Deep Purple LP)
 
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Thanks premiumplus! For me it is kind of time journey as well... In late 70's I was the 'PA-man' at high school for our rock band, cabaret and other usual school-life activities. Sounds not that unusual provided all happened in one of deep communist countries, where there was a ban on Western music, with no means for decent amps, speakers or mics... Jeez, if I'd tell you what were the PA system components back then in Poland.... Or maybe why not, another time / thread? The only contact with English rock bands music were two radio channels: Radio Luxembourg and Polish Radio 'Troika' - the specific channel for youngsters mixed with obvious propaganda content. Of course, some colleagues had family abroad and got LP's from them sometimes. Each such a chance was the reason to have a party to listen to this 'forbidden music' and dance, even if the LP was of King Crimson for instance :-)... I remember once, when a friend of mine got "Made in Japan" of Deep Purple and walked down the school corridors with that LP in hands, ALL girls wanted him dating... And not only dating, probably... The impact was 100x stronger that if he came in a Porsche 911 to the school these days... Crazy times! Completely different set of values... Still it is the music, in my case: rock and progressive, that crashed all those iron curtains, walls and bans. And it is fun for me now to read about Phase Linear contribution to what was a dream back then and became passion later on...
I'll keep on posting :mrgreen: ...
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So there was smuggling of music behind the iron curtain?? What would happen if you got caught listening to it??
 
Great thread. Thanks to PLF and others for contributing. Cool to know what interests us today and what still sounds so good today has such a colorful history. Glad I stumbled on to these amps and the cool crowd that goes with them.
 
And thanks to Joe , they just keep getting better...
 
Interesting...I always thought that rock music was totally banned in communist block countries.
 
Another good read Przem. Seems like the hi end PA world was rather small.
 
Not so much PL, but more so PF....

Here's a little something I recently wrote on a FaceBook: Sunbury Pop / Rock Festivals 1972 - 1975 appreciation page.

OK, so time for a little story.... In 1971 I was hanging around with a very gay person by the name of Adrian Rawlins. No, I wasn't gay, but he was so much fun, and took me under his wing, as a sort of a big brother. As it worked out, he did this Guru thing in his flowing white robes and appeared at both Myponga and the first Sunbury. Sometime during '71, he also 'tour managed' a certain International act that came here to do 2 shows. One being Melbourne Festival Hall, and the other being Sydney's Randwick Racecourse. I got to tag along to both shows and lucky enough to fly from SYD to MEL and back to SYD, and even stayed with the band at their motels. I still remember some bits quite vividly, like walking around with the guys after sound check in search of a shop that sold food as we were all quite hungry by then. (no catering back in those days...) That band was Pink Floyd. I didn't have a clue who they were at the time, but I sure did by the time they'd left. That's when I first met Warren Morgan, as he had come along to one of the Press thingies, but I'm not sure if it was MEL or SYD but I remember him asking me, "... are you with the band?" I replied "yes, sort of, but I'm from here, and just hanging with them." He asked a few questions, obviously being quite the fan. So that's when I got hooked into the Australian Music Culture, and I just had to be a part of it. .... and so I eventually, (a few years on), became a Sound Guy. Those early 70's were such an instrumental part of music really blooming in this country and developed in leaps n' bounds. There's pro'ly more I could add, but I have to rest now, and let my brain catch up with me.... Thanks Roger for reminding me of that, by mentioning Warren.
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I thought I'd do that before I forgot it.... Sorry if it's OT. :oops:
 
Like most threads here it morphs and comes back. If one is too constraining in their content we miss little jewels like this. Thanks for the post BD. And don't EVER apologize for being off topic.....
 
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