Vox Pop *

Summary:

In the 1940’s there was the accordion, in the 60’s Rock ‘n Roll came to Europe. Guitars need amplifiers. The owner of a small music company in Dartford, Tom Jennings, started making them. He started with the AC15. The Shadows seized upon this sound and wanted a bigger and louder amplifier. Later the manager of an unknown band, The Beatles, came and he and he asked for free speakers with the promise that this band would never use anything else. The Beatles got the speakers and within a year VOX found itself promoted by the biggest band of all time. The early shows of the Rolling stones also were a showcase of VOX equipment. This is how Dartford became the powerhouse of British rock and roll. After a bad decision, VOX came into trouble. VOX is still alive now and owned by Korg.

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Own opinion:

I thought this was a very interesting program. I love music and everything around it. It was cool to see all the old footage and to see how certain bands became big and how this brand of amplifiers grew and became super popular. I did not know anything about amplifiers and now I know you can even throw them of the stairs. I just had a quick look on Marktplaats and I saw that the original amplifiers (the bigger ones The Shadows wanted), the AC30 are sold for over one thousand euro’s. That is pretty impressive I think, for a fifty year old amplifier.

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Source:

Lain Lee. (27 December 2012). BBC Four. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54s3386KZVI