April Wine, BTO musician Jim Clench dies

UK – London: Oxford Street – Site of Original HMV Store

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363 OXford Street
July 1921 – April 2000

Site of the Original HMV Store

Opened by Sir Edward Elgar in July 1921, the HMV Store shaped the way peope bought music for nearly a century. In 1962 it played a siginificant role in the career of the Beatles. A 78 RPM demo disc of the band was cut in the store’s recording studio; This led to the Beatles long-term recording contract with EMI.

Plaque unveiled by Sir George Martin CBE
26 April 2000

April Wine, BTO musician Jim Clench dies
Jim Clench, a Montreal bass player and vocalist who played with April Wine and Bachman Turner Overdrive, has died. He was 61.
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