One Way Ticket – Time is Right
The 1960’s in London were probably the most exciting years in the history of music as groups and singers from all over the country headed for the Capital to lay down their works of art in some of the best studios in the world. Recording engineers started to play an important part in the “new” sounds that had started with a strangers idea. Two engineers who worked there all through these times were DAMON LYON SHAW (Some of the records he engineered on were, FIRE by ARTHUR BROWN, SOMETHING IN THE AIR by THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN WORDS by THE BEE GEES, BADGE by CREAM, ROCKING ALL OVER THE WORLD by STATUS QUO, and TOMMY by THE WHO.) and BRIAN CARROLL (who mastered records by The JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE, THE WHO, ATLANTIC, POLICE and many more) and before long they had an urge to try their hands at production. The band that caught their eyes for their recently formed “HOMEGROWN MUSIC” production company was “The FACTORY” which was to result in the release of two singles that were to become collector’s items 25 years later, the haunting “PATH THROUGH THE FOREST” and “TRY A LITTLE SUNSHINE”. The next band they got involved with was FIVE DAY RAIN, this time producing an album that has stood the test of time and is still selling to this day. During the making of the album Damon and Brian discovered that could write songs with each other and as Damon was a multi musician (playing drums, bass, lead guitar and keyboards), it was not long before they were laying down tracks of their own …
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