User:MountainStudios

Created out of the debris from the tragedy of the ~frank Zappa concert in 1972,which burnt to the ground in 2 hours with nobody killed, The new Casino of Montreux was re-constructed in 1974 Deep Purple baptised the event with an image of "Smoke on the Water" which has become a world anthem of things that can catch fire when we're not looking. Funky Claude became the most successful concert promoter and producer and friend of all who could be good in music. He not only saved the audience, he created a music business that kept us all busy for more than three decades. His name is of course Claude Nobs. I arrived there with a suitcase and nothing else, aged 19 and checked into the White Horse English Pub to find out where this New Casino could be.. "Just follow the lake path.." spoken in Portuguese. Inside this place where outside lay paradise, was the most modern recording facility known at this time. I had just finished a session in 'The Who's Ramport studios in Battersea, London, that had a Helios mixing console, Quadraphonic sound monitoring, and a 'Silly Button". Please don't ask me what happened when I pressed that. ! I'm sure that someone will contribute what happened when someone naive (as I indeed was~) pressed that button.