What a fantastic experience. Friday, which was a scorching day, went to see a musician friend in London and after a few bevvies in the local hostelry, we made the pilgrimage. When it came into view - wow! Plenty of people outside signing the wall, which I imagine is whitewashed every few days! - so I borrowed a pen off a very nice Australian girl and added my own comments. As far as I remember, I wrote something like "The Shadows - Apache - 1960" just so everyone knew where it was recorded!!! Also added "Cliff Richard - Move it! - 1958 - The Birth of Rock 'n Roll" OK, so maybe that's not strictly accurate, but to my addled, excited mind, it was! But just to see that famous front door and to imagine how many people had passed through it over the years. Awesome. It was a genuinely moving experience.
And, of course, I made several crossings of the famous zebra. Sorry to all the cars, busses and lorries who had to stop. Mind you, everyone was doing it. I tried to be considerate, waited until the road was fairly clear, then ran across! Didn't bump into anyone famous, but did almost run into a Spanish girl who had obviously had the same idea and was running across from the opposite side!!! Anyway, it was all captured on camera but I sincerely hope that it WON'T be cropping up on YouTube anytime soon. Mind you, it's given me a good idea for a movie script...
Fantstic experience. I would recommend you all to do it...
P.S. Just thought I'd add that I had two CDs in my pocket at the time - one of which was my copy of The Shads' Shades of Rock. Recorded almost exactly 40 years ago at that very studio!!! It seemed apt, somehow....
