Capturing The Sound At The Iron Door

admin · Post by **admin** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:06 am

I am wondering what PA system might have been used at The Iron Door. Was it owned by the business or rented through a local shop? There are many photos showing the Reslo Ribbon Microphones at the Cavern and I am wondering if the equipment was similar at the Iron Door. Clem?

13_temple_street · Post by **13_temple_street** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:51 am

The Iron Door had it's own system,until Rory Storm started to **** his leg over the microphone
during his act,quite a few times his leg would crash into the head of the microphone and ruin the sound.Replacing the microphone heads became inconvenient and expensive,we decided to hire.
We hired the sound system from Brian Kelly,I understand the Cavern also hired from him,I presume it was a similar system.

admin · Post by **admin** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:58 am

Geoff: Thanks for this information. Is Brian Kelly still about? It would be of interest to hear his comments. Did he have a company name? Certainly the ribbon microphones were notorious for being fragile as you mentioned.

13_temple_street · Post by **13_temple_street** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:36 am

Alpha Sounds was the name of Brian Kelly's PA system company.Brian was also one of the first promoters of rock music in Liverpool.
The name he used for these events was Beekay promotions.Brian is not around any more.