ONE LP PORTRAITS: COMPILATION: Trevor Neal: Artist

‘It’s The sound of 65’ by the Graham Bond Organisation. It's part of my teenage years.As the title suggests it was recorded in 1965.I lived in a small mining village called Elsecar near Barnsley but five, six or sometimes seven nights a week I came into Sheffield to the legendary Esquire Club. I saw the legendary Graham Bond play there at least six or seven times.He played there a couple of all nighters.I fell asleep in the television room one night and when I woke up the morning after Ginger Baker was asleep on my shoulder.. So Ginger Baker was one of the Graham Bond Organisation with Jack Bruce and Dick Heckstall-Smith. It’s an album that’s seen a few wars - it’s in dreadful condition. I looked on ebay last night and there’s a copy of this for sale at £450 – no bids on it yet. So it’s achieved legendary status but mine’s in dreadful condition. I had it cleaned recently and it cost me a pound - it’s just about playable.‘Sound of 65’ Graham Bond Organisation reminds me of my teenage years at the Esquire Club in Sheffield.{quote}Trevor Neal: The Richard Goodall Gallery, Manchester, 7th October 2014The Graham Bond Organisation: The Sound of 65Trevor Neal
Trevor Neal: Artist, The Graham Bond Organisation: The Sound of 65

 

‘It’s The sound of 65’ by the Graham Bond Organisation. It's part of my teenage years. 

As the title suggests it was recorded in 1965. 

I lived in a small mining village called Elsecar near Barnsley but five, six or sometimes seven nights a week I came into Sheffield to the legendary Esquire Club.  

I saw the legendary Graham Bond play there at least six or seven times. 

He played there a couple of all nighters. 

I fell asleep in the television room one night and when I woke up the morning after Ginger Baker was asleep on my shoulder..  

So Ginger Baker was one of the Graham Bond Organisation with Jack Bruce and Dick Heckstall-Smith.  

 

It’s an album that’s seen a few wars - it’s in dreadful condition. I looked on ebay last night and there’s a copy of this for sale at £450 – no bids on it yet.  

So it’s achieved legendary status but mine’s in dreadful condition. I had it cleaned recently and it cost me a pound - it’s just about playable. 

 

‘Sound of 65’ Graham Bond Organisation reminds me of my teenage years at the Esquire Club in Sheffield." 

 

 

Trevor Neal: The Richard Goodall Gallery, Manchester, 7th October 2014 

 

The Graham Bond Organisation: The Sound of 65 

Trevor Neal