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101 masterpieces of music and their composers (a dolphin reference book no. 081 )
the remarkable life and tragic death of pioneering south l. a. music producer john dolphin
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john dolphin, left, and billie holiday, center, talking at dolphin' s of hollywood. (credit: dolphin' s of hollywood entertainment )
mr williams, who founded liverpool - based online music equipment retailer dolphin music, died after reportedly becoming lost in a forest with his friend jason tavaria in verbier .
the remarkable life and tragic death of south l. a. music producer john dolphin | l. a. weekly
dolphin had done ivy a favor by recording the singer' s music, which never made any money. ivy believed otherwise, and killed dolphin for money that wasn' t there .
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john and wife ruth dolphin, who took over the business upon his death in 1958. (credit: dolphin’s of hollywood entertainment )
“where are ü now” and electronic dance music helped justin bieber sing for grown - ups. a story of how music is made today .
caroline boyce also acts as administrator for the music catalogs such as keith allison of git - tar keith music formerly of paul revere & the raiders .
“urgent: if anyone has or knows rob williams of dolphin music’s mobile, please send. mtn rescue in progress, ” he wrote last night .
dolphin’s of hollywood was bustling even while the entrepreneur’s radio show, “harlem hit parade, ” was on air. (credit: dolphin’s of hollywood entertainment )
“he was just a businessman with a love for music, ” jamelle said .
after dolphin' s murder, his wife, ruth, took over management of the store, which closed in 1989. but over the following decades, dolphin' s cultural contributions all but vanished from the public eye. thanks in part to the efforts of dolphin' s grandson, jamelle dolphin, that' s finally changing .
great service by both dolphin music and gary the delivery driver who delivered my order almost to the second of the promised time. once again thank you. alan from st helens
magic dolphin music is dedicated to keeping the legacy of boyce & hart alive by connecting with fans through social media and by promoting it' s music catalog for usage in television, movies, commercials, and to have its songs recorded by new or existing artists .
caroline boyce formed magic dolphin music, inc. in 1995 as the result of music copyrights reverting to her as widow of singer / songwriter tommy boyce. tommy is best known for playing a pivotal role in creating the monkee sound with his songwriting partner bobby hart .
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“you related to john dolphin? ” is a question he’s fielded on a regular basis .
dolphin eventually prevailed, leading a march in protest of a police blockade of his business in 1954 .
dolphin’s of hollywood was always open for business—24 hours a day including on sundays—and popularized a new marketing strategy—“buy one, get one free”—that became one of the record industry’s most profitable sales campaigns. dolphin was said to have pioneered the “crossover” music concept and broadcast black music on white radio station krkd. white youth would fill the record shop in south l. a. —skipping wallach’s music city in hollywood—to hear the latest, most popular acts on am radio including chuck berry, little richard, big moma thornton, the platters, the cadillacs, the silhouettes, fats domino and a host of others who made music history .
in 1958, dolphin was murdered in his office by a disgruntled songwriter; the incident was witnessed by bruce johnston who had come by to see if dolphin would sign an unknown band from hawthorne, the beachboys .
los angeles (cbsla. com) — jamelle dolphin learned at an early age his surname held weight .
dolphin' s grandson hopes the new production will reignite interest in john dolphin' s artistic contributions, not just to african - american or l. a. music but to culture as a whole .
soon we will have his name on a star on hollywood' s walk of fame, where it belongs .
to l. a. residents, however, john dolphin was iconic — the founder of dolphin’s of hollywood, a name that emerged in defiance during an era of racial segregation and during the infancy of rock ‘n’ roll .
his influence grew, and dolphin’s of hollywood became a local chain and a destination for wide - eyed singers .
“everybody wanted to be a singer back then. john dolphin was the outlet for them, ” jamelle said .
that influence became his undoing, when a misguided singer, percy ivy, shot and killed dolphin in 1958 .
long before musicians toked up in laurel canyon or hair - metal bands prowled the sunset strip, l. a.' s african - american community fostered a vibrant music scene, concentrated in jazz clubs along central avenue in the 1930s and 1940s. it set the stage for the success of a man by the name of john dolphin (1902 - 1958), an african - american businessman, record label owner and music producer whose store, dolphin' s of hollywood, became a nexus for r & b music and the early days of rock & roll .
in 1991 two essex boys with a passion for music had a vision, most music stores and guitar shops seemed sad, lacking atmosphere, direction or any retail know - how so they decided to inject some new ideas into the music industry and p. m. t was born. over twenty years later, pmt is now one of the most established brands in musical instruments & music equipment retail and has firmly positioned itself as the uk' s finest supplier of guitars, drums, synths, keyboards, live sound & pa systems, computer music and recording products .
dolphin was known for highlighting the accomplishments of african - american artists who were casualties of
crossover music ,
when white musicians would rerecord songs originally created by african - american musicians, leaving the original artists little or no recognition to the original recording artists. at the time, krkd was a predominantly white radio station, but by buying airtime on it and other white stations, and broadcasting from his store, dolphin popularized the black music format, bringing much - deserved attention to the original artists. his efforts helped introduce african - american music to all audiences, years before motown .
“that was the first thing people would ask me when they heard my last name was dolphin, ” he said .
this very informative book: 101 masterpiece of music & their composers by martin bookspan is really a reference book to classical music. it consists of biographies of great composers; background notes and key passages; critical evaluations and current records and tapes .
“before motown existed, there was the john dolphin story, ” reads a promo. jamelle stands firm in the sentiment .
but what exactly is dolphin' s legacy, and why hasn' t it been recognized before now? a new musical opening this week called recorded in hollywood, co - written by dolphin' s grandson, seeks to answer those questions .
“we’re trying to do something outside the box, ” he added, because dance music “had become so congested and homogeneous. ”
a new play, “recorded in hollywood, ” will run from april 11 through may 17 at the lillian theatre in hollywood to recall an often overlooked era of music in los angeles. based on the biography of the innovative music entrepreneur, the play recounts the days of the popular dolphin’s of hollywood record shop and includes a memorable score of 16 original songs and covers of original tunes launched by dolphin, including sam cooke’s “you send me, ” “earth angel” by the penguins and “wheel of fortune” by the hollywood flames .
dolphin’s wife, now a single mother to five children — one of them jamelle’s father — took over her husband’s empire. but eventually dolphin’s of hollywood closed its doors, the first location in south l. a. being the last to shutter in 1989 .
john dolphin, aka lovin' john, was born in alabama and raised in oklahoma; he landed in los angeles by way of detroit. in 1948, he opened dolphin’s of hollywood in south los angeles, on vernon near central avenue. dolphin put
hollywood
in the name of his store because laws would not allow a black individual to operate a business in hollywood at the time. as dolphin reasoned, if he couldn' t bring his people to hollywood, then he would bring hollywood to them .
the business partners had met at liverpool university and launched the music equipment and instrument firm dolphin music. they are one of the leading providers of musical equipment on the internet and have also opened a flagship guitar shop in liverpool city centre. they employ 54 staff and have achieved sales in excess of £9. 2 million in 2007, when it was ranked britain' s 11th fastest - growing company .
and thus, we can feature miles davis’s three different recordings of the standard “on green dolphin street” without fear of boredom or repetition .
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jamelle dolphin, who grew up in santa monica, works as a marketing director and real estate broker, and continues to run and operate dolphin' s of hollywood llc, a record company, with his brother and sister. in 2011, he published a book about his grandfather, recorded in hollywood: the john dolphin story. he set out to write it in 2008 but quickly learned how much work would be involved .
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“dolphin’s of hollywood” opens saturday with performances fridays and saturdays at 8 p. m. and sundays at 3 p. m. through may 17 .
the two had recorded music together but the songs were never released. and after a disagreement over money and ownership of the recordings, ivy came armed to dolphin’s office in hollywood, where his once - shunned business had eventually expanded. he was fatally shot in the chest and died at his desk .
dolphin started operating his own independent record labels in 1950. he sold his first label, recorded in hollywood, to decca in 1954, then launched lucky records, which was followed by two more labels, money and cash. throughout, dolphin urged all his artists to retain their own publishing rights. but that wasn' t enough to prevent a disgruntled artist, percy ivy, from marching into dolphin' s office in 1958 and shooting him to death .
’ compilation. satriani is also extending his decades - long relationship with sony music and has signed a new multi - album deal with legacy for future recordings .
more than 60 years ago, his grandfather, a music promoter earning a living as a used - car salesman, had just moved to l. a. from detroit. but dolphin was quick to establish himself, opening the first 24 - hour record store in los angeles, off central avenue, in 1948 .
“john started from scratch and evolved into one of the most important figures in the history of american music, ” said jamelle dolphin who penned the biography of his grandfather. “when he realized that no one was going to let him open his record store on all - white hollywood boulevard, he brought hollywood to central avenue. by naming the store ‘dolphin’s of hollywood, ’ he was telling the world that he was going to stare discrimination in the face and not blink. ”
dolphin music have taken over three months to deliver a product to me, with no communication to tell me it would take so long, and didn' t respond on their inquiries and complaints e - mail address when i contacted them to ask if something had happened to my package. would never use again. 0 / 10 .
mr. bieber at the billboard hot 100 music festival. “i’m just breaking through as being accepted by the masses and not necessarily a young generation ,
he said .
“recorded in hollywood: the john dolphin story” gives long - overdue credit to the man jamelle says influenced the likes of sam cooke, the penguins and the hollywood flames .
operating on dance - music terms, skrillex and diplo did no promotional buildup for the song. at midnight as feb. 27th began, they suddenly released their debut album as a duo, “skrillex and diplo present jack ü. ” the pop - oriented songs, diplo said, are “a huge departure for ourselves; also for dance music. ”
justin bieber, in front, and skrillex performing “where are ü now
as part of the billboard hot 100 music festival at jones beach theater in wantagh, n. y .
“on green dolphin street”: what a strange name for a song. it was a theme song for a film, but who wrote it? does anybody even remember the film ?
the ruling on brown v. board of education wouldn’t come for six years. but during that time, dolphin built on his influence and established recorded in hollywood, his first record label, in 1950 .
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a radio show would follow. “harlem hit parade, ” taking its name from the billboard chart, broadcast on krkd, with dolphin using it as an outlet to promote the work of up - and - coming artists .
there was something very different going on in the eighties: changes in the world economy meant that spending hit a low. fashions changed, but more importantly, pop music changed it' s face again. the synthesizer that we all knew and loved for it' s odd and unpredictable noises became more and more sophisticated, until whole records could be created completely electronically. the popularity of disco, kick started a dance music movement that has lasted until today .
the town was well and truly painted, with orange amps and cabs behind all the biggest names in contemporary music. magazine covers, tv, posters, papers... there was simply no escaping the glare of the brand .
now, decades later, with the last of what would become six dolphin’s of hollywood locations closing its doors in the 1990s, jamelle is keeping his grandfather’s legacy alive with a musical opening this weekend in, where else, hollywood .
“they wouldn’t allow a black person to operate a black business in hollywood, so he opened the shop on central and called it dolphin’s of hollywood, ” jamelle explained. “he said he was going to bring hollywood to central. ”
screams greeted the song’s opening whoosh; there were loud, high - pitched singalongs as the lyrics flashed on screen. “justin, c’mere, ” skrillex called out, and mr. bieber climbed up to join him, dancing alongside skrillex on top of the long d. j. console as the “dolphin” trilled. the pop star was in the realm of dance music and the d. j. was a pop hitmaker. for this top 10 moment, their paths had converged .
halfway through, the track pauses, then offers another hymnlike verse; the dance beat returns, a little pushier with electronic handclaps, and the refrain and “dolphin” carry the song to the end, with a final, echoing “i need you the most. ”
according to jamelle, his grandfather paid for everything in cash, never borrowed money and was never in debt. although dolphin was a savvy businessman, jamelle also describes his grandfather as a consummate family man, one whose life was cut short by senseless tragedy .
green dolphin street is a 1947 film starring lana turner, van heflin, and donna reed about two english sisters who fall in love with the same man and the confusion that follows. it’s complicated, and you can check wikipedia for the plot details if you want .
mr. bieber also started turning up as jack ü’s surprise guest when diplo and skrillex worked the spring and summer electronic dance music festivals, beginning with the ultra music festival in miami on march 29. mr. bieber still marvels at the response. “everyone’s applauding and cheering, and giving me a reaction that i never thought i would get, especially for that type of crowd, ” he said. “i’m just breaking through as being accepted by the masses and not necessarily a young generation. it opened my eyes to a whole new audience, a whole new platform. ”
thanks to jamelle' s book, john dolphin' s story has inspired a biographical theater production called recorded in hollywood: the musical, opening this week at the lillian theatre. it features a live band onstage and an 18 - member ensemble, performing 16 original songs as well as covers of hits that dolphin helped champion, including
you send me
by sam cooke ,
earth angel
by the penguins and
the wheel of fortune
by the hollywood four flames. his radio show and the store were among the first places where white audiences heard them .
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the 29 - year - old died after he and business partner, jason tavaria, who together run a multi - million pound music firm, became separated from their party during a blizzard at the swiss resort of verbier, while on a trip with michelle dewberry, the winner of bbc television reality show the apprentice .
for nearly 10 years, dolphin recorded a host of top acts on a series of record labels with evocative names like “lucky, ” “money, ” “cash” and “recorded in hollywood” and helped launch the careers of jesse belvin, charles mingus, pee wee crayton, major lance and many others who would eventually change the way teenagers listened to music. his cavernous store had a big, plate - glass window to showcase famous disc jockeys spinning the latest platters (45 rpm) for eager teens. names like hunter hancock (“ooold h. h. ”), dick “huggy boy” hugg and charles trammel performed live and would often greet customers and sign autographs .
andy cooper penned more than a dozen original songs to which the musical is set, with music director stephan terry amping up the nostalgia with hits like cooke’s “you send me, ” the penguins’ “earth angel, ” and “wheel of fortune” by the hollywood flames, all songs jamelle says first broke on the dolphins of hollywood radio show, also featuring .
it was a very important project for me and deeply extensive ,
jamelle tells l. a. weekly .
so much of the information about john dolphin and dolphin' s of hollywood was scattered. it seemed as though there was never more then a paragraph or two in any one place. although much of the information i found was documented, i also spent many hours interviewing family, friends and old acquaintances. it took about two years to complete the research and interviews. the original manuscript was double in size and had to be cut down for the book. much was left out, and i am still gathering information and continuing to learn more about my grandfather every day .
miles davis never stood still. similar to coltrane and picasso, davis’s artistic evolution stemmed from a restless pursuit of new ideas and a desire to always keep his music fresh. he once said he’d rather work with a new group of inferior musicians compared to better players in past groups simply so as not to sound the same. such was davis’s sensibility and modus operandi .
in the late 1940s—a full decade before motown records—john dolphin opened his world - famous record shop at vernon and central avenues in south los angeles. it was an immediate hit with teenagers of all colors as rock ’n roll and rhythm & blues began to supplant the big band and jazz sounds once favored at sock hops and record hops that were so popular among the high school set .
in the early nineties, people were again looking for a change in popular music. on the underground scene, bands resumed writing rock. these new bands finally broke through into the mainstream with grunge and brit - pop, bringing with them the valve amps they had spent their advances on. oasis were one of the bands who turned to orange when they needed great tone and great volume !
and they devised the “dolphin” — the song’s most instantly recognizable, most insinuating hook. it’s not an acoustic or electronic instrument: it’s a brief snippet of mr. bieber’s vocal line, a subliminal reinforcement of the melody. it’s pitched two octaves above the original, run through distortion and equalization effects and given a very short tail of reverb, creating a digital sound with a human core .
mr. bieber, 21, has been a pop star since he was 13, a pinup for squealing fans. but teen idols don’t last, and his challenge is to make the transition to a lasting career. after a series of tabloid embarrassments, he had not released any music for more than a year. (another song he was working on, he said, was titled “no pressure. ” )
for years, yvonne watched her pioneering mom perform with a succession of popular rock groups. in fact, hilda - now in her 8 th decade - still plays the occasional gig. as her mom' s # 1 fan, yvonne couldn' t help but notice the physical struggle that petite hilda went through each time she' d strap on a heavy electric bass and take the stage to play the music she loves .
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the song arrives in a swirl of electronic sound and vanishes in a distant echo, like a phantasm. but behind it, as with most top 10 hits, is a matrix of inspirations and decisions, coincidences and hard work, marketing and luck. in a series of interviews, the people behind the hit provided a detailed look at the work that went into “where are ü now, ” for a case study in the way pop music is made today .
like many current hits, “where are ü now” is an electronic confection facilitated online. mr. bieber was not in the studio with skrillex and diplo, and didn’t even know the song was being produced. “where are ü now” is also an alliance of musicians from diverse musical camps. it’s a mutually advantageous coalition, but an unexpected one: the electronic dance music underground meeting a teen idol. diplo recalled thinking: “no one would expect it. it would be so insane. ”
the song opens hushed and hovering, with a stereo - panning whoosh, four somber piano chords and mr. bieber’s electronically stuttered voice, leading into a mournful verse about a friend or lover he helped, who has now abandoned him. eventually a dance beat kicks in and a mysterious, flutelike squiggle — skrillex calls it the “dolphin” — announces itself again and again as the vocals all but disappear: there’s just the occasional refrain, “where are you now that i need you? ”
last sunday at the jones beach theater in wantagh, n. y. , skrillex and mr. bieber were main - stage headliners at the first billboard hot 100 music festival. an audience of pop fans danced and shouted to skrillex’s set as it whipsawed in and out of other jack ü songs amid blasts of smoke, sparks and streamers. after mr. bieber sang a short set of his previous hits, full of sweet romantic promises, skrillex returned to cue up a remixed “where are ü now. ”
the second version of “on green dolphin street” was recorded live on march 22, 1960 at a concert in stockholm, sweden. coltrane had already told davis he was leaving the band after this european tour, and indeed left as soon as the tour ended. it’s a different band, with wynton kelly at the piano and no cannonball adderley. coltrane’s solo is a tour - de - force; one can discern ‘trane’s continued evolution even only two years after the 1958 studio recording. the sound, by the way, is in glorious mono .
jamelle dolphin also feels it' s upsetting that his grandfather hasn' t been recognized for his accomplishments, especially in los angeles .
he was such an important figure. but he was hated for challenging an overtly racist power structure that did not want this integrated scene, and they did their best to downplay him in the media and wherever they could. his murder was barely covered by the press. but he is not forgotten, and his impact is still felt today. he forged important changes in the status quo and helped society to grow .
“where are ü now” is tucked in near the end of the album, the ninth track. it didn’t stay hidden long. that afternoon, mr. bieber tweeted about the song for the first time to his tens of millions of twitter followers. “this one is special, ” he wrote, garnering more than 81, 000 retweets and 92, 000 favorites to date. in march, he asked his twitter followers to begin requesting the song on the radio. “we got one, ” he wrote. later that month, he wrote, “let’s make it about the music. ”
the song’s composer, bronislaw kaper, was born in warsaw, poland, in 1902 and started musical training at six. he moved to berlin to write music for films, then to paris as the nazis came to power. offered a seven - year contract by louis b. mayer at mgm in 1935, he moved to hollywood. kaper also scored the marx brothers’ a night at the opera (1935), orson welles’s the stranger (1946), green mansions starring anthony perkins and audrey hepburn (1959), and mutiny on the bounty with marlon brando (1962) .
to call miles davis an innovator would be an understatement. in his 1989 book miles: the autobiography, author quincy troupe tells a story of when davis’s wife cicely tyson was invited to a 1986 white house function hosted by then - secretary of state george p. shultz. a prominent d. c. socialite asked davis why he was at the event in a somewhat condescending way. davis replied, “well, i changed music five or six times, ” then looked at the woman coldly and asked, “now tell me what have you done of any importance other than being white…so tell me what your claim to fame is? ” message here? don’t mess with miles .
penguin guides were always worshipful towards karajan, who though probably not a nazi sympathizer, certainly was an egregious opportunist. bookspan was right to disdain his oeuvre. karajan was the poster boy for one who knows everything but understands nothing. toscanini, on the other hand, felt music to the marrow of his bones, as did bernstein. that' s why bookspan favored them. the guides also are also extremely anglo - centric, filled with paeans to hundreds of years of mediocre british composers. it' s a shame bookspan wasn' t able to update the book in the 90s and since. i would trust his critical judgment above any other as to cd recordings, including sonics .
although 30 years old, this is an excellent beginner' s reference for those interested in learning about and buying selected classical masterpieces of the great composers. the information in this book is still relevant in the world of cds. the greatest works of 36 composers from bach to vivaldi are discussed with just the right amount of detail. a brief biography of the composer is provided along with several recommended recordings (vinyl or tape) for each work. you would need to, of course, go to the latest penguin guide or grammophone guide, for example, for the comparable cd recordings. it is interesting to compare yesterday' s recordings with the latest cd productions, something i am doing as i replace the vinyl in my collection. this book is not anywhere near a complete reference, but it also doesn' t overwhelm the novice, and is therefore a satisfying introduction to classical music .
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rob williams, one of britain' s leading young entrepreneurs, has fallen 60ft to his death on a snowboarding holiday, in a tragedy played out live on social networking website twitter .
urgent appeals were posted by her on the twitter website and mr tavaria, also 29, sent his friends and rescue teams a gps satellite navigation signal from his iphone, which pinpointed his location. he was rescued six hours later .
mr williams, however, had fallen 66ft down a cliff on to rocks below and due to the
white - out
conditions, a rescue helicopter could not be scrambled. search teams on foot found him seven hours after he had gone missing, by which time the businessman had died in the freezing conditions .
after the initial posts left on twitter, there was a long period of silence as the tragic death of mr williams became known .
they were among a party of 30 young entrepreneurs, many of whom work in new technology, who flew to switzerland on friday on a working holiday .
over the weekend, miss dewberry, who won the bbc show in 2006, wrote on twitter :
am having the best time here in verbier. finished skiing for the day tho because it' s a complete whiteout !
at about 4pm on monday, in similarly poor weather conditions, the group noticed that two of their number were missing .
miss dewberry posted an urgent appeal, saying :
2 of our ski party been missing since 4pm. conditions terrible. 1 guy found but trapped. 20 man team searching for other .
the party put out a request on twitter in order to learn the numbers of the lost members' mobile phones, so they could use the signals to track them down .
the
tweet
was forwarded around the world and soon after the numbers came back to the group via the networking site .
the party was able to call the missing skiers on their mobile phones and mr tavaria used google maps to generate a latitude and longitude of their position before sending it back. it was passed on to rescue teams .
another of the group of technology entrepreneurs, alex hoye was soon able to relay the news that mr tavaria had been found. he wrote :
rob' s number rec' d via twitter; jason now found using gps / google maps & phone; still working on finding rob .
in the early hours of tuesday another of the group posted :
it' s 00: 12h in verbier. 0 degrees outside. search team still looking for rob. no update yet. will let everyone know as soon as we hear .
a spokesman for the police in verbier said: “the two men became lost in a forest. in the early evening rescuers were alerted. a search was undertaken. a helicopter rescue was impossible because of the weather .
“the men were found at 11pm. the irish national was uninjured. his friend was unfortunately discovered dead. he was an english national .
“he had slipped 20 metres down a steep mountain face and landed on rocks .
“we believe that the man who died had removed his snowboard before he slipped. the men were lost and the weather was setting in. ”
twitter users have paid tribute to british snowboarder rob williams who died after falling down a 60ft cliff on the swiss alps .
entrepreneur mr williams, 29, was on a trip to the resort of verbier when he went missing on monday .
mr tavaria was found unscathed but mr williams is understood to have fallen 60ft to his death .
he was on holiday in a group which included michelle dewberry, the winner of the second series of tv show the apprentice .
she posted a twitter message last night, saying: “my thoughts are with rob’s family. ”
the rescue operation to save the pair was played out on social networking site twitter, with the discovery of mr williams’ body also reported on the site .
he wrote: “i just got off the phone to one member of the trip. they said:' everyone literally said they’d just had the best time on the trip. and then it went straight to the opposite. we are all in shock’ .
“i never knew rob, but on behalf of myself and techcrunch, we’d like to pass on our deepest sympathies to his family. ”
mr williams and mr tavaria, also 29, got into difficulty after becoming separated from fellow snowboarders in the upmarket resort .
mr tavaria, an irish national, was found after dewberry launched an online rescue on twitter when she wrote: “2 of our ski party been missing since 4pm. conditions terrible. 1 guy found but trapped. 20 man team searching for other. ”
the two men were part of a group of internet entrepreneurs who had gone on holiday together and the events unfolded on the web .
fellow entrepreneur alex hoye updated twitter with a series of messages on monday night, the first of which appealed for help from the online community .
( < / b > joshmarch org’d); still working on finding rob. ”
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ordered a guitar on friday from this company, they took the money from my credit card but i received no further update... ? phoned them today and they said they couldn' t do it at that price and wanted another £24... ... jokers! !! steer clear! ! !
excellent service cannot fault it, went on their recommendation for a practise bass amplifier. this arrived on time and is perfect for my needs .
dophin accepted my payment for a discounted but new advertised item then wouldn' t send it because they had run out out stock. instead of obtaining another one for me in order to fulfil the contract they insisted on a refund only. there was no compensation, only an assertion that they were acting according to their own terms and conditions. hardly great customer service .
good price, easy to navigate web site, quick delivery, very pleased .
i paid for my order and it said that i should get it in two or three working days. i expected them within this time, and i was in need of them rather urgently. when they didn' t arrive i checked the state of the order / it had never been shipped. they took about a week or more to arrive. i am ok with what arrived, it is exactly what i expected, and it arrived in perfect condition, but the lack off information regarding it' s shipping was a nuisance and inconvenient for my work .
good website. items well described. easy ordering. quick delivery and superb communications during transit. good quality product. what else is there ?
i would recommend that you check stock status before ordering or find another retailer .
great company, i ordered 2 items, the second product was a day later than specified but no huge issue .
i was told if i ordered before 4pm it would be delivered the next day, it didn' t arrive the next day and i needed the item urgently so was disappointed .
excellent service - minor problem with website stating in - stock item was out of stock but soon sorted with a phone call .
my order took over 2 months and i wasn' t offered any sort of compensation for this. awful. wouldn' t use again
absolutely the go - to company for audio kit. i know i can rely on expert advice; that you will listen to our needs and recommend the best product at the best price - which is very often hundreds of pounds cheaper than the product you * could * sell us. recommended with absolutely no reservations .
i contacted them by phone to see when my product would arrive as it was out of stock, it was delivered 2 weeks before they said it would and i was kept informed by email and text for the delivery date .
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to most in london, the second of september 1968 was nothing more than a blustery day. little did they know that, in a dingy basement shop in old compton street, the first legendary british guitar amplifier was being created !
orange was founded by mr. clifford cooper, who remains at the helm to this day. a quiet and reserved man, and certainly not one for the megastar lifestyle, cooper is probably the last man you would expect to be behind such a highly - acclaimed musical company. with just £300 borrowed from his father and armed with the enthusiasm of a young man of the time, cooper had set up the shop selling a variety of musical instruments .
because of his age and low - profile establishment, the majority of the large manufacturers of the time were more than a little reluctant to accept cooper as a dealer. so, if he couldn' t buy them in, the most logical thing was to build them in - house. with a background in electrical engineering himself, he engaged a team of the best design engineers around who set about creating all - valve amplifiers just when the fine and well - established valve technology was being overtaken by transistor - based contraptions. this new wave of amplifiers were cheaper to produce, but could never capture the magical warmth and colour of the old valve setups .
cooper had acquired a quantity of an orange - coloured vinyl, the material used to cover the wooden shell of amplifiers and cabinets, and it wasn' t long before the shop was proudly displaying the very first amplifiers to carry the now famous livery. with that, orange amplification was born .
the thing was, these new peculiar - looking boxes sounded rather good, and the news of them was soon spreading like proverbial wildfire. so much so, in fact, that orange was almost an overnight success. before long, orange was standard backline equipment for stages, studios and rehearsal rooms worldwide .
shortly after this, the big acts of the time started snapping up the products for use as part of their usual set up. fleetwood mac were among the first famous orange users in the uk, followed by stevie wonder in the states. peter green' s les paul + orange amp combination in fleetwood mac was responsible for some of the most remarkable guitar sounds of the late sixties !
the seventies was a time of big - budget international tours, with bands packing stadiums and festivals the world over. but, when these bands finally washed up on british shores, they found that there was simply nothing powerful enough to drive such big gigs. in stepped orange, who set about on the construction of a ridiculously over - sized public address system, neatly packed into a fleet of bright orange lorries. gigging in the uk meant being chased around by the men in orange, who travelled the length and breadth of the country providing big sound for big acts. bands such as black sabbath and led zeppelin were amongst the most famous orange users. jimmy page still uses orange amps today .
very few rock bands survived, and most of those that did were american. the rising popularity of rack based amplifiers and effects left little room for all tube heads. improved transistor technology allowed younger guitarists to save money by buying cheap combos. orange were not prepared to lower standards and production was reduced to a trickle of amplifiers to those who truly believed in the quality, warmth and tone of well - built british valve technology .
in 1997, orange, seeing new potential in the guitar amplifier market, developed and launched the otr™ system, which was the first major change to the design of the amplifiers that began all those years ago. it was an improvement that was loved by rock and blues musicians from the word go, and orange was well and truly back on track .
orange amplifiers now has distribution offices in the uk and usa and are represented by companies all over the world. as times have changed, so has orange. with a new generation of employees driving the company forward, orange is growing faster than ever !
1999 saw the development of the ad series amplifiers, 2001 the launch of the crush series and in 2004 the rockerverb series was unveiled to the world .
the noughties brought a new generation of rockers with renewed interest in valve amps and, naturally, orange once again became one of the top choices, with bands such as the arctic monkeys and the cribs using orange .
today, orange is doing better than ever, with a more varied selection of guitar gear than ever befor in the company' s history: they make the orange crush series, possibly the best solid - state amps available today, with fully - analog signal path. and, on the other end of the spectrum, they still manufacture the popular rockerverb series of valve amps, still one of the top choices for the professional rockers. their range of small terror valve amps was innovative when first launched and is still popular, offering valve quality at affordable prices .
the new designs are fresh, innovative and retain the high standards of that first orange amplifier built in 1968. cliff cooper' s orange is a company that has never lost it' s ability to build the best amplifiers in the world !
meet yvonne de villiers, the accomplished stained - glass artist who envisioned luna guitars. yvonne' s inspiration for a line of guitars designed to maximize playing comfort came from her mother, hilda williers, an electric bass player for more than 40 years .
there must be other female musicians like her mother, yvonne reasoned. women who' d welcome a guitar uniquely tailored to fit their bodies, their hands, and their musical styles. with them in mind, yvonne created luna guitars - a line of instruments made for female musicians of all ages and crafted with a luminous visual beauty to engage women' s minds and spirits along with their talent .
her 25 - year career in creating and producing award - winning architectural stained glass - she calls it
sculpting light
- enabled yvonne to hone the fine artistic skills needed to envision and bring to life the exquisitely delicate inlaid designs that make luna guitars so captivating .
with the eye of the consummate artist, yvonne applied the same passionate and radiant color palette that graced her glasswork to her new line of guitars. rich hues that shimmer and shine with every movement provide an eye - catching complement to the full - bodied musical tones luna guitars deliver. yvonne' s design expertise has led so many men to respond to luna' s well - crafted, spirit - engaging instruments that the company now creates guitars for both female and male musicians of all ages .
if her mom first inspired the guitars' design, what moved yvonne to name these exciting new instruments luna ?
the moon has a cool, guiding light ,
she explains .
i envisioned luna embodying that same healing and enchanting essence. not a hot look - at - me attitude, but a reflective look - at - yourself... you' re beautiful quality. with that in mind, i feel that luna guitars and the individuals who play them will express each other perfectly.
dolphin music is an online retailer selling a vast array of musical instruments and recording equipment online and is currently owned by s&t audio . it first began in liverpool , england in 1999 . 
dolphin music is an online retailer selling a vast array of musical instruments and recording equipment online and is currently owned by s&t audio. it first began in liverpool, england in 1999.
dolphin music is an online retailer selling a vast array of musical instruments and recording equipment online and is currently owned by s&t audio. it first began in liverpool, england in 1999.