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Entries by Charlie

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Bexleyheath assembly-line production

Mick Dines, Bexleyheath Factory Manager: In 1973, as we looked to move from Short’s Gardens, we found a place near James How Industries in Upland Road, Bexleyheath in Kent. James How was our UK distributor at the time, and the firm also manufactured Rotosound strings. During one of our visits to buy strings, we saw […]

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1968 – Projecting the Orange Sound

In December 1968, Mick Dines [pictured] joined the company as a salesman in the Orange Shop. He immediately became involved in the design of the Orange cabinets. As a young bass guitarist he understood how equipment could be so easily mistreated on the road. His first priority was to make Orange cabinets the most solid […]

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1968 – Orange’s Psychedelic Logo

Cliff Cooper, Founder and CEO explains: I remember the psychedelic lettering of the shop front logo taking forever to complete, but it was worth the wait. It truly reflected the Flower Power and Psychedelia era. John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Paul Kossoff, Marc Bolan, Gary Moore, Peter Green and many other famous […]

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1966 – Working with Joe Meek

Cliff Cooper, Orange Amps Founder and CEO: Whilst I was in The Millionaires – a name which Joe Meek himself gave us – we had a top twenty hit record ‘Wishing Well’, which I wrote with my brother Ken, and Joe recorded and produced. Joe was a very special talent who – like Phil Spector […]