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The Phantoms

 

The Phantoms, in 1963, with the late Terry Russell on guitar, Terry Sidgwick on bass, Bob Thompson on drums with Tom Ludley on guitar. Terry Russell is using an Australian Maton guitar on this photograph with a Bigsby Tailpiece, bassman Terry is using Hofner and Tom has a Futurama. Note the Truvoice amplifier at the back!

The Phantoms, a year later in 1964, with the Terry Popple taking over from Bob Thompson on drums, Terry Sidgewick the smiling bass player, Tom Ludley is seated with a Fender Stratocaster and Terry Russell is on the right.

Tom says: "At the time this photograph was taken, Terry was using Ludwig drums. The amplifiers we used were Linear Concords 50 watt with homemade speaker cabinets. The Truvoice amplifier was used as a pre-amp to pump up the power and treble. We used a Selmer PA system with Shure microphones. Terry Sidgewick and myself did the vocals. Terry Russell, Terry Sidgewick and myself all come from Middlesbrough with Bob Thompson hailing from Stockton."

This is a photo shoot at the Middlesbrough Little Theatre for the promotion of the musical 'Expresso Bongo' which was performed at the theatre for two weeks in 1962. The band provided the backing for the actors and singers for the show. The Phantoms were accompanied by Colin Tarn on piano, who was the shows musical director and arranger. Colin Tarn was Alan Ludley's music teacher at Ayresome School in Middlesbrough, and Colin also lodged with the family for a number of years. Rehearsals took place at Tom Ludley's house in Gresham Road, Middlesbrough. The band then had dress rehearsals at the theatre for a number of weeks before the show opened. 'Expresso Bongo' was a huge success and sold out every night.

Members of the line up are John Marron actor/singer (he used to play washboard in the Rebels skiffle group with Tom in the late 50's) Tom Ludley on lead guitar, John Astbury on bongos, Alf Meredith on second guitar with Dave Bromham on bass.

A shot during the 'Expresso Bongo' show with the same line up, plus unnamed actress. The raised platform the band were playing on was was pulled on, off and across the floor by stage hands in the wings by means of ropes. John was on his own similar platform with his drum kit. He was also pulled on and off stage. How they all didn't fall off they'll never know!

Tom Ludley as a young guitarist - taken 47 years ago.

For a full history of The Phantoms, as written by Tom Ludley, see this history document.

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