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Deaf School win The Melody Maker Rock and Folk Competition...

Deaf School win The Melody Maker Rock and Folk Competition...

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Deaf School win The Melody Maker Rock and Folk Competition 1975

The 28th of June 1975 was an exciting day for us at Liverpool College of Art because the art school band, Deaf School, won the Melody Maker Rock and Folk Competition and I was there to document it! We all got on a bus and drove down the M1 to The Roundhouse in London to support them. I was still at Art College so the photography was a bit of fun more than anything but my dear photography tutor, Reg Cox, his words were ringing in my ears ‘Get close if you can Monty’ and I did, and its something I still do today. It was such an exciting night with this huge pop band of my friends and its eclectic original music and the performance and then they won!
It has been a labour of love scanning and digitising these film negatives which have not seen the light of day for 45 years. I have developed some photoshop techniques to enhance them. Looking at them now I see that what I lacked in technical ability and exposure control, I made up for in composition and drama! You are welcome to go and download them but they are not for commercial use without permission and the copyright is strictly ©montyrakusen , monty@rakusen.co.uk  please request a link.

The story of the day is well told in The Non-Stop Pop Art Punk Rock Party by Paul Du Noyer Link: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-Hd5AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT49&lpg=PT49&dq=Melody+Maker+rock+and+folk+contest+1975&source=bl&ots=C6Kjui6Nm6&sig=ACfU3U02MS_DpVn01p8dfmRSgr26i-JUOA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiY5cviv9bpAhXQa8AKHV3YAJMQ6AEwDnoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=Melody%20Maker%20rock%20and%20folk%20contest%201975&f=false

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