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Plaque name
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Tractor Sound Studios
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Type
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Blue commemorative plaque
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Area
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Heywood
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Address
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58 Market Street, Heywood OL10 4LY
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Description
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Heywood rock group Tractor rehearsed in this building from 1968-1976 onwards. In 1973, Steve Clayton, Jim Milner, Chris Hewitt and Alan Burgess built a recording studio with financial help from legendary music broadcaster John Peel. Other groups who recorded here were Beau/John Trevor and Movement Banned. Tractor went on to found the Deeply Vale music festivals 1976-1979.
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Image
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Years marked
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1968–1976