Robbie B Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 Going through some Wimbledon stuff I came across a Wimbledon speedway meeting from 1978 the Levis For Feet Southern International recorded by Steve Brown from the centre green, I know that Wimbledon did record every home meeting for a few seasons, and available and sold, but sadly, this is the only Wimbledon meeting I have. But nevertheless I have now digitised the meeting onto CD prior to remastering it in due course. I was wondering how many other tracks meetings from the 1970s and 80s were recorded onto cassette tape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 Think lots.There was some guy who used to advertise them in the Star.Wally Noaks was possibly his name from memory.Strange idea and never bought one,but sure I heard one being played at a collectors fair or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, iris123 said: Think lots.There was some guy who used to advertise them in the Star.Wally Noaks was possibly his name from memory.Strange idea and never bought one,but sure I heard one being played at a collectors fair or something I bought one years ago and Wally Noaks was one of them going back to the late 70s early 80s.I remember buying a few Australian Championship cassettes and a New Zealand Championship meeting i think when Briggo made a WC comeback at the age of 49. Edited March 5, 2018 by Sidney the robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Jones Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, iris123 said: Think lots.There was some guy who used to advertise them in the Star.Wally Noaks was possibly his name from memory.Strange idea and never bought one,but sure I heard one being played at a collectors fair or something Wally Loak. The only one I ever bought was the Mildenhall meeting where Mel Taylor stole the NL title from the Rockets. Edited March 5, 2018 by Alan_Jones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longlivefrankie Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 I remember buying a few BLRC meetings I attended durning mid seventies , what you have to remember this pre vhs etc it's all we had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) That was of course, the OTHER Steve Brown, and not me! However, I was in attendance at that Levi's for Feet meeting. Yeah, I remember all the Wally Loak cassettes, although I never did buy any. Digressing slightly - but only slightly - I do have the LP of the 1974 World Final. Steve Edited March 6, 2018 by chunky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxey63 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) I have to confess to owning quite a few cassettes - mainly Wally "Noaks" Loak's but also from a company called Track Tapes and a few Canterbury matches from 1974. From memory, the 1975 KO Cup Final between Leicester and Belle Vue, 1975 World Champs meeting from Sheffield, 1981 Wimbledon v Belle Vue, 1980 Intercontinental Final, a few King's Lynn's from 1977... and I have a cassette of home recordings for most of the 1980 match reports of Belle Vue meetings on local radio. Every week I waited for them to come on, finger on pause button with so many nerves in case I didn't get the start. Those were the days. Edited March 5, 2018 by moxey63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 I have an audio tape by Wally Loak covering highlights of the 1976 season. I've a few DVDs with him commentating and I have to say his style irritates me with his constant "chase, chase, chase" references! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 I used to have a few West ham and Wimbledon home meetings on tape from the 1970's. The commentary wasn't brilliant, but it was still listenable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Downes Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Track Tapes covered Crayford in the early 1980's - bought one once, played in a couple of times then used it to tape something off of the radio. May still have the box in the shed somewhere ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveallan81 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1977-Gothenburg-World-Speedway-Final-Story-Audio-Cassette-Tape/253474324721?hash=item3b043f40f1:g:tQwAAOSw93ZaoDEU Ending soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Wally Loak at the 2017 Celebration of Speedway: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1432244900383031/search/?query=Wally Loak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 Steve Brown was the voice of Track Tapes and covered meetings in the London area, later going on to video work with KM Video and was the Arena Essex correspondent for Essex Radio in the early days of the Hammers. Excellent company and really knew his speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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