Tractor Sound Studios, blue plaque in Heywood

Plaque name
Tractor Sound Studios
Type
Blue commemorative plaque
Area
Heywood
Address
58 Market Street, Heywood OL10 4LY
Description
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.
Image
2 women walking past the blue Tractor Sounds Studios plaque.
Years marked
1968–1976