An incredible opportunity to visit this intuative, diversified farm in the heart of Monmouthshire with the unique history of the music world that is the famous Rockfield Studios. 

The studio was founded in 1963 by brothers Kingsley and Charles Ward. The Ward family bought Amberley Court Farm in Rockfield, originally a Shire horse breeding centre, in the early 1950s and ran it as a livestock farm with 500 pigs and a herd of dairy cows. Charles liked the early rock and roll music of Elvis Presley and began playing an acoustic guitar that he had purchased for £5. In 1960 the brothers formed a band, the Charles Kingsley Combo, and Kingsley wrote songs which they recorded on a tape deck borrowed from a local businessman. The brothers decided to pursue a record deal and drove to EMI's pressing plant in Middlesex, London, where they were redirected to the label's offices in Manchester Square. That day, without an appointment, they met producer George Martin. He did not sign the brothers, but said the reason he arranged a meeting was that they were the first artists he had seen bring a portable reel-to-reel tape deck with them.

The Ward brothers returned to London the following year and met producer Joe Meek at his studio. Meek signed them, and the brothers recorded songs as The Charles Kingsley Creation and as The Thunderbolts. After observing Meek's studio techniques, they set up a recording studio of their own in an attic space at Rockfield with a Rosser Electronics mixing console and a Ferrograph tape machine. In 1961 the brothers began recording local bands in their studio, which they named Future Sounds Ltd, charging £5 per acetate.
Join us for this unique visit to CLA Members business stepped in musical history.

10.00am We will meet for refreshments 
10.30am  Welcome by Victoria Bond, Director Wales
10.45am AGM proceedings start
11.30am Tour of the studios
13.00pm Lunch 
14.30pm End of event

Dietary requirements please notify on booking to Sarah John 0n 07817 128277.

Free parking onsite.