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Pete Cannon in Synth City (UK's Largest Collection of Synths)

Pete Cannon in Synth City (UK's Largest Collection of Synths) from Behind Closed Doors DVD Magazine on Vimeo.

Don't miss the elusive Thunderchild SZ3540 at 2:28. Apparently only two in existence. Followed by the MIMIC, E-Mu modular, EML Synkey patchcard synth, giant educational KORG MS20, Polysynthi, CLEF and more.

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"Here's Pete Cannon's full section from #BCD2!

Watch this video as Behind Closed Doors Vol.2 take Pete Cannon on a secret and surprise trip to the UK's largest collection of Synthesizers in Bristol. Synth-Nut Pete get's a tour from collection owner Andy Horrell and can hardly contain himself. Andy's collection has over 400 synths pre-dating 1984! This is what we call Synth City.

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JWM Electronics Thunderchild SZ3540 - New Flickr Shot

According to this post, "back in 1976 Jeff Wayne released War of the Worlds, upon which allegedly featured a specially built synthesizer called the Thunderchild SZ3540."

Caption from the Flickr Shot
"...there lay thunderchild."

in a garage in an undisclosed location somewhere in the uk lies THE synth that made all those wonderful sounds. I'm always into the very latest sounds coming from the new wave electronica scene, but War of the Worlds always holds a special place in my heart. And it was a wonderful moment meeting Thunderchild.

And of course, now you all know where the name comes from..."

More on Thunderchild in War of The Worlds.