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Admiral Halsey
Bevis Frond Nick Saloman's legendary interview with the Timebox, Patto and Rutles drummer. [From Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine, 1992
Akarma Chameleons
The Archive's response to a Record Collector review of a blatant bootleg release
Andy Partridge - PopDose Interview
Paul Janisch managed to put some questions to long-time Ollie freak, Andy Partridge of XTC, via a user-interview facility on the PopDose site.
A Sense of the Absurd
Press release for the Patto album reissue
'Berns'
Bernie Holland, one of the few people to have played with The Pattos - an lived to tell the tale!
Blue Traff
Armand Serra's quest for The Holy Grail - Ollie's famous Gibson SG Custom guitar
Brian Godding
The former Blossom Toes guitarist's recollections of working with his friend, Ollie
Callejones
Drummer, Juan Javier Martinez's recollections from Madrid 1991. Caves
Liner notes for
Caves - Ollie Halsall solo album
Cinemaspop
Spanish magazine interview from 1983 with Ollie & Zanna Gregmar
Doing Your Own Thing
Pete Erskine interview from
New Musical Express, November 1974
Facelift
Tribute reproduced from
Facelift magazine
Fatsticks
Terry Stamp's stories of the Fatsticks album sessions
Fuzz magazine
Interviews and article by Mikael Jansson from
Fuzz magazine, March 1988
Graham Oliver
Saxon front man recall his first encounter with Ollie at Butlins holiday camp
Guitar Technique
reproduced from
Why Are We Sleeping magazine
I'm Very Humble
Alan Jones interview from
Melody Maker, July 1974
Japan
Interview with Brian Jacobs 1988
Guitar Magazine April 1989
[Japanese edition]
Kidderminster
Colin Hill's remarkable and recently discovered photographs of Timebox at Kidderminster in 1968
Lovers Leaping
The story behind the Caves tapes and
track-by-track guide |
Mainstream Machine
Mike Shefrin and some Mallorcan jazz
Michael d'Albuquerque
The story of the sessions for We May be Cattle & Stalking the Sleeper
Monkey's Bum
Drummer John Halsey recalls te making of the final Patto album
New York, New York
Annonymous contribution remembering the impact of Ollie's appearances with Kevin Ayers in New York City, May 1980
Ollie and Ali
Rutles arranger John Altman's story of a remarkable gig
On the Other Hand . . .
Reviews of John Engel's definitive work on left-handed guitarists Uncommon Sound
Patto
Unused sleeve notes for the Sense of the Absurd album
Piper 2000
Francesco Malfatti recalls Patto's appearance in Viareggio, Italy
Player Of The Month
Pete Dowling's Player of the Month from Beat Instrumental, April 1976
Play the Perfect Fool
Liner notes for
Timebox - The Deram Anthology
Roll 'em, Smoke 'em . . .
A restrospective look at Patto's 'Sgt Pepper'
Sausages!
In the second part of his recollections, Bernie Holland covers various dinner menus and the creation of a painting - 'La Vogheur Lough''
Shit, Muck, Err & Grolly
Boxer drummer Tony Newman - who first worked with Ollie in the Kevin Ayers' backing band The Soporifics
Stockholm
Anders Öhman recalls Patto in Sweden, 1972
The Rockin' Pattos
Unused liner notes for
A Sense of the Absurd CD
This Absurd Little Band
Warts & All review reproduced from
Why Are We Sleeping magazine
To Bee or not to Bee
A discussion of Bob Beecher's remarkable photograph
Top Ten
Terry Theise's Electric Guitar Top Ten from Guitar magazine, January 1977
Under the Blossom
David Wells' sleeve notes for the Tempest album, Under the Blossom
Vivian Stanshall
Dean Cole's reminiscences, photos and audio interview with Ollie Halsall following Vivian's 1991 London concerts
Warts and All
John Halsey on the Patto's only live album |
