The Scotch of St. James

On the 24th of September 1966 Jimi Hendrix arrived in England for the first time and joined the house band for an impromptu session on stage at The Scotch of St. James. At the the height of 1960s swinging London the venue served as a historically significant meeting place for London’s rock elite.

Trident Studios

Trident Studios was a British recording facility where, among many other artists (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, T Rex, Lour Reed, Frank Zappa, Black Sabbath, etc), David Bowie recorded his albums Hunky Dory and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, and his legendary single Space Oddity.

The Stage

Here at 47 Bermondsey Street in “a dingy warehouse with a rehearsal room in it”, as Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour described it, The Rolling Stones’ eighth studio album, Let It Bleed, was first recorded as a demo tape. The building was leased by the Stones’ co-founder Ian Andrew Robert Stewart ‘Stu’ for five years from