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    Posted: 17 February 2011 at 10:02pm
Does anybody know what rig was installed in Camden Palce around 95?
 
Spent allott of my youth there and me and a pal were just saying how much we loved the rig in the main room, JBL if my mem serves me correct! I think they had some big court acoustics at the back under the first floor. Prob a load of dog poop by todays standards but I had some wiked nights there and that system allways sounded spot on to my adolesent ear drums.
 
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Used to go there as a warmup for Trip/Clink/Dungeons in the late 80s.
Loads of scoops on the stage and custom midtops that my now addled mind cant remember.
Always had a decent 3 watt multicolour laser as well (again, good for the times).
The head bouncer with the camel coat and boxing gloves always amused me.

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Yeah that laser was quality! There was always loads of chinese people off there tits by the subs in one corner every time we went. I know it's gone now and it's KOKO haven't been there for years, we used to do Peach on a friday allott and a few AWOL gigs. The bouncers were always dodgy there, one nicked my mates mobile from him and then sold it back to him ten minuets later..ha ha what a dick!
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When I went there it was a huge black box system all JBL loaded the stack's either side of the stage must have been 10 feet high and the bass was the full width of the stage! 
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We need a series of DVD's for sound nerds called "Now That's What I Call PA!" featuring footage of mad rigs from the 80's and 90's LOL
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Very small photo here:


very crisp sound with an astonishing amount of bass on the dancefloor prob (Bloody loud too!)
about 10off 2 x 15's under the stage side by side and another 40ff 2 x 15's under the stacks
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I always thought it was 2 systems, but mainly Court Acoustics
had some of my best experiences in there

years later, around the early 90's, my brother had a fight with the head doorman, it was Lenny Mclean younger brother apparently. And whats funny is, my brother can't fight, but he doesn't back down to anyone if they're wrong 
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It was a Court Acoustics Black Box (20 kW Club 8000 5 way) rig. IIRC the system was usually set up as shown in the photo with stage L/R stacks but I seem remember seeing it earlier on with stage L/R & Rear L/R stacks too - perhaps the first option for live the second for playback (DISCO!).
Photo is also on the Court site: http://www.courtacoustics.net/
Also, link here to an article in Billboard magazine, 18 Feb 1995 talking about the newly revamped Palace with more details of the system.
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Originally posted by jazomir jazomir wrote:

It was a Court Acoustics Black Box (20 kW Club 8000 5 way) rig. IIRC the system was usually set up as shown in the photo with stage L/R stacks but I seem remember seeing it earlier on with stage L/R & Rear L/R stacks too - perhaps the first option for live the second for playback (DISCO!).
Photo is also on the Court site: http://www.courtacoustics.net/
Also, link here to an article in Billboard magazine, 18 Feb 1995 talking about the newly revamped Palace with more details of the system.

Not quite right? 
The system in the photo (mid 70's) is black box not a club 8000, that came later! 
The black box system was 4 way (at the time almost unheard of in the uk)
From memory the black box system in the palace was loaded as follows:

Bass cabs RCF L15-p200's
Mids JBL e120's
Hi's JBL 2426 (I think, was a long time ago)
super tweeters JBL 2402
Can't remember the amp's or processing 

It was also the first time I'd seen an EMO switcher? In fact 1 in each rack with another controlling all the different racks (so one switched on all the others) which was very impressive when you turned the key?
The Palace also had the first  SL1200's (3) with a digital readout for the vari speed (looked very funky)
Dj's when I was there were Rusty Egan & Steve Strange

The Laser came much later! Harvester's, helicopters, pinspots, par 1000's ect were the order of the day!

At the time the Camden palace was state of the art taking into account most clubs then were using HH speakers or dare I say Bose 802's? (yukky) Without the 302's which hadn't been developed then?

The only other real UK club sound system contender at the time was Mr Missen & Keith Hardy's Company CDC who did some very serious 4/5 way system's which were mostly modified Altec/JBL design's and all JBL loaded (most famous being the roof top garden in Kensington) 
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    I've often wondered what happened to all the big club systems from years ago, installed in ,say, the 80s and 90s. I bet most of those systems would still do the job today, in fact, dare I say it, better than some systems that are about now, anybody else think the same?
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Do the job absolutely yes, saleable to young club promoters, no. Not purple enough Unhappy
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that and they'd take up most of the clubs nowerdays. Loving the links and pics though. I don't remember the main stack being that big! I'm sure it was JBL cabs, maybe it was a new install by the time my days finished there and thats all I remember! what was powering that lot? Amcrons?
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