Podcast #19: Radio Plugger & DJ Promo Pool Boss, Simon Walsh

Tapping into an unusual reserve of “get up and go”, a young Simon Walsh did just that . His jet-setting start to his music career involved things like, y’know, hearing Larry Levan play and visiting Studio 54 in New York…

Quickly fascinated by the science of promoting new releases, Simon went on to found what is now the biggest independent music promotion company in the UK, Music House, working on both the biggest commercial releases and more underground sounds. He’s still doing it today, decades on.

In this episode of Tales From The Dancefloor, Simon shares many stories, including tales of being a radio plugger, and driving a very young Take That around the UK from gig to gig…

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