Equipment Detail

CD / System CD (1957)
Strand

200 channel Strand system CD/W Civic Theatre Gothenburg

Electro-mechanical remote control (120 channel)
The first System CD went into the Palace Theatre, at the same time as the last Light Console was being installed in Warsaw. Brian Legge was involved in the installation of both.
The first theatre to use System CD outside the West End of London was the Sunderland Empire (1959/60).
The final System CD installation was in Dublin.

Related Venues:

Related Shows

Blitz! (1962-1963)

Documents

Photo: System CD - Console Preset - Cambridge
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[522kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD - Console Preset - Sadlers Wells
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[491kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD - Savoy Theatre Console
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[502kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD Console
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[591kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD Console at Adelphi Theatre, London - Rear
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[644kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD Console for Palace
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[365kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD Console for Palace - Close-up
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[741kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD Console with Philip Sheridan
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[596kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD for Aldwych featuring Paul Weston
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[2.3Mb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD for Miskolc, Hungary
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[438kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD/TV adjacent installations at Wembley Studio 5
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[547kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD/TV at Wembley 5
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[548kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD/TV at Wembley Studio 5
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[608kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD/TV for Glasgow TV
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[368kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD/TV for Granada TV, Manchester
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[355kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD/TV for Wembley Studio 5
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[458kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD/TV suite for Hamburg
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[357kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD/TV suite for Hamburg with M Wooderson
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[457kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD/TV suite in use at Hamburg
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[487kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD/W for Birmingham Alexandra Theatre
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[357kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD/W for Gothenburg
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[550kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD/W for Gothenburg (with M Wooderson)
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[513kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD/W for Gothenburg - centre console
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[461kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

Photo: System CD/W for Gothenburg - rear wiring
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[603kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

System CD - Console Preset - Cambridge
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[713kb JPEG]
From Frederick Brown Collection

System CD TH II Instructions
[4Mb PDF]
From Jim Laws Collection

1957 Theatrical Lighting (1957)
From Strand Archive

1958 Price List - page 14 (October 1958)
From Strand Archive

1961 Lighting for Entertainment - page 17 (1961)
From Strand Archive

1961 Lighting for Entertainment - page 22 (1961)
From Strand Archive

1963 Lighting for Entertainment page 17 (April 1963)
From Strand Archive

1963 Lighting for Entertainment page 19 (April 1963)
From Strand Archive

1963 Lighting for Entertainment page 24 (April 1963)
From Strand Archive

LSI - Classic Gear - System CD (September 2009)
[1.28Mb PDF]
From Lighting & Sound International

Exhibits in the Backstage Heritage Collection

System CD
From Jim Laws Collection

System CD
On display at Production Park Reception, Wakefield
From Production Park Collection

System CD 120 Channel
From Electrokinetica

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