The British Music Vault, collaboration with The Rock History project.

 

We are extremely proud to announce a special project in tribute to the memory of Mark Rye, founder of RockHistory.co.uk

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In 2003 Mark started the Rock History project, when the death of Pink Floyd’s manager Steve O’Rourke made him realise that memories from the golden age of British music were disappearing.

Rock History is a social and music history storytelling project created by Mark Rye, devoted to collecting the stories and anecdotes about all those fabulous British bands and the business, from the birth of Skiffle and Rock’n’Roll through to the 1990s.

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Sadly Mark Rye passed away in 2018 and his family have been exploring ways to make the full archive accessible to all, a fitting legacy to this important project which Mark spent the last 10 years of his life pursuing.

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The British Music Vault will work in partnership with Mark’s family to preserve and present ‘The Mark Rye Archives’, as a dedicated channel, within the British Music Vault. Over time the full interviews recorded by Mark, (circa 300) will be available to all, for free, for research, for generations to come.

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About Mark Rye

This heartfelt obituary from the Guardian newspaper, details Mark’s life and journey through the music industry.

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