History
Jands Productions Services (JPS) was formed in 1970 to provide sound and lighting equipment and expertise for local and overseas entertainers. Over the last three and half decades, Jands has undertaken some of the most innovative and memorable projects in the fields of sound and lighting.When Elton John first toured Australia in 1971, Jands provided what was then the largest PA system ever assembled in Australia. Throughout the 70s and 80s, Jands was the preferred supplier of equipment and staff for nearly every major entertainer that visited the country.We are gradually working through our old records and photographs and will add to this section regularly.
March 15th, 1970
From the late 60s Jands manufactured a range of lighting equipment including strobes, color-organs, chasers and lighting effects units. Jands lighting equipment was used for ‘Hair’ and many other local productions and events. The March 1970 rental price list is reproduced below.
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January 28th, 1971
One of the first outdoor shows Jands provided audio for was a concert was held at the Heddon Greta Speedway near Newcastle.
The PA system included two Jands 4 x 12″ speaker columns shown on the left side of the photo. Microphones were AKG D190s.
The mixer was designed and largely built by Philip Storey and [...]
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October 31st, 1971
Sound System
2 x RCA W Bin c/w 2 x JBL K140
4 x Jands U Bin c/w 2 x JBL K130
2 x RCA Multi-cell Horns
8 x JBL 075
16 Channel Jands Mixing Console
10 x Jands 150w Power Amplifiers
System Engineer
Howard Page
Promoters / Sponsors:
I.B.C./Rock Concert Club of Australia/Go-Set/ 6KY, 5KA, 3AK, 4BC, 2SM
1971 Tour Dates and Venues:
16 October – [...]
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January 4th, 1972
About Alpine Sound
In the early 70’s cigarette company Alpine sponsored a series of outdoor concerts at various venues in and around Sydney.
The photographs show the FOH mixer which was the first large mixer designed and built by Jands and one of the beach concerts at Manly. Note the blue 6 channel sub-mixer alongside.
Jands 16 channel [...]
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January 30th, 1972
For the second time within a year the Bee Gees will play to capacity houses throughout their Australian tour. Originally it was planned that there would be only one concert in Melbourne and Brisbane but because both were sold out on the first day of bookings, promoter Paul Dainty decided to include extra concerts in [...]
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February 27th, 1972
This was Led Zeppelin’s only Australian tour. Portions of the Sydney Showground concert were filmed for GTK and appears in the “Down Under” segment of the Led Zeppelin DVD released in 2003.
Sound System
Showco Sound System
Jands (Additional) System
2 x RCA W Bin c/w 2 x JBL K140
2 x JBL 4550 c/w 2 x JBL K130
2 x [...]
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