Sean Macreavy Media

27/10/2026

Yesterday, I was mostly having a wonderful time here with true, true fans, playing back two super-rare (and probably very expensive) Eric Clapton tapes.

The sound of a great band as pristine as the second it was recorded 48 years ago, is a joy to hear. 🙏 Thank you, gentlemen.

25/10/2026

When I threw my weary Consequences 10cc podcast editing toys out of the pram after the 50cc gigs in Stockport in 2022, I vowed that the *only* reason I'd come out of retirement would be if we finally got to sit down with Mr Creme...

And here we are, thanks to producer Des Burkinshaw, who's currently launching an incredible series of podcasts featuring Lol and his many partners in artistic crime! We had the absolute joy of several hours with Lol, in a ramshackle, random and hilarious ramble through so many of Lol's adventures. Proper pinch-me stuff. 😲🙏

Our full audio version will be out soon, but here's a video taster. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/MXdAW3wSG_Y

14/10/2026

This was a really fun shoot, juggling five cameras on my own, with the excellent TOTAL REX up at the Blackburn Empire a couple of weekends ago. It was fun to edit, too!

This lot are a CRACKING band. Get it on. 😉✊️

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16/09/2026

Anyone remember The Blow Monkeys? Digging Your Scene, It Doesn't Have to Be This Way, Wait, and Choice?

A fascinating pile of tapes: baked and carefully digitised, including studio demo tapes from four years before the band broke through. Another bootleg release required! 😉

28/08/2026

We're beyond excited about this, just announced from Cherry Red Records. We've been working on it since the spring, and had to keep a lid on it, as it's breaking some serious new ground...

With the exception of a few tracks, I had the honour of remixing and mastering the whole lot. And we can *finally* reveal that discs 4-6 are remixed FROM THE ORIGINAL MULTI-TRACKS! It's eye-popping stuff, and everything sounds WONDERFUL.

A proper "pinch me" project! Huge thanks to Cherry Red and "The Clockwork Creeps". 🙏

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/format/box-set/10cc-the-stockport-shuffle-complete-uk-label-anthology-1972-1974-6cd-dvd-box-set-edition?fbclid=IwdGRleAT-e0RwZG9mAWZkaWQWUNUbvUMpvMhOcgE5Y0Z2PAmQrI6RvWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzE3Mzg0NzY0MjY3MDM3MAABHkCl0W4yxvoW08R09sz_S7ME6y_S2_nEBuH-gCIbBI7V6Bwvro0OA5dthaEJ_aem_HT65iAocVE3Tv5rvPcVVUA

• Heavily expanded 6CD overview of first two albums by early 70s art-pop titans 10cc. • Features previously-unissued alternative versions, album session highlights, out-takes, rehearsals and BBC recordings. • Includes additional DVD/Blu-ray disc with live TV performances and Surround Sound mix...

07/08/2026

Rediscovered buried treasure is SUCH a thrill! Motorhead's long-time tour manager Graham Mitchell and his partner Liz asked me to bake and restore a studio tape given to him by guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke, that's being sitting around, unplayed, for nearly fifty years.

It turns out to be a wonderful, ramshackle rehearsal from 1977, in preparation for their second album. It was recorded at Escape Studios in Kent, best known for Jeff Beck recording there. It's as rare as hen's teeth and FANTASTIC (and needs a release! 😉).

07/07/2026

We'll never stop getting a real thrill seeing our tape restoration projects seeing official release. Renowned journalist and Needle Mythology label boss Pete Paphides was kind enough to give me copies of these two wonderful releases, by underrated stars from the Birmingham Reggae scene. They're CRACKING albums.

Here's a tiny (doctored) clip from one of our delightful finds - proof that the lads from Musical Youth were persuaded to change the lyrics to the song that would propel them to number one in the charts! (A "kouchie" is something you might, er, smoke... 😉)

https://needlemythology.com/releases/

25/06/2026

Some of our projects are really challenging. This one certainly was too, but immensely satisfying!

This was a complete ground-up remixing/mastering/cover and booklet design commission for singer/songwriter/guitarist Mike Young and his band of many decades, "Mike, Roger & Terry" for their album "Melodies, Rhythms and Tales II" recorded in the 1990s.

The production involved:

🔊 AI voice and instrument isolation from the original 1990s rough mixes recorded at home
🔊 Manual multitrack remixing in Logic Pro
🔊 Mastering in Logic and Adobe Audition
🖌 Sleeve and booklet design in Adobe Photoshop
💿 CD mastering for release

A hugely enjoyable project, and well worth the hard work! You can hear the results on most streaming platforms, including Spotify. Thanks again, Mike - great tunes! 🙏

LISTEN HERE: https://open.spotify.com/album/7hnlgPTvDn27vohL50RBhD?si=DVXrJbkqRy2OTtVrMQpByw

17/06/2026

Sorry to have been absent these past weeks... We've been busy! A few daily updates incoming on what we've been up to...

Our tape baking and restoration adventures continue apace... We've recently baked and restored tapes by ELO, Bee Gees, Bruce Springsteen and several others who we've promised not to mention for fear of implicating some passionate collectors!

So many thanks to Lou, the son of ELO's incredible, late string arranger and conductor Louis Clark, whose tapes are incredibly special and rare! Thank you, sir. 🙏

https://soundcloud.com/louisjclark11

27/02/2026

Talented young journalist Magda Markiewicz recently interviewed Rob SnappyAds and I for her "Media Spotlight" series of films about our backgrounds, businesses, passions and niche specialisms. It was tremendous fun to contribute to her project - she's a great interviewer and picked up film-making like she was born to it!

The first episode here focusses on how and why I launched Macreavy Media, and features dozens of short clips from the hugely varied film projects from our business's first couple of years. Next time: "What Do You Mean, 'Tape Baking'?"

And huge thanks to Sarah .com for her excellent studio!

https://youtu.be/lDZQZ-9sqIw

Media Spotlight - Journalist Magda Markiewicz interviews Sean Macreavy - 1- How Did It Start? ...