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Froggy went on to become the first jock in the country to take two sets of Technics 1200 decks on the road, using a mixer he had designed himself with a UK-based company called Matamp Super Nova. At that stage he had already toured the country with Dave Lee Travis, DJ-ing at his Radio One Roadshows and had gone on to present a regular 25 minute soul/disco session on the DLT show.
Meeting New York innovators like Larry Levan took Froggy to a new level. Indeed it was the sound systems at Studio 54 and Paradise Garage, Larry was resident at both, that would prove the forerunner for the now legendary Froggy Sound System. Once the Frogg had experienced a sound so crisp, yet so powerful, he was determined to try and recreate that king of production in the UK.

In 1980 and within months of his return from the Big Apple, the system was wowing more than 15,000 people at a soul all-dayer at Knebworth. Oasis were still at junior school but Froggy was already leaping about in true Gallagher style. He says: When I went to those clubs I just couldn't get over the sound and sheer extravagance. In Studio 54 in particular, the sound would get fatter and fatter as the night went on. That's how I tried to make mine operate, but no-one went home deaf though. It had a great woof to it, but nobody was ever bitten by its bark. The system would go on to be a regular attraction at the Caister Soul Weekenders, and has more recently been under the deft guidance of Froggy's co-pilot Paul P. It even entertained 2,000 hardcore fans when DJ Seduction played on it at a University gig in Colchester, Essex, two years ago. Due for another outing very soon and still available for hire, the system amazingly still boasts the same Technics 1200 decks from the Knebworth days and also the same Matamp Super Nova mixer that he helped design soon after his New York sabbatical.

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