Glen Quick's Musical Notes

• Robin Hood's Last Victory
  'My earliest recollections are based on reading the borrowed library book of my older brother when I was home in bed sick as a small child and had not long before learned to read.'
• His Master's Voice
  'The "Phonograph" was the inspired invention of Thomas Edison who chanced across its operating principle in 1877 when he was looking for a way to speed up the transmission of Morse code.'
• High Fidelity and All That
  'Look; you can't fit a whole orchestra in your lounge room, so why bother with Hi-Fi? Any old sound system is good enough for me; - and I couldn’t tell the difference anyway. Statements frequently made by the unconverted to those of us who believe. Well to be frank, I couldn’t fit a grand piano into my lounge room either but that hasn’t stopped me from slowly building a Hi-Fi system over many years that sounds as good as the real thing.'
• Sir Charles Mackerras, A Memoir
  'Charles Mackerras was probably the greatest Australian conductor who ever lived. Born in the USA in November 1925, he died in England in July 2010.'

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Glen Quick is a foundation member of 5MBS and was recently granted life-membership in recognition of his service to the Music Broadcasting Society of South Australia. He played a major role in the establishment of 5MBS and the granting of a broadcasting licence in 1998. He has served as a presenter from the outset.

Glen worked as an electrical engineer in the power industry. A childhood passion for gramophones led to an adult fascination with hi-fi and all things musical. Retirement brought community radio and eleven years on the 5MBS Management Committee, where Glen was largely instrumental in establishing the station on a sound footing.