Interview — Ray Churchouse (Sales Manager, 1970s)
A recorded conversation with Ray Churchouse, Ira Gale’s first employee and sales manager.
Ray helped establish Gale’s UK retail network and the US Air Force PX distribution, recalling his years working with Ira Gale in the 1970s.
In this interview Ray talks about the atmosphere at Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum in South Kensington, celebrity clients including Yul Brynner, and how Gale Electronics grew from a small operation into a recognised name in high-fidelity audio.
[Recorded for the Gale Electronics Archive — © Gale Electronics Oral History Project]