Category Archives: England

Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, London 1966 gigs

March 30, 2020 Nick Warburton 20 Comments

Located at 33/37 Wardour Street, the Whisky A Go Go was a major rock music venue during the mid-late 1960s and was situated in the same building as the Flamingo.

It’s not clear when it first opened its doors to rock artists but according to London Life magazine, occasional live groups did perform at the venue during 1965. This is supported by a club passport (see below), kindly provided by Harvey Jordan.

However, it appears that the club really took off in late 1966, with listings four times a week. I have started to compile a list of artists who were advertised from 1966 to 1970 and would welcome any additions/corrections.

Melody Maker advertised gigs for the Whisky A Go Go every week, although there were gaps in places, particularly in late 1968 and during 1970. All of the shows listed below are from Melody Maker unless otherwise noted. Disc & Music Echo also regularly advertised the venue.

It is important to stress that these are listings for artists who were advertised in the music press so it’s quite possible that changes in the final billing may have taken place. I’d be interested to hear from anyone who can add any memories of particular shows in the comments below.

Source: Melody Maker unless otherwise noted

1966

According to the sleeve notes of RPM’s Timebox CD (and other band sources), the original Timebox, which may have been billed as Take Five at the time, landed a regular Wednesday night residency at this club when they first came to London thanks to manager Laurie Jay who worked at the George Cooper Agency. This would have been around January-March 1966.

18 January – The Key (needs source for confirmation)

17 February – Inez and Charlie Foxx with The League of Gentlemen

Melody Maker notes that Chris Lamb & The Universals play Wednesdays, which would have included 9 and 16 March

17 March – Irma Thomas (backed by The Excitements)

4 April – Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames

7 April – Don Covay

12 April – Screaming Jay Hawkins

14 April – Dee Dee Warwick

21 April – Lee Dorsey

24 April – The Blue Aces

This is Junior Kerr’s (aka Junior Marvin, future Wailers’ guitarist) band, who had played in Dakar from 4-16 April, according to Melody Maker advert

3 May – Lee Dorsey (Disc & Music Echo)

5 May – The Dixie Cups

9 May – Patti LaBelle & The Blue Bells (with Bluesology?)

12 May – Sugar Pie De Santo

17 May – Patti LaBelle & The Blue Bells (with Bluesology?)

19 May – The Original Drifters

26 May – Ben E King

9 June – Roy C

16 June – Stevie Wonder

20 June – Billy Stewart (with Bluesology?)

27 June – Irma Thomas

7 July – Noma Tanega (Disc & Music Echo has 5 July unless both days?)

14-15 July – The Orlons

18 July – Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry

22 July – Rufus Thomas

25 July – Solomon Burke

3 August – Solomon Burke

9 August – Jimmy Cliff (not sure who is the backing band as singer split with The New Generation, who went on to link up with Gary Hamilton as Hamilton Movement, the previous month)

16 August – Jimmy Cliff

23 August – Jimmy Cliff

25 August – The Ikettes (with PP Arnold?)

28 August – The Soul Set (says they play every Sunday)

4 September – The Soul Set

6 September – The Peeps

8 September – The Carnaby

11 September – The Soul Set

15 September – The Vibrations

18 September – The Soul Set (needs confirmation)

22 September – The Bunch

27 September – The Majority

29 September – The Gas Company

4 October – The Mad Lads

6 October – The Five Chants

10 October – The Mad Lads (Disc & Music Echo)

11 October – The Washington DCs

13 October – Alvin Cash & The Crawlers

18 October – Alvin Cash & The Crawlers

20 October – The Spellbinders

24 October – Alvin Robinson

25 October – The Bunch

31 October – Alvin Robinson

1 November – The Bunch

3 November – Lee Dorsey

8 November – The Dixie Cups

10 November – The Dave Davani Four

11 November – The Subterraneans with Nepenthe (Disc & Music Echo has 14 November)

15 November – The Original Coasters

17 November – Joe E Young & The Tonicks

20 November – The Boardwalkers (became Warren Davis Monday Band shortly afterwards)

21 November – The Washington DCs

22 November – The Peeps

24 November – The Original Coasters

28 November – The Subterraneans with Nepenthe

29 November – Malcolm Magaron & The Bluehealers

1 December – The Subterraneans with Nepenthe

5 December – Freddie Mack & The Mack Sound

6 December – The Mike Cotton Sound

13 December – The Bunch

15 December – The Orlons

20 December – The Iveys

22 December – The Bunch

24 December – The Sovereigns

25 December – The Flashbakks

26 December – Little People

27 December – The Images

31 December – The Sovereigns

Categories: England, West Sussex

The Starlight Ballroom, Crawley

March 29, 2020 Nick Warburton 13 Comments

The Who with Jo Jo Gunne, 11 February 1968 (Surrey Mirror)

Located on the high street, the Starlight Ballroom in Crawley, West Sussex was a significant music venue in the UK during the 1960s. Peter Griffin booked artists for the venue, together with the Starlite Ballroom in Greenford, London.

I have started to compile a list of artists that were advertised at the venue between 1966 and 1968 and would welcome any additions/corrections. I have noted down the sources.

It is important to stress that these are listings for artists who were advertised in local papers or on posters so it’s quite possible that changes in the final billing may have taken place. I’ve tried to note them down where they are confirmed.

1965

29 October – The Animals (Record Mirror)

4 November – Unit 4 Plus 2 (Record Mirror and Beat Instrumental)

14 November – The Shelley (Brighton Evening Argus)

18 November – Curtis & Co (Brighton Evening Argus)

21 November – Peter Fenton & The Crowd (Brighton Evening Argus)

25 November – Graham Bond Organisation and Yes & No (Brighton Evening Argus)

28 November – Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds (Brighton Evening Argus)

2 December – The Small Faces and The Riot Squad (Brighton Evening Argus)

5 December – Davey Sands & The Essex (Brighton Evening Argus)

9 December – Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas and The Epics (Brighton Evening Argus)

12 December – The Others (Brighton Evening Argus)

16 December – The Honey Combes and The Pentad (Brighton Evening Argus)

19 December – The Riots (Brighton Evening Argus)

23 December – Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band and The Hi Numbers (Brighton Evening Argus)

30 December – Sounds Incorporated and The Epics (Brighton Evening Argus)

1966

2 January – The Emeralds (Brighton Evening Argus)

6 January – The Hollies and Sons of Fred (Brighton Evening Argus)

9 January – The Toggery Five (Brighton Evening Argus)

13 January – Dave Berry & The Cruisers and The Sowtimes (Brighton Evening Argus)

16 January – The Symbols (Brighton Evening Argus)

20 January – The Original Checkmates and Dean Ford & The Gaylords (Brighton Evening Argus)

23 January – The Just Four Men (Brighton Evening Argus)

25 January – The Motavation (Brighton Evening Argus)

27 January – The Swinging Blue Jeans and Yes & No (Brighton Evening Argus)

30 January – The Emeralds (Brighton Evening Argus)

3 February – The Moody Blues and Curtis & Co (Brighton Evening Argus)

6 February – The Others (Brighton Evening Argus)

8 February – Five Shades of Blue (Brighton Evening Argus)

10 February – Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames and The Riots (Brighton Evening Argus)

13 February – The Epics (Brighton Evening Argus)

17 February 1966 – The Mindbenders (Record Retailer)

18 March – Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames (Beat Instrumental)

21 April – Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band and The Fleur De Lys (Caterham Weekly Press) Beat Instrumental had The Small Faces on this date

1 May – The Vibros (Surrey Mirror)

5 May – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, The Gobbledegooks and The Cadalacks (Caterham Weekly Press)

8 May – The Emeralds (Surrey Mirror)

12 May – The Checkmates and The Plus Four (Surrey Mirror)

15 May – The Manchester Playboys (Caterham Weekly Press)

19 May – (Jimmy James &) The Vagabonds and Davey Sands & The Essex (Caterham Weekly Press/Surrey Mirror)

22 May – The Shindigs and The Herd (Surrey Mirror)

26 May – The Action and The Powerhouse Six (Caterham Weekly Press)

29 May – The Shindigs and Mark Four (Surrey Mirror)

5 June – The Other Way (Surrey Mirror)

3 November – The Fortunes (Brighton Evening Argus)

10 November – Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours (Brighton Evening Argus)

17 November – The Coasters (most likely backed by The Noblemen/Motivation) (Brighton Evening Argus)

24 November – The Roulettes (Brighton Evening Argus)

1 December – The Bunch of Fives (Mid Sussex Times)

1967

12 March – The 1^st Lites (Surrey Mirror)

26 March – The Iveys (Surrey Mirror)

31 March – Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds (Crawley Advertiser)

2 April – Zoot Money and His Big Roll Band (Melody Maker)

7 April – Ronnie Jones & The Q-Set (Brighton Evening Argus)

9 April – Gass (Brighton Evening Argus)

14 April – Long John Baldry Show with Stuart A Brown, Alan Walker and The Bluesology (Brighton Evening Argus)

16 April – Graham Bond Organisation and The Flashbakks (Brighton Evening Argus)

23 April – Pink Floyd and The Doves (poster/Brighton Evening Argus) Newspaper says it’s Pink Floyd’s first Crawley appearance

30 April – Max Baer & The Chicago Setback and Johnny Carr & The Cadillacs (Brighton Evening Argus)

5 May – Shell Shock Show and The Gods (Crawley Advertiser/Surrey Mirror)

7 May – Alan Bown Set (Crawley Advertiser/Surrey Mirror)

19 May – Lunar II and The Honey Band (Crawley Advertiser)

21 May – Ronnie Jones & The Q-Set and Prince Buster & The Bees (Crawley Advertiser)

26 May – Alan Bown Set (Surrey Mirror)

28 May – The Shell Shock Show (Surrey Mirror)

4 June – Ray King Soul Band and The Gods (Crawley Advertiser)

11 June – Hamilton & The Hamilton Movement and Craig King & The Midnight Train (Crawley Advertiser)

18 June – John Lee Hooker and The Hip Hooray Band (Crawley Advertiser)

25 June – Alan Price Set with support groups (Crawley Advertiser)

2 July – The Outer Limits and support group (Crawley Advertiser)

29 July – The Kindred (Surrey Mirror)

30 July – Sam and Bill with Hamilton & The Hamilton Movement and The Gas Company (Surrey Mirror)

5 August – The Cornermen (Surrey Mirror)

6 August – Winston’s Fumbs and Geranium Pond (Surrey Mirror)

13 August – Cats Pyjamas and Geranium Pond (Surrey Mirror)

16 September – Aubrey Denny & The Cornermen and The Kindred (Surrey Mirror)

17 September – The Tiles Big Band and Gentle Madness (Surrey Mirror)

23 September – The Exits and The Visitors (Surrey Mirror)

24 September – The Small Faces and Modes Mode (Surrey Mirror)

30 September – The Exits (Surrey Mirror)

1 October – The Move and Jo Jo Gunne (Surrey Mirror)

7 October – The Mover and The Exits (Brighton Evening Argus/Surrey Mirror)

8 October – Dantalion’s Chariot and The Kindred (Surrey Mirror)

14 October – The Exits and The Mover (Surrey Mirror)

15 October – The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Jo Jo Gunne (Surrey Mirror)

Henry Turtle, singer/songwriter and guitarist with The Doves, says Jo Jo Gunne didn’t turn up and The Doves were parachuted in at the last minute. A poster confirms The Doves with Jimi Hendrix for this date without Jo Jo Gunne listed.

21 October – The Exits (Surrey Mirror)

22 October – Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Surrey Mirror)

28 October – The Exits and The Mover (Surrey Mirror)

29 October – The Original Drifters (most likely backed by The Trend) (Surrey Mirror)

4 November – The Exits and The Mover (Surrey Mirror)

5 November – Long John Baldry (with Bluesology) and The Deadly Nightshade (Surrey Mirror)

11 November – Fascination (afternoon). The Exits and The Mover (evening) (Surrey Mirror)

12 November – Jo Jo Gunne and Modes Mode (Surrey Mirror)

18 November – Fascination (afternoon). The Exits and The Mover (evening) (Surrey Mirror)

19 November – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The All Night Workers (Surrey Mirror)

25 November – The Exits (Surrey Mirror)

26 November – Ronnie Jones & The Q-Set (Surrey Mirror) and The Army (Melody Maker)

2 December – The Exits and The Mover (Surrey Mirror)

3 December – The Fabulous Temptations (aka The Fantastics) and The Army (Surrey Mirror)

9 December – The Exits and The Mover (Surrey Mirror)

10 December – The Foundations (Surrey Mirror)

Jo Jo Gunne may have been on the bill with The Foundations but needs confirmation

16 December – The Kindred (afternoon) and The Exits (evening) (Surrey Mirror)

17 December – The Vibrations (Surrey Mirror)

23 December – The All Night Workers and The Exits (Surrey Mirror)

24 December – Jo Jo Gunne and The Exits (Surrey Mirror)

30 December – The Exits and The Tony Strudwick Orchestra (Surrey Mirror)

31 December – Jo Jo Gunne and Precisely This (Surrey Mirror)

1968

6 January – Dave’s Dimensions (afternoon) and The Exits (evening) (Surrey Mirror)

7 January – Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Surrey Mirror)

13 January – Jason Crest (Surrey Mirror)

14 January – Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds with support band (Surrey Mirror)

20 January – The Taste (afternoon) and BBC’s Stuart Henry and The Army (Surrey Mirror)

21 January – The Human Instinct and The Summits (Surrey Mirror)

27 January – BBC’s Stuart Henry and The Age with Rice Milton (Surrey Mirror)

28 January – Desmond Dekker & The Aces and The Inspiration (Surrey Mirror)

3 February – Purple Dream and The Taste (Surrey Mirror)

4 February – Edwin Starr (Surrey Mirror/New Musical Express) and Gin House Blues (Surrey Mirror)

10 February – Jo Jo Gunne and The Doves (Surrey Mirror)

11 February – The Who and Jo Jo Gunne (Surrey Mirror)

17 February – The Mike Stuart Span and The Memphis Gents (Surrey Mirror)

18 February – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Surrey Mirror)

Henry Turtle says that The Doves opened for Jimmy James & The Vagabonds at this venue. It might have been on this occasion or another time.

24 February – Damson Flies (afternoon) and Misty Romance and Exploding Orange (evening) (Surrey Mirror)

25 February – The Human Instinct and Jo Jo Gunne (Surrey Mirror)

2 March – Size Five and The Race (Surrey Mirror)

3 March – Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Surrey Mirror)

9 March – Surprise group (afternoon) and Jo Jo Gunne and Modes Mode (evening) (Surrey Mirror)

10 March – The Fabulous Temptations (aka The Fantastics) and Jo Jo Gunne (Surrey Mirror)

16 March – Surprise group (afternoon) and Zoot Money (aka Dantalion’s Chariot) (evening) (Surrey Mirror)

17 March – The Small Faces and Kristan Young & The Reflections (Surrey Mirror)

23 March – Surprise group (afternoon) and DJ Pete Drummond and The All Night Workers (evening) (Surrey Mirror)

24 March – The Skatalites and The Extreme Sound (Surrey Mirror)

30 March – Colin Berry and The All Night Workers (evening) (Surrey Mirror)

31 March – The Original Drifters and Jo Jo Gunne (Surrey Mirror)

Drummer Paul Maher of Jo Jo Gunne says he covered for the drummer in the backing band for The Original Drifters as he was ill.

6 April – The Fascinations (afternoon) and Miss Gatwick 1968 competition and Tony Strudwick & His Band (evening) with Colin Berry and Size Five in the upstairs lounge (evening) (Surrey Mirror)

7 April – Modes Mode and Ffolley & The Rainbow (aka Rainbow Ffolley) (Surrey Mirror)

13 April – The New Breed (Surrey Mirror)

14 April – Peter London’s Rock and Roll Band and The New Breed (Surrey Mirror)

27 April – JJ Jackson (Evening Argus)

28 April – Ike & Tina Turner Show (Melody Maker)

1 June – The Equals and The Motion (Surrey Mirror)

23 June – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch (New Musical Express)

FINAL NOTE:

Henry Turtle says that The Doves also opened for the following artists at this venue but I haven’t been able to find listings: Amen Corner, The Small Faces and Wishful Thinking

Categories: England, London

Mr Mo’s Messengers

March 26, 2020 Nick Warburton 27 Comments

There is absolutely no information on this group and its personnel on the internet beyond the release of this lone UK single in February 1967.

The group played regularly at the Whisky A Go Go in Wardour Street in Soho, central London between 1967 and 1969. It also played at the Mistrale in Beckenham, south London a fair bit too among other venues.

Photo from John Wilders. Left to right: John Wilders, Ken Gray, Mo Umansky, unknown guitarist, unknown drummer, John Eldred and (front) Mick Timlett

There are rumours that Mr Mo’s Messengers evolved into Sketto Rich & Sonority (see entry on this site) but this seems very unlikely (as both bands were gigging simultaneously in the late 1960s).

However, there is a slight possibility that the musicians in the latter formation also used the name Mr Mo’s Messengers briefly, as both groups came from the southeast London/Kent borderlands.

If anyone can provide further information on the group’s history and its personnel, we’d be interested to hear from you (see comments section for what has been submitted so far).

Acetate from 1968/1969. Thanks to Lewis Anderson

I have found the following gigs for the group:

1 July 1967 – Iron Curtain Club, Small Heath, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

25 July 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

17 August 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

1 October 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

8 October 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

19 December 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

27 January 1968 – Penthouse, Colchester, Essex (Essex County Standard) Billed as Mr Mo’s

25 February 1968 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

4 April 1968 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

19 April 1968 – Mistrale, Beckenham, south London with Dantalion’s Chariot (Melody Maker)

26 April 1968 – Mistrale, Beckenham, south London (Coulsdon & Purley Advertiser)

8 May 1968 – Mistrale, Beckenham, south London with Marmalade (Poster)

22 May 1968 – Mistrale, Beckenham, south London (Coulsdon & Purley Advertiser)

1 June 1968 – Mistrale, Beckenham, south London with The Rock ‘N’ Roll Revival Show (Coulsdon & Purley Advertiser)

4 July 1968 – Mistrale, Beckenham, south London with Cliff Bennett (Beckenham & Penge Advertiser)

18 July 1968 – Mistrale, Beckenham, south London with Cliff Bennett (Beckenham & Penge Advertiser)

24 August 1968 – Stage Door, Oxford (Oxford Mail)

31 August 1968 – Supreme Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent with Fire (East Kent Times & Mail)

26 October 1968 – Mistrale, Beckenham, south London with Sweet Rain (Poster)

30 November 1968 – St Albans City Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)

17 January 1969 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Jonathan Marks’ Hatchetts monthly gig listing)

18 January 1969 – Fellowship Inn, Bellingham, south London (Melody Maker)

25 March 1969 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

5 April 1969 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

15 May 1969 – Pilgrim Cellar, Haywards Heath, West Sussex with Double Sounds (Mid Sussex Times)

1-2 August 1969 – Samantha’s, New Burlington Street, central London (Poster)

15-16 August 1969 – Samantha’s, New Burlington Street, central London (Poster)

29-30 August 1969 – Samantha’s, New Burlington Street, central London (Poster)

Categories: England, London

Rasputin, 70 New Bond Street, London

March 10, 2020 Nick Warburton 7 Comments

This little known rock club was opened around late June/early July 1967, according to Disc & Music Echo, which noted in its 1 July issue (page 2) that the venue had opened recently. Ginger Baker from Cream and Mike Wilsher from The New Vaudeville Band appeared at the club reception.

One of the earliest dates I have is 14 July 1967 when Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede, The Ford Foundation and The Survivors appeared late in the evening (see poster).

I would welcome any additional information about the club, which was located at 70 New Bond Street, including details of acts that played over the years.

I have found the following and included the sources:

1968

23 January – Jimmy McGriff Quartet (Melody Maker)

24 January – Jimmy McGriff Quartet (Melody Maker)

25 January – Jimmy McGriff Quartet (Melody Maker)

26 January – Jimmy McGriff Quartet (Melody Maker)

27 January – Jimmy McGriff Quartet (Melody Maker)

30 January – Jimmy McGriff Quartet (Melody Maker)

31 January – Jimmy McGriff Quartet (Melody Maker)

1 February – Jimmy McGriff Quartet (Melody Maker)

13 February – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

14 February – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

15 February – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

28 February – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

19 March – Cliff Bennett (Melody Maker)

25 March – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

26 March – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

27 March – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

19 April – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

20 April – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

29 April – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

30 April – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

1 May – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

2 May – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

3 May – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

5 May – J J Jackson (Melody Maker)

12 May – Edwin Starr (Melody Maker)

17 May – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

24 May – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

5 July – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

7 July – Tuesday’s Children (Bob Hodges’ diary)

15 July – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

16 July – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

17 July – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

18 July – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

19 July – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

6 August – Selofane (Fabulous 208)

7 August – Selofane (Fabulous 208)

8 August – Selofane (Fabulous 208)

9 August – Selofane (Fabulous 208)

10 August – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

According to The Stroud News, Gass played Rasputin not long before 14 September

6 September – Tuesday’s Children (Bob Hodges’ gig diary)

7 September – Selofane (Fabulous 208)

8 September – Selofane (Fabulous 208)

12 September – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

13 September – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

17 September – Selofane (Fabulous 208)

18 September – Selofane (Fabulous 208)

19 September – Selofane (Fabulous 208)

24 September – Ferris Wheel (Time Out)

9 October – Ferris Wheel (Time Out/Fabulous 208)

18 October – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

19 October – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

21 October – Cats Pyjamas (Colin Pullen’s gig diary)

15 November – Tuesday’s Children (Bob Hodges’ gig diary)

1969

20 February – My Dear Watson (Melody Maker)

21 March – Black Velvet (Time Out)

1 April – Girl Talk (Melody Maker)

29 April – Milwaukee Coasters (Fabulous 208)

12 May – The Shades (Melody Maker)

29 August – Glass Menagerie (Time Out)

11 September – Sonority (Jack Drew’s diary)

12 September – Sonority (Jack Drew’s diary)

30 October – Ferris Wheel (Time Out)

Categories: England

The Heart and Souls

February 21, 2020 Nick Warburton 2 Comments

Photo: Torquay Times. Image may be subject to copyright

Ray Gibbons – harmonica/vocals

Wayne King – sax/vocals

Michael King – guitar

James King – bass/vocals

George Anthony – organ

Winston Bailey – drums

1964

25 October 1964 – The Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Cornish Guardian)

1965

11 September 1965 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London with The Valkeries and Right Track (Surrey Comet)

September/October 1965 – Star Hotel, Croydon, south London (Melody Maker)

24 December 1965 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, London, E1 (Melody Maker)

25 December 1965 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker)

1966

9 March 1966 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London (website: www.eelpiemuseum.co.uk/roll-call/1966-roll-call)

1 April 1966 – Target, High Wycombe, Bucks (Melody Maker)

2 April 1966 – London Welsh Rugby Football Ground, Richmond, west London (Melody Maker)

2 April 1966 – New All-Star Club, near Liverpool Street, east London (Melody Maker)

21 July 1966 – New All-Star Club, near Liverpool Street, east London (Melody Maker)

10 August 1966 – Oscar’s Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

8 October 1966 – New All-Star Club, Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker)

15 October 1966 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Total (Camberley News)

Courtesy of Steve Sheldon via old Clubland Acts

13 November 1966 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder) Played every Sunday

20 November 1966 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

26 November 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Original Coasters, Motivation and Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays (Lincolnshire Standard)

27 November 1966 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

24 December 1966 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London with The Worrying Kynd (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

26 December 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent with The Kingpins (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald/Melody Maker)

1967

1 January 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

8 January 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

15 January 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

22 January 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

11 February 1967 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)

18 February 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Jaguars (Cornish Guardian)

25 February 1967 – Royal Lido, Prestatyn, Clwyd, Wales with The Raynes (Rhyl & Prestayn Gazette)

16 March 1967 – Kitchners Black Horse, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (Kidderminster Shuttle) Says from Scotch of St James

18 March 1967 – Steering Wheel Club, Dorchester, Dorset (Western Gazette)

18 March 1967 – Blake Hall, South Petherton, Somerset (Western Gazette)

19 March 1967 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent (Kentish Express)

31 March 1967 – Bluesette Club, Leatherhead, Surrey (Caterham Weekly Press)

8 April 1967 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)

12 April 1967 – Stonehouse Church Hall, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire with The Mystics (Gloucester Citizen)

28 April 1967 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire with The Up-Town Go-Go Band (Warrington Guardian)

3 May 1967 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London (website: www.eelpiemuseum.co.uk/roll-call/1967-roll-call)

12 May 1967 – Slipper, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire (Nottingham Evening Post)

14 May 1967 – Westcliff Hotel, Clacton, Essex (Essex County Standard)

20 May 1967 – The Polytechnic, Little Titchfield Street, W1 with The Brian Auger Trinity wth Julie Driscoll (Melody Maker)

21 May 1967 – Le Metro, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

26 May 1967 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with Soul Set and The Package Deal (Herald Express/Torquay Times)

26 May 1967 – Apex Club, Brookfield Hall, South Ashford, Kent with The Concords (Kentish Express) This may be another band

27 May 1967 – Afan Lido, Port Talbot, Wales with The In Thing (Port Talbot Guardian)

11 July 1967 – Royalty Ballroom, Southgate, north London (Melody Maker)

16 July 1967 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London (website: www.eelpiemuseum.co.uk/roll-call/1967-roll-call)

22 July 1967 – Steering Wheel Club, Dorchester, Dorset (Western Gazette)

2 August 1967 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London (website: www.eelpiemuseum.co.uk/roll-call/1967-roll-call)

5-11 August 1967 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)

12 August 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Step (Cambridgeshire Times)

13 August 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

18 August 1967 – Apex Club, Brookfield Hall, South Ashford, Kent with Tales of Mafekin (replaced by The Couriers) (Kentish Express)

20 August 1967 – Le Metro Club, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

25 August 1967 – Pavilion, Newtown, Shropshire with The Bee Gees (Shropshire Star)

27 August 1967 – Riverside Club, Cricketers Hotel, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald)

6 September 1967 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London (website: www.eelpiemuseum.co.uk/roll-call/1967-roll-call)

9 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Winston G & Happy Magazine (Melody Maker)

13 September 1967 – Disco Blue, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight County Press)

15 September 1967 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire with Chapter 6 (Warrington Guardian)

17 September 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

19 September 1967 – Royalty Ballroom, Southgate, north London (Melody Maker)

30 September 1967 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)

16 December 1967 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)

1968

10 January 1968 – Industrial Club, Norwich (Eastern Evening News)

14 January 1968 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

15 January 1968 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)

3 February 1968 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)

10 February 1968 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks with Earl Richmond and The Associates (Bedfordshire Times)

18 February 1968 – Le Metro, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

24 February 1968 – Steering Wheel, Dorchester, Dorset (Western Gazette)

1 March 1968 – Rugby Town Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire (Leicester Daily Mercury)

2 March 1968 – Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald)

4 March 1968 – Wall City Jazz Club, Quaintways, Chester, Cheshire (Cheshire Chronicle)

15 March 1968 – Shotgun Discotheque, Stork Club, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)

23 March 1968 – Eastbourne Suite, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald)

30 March 1968 – Market Hall, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, west Wales with La Pelle Neva and Lemon Regis (Pembroke County & West Wales Guardian)

13 April 1968 – Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald)

27 April 1968 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)

4 May 1968 – Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald)

19 May 1968 – Freshwater East Club & Golden Sands Restaurant, Freshwater East, Pembrokeshire, west Wales (Pembroke County & West Wales Guardian)

1 June 1968 – Coral-A-Go-Go Diskotek, Newquay, Cornwall (Cornish Guardian)

23 August 1968 – Drill Hall, Dumfries, Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway Standard)

1 November 1968 – King’s College, Strand, central London with The Move and Lemon Tree (Melody Maker)

24 December 1968 – Rawmarsh Baths Hall, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire with Jackson’s Union and The Shy Ones (South Yorkshire & Rotherham Advertiser)

Please leave a comment if you can add more information about this band

Categories: England, London, Shepherd's Bush

The London Cavern, Holland Park

February 10, 2020 Nick Warburton 16 Comments

Located at 120 Holland Park Avenue, the London Cavern was a short-lived club in West London that operated during the mid-1960s.

Melody Maker lists The Dukehounds as regular Thursday band during May/June 1965. The following dates are all from Melody Maker unless otherwise noted.

18 May 1965 – Initial 4 (every Tuesday)

25 May 1965 – Initial 4 (every Tuesday)

1 June 1965 – Initial 4 (every Tuesday)

3 June 1965 – Dukehounds (every Thursday)

8 June 1965 – Initial 4 (every Tuesday)

15 June 1965 – Initial 4 (every Tuesday)

22 June 1965 – Initial 4 (every Tuesday) Not listed after this date for a while

2 July 1965 – Initial 4 Kensington Post also lists The Dae ‘B’ Four

3 July 1965 – The Cardinals (Kensington Post)

4 July 1965 – Top group (Kensington Post)

5 July 1965 – Themselves and The Effect (Kensington Post)

6 July 1965 – Dae ‘B’ Four and The Tribe (Kensington Post)

9 July 1965 – Initial 4

12 July 1965 – Bern Elliott & The Klan with Initial 4

16 July 1965 – Initial 4

18 July 1965 – Dave Whittling & Uncalled Four plus John Spencer and Guest Artists

19 July 1965 – The Five Dimensions and Initial 4

20 July 1965 – Group Survival

According to the Kensington Post, 3 September issue, Marshall Scott Etc played every Sunday, so presumably that includes 5 September 1965.

The Middlesex County Times on 24 September and 1 October both list The Eyes as resident band on Tuesdays. That would include 28 September 1965 and 5 October 1965.

According to Boyfriend magazine, The Four Pennies played at the club on 11 October 1965.

I’d be really grateful if anyone can add their own confirmed shows at this club plus any memories. Please get in touch as well if you know any local papers that advertised shows here as Melody Maker didn’t advertise the gigs very often. The following (incomplete list) is from 1966 and was taken from Melody Maker:

3 March 1966 – Blues Ad-Lib

4 March 1966 – The Lincolns with supporting group

5 March 1966 – Marshall Scott Etc with supporting group

6 March 1966 – Fives Company

10 March 1966 – Blues Ad-Lib

11 March 1966 – Hamilton King & The Blues Messengers with supporting group

12 March 1966 – The Pieces Fit and Blues Ad Lib

13 March 1966 – Fives Company

17 March 1966 – C-Jam Blues

18 March 1966 – Five’s Company with supporting group

19 March 1966 – Jo Jo Gunne with supporting group

20 March 1966 – The Peasants

24 March 1966 – C-Jam Blues

25 March 1966 – The Lincolns

26 March 1966 – Hamilton King & The Blues Messengers

27 March 1966 – The Peasants

29 March 1966 – The Syn

30 March 1966 – The Pieces Fit

1 April 1966 – The Pieces Fit and The JRS

3 April 1966 – The Syn

7 April 1966 – The Herd

8 April 1966 – Sky Fever

9 April 1966 – Norman St John Show and Hamilton King & The Blues Messengers

10 April 1966 – Marshall Scott Etc

11 April 1966 – Jo Jo Gunne

22 April 1966 – Dee Dee Warwick and The Sloane Squares

23 April 1966 – The Rouges

24 April 1966 – The Sloane Squares

Categories: England, London

The Jerome Arnold Band

September 9, 2019 Nick Warburton 1 Comment

Stuart Cowell – guitar, lead vocals

Bernie Holland – lead guitar

Jerome Arnold – bass

Jim Toomey – drums

A short-lived band formed by former Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Howlin’ Wolf bass player Jerome Arnold after he briefly moved to the UK in late 1968.

Arnold had initially gigged with Dogs Blues, who changed name to Clark-Hutchinson in February 1969, so this is when Jerome Arnold most likely formed this quartet.

Cowell and Toomey had recently worked with The Warren Davis Monday Band after playing together in Still Life and Jon. Both would go on to form Titus Groan.

Holland had previously worked with Long John Baldry’s band Bluesology after Elton John had left.

7 February 1969 – Blues Loft, Nags Head, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press/Melody Maker)

14 February 1969 – Fishmonger Arms, Wood Green, north London with Jody Grind (Wood Green & Southgate Weekly Herald/Melody Maker)

18 February 1969 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)

1 March 1969 – Evolution of the Blues, Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks with Mississippi Fred McDowell, Duster Bennett, The New Black Cat Bones, Jo-Ann Kelly, Mike Cooper, Bob Hall and Ian Anderson (Bucks Free Press)

28 March 1969 – Blues Loft, Nags Head, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

11 April 1969 – Lyceum, the Strand, central London with T-Rex, Eire Apparent and Wallace Collection (Melody Maker)

11 April 1969 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with T-Rex, Eire Apparent and Wallace Collection (Melody Maker)

13 April 1969 – Farx Club, Northcote Arms, Southall, west London with Egg (Time Out)

13 April 1969 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, central London (Melody Maker)

21 April 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, west London (Hounslow Post)

27 April 1969 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

29 April 1969 – Fishmongers Arms, Wood Green, north London (Time Out)

10 May 1969 – Blues Scene, Crown, Twickenham, west London with Levee Camp Moan (Kingston & Malden Borough News/Melody Maker)

13 May 1969 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

22 May 1969 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

Categories: England, London

Winston’s Fumbs’ gigs 1966-1967

June 26, 2019 Nick Warburton 2 Comments

Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

WINSTON’S FUMBS

Jimmy Winston – lead vocals/guitar

Tony Kaye – keyboards

Alex Dmochowski (aka Paris) – bass

Ray Stock – drums

15 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Boardwalkers (Melody Maker)

29 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Wishful Thinking (Melody Maker)

10 December 1966 – Alex, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Halifax Evening Courier & Guardian) Says direct from Locomotive Club, Paris

31 December 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Mode and St Willie Cool School (Melody Maker)

8 January 1967 – Bluesette Club, Bridge Street, Leatherhead, Surrey (Caterham Weekly Press)

9 January 1967 – Sunday Club, Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

13 January 1967 – Walton Playhouse, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald)

3 February 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate with Freddie Mack & The Mack Sound (Melody Maker)

14 February 1967 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

16 February 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Fingers (Melody Maker)

17 February 1967 – Bluesette Club, Bridge Street, Leatherhead, Surrey (Caterham Weekly Press)

10 March 1967 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)

11 March 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with The Nobles (Western Gazette)

18 March 1967 – Co-op, Chesham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

25 March 1967 – Northwich Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Crewe Chronicle)

26 March 1967 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent (Kentish Express)

31 March 1967 – Municipal Hall, Pontypridd, south Wales with The National Soul Board (Glamorgan County Times)

1 April 1967 – YMCA, Sebert Street, Gloucester with The Night Shift (Gloucester Citizen)

15 April 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Provokers (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)

9 June 1967 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)

10 June 1967 – Bal Tabarin, Bromley, London (South East London Mercury)

8 July 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester (Disc & Music Echo)

11 July 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

29 July 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Click (Gloucester Citizen)

4 August 1967 – The New Trades Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

6 August 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with Geranium Pond (Crawley Advertiser)

There is a great article and pic on the band in Record Mirror, 12 August 1967, page 10

1 September 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

Categories: England

Paul Williams Set’s gigs

June 26, 2019 Nick Warburton Leave a comment

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com

PAUL WILLIAMS SET

Paul Williams – lead vocals

Jimmy Crawford – lead guitar

John A Wiggins – keyboards

Roger Sutton – bass

Jeff Condon – trumpet/flugelhorn

Johnny Almond – sax/flute

Alan White – drums

Left to right: Johnny Almond, John Wiggins, Roger Sutton, Alan White, Jimmy Crawford, Jeff Condon and Paul Williams. Photo may be subject to copyright

1968

2 November 1968 – Grand Pavilion, Llandrindod Wells, Wales (North Shropshire Journal)

10 November 1968 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham Evening Post)

15 November 1968 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham with Charlie Brown Show (Down at the Boat book)

16 November 1968 – Leeds University, Leeds, West Yorkshire with Bruce Chanel, Yes and The Delivery (Poster from Geoffrey Mason)

17 November 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, south London (Melody Maker)

23 November 1968 – Belfry, Wishaw, West Midlands with The Complex (Birmingham Evening Mail)

24 November 1968 – Surrey Rooms, Kennington, south London (South East London Mercury)

30 November 1968 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

14 December 1968 – Rotherham Baths, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

15 December 1968 – Surrey Rooms, Kennington, London (Fabulous 208/South East London Mercury)

20-21 December 1968 – Annabel, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)

22 December 1968 – City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with The Animals, Grapefruit, Happy Magazine, Barry St John, Long John Baldy, Kim Davis & The Beginning, Noble Fforde and The Tempo Set (Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Original Animals reunion gig/Geno Washington was billed but cancelled

27 December 1968 – Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminster, Somerset (Somerset County Gazette)

1969

5 January 1969 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

10 January 1969 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with Cliff Bennett & His Band and The Sect (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)

17 January 1969 – Swansea University, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)

19 January 1969 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Happy Magazine (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

20 January 1969 – Park Hall Hotel, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

24 January 1969 – Bishop Varsey Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

25 January 1969 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Doughnut Ring (Southend Standard)

26 January 1969 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)

30 January 1969 – Revolution, London (Fabulous 208)

31 January 1969 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Fabulous 208)

1 February 1969 – Reading University, Reading, Berkshire with Yes (Melody Maker) Reading Evening Post lists Van der Graaf Generator not Yes

2 February 1969 – Surrey Rooms, Oval, Kennington, London (Fabulous 208)

4 February 1969 – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

6 February 1969 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

7 February 1969 – Brunel University, Uxbridge, London with Honeybus and The Idle Race (Melody Maker)

9 March 1969 – Mercer’s Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

26 March 1969 – City Hall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

27 March 1969 – University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

29 March 1969 – Civic Hall, Solihull, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

30 March 1969 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)

9 April 1969 – Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Gods (Time Out)

23 April 1969 – Armour House, Gresham Street, EC2, London (Time Out)

6-7 June 1969 – Annabel, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)

17 August 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Kensington, west London (Kensington Post)

The band changes its name to Juggernault according to an advert in Melody Maker

Categories: England, London

The Equals’ gigs 1965-1969

June 23, 2019 Nick Warburton 2 Comments

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com

Photo: Melody Maker. Image may be subject to copyright

THE EQUALS

Dervan Gordon – lead vocals

Eddy Grant – lead guitar, vocals

Lincoln Gordon – rhythm guitar, vocals

Patrick Lloyd – guitar

John Hall – drums

Formed in 1965, the Equals were arguably the first interracial band in the UK.

Calvin Samuel, who played bass with Junior Marvin’s Blue Ace Unit and later Joe E Young & The Toniks, before finding success with CSN&Y and Stephen Stills’ Manassas, provided bass on many of their recordings, although he was not on the first LP, and not on anything after sometime in 1969 when Lincoln Gordon took over on bass duties.

1965

8 May 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with Johnny B Great & The Quotations (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

21 May 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

22 May 1965 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with Sonny Childe & The Elders Consolidated (Kent Messenger/Maidstone Gazette)

3 June 1965 – Elms Club, South Harrow, northwest London with Bluesology (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

12 July 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (Melody Maker)

19 August 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (Melody Maker)

21 August 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with Meddy Evils (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

28 August 1965 – Savoy Rooms, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)

29 August 1965 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)

1966

29 May 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

17 July 1966 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

4 August 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

7 August 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

11 August 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

19 August 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

27 August 1966 – Waggon & Horses, Meir, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

September-October 1966 – Melody Maker reports that they are resident band at the New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London during these months but not clear how many nights a week this involves

18 September 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

16 October 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London with The Casual Set (Melody Maker)

22 October 1966 – Royal Lido, Prestatyn, Clwyd, Wales with The Raynes (Rhyl & Prestayn Gazette)

29 October 1966 – Woolwich Arsenal Station, Woolwich, London with The Shadocks (Melody Maker)

5 November 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Billy Fury, Victor Brox & The Blue Train, Guy Darrell Syndicate and Ray Bones (Lincolnshire Standard)

12 November 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Peddlers and The ‘N’ Betweens (Melody Maker)

30 December 1966 – Flamenco Club, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Herald)

31 December 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Spellbinders, The Canadians, The Triads, Ray Bones and Frank & Keith (Lincolnshire Standard)

1967

11 February 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Spencer Davis Group, Wynder K Frog and Ray Bones (Lincolnshire Standard)

18 February 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Pink Floyd and Two of Each (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

11 March 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Lee Dorsey, Scots of St James, The Bystanders and Ray Bones (Lincolnshire Standard)

30 April 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)

7 May 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)

12 May 1967 – Angel Hotel, Blue Beat Club, Godalming, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

14 May 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

16 June 1967 – Angel Hotel, Blue Beat Club, Godalming, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

7 July 1967 – Angel Hotel, Blue Beat Club, Godalming, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

15 July 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Vogue (Cambridgeshire Times)

17 July 1967 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

22 July 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Jeff Beck Group and The Motown Trinity (Melody Maker)

5 August 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Beat Stalkers and Bobby Johnson & The Atoms (Spalding Standard)

19 August 1967 – Iron Curtain Club, Small Heath, West Midlands with Erskine T (Birmingham Evening Mail)

2 September 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Fabulous Temptations, The Sovereigns, The Rubber Band (Lincolnshire Standard)

18 November 1967 – Romanos, Belfast, Northern Ireland with Jack Ruane Showband and Tara Showband (Cityweek)

1968

27 January 1968 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Procol Harum and Gospel Garden (Lincolnshire Standard)

2 February 1968 – Big C Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

11 February 1968 – Cat Balou, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Grantham Journal)

24 February 1968 – Tin Hat, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Magic Roundabout (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

27 February 1968 – College, Colchester, Essex (Record Retailer)

28 February 1968 – Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk with Nature’s Own (Ipswich Evening Star)

2 March 1968 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

18 March 1968 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, London (Coulsdon & Purley Advertiser)

10 April 1968 – King’s Head, Edmonton, north London (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

11 April 1968 – Barn Barbecue Dance, Thurmaston, Leicester with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac, Alan Bown, Soft Machine, Fairport Convention, Legay, Sons & Lovers, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Pesky Gee, Pitiful Souls and Six Across (Melody Maker)

13 April 1968 – Aldebrugh Jubilee Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk with The Eyes of Blond (Ipswich Evening Star)

20 April 1968 – Town Hall, Downham Market, Norfolk with The Tyres (Lynn News)

4 May 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Illinois State (West Briton & The Royal Cornwall Gazette)

5 May 1968 – Wake Arms, Epping, Essex (New Musical Express)

26 May 1968 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Record Retailer)

27 May 1968 – Bedford Civic Centre, Bedford (Record Retailer)

27 May 1968 – Civic Hall, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Luton News)

1 June 1968 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with Motion (Crawley Advertiser)

3 June 1968 – Sunshine Floor, Dereham, Norfolk with The Rubber Band (North Norfolk News)

9 June 1968 – Wake Arms, Epping, Essex (New Musical Express)

15 June 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Out of Order (Cambridgeshire Times)

17 June 1968 – St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, Norfolk with The Reformation and The Rubber Band (Eastern Evening News)

18 June 1968 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

8 July 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Loris and The Switch (Surrey Advertiser)

9 July 1968 – Palais, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

12 July 1968 – Derby Locarno, Derby, Derbyshire (Burton Daily Mail/Derby Evening Telegraph)

16 July 1968 – Atalanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey with The Circus (Surrey Advertiser)

19 July 1968 – Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with John Drevars Expression (Welwyn and Hatfield Advertiser)

20 July 1968 – Sunshine Floor, Dereham, Norfolk with Little Women (Eastern Evening News)

24 July 1968 – Top Rank, Croydon, London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

27 July 1968 – Clockwork Orange, Chester with The Executives (Chester Chronicle)

29 July 1968 – Chesford Lounge, Kenilworth, Warwickshire with Harlem Speakeasy (Warwick Advertiser)

31 July 1968 – Top Rank, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

1 August 1968 – Assembly Hall, Worthing, West Sussex (Worthing Herald)

2 August 1968 – The Factory, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

2 August 1968 – Slough Community Centre, Slough, Berkshire with supporting groups (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

3 August 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Bobby Johnson & The Atoms and Sleepy Talk (Cambridgeshire Times)

9 August 1968 – Roswell Institute, Roswell, Scotland with This Side Up and Prezure (South Midlothian Advertiser)

12 August 1968 – Cragburn Ballroom, Cragburn, Scotland with Blue Sabres (Greenock Telegraph & Clyde Shipping Gazette)

21 August 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Brighton, East Sussex (Brighton Evening Argus)

22 August 1968 – Salisbury City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire with support (Salisbury Journal/Western Gazette)

23 August 1968 – Church Elms Discotheque, Dagenham, London (Melody Maker)

24 August 1968 – Civic Hall, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with William Bell (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)

29 August 1968 – Pavilion Ballroom Royal Pier, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Echo)

31 August 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Jon James Swamp (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)

11 September 1968 – Bligh’s Hotel, Sevenoaks, Kent (Melody Maker)

13 September 1968 – Supreme Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)

21 September 1968 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with Indiana Highway and Chaos (Herald Express)

23 September 1968 – Silver Blades, Streatham, London (Clapham News)

27 September 1968 – Locarno, Basildon, Essex (Southend Standard)

5 October 1968 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research)

5 October 1968 – Tottenham Royal, Tottenham (NME)

6 October 1968 – Harlow Bridge, Harlow, Essex (NME)

7 October 1968 – St Matthew’s Bath Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (NME/Ipswich Evening Star)

9 October 1968 – Stevenage Locarno, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (NME)

10 October 1968 – Portsmouth Locarno, Portsmouth, Hampshire (NME)

11 October 1968 – Corn Exchange, Braintree, Essex (Essex County Standard)

25 October 1968 – Public Baths, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire with The Hammer (Derbyshire Times/Nottingham Evening Post)

25 October 1968 – Cat-Balou, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Grantham Journal)

26 October 1968 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle/Essex County Standard)

11-15 November 1968 – Club Domino, Showboat, Middlesbrough (Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Says all week (presume Monday-Friday)

4 December 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Leicester with The John Lees Show (Leicester Mercury)

6 December 1968 – Scene Two, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Scarborough Evening News)

13 December 1968 – New Market Discothque, Bridgwater, Somerset (Bridgwater Mercury)

14 December 1968 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The In-Sect (Warrington Guardian)

1969

15 February 1969 – Queen’s Hall, Narbeth, west Wales with Black Cat Bones (Pembroke & West Wales Guardian)

22 February 1969 – Music Hall, Shrewsbury with Technicolour Dream (North Shropshire Journal)

25 April 1969 – Oakengates New Town Hall, Oakengates, Shropshire (North Shropshire Journal)

26 April 1969 – Queen’s Hall, Narbeth, west Wales with Nighttime Pipeline (Pembroke & West Wales Guardian)

15 May 1969 – Royal Arcade, Boscombe, Dorset with Alan Bown and Blossom Toes (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

18 June 1969 – McIlroy’s Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire with Status Quo and Nite People (Swindon Evening Advertiser)

23 June 1969 – Top Rank, Croydon, London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

15 July 1969 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

2 August 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Candy Choir (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)

3 August 1969 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

9 August 1969 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Hopscotch (Lincolnshire Standard)

1 September 1969 – The Crown, Marlow, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

2 September 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham with Sight & Sound (Birmingham Evening Mail)

28 September 1969 – Crystal Palace Hotel, Crystal Palace, south London (South East London Mercury)

29 November 1969 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Kiss and Mel Scott Feelin’ (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)

31 December 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Sweet (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)

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Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, London 1966 gigs

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Mr Mo’s Messengers

Rasputin, 70 New Bond Street, London

The Heart and Souls

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Winston’s Fumbs’ gigs 1966-1967

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