Category Archives: England

Ronnie Jones & The Night-Timers’ gigs

October 28, 2017 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.

RONNIE JONES & THE NIGHT-TIMERS:

Ronnie Jones – lead vocals

Joe Moretti – guitar (replaced by John McLaughlin)

Mick Eve – tenor saxophone

Dave Morse – Hammond organ (replaced by John Baldwin)

Eddie Thornton – trumpet

Dave Price – bass

Bill Stevens – drums

Selected gigs:

25 September 1964 – Ricky Tick, Guildford Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (David Else’s research)

23 October 1964 – Fender Club, Kenton, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

1 December 1964 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

3 January 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)

4 January 1965 – Galaxy Club, Town Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

9 January 1965 – New Georgian Club, Cowley, Middlesex (Greenford Weekly Post)

12 January 1965 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

15 January 1965 – Ricky Tick, Guildford Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (David Else’s research)

5 February 1965 – Lynx Club, Boreham Wood, Herts (Melody Maker)

6 February 1965 – New Georgian Club, Cowley, Middlesex (Greenford Weekly Post)

10 February 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (Melody Maker)

16 February 1965 – Ricky Tick, Regency Ballroom, Bath (Western Scene)

18 February 1965 – Studio, Westcliffe, Essex (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)

21 February 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)

28 February 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Phantoms (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

5 March 1965 – Radio Caroline Sounds of ’65, Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Moody Blues, The Yardbirds and The Mark Leeman Five (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

11 March 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

The Night-Timers linked up next with Herbie Goins. Ronnie Jones started working with The Blue Jays

Categories: England, London

The Rick ‘N’ Beckers

October 25, 2017 Nick Warburton 13 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

RICK ‘N’ BECKERS:

I have the following list of musicians who were members but have no further information about the band’s history and would welcome readers’ insights.

Rupert Carlton

Alfonso Cahar

Eugent Stirling

Ernie Wright

Abe Strean

Clive Williamson

Reg Isidore

Selected gigs

19 April 1965 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with The Shades of Blue, The Blue Berries and The Trends (Essex County Standard)

16 July 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

15 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

22 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

27 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

3 September 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)

10 September 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)

17 September 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)

13 October 1965 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London with Herbie Goins & The Night Timers (website: http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)

30 October 1965 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London, with Ben E King (Melody Maker)

3 November 1965 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)

10 November 1965 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)

11 November 1965 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

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

11 December 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)

12 December 1965 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

15 December 1965 – Eel Pie Island,Twickenham, west London with The Vagabonds (website: http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)

11-18 December 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)

25 December 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)

27 February 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

18 March 1966 – Acton Town Hall, Acton, west London with The Grenades and Count Tom (Uxbridge Weekly Post)

13 May 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Ray Anton & The Pro-Form (Melody Maker)

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

16 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The News (Melody Maker)

19 June 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

19 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Blue Aces (Melody Maker)

23 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Original Dykas (Melody Maker)

24 June 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

25 June 1966 – Jazz Cellar, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London (NME)

26 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Felders Orioles (Melody Maker)

7 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Mickey Finn (Melody Maker)

14 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The News (Melody Maker)

21 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Quiet Five (Melody Maker)

28 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Phase 5 (Melody Maker)

4 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Carl Douglas Set (Melody Maker)

5 August 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, southeast London (PACE magazine)

7 August 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

11 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Guests (Melody Maker)

13 August 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with Dave Antony’s Moods (Melody Maker)

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

14 August 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

14 August 1966 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

18 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Zuider Lee (Melody Maker)

20 August 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Nyla & The Esoterics, Sounds from Spectre, The Astrobeats and The Ferryboys (Lincolnshire Standard)

25 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Eyes (Melody Maker)

26 August 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

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

10 September 1966 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with Sexion A (Hertfordshire Express)

11 September 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

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

16 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Otis Redding (Melody Maker)

18 September 1966 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

19 September 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker) Paper says they played every Monday

24 September 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald/Melody Maker)

25 September 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)

1 October 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)

2 October 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)

3 October 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

9 October 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

14 October 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Ike & Tina Turner Show and The Ike-Ettes (Melody Maker)

16 October 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

17 October 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

22 October 1966 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent with The Shades of Black (Kentish Express)

31 October 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

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

12 November 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London with The Youth (Melody Maker)

2 December 1966 – Flamenco, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)

13 December 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker) Billed as Rick ‘N’ Beckers Show

16 December 1966 – Mr McCoys, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

17 December 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Artwoods and The Roll Movement (Lincolnshire Standard)

24 December 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Ray King Soul Band and The Rising Sons (Lincolnshire Standard)

1 January 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London with The Majority (Melody Maker)

6 January 1967 – Mr McCoys, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

21 January 1967 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent with The Rebounds (Kentish Express)

22 January 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

10 February 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Amboy Dukes (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

12 February 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

17 February 1967 – Kookoo-Byrd Discotheque, Cardiff, Wales (South Wales Echo)

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

19 February 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with The New Vagabonds (Evening Sentinel)

26 February 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

3 March 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Jimmy Cliff & The Sound System (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

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

5 March 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

8 March 1967 – Gravesend R ‘n’ B Club, Clarendon Royal Hotel, Gravesend, Kent (PACE magazine)

12 March 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

12 March 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

19 March 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)

28 March 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

7 April 1967 – Mr McCoys, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette) This seems unlikely unless the gig below didn’t happen

7 April 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)

8 April 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with Eyes of Blue (Melody Maker)

15 April 1967 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear with The Gas Board (website: http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle-2/)

22 April 1967 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent (Kentish Express)

23 April 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

29 April 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Crew (Cambridgeshire Times)

1 May 1967 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

5 May 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)

13 May 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Lonely Ones and The Unsuited Medium (Melody Maker)

16 May 1967 – Heaven Club, Angel Hotel, Godalming, Surrey with Amelia Rudd Blues (Surrey Advertiser)

19 May 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Medium Rare (Gloucester Citizen)

20 May 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)

23 May 1967 – Roaring ‘60s Club, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

2 June 1967 – ‘New’ Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

3 June 1967 – Supreme Eastern Esplanade, Ramsgate, Kent with Spectra Quinn Team and Len Marshall Show (East Kent Times & Mail)

11 June 1967 – Heaven Club, Angel Hotel, Godalming, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

18 June 1967 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

23 June 1967 – Apex Club, Brookfield Hall, South Ashford, Kent with The Section (Kentish Express)

2 July 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

7 July 1967 – Koo Koo Byrd, Cardiff, Wales (Glamorgan County Times)

8 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with New York Public Library and Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions (Melody Maker)

15 July 1967 – Maidstone Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with SI’s Reaction (Maidstone Gazette)

12 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Essex Five and The Crawdads (Melody Maker)

19-20 August 1967 – Birdland, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)

1 September 1967 – Apex Club, Brookfield Hall, South Ashford, Kent with The Concords (Kentish Express)

5 September 1967 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with Amen Corner (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

9 September 1967 – 5D, Leicester with The Worrying Kynde (Leicester Mercury)

11 September 1967 – Bluesville ’67 Club, St Matthew’s Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)

23 September 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Mr Howard Group (Surrey Advertiser)

24 September 1967 – Maidstone Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)

27 September 1967 – Steering Wheel, Weymouth, Dorset (Dorset Evening Echo)

2 October 1967 – Ready Steady Go Club, Kings Arms Hotel, Berkhamstead, Herts (Berkhamstead Gazette, Tring & District News)

4 October 1967 – Steering Wheel, Dorchester, Dorset (Dorset Evening Echo)

28 October 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London with The Orlons and Granny’s Intentions (Melody Maker)

11 November 1967 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Alex Wilson Set (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)

24 November 1967 – UFO, Casino, Paignton, Devon (Herald Express)

24 December 1967 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham with Bob Mather & The Trend and The Marvelettes (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)

30 December 1967 – Maidstone Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with The Associates and The T-Pots (Maidstone Gazette)

12 January 1968 – St Birinus School, Didcot, Oxfordshire (North Hants Herald)

13 January 1968 – Princes Theatre & Ballroom, Yeovil, Somerset with The Pandas (Western Gazette)

20 January 1968 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

10 February 1968 – 007 Sun Valley Club, Dalston Lane, London, E8 (Melody Maker)

10 February 1968 – Pink Flamingo, Soho with The Traction and Toni Rocket Soul Show with Cleo (Melody Maker)

18 February 1968 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with The Reaction (Maidstone Gazette)

18 February 1968 – Pink Flamingo, Soho, London with Toni Rocket (Melody Maker)

24 February 1968 – Weymouth Pavilion Ballroom, Weymouth, Dorset (Dorset Evening Echo)

2 March 1968 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

9 March 1968 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with The Associates (Rugby Advertiser/Leicester Mercury)

16 March 1968 – Cheltenham Spa Lounge and Ballroom, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)

24 March 1968 – Pink Flamingo, Soho, London (Melody Maker)

20 April 1968 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with Sire Coxon Sound (Melody Maker)

21 April 1968 – RSG Sunday Club, Manor Ballroom, Ipswich (Ipswich Evening Star)

8 June 1968 – Club La Bamba, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Kent & Sussex Courier)

13 July 1968 – White Tiles, Swindon, Wiltshire (Swindon Evening Advertiser)

20 July 1968 – Tin Hat, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Dr K’s Big Blues Band (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

24 August 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Embers (Surrey Advertiser) Billed as Rupert & The Rick ‘N’ Beckers

5 October 1968 – St Albans City Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)

23 October 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly London (Melody Maker/Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies)

25-26 October 1968 – Bamboo Club, Bristol (Bristol Evening Post)

2 November 1968 – Brookfield Hall, Ashford, Kent (Kentish Express)

7 November 1968 – Penny Farthing, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard)

17 November 1968 – King Alfred, Bellingham, south London (South East London Mercury)

22 November 1968 – St Albans City Hall, St Albans, Herts with The Who and Phonic Sounds Soul Band (Berkamsted Gazette)

30 November 1968 – Corn Exchange, Bedford with Scotts Plague (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)

8 December 1968 – Byron, Greenford, London (Uxbridge Weekly Post)

21 December 1968 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

24 December 1968 – Flamingo, Redruth, Cornwall with US Flattop and Ray Williams & The Grenades (West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser)

24 December 1968 – Walton Hop, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald) Is this likely with gig above?

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

15 January 1969 – St Albans City Hall, St Albans, Herts (Berkamsted Gazette)

12 April 1969 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Nashville Teens (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

3 May 1969 – St Albans City Hall, St Albans, Herts (Berkamsted Gazette)

Categories: England, London

The Macabre

October 24, 2017 Nick Warburton 7 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

THE MACABRE:

Thanks to Peter Vernon-Kell and Chris Downing, I have been able to piece a bit of information together on this West London band, who apparently opened for The Who regularly on Friday nights at the Goldhawk Social Club. Incidentally, Vernon-Kell was an old friend of The Who’s, having been a brief member of its predecessor, The Detours. Ed Hamilton had previously worked with The Crescents with Harvey Hinsley. I would welcome any reader insights.

Peter Vernon-Kell – guitar/vocals

Ed Hamilton – guitar/vocals

Alan Oates – bass

Chris Downing – guitar/vocals (replaced Hamilton)

Carl Broadbent – drums

Downing recalls that he worked with the band for six to eight months (more likely to have been a year). Ed Hamilton, who Downing replaced and who succeeded him around July 1965 when the guitarist moved on, had left The Macabre around July 1964 to later work with Mike Berry & The Outlaws.

Downing remembers that The Macabre featured several bass players during his time with the group.

He also recalls that The Macabre opened for The Who and The Spencer Davis Group in Watford. On a separate occasion, they also played with The Rockin’ Berries in Watford.

Other dates that he recalls are a gig with The Who at Woolwich Town Hall (more likely to have been Greenwich Town Hall on 24 June 1965), several shows with Tony Rivers & The Castaways and a show with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers in Forest Gate.

The band played regularly at the Goldhawk Social Club, which apparently only hosted bands on Fridays and Saturdays. Downing says that they supported The Groundhogs there, including one show where Jimmy Reed guested with The Groundhogs.

The guitarist also remembers The Macabre shared a billing with The Who (actually it was as The High Numbers) on the evening when Roger Daltry’s father-in-law turned up and fight broke up between them (Ed – this was Railway Hotel in Harrow on 11 August 1964).

When the band broke up, Peter Vernon-Kell became a member of the group that became The Hamilton Movement.

Selected gigs:

2 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

9 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed

16 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed

23 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed

30 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed

6 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed

13 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

20 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

28 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

5 October 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

12 October 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

19 October 1964 – Glenlyn Club, Forest Hill, London (Melody Maker)

9 April 1965 – Blue Rondo, Assembly Hall, Fareham, Hampshire with The Smokestacks (Portsmouth News)

10 April 1965 – Waterfront, Southampton, Hants (Southern Echo)

Thanks to Andy Neill for some of the information

Categories: England

The Fetish Crowd

October 22, 2017 Nick Warburton 13 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

THE FETISH CROWD:

Ian Le Geyt – lead guitar/vocals

John Hughes – rhythm guitar/vocals

Colin Letchford – bass/vocals

Tony Richard – drums/vocals

Thanks to Tony Richard, I have the following information about the band but would welcome further insights.

The Fetish Crowd were formed in St Helier, Jersey and were resident band at the Springfield Ballroom. During the summer of 1964, the musicians supported The Rolling Stones, Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas, The Merseybeats, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Gerry & The Pacemakers and The Hollies at the venue.

Thanks to Paul Acton-Phillips for the photo

They soon headed for London and worked at the Crawdaddy in Richmond, the Ricky Tick and the Ad Lib Club in Leicester Square. Richard says that The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were in the audience but did not say which venue(s).

The quartet did some recordings at Abbey Road and then opened for The Nashville Teens and The Small Faces on a showcase gig (possibly in Bournemouth, Dorset), which was promoted by Don Arden. Richard says that Arden signed both The Fetish Crowd and The Small Faces but soon forgot about his group.

Richard also remembers the band played at the Ram Jam in Brixton and the Scots of St James in Mayfair. One notable gig was opening for The Graham Bond Organisation at the Fishmongers Arms on Turnpike Lane in North London. He also says that the band shared a double bill with The Who at the Ealing Club on 26 April but didn’t specify which year.

Richard later formed a band called The Diversions, which later recorded “Fatty Boom Boom” after being introduced to the song by Pete Townsend following a trip to Jamaica. Richard subsequently went into record producing.

1965

14 March 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

26 March 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex with The Who (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

7 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

14 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

21 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

28 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

5 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

7 May 1965 – Staines Town Hall, Staines, Middlesex (Staines and Egham News)

12 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

20 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

22 May 1965 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester with The Brian Auger Trinity (Manchester Evening News)

27 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

1 June 1965 – Elms Club, South Harrow, northwest London with CC Riders (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

3 June 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

10 June 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

17 June 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

25 June 1965 – 32 Club, Harlesden, northwest London with Tom Jones & The Squires and The Stratones (NME)

11 July 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with The Boston Dexters (NME/Melody Maker)

6 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with Tony Knight’s Chessmen (NME)

6 November 1965 – Orchid Room, Oxford, Oxfordshire with The Tonebeats (Oxford Mail) Says Decca Artist and from Channel Islands

17 November 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with The Links and Duke Lee (Melody Maker)

Categories: England, West Midlands

Ray King Soul Band’s gigs 1966-1969

October 20, 2017 Nick Warburton 7 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

Ray King (lead vocals)

Roger Dean (lead guitar)

Terry Leeman (keyboards)

Paul Slade (bass)

Jim Lang (tenor sax)

Ken Horton (baritone sax)

Malcolm Jenkins (drums)

1966

21 January 1966 – Westend Club, Coalville, Leicester with Zombies (Leicester Mercury) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

21 January 1966 – Weddington Hotel, Nuneaton, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

5 February 1966 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with The Rising Sons (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

13 March 1966 – Weddington Hotel, Nuneaton, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

18 June 1966 – Unknown venue, Cromford, Derbyshire (Poster) Billed as Ray King & The Soul Pact

3 July 1966 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Sunday (Woking Herald) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

9 July 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Ray King with The Soul Pact

13 August 1966 – Cad-Lac Club, Brighton, West Sussex (Evening Argus) This seems unlikely with date below

13 August 1966 – Stamford R&B Club, Stamford Hotel, Stamford, Lincolnshire (Grantham Journal) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

3 September 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Zuider Lee and The Move (Lincolnshire Standard)

8 October 1966 – Marqee Club, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

21 October 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

22 October 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Graham Bell & The Trend and Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Melody Maker) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

29 October 1966 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire Echo)

29 October 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands with Cream and Family (Birmingham Evening Mail)

5 November 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands with Lee Dorsey and Listen (Birmingham Evening Mail)

12 November 1966 – Marquee Club, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

19 November 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Lee Dorsey, Gates of Eden and Mirage (Lincolnshire Standard)

10 December 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

18 December 1966 – Troutbeck Hotel, Ilkley, West Yorkshire (Yorkshire Evening Post)

23 December 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

24 December 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Rick ‘N’ Beckers, and Rising Sons (Lincolnshire Standard)

30 December 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire with Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band (Yorkshire Evening Post)

30 December 1966 – Crystal Ballroom, Castleford, West Yorkshire with Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band and Sweet Image (Wakefield Express/Yorkshire Evening Post)

31 December 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire with Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers and Sweet Image (Wakefield Express/Yorkshire Evening Post)

31 December 1966 – Crystal Ballroom, Castleford, West Yorkshire with Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers, Wynder K Frog and Sweet Image (Yorkshire Evening Post)

1967

9 February 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with Edwin Starr and The Midnighters (Evening Sentinel)

10 February 1967 – Nicholas Chamberlain Hall, Bedworth, Warwickshire with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Flames, The Soul Express and The Dynamics (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)

11 February 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire with The Koobas (Lancashire Evening Post)

18 February 1967 – YMCA, Sebert Street, Gloucester with The Friction (Gloucester Citizen)

11 March 1967 – Gloucester YMCA, Gloucester with The Riot (Richard Goddard research)

12 March 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

23 March 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The ‘N’ Betweens (Melody Maker)

1 April 1967 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

3 April 1967 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

7 April 1967 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

9 April 1967 – Casablanca Club, Sportsman’s Arms, Allesley, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

9 April 1967 – New Yorker Discotheque, Swindon, Wiltshire with Tomorrow’s Children and The Happening (Swindon Evening Advertiser)

10 April 1967 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

14 April 1967 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

16 April 1967 – Casablanca Club, Sportsman’s Arms, Allesley, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

23 April 1967 – Bluesette Club, Bridge Street, Leatherhead, Surrey (Caterham Weekly Press)

1 May 1967 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

5 May 1967 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, The Troggs and Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions (Nottingham Evening Post)

6 May 1967 – New Yorker Discotheque, Swindon, Wiltshire (Swindon Evening Advertiser)

7 May 1967 – Plaza, Handsworth, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

9 May 1967 – Nautilus, South Pier, Lowestoft, Suffolk with The Nashville Teens (Eastern Evening News)

12 May 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with The 3am (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

15 May 1967 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

16 May 1967 – Casablanca Club, Sportsman’s Arms, Allesley, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

22 May 1967 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

23 May 1967 – The Walgrave, Coventry with The Inside Outs (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

25 May 1967 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

26 May 1967 – Princess Club, Chorlton and Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester with Ivy League (Manchester Evening News)

28 May 1967 – Cosmo, Carlisle, Cumbria with Marmalade (Cumberland News)

29 May 1967 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

2 June 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

3 June 1967 – YMCA, Sebert Street, Gloucester with The Night Shift (Gloucester Citizen)

4 June 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with The Gods (Crawley Advertiser)

6 June 1967 – Casablanca Club, Sportsman’s Arms, Allesley, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

8 June 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

9 June 1967 – The Walsgrave, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

9 June 1967 – Matrix Ballroom, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

10 June 1967 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Torbay Express and South Devon Echo)

11 June 1967 – Southampton Pavilion, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)

13 June 1967 – Casablanca Club, Sportsman’s Arms, Allesley, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

15 June 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

20 June 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire with The Freelancers (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

23 June 1967 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

25 June 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker)

27 June 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Coventry with John L Watson’s The Web (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

1 July 1967 – The Walsgrave, Coventry with Inside Outs (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

2 July 1967 – Ship & Rainbow, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Montegans (Express & Star)

7 July 1967 – Burton Tech College, Rag 67, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire with The United Isolation (Burton Daily Mail)

9 July 1967 – Casablanca Club, Sportsman’s Arms, Allesley, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

11 July 1967 – The Walgrave, Coventry with The Shy (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

12 July 1967 – Swan Hotel, Birmingham, West Midlands with Zero 5, The U Know Who, The Bobcats, The Umpteenth Time plus two others (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

15 July 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)

16 July 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

18 July 1967 – Casablanca Club, Sportsman’s Arms, Allesley, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

20 July 1967 – Club Cedar, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

21 July 1967 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

22 July 1967 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Alex Wilson Sect (North Norfolk News)

22 July 1967 – Elbow Room, Aston, West Midlands with The Wages of Sin (Birmingham Evening Mail)

23 July 1967 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (West Midlands)

24 July 1967 – Regent Club, Langley Green, West Midlands with Zero 5 (Express & Star)

27 July 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

1 August 1967 – Samantha’s, Bournemouth, Dorset (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

11 August 1967 – KSL Club, Hook Norton, Oxfordshire with The Moody Blues and The Swinging Blue Jeans (Banbury Guardian)

11 August 1967 – The Walgrave, Coventry with The Beautiful People (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

12 August 1967 – Carlton Ballroom, Erdington, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

15 August 1967 – Casablanca Club, Sportsman’s Arms, Allesley, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

17 August 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

18 August 1967 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

19 August 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

21 August 1967 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

25 August 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

26 August 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

27 August 1967 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (West Midlands)

1 September 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire (Rugby Advertiser)

14 September 1967 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull, Humberside with The Original Drifterss and The Honey Band (Hull Daily Mail)

16 September 1967 – Gloucester YMCA, Gloucester with The Night Shift (Richard Goddard research)

17 September 1967 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with The Temptations (actually The Fantastics) (Birmingham Evening Mail)

21 September 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Marmalade (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

22 September 1967 – Cofton Club, Rednal, West Midlands with Sylv & The Invaders (Redditch Indicator)

23 September 1967 – Ritz, Skewen, Wales with Clockwork Motion (Port Talbot Guardian)

24 September 1967 – Ship & Rainbow, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

25 September 1967 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

27 September 1967 – Samantha’s, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

28 September 1967 – Black Horse, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (Kidderminster Times and Stourport News)

29 September 1967 – 5D, Leicester with The Eyes of Blue (Leicester Mercury)

6 October 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)

7 October 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Lancashire Evening Post/Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

18 October 1967 – Caesar’s Place, Mulberry Tree, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire (Stratford upon Avon Herald)

20 October 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, Humberside with Colin Chamley New Sound (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

27 October 1967 – Carlton Ballroom, Erdington, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

31 October 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

11 November 1967 – Gloucester YMCA, Gloucester (Richard Goddard research)

11 November 1967 – Mews, Mosley, West Midlands with The Flowers (Birmingham Evening Mail)

17 November 1967 – KSL Club, Brackley Town Hall, Brackley, Northamptonshire (Banbury Guardian)

19 November 1967 – Cosmo, Carlisle, Cumbria (Cumberland News)

25 November 1967 – Northwich Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire with Motovation (Northwich Chronicle)

29 November 1967 – Bal Tabarin, Downham, southeast London with Eddie Floyd and Sounds Incorporated (Maidstone Gazette)

9 December 1967 – Bagatelle Club, Ettinington Park Hotel, Alderminster, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire (Birmingham Evening Mail/Stratford upon Avon Herald)

11 December 1967 – Dudley Town Hall, Dudley, West Midlands with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Chicken Shack and Transodisque (Express & Star)

16 December 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

18 December 1967 – Belfry, Wishaw, near Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands with The Monopoly (Birmingham Evening Mail)

22 December 1967 – Parish Hall, Nuneaton, Warwickshire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)

28 December 1967 – Birdland, Birmingham with The Frame of Minds and The Growing Concern (Birmingham Evening Mail)

30 December 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire with Root & Jenny Jackson (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)

1968

Ray King (lead vocals)

Paul Price (lead guitar)

Malcolm Aldridge (Hammond organ)

Paul Slade (bass)

Tim Whelan (sax)

Malcolm Jenkins (drums)

1 January 1968 – Broadway Club, Dudley Zoo, West Midlands with The Good Egg (Express & Star)

4 January 1968 – New Carnaby Club, Red House Hotel, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

7 January 1968 – Casablanca Club, Sportsman’s Arms, Allesley, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

10 January 1968 – New Inn Longford, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

12 January 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly London (Melody Maker/Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies)

13 January 1968 – Impsella Club, Chateau Impney, Droitwich, Worcestershire with Neat Change (Redditch Indicator)

15 January 1968 – Broadway Club, Dudley Zoo, West Midlands with The Magic Roundabout (Express & Star)

18 January 1968 – Station Inn, Selly Oak, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

20 January 1968 – Sperry Canteen, Sperry, Berkshire with The Haze (Bracknell News)

21 January 1968 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands with The Light (Birmingham Evening Mail)

25 January 1968 – The Walsgrave, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

26 January 1968 – Drill Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire (Stratford upon Avon Herald)

13 February 1968 – Carnaby Club, Red House Hotel, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

15 February 1968 – Santa Rosa Club, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

16 February 1968 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (West Midlands)

22 February 1968 – The Walsgrave, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

27 February 1968 – Casablanca Club, Sportsman’s Arms, Allesley, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

3 March 1968 – Bolero, Wednesbury, West Midlands (Express & Star)

7 March 1968 – The Walsgrave, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

10 March 1968 – Casablanca Club, Sportsman’s Arms, Allesley, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

11 March 1968 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

15 March 1968 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1 (Melody Maker)

21 March 1968 – Station Hotel, Birmingham, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

22 March 1968 – Whitely Abbey School, Coventry, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

23 March 1968 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Melody Maker)

24 March 1968 – Carlton Ballroom, Warrington, Cheshire (Melody Maker)

25 March 1968 – Recording with CBS (Melody Maker)

26 March 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London (Melody Maker)

29 March 1968 – College of Education, Edgbaston, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

30 March 1968 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

31 March 1968 – Bolero, Wednesbury, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

1-3 April 1968 – Filming Commercials (Melody Maker)

4 April 1968 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, London (Melody Maker)

5 April 1968 – Bamboo Club, Bristol (Melody Maker)

6 April 1968 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

7 April 1968 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Melody Maker)

9 April 1968 – Ritz Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset (Melody Maker)

10 April 1968 – Mackadown, Kitts Green, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

11 April 1968 – The Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

13 April 1968 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

14 April 1968 – Spinning Disc, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Melody Maker)

15 April 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly London (Melody Maker/Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies)

16 April 1968 – Douglas House, Lancaster Gate, London (Melody Maker)

19 April 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly London (Melody Maker/Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies)

20 April 1968 – Carlton Ballroom, Warrington, Cheshire (Melody Maker)

21 April 1968 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

22 April 1968 – Recording with CBS (Melody Maker)

25 April 1968 – The Revolution, Bruton Place, Mayfair, London (Melody Maker)

26 April 1968 – Coventry Technical College, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

29 April 1968 – The Raven, Stechford, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

2 May 1968 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, London (Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies website)

3 May 1968 – Drill Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire (Stratford upon Avon Herald)

4 May 1968 – Bull’s Head, Yardley, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

4 May 1968 – Mothers, Erdington, West Midlands with Obstweedle and Youngblood (Birmingham Evening Mail/Melody Maker)

5 May 1968 – Douglas House, Lancaster Gate, London (Melody Maker)

6 May 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

7 May 1968 – BBC Saturday Club (Melody Maker)

8 May 1968 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Melody Maker)

10 May 1968 – Paris University, Paris, France (Melody Maker)

11 May 1968 – Private Party, Paris, France (Melody Maker)

12 May 1968 – Gigs in Paris and Lille, France (Melody Maker)

14-17 May 1968 – Montpellier, France (Melody Maker)

21 May-11 June 1968 – Voom Voom, St Tropez, France (Melody Maker)

According to Malcolm Aldridge, future Supertramp bass player Frank Farrel played with the band for the St Tropez gigs.

Ray King and Malcolm Aldridge, St Tropez, 1968. Photo: Malcolm Aldridge

17 June 1968 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, London (Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies website)

18 June 1968 – The Cromwellian, South Kensington, London (Fabulous 208)

19 June 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

25 June 1968 – Casablanca Club, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

26 June 1968 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with Chuck Berry (Express & Star)

27 June 1968 – The Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

28-29 June 1968 – Princess Club, Chorlton and Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Melody Maker)

30 June 1968 – Riverboat Club, Nottingham (Melody Maker)

2 July 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

3 July 1968 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Melody Maker)

4 July 1968 – The Walsgrave, Coventry with Soul Express (Coventry Evening Telegraph/Melody Maker)

5 July 1968 – Douglas House (Lancaster Gate), London (Melody Maker)

6 July 1968 – Peterborough Technical College, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (Melody Maker)

7 July 1968 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Melody Maker)

8 July 1968 – The Cromwellian, South Kensington, London (Melody Maker)

9 July 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)

10 July 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

11 July 1968 – The Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

12 July 1968 – The Walsgrave, Coventry (Melody Maker)

13 July 1968 – Bull’s Head, Yardley, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

14 July 1968 – Private Party, Ruislip, west London (Melody Maker)

15-27 July 1968 – The Playboy Club, Park Lane, London (Melody Maker)

28 July 1968 – Mothers, Erdington, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

29 July 1968 – Samantha’s, New Burlington Street, London (Melody Maker)

31 July-25 August 1968 – French tour (Melody Maker)

13 September 1968 – Rednal, Cofton Country Club, Rednal, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

14 September 1968 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

15 September 1968 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Melody Maker/Coventry Evening Telegraph)

16 September 1968 – Chesford Grange, Kenilworth, Warwickshire with The Fantastics (Melody Maker/Warwick Advertiser)

17 September 1968 – David Symonds BBC show

20 September 1968 – Live at Playboy Club LP release date

21 September 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Marshall Hammond Group (Surrey Advertiser)

20 October 1968 – Bolero, Wednesbury, West Midlands (Express & Star)

23 October 1968 – Summerhill House Hotel, Kingswinford, West Midlands (Express & Star) Says ex-Ray King Soul Band

31 October 1968 – All Fours Club, Liverpool (Liverpool Echo)

11-12 November 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London (Poster)

19-20 November 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly, London (Poster at Jonathan Marks’ website: https://imgur.com/a/sWtBd#0)

26 November 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly London (Melody Maker/Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies)

5 December 1968 – The Cromwellian, South Kensington, London (Melody Maker)

6 December 1968 – Bull’s Head, Yardley, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

7 December 1968 – Station Inn (Birmingham?), West Midlands (Melody Maker)

8 December 1968 – Bolero Club, Wednesbury, Staffordshire (Melody Maker)

9 December 1968 – Recording BBC Saturday Club (Melody Maker)

10-11 December 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London (Melody Maker)

19 December 1968 – The Cromwellian, South Kensington, London (Fabulous 208)

20 December 1969 – Cloud Nine, Grand Hotel, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (website: www.peterboroughimages.co.uk/music)

22 December 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Time Out)

27 December 1969 – Village Hall, Liphook, Hampshire with Genevieve (Surrey Advertiser)

29 December 1969 – Revolution Club, Bruton Place, Mayfair, London (Time Out)

1969

16 January 1969 – BBC Radio 1 O’Clock (Melody Maker)

17 January 1969 – Chester College, Crewe, Cheshire (Melody Maker)

18 January 1969 – Market Hall, Haversfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Melody Maker)

19 January 1969 – Recording new single (Melody Maker)

20 January 1969 – The Cromwellian, South Kensington, London (Melody Maker)

21 January 1969 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, London (Melody Maker)

26 January 1969 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

20 February 1969 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

25 March 1969 – Blaises, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Hounslow Post)

6 April 1969 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire with Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon (Warrington Guardian)

8 September 1969 – La Reserve, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

14 September 1969 – Blaises, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Marylebone Mercury)

19 September 1969 – Soul Club, Plaza Ballroom, Newsbury, Berkshire with JJ Jackson & The Greatest Little Soul Band In The Land and Simon K & The Meantimers (Reading Evening Post)

21 September 1969 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

27 September 1969 – New Rainbow Suite, Co-op, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

1 October 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham with Raymond Froggatt (Birmingham Evening Mail)

2 October 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Birmingham Evening Mail)

3 October 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

28 October 1969 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)

11 November 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham with Ben K King & The Globe Show (Birmingham Evening Mail)

14 November 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

10 December 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

25 December 1969 – Parade Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Melody Maker)

1970

18 January 1970 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)

24 January 1970 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

Categories: England

The Fenmen’s gigs 1964-1967

October 19, 2017 Nick Warburton 11 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

THE FENMEN:

Alan Judge – lead guitar/vocals

Wally Allen – rhythm guitar/vocals

Eric Wilmer – bass

Jon Povey – drums

1964

28 July 1964 – Woodman Tuesday Club, Welwyn Garden City, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)

15 August 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Johnny Milton & The Condors and The Apollos (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

25 September 1964 – Lynx Club, Maxwell Park Youth Centre, Borehamwood, Herts (Simon Gee research)

18 October 1964 – Florida Rooms, Brighton, West Sussex (Evening Argus)

20 October 1964 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset with Dan Whitefield, The Initials Beat Combo (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

30 November 1964 – Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne with Jerry Lee Lewis and Angela Dean (Newcastle Evening Echo)

11 December 1964 – Maple Ballroom, Northampton, Northamptonshire (Northampton Chronicle and Echo)

12 December 1964 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Storms (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)

24 December 1964 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/) First time in Nottingham

1965

9 January 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Takers and The Witnesses (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

23 January 1965 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts with The Twilights (Luton News)

4 February 1965 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

14 February 1965 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)

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

17 March 1965 – Peartree Club Dance, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire (Welwyn Times)

21 March 1965 – Colston Hall, Bristol with The Kinks, Dean Prince &The Dukes, D Starr’s Predictions, The Blue-Sound, Mel Taylor & The Trek-a-Beats, Mike Starr & The Citizens, The Exiles, Danny Clarke & The Jaguars, The Road Runners and AJ & The Others (Western Scene)

26 March 1965 – Docking Shake-O-Rama, Norfolk with The Torinos (Lynn News)

27 March 1965 – Maple Ballroom, Northampton (Northampton Chronicle)

4 April 1965 – Esplanade Theatre, Bognor Regis, West Sussex with The Untamed, Formula 5, The Southbeats and Johnny Devlin & The Act 4 (Chichester & Southern Post)

15 April 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Nashville Teens and The Nightshades (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

25 April 1965 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)

26 April 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Newport, south Wales with Five In Hand (South Wales Argus)

18 May 1965 – Civic Hall, Orpington, southeast London (Bexley Heath & Welling Observer and Kentish Times)

3 June 1965 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset with Roger & The Rallies (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

5 June 1965 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Walker Brothers and The Peasants (Lincolnshire Standard)

19 June 1965 – Mersey View Ballroom, Frodsham, Cheshire with The In Crowd and The Notions (Warrington Guardian)

26 June 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Justin Tyme, The Artwoods, The Sorrows and The Dyaks (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

6 July 1965 – Portpatrick Public Hall Management Committee, Portpatrick, Scotland (Wigtownshire Free Press & Galloway Advertiser)

23 July 1965 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Utopians (Lynn News)

30 July 1965 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire with The Rumours (Andover Advertiser)

12 August 1965 – Rocky Rivers’ Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)

15 August 1965 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)

20 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (NME)

9 September 1965 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex with The Dolphins (Mid Sussex Times)

12 September 1965 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

12 September 1965 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with Andy Field & The Continentals and Mike Patto (North Norfolk News)

25 September 1965 – Newmarket Memorial Hall, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire with The Still Waters (Cambridge News)

15 October 1965 – Public Hall, Bedfont, Middlesex with The Penny Blacks (Middlesex Chronicle)

6 November 1965 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with Diane & The Sapphires, The Beat Six and The Beaucreas (Cambridge News)

12 November 1965 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks with Justice League (Bucks Free Press)

20 November 1965 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

21 November 1965 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

4 December 1965 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

11 December 1965 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Wreckers (Cambridgeshire Times)

12 December 1965 – Sunday Club, Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

18 December 1965 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks with The Notes (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

24 December 1965 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Star Support Showname (Evening Sentinel)

31 December 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch, The Nitepeople and Mike Sherdian’s Lot (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

1966

22 January 1966 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with Rod and Carolyn & The Tremors (Essex County Standard)

29 January 1966 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Vandels Blues (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

4 February 1966 – West End, Rushden, Northamptonshire with The Soundtracks (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

13 February 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent (Kent Messenger/Maidstone Gazette)

19 February 1966 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks with The Relics (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

26 February 1966 – Marcam Hall, March, Cambridgeshire (Lynn News)

27 February 1966 – Sunday Club, Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

4 March 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle/Melody Maker)

12 March 1966 – 21 Club, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (The Star)

18 March 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Davey Sands & The Essex and The Fuzz Bangs (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

27 March 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with Little Mick’s Modes (The Star)

9 April 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle/Melody Maker)

23 April 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex and The Web with Sandy Crawford (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Hastings and St Leonards Observer)

7 May 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Checkmates and Two of Each (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

13 May 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Yes & No (East Kent Times)

21 May 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Anteaks (Maidstone Gazette)

28 May 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

29 May 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London with The Symbols (Melody Maker)

3 June 1966 – West End, Rushden, Northamptonshire with Something Else (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

4 June 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Breed (Cambridgeshire Times)

11 June 1966 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

18 June 1966 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Triads (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)

2 July 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with support (Evening Sentinel)

3 July 1966 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

8 July 1966 – Tech College, Romford, east London (Fabulous 208)

9 July 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Fortunes, Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, The Gates of Eden, Freddie Fingers Lee, The Ferryboys (Lincolnshire Standard)

15 July 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside with The Troggs (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

16 July 1966 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)

22 July 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, southeast London (PACE magazine)

23 July 1966 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with Sounds Incorporated and Trendsetters Limited (Fabulous 208/Essex County Standard)

29 July 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)

30 July 1966 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (Fabulous 208)

4 August 1966 – Locarno, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

5 August 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

6 August 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Ketas (Lynn News)

7 August 1966 – Mojo Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

10 August 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Cornish Guardian)

12-13 August 1966 – Paradise Club, Wigan, Greater Manchester with Fan Antons, Jerry Shaw and The Checkmates (Warrington Guardian)

12 August 1966 – Princess Club, Chorlton, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

12 August 1966 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

13 August 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham with The Coletrane Union (Nottingham Evening Post)

14 August 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

19 August 1966 – Co-op Hall, Gravesend, Kent (Fabulous 208)

27 August 1966 – New Cornish Rivera Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with Acoustics (Cornish Guardian)

1 September 1966 – Locarno, Burnley, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

2 September 1966 – Princess Club, Chorlton, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

2 September 1966 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

3 September 1966 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Challengers (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)

5 September 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Fabulous 208)

8 September 1966 – Regal Ballroom, Ripley, Surrey (Fabulous 208)

9 September 1966 – Beat Festival, Scunthorpe United Football Ground, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ram Jam Band, The Creation, The Mindbenders and The Troggs (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

10 September 1966 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Syndicate 5 (Scarborough Evening News)

15 September 1966 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with The Action (Fabulous 208)

16 September 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside with Neil Christian & The Crusaders (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

17 September 1966 – All Saints Hall, Whetstone, north London (Fabulous 208)

24 September 1966 – Corn Exchange, Rochester, Kent (Fabulous 208)

1 October 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Fabulous 208)

2 October 1966 – Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

15 October 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

15 October 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom Grimsby, Humberside with The Boz and The School (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

29 October 1966 – Parr Hall, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)

3 November 1966 – Enterprise Club, Eastcote, northwest London (Fabulous 208)

4 November 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)

5 November 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Wreckers (Cambridgeshire Times)

6 November 1966 – Diamond Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)

12 November 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Reaction (Cornish Guardian)

27 November 1966 – Drill Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Southern Valley Four (Surrey Advertiser)

1 December 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Graham Bond Organisation (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

3 December 1966 – Eastbourne College, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)

4 December 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

9 December 1966 – Colona College, West Wickham, London (Fabulous 208)

10 December 1966 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Fabulous 208)

16 December 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, southeast London (PACE magazine)

22 December 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Sounds Incorporated, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

31 December 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The 13^th Hour (Lynn News)

1967

10 January 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

14 January 1967 –Norwich University, Norwich, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

15 January 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)

20 January 1967 – Birkbeck College, London (Fabulous 208)

21 January 1967 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

22 January 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)

3 February 1967 – Birmingham University, Birmingham, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

5 February 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

10 February 1967 – University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent (Fabulous 208)

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

16 February 1967 – Locarno, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)

17 February 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, London (Melody Maker)

18 February 1967 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

22 February 1967 – Gravesend R ‘n’ B Club, Claredon Royal Hotel, Gravesend, Kent (Fabulous 208/PACE magazine)

24 February 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

25 February 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

4 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with Felder’s Orioles (Melody Maker)

18 March 1967 – College of Technology, Bulmershe, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

25 March 1967 – Clouds, Derby with The Executives (Derby Evening Telegraph)

26 March 1967 – Tavern Club, East Dereham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

Jon Povey and Wally Waller left about this time to join The Pretty Things – Waller remembers that his debut gig was around Easter (late March) in Les Sables-d’Olonne in France

Initially, Jon Povey was replaced by drummer Tony Newman from Sounds Incorporated before Tony Glyde from The Loose Ends took over on drums. Glyde left around late July and subsequently joined Simon K & The Meantimers.

Andy Clark from the Big Wheel joined on keyboards and vocals.

The group was expanded for a while and I would welcome any reader insights

8 April 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Revelations (Surrey Advertiser)

9 April 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star) Billed as Bag O’ Nails

16 April 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Bag of Nails (eight-piece with members of The Fenmen)

22 April 1967 – St Luke’s College, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208) Billed as Bag O’Nails

6 May 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Fraction (Cambridgeshire Times) Billed as New Fenmen

29 May 1967 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire with Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours and Sack O’ Woe (Hull Daily Mail)

3 June 1967 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with The Son Set (Torquay Times/Torbay Times and South Devon Echo)

9 June 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Ossie Layne (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Bag O’Nails

10 June 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

17 June 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)

26 June 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter)

1 July 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser) Billed as Bag O’Nails

22 July 1967 – Co-op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Bag O’Nails

23 July 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough and Eton Express)

In late July/early August Del Coverley from Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede took over on drums. The musicians briefly gigged as Kindness

4 August 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph) Billed as Kindness

12 August 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star) Billed as Kindness

18 August 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder) Billed as Kindness

19 August 1967 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Shell Shock Show and The Shay (Essex County Standard) Billed as The New Fenmen

27 August 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Paul Ryan & The Scorpions (Northwich Chronicle) Billed as Kindness

Photo: Cityweek, Belfast, 31 August 1967. Image may be subject to copyright

1 September 1967 – Ricky Tick Club, Belfast, Northern Ireland with The Interns (Cityweek) Del Coverley confirmed this was Kindness from London not a US band from the west coast.

9 September 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Provokers (Cornish Guardian)

15 September 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News) Billed as Kindness

16 September 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker) Billed as Bag O’ Nails

19 September 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Life ‘N’ Soul (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Kindness

24 September 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette) Billed as Kindness

9 October 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter) Billed as Kindness

16 December 1967 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Rupert Bear (Northwich Chronicle/Crewe Chronicle) According to Wrexham Leader, support was The Idols

Categories: England, London

Cliff Bennett’s bands’ gigs 1961-1969

October 19, 2017 Nick Warburton 13 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

Fabulous 208, February 1965. Back row, L-R: Roy Young, Cliff Bennett, Sid Phillips, Moss Groves and Dave Burt. Front row, L-R: Bobby Thompson and Dave Wendels

CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS:

1961

The band’s early gigs were billed to The Rebel Rousers

1 July 1961 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Danny Rivers (Lincolnshire Standard) Billed as Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers

8 July 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

15 July 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

22 July 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

12 August 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

19 August 1961 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire Times)

26 August 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

9 September 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

23 September 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

30 September 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

11 November 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

2 December 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

24 December 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

31 December 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

1962

10 January 1962 – Constitutional Hall, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald)

24 March 1962 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

20 May 1962 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex with Lord Sutch & The Savages (Uxbridge Post)

23 June 1962 – Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall, the Forebury, Sawbridgeworth, Herts with The Delphins (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

15 September 1962 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research: www.lankybeat.com)

28 December 1962 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Ray Dell & The Rocking Deacons (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

1963

3 February 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

20 February 1963 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with The Just Six (Stevenage Gazette)

16 March 1963 – Long’s Ballroom, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Crestas (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

18 March 1963 – King George’s Hall, Esher, Surrey with Nero & The Gladiators and The Vibratones (Woking Herald)

5 April 1963 – St Peter’s Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The New Imparlos (Surrey Comet)

11 April 1963 – St George’s Hall, Esher, Surrey (Woking Herald)

14 April 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

28 April 1963 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with full support show (Aldershot News)

17 May 1963 – St Peter’s Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The Impalas (Surrey Comet)

22 May 1963 – British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

2 June 1963 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with Don Lenon Trio (Aldershot News)

4 June 1963 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

12 July 1963 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Roy Star & The Cherokees (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

21 July 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

27 July 1963 – New ‘Konda’ Club, Windsor, Berkshire with The Swinging Blue Jeans (Windsor and Eton Express)

2 August 1963 – St Peter’s Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The Impalas (Surrey Comet)

4 August 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)

25 August 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

8 September 1963 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Dominoes (Aldershot News)

20 October 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

29 October 1963 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

2 November 1963 – New Rendezvous Club, Deane Park Hall, South Ruislip, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

17 November 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

22 November 1963 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Ray Dell & The Rocking Deacons and The Valiants (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

24 November 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

28 November 1963 – Majestic Ballroom, Luton, Bedfordshire (Luton News)

3 December 1963 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

29 December 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex with Linda Laine & The Sinners (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

1964

5 January 1964 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Stormers (Aldershot News)

7 January 1964 – Upper Clatford Village Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)

8 January 1964 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

12 January 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)

24 January 1964 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Western Scene)

2 February 1964 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with Daniel Boone & The Emeralds (Aldershot News)

11 February 1964 – Beat City, British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex with The Falcons (Harrow Observer)

22 February 1964 – West Cliff Cavern, Ramsgate, Kent with The Limelights (East Kent Times)

26 February 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)

31 March 1964 – Beat City, British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)

7 April 1964 – Beat City, British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)

24 April 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Hustlers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

26 April 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex with The Impacts (Dorothy Bullock list)

28 April 1964 – Fender Club, Kenton, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)

18 May 1964 – Clacton Pier, Blue Lagoon Ballroom, Clacton, Essex with Shane & The Shane Gang (Essex County Standard)

20 May 1964 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire with Kerry Rapid & The Seltones (Aldershot News)

21 June 1964 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

26 June 1964 – Attic Club, 1a High Street, Hounslow, Middlesex with The Travellers (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

16 July 1964 – Princess Pavilion, Falmouth, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)

17 July 1964 – Penzance Winter Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall with the Buccaneers (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)

18 July 1964 – Cornish Riveria Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with Shaun & The Shondells (Cornish Guardian)

25 July 1964 – Majestic Ballroom, Luton, Bedfordshire with The Half Dozen (Luton News)

26 July 1964 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

3 August 1964 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Washington DCs (Essex County Standard)

6 August 1964 – Assembly Hall, Worthing, West Sussex with The Untamed Four (Worthing Gazette)

9 August 1964 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Cromwells (Aldershot News)

21 August 1964 – Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, Dorset (Bridport News)

6 September 1964 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

11 September 1964 – Greenwich Town Hall, Greenwich, London with two supporting groups (South East London Mercury)

18 September 1964 – Granada, Walthamstow, London with Billy J Kramer, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, The Nashville Teens, The Dakotas and Tim Connor (Leyton & Leytonstone Guardian)

20 September 1964 – Odeon, Lewisham, southeast London with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, The Nashville Teens, The Dakotas and Tim Connor (Leyton & Leytonstone Guardian)

13 October 1964 – Granada Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Kinks, The Nashville Teens, The Yardbirds and Bill Black’s Combo (Luton News)

17 October 1964 – Gloucester ABC, Gloucester with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Kinks, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, Bill Black’s Combo, The Nashville Teens and Tim Connor (Gloucester Citizen)

21 October 1964 – New Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Pamela Blue and Ray Russell Combo (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)

22 October 1964 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with The Blues Anonymous (Cambridge News)

26 October 1964 – 76 Club, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire (website: http://www.76club.org.uk/gigs.html)

27 October 1964 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

31 October 1964 – Royal Hotel, Lowestoft, Suffolk with The Blue Beats (Eastern Evening News)

2 November 1964 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Western Scene)

20-21 November 1964 – Empire Pool, Wembley, Middlesex with The Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Pretty Things, The Migil Five, The Miami Show Band, Susan Maughan, Lorne Lesley, Julia Rogers, Gene Vincent and The Hustlers (Clapham Advertiser)

21 November 1964 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks with Nicky & The Pagens (Bletchley District Gazette)

25 November 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)

27 November 1964 – Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon (Beat Instrumental)

28 November 1964 – Baths, Leyton, east London (Beat Instrumental)

29 November 1964 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester (Beat Instrumental)

1 December 1964 – Churchill Hall, Kenton, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

4 December 1964 – Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Rolling Stones, The Worryin’ Kind, Twinkle, The Quiet Five and Sack O’ Woes (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

6 December 1964 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex with Jean & The Statesides (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

9 December 1964 – Kinema, Dunfermline, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)

11 December 1964 – Gig in Kirkcaldy, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)

18 December 1964 – Locarno, Coventry (Beat Instrumental)

20 December 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental/Ruislip & Northcote Gazette)

23 December 1964 – Pacemakers’ Christmas Show, Liverpool (Beat Instrumental)

1965

30 January 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)

31 January 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)

6 February 1965 – Manchester University (Beat Instrumental)

7 February 1965 – Southall (probaby Community Centre), Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)

13 February 1965 – Brighton University, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)

19 February 1965 – Granada, East Ham with Roy Orbison, The Rockin’ Berries, Marianne Faithful, Three Quarters and Frank Berry & The Untamed (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian)

27 March 1965 – Matrix, Coventry (Beat Instrumental)

28 March 1965 – Celebrity, New Bond Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)

3 April 1965 – Drill Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire with Romin Tribe and Maniax (Grantham Journal)

4 April 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

18 April 1965 – Silver Blades, Birmingham, West Midlands (Beat Instrumental)

24 April 1965 – Hull University, Hull (Beat Instrumental)

25 April 1965 – Starlite Ballrom, Greenford, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)

28 April 1965 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

1 May 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Vandels Blues (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

2 May 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London with Mike Dee & The Prophets (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

6 May 1965 – Bowes Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage, Herts with Kit & The Saracens (Hertfordshire Express)

7 May 1965 – Fender Club, Harrrow, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)

9 May 1965 – Empire Pool, Wembley, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)

15 May 1965 – Craven Hill Theatre, Bicester, Oxfordshire with The Apollos (Oxford Mail)

21 May 1965 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

24 May 1965 – Dome, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)

26 May 1965 – Song Contest at the Dome, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)

28 May 1965 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)

29 May 1965 – City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)

30 May 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

4 June 1965 – Wood Farm, Grosmount (Beat Instrumental)

5 June 1965 – British Legion Hall, Calford (Beat Instrumental)

6 June 1965 – Town Hall, Stratford (probably east London) (Beat Instrumental)

8 June 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)

10 June 1965 – The Palace, Douglas, Isle of Man (Beat Instrumental)

12 June 1965 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Motowns (East Kent Times & Mail)

13 June 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London with The Preachers (Melody Maker)

16 June 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)

16 June 1965 – Town Hall, Farnborough, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

19 June 1965 – Uxbridge Blues Festival, Uxbridge, northwest London with Marianne Faithfull, The Who, Solomon Burke, The Spencer Davis Group, Long John Baldry, Zoot Money, The Birds, John Mayall, Ray Martin Group and Dave Whittling (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)

21 June 1965 – Civic Hall, Corby, Northants (Beat Instrumental)

25 June 1965 – Plaza, Stirling, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)

26 June 1965 – Paladium, Greenwich, southeast London (Beat Instrumental)

27 June 1965 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Beat Instrumental)

28 June 1965 – Keele University, Keele (Beat Instrumental)

1 July 1965 – College of Technology, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental)

3 July 1965 – Gig in March (most likely Marcam Hall), Cambridgeshire (Beat Instrumental)

4 July 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Beat Instrumental)

16 July 1965 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey with The In Crowd (Surrey Advertiser)

25 July 1965 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Beat Instrumental)

27 July 1965 – Mexican Hat, Worthing, West Sussex (Worthing Gazette)

30 July 1965 – Marine Ballroom, Morecambe, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)

31 July 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)

1 August 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Beat Instrumental)

2 August 1965 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)

4 August 1965 – Top Hat, Littlehampton, West Sussex (Littlehampton Post)

5 August 1965 – Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)

6 August 1965 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)

7 August 1965 – Coronation Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent with The Cygnets (East Kent Times)

8 August 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

8 August 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

9 August 1965 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)

12 August 1965 – Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes (Beat Instrumental)

13 August 1965 – Drill Hall, Dumfries, Scotland (Dumfries & Galloway Standard)

16 August 1965 – Floral Hall, Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)

21 August 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London with The Preachers (Melody Maker)

25 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)

28 August 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)

30 August 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Mark Leeman Five and Heinz & The Wild Boys (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

3 September 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire with St Louis Checks (Dave Allen research) Beat Instrumental has Kimbell’s, Southsea, Hants on this date which is also possible

4 September 1965 – Sherborne Carnival, TA Centre, Lenthay, Dorset with Four Hits & A Miss (Western Gazette)

6 September 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)

9 September 1965 – Locarno Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)

10 September 1965 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Next of Kin (Gloucester Citizen)

11 September 1965 – British Legion Hall, Coleford, Somerset (Beat Instrumental)

12 September 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Condors (Aldershot News)

13 September 1965 – Adelphi, West Bromwich, West Midlands and Club Cedar, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental)

15 September 1965 – Town Hall, Crewe, Cheshire (Beat Instrumental)

16 September 1965 – Assembly Hall, Flint, Wales (Beat Instrumental)

17 September 1965 – Fender Club, Kenton, west London (Beat Instrumental)

18 September 1965 – Trade Union Hall, Watford, Herts (Beat Instrumental)

19 September 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)

20 September 1965 – Savoy, Southsea, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

2 October 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental) Says Cambridge but this is most likely a misprint

3 October 1965 – Rainbow Theatre, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)

6 October 1965 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

8 October 1965 – Royal College of Technology, Salford, Greater Manchester (Beat Instrumental)

10 October 1965 – Casino Club, Harraby (Beat Instrumental)

15 October 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Wellington (Beat Instrumental)

16 October 1965 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Tom Jones & The Squires, The Gaylords and The Planets (Lincolnshire Standard)

17 October 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

20 October 1965 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

22 October 1965 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)

23 October 1965 – Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage, Oxfordshire with The Voyds (Oxford Mail)

24 October 1965 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)

26 October 1965 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)

29 October 1965 – Palace Ballroom, Maryport (Beat Instrumental)

30 October 1965 – Leicester University, Leicester (Beat Instrumental)

31 October 1965 – White Lion, Edgware, north London (Beat Instrumental)

3 November 1965 – Church Hall, Stonehouse, Stroud, Gloucestershrie (Beat Instrumental)

4 November 1965 – Empire Ballroom, Wrath (Beat Instrumental)

5 November 1965 – Bath Pavilion and gig in Swansea, Wales (Beat Instrumental)

6 November 1965 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey with The Moggies (Surrey Advertiser)

7 November 1965 – Jewish Lads’ Brigade, Cheetham (Beat Instrumental)

9 November 1965 – Moreland Links Hotel, Plymouth, Devon (Beat Instrumental)

12 November 1965 – Reading University, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)

14 November 1965 – Bure Country Club, Bure, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

19 November 1965 – King’s College, central London (Beat Instrumental)

20 November 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)

21 November 1965 – New Elizabethan Ballroom, Belle Vue, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)

Fabulous 208, October 1965. Back row, L-R: Roy Young, Sid Phillips, Cliff Bennett, Dave Burt. Front row, L-R: Moss Groves and Chas Hodges

4 December 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with support (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

5 December 1965 – The Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex with The Five Aces (Mid Sussex Times)

12 December 1965 – Jungfrau Club, Manchester (Boyfriend magazine)

13 December 1965 – Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire (Boyfriend magazine)

14 December 1965 – West Midlands Training College, Walsall, West Midlands (Boyfriend magazine)

15 December 1965 – Bangor University, Bangor, Wales (Boyfriend magazine)

17 December 1965 – King’s School, Macclesfield (Boyfriend magazine)

18 December 1965 – Worsley Civic Hall, Walkden, Worsley, Greater Manchester with The Half Dozen and The Tony Merrick Scene (Bolton Evening News)

19 December 1965 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham with The In Crowd (Nottingham Evening Post)

22 December 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Boyfriend magazine)

24 December 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Boyfriend magazine)

27 December 1965 – King’s Hall, Derby (Boyfriend magazine)

31 December 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Boyfriend magazine)

1966

2 January 1966 – Blue Moon, Hayes, London (Harrow Weekly Post)

3 January 1966 – Social Centre, South Oxhey, Herts (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

12 January 1966 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

14 January 1966 – Lanchester School of Technology, Coventry (Boyfriend magazine)

15 January 1966 – Shaftsbury Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Boyfriend magazine)

16 January 1966 – White Lion Hotel, Edgware, north London (Boyfriend magazine)

21 January 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Triads and The Walker Show Band (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

22 January 1966 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire and King’s Head, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (Boyfriend magazine)

23 January 1966 – Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire with Tandi & The Overtones (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

28 January 1966 – Goldhawk Social Club, Shepherd’s Bush, west London (Boyfriend magazine)

29 January 1966 – College of Technology, Manchester (Boyfriend magazine)

30 January 1966 – Oasis, Manchester (Boyfriend magazine)

1 February 1966 – Co-op Hall, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Boyfriend magazine)

2 February 1966 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Boyfriend magazine)

4 February 1966 –Ricky Tick, Staines Town Hall, Staines, Middlesex (David Else’s research)

5 February 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Donne Boys (Cambridgeshire Times)

6 February 1966 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with The Trends (North Norfolk News)

12 February 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk (Boyfriend magazine/Lynn News)

18 February 1966 – Leeds University, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Boyfriend magazine)

19 February 1966 – Women’s Institute, Holbeach, Lincolnshire (Boyfriend magazine)

20 February 1966 – Plaza, Newbury, Berkshire (Boyfriend magazine)

21 February 1966 – Manchester University, Manchester (Boyfriend magazine)

26 February 1966 – Seven Club, Shrewsbury, Shrophshire (Boyfriend magazine)

5 March 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Boyfriend magazine)

6 March 1966 – Stainforth Miners Club, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Boyfriend magazine)

8-9 March 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Boyfriend magazine)

11 March 1966 – Rutherford College of Technology, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Boyfriend magazine)

12 March 1966 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Boyfriend magazine)

16 March 1966 – Reading University, Reading, Berkshire (Trend & Boyfriend)

18 March 1966 – Town Hall, East Ham, east London (Trend & Boyfriend)

19 March 1966 – Bath Hall, Scunthorpe (Trend & Boyfriend)

24 March 1966 – HMS Collingwood, Fareham, West Sussex (Trend & Boyfriend)

25 March 1966 – Students’ Union, Goldsmith’s College, Lewisham, southeast London (Beat Instrumental/Trend & Boyfriend)

26 March 1966 – Malborough Hall, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

27 March 1966 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Melody Maker)

1 April 1966 – College for Further Education, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)

2 April 1966 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire with Them and Sounds Incorporated (Burnley Express & News)

3 April 1966 – Cosmo Club, Harraby, Carlisle, Cumbria (Beat Instrumental)

8-9 April 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)

10-16 April 1966 –Fiesta Club, Stockton-on-Tees (Beat Instrumental)

17 April 1966 – Beau Brummel Club, Nantwich, Cheshire (Beat Instrumental)

21 April 1966 – RAF Wittering, West Sussex (Beat Instrumental)

22 April 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)

23 April 1966 – Worsley Civic Hall, Walkden, Worsley, Greater Manchester with The Executives and The SOS (Bolton Evening News)

24 April 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Alan Bown Set (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

29 April 1966 – Regency Ballroom, Bath (Beat Instrumental)

30 April 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

1 May 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Newbury, Berkshire with The Pacifics (Andover Advertiser/North Berks Herald)

2 May 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

4 May 1966 – Tower Ballroom, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with The John Lofty Sounds (Yarmouth Mercury)

5 May 1966 – Starlight, Crawley, West Sussex with The Cadalucks (Caterham Weekly Press) This is missing from Beat Instrumental

6 May 1966 – Bellevue, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)

7 May 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)

8 May 1966 – New Elizabethan Ballroom, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)

11 May 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Clique (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)

12-16 May 1966 – Scottish tour (Beat Instrumental)

18 May 1966 – Clarence Pier Pavilion, Southsea, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

19 May 1966 – Locarno, Burnley (Beat Instrumental)

20 May 1966 – Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Beat Instrumental)

21 May 1966 – Dumfries Drill Hall, Dumfries, Scotland with The Livewires (Dumfries & Galloway Standard)

21 May 1966 – Polytechnic, central London (Beat Instrumental)

22 May 1966 – Miners Welfare Club, Stainforth (Beat Instrumental)

25 May 1966 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

29 May 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)

4 June 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with The Amboy Dukes (Melody Maker)

10 June 1966 – Christchurch College, Canterbury, Kent (Fabulous 208)

11 June 1966 – Student’s Union, Bristol University, Bristol (Fabulous 208)

12-19 June 1966 – Greasebrough Social Club, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

18 June 1966 – 21 Mod Club, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

21 June 1966 – Worcester College, Oxford University, Oxford with The Searchers, The Fourmost, The Dudley Moore Trio, The Cougars with Samantha and Eddie King, Mark Roman & The Javelins, Caribbean Steel Band, Bill Savill and His Band and others (Cherwell)

28 June 1966 – Town Hall, Crayford, southeast London (Beat Instrumental/PACE magazine)

1 July 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph) This is missing from Beat Instrumental

2 July 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)

3 July 1966 – USAF Bentwaters, near Woodbridge, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

6 July 1966 – Grafton Rooms, Liverpool (Fabulous 208)

7 July 1966 – West Midlands Training College, Walsall, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

9 July 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham with Robert Hirst and The Dickens Set (Nottingham Evening Post)

14 July 1966 – RAF Gaydon, near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire (Fabulous 208)

28 July 1966 – Gray’s Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

29 July 1966 – Town Hall, Cullen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

29 July 1966 – Ballerina Ballroom, Nairn, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

30 July 1966 – Town Hall, Tain, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

31 July 1966 – Black Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

5 August 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with Episode Six (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)

6 August 1966 – Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, Dorset (Bridport News)

7 August 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Coulson & Purley Advertiser) This isn’t listed in Beat Instrumental

7 August 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

11 August 1966 – Town Hall, East Ham, London (Fabulous 208)

11 August 1966 – In Crowd, Hackney, London (Fabulous 208)

13 August 1966 – Expresso Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)

14 August 1966 – Princess Theatre, Torquay, Devon with The Walker Brothers (Fabulous 208)

15 August 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)

17 August 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, London (Coulson & Purley Advertiser)

17-18 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)

19 August 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary’s Cray, southeast London (Fabulous 208/PACE magazine)

20 August 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)

21 August 1966 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)

24 August 1966 – Locarno, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (Fabulous 208)

25 August 1966 – Locarno, Streatham, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)

26 August 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)

9 September 1966 – Beat Festival, Scunthorpe United Football Ground, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, The Troggs, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ram Jam Band, The Creation, The Mindbenders and The Fenmen (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

10 September 1966 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington with The Fenmen and The Syndicate 5 (Scarborough Evening News)

11 September 1966 – Black Prince, Bexley, London (Fabulous 208)

13 September 1966 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

13 September 1966 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)

14 September 1966 – Olympic Roller Rink, Birmingham (Express & Star)

15 September 1966 – Chiltern 100 Club, RAF Station, High Wycombe, Bucks (Fabulous 208)

16 September 1966 – Midnight City, Birmingham with The Moody Blues (Birmingham Evening Mail)

16 September 1966 – Harpenden Town Hall, Harpenden, Hertfordshire (Fabulous 208)

17 September 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Sounds (Cambridgeshire Times)

17 September 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands with The Moody Blues and two feature groups (Birmingham Evening Mail)

18 September 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Fabulous 208/Melody Maker)

22 September 1966 – Flying Fox Club, RAF Cottesmore, Rutland (Grantham Journal)

23 September 1966 – Cardiff Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales with The Moody Blues, The Scaffold, The Fourmost and others (Melody Maker)

24 September 1966 – Coventry College of Further Education, Coventry (Beat Instrumental)

27 September 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

28 September 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

29 September 1966 – Ashton Palais, Ashton under Lyne, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

30 September 1966 – Town Hall, Loughborough, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)

1 October 1966 – Technical College, Southall, west London (Fabulous 208)

2 October 1966 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

7 October 1966 – Royal College of Advanced Tech, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

8 October 1966 – Marcam Hall, March, Cambridgeshire (Fabulous 208)

9 October 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald/Fabulous 208)

10 October 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

11 October 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

13 October 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

15 October 1966 – Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

16 October 1966 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Hertfordshire (Fabulous 208)

18 October 1966 – Silver Blades, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

20 October 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Burnley, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

21 October 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Easy Come Easy Go (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

22 October 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Fabulous 208)

23 October 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)

24 October 1966 – East Ham Town Hall, East Ham, east London with The Fortunes (Newham, West Ham & East Ham, Barking and Stratford Express)

25 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Episode Six (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

28 October 1966 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Fabulous 208)

29 October 1966 – Exeter University, Exeter, Devon with The Artwoods (Fabulous 208)

30 October 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

4 November 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

5 November 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with Farinas (Nottingham Evening Post)

5 November 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Mail)

6 November 1966 – Birmingham Theatre, Birmingham, West Midlands with Lee Dorsey and Jerry Lee Lewis (Fabulous 208)

7 November 1966 –Wimbledon Theatre, Wimbledon, southwest London with Jerry Lee Lewis, Lee Dorsey, The Crying Shames and The Graham Bell Trend (Woking Herald)

12 November 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208/Lynn News)

15 November 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Episode Six (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

16 November 1966 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull (Fabulous 208)

18 November 1966 – Sutton-in-Ashfield Baths, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)

19 November 1966 – Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston Super Mare, Somerset with The Ken Birch Band and The Bones (Weston Mercury)

26 November 1966 – Training College, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

1 December 1966 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (website: http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle-2/)

2 December 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary’s Cray, southeast London (Fabulous 208/PACE magazine)

3 December 1966 – Faculty of Technology Union, Manchester with The Senators (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

4 December 1966 – ABC, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (Fabulous 208)

8 December 1966 – Locarno, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

9 December 1966 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

10 December 1966 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

12 December 1966 – St Luke’s College, Exeter, Devon with Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band (Fabulous 208)

13 December 1966 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

15 December 1966 – Helsinki, Finland (TV show one day) (Disc & Music Echo)

16 December 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, London (Melody Maker)

17 December 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Mail/Fabulous 208)

17 December 1966 – Riverside Dancing Club, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)

20 December 1966 – Palais de Danse, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

22 December 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Fenmen, Sounds Incorporated and The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

23 December 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Derby, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)

24 December 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London with The Army (Melody Maker and Tony Tacon’s memories)

28 December 1966 – Top Rank Suite, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)

1967

7 January 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Beat Syndicate (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

7 January 1967 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London with Herbie Goins & The Night Timers, The Creation, The Artwoods and St Louis Union (Melody Maker)

8 January 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Fabulous 208)

9 January 1967 – Bluesville ’67 Club, Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)

10 January 1967 – King’s Hall, University College, Gower Street, London (Fabulous 208)

13 January 1967 – City Leeds Training College, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

14 January 1967 – Matlock Bath Pavilion, Matlock, Derbyshire with Deep Purple (Derby Evening Telegraph)

20 January 1967 – High Hall, Birmingham University, Birmingham, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

21 January 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent with Mixed Feelings (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)

1 February 1967 – Falcon Hotel, Falconwood, southeast London (PACE magazine)

2 February 1967 – St Giles Youth Club, Willenhall Baths Assembly Hall, Willenhall, West Midlands with The ‘N’ Betweens, The Ensemble and Scarab (Express and Star)

3 February 1967 – Beddington Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire with Sounds Incorporated (Fabulous 208)

4 February 1967 – Chelsea College, Chelsea, London (Fabulous 208)

10 February 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, London (Fabulous 208)

11 February 1967 – Ravern Club, Lincoln, Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)

23 February 1967 – Golden Dancing Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)

24 February 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

26 February 1967 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)

2 March 1967 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire with The Tremeloes and The Trend (Fabulous 208)

3 March 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)

4 March 1967 – Bal Tabarin, Downham, Southeast London with supporting groups (South East London Mercury)

5 March 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

10 March 1967 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, west London (David Else’s research)

16 March 1967 – Kilburn Polytechnic, Kilburn, London with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays and The Syn (Melody Maker)

17 March 1967 – Saint College, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

18 March 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Epics (East Kent Times & Mail)

19 March 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (South East London Mercury)

20 March 1967 – College of Education, Worcester, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)

23 March 1967 – Glow Ballroom, Llanelli, Wales (Fabulous 208)

26 March 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)

27 March 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Other Five and The Triple Vintage (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)

31 March 1967 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey (Aldershot News)

1 April 1967 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Daddy Linburg with The Fingers and The Committee (Southend Standard)

2 April 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)

6 April 1967 – King’s Hall, Belle Vue, Greater Manchester with The Tremeloes, Sounds Incorporated, The Move and Mirage (Fabulous 208)

12 April 1967 – Whitehaven College, Whitehaven, Cumbria (Fabulous 208)

13 April 1967 – RAF Uxbridge, Uxbridge, London (Fabulous 208)

14 April 1967 – Brighton Arts Festival, Metropole Hotel, Brighton, Sussex with Paul Jones, The Move, Geno Washington, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Mike Stuart Span and others (Melody Maker)

15 April 1967 – Pavilion Theatre, Felixstowe, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

19 April 1967 – Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle/Fabulous 208)

20 April 1967 – College of Technology, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)

20 April 1967 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham with The Alan Price Set (Nottingham Evening Post)

21 April 1967 – Queen’s Rink, West Hartlepool, County Durham (Fabulous 208)

22 April 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Fabulous 208)

27 April 1967 – Crystal Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208) This could be Newcastle under Lyme

29 April 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Bonnyrigg, Scotland with Tony & The Traders, Catch 22 and The Sindicate (South Midlothian Advertiser)

30 April 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Mooche (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

5 May 1967 – Bishop Grosset Estate College, Lincoln (Fabulous 208)

7 May 1967 – Royal Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Fabulous 208)

7 May 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Notttingham Evening Post)

11 May 1967 – Kilroy’s Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)

13 May 1967 – New Cornish, Riviera Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with Cousin Jacks (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)

16 May 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

19 May 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Bristol (Fabulous 208)

20 May 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Fabulous 208)

21 May 1967 – Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)

22 May 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London (Fabulous 208)

26 May 1967 – Pavilion, Newton (possibly Cambridgeshire) (Fabulous 208)

27 May 1967 – Hertford Balls, Oxford with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Swinging Blue Jeans, The Action and Hamilton & The Movement (Cherwell)

28 May 1967 – Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Nite People (Fabulous 208/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

29 May 1967 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Shades (Crewe Chronicle)

2 June 1967 – Golden Diamond Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)

3 June 1967 – College of Technology, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

4 June 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

5 June 1967 – Social Club, Aylesbury, Bucks (Fabulous 208)

8 June 1967 – Waggon and Horses, Wall Heath, West Midlands (Express & Star)

11 June 1967 – Palace Ballroom, Douglas, Isle of Man (Fabulous 208)

12 June 1967 – Trinity College, Cambridge with The Alan Price Set (Fabulous 208)

17 June 1967 – Surf City Club, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Fabulous 208)

25 June 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Poster)

29 June 1967 – Aston University, Birmingham with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Fabulous 208)

30 June 1967 – Liverpool University, Liverpool with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Fabulous 208)

1 July 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire (Fabulous 208)

1 July 1967 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Monopoly (Crewe Chronicle)

2 July 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

3 July 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Uglys and Choice (Express & Star)

7 July 1967 – Culham College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire (Fabulous 208)

8 July 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)

9 July 1967 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

12 July 1967 – Cavern Club, East Dereham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

13 July 1967 – Club Franchi, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

14 July 1967 – Town Hall, Hawick, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

15 July 1967 – Corn Exchange, Kelso, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

21 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Courtells (Melody Maker)

22 July 1967 – Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage, Oxfordshire with Steam Machine (Oxford Mail/Wiltshire Gazette/Newbury Weekly News)

26 July 1967 – Nautilus Club, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

29 July 1967 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with Magic Roundabout and The Midniters (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

30 July 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

31 July 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London (Fabulous 208)

5 August 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Melody Maker)

12 August 1967 – Tavern Club, East Dereham (Fabulous 208)

13 August 1967 – Old Crown & Cushion, Perry Barr, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

23 August 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Minehead, Somerset with The West Coast Sound (Somerset County Gazette)

24 August 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Cornish Guardian)

26 August 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with Jangless Gallery (Somerset County Gazette)

28 August 1967 – Pynkney Hall Blues Festival, Fakenham, Norfolk with The Move, Alan Bown, Family and The Workshop (Melody Maker)

1 September 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Soho, London (Melody Maker)

2 September 1967 – Town Hall, Tavistock, Devon (Fabulous 208)

3 September 1967 – Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)

8 September 1967 – RAF Digby, Lincoln (Fabulous 208)

9 September 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Fabulous 208)

9 September 1967 – Night Owl, Leicester (Fabulous 208)

10 September 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Pleasure Machine (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

15 September 1967 – Windrush Club, RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire (Fabulous 208)

16 September 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Flashbacks (Surrey Advertiser)

17 September 1967 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands with Taylor Upton Big Jump Band (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

22 September 1967 – Airmen’s Club, West Ruislip, London (Fabulous 208)

23 September 1967 – Keys Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Fabulous 208)

24 September 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)

29 September 1967 – Recreation Ground, Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire (Fabulous 208)

30 September 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Melody Maker)

7 October 1967 – Hatfield College of Tech, Hatfield, Herts (Fabulous 208)

8-14 October 1967 – Towers Theatre Club, Warrington, Cheshire with others (St Helens Newspaper)

8-14 October 1967 – Garrick, Leigh, Greater Manchester with others (St Helens Newspaper)

15 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

16 October 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter)

20 October 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire with The Triads (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)

27 October 1967 – Mildert College, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)

29 October 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Poster)

29 October 1967 – Nicholas Youth Club, Basildon, Essex (Fabulous 208)

31 October 1967 – Candlelight Club, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

1 November 1967 – Warmingham Grange Country Club, Warmingham, Cheshire (Crewe Chronicle)

3 November 1967 – Hairy Bob’s Cavern, Scarborough (Scarborough Evening News)

4 November 1967 – Nautlius, South Pier, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Eastern Evening News)

7 November 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

11 November 1967 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

12 November 1967 – Newbury Plaza, Newbury, Berkshire (Newbury Weekly News)

12 November 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

17 November 1967 – G-Ranch Discotheque, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)

18 November 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)

19 November 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with All Night Workers (Crawley Advertiser)

21 November 1967 – Boys High School, Leek, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)

24 November 1967 – Queens Rink Ballroom, Hartlepool, County Durham with The Tony King Sound (Hartlepool Mail)

25 November 1967 – Pier Pavilion, Felixstowe, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

26 November 1967 – Nottingham University, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)

1 December 1967 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Fabulous 208)

2 December 1967 – Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (Fabulous 208)

3 December 1967 – Leofric Hotel, Coventry (Fabulous 208)

4 December 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

5 December 1967 – Samantha’s, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Echo) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band/debut in Bournemouth

6 December 1967 – Scotch Club, Torquay, Devon (Fabulous 208)

7 December 1967 – Quay Club, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208)

9 December 1967 – The Polytechnic, Great Titchfield Street, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

17 December 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire, Nantwich, Cheshire with Jaytree Organisation (Crewe Chronicle)

19 December 1967 – Chalet Club, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)

20 December 1967 – Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

21 December 1967 – Marimba Club, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

22 December 1967 – New Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

23 December 1967 – String O’ Beads, Bradford, West Yorkshire with support (Yorkshire Evening Post)

24 December 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Melody Maker)

26 December 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)

29 December 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with The Justins and The Cataracts (Fabulous 208/Rugby Advertiser)

31 December 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Fabulous 208)

1968

21 January 1968 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham Post)

22 January 1968 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Soul Seekers (Express & Star) Billed as Cliff Bennet & His Band

3 February 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Salisbury & Winchester Journal)

4 February 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Poster) Billed as Cliff Bennett Show

6 February 1968 – Cheltenham Spa, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Melody Maker)

9 February 1968 – Roman Rag Ball, Glamorgan College of Technology, Glamorgan, Wales with The Nashville Teens, Union Pacific Showband, The Caribbean All Stars and The Stereos (Glamorgan County Times)

10 February 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)

16 February 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Swansea, Wales with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band and The Tremeloes (Herald of Wales)

17 February 1968 – Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, West Midlands (Express & Star) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band

25 February 1968 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Candy Choir (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band

8 March 1968 – Goldsmith College Rag Ball, New Cross, southeast London with The Blossom and The London All-Star Band (formerly Brian Something & The Whatsits) (South East London Mercury)

14 March 1968 – Eden Park Hotel, Beckenham, southeast London (South East London Mercury) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band

15 March 1968 – Gig in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire (Melody Maker)

16 March 1968 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The Precious Few (Melody Maker/Essex Chronicle) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

19 March 1968 – Rasputin’s, New Bond Street, central London (Melody Maker)

19 March 1968 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, east London (Melody Maker)

29 March 1968 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

31 March 1968 – Crown and Cushion, Perry Barr, West Midlands with Traction (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

5 April 1968 – Red Lion, Leytonstone, London (Melody Maker) Debut with Bennett’s new band after split with Rebel Rousers

12 April 1968 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Adges Convention (Crewe Chronicle) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

13 April 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)

14 April 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Stafforshire (Evening Sentinel)

15 April 1968 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Montanas (Express & Star)

19 April 1968 – Punchbowl, Lapworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

1 May 1968 – Spa Lounge Ballroom, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Stroud News)

17 May 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham, south London (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

19 May 1968 – Warmingham Country Club, Warmingham, Cheshire.

According to Crewe Chronicle, this is the first gig by The Rebel Rousers after their split with Cliff Bennett. I would welcome any insights from readers

CLIFF BENNETT BAND:

26 May-2 June 1968 – Garrick Club, Leigh, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

The Hillingdon Mirror ran an article about Cliff’s split from The Rebel Rousers in its 4 June 1968 issue, page 24

8 June 1968 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with supporting groups (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

21 June 1968 – Kursaal Ballroom, Southend, Essex with Georgie Fame’s Band (Southend Standard)

6 July 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Pattersons Generation (Surrey Advertiser)

27 July 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)

22 August 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Sweetshop and The Fire Brigade (West Briton & The Royal Cornwall Gazette)

22 September 1968 – Kew Boathouse, Kew, London (Thames Valley Times) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

26 September 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

10 October 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Candy Choir (East Kent Times & Mail)

24 October 1968 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, central London with Circus (Fabulous 208)

6 December 1968 – George Edwards Hall, Cefn Mawr, Wales with The Klubs (Wrexham Leader)

1969

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

Many thanks to Rolf Hannet for providing some of the Beat Instrumental entries

Categories: England

The Gass’ gigs 1966-1970

October 18, 2017 Nick Warburton 9 Comments

An early version of The Gass with lead guitarist Stuart Cowell who had played with The Rockhouse Band and would go on to Jon (Hammersmith and Shepherd’s Bush Gazette and Post)

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

Bobby Tench – bass, vocals (b. Trinidad)

Godfrey McLean – drums, vocals (b. Guyana)

Frank Clark – keyboards (b. Guyana)

Errol McLean – bass, congas (b. Guyana)

Humphrey Okoh – alto saxophone (b. Nigeria)

Ian Thomas – tenor saxophone (b. England)

The Gass was formed in May 1965 by the McLean brothers and Tench who soon recruited the remaining three members.

According to an excellent article in the Westminster & Pimlico News from 12 August 1966 (page 7), the McLean brothers arrived in England from Guyana in 1962 having played in a number of bands together and separately, notably The Jokers. In London, Godfrey McLean played The Music Men and The Raymond Bouche group simultaneously.

The brothers formed The Senators in mid-1965 with Trinidadian Bobby Tench. The band became The Creators and then The Gass.

Okoh had previously played with The African Messengers among other groups. Ian Thomas came from South Norwood.

The band’s debut single, “One of These Days” c/w “I Don’t Know Why” was released on Parlophone on 8 October 1965.

1966

14 January 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Lee Dorsey (Melody Maker)

14 January 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Patti LaBelle & The Bluebells (Melody Maker)

15 January 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Peter B’s Looners (Melody Maker)

21 January 1966 – Galaxy Club, Town Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

22-23 January 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Rockhouse Band (Melody Maker)

29 January 1966 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with The Rockhouse Band and The Scots of St James (Luton News)

13 February 1966 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette) Says they are resident band at Scotch of St James

14 February 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham with The Dawnbreakers (Down at the Boat book)

25 February 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

27 February 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

4 March 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Shevells (Melody Maker)

5 March 1966 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/) Billed as Gas

6 March 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

10 March 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

11 March 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

12 March 1966 – Haymarket Lounge, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

13 March 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

18 March 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire with Mark Barry (Aldershot News)

7 April 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with Martha & The Vandellas (Melody Maker)

17 April 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

22 April 1966 – Ricky Tick, Harvest Moon, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

5 May 1966 – Tofts, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)

Lead guitarist Stuart Cowell, who had been playing with The Blues Movement (and before that The Rockhouse Band) joined in mid-May

22 May 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

27 May 1966 – Ilford Town Hall, Ilford, east London with The Clayton Squares

The Gass’ second single, recorded prior to Cowell joining, is released on Parlophone on 27 May 1966. The single combines “The New Breed” with “In The City”.

Hammersmith and Shepherd’s Bush Gazette and Post from June 1966. This relates to the image at the top of the page

3 June 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

The Kensington News and West London Times has a great story on the Gass in its 3 June issue with some details on the individual members.

5 June 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)

12 June 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham News)

13 June 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News/Camberley News) Says straight from the Flamingo, Soho

20 June 1966 – Woodhall Community Centre, Welwyn Garden City, Herts (website: http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/60’s_music_scene.htm)

25 June 1966 – Unknown venue, Cromford, Derbyshire (Poster)

2 July 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News/Camberley News) Says straight from the Flamingo, Soho

8 July 1966 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn Advertiser)

15 July 1966 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks with J J Jackson (Bucks Free Press)

21 July 1966 – Concorde, Basset Hotel, Southampton, Hants (Southern Evening Echo)

22 July 1966 – Coles Oak House, Dedham, Essex (Fabulous 208)

23 July 1966 – Burleseque, Leicester (Fabulous 208)

26 July 1966 – Pendulum Club, Greenford, northwest London (Fabulous 208)

30 July 1966 – Stamford Arms Hotel, Stamford, Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)

31 July 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)

5 August 1966 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn Advertiser)

6 August 1966 – Marlborough Hall, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Halifax Evening Courier & Guardian)

6 August 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker) This seems unlikely with above gig

7 August 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)

12 August 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

The Westminster & Pimlico News has a great article on Godfrey McLean and Gass in its 12 August issue, page 7. The paper says that the band was playing six and seven nights at the Scotch of St James around this time

15 August 1966 – Majestic, Reading, Berkshire (Bracknell News)

Around mid-late August Stuart Cowell left (to form Jon) and Alan Roskams came in from The Mark Leeman Five. Also, Lol Coxhill took over from Ian Thomas after joining from Tony Knight’s Chessmen

21 August 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald/Melody Maker)

22 August 1966 – Woodhall Community Centre, Welwyn Garden City, Herts (see website above)

25 August 1966– Ricky Tick, Stoke Hotel, Guildford, Surrey (David Else’s research)

27 August 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

29 August 1966 – Ricky Tick, Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Hertfordshire (Poster)

2 September 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

3 September 1966 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Herts with The Minor Portions (website: http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/60’s_music_scene.htm)

8 September 1966 – Thorngate Ballroom, Gosport, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)

9 September 1966 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn Advertiser)

Record Mirror’s 10 September issue notes that Alan Roskams has joined from The Mark Leeman Five

12 September 1966 – Disc Club, Colchester, Essex (Essex County Standard)

13 September 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

17 September 1966 – The Scene Club, Cardiff, Wales (Poster)

19 September 1966 – Rainbow Rooms, Nottingham with Jimmy Payne Sound (Nottingham Evening Post)

24 September 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

25 September 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

26 September 1966 – Woodhall Community Centre, Welwyn Garden City, Herts (see website above)

30 September 1966 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester with The Shotgun Express, Mozzletoff, The Jigsaw, Makin Sound and Inside Outfit (Leicester Mercury)

1 October 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Powerhouse Six (East Kent Times)

6 October 1966 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

10 October 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

14 October 1966 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and The Shotgun Express (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Hastings & St Leonards Observer/Maidstone Gazette)

15 October 1966 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire

17 October 1966 – Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with Paterson’s People (Bucks Advertiser)

21 October 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

22 October 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with The Sound Syndicate (Nottingham Evening Post)

29 October 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald/Melody Maker)

1 November 1966 – Cellar Club, County Arms, Blaby, Leicestershire with Larry (Leicester Mercury)

5 November 1966 – Afan Lido, Port Talbot, Wales with Something Else (Port Talbot Guardian)

12 November 1966 – All Nighter Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Jerry Lee Lewis and The Amboy Dukes (Melody Maker)

15 November 1966 – Ricky Tick, Bedford Ricky Tick, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Melody Maker)

16 November 1966 – Platform One Discotheque, Newport, Wales (South Wales Argus)

18 November 1966 – Pingles Hall, Nuneaton, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)

19 November 1966 – Smethwick Baths, Smethwick, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

20 November 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)

24 November 1966 – St George’s Hall, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

6 December 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

9 December 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London with Fleur De Lys (Melody Maker)

18 December 1966 – Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

13 December 1966 – Swansea College of Technology, Ritz Club, Skewen, south Wales with The Idle Hands (South Wales Evening Post)

21 December 1966 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)

23 December 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Mantimes (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

23 December 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker)

24 December 1966 – New Spot, Gosport, Hampshire with Mark Leeman Five (Portsmouth News) Billed as featuring Roscoe

24 December 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London with The Penny Blacks (Melody Maker)

26 December 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

31 December 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

1967

1 January 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with Timebox (Evening Sentinel)

14 January 1967 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, west London (David Else’s research)

15 January 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

22 January 1967 – The Basement Discotheque, Burton Buildings, Pontypridd, Wales (Glamorgan County Times)

29 January 1967 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London with The Laymen (website: http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)

8 February 1967 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)

9 February 1967 – Manhole, Redhill, Surrey (Crawley Advertiser)

17 February 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with support (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

18 February 1967 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts (Hertfordshire Express)

26 February 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

2 March 1967 – Tiger’s Head, Downham, London (South East London Mercury)

5 March 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)

10 March 1967 – George Inn, Wilby, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

12 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

18 March 1967 – The Riley-Smith, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire with Making Time (Tadcaster News)

19 March 1967 – New Locarno Ballroom, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)

Having signed to CBS, The Gass’ third single, “Dream Baby” c/w “Jitterbug Sid” is released on 23 March 1967.

25 March 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent with The Web with J L Watson (Melody Maker)

Kingston & Malden Borough News‘ 31 March 1967 issue, page 7 (see above) has a great photo of the band

4 April 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

7 April 1967 – Candelight Club, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

8 April 1967 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, west London (David Else’s research)

11 April 1967 – York Tavern, Bridgend, Wales (Fabulous 208)

12 April 1967 – Glenmore Jazz Club, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)

The Kensington News & West London Times, 14 April 1967 issue, has a story on the band

Record Mirror, 15 April 1967. Image may be subject to copyright

There’s a great article and pic in Record Mirror, 15 April 1967, page 10

16 April 1967 – The Basement Discotheque, Burton Buildings, Pontypridd, Wales (Glamorgan County Times)

22 April 1967 – Matlock Bath Pavilion, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire with John Smith Affair (Derby Evening Telegraph/Nottingham Evening Post)

22 April 1967 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

26 April 1967 – Blue Fez Club (is this the Purple Fez, Devonport?), Plymouth, Devon (Fabulous 208)

29 April 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with The Shevelles (Melody Maker)

5 May 1967 – St Birinus Youth Club, St Birinus School, Didcot, Berkshire (North Berks Herald)

6 May 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester with Pesky Gee (Melody Maker)

6 May 1967 – Maple Ballroom, Northampton with The Gospel (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

19 May 1967 – Bridge Hotel, Oxford (Fabulous 208)

20 May 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)

21 May 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

22 May 1967 – Manor House, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

26 May 1967 – Koo Koo Byrd, Cardiff, Wales (Glamorgan County Times)

27 May 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with supporting groups (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

27 May 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Gass Band

28 May 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Fabulous 208/Melody Maker)

2 June 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, Humberside with Family (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

10 June 1967 – Town Hall, Seaton, Devon (Fabulous 208)

11 June 1967 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands with Ronnie Jones & The Q-Set (Birmingham Evening Mail)

17 June 1967 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, west London (David Else’s research)

18 June 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

22 June 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

24 June 1967 – Evington Boys’ Club, Leicester, Leicestershire with Sissy (Fabulous 208/Leicester Mercury)

25 June 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

28 June 1967 – “Pop Afloat” British Rail, Portsmouth Harbour (Fabulous 208)

30 June 1967 – Lanchester College, Coventry, West Midlands with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and From The Sun (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

1 July 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Voyd (Cambridgeshire Times)

2 July 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

7 July 1967 – Grand Ballroom, Coalville, Leicester with Manfred Mann and Kraters Moon (Leicester Mercury)

8 July 1967 – Tin Hat, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

8 July 1967 – Iron Curtain Club, Small Heath, West Midlands with The Traction and The Power (Birmingham Evening Mail)

15 July 1967 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with New York Public Library and Status One (Essex County Standard)

16 July 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Poster)

22 July 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)

23 July 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

28 July 1967 – Cesar’s, Bedford, Bedfordshire with The Niteshades or Nite Train (Bedfordshire Times)

29 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Fraternity and The Army (Melody Maker)

30 July 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

31 July 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter) Says the band are back from Germany

3 August 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

6 August 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

11 August 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Craig King Midnight Train (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

12 August 1967 – Maidstone Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with The T-Pots (Maidstone Gazette)

13 August 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

21 August 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

27 August 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Poster)

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

According to Melody Maker, Alan Roskams left around now to join Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers

2 September 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)

7 September 1967 – Thorngate Ballroom, Gosport, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)

8 September 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

9 September 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

13 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)

15 September 1967 – Guild Hall, Brecon, Wales (Fabulous 208)

16 September 1967 – Town Hall, Oxford (Fabulous 208)

20 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)

22 September 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

29 September 1967 – The Parlour, North End, Hampshire with The Coconut Mushroom (Portsmouth News)

1 October 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)

7 October 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Mr Hip Soul Band and Lloyd Alexander Blues Band (Melody Maker)

9 October 1967 – Foseco Sports & Social Club, Tamworth, Staffordshire (Tamworth Herald)

14 October 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Melody Maker)

20 October 1967 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser) They appear to have replaced The House of Orange

21 October 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Vigilantes (Cornish Guardian)

22 October 1967 – Khyber Club, Taunton, Somerset with The System (Somerset County Gazette)

23 October 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

28 October 1967 – The Tin Hat, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Trax (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

2 November 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

8 November 1967 – Industrial Club, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

10 November 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

11 November 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)

20 November 1967 – The Parlour, North End, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)

24 November 1967 – George Inn, Wilby, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

9 December 1967 – Smethwick Baths, Smethwick, West Midlands with Skin Deep (Birmingham Evening Mail)

10 December 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Poster)

21 December 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

24 December 1967 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent with The Candy Choir (East Kent Times & Mail)

26 December 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with Trip To The Sun and Psychotic Reaction (Rugby Advertiser)

29 December 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

1968

5 January 1968 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)

6 January 1968 – Brave New World, Southsea, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)

11 January 1968 – Carnaby Club, Red House Hotel, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

31 January 1968 – Night Prowler Club, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with Somthin Else (Eastern Evening News/Yarmouth Mercury)

4 February 1968 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with Garefield Tate (Maidstone Gazette)

10 February 1968 – Burton Leander Social Club, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire (Burton Daily Mail)

22 February 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

23 February 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

2 March 1968 – Evington Club, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

9 March 1968 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury/Melody Maker)

9 March 1968 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1 (Melody Maker)

16 March 1968 – Braintree Institute, Braintree, Essex with The Roulettes (Essex County Standard)

22 March 1968 – Drill Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire (Stratford upon Avon Herald)

27 March 1968 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournmouth Evening Echo)

11 April 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London with Carl Douglas (& The Big Stampede) (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

17 May 1968 – The Scene Discotheque Club, Marine Arcade, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

24 May 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

13 June 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

14 June 1968 – Bedford Corn Exchange, Bedford with John Williams & The Spell (Bedfordshire Times)

15 June 1968 – Peterborough Old Showground, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire with Jethro Tull (Cambridgeshire Times)

28 June 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham, south London with George Paul Jefferson (Beckenham & Penge Advertiser)

12 July 1968 – The Ship, Weybridge, Surrey (Woking Herald)

18 July 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

20 July 1968 – Elms Court, Botley, Oxford with Bernard Reich (Oxford Mail)

27 July 1968 – Savoy, Catford, London (Melody Maker)

2 August 1968 – Hastings Beat Festival, Hastings, East Sussex with ten other groups (Hastings & St Leonards Observer)

23 August 1968 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with Amboy Dukes and Fusion (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

25 August 1968 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

7 September 1968 – Corn Exchange, Melton Mowbray, Lincolnshire with The Ides of March/Idle Rich (Grantham Journal/Leicester Mercury)

14 September 1968 – Subscription Rooms, Stroud, Gloucestershire with The Jamm (Stroud News) Played Bag O’Nails and Rasputins just before this

15 September 1968 – Riverside Club, Cricketers, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald)

28 September 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

12 October 1968 – Elms Court, Botley, Oxford with Climax Farm (Oxford Mail)

13 October 1968 – Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)

22 October 1968 – Cheltenham Spa Lounge and Ballroom, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)

21 November 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

29 November 1968 – Scene Disco Club, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Yarmouth Mercury)

9 December 1968 – Colfe’s Grammar School, Lee, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

18 December 1968 – Students’ Christmas Dance, Isle of Ely College, Wisbech, Cambridgeshrie with The Shevelles and Tuesday’s Outcome (Cambridgeshire Times)

21 December 1968 – Stage Club, Oxford (Oxford Mail)

28 December 1968 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Impi (Eastern Evening News)

1969

During this year, guitarist and violinist Michael Piggott joined from Junior’s Conquest

28 June 1969 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

1970

9 April 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

27 April 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker) Starts Monday for one week

29 May 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

30 May 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, Central London (Melody Maker)

3 June 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

19 June 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

20 June 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

24 June 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London with Genesis (Melody Maker)

3 July 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

4 July 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

16 August 1970 – Torrington, North Finchley, London with Hate (Melody Maker)

13 September 1970 – Torrington, North Finchley, London (Melody Maker)

Categories: England

Ferris Wheel’s gigs 1967-1969

October 18, 2017 Nick Warburton 7 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

Diane Ferraz – lead vocals

Michael Liston (aka Snow) – keyboards/guitar/lead vocals

Keith Field – guitar

Dave Sweetnam-Ford – saxophone/lead vocals

George Sweetnam-Ford – keyboards

Barry Reeves – drums

1967

22 April 1967 – Bluesville ’67, St Thomas’ Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Brentwood Review & Romford Recorder) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

27 April 1967 – RAF Leuchars, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

28 April 1967 – Palladium, Greenock, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

29 April 1967 – Community Centre, Auchinleck, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

30 April 1967 – Top 10 Club, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

5 May 1967 – Slipper, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

20 May 1967 – Bluesville ’67, St Thomas Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Brentwood Review and Romford Recorder) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

20 May 1967 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker) Billed as formerly Diane Ferraz and The Checkmates

24 May 1967 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)

30 May 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

31 May 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The J J Preston Group (Bournemouth Evening Echo) Billed as Diane Ferris & The Ferris Wheel (formerly The Checkmates)

1 June 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

3 June 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Symbols and The All Night Workers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/) Billed as Diane Ferraz with The Checkmates

4 June 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

10 June 1967 – RAF Coningsby, Lincoln (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

11 June 1967 – Dolphin Hotel, Maidenhead, Berkshire (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

12 June 1967 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

14-15 June 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, London (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The New Checkmates

15 June 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

18 June 1967– Britannia Theatre, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, The Nite People and Neil Diamond (North Norfolk News) Billed as Ferris Wheels

21 June 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)

29 June 1967 – Caledonian Hotel, Inverness, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

30 June 1967 – Town Hall, Alloa, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

1 July 1967 – Town Hall, Kilmarnock, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates (Birmingham Evening Mail also has the band playing at the Co-op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham with The Peasant Sec on this day but this seems very unlikely).

2 July 1967 – Palais, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

The band started to use the Ferris Wheel name from this point

2 July 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Original Checkmates and The Raynes (Crewe Chronicle) Billed as featuring Diane Ferraz

3 July 1967 – Adam & Eve Club, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

4 July 1967 – Savoy Hotel, Strand, London (Fabulous 208)

6 July 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)

7 July 1967 – Clouds, Derby, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)

8 July 1967 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

8 July 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker)

9 July 1967 – Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

According to Michael Snow’s website and blog, the band’s debut as Ferris Wheel took place at the Bag O’Nails club in August 1967 but earlier dates suggest this wasn’t the case.

Fabulous 208 notes that the group went to south of France in mid-July

1 August 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)

2 August 1967 – Big Beat Cruise, Solent, South Parade Pier, Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier Head with The Wrong Direction (Portsmouth News)

3 August 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

4 August 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

5 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Electric Circus and Chunks Jump Band (Melody Maker) Billed as with Diane Ferraz

6 August 1967 – John’s Children’s Club, Leatherhead, Surrey (Fabulous 208) This is The Bluesette Club

7 August 1967 – Wheels Discotheque, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

8 August 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

11 August 1967 – Solihull Civic Hall, Solihull, West Midlands with Idle Race and The Brand (Birmingham Evening Mail)

12 August 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London (Fabulous 208)

12 August 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Fabulous 208)

13 August 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)

14 August 1967 – Manor House, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

19 August 1967 – RAF Coningsby, Lincoln (Fabulous 208)

20 August 1967 – Dolphin Hotel, Maidenhead, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

Photo: Melody Maker. Image may be subject to copyright

22 August 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

24 August 1967 – Manor House, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

25 August 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

26 August 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester with The Shevelles (Melody Maker)

26 August 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)

27 August 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Fabulous 208)

28 August 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous)

30 August 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

31 August 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)

1 September 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Fabulous 208)

2 September 1967 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail/Fabulous 208)

3 September 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

4 September 1967 – Bamboo Club, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

8 September 1967 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)

9 September 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with James and Bobby Purify and Big Maybelle and The Senate (Lincolnshire Standard)

13 September 1967 – Big Beat Cruise, Solent, South Parade Pier, Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier Head with The Blackout (Portsmouth News)

15 September 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Basildon, Essex (Fabulous 208)

16 September 1967 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

16 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Mike Stuart Span and The Workshop (Melody Maker)

19 September 1967 – Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, London (Fabulous 208)

20 September 1967 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

21 September 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

22 September 1967 – G Ranch, Maidstone, Kent (Fabulous 208)

23 September 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Fabulous 208/Melody Maker)

Photo: Tamworth Herald. Image may be subject to copyright

24 September 1967 – Foseco Sports and Social Club, Tamworth, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208/Tamworth Herald)

2 October 1967 – Bluesville ’67 Clubs, Manor House Ballroom, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)

6 October 1967 – Boulevard Club, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

7 October 1967 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

8 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

9 October 1967 – St Matthew’s Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

10 October 1967 – Queen Mary Social Club, Ocean Terminal, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

11 October 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

13 October 1967 – Oak Leaf Hotel, South Bank, Middlesbrough with Mike Stevens & The Shevelles (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

14 October 1967 – Club A Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

15 October 1967 – Civic Centre, Corby with Geno Washington & His Ram Jam Band and John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (Fabulous 208/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

16 October 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)

25 October 1967 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Echo) Billed as with Diane Ferraz

26 October 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Bristol (Fabulous 208)

27 October 1967 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press) Billed as with Diane Ferraz

28 October 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Original Drifters, The Soul Survivors and The Purple Barrier (Lincolnshire Standard)

2 November 1967 – Clouds, Derby, Derbyshire (Derby Evening Telegraph)

2 November 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)

3 November 1967 – Beaconsfield Youth Centre, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Fabulous 208)

3 November 1967 – Bluesville, Manor House, London (Melody Maker)

4 November 1967 – Disco Blue, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)

6 November 1967 – St Matthew’s Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

7 November 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London (Melody Maker)

10 November 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

11 November 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Dyaks (East Kent Times & Mail)

14 November 1967 – Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, London (Melody Maker)

17 November 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

19 November 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

22 November 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)

23 November 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

24 November 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

25 November 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Traffic and Six Across (Lincolnshire Standard)

26 November 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker)

1 December 1967 – G Range, Maidstone, Kent (Fabulous 208)

2 December 1967 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

4 December 1967 – St Matthew’s Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

6 December 1967 – Big Beat ’67 concert, Royal Albert Hall, London with Joe Tex, Alan Price Set, Steve Hammond and Jan Kimbell (Melody Maker) Disc & Music Echo says that this was cancelled

8 December 1967 – Burton Constable Hall, Hull, Humberside with The Amboy Dukes, Joe E Young & The Toniks, Roger Bloom’s Hammer, Gospel Garden and The Mandrakes (Scarborough Evening News)

9 December 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London with Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede and Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers (Melody Maker)

9 December 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)

19 December 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

23 December 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Six Across, The Rubber Band and Ray Bones (Lincolnshire Standard)

29 December 1967 – Foseco Sports & Social Club, Tamworth, Staffordshire (Tamworth Herald)

1968

9 January 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

11 January 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly, London (Poster at Jonathan Marks’ website: https://imgur.com/a/sWtBd#0)

12 January 1968 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

14 January 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

15 January 1968 – Bluesville ’68 Club, St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)

19 January 1968 – Big C Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hamphshire (Aldershot News) Billed as Diane Ferraz and The Ferris Wheel

26 January 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

2 February 1968 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle) Billed as featuring Diane Ferraz

2 February 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)

4 February 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Salisbury and Winchester Journal)

6 February 1968 – Public Hall, Witham, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

8 February 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

9 February 1968 – North West Leicestershire Technical College Students Union Dance, The Grand, Coalville, Leicestershire with Magazine (Leicester Mercury)

11 February 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)

3 March 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)

4 March 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday) Billed as with Diane Ferraz

10 March 1968 – Cat-Balou Club, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Melody Maker/Grantham Journal)

11 March 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Bakersville Blues Band (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

12 March 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)

14 March 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

17 March 1968 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

24 March 1968 – Frolicking Kneecap Discotheque, Market Harborough, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph/Leicester Mercury) Marmalade did not appear

4 April 1968 – Quay Club, Exeter, Devon (Express & Echo)

5 April 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)

6 April 1968 – Evington Club, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

17 April 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

18 April 1968 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Camberley News & Bagshot Observer)

25 April 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

25 May 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Barrier (Cambridgeshire Times)

30 May 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

1 June 1968 – Brave New World, Eastney, Hampshire (website: http://michaelcooper.org.uk/C/birdcage.htm) Billed as Diane Ferraz and The Ferrez Wheel

22 June 1968 – Hervines Park, Amersham, Bucks with The Rebel Rousers (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

29 June 1968 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

30 June 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

5 July 1968 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Delroy Good Good Band and Spangles Maldoon (Express & Star)

6 July 1968 – The College, Digby Avenue, Nottingham with The Redhouse Blues Band (Nottingham Evening Post)

7 July 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

8 July 1968 – Bluesville ’68, Manor Ballroom, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)

10 July 1968 – Summerhill House Hotel, Kingswinford, West Midlands (Express & Star)

According to Michael Snow’s book Mersey Me! A Liverpool Lad on the Loose in the Swingin’ ‘60s, Diane Ferraz left on the eve of a month’s residency at the Voom Voom club in St-Tropez that summer (most likely around now). She was exhausted from European tours. They undertook the French dates without a female singer and briefly added singer Marsha Hunt on their return to London

19 July 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

20 July 1968 – Grand Pavilion, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire with Shock Treatment (Derbyshire Times)

21 July 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Marsha Hunt with Ferris Wheel

22 July 1968 – Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes with Happy Magazine and Glass Showband (Grimsby Daily Telegraph)

25 July 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

1 September 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

7 September 1968 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire with Blossom Toes (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

24 September 1968 – Rasputin’s, Oxford Street, central London (Time Out)

28 September 1968 – Coventry College of Education, Coventry (Fabulous 208)

29 September 1968 – Beat Centre Discotheque Club, Co-Op Hall, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)

30 September 1968 – Manor House, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

2 October 1968 – Kew Boathouse, Kew, west London (Fabulous 208)

3 October 1968 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, central London (Fabulous 208)

5 October 1968 – Royal Lido Ballroom, Prestatyn, Wales with Technicolour Dream (website: www.45worlds.com/live)

9 October 1968 – Rasputin’s, Oxford Street, central London (Time Out)

Singer Linda Lewis joins from White Rabbit around mid-October 1968. As she lived in Hampstead, it’s possible her first gig was there. Around the same time Barry Reeves was replaced by Dennis Elliott on drums

10 October 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

14 October 1968 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, central London (Fabulous 208)

19 October 1968 – Victoria Ballroom, Chesterfield, Derbyshire (Derbyshire Times)

19 October 1968 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

27 October 1968 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent with Nepenthe (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham Evening Post)

1 November 1968 – College of Education, Leicester (Fabulous 208)

2 November 1968 – Bin Lid, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

3 November 1968 – Surrey Rooms, Oval, south London (Melody Maker)

10 November 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

16 November 1968 – College Hall, Farnborough Technical College Students’ Union, Farnborough, Hampshire with The Gods (Aldershot News)

16 November 1968 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, central London (Poster)

22 November 1968 – Rag Ball, Avery Hill College, Eltham, southeast London with Ace Kefford, Jigsaw Band and Keith Sine (South East London Mercury)

23 November 1968 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Sons and Lovers (Lincolnshire Standard)

24 November 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London with Nepenthe (Melody Maker)

1 December 1968 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Ferris Wheel featuring Linda Lewis

5 December 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

27 December 1968 – Bridge Place Country Club, near Canterbury, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)

29 December 1968 – Yorkshire Grey Ballroom, Eltham, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

1969

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

In early 1969, Keith Field left and was succeeded by Terry Edmunds

8 February 1969 – The Barn Ballroom, Little Bardfield Hall, Little Bardfield, Essex (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

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

21 February 1969 – Bay Hotel, Sunderland (website: www.45worlds.com/live)

6 April 1969 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Melody Maker)

13 April 1969 – John D’Milton’s Discotheque, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

10 May 1969 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Kiss (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)

23 May 1969 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

15 June 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (gig poster on website: http://www.donpowellofficial.com/)

10 August 1969 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London with The Misunderstood, Reflection and Andromeda (Melody Maker)

20 August 1969 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Time Out)

24 August 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Time Out)

27 August 1969 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Time Out)

7 September 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Kensington Post)

14 September 1969 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, north London with Edgar Broughton, Grail and Daddy Long Legs (Melody Maker)

27 September 1969 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

30 October 1969 – Rasputin’s, Oxford Street, London (Time Out)

21 December 1969 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Time Out)

24 December 1969 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Time Out)

27 December 1969 – Bridge Place Country Club, Canterbury, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)

28 December 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London (Time Out)

According to Michael Snow’s blog (https://michaelsnowpresents.wordpress.com), they went to Geneva to play at the Black Bird club in December 1969 and, judging by newspaper clippings, were still playing there in the first week of January 1970, due to popular demand.

1970

17 January 1970 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

Categories: England

Animals’ gigs 1963-1966

October 15, 2017 Nick Warburton 24 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

Fabulous 208 Magazine, 1965. Photo may be subject to copyright

THE ANIMALS:

Eric Burdon (lead vocals)

Alan Price (keyboards/vocals)

Hilton Valentine (lead guitar)

Chas Chandler (bass)

John Steele (drums)

1963

15 December 1963 – Ricky Tick, Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (David Else’s research) This is possibly The Animals’ first southern gig

21 December 1963 – Star Hotel, Croydon, Surrey (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

1964

10 January 1964 – Ricky Tick, Guildford Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (David Else’s research)

12 January 1964 – Ricky Tick, Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (David Else’s research)

The Animals started playing regularly on Wednesdays at the Cellar Club

5 February 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

8 February 1964 – Ricky Tick, Pearce Hall, Maidenhead, Berkshire (Bucks Free Press)

12 February 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

19 February 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

23 February 1964 – Ricky Tick, Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire with Manfred Mann (Bucks Free Press)

26 February 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

4 March 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

8 March 1964 – Ricky Tick, Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (David Else’s research)

11 March 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

18 March 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

30 March 1964 – Night Scene Club, Westcliffe, Essex (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)

1 April 1964 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

8 April 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

15 April 1964 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

22 April 1964 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

30 April 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

2 May 1964 – Continental Dancing Club, Edmonton, Middlesex (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

9 May 1964 – Astoria, Finsbury Park, London with Chuck Berry, The Swinging Blue Jeans and Kingsize Taylor & The Dominoes (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

21 May 1964 – ABC Croydon, Croydon, Surrey with Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

25 May 1964 – Granada, Greenwich, London with Chuck Berry, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Carl Perkins and Kingsize Taylor (Kentish Mercury)

30 May 1964 – Continental Dancing Club, Edmonton, Middlesex (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

6 June 1964 – Club Noreik, Tottenham, London with John Lee Hooker (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

11 June 1964 – Brighton Dome, Brighton, Sussex with The Yardbirds and The T-Bones (Evening Argus)

17 June 1964 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire with The Ace-Boaters (Aldershot News)

27 June 1964 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Delcounts (Lynn News)

28 June 1964 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with Ricky Lee & The Hucklebucks (North Norfolk News)

29 June 1964 – Bath Pavilion, Bath with support (Western Scene)

1 July 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)

3 July 1964 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London with The Demons and The Trojans (Streatham News)

4 July 1964 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks with The Skyways (Bletchley District Gazette)

19 July 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

20 July 1964 – Manor House, St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Beat Monthly)

24 July 1964 – Attic Club, Hounslow, Middlesex with Steve Marriott’s Moments (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

25 July 1964 – Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Beat Monthly)

26 July 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

30 July 1964 – Assembly Hall, Worthing, West Sussex with The Zabres (Worthing Gazette)

31 July 1964 – Palace, Maryport (Beat Monthly)

1 August 1964 – Pavilion, Buxton (Beat Monthly)

2 August 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

3 August 1964 – Commodore Theatre, Ryde, Isle of Wight with Freddy Earle, The Diplomats, Brian Howard & The Silhouttes, Mark Wynter, The Cherokees and Barry St John (Lois Valvona’s programme)

5 August 1964 – Cellar, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The Plebs (Harrow Weekly Post/David Else research)

7 August 1964 – Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (Beat Monthly)

9 August 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

12 August 1964 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

15 August 1964 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research: www.lankybeat.com)

16 August 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

17 August 1964 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Spencer Davis Group (Essex County Standard)

18 August 1964 – Aylesbury Bluesville, Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks (Bucks Advertiser)

20-21 August 1964 – Gigs in Ireland (Beat Monthly)

22 August 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Downsiders and Johnny Kaye & The Kossacks (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

23 August 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

27 August 1964 – Le Disque, Peckham, southeast London (Clapham Advertiser)

28 August 1964 – Gig in Morecambe, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

29 August 1964 – Theatre Royal, Tyldsley (Beat Monthly)

30 August 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

31 August 1964 – Tour of Scotland (Beat Monthly)

1-5 September 1964 – Tour of Scotland (Beat Monthly)

6 September 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

10 September 1964 – Cavern, Manchester (Beat Monthly)

20 October 1964 – Royal Edmonton, Edmonton, Middlesex with Carl Perkins, The Nashville Teens, The Quotations, Tommy Tucker, Elkie Brooks and Ray Cameron (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian)

25 October 1964 – Gig in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Beat Instrumental)

26 October 1964 – Gig in Birmingham (Beat Instrumental)

27 October 1964 – Gig in Stockton-on-Tees (Beat Instrumental)

28 October 1964 – Gig in Edinburgh, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)

29 October 1964 – Gig in Dumfries, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)

30 October 1964 – Gig in Stockton-on-Tees (Beat Instrumental)

31 October 1964 – Gig in Bradford (Beat Instrumental)

1 November 1964 – Gig in Coventry (Beat Instrumental)

2 November 1964 – Gig in Kilburn, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)

3 November 1964 – Gig in Guildford, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)

4 November 1964 – Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Nashville Teens, Carl Perkins, Elkie Brooks, Tommy Tucker, The Quotations and Ray Cameron (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

5 November 1964 – Gig in Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

6 November 1964 – Gig in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (Beat Instrumental)

7 November 1964 – Gig in Derby (Beat Instrumental)

8 November 1964 – Gig in Portsmouth, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

9 November 1964 – Gig in Rochester, Kent (Beat Instrumental)

10 November 1964 – Odeon, Lewisham, southeast London with Carl Perkins, The Nashville Teens, Tommy Tucker, Elkie Brooks, The Quotations and Ray Cameron (South East London Mercury)

11 November 1964 – Gig in Cardiff, south Wales (Beat Instrumental)

12 November 1964 – Gig in Bristol (Beat Instrumental)

13 November 1964 – Gig in Waterford (Republic of Ireland?) (Beat Instrumental)

14 November 1964 – Gig in Manchester (Beat Instrumental)

15 November 1964 – Gig in Bournemouth, Dorset (Beat Instrumental)

20-21 November 1964 – Empire Pool, Wembley, Middlesex with The Rolling Stones, The Pretty Things, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, The Migil Five, The Miami Show Band, Susan Maughan, Lorne Lesley, Julia Rogers, Gene Vincent and The Hustlers (Clapham Advertiser)

21 November 1964 – Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Dawn & The Dee-Jays (Lincolnshire Standard)

23 November 1964 – Bluesville, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)

24 November 1964 – Aylesbury Bluesville, Borough Assembly Hall, Market Square, Aylesbury, Bucks (Bucks Advertiser)

1965

6 January 1965 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)

7 January 1965 – Ricky Tick, Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire with The Stormsville Shakers (David Else’s research)

8 January 1965 – Hillside Ballroom, Hereford (Gloucester Citizen)

11 January 1965 – Bath Pavilion, Bath with support (Western Scene)

14 January 1965 – Pier Pavilion, Worthing, West Sussex with The Herd (Worthing Herald/Worthing Gazette)

16 January 1965 – Royal Hotel, Lowestoft, Suffolk with The Deacons (Eastern Evening News)

13 February 1965 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The Stormsville Shakers (Essex Chronicle)

14 February 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Melody Maker)

21 February 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Melody Maker)

25 February 1965 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with Group Four with Steve Law (Western Gazette)

6 March 1965 – Winter Gardens, Weston Super Mare, Somerset with Ken Birch Band (Weston Mercury)

7 March 1965 – Silver Beat Club, Stephenson Place, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

19 March 1965 – Big Beat Nite Out, Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Kinks, The Pretty Things, The Caravelles, Dodie West and Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

21 March 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

22 March 1965 – Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham with The Kinks, The Pretty Things, Screaming Lord Sutch, Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs and Dodie West (Birmingham Evening Mail)

24 March 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Melody Maker)

25 March 1965 – Locarno, Swindon, Wiltshire with The Sole Savages (Swindon Evening Advertiser)

26 March 1965 – Gig in Southsea, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

27 March 1965 – Gig in London (Beat Instrumental)

3 April 1965 – Technical College, Westminster, central London (Beat Instrumental)

4 April 1965 – Pigalle, central London (Beat Instrumental)

7 April 1965 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol with The Fanatics (Western Scene)

10 April 1965 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Cascades and The Amazons (Cambridgeshire Times)

11 April 1965 – NME Concert, Wembley, west London with many others (Beat Instrumental)

17 April 1965 – Galaxy Club, St Joseph’s Hall, Basingstoke, Hants with The Troggs (Southern Echo)

24 April 1965 – Gig in Rawenstall (Beat Instrumental)

25 April 1965 – Ritz Ballroom, King’s Heath, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

25 April 1965 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

27 April 1965 – St Joseph’s Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire with The Troggs (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

28-30 April 1965 – Tour of Sweden (Beat Instrumental)

10 May 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Walthamstow Guardian)

14 May 1965 – Marconi Basildon Locarno, Basildon, Essex with The Soul Agents and The Felders Orioles (Poster)

16 May 1965 – Whitehall, East Grinstead, West Sussex with The Pitmen (Sussex Evening Express)

29 June 1965 – St Joseph’s Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

5 July 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

17 July 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Apex Group and The Yensons Trolls (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

18 July 1965 – Palace Theatre, Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex with The Lively Set and The Flowerpots (Essex Chronicle)

20 July 1965 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

21 July 1965 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

25 July 1965 – Winter Gardens, Morecambe, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)

26 July 1965 – Top Rank, Doncaster (Beat Instrumental)

27 July 1965 – Tyne Tees TV (Beat Instrumental)

28 July 1965 – Scottish TV (Beat Instrumental)

29 July 1965 – Town Hall, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (Beat Instrumental)

30 July 1965 – Festival Jazz, Cleethorpes (Beat Instrumental)

31 July 1965 – Pavilion Gardens, Buxton (Beat Instrumental)

1 August 1965 – Oasis, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)

2 August 1965 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Beat Instrumental)

4 August 1965 – Top Rank, Hanley, Staffordshire (Beat Instrumental)

5 August 1965 – Palace Ballroom (most likely Douglas), Isle of Man (Beat Instrumental)

6 August 1965 – Floral Hall, Morecambe, Southport (more likely Southport) (Beat Instrumental)

7 August 1965 – Spa Ballroom, Bridlington (Beat Instrumental)

8 August 1965 – Red Skeleton TV show and Richmond Festival, Richmond upon Thames, west London (Beat Instrumental)

9 August 1965 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Western Scene)

11 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)

12 August 1965 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Don Riddell and Four Plus Two (East Kent Times)

13 August 1965 – Manor House, north London (Beat Instrumental)

14 August 1965 – Astoria Ballroom, Rawtenstall (Beat Instrumental)

15 August 1965 – ABC Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)

18 August 1965 – Gig in Redruth, Cornwall (Beat Instrumental)

19 August 1965 – Civic Hall, Barnstaple, Devon (Beat Instrumental)

20 August 1965 – Plymouth Forum, Plymouth, Devon with three beat groups (Herald Express)

21 August 1965 – Civic Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)

22 August 1965 – Princess Theatre, Torquay, Devon with Billie Davis and Platform Six and supporting acts (Herald Express)

23 August 1965 – Savoy Ballroom, Southsea, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

25 August 1965 – Floral Hall, Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)

30 August 1965 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex (Essex County Standard)

25 September 1965 – Group leaves for the United States for an American tour (Beat Instrumental)

22 October 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

26 October 1965 – 5 O’Clock Club (Beat Instrumental)

27 October 1965 – Disc A Go Go (Beat Instrumental)

28 October 1965 – Crawley Civic Centre, Crawley, West Sussex (Beat Instrumental)

30 October 1965 – Easybeat (Beat Instrumental)

31 October 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

3 November 1965 – Saturday Club (Beat Instrumental)

5 November 1965 – Joe Loss’s Pop Show (Beat Instrumental)

7 November 1965 – Odeon Colchester, Colchester, Essex with The Small Faces, Tommy Quickly, The Soul Mates, The Rustics and Beryl Marsden and The Crewcats (Essex Chronicle)

10 November 1965 – Cracker Jack (Beat Instrumental)

11 November 1965 – Tour of Poland (Beat Instrumental)

24 November 1965 – Stevenage Mecca, Locarno, Stevenage, Herts (website: http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/60’s_music_scene.htm) Looks like first UK gig back in the country

26 November 1965 – Ready Steady Go (Beat Instrumental)

27 November 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Dave and The Strollers (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

30 November 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

2 December 1965 – Gig in Kidderminster, Worcestershire (Beat Instrumental)

3 December 1965 – Starlite, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)

4 December 1965 – Polytechnic, Regent Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)

6-11 December 1965 – Tour of Spain (Beat Instrumental)

17 December 1965 – Ready Steady Go (Beat Instrumental/Boyfriend magazine)

18 December 1965 – London College Dance, Seymour Hall, central London (Beat Instrumental/Boyfriend magazine)

1966

22 January 1966 – Bangor University, Bangor, Wales (Boyfriend magazine)

13 February 1966 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

17 February 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker) Opening night

28 February 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)

2 March 1966 – Bristol University, Bristol (Beat Instrumental)

4 March 1966 – Leicester University, Leicester (Beat Instrumental)

5 March 1966 – Birmingham University, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental) This date may be incorrect

6 March 1966 – University of Aston Rag Ball, Bingley Hall, Aston, West Midlands with Gerry & The Pacemakers, Billy Fury & The Gamblers and Craig (Birmingham Evening Mail) Barry Jenkins was on drums by now

Fabulous 208 Magazine, 1966. Photo may be subject to copyright

15 March 1966 – Gig in Paris, France (Beat Instrumental)

18 March 1966 – Exeter University, Exeter, Devon (Beat Instrumental)

19 March 1966 – Nottingham University, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)

20 March 1966 – Top Ten Club, Belle Vue, Manchester (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)

24 March 1966 – Hilton Hotel, Hyde Park Corner, central London (Beat Instrumental)

26 March 1966 – Central School of Arts, central London (Beat Instrumental)

1968

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 Forde and The Tempo Set (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)

This was the original Animals reunion gig/Geno Washington was billed but cancelled

Reunion gig in Newcastle, 1968. Photo may be subject to copyright

Many thanks to Rolf Hannet in Germany for helping with some of the Beat Instrumental and Beat Monthly gigs

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