Evolution, a band from Reno, Nevada featuring two young women in white go-go boots and three men with ruffled shirts. The photo comes from Bob Dee and Associates who booked many groups around Reno, Lake Tahoe and California.
My friend Derek sent me this photo. Sure, they’re probably a show band covering soft pop, but the look is worth a few laughs. Maybe a couple of members were in cool groups a few years earlier who recorded some great unreleased music we haven’t heard yet. Maybe.
Karen and the Starliners came from Plainfield, Connecticut, but recorded at Planet Studios in Providence, Rhode Island. “I Can Count the Times” has a good garage backing, the flip “Storm in My Heart” is a more typical ballad.
Fred Richards wrote both songs, published by Planet’s in-house company Ranford Music Co., and registered with the Library of Congress in October, 1966.
This seems to be their only release. I don’t have any other band members’ names.
Revolver made one single circa 1973, with the A-side being the Kinks-like “Roll-a-Coaster Man”, and the flip the Beatles-esque “Caught In a Day”. Both sides have harmonies and a sixties sensibility but the lead guitar especially is definitely ’70s in sound.
Ken Brophy wrote “Roll-a-Coaster Man”, and Brophy and Jim Rosler wrote “Caught In a Day”, which is the song I most like. Carl Siracuse and Revolver produced the single.
I don’t know where the band was from, but Roxan studios was located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and owned by Mike Stahl. A small batch of the 45s was found in New Jersey.
Roxan also released singles by the Innkeepers “Bittersweet” (written adn produced by John Paris) / “Someday”, Staneless Steele (“Down at the Y” / “Never Tell a Lie” (both written by Joe Scovish), B.B.K’s Expedition ”Change The American Dream” / “Sole Confusion” and TNT, plus an album by Frankie & The Corvettes.
On April 29, 1965, the Duncanville Suburban published a profile and photo (unfortunately blacked out by the microfilm process): “A new band —’The Catalinas” – has been organized in Duncanville, headed by Ricky Rose. The band consists of Gerald Marable, drummer; Mike Mayhew, rhythm guitar; Ronny Teames, bass guitar; and Ricky Rose, pianist. Rose also serves as vocalist.”
In March of 1967 the Duncanville paper published a notice that the Catalinas would be playing, “a local combo that is well-known around the Southwest Dallas County area.”
As far as I know, these Catalinas never recorded.
There was a Catalinas group from the Garland area of Dallas playing at the same time as these Catalinas. I believe they are different groups though, because that one featured two guitars and no pianist.
I very much doubt this is the same group listed on a couple San Antonio ads at Teen Town in 1966.
If you have any photos or info on any local Texas bands of the ’60s, please comment below or contact me.
The Garland Daily News ran two announcements for the Catalinas at the Karavan Klub at the Community Center Annex, first with the Cherries IV on February 26, 1965.
On April 6, 1965 the Daily News ran a photo of the group, noting “Catalinas to play at Karavan Teen Klub and DECA Club Dance at Community House … with the Fiestas who won the Karavan Battle of the Bands contest, and a new group composed of South Garland High School students known as the Sceptors.”
There was a Catalinas group from Duncanville playing at the same time as these Catalinas. I believe they are different groups though, because that one featured a pianist and only one guitarist.
As far as I know, these Catalinas never recorded.
If you have any photos or info on any local Texas bands of the ’60s, please comment below or contact me.
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
WINSTON’S FUMBS
Jimmy Winston – lead vocals/guitar
Tony Kaye – keyboards
Alex Dmochowski (aka Paris) – bass
Ray Stock – drums
15 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Boardwalkers (Melody Maker)
29 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Wishful Thinking (Melody Maker)
10 December 1966 – Alex, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Halifax Evening Courier & Guardian) Says direct from Locomotive Club, Paris
31 December 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Mode and St Willie Cool School (Melody Maker)
8 January 1967 – Bluesette Club, Bridge Street, Leatherhead, Surrey (Caterham Weekly Press)
9 January 1967 – Sunday Club, Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)
13 January 1967 – Walton Playhouse, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald)
3 February 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate with Freddie Mack & The Mack Sound (Melody Maker)
14 February 1967 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
16 February 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Fingers (Melody Maker)
17 February 1967 – Bluesette Club, Bridge Street, Leatherhead, Surrey (Caterham Weekly Press)
10 March 1967 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
11 March 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with The Nobles (Western Gazette)
18 March 1967 – Co-op, Chesham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
25 March 1967 – Northwich Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Crewe Chronicle)
26 March 1967 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent (Kentish Express)
31 March 1967 – Municipal Hall, Pontypridd, south Wales with The National Soul Board (Glamorgan County Times)
1 April 1967 – YMCA, Sebert Street, Gloucester with The Night Shift (Gloucester Citizen)
15 April 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Provokers (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
9 June 1967 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
10 June 1967 – Bal Tabarin, Bromley, London (South East London Mercury)
8 July 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester (Disc & Music Echo)
11 July 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
29 July 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Click (Gloucester Citizen)
4 August 1967 – The New Trades Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
6 August 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with Geranium Pond (Crawley Advertiser)
There is a great article and pic on the band in Record Mirror, 12 August 1967, page 10
1 September 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
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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.
PAUL WILLIAMS SET
Paul Williams – lead vocals
Jimmy Crawford – lead guitar
John A Wiggins – keyboards
Roger Sutton – bass
Jeff Condon – trumpet/flugelhorn
Johnny Almond – sax/flute
Alan White – drums
1968
10 November 1968 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham Evening Post)
15 November 1968 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham with Charlie Brown Show (Down at the Boat book)
17 November 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, south London (Melody Maker)
23 November 1968 – Belfry, Wishaw, West Midlands with The Complex (Birmingham Evening Mail)
24 November 1968 – Surrey Rooms, Kennington, south London (South East London Mercury)
30 November 1968 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
14 December 1968 – Rotherham Baths, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
15 December 1968 – Surrey Rooms, Kennington, London (Fabulous 208/South East London Mercury)
20-21 December 1968 – Annabel, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
22 December 1968 – City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with The Animals, Grapefruit, Happy Magazine, Barry St John, Long John Baldy, Kim Davis & The Beginning, Noble Fforde and The Tempo Set (Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Original Animals reunion gig/Geno Washington was billed but cancelled
27 December 1968 – Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminster, Somerset (Somerset County Gazette)
1969
5 January 1969 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
10 January 1969 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with Cliff Bennett & His Band and The Sect (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
17 January 1969 – Swansea University, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)
19 January 1969 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Happy Magazine (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
20 January 1969 – Park Hall Hotel, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
24 January 1969 – Bishop Varsey Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
25 January 1969 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Doughnut Ring (Southend Standard)
26 January 1969 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
30 January 1969 – Revolution, London (Fabulous 208)
31 January 1969 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Fabulous 208)
1 February 1969 – Reading University, Reading, Berkshire with Yes (Melody Maker) Reading Evening Post lists Van der Graaf Generator not Yes
2 February 1969 – Surrey Rooms, Oval, Kennington, London (Fabulous 208)
4 February 1969 – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
6 February 1969 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
7 February 1969 – Brunel University, Uxbridge, London with Honeybus and The Idle Race (Melody Maker)
9 March 1969 – Mercer’s Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
26 March 1969 – City Hall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
27 March 1969 – University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
29 March 1969 – Civic Hall, Solihull, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
30 March 1969 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
9 April 1969 – Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Gods (Time Out)
23 April 1969 – Armour House, Gresham Street, EC2, London (Time Out)
6-7 June 1969 – Annabel, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
17 August 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Kensington, west London (Kensington Post)
The band changes its name to Juggernault according to an advert in Melody Maker
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The Black Banana had two singles under different band names. The first 45 I’d heard but hadn’t connected to the second because of the different artist name until Mike Markesich pointed out the connection in his comment below. Mike kindly provided scans of the 1st single as the Black Banana.
The group was from Limestone, in upstate New York, only a little west of Olean, the home of the Tigermen. The Tigermen were active earlier, but perhaps the bands knew each other. Mike tells me the band was also based in Bradford, Pennsylvania, just south of Limestone.
Reversing the usual way of garage bands, the group formed after some of the members had finished their military service. They have a great mid-’60s sound on both their singles despite the late recording dates.
Both singles list the members on the label, for this first one the lineup is:
Fred Mascioni
Karl Langner
Dave McGee
Denny Eck would join the group on guitar by the time of the second single, but he is credited with co-writing “Listen Girl” with McGee and Mascioni.
McGee and Mascioni wrote “Please Come Back to Me” which I haven’t heard yet.
Karl Langner and Arnold White designed the cool label, and Car Hamme engineered the recording. This is an RCA custom pressing from 1969.
The second release has the Fog label but the band name is changed to Banana Music Ltd. It may date as late as 1971.
Members were:
Fred Mascioni
Karl Langner
Dave McGee
Denny Eck
Denny Eck wrote “Don’t Bother Us” and Mascioni & Eck wrote “Walkin'”.
The group is listed as “The Mack Banana Band” in the Bradford Era newspaper from August 1, 1969. From the excerpt I could find online, all the members names are listed except Denny Eck:
The new sound around, come and listen to music written & played by THE MACK BANANA Band — Fred Mascioni, Karl Langner, Dave McGee …
Besides Fog Music Inc., there are other production credits on the labels: “Langner Label”, “Rotten Crates Music Corp.” and “Black Banana”.
When Mike Markesich contacted Fred Mascioni he mentioned there were songs cut for an album that went unreleased.
Thank you to Mike for his help with this post.
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.
THE EQUALS
Dervan Gordon – lead vocals
Eddy Grant – lead guitar, vocals
Lincoln Gordon – rhythm guitar, vocals
Patrick Lloyd – guitar
John Hall – drums
Formed in 1965, the Equals were arguably the first interracial band in the UK.
Calvin Samuel, who played bass with Junior Marvin’s Blue Ace Unit and later Joe E Young & The Toniks, before finding success with CSN&Y and Stephen Stills’ Manassas, provided bass on many of their recordings, although he was not on the first LP, and not on anything after sometime in 1969 when Lincoln Gordon took over on bass duties.
1965
8 May 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with Johnny B Great & The Quotations (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
21 May 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
22 May 1965 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with Sonny Childe & The Elders Consolidated (Kent Messenger/Maidstone Gazette)
3 June 1965 – Elms Club, South Harrow, northwest London with Bluesology (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
12 July 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (Melody Maker)
19 August 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (Melody Maker)
21 August 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with Meddy Evils (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
28 August 1965 – Savoy Rooms, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)
29 August 1965 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)
1966
29 May 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
17 July 1966 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
4 August 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
7 August 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
11 August 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
19 August 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
27 August 1966 – Waggon & Horses, Meir, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
September-October 1966 – Melody Maker reports that they are resident band at the New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London during these months but not clear how many nights a week this involves
18 September 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
16 October 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London with The Casual Set (Melody Maker)
29 October 1966 – Woolwich Arsenal Station, Woolwich, London with The Shadocks (Melody Maker)
5 November 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Billy Fury, Victor Brox & The Blue Train, Guy Darrell Syndicate and Ray Bones (Lincolnshire Standard)
12 November 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Peddlers and The ‘N’ Betweens (Melody Maker)
30 December 1966 – Flamenco Club, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Herald)
31 December 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Spellbinders, The Canadians, The Triads, Ray Bones and Frank & Keith (Lincolnshire Standard)
1967
11 February 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Spencer Davis Group, Wynder K Frog and Ray Bones (Lincolnshire Standard)
18 February 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Pink Floyd and Two of Each (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
11 March 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Lee Dorsey, Scots of St James, The Bystanders and Ray Bones (Lincolnshire Standard)
30 April 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
7 May 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
12 May 1967 – Angel Hotel, Blue Beat Club, Godalming, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
14 May 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
16 June 1967 – Angel Hotel, Blue Beat Club, Godalming, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
7 July 1967 – Angel Hotel, Blue Beat Club, Godalming, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
15 July 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Vogue (Cambridgeshire Times)
17 July 1967 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
22 July 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Jeff Beck Group and The Motown Trinity (Melody Maker)
5 August 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Beat Stalkers and Bobby Johnson & The Atoms (Spalding Standard)
19 August 1967 – Iron Curtain Club, Small Heath, West Midlands with Erskine T (Birmingham Evening Mail)
2 September 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Fabulous Temptations, The Sovereigns, The Rubber Band (Lincolnshire Standard)
18 November 1967 – Romanos, Belfast, Northern Ireland with Jack Ruane Showband and Tara Showband (Cityweek)
1968
27 January 1968 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Procol Harum and Gospel Garden (Lincolnshire Standard)
2 February 1968 – Big C Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
11 February 1968 – Cat Balou, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Grantham Journal)
24 February 1968 – Tin Hat, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Magic Roundabout (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
28 February 1968 – Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk with Nature’s Own (Ipswich Evening Star)
2 March 1968 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)
18 March 1968 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, London (Coulsdon & Purley Advertiser)
11 April 1968 – Barn Barbecue Dance, Thurmaston, Leicester with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac, Alan Bown, Soft Machine, Fairport Convention, Legay, Sons & Lovers, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Pesky Gee, Pitiful Souls and Six Across (Melody Maker)
13 April 1968 – Aldebrugh Jubilee Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk with The Eyes of Blond (Ipswich Evening Star)
20 April 1968 – Town Hall, Downham Market, Norfolk with The Tyres (Lynn News)
4 May 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Illinois State (West Briton & The Royal Cornwall Gazette)
5 May 1968 – Wake Arms, Epping, Essex (New Musical Express)
27 May 1968 – Civic Hall, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Luton News)
1 June 1968 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with Motion (Crawley Advertiser)
3 June 1968 – Sunshine Floor, Dereham, Norfolk with The Rubber Band (North Norfolk News)
9 June 1968 – Wake Arms, Epping, Essex (New Musical Express)
15 June 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Out of Order (Cambridgeshire Times)
17 June 1968 – St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, Norfolk with The Reformation and The Rubber Band (Eastern Evening News)
18 June 1968 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
8 July 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Loris and The Switch (Surrey Advertiser)
9 July 1968 – Palais, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
12 July 1968 – Derby Locarno, Derby, Derbyshire (Burton Daily Mail/Derby Evening Telegraph)
16 July 1968 – Atalanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey with The Circus (Surrey Advertiser)
19 July 1968 – Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with John Drevars Expression (Welwyn and Hatfield Advertiser)
20 July 1968 – Sunshine Floor, Dereham, Norfolk with Little Women (Eastern Evening News)
24 July 1968 – Top Rank, Croydon, London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
27 July 1968 – Clockwork Orange, Chester with The Executives (Chester Chronicle)
29 July 1968 – Chesford Lounge, Kenilworth, Warwickshire with Harlem Speakeasy (Warwick Advertiser)
31 July 1968 – Top Rank, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
2 August 1968 – The Factory, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
2 August 1968 – Slough Community Centre, Slough, Berkshire with supporting groups (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
3 August 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Bobby Johnson & The Atoms and Sleepy Talk (Cambridgeshire Times)
9 August 1968 – Roswell Institute, Roswell, Scotland with This Side Up and Prezure (South Midlothian Advertiser)
22 August 1968 – Salisbury City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire with support (Salisbury Journal/Western Gazette)
23 August 1968 – Church Elms Discotheque, Dagenham, London (Melody Maker)
24 August 1968 – Civic Hall, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with William Bell (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
29 August 1968 – Pavilion Ballroom Royal Pier, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Echo)
31 August 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Jon James Swamp (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)
11 September 1968 – Bligh’s Hotel, Sevenoaks, Kent (Melody Maker)
13 September 1968 – Supreme Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)
21 September 1968 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with Indiana Highway and Chaos (Herald Express)
23 September 1968 – Silver Blades, Streatham, London (Clapham News)
27 September 1968 – Locarno, Basildon, Essex (Southend Standard)
5 October 1968 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research)
5 October 1968 – Tottenham Royal, Tottenham (NME)
6 October 1968 – Harlow Bridge, Harlow, Essex (NME)
7 October 1968 – St Matthew’s Bath Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (NME/Ipswich Evening Star)
9 October 1968 – Stevenage Locarno, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (NME)
10 October 1968 – Portsmouth Locarno, Portsmouth, Hampshire (NME)
11 October 1968 – Corn Exchange, Braintree, Essex (Essex County Standard)
25 October 1968 – Public Baths, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire with The Hammer (Derbyshire Times/Nottingham Evening Post)
25 October 1968 – Cat-Balou, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Grantham Journal)
26 October 1968 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle/Essex County Standard)
11-15 November 1968 – Club Domino, Showboat, Middlesbrough (Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Says all week (presume Monday-Friday)
4 December 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Leicester with The John Lees Show (Leicester Mercury)
6 December 1968 – Scene Two, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Scarborough Evening News)
13 December 1968 – New Market Discothque, Bridgwater, Somerset (Bridgwater Mercury)
14 December 1968 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The In-Sect (Warrington Guardian)
1969
15 May 1969 – Royal Arcade, Boscombe, Dorset with Alan Bown and Blossom Toes (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
18 June 1969 – McIlroy’s Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire with Status Quo and Nite People (Swindon Evening Advertiser)
23 June 1969 – Top Rank, Croydon, London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
15 July 1969 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)
2 August 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Candy Choir (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)
3 August 1969 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
9 August 1969 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Hopscotch (Lincolnshire Standard)
1 September 1969 – The Crown, Marlow, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
2 September 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham with Sight & Sound (Birmingham Evening Mail)
28 September 1969 – Crystal Palace Hotel, Crystal Palace, south London (South East London Mercury)
29 November 1969 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Kiss and Mel Scott Feelin’ (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)
31 December 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Sweet (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)
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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.
THE COUNTS
Tony Gregory – lead vocals
Count Prince Miller – lead vocals
Carl Noel – organ (replaced by Tony O’Malley)
John Beeby – lead guitar
Phil Chen – bass
Tony O’Malley – keyboards
George Lee – saxophone
Rupert Balgobin – drums
Formed during March 1968, the group brought together former members of Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and Ronnie Jones & The Q-Set.
Melody Maker’s 6 April 1968 issue, page 20, started to advertise The Counts as a new band (see pic above).
9 May 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
10 May 1968 – Gari Ballroom, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with Peach Umbrella Band (Yarmouth Mercury) Billed as Count Miller Show
12 May 1968 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham Post)
17 May 1968 – Bluesville, Manor House, north London (Melody Maker)
26 May 1968 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Adgies Convention (Wrexham Leader)
3 June 1968 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Symbols and The Delmonts (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
4 June 1968 – The Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Selophane (Melody Maker)
8 June 1968 – Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire with The New Religion (Malvern Gazette)
16 June 1968 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
22 June 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Salisbury and Wiltshire Journal)
23 June 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
29 June 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
1 July 1968 – Bluesville ’68, Manor Ballroom, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)
7 July 1968 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
8 July 1968 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
9 July 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Melody Maker)
20 July 1968 – Starlight Room, Boston, Lincolnshire (Nottingham Evening Post)
21 July 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Melody Maker)
27 July 1968 – Bedford Corn Exchange, Bedford with The Reaction (Bedford Record/Bedfordshire Times)
29 July 1968 – Bluesville ’68, Manor Ballroom, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)
31 July 1968 – Summerhill House Hotel, Kingswinford, West Midlands (Express & Star)
3 August 1968 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
6 August 1968 – Concorde, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Echo)
17 August 1968 – Royal Lido, Prestatyn, Wales with Systems Five (Chester Chronicle)
31 August 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
9 September 1968 – Bluesville, Manor House, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)
15 September 1968 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
16 September 1968 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Tony Gregory and Count Prince Miller Show
27 September 1968 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Fabulous 208)
28 September 1968 – Soul Club, Plaza, Newbury, Berkshire (Fabulous 208/Reading Evening Post)
29 September 1968 – Surrey Rooms, Kennington, south London (Fabulous 208)
5 October 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Salisbury Journal)
6 October 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser) Billed as Tony Gregory & The Counts
7 October 1968 – Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
11 October 1968 – Constantine Students Union, Oak Leaf Hotel, South Bank with Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera and The Chelfont Line (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
12 October 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
20 October 1968 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
3 November 1968 – Scene Two, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Scarborough Evening News)
23 November 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London with The Coloured Raisins (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
19 December 1968 – Sloopy’s Scoop, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
Thanks to Phil Chen and Tony O’Malley for helping with group info
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