The Redcaps, November 1964. Left to right (back): Graham Smith, Rick Wright and Mick Stewart. Left to right (front): Tony Dougherty and Eddie Thorpe
A west London band formed sometime in 1964, the group’s line up in November comprised:
Tony Dougherty – lead vocals (from South Harrow)
Mick Stewart – lead guitar (from Hanwell)
Graham Smith – rhythm guitar (from Ealing)
Rick Wright – bass (from Dulwich)
Eddie Thorpe – drums (from Watford)
Mick Stewart is the best known member. He went on to play with Mike Dee & The Prophets, Simon Scott, The All Nite Workers, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, Hamilton & The Hamilton Movement, James Royal, Sweet and Mojo Hannah among others before moving to the United States.
Stewart says that Eddie Thorpe, who joined him in The All Nite Workers, replaced the original drummer John Hickson, who came from Ealing. He remembers the band opening for Lulu on a tour of the north of England and Scotland.
The Redcaps, 1964. Thanks to Lisa Wright for sharing the photo.
We would be interested to hear from anyone who can add further information.
November 1964 gig
February 1964 gig from East Kent TimesEast Kent Times advert, gig, 24 April 1964
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 Move, late 1966. Left to right: Carl Wayne, Ace Kefford, Bev Bevan, Trevor Burton and Roy Wood. From Fabulous 208 Magazine. Photo may be subject to copyright
THE MOVE:
Carl Wayne – lead vocals
Roy Wood – guitar/vocals
Trevor Burton – guitar/vocals
Ace Kefford – bass/vocals
Bev Bevan – drums
1966
22 January 1966 – Carlton Club, Erdington, West Midlands with The Hellions (Birmingham Evening Mail)
1 February 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Carl Wayne & The Move
1 February 1966 – Carlton Club, Erdington, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Carl Wayne & The Move
3 February 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with Little Stevie Wonder (replaced P J Proby), The Sidewinders, The Sombreros and The Matadors (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as featuring Carl Wayne
3 February 1966 – Elbow Room, Aston, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as featuring Carl Wayne
5 February 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with Doris Troy and Fantastic Bluesology Incorporated (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as featuring Carl Wayne
10 February 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Carl Wayne & The Move
10 February 1966 – Carlton Club, Erdington, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as featuring Carl Wayne
12 February 1966 – Marquee Club and Whisky A Go Go, Navigation Street, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
13 February 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with Jeremy & The Heartbeats (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as featuring Carl Wayne
15 February 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with Inez and Charlie Foxx and Jeremy & The Heartbeats (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as featuring Carl Wayne
16 February 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Carl Wayne & The Move
19 February 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with Monopoly (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as featuring Carl Wayne
20-21 February 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with Doris Troy and Bluesology Incorporated (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Carl Wayne & The Move
22 February 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with Deke Arlon (Birmingham Evening Mail) Backed Deke Arlon for a week and billed as The Move featuring Carl Wayne
24 February 1966 – Hereford Lounge, Yardley, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as featuring Carl Wayne
5 March 1966 – Marquee Club, Birmingham with The Shakedown Sound (Birmingham Evening Mail)
5 March 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
7 March 1966 – The Belfry, Wishaw, West Midlands with John Bull Breed and The Sombreros (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as featuring Carl Wayne
16 March 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
24 March 1966 – Carlton Club, Erdington, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
26 March 1966 – Le Metro Club, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
29 March 1966 – Carlton Club, Erdington, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
1 April 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Gary Farr & The T-Bones (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live) London debut
2 April 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands with William’s Conquers (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Carl Wayne & The Move
5 April 1966 – Chalet Country Club, Rednal, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
7 April 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Mark Leeman Five (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
9 April 1966 – Le Metro Club, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
18 April 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with Cleo Laine and Danny King (Birmingham Evening Mail)
19 April 1966 – Tito’s Club, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
20 April 1966 – Lyndon, Sheldon, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Carl Wayne & The Move
23 April 1966 – Ritz Ballroom, King’s Heath, West Midlands with The Steampacket Show (Birmingham Evening Mail)
26-27 April 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with D D Warwick (Birmingham Evening Mail) DD Warwick may have been replaced by Dakota Station and The Johnny Patrick Trio
28 April 1966 – Hereford Lounge, Yardley, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
1 May 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands with The Craig (Birmingham Evening Mail)
1 May 1966 – Ritz Ballroom, King’s Heath, West Midlands with The Craig (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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2-3 May 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with Julie Grant, Danny King and Deep Feeling (Birmingham Evening Mail)
6 May 1966 – West End Club, Coalville, Leicestershire with Listen (Leicester Mercury) Billed as Carl Wayne & The Move
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8 May 1966 – Kavern, Small Heath, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
13 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Sands (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
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21 May 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
27 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Sands (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
2 June 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Triad (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
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5 June 1966 – The Ultra Club, Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex with The Henry (Mid Sussex Times)
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9 June 1966 – Bradmore WMC, Bradmore, West Midlands (Express & Star)
14 June 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with Jimmy Witherspoon (Birmingham Evening News)
23 June 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Rift (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
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28 June 1966 – Wednesbury Youth Centre, Wednesbury, West Midlands (Express & Star)
3 July 1966 – Tavern Club, East Dereham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
6 July 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with The Stringbeats and The Nightriders (Birmingham Evening Mail)
7 July 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Sands (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
8 July 1966 – Coronation Inn, Ramsgate, Kent (Fabulous 208)
10 July 1966 – Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk with Ian & Danny Eves with Sounds Reformed (Eastern Evening News/Lynn News)
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12 July 1966 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hants (Southern Evening Echo)
13 July 1966 – Disco Blue Club, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)
14 July 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Bluesology (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
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15 July 1966 – Civic and Wulfrun Halls, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The New Merseys, Dave Berry, Tony Rivers & The Castaways, The Montanas and The Californians (Express & Star)
16 July 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
17 July 1966 – The Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)
21 July 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Ultimate (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
22 July 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
26 July 1966 – Chalet Country Club, Rednal, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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28 July 1966 – Tettenhall Club and Institute, Tettenhall, West Midlands (Express & Star)
28 July 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Herd (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
2 August 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Dave Allen research)
4 August 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Sands (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
11 August 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Bluesology (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
12 August 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)
13 August 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
14 August 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
14 August 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Wembley, northwest London (Fabulous 208)
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18 August 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Sands (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
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19 August 1966 – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Montanas, Finders Keepers, The Californians and The Crying Shames (Express & Star)
20 August 1966 – Co-op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham with Bent Society (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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21 August 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
25 August 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
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3 September 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Zuider Lee and Ray King Soul Band (Lincolnshire Standard)
4 September 1966 – Downs Hotel, Hassocks, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)
8 September 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with MI5 (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
9 September 1966 – Rialto Ballroom, Derby (Fabulous 208)
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10 September 1966 – Burlesque, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
11 September 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)
15 September 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Bo Street Runners (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
16 September 1966 – Jigsaw, Manchester (Manchester Evening Mail)
17 September 1966 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent (Melody Maker)
19 September 1966 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, west London (Melody Maker)
22 September 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Julian Covey & The Machine (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
23 September 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
24 September 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Epics (East Kent Times)
25 September 1966 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, west London (Fabulous 208)
29 September 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Syn (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
30 September 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
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2 October 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
6 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Embers (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
7 October 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
13 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Sands (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
14 October 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
15 October 1966 – Leeds University, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
20 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Bluesology (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
21 October 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire with The Action (Dave Allen research)
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21 October 1966 – The Marquee Show, Fairfield Hall, Croydon, south London with The Spencer Davis Group, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Wynder K Frog, The Herd and The VIPs (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
22 October 1966 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with support (Southend Standard)
23 October 1966 – Technical College, Brighton, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)
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27 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Good-Goods (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
28 October 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
29 October 1966 – College of Technology, Brighton, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)
4 November 1966 – Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, West Midlands with New Vaudeville Band, The Staffords and The Ambassadors (Express & Star)
5 November 1966 – Hull University, Hull (Fabulous 208)
6 November 1966 – Jigsaw, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
9 November 1966 – Orford Cellar, Norwich (Eastern Evening News)
17 November 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Dave Antony’s Moods (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
19 November 1966 – Technical College, Harlow, Essex (Fabulous 208)
19 November 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with Ben E King (The Star) Fabulous 208 says 20 November
24 November 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Roscoe Brown Combo (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
According to Disc & Music Echo they were banned from playing the Marquee in November for eight months. First gig back is 4 July.
25 November 1966 – The Thing, Oldham, Lancashire (Oldham Evening Chronicle)
26 November 1966 – Durham University, Durham (Fabulous 208)
27 November 1966 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
29 November 1966 – Town Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks (Fabulous 208)
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30 November 1966 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hants (Southern Echo)
3 December 1966 – Smethwick Baths, Smethwick, West Midlands with Heat Wave (Birmingham Evening Mail)
4 December 1966 – Belle Vue, New Elizabethan, Manchester with The Klyx (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
10 December 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
11 December 1966 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
13 December 1966 – Chinese R&B Jazz Club, Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Bristol Evening Post)
15 December 1966 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Fabulous 208)
15 December 1966 – Speakeasy, W1, central London (Fabulous 208/Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies website) Opening night
Photo from Richard Goddard
17 December 1966 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (courtesy of Richard Goddard)
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20 December 1966 – Civic Hall, Grays, Essex (Fabulous 208)
22 December 1966 – Top Rank Suite, Chesterfield, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)
23 December 1966 – Il Rondo, Leicester, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)
26 December 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
28 December 1966 – Locarno, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (Fabulous 208)
29 December 1966 – Locarno, Streatham, southwest London (Fabulous 208)
30 December 1966 – Carousel Club, Farnborough, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
31 December 1966 – Trade Hall, Watford, Hertfordshire (Fabulous 208)
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31 December 1966 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, north London with The Who and Pink Floyd (Melody Maker)
1967
1 January 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate with The Mack Sound (Melody Maker)
6 January 1967 – Civic and Wulfrun Halls, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The ‘N’ Betweens, The Soul Seekers, Parchment People and Prim ‘N’ Proper (Express & Star)
7 January 1967 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with The Fingers and The Tender Trap (Southend Standard)
7 January 1967 – Club Nevada, Market Hall, Redhill, Surrey (Caterham Weekly Press/Surrey Mirror)
8 January 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, London with The Roscoe Brown Combo (Melody Maker)
10 January 1967 – Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)
12 January 1967 – Technical College Waltham Forest, London (Disc & Music Echo)
13 January 1967 – Corn Exchange, Leicester, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)
14 January 1967 – Worcester College of Further Education, Worcester, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)
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15 January 1967 – Black Cat, Gravesend, Kent (Fabulous 208) The South London paper PACE lists the band at the Psychedelic Sounds, General Gordon Hotel, Kings Farm Estate, Gravesend on this date
5 February 1967 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary’s Cray, southeast London (Fabulous 208/PACE)
5 February 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Record Mirror)
6 February 1967 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Record Mirror)
9 February 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, West Midlands (Record Mirror)
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10 February 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Chances Are (Gloucester Citizen)
11 February 1967 – Manchester University, Manchester (Record Mirror)
12 February 1967 – 2X2 Club, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Record Mirror)
12 February 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with The Amboy Dukes (The Star)
13 February 1967 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Record Mirror)
14 February 1967 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, London (Record Mirror)
15 February 1967 – Town Hall, Battersea, London (Fabulous 208)
16 February 1967 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull with The Mandrakes, The Dawn Breakers and Birds Groove (Hull Daily Mail)
17 February 1967 – Nottingham University, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
19 February 1967 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News) The club reopened on 12 February
23 February 1967 – Co-op Hall, Gravesend, Kent (Fabulous 208)
24 February 1967 – Coventry University, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
25 February 1967 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
26 February 1967 – The Thing, Oldham, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
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27 February 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Cardiff, Wales (South Wales Echo)
2 March 1967 – Locarno, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
3 March 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
4 March 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Tracy’s Circles (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
5 March 1967 – Saville Theatre, London (withdrew) (Record Mirror)
9 March 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
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10 March 1967 – Queen’s College, Oxford with The Zombies (Cherwell)
11 March 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
12 March 1967 – Speakeasy, London (Disc & Music Echo)
13 March 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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17 March 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Tiles Big Band and the Knack (Melody Maker) Club’s first birthday party
18 March 1967 – Town Hall, Ealing, London (Fabulous 208)
20 March 1967 – Civic Hall, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Fabulous 208)
22 March 1967 – Locarno, Stevenage, Herts (Fabulous 208)
23 March 1967 – Crystal Ballroom, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel/Fabulous 208)
24 March 1967 – Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland with The Merseybeats (Fabulous 208)
26 March 1967 – Oasis, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
26 March 1967 – Drokiweeny, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
27 March 1967 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
30 March 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Streatham, London (Fabulous 208)
1 April 1967 – Pearce Hall, Maidenhead, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
3 April 1967 – Tabernacle, Southport, Greater Manchester (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
6 April 1967 – King’s Hall, Belle Vue, Greater Manchester with The Tremeloes, Sounds Incorporated, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Mirage (Fabulous 208)
7 April 1967 – Grand Ballroom, Coalville, Leicestershire (Disc & Music Echo)
8 April 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone with The Couriers (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)
8 April 1967 – Video-London, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express and Star) This might just be autograph signing
9 April 1967 – Cadillac Club, Brighton, West Sussex (Melody Maker)
14 April 1967 – Brighton Arts Festival, Brighton, West Sussex with Paul Jones, Mike Stuart Span, Geno Washington, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and others (Melody Maker)
15 April 1967 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire with The Academy (Dave Allen research)
21 April 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)
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21 April 1967 – Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire with The Soul Trinity (Southern Evening Echo) David Else also has them playing at Aylesbury Borough Assembly Hall today
22 April 1967 – Shoreline Ballroom, Bognor Regis, West Sussex (Disc & Music Echo)
24 April 1967 – Belfry, Wishaw, West Midlands with Monopoly and Orange Pips (Birmingham Evening Mail)
27 April 1967 – Locarno, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
28 April 1967 – Liverpool Pier Head, Liverpool (Disc & Music Echo)
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29 April 1967 – Wellington Club, Dereham, Norfolk with Rubber Band and Deep Purple (Eastern Evening News/North Norfolk News) Band opens the club
3 May 1967 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (Melody Maker)
5 May 1967 – Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Disc & Music Echo)
6 May 1967 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Denims (Crewe Chronicle)
11 May 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
12 May 1967 – Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham with Gopler and Mark Raymond Sound (Gloucestershire Echo)
Disc and Music Echo says they travel to the Netherlands for three days from 12 May (possibly cancelled?)
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13 May 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Winds of Change and The Associates (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
15 May 1967 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Disc & Music Echo)
23 May 1967 – Disc and Music Echo says they are in West Germany today
25 May 1967 – Disc and Music Echo says they are in Paris, France today
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27 May 1967 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex with The Flashbaks (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
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29 May 1967 – Barbeque 67, Tulip Bulb Auction Hall, Spalding, Lincolnshire with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band and Pink Floyd (Spalding Guardian)
31 May 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)
1 June 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
3 June 1967 – Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (Fabulous 208)
7 June 1967 – Silver Blades, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
10 June 1967 – Corn Exchange, Kelso, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
11 June 1967 – Top Ten Club, Dundee Palais, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
11 June 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Montrose, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
12 June 1967 – Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
13 June 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Glasgow, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
14 June 1967 – Douglas Hotel, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
15 June 1967 – Caledonian Hotel, Inverness, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
17 June 1967 – Tofts, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)
17 June 1967 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands with The Pips (Birmingham Evening Mail) Could this have been later in the same evening as the Tofts gig?
17 June 1967 – Pier, Colwyn Bay, Wales (Fabulous 208) Seems unlikely with gig above
18 June 1967 – Sunday Club, Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
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19 June 1967 – Trinity and St John’s Oxford with Manfred Mann, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, John Barnett & His Band and West Indian Steel Band (Cherwell)
23 June 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, London with The Gods (Melody Maker)
24 June 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Just Too Much (East Kent Times & Mail)
25 June 1967 – Great Yarmouth Aquarium, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Disc & Music Echo) This was supposed to be every Sunday for ten weeks until 27 August but only fulfilled several weeks before cancelling (last one mid-July)
7 July 1967 – Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire (Disc & Music Echo)
8 July 1967 – The Hub, Barnsley, West Yorkshire with Hepworths Good Impression (Barnsley Chronicle & South Yorkshire News) The Move open the venue
11 July 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Winston’s Fumbs (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live) This may be first gig back at Marquee since November when they were banned from the venue
13 July 1967 – Densbury College, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
15 July 1967 – Cesar’s, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Bedfordshire Times)
15 July 1967 – Shoreline Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex (Fabulous 208) This date seems unlikely
17 July 1967 – Great Yarmouth Aquarium, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Disc & Music Echo) Final one before Amen Corner take it on
28 July 1967 – New Century Hall, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
28 July 1967 – UFO, Tottenham Court Road, central London (Fabulous 208)
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1 August 1967 – Torquay Beat & Blues Festival, Torquay Town Hall, Devon (Herald Express)
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2 August 1967 – Flamingo, Redruth, Cornwall with The Onyx (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
5 August 1967 – Imperial, Nelson, Lancashire with The Atlantics and The Cavedwellers (Burnley Express & Burnley News)
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8 August 1967 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, London (Newham & Stratford Express)
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11 August 1967 – Seventh National Jazz & Blues Festival, Windsor Racecourse, Windsor, Berkshire with The Small Faces, Marmalade, Tomorrow, Syn and The Nite People (Melody Maker)
24 October 1967 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
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27 October 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands (Express & Star)
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28 October 1967 – Imperial, Nelson, Lancashire with The Atlantics and Michael’s Angels (Burnley Express & Burnley News)
1 November 1967 – Tinned Chicken Club, York, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208) Disc & Music Echo has 31 October
3 November 1967 – Royal Tottenham, Tottenham, London (Disc & Music Echo)
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4 November 1967 – Tinned Chicken, Railway Institute, York, North Yorkshire with The Rats (Yorkshire Evening Post)
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9 November 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Portsmouth, Hampshire with Jack & The Jacobites (Portsmouth News)
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10 November 1967 – Royal Hall, Harrogate, North Yorkshire with Do-Dahs and Sacred Mushrooms (Tadcaster News)
14 November 1967 – Royal Albert Hall, London with Jimi Hendrix Experience and The Nice (Disc & Music Echo)
15 November 1967 – Bluesville, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
17 November 1967 – City Hall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
18 November 1967 – Empire Theatre, Liverpool (Fabulous 208)
19 November 1967 – Coventry Theatre, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
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22 November 1967 – Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire with Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Amen Corner, The Nice and Eire Apparent (Portsmouth News)
23 November 1967 – Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff, Wales with Amen Corner, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, The Nice, Eire Apparent (South Wales Echo)
24 November 1967 – Colston Hall, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
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25 November 1967 – Blackpool Opera House, Blackpool, Lancashire with Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, Amen Corner, The Nice and Eire Apparent (Lancashire Evening Post)
26 November 1967 – Palais Theatre, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
27 November 1967 – Belfast Festival of Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland with Jimi Hendrix Experience (and others) (Disc & Music Echo)
1 December 1967 – Central Hall, Chatham, Kent with Jimi Hendrix Experience and others (Fabulous 208)
2 December 1967 – Dome Theatre, Brighton, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)
3 December 1967 – Theatre Royal, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
4 December 1967 – City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
5 December 1967 – Green’s Playhouse, Glasgow, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
6 December 1967 – Douglas Hotel, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
7 December 1967 – Caledonian Hotel, Inverness, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
8 December 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Bonnyrigg, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
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9 December 1967 – Auchinleck Community Association, Auchinleck, Scotland with The Merry Macs (Kilmarnock Standard)
21 December 1967 – Palais, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
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22 December 1967 – Christmas on Earth, Olympia, Kensington, west London with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Pink Floyd, Keith West & Tomorrow, Soft Machine and many others (Melody Maker)
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23 December 1967 – Axminster Guildhall, Axminster, Devon (Lyme Regis News)
23 December 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London (Fabulous 208)
26 December 1967 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The B-Jays and Frankie & The Countdowns (Crewe Chronicle)
28 December 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
1968
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20 January 1968 – Brunel at the “New” Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, north London with Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Fleetwood Mac, Fairport Convention, Geranium Pond and Paper Blitz Tissue (Melody Maker)
22 January 1968 – Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland with The Jury, This and That, Ice Blue – Mason Webb, Pineapple Truck and The Purple Eyes Jazz Noise (South Midlothian Advertiser)
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26 January 1968 – Coleville Grand Ballroom, Leicester with The Decoys (Fabulous 208/Leicester Mercury)
27 January 1968 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex with Shades of Black (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
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2 February 1968 – Queen’s Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire with Chuck Berry, The Herd, Jimmy Savile, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, Edwin Starr, Brian Auger Trinity, Julie Driscoll, Sammy Small, The Union Blues Rave Band, Th Accent (Yorkshire Evening Post)
3 February 1968 – Plaza Ballroom, Bearwood, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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3 February 1968 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
8 February 1968 – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales with St Valentine’s Massacre and Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Ron Goodway)
17 February 1968 – Kent University, Canterbury, Kent (Fabulous 208)
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23 February 1968 – Granby Halls, Leicester with Traffic, The Kinks, Plastic Penny, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and The Eyes of Blue (Melody Maker)
27 February 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Attack (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
5 March 1968 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
7 March 1968 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset (Western Gazette)
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11 March 1968 – Bluesville ’68 Club, St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard/Ipswich Evening Star)
The Ipswich Evening Star has a great spread on the band in its 13 March 1968 issue, page 16
23 March 1968 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands (Express & Star)
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26 March 1968 – Bournmouth Students’ Union, Royal Ballrooms, Boscombe, Dorset with Fleetwood Mac, Delroy Williams and Chris Shakespere & The Globe (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
1 April 1968 – Belfry, Wishaw, West Midlands with The Idle Race and The Exchequers (Birmingham Evening Mail)
3 April 1968 – Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Maze (Welwyn and Hatfield Advertiser)
8 April 1968 – Silver Blades, Streatham, London (Coulson & Purley Advertiser)
12 April 1968 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire with Bits (Warrington Guardian)
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13 April 1968 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)
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21 April 1968 – Mecca Dancing, Locarno, Wakefield, West Yorkshire (Wakefield Express)
30 April 1968 – 101 Club Scene, Carlisle, Cumbria with The Mythology (Cumberland News)
Ace Kefford left around this time and Trevor Burton moved to bass
25 May 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Lee Harmer’s Popcorn (East Kent Times & Mail)
25 May 1968 – Kursaal Ballroom, Southend, Essex with Crocheted Doughnut Ring (Southend Standard)
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3 June 1968 – Barn Barbecue Concert & Dance, Whittlesey, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire with Fleetwood Mac, James & Bobby Purify, Amen Corner and Pesky Gee (Cambridge News)
10 June 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Episode Six and Circus (Surrey Advertiser)
21 June 1968 – Midsummer Nights Dream, Burton Constable, near Hull with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, Marmalade, Family, Spooky Tooth, Tramline, Savoy Brown Blues Band, Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, Baron Richtofen’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Circus, CJ Morris and The Reaction (Hull Daily Mail)
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30 June 1968 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
10 August 1968 – Ryde Pier, Ryde, Isle of Wight with Opal Butterfly (John Harriss’ recollections)
13 August 1968 – Middle Earth, Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with The Package Deal, Graded Grains and Fire (Herald Express)
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20 August 1968 – Palais, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
2 September 1968 – Bluesology Festival, Chateau Impney, Droitwich, Worcestershire with Fleetwood Mac, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, The Freddy Mack Show and Family (John Combe book)
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6 September 1968 – Kinema Ballroom, Stranraer, Scotland with The Kleen Machine (Wigtownshire Free Press & Galloway Advertiser)
7 September 1968 – Dobbie Hall, Larbert, Scotland with Blues Authority (Grangemouth Advertiser)
14 September 1968 – Hyde Park open air concert, Hyde Park, London (Fabulous 208)
20 September 1968 – Century Hall, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
20 September 1968 – St Albans City Hall, St Albans, Herts with Jon James & The Swamp and Peyton Band (Welwyn and Hatfield Advertiser)
21 September 1968 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Yes and Forever Changes (Lincolnshire Standard)
21 September 1968 – New Centre Hall, Manchester with The Impact (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
25 September 1968 – Tavistock Town Hall, Tavistock, Devon (Western Evening Mail)
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28 September 1968 – Links International Club, Maxwell Park Youth Centre, Borehamwood, Herts with Chain Gang (Simon Gee research) Melody Maker says support is Strawberry Jam
29 September 1968 – The Crown, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
4 October 1968 – Southampton University, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
8-10 October 1968 – Market Hall, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Fabulous 208)
11 October 1968 – Kew Boat House, Kew, London (Richmond & Twickenham Times)
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12 October 1968 – Coronation Hall, Kingston upon Thames, London (Kingston and Malden Borough News)
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17 October 1968 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with Family, The Nashville Teens, Dollyrocker Band and Peter’s People (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
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21 October 1968 – St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk with supporting groups (Essex County Standard)
26 October 1968 – Plymouth Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon with Frozen Tear (Western Evening Mail)
The Move, late November 1968. Photo may be subject to copyright
1 November 1968 – King’s College, Strand, central London with Lemon Tree and Heart ‘N’ Souls (Melody Maker)
8 November 1968 – Rag Charities Ball, Hotel Metropole, Brighton, West Sussex with Spooky Tooth, Wynder K Frog, Honeybus and Chicken Shack
13 December 1968 – County Hall, Westminster, London (Fabulous 208)
15 December 1968 – Civic Hall, Corby, Northamptonshire (Fabulous 208)
21 December 1968 – Pavilion, Handsworth, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
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27 December 1968 – Bridge Place Country Club, Bridge near Canterbury, Kent (Canterbury Advertiser/Kent Herald)
1969
10 January 1969 – Sharberry Hall, Ilminster, Somerset (Fabulous 208)
25 January 1969 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
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26 January 1969 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London (Fabulous 208)
2 February 1969 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
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3 February 1969 – Silver Blades, Streatham, southwest London (Beckenham & Penge Advertiser)
According to Melody Maker Rick Price makes his debut (replacing Trevor Burton) in Belfast on Friday, 9 February
20 February 1969 – Imperial College, Charity Concert, Royal Albert Hall, London with The Spencer Davis Group, Status Quo, East of Eden and The Nashville Teens (Melody Maker)
26 February 1969 – Fiesta Club, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
28 February 1969 – Woolwich Polytechnic, Woolwich, London (Fabulous 208)
1 March 1969 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge (Fabulous 208)
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19 March 1969 – Lyceum, London (Fabulous 208)
20 March 1969 – Town Hall, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
22 March 1969 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
23 March 1969 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Ruby James & The Sound Seekers (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
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10 May 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Smoke (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)
24 May 1969 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Eyes of Blond and Uncle Rufls Band (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)
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7 August 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Mud (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)
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10 August 1969 – Alton Towers, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire with The Montanas (Melody Maker)
21 August 1969 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Cornish Guardian)
24 August 1969 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
1 September 1969 – Pop and Blues Festival, Pennycross Sports Stadium, Plymouth, Devon with Fleetwood Mac, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, The Nashville Teens, Dave Amboy, Rod Mason Jass Band (Melody Maker)
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4 September 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
6 September 1969 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Applejacks (Lincolnshire Standard)
16 November 1969 – Lyceum, Strand, London with Keith Relf’s Renaissance and Juicy Lucy (Melody Maker)
20 December 1969 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with two supporting groups (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
1970
28 February 1970 – Belfry, Wishaw, West Midlands with Heaven (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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28 March 1970 – New Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk with Armageddon and Soul Expression (Melody Maker)
The Incrowd came from Hillsboro, Ohio, close to 60 miles east of Cincinnati. Members were:
Larry Zuggs – vocals Randy Applegate – guitar Paul “Bud” Long – guitar Charles Murphy – organ Mike Waddell – bass Jay Cooper – drums
Circa 1965 they traveled to Dayton’s Mega Sound Studio (distinct from Mega-City Studio) to record their only single, featuring an intensely wrought soul ballad “Keep It” on the A-side. On the flip is the frantic and distorted “Set Me Free”. Both songs were supposedly written at the recording session!
Instead of release on Mega Sound’s standard Prism label, they were given the plain b&w Prism package plan for their pressing of 500 copies. Other bands on this 3000 custom series included the Senators and the Warbucks.
Anyone have a photo of the band?
Info from Buckeye Beat, with help from Matthew Baker in distinguishing Mega Sound and Mega-City studios.
The Breakaway Five cut the great instrumental “Jivin” for Red Wortham’s revived Bullet label, featuring pounding drums in the intro and great guitar work, including a quote from Hank Snow’s “I’m Movin’ On”. The flip “I’m Gonna Walk” is a country song by F.L. Parrish, livened up by the echo on the guitar lines.
Members of the Breakaway Five included Norman Davis, Larry Davis, Larry Morgan, and possibly Ronnie Morgan. According to a comment on youtube, the band may have started as the Rivieras from Dickson, Tennessee, just west of Nashville.
Sur-Speed Music ASCAP is listed as publisher on both songs, though “Jivin” does not have any writing credit.
I’m not sure of the release date on this, but I would guess late ’50s or early ’60s. The label credits do not match the Villains 45s or any other Bullet 45 releases of the 1960s. The release number 241 is closer to Bullet’s early 78 rpm releases by Cecil Gant and Wynonie Harris. No other Bullet 45s have similar mastering codes (869-1165/6 in this case), a production credit to Wortham, or (in most cases) lack of an address.
The Cordials recorded for the Bundy label of Freeport, New York. They may have been a local group, but Freeport is not far from Brooklyn, so the group could have been from anywhere in the New York metro area.
The Cordials cut a fine version of “Misery”, originally done by the the Dynamics on their 1963 single on Big Top. I prefer the flip, “Tell Me Please”, a moody original with great harmonies, written by Rick Stevens and published by M.C. Music Pub. BMI.
An article in Cash Box from August 7, 1965 gives an approximate date for the Cordials release and some background on Bundy:
“Bundy-Fonic Expands”
Mickey Carr, top man at The Bundy-Fonic Corp., is in the process of expanding the firm’s activities, and has appointed Bob Spina to veep and Clarence Finnell as A&R boss.
The diskery, with Dee Dee Records as a subsidiary line, will be offering two new releases, the first tagged “Misery” b/w “Tell Me Please” by the Cordials, and another by the Diablos, the titles on which will be announced at a later date. Both disks will be on Bundy Records. The address of the firm is 22 Pine St., Freeport, L.I.
Although Bundy had a 1962 release by Ray Artis, “Dear Liz” / “Wella-Wella” (Bundy BU-222), I haven’t found the Diablos single or anything else on Bundy. There were several record companies called Dee Dee, and I’m not sure if the one mentioned in the Cash Box article actually released anything.
The Cordials is a styrene 45, released on Bundy BU7711, Mickey Carr gets credit for arranging and producing both sides, and Bundy is listed as a subsidiary of Bundy Phonic Ent. Corp.
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.
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Alan Price – Hammond organ/lead vocals
Cliff Barton – bass
Nigel Stanger – saxophone
John Walters – trumpet
Geoff Robinson – drums
After leaving The Animals in early May 1965, Alan Price returns to Newcastle upon Tyne and forms The Alan Price Combo with local friends, including Nigel Stanger, who has just left Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers and Cliff Barton, who recently worked with Julian Covey & The Machine.
New Musical Express lists the line-up in its 16 July 1965 and the group starts playing at the Club A Go Go in Newcastle.
Moving to London, Barton departs and subsequently gains employment with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames. Former Krewkats bass player John Bradley fills in before Boots Slade takes over on bass on a permanent basis.
Stanger also leaves and former Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band baritone sax player Clive Burrows joins alongside tenor sax player Steve Gregory. Roy Mills also takes over the drum stool and they become The Alan Price Set.
23 August 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London (Wood Green and Southgate Herald) Billed as The Alan Price Combo
10 September 1965 – Ricky Tick, Guildford Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (David Else’s research) David Else says the band replaced Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds
11 September 1965 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Bobby Rio & The Revelles and The Woodlanders (Lincolnshire Standard)
12 September 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book) Billed as The Alan Price Combo
4 September 1965 – Galaxy Club, Town Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
20 September 1965 – Garden of Eden Club, Blackbird Leys Community Centre, Oxford with The Victors (Oxford Mail)
23 September 1965 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, London (Melody Maker)
1 October 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Graham Bond Organisation, Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book) Billed as The Alan Price Combo
5 February 1966 – Gig in Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
6 February 1966 – Esquire Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)
8 February 1966 – Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales (Beat Instrumental)
11 February 1966 – Kent University (probably Canterbury), Kent (Beat Instrumental)
12 February 1966 – Co-op Hall, Redhill, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)
13 February 1966 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, southeast London (Beat Instrumental)
14 February 1966 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Beat Instrumental)
17 February 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live) This isn’t listed in Beat Instrumental
18 February 1966 – College of Technology, Rugby, Warwickshire (Beat Instrumental)
19 February 1966 – Durham University (Beat Instrumental)
20 February 1966 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)
Photo from Richard Goddard
24 February 1966 – Ross Jazz Club, Gloucester, Gloucestershire with The Advocates (courtesy of Richard Goddard/Gloucester Citizen)
26 February 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
6 March 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
10 March 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Anteek (Melody Maker)
13 March 1966 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
16 March 1966 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
6 May 1966 – Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Beat Instrumental)
7 May 1966 – Faculty of Technology, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
8 May 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)
12 May 1966 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with The Breed (Cambridge News/Disc & Music Echo)
13 May 1966 – University of Warwick, Coventry (Disc & Music Echo)
14 May 1966 – New Century Hall, Manchester (Disc & Music Echo) Beat Instrumental lists Dreamland Ballroom, Margate on this date
15 May 1966 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Alleycats (Aldershot News)
16 May 1966 – Manor House, Ipswich, Suffolk (Beat Instrumental)
18 May 1966 – TWW Now (Trend & Boyfriend)
20 May 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Balham & Tooting News and Mercury) Beat Instrumental lists West Oxfordshire Technical College in Witney on this date as does Trend & Boyfriend magazine
21 May 1966 – St Mary’s College, Twickenham, west London (Trend & Boyfriend)
22 May 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham News) Trend & Boyfriend has Edgware Town FC on this date
24 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Clayton Squares (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
27 May 1966 – Town Hall, Acton, London (Disc & Music Echo) Trend & Boyfriend has Crawdaddy Club, Richmond on this date
28 May 1966 – Flamingo, Soho, Wardour Street, central London (Melody Maker)
29 May 1966 – Ricky Tick, Windsor, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)
30 May 1966 – Lincoln City Football Ground, Lincoln, Lincolnshire with Barron Knights, Crispian St Peters, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, The Ivy League, The Kinks, The Koobas, Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages, The She Trinity, The Small Faces, The Who and The Yardbirds (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
31 May 1966 – Top Rank Ballroom, Preston, Lancashire (Disc & Music Echo)
4 June 1966 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Gentry (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
8 June 1966 – Top Rank Ballroom, Southampton, Hants (Beat Instrumental)
10 June 1966 – Music Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire (Beat Instrumental)
11 June 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)
13 June 1966 – Supreme Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent with The Cortinas (Paul Griggs’ book: Diary of a Musician)
16 June 1966 – Ritz, Skewen, Wales (Trend & Boyfriend)
17 June 1966 – Casino Ballroom, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
18 June 1966 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
21 June 1966 – Balliol Commem, Balliol College, Oxford University with The Kinks, The Fortunes, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, Them, Caribbean All-Steer Band and Bunny Thompson (Cherwell)
23 June 1966 – Leeds University, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
24 June 1966 – Devonshire Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
25 June 1966 –Central School of Arts and Crafts, London (Beat Instrumental)
26 June 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
27 June 1966 – Keele University, Staffordshire (Beat Instrumental)
28 June 1966 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (Beat Instrumental)
13 September 1966 – Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)
15 September 1966 – Odeon Manchester, Manchester with Otis Redding and St Louis Union (Fabulous 208)
16 September 1966 – Marine Ballroom, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
17 September 1966 – Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston Super Mare, Somerset with The Ken Birch Band and The Bones (Weston Mercury)
18 September 1966 – Dereham Tavern, Dereham, Norfolk with Ian and Danny Evans with Sounds Reformed (Eastern Evening News)
20 September 1966 – Silver Blades Ice Rink, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Melody Maker)
24 September 1966 – Paris Olympia, Paris, France (Melody Maker)
28 September 1966 – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset with Dusty Springfield and The Echoes, Boz & His Group, The Settlers, Episode Six and David and Jonathan (Southern Evening Echo)
29 September 1966 – Odeon, Cheltenham with Dusty Springfield, Episode Six, Boz & His Group, The Settlers, The Echoes and Los Bravos (Gloucester Citizen)
30 September 1966 – Odeon, New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands with Dusty Springfield, Boz & His Group, The Settlers, The Echoes, Episode Six and Los Bravos (Express & Star)
1 October 1966 – Capitol, Cardiff, Wales with Dusty Springfield and Los Bravos (Fabulous 208)
Disc & Music Echo has the group playing at the Paris Olympia with Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds on 1 October but this seems unlikely considering The Dusty Springfield tour
2 October 1966 – Colston Hall, Bristol with Dusty Springfield and Los Bravos (Fabulous 208)
During mid-October Peter Kirtley joins on lead guitar from The Loose Ends. Disc & Music Echo reports this in its 26 November issue, page 5 so perhaps it’s later.
5-11 February 1967 – Garrick Club, Leigh, Greater Manchester (St Helens Newspaper)
18 February 1967 – Liverpool University, Liverpool (Fabulous 208)
22 February 1967 – Club Cedar, Birmingham, West Midlands with The Ensemble (Birmingham Evening Mail)
24 February 1967 – Durham University, Durham with Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds (Fabulous 208)
25 February 1967 – Portland Buildings, University Park, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
2 March 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
4 March 1967 – Aston University, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
5 March 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Oldham, Greater Manchester (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
7 March 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book) Geno Washington and Herbie Goins join in
9 March 1967 – Winter Gardens, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
10 March 1967 – Baths, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire with Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds (Fabulous 208)
11 March 1967 – Chelsea College, Manresa Road, Chelsea, London with The Real McCoy (Fabulous 208)
13 March 1967 – Granby Halls, Leicester with The Who, Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band and Dick Morrissey (Fabulous 208/Leicester Mercury)
16 March 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
18 March 1967 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
19 March 1967 – Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)
22 March 1967 – Technical College, Uxbridge, London (Fabulous 208)
23 March 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)
24 March 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
25 March 1967 – Clouds, Derby, Derbyshire with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Fabulous 208)
Around this time Clive Burrows leaves to join Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band and Terry Childs joins on baritone sax.
Disc & Music Echo reports Burrows’ departure in its 18 March issue and Childs’ arrival in its 25 March issue.
27 March 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
31 March 1967 – Town Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire (Fabulous 208)
1 April 1967 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Tatters (Crewe Chronicle)
2-5 April 1967 – Cavendish Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
2-8 April 1967 – Club Latino, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
22 April 1967 – Century Hall, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
23 April 1967 – RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
28 April 1967 – Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
29 April 1967 – Town Hall, Morley, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
30 April 1967 – Cosmo Club, Carlisle, Cumbria (Fabulous 208)
2 May 1967 – Club Tranchi, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
4 May 1967 – Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
5 May 1967 – Ballerina Ballroom, Nairn, Scotland with The T-Set (Forres, Elgin & Nairn Gazette)
12 May 1967 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire with Sounds Incorporated (Fabulous 208)
13 May 1967 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire (Hull Daily Mail)
14 May 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Jazz Board (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
19 May 1967 – The Barn, New Cattris, Cambridge (Disc & Music Echo)
20 May 1967 – Faculty of Tech Union, Student Union Building, Altrincham Street, Manchester with The Delmonts (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
24 May 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Cardiff, Wales (Fabulous 208)
25 May 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)
26 May 1967 – May Ball, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire with The Amboy Dukes, Johnny Patrick and Brenda Scott, The Sky Blue Show Band and Bill Nile’s Good Time Band (Poster from Stevie Barr)
27 May 1967 – Memorial Hall, Norwich, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
28 May 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, London (Fabulous 208)
31 May 1967 – Boom Boom Club, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
1 June 1967 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
2 June 1967 – Cricket Club, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside (Fabulous 208)
3 June 1967 – University of Sussex, Brighton, Sussex (Fabulous 208)
6 June 1967 – The band left for West Germany for three night-stand at the Big Apple, Munich, Bavaria (Melody Maker)
10 June 1967 – Winter Gardens, Weston super Mare, Somerset (Fabulous 208)
12 June 1967 – Trinity College, Cambridge with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Fabulous 208)
16 June 1967 – Keble College, Oxford, Oxfordshire with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Melody Maker)
19 June 1967 – Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Oxfordshire with Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band (Melody Maker)
22 June 1967 – UAE, Norwich, Norfolk (Disc & Music Echo)
23 June 1967 – Leeds University, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Disc & Music Echo)
24 June 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The London Foundation, Zanie Woodruff Operation and Ray Bones (Lincolnshire Standard)
25 June 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with support groups (Crawley Advertiser)
26 June 1967 – St Luke’s College, Exeter, Devon (Disc & Music Echo)
28 June 1967 – Disco Blue Club, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)
30 June 1967 – Longmoor Hall, Reith, Scotland (Disc & Music Echo)
1 July 1967 – Beach Room, Aberdeen, Scotland (Disc & Music Echo)
2 July 1967 – Fulmer Club, Lossiemouth, Scotland (Disc & Music Echo)
4 July 1967 – Palace Ballroom, Douglas, Isle of Man (Fabulous 208)
Disc & Music Echo’s 22 July issue, page 4, notes that Alan Price has expanded the band with trumpet player Jeff Condon and sax player Johnny Almond from Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band, who are splitting but will fulfill outstanding commitments first.
It also notes that Peter Kirtley is leaving and former Gamblers’ guitarist Jimmy Crawford is replacing him.
19 July 1967 – Scotch Club Discotheque, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)
23 July 1967 – Central Hall, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)
28 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Screen (Melody Maker)
30 July 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
4 August 1967 – New Century Hall, Manchester with Dixie’s Don’ts (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
Kirtley leaves around now to form Happy Magazine.
Disc & Music Echo, 12 August issue, notes that Jeff Condon has joined.
17 August 1967 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with South Side Move (East Kent Times & Mail)
22 August 1967 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, London (Newham & Stratford Express)
25 August 1967 – Flamingo, Redruth, Cornwall with The Jaguars (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
26 August 1967 – Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with Shinn (Fabulous 208/Torquay Times)
Melody Maker reports that John Walters has left.
1 September 1967 – Marquee Club, Wigan, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
2 September 1967 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire (Hull Daily Mail)
Disc & Music Echo’s 2 September issue says that Alan Price has high hopes for ex-guitarist Peter Kirtley who is recording in his own right (the band Happy Magazine).
3-4 September 1967 – Tito’s Marimba, Stockton on Tees, County Durham (week-long gig from Sunday 3 September) (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
17 September 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with The Fix (Evening Sentinel)
22 September 1967 – Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
23 September 1967 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Disc & Music Echo)
29 September 1967 – The Barbeque, Whetstone, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
30 September 1967 – Kitson Club, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
5 October 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
6 October 1967 – University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
7 October 1967 – Winter Gardens, Weston super Mare, Somerset (Fabulous 208)
8 October 1967 – Birdcage, Harlow, Essex with The Riot Squad (Essex Chronicle)
11 October 1967 – Industrial Club, Norwich, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
12 October 1967 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (Fabulous 208)
13 October 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
14 October 1967 – Tinned Chicken Club, York, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
14 October 1967 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Jaytree Organisation (Crewe Chronicle)
15 October 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with James South Set (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
20 October 1967 – Belle Vue, Manchester (Disc & Music Echo)
26 October 1967 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
27 October 1967 – Hairy Bob’s Cavern/Candelight Club, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Scarborough Evening News/Fabulous 208)
28 October 1967 – Faculty of Technology, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
Paul Williams joins on bass and vocals from John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers.
Steve Gregory leaves around now to join The Amboy Dukes.
3 November 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire with The Taylor Upton Big Band (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)
4 November 1967 – University of North Wales, Bangor, Wales (Fabulous 208)
5 November 1967 – Saville Theatre, London with The Foundations and David McWilliams (Melody Maker)
10 November 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
11 November 1967 – Leicester University, Leicester (Disc & Music Echo)
15 November 1967 – Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts (Berkhamstead Gazette, Tring & District News)
17 November 1967 – St George’s Hall, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)
Disc & Music Echo has this as St George’s Hall in Exeter, Devon
18 November 1967 – Bristol University, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
20 November 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Doncaster Evening Post)
22 November 1967 – Locarno, Stevenage, Herts (Hertfordshire Express)
23 November 1967 – Southampton University, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
24 November 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The West Coast Union (Gloucester Citizen)
25 November 1967 – Southampton University, Southampton, Hampshire (Disc & Music Echo)
26 November 1967 – String O’ Beads, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Yorkshire Evening Post)
28 November 1967 – Newcastle College of Education, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
30 November 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
2 December 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London with The Army (Melody Maker)
5 December 1967 – Royal Albert Hall, London (Fabulous 208)
6 December 1967 – Big Beat ’67 concert, Royal Albert Hall, London with Joe Tex, Ferris Wheel, Steve Hammond and Jan Kimbell (Melody Maker)
Disc & Music Echo says that the Big Beat concert was cancelled at the last minute
8 December 1967 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Fabulous 208)
9 December 1967 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Human Instinct (East Kent Times & Mail)
11 December 1967 – Padgate College of Education, Warrington, Cheshire (Fabulous 208/Disc & Music Echo)
12 December 1967 – Christ’s College of Education, Liverpool (Disc & Music Echo)
13 December 1967 – Teacher Training College, Dudley, West Midlands (Disc & Music Echo)
14 December 1967 – York University, York (Disc & Music Echo)
15 December 1967 – Lewes Town Hall, Lewes, East Sussex with Downline Chasers and Herb & Grace (Sussex Express & County Herald)
17 December 1967 – Linden Sports Club, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Cavalliers (Bournemouth Echo)
22 December 1967 – Locarno, Student’s Union, Derby with Sons and Lovers and John Smith Affair (Derby Evening Telegraph)
29 December 1967 – Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham with The Capitol Systems, The Sun Trolley Group and The Revelations (Birmingham Evening Mail)
30 December 1967 – Lewes Town Hall, Lewes, West Sussex with Herb and Grace and Downline Chasers (Sussex Express)
1968
1 January 1968 – Leeds University, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
3 January 1968 – Rum Runner, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
9-13 January 1968 – Fiesta Club, Stockton on Tees, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
9-13 January 1968 – Collingwood Club, West Hartlepool, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
20 January 1968 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent with The Circuit and The Shades of Blue (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)
26 January 1968 – Civic and Wulfrun Halls, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Tony Rivers & The Castaways, The Soul Seekers, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac and Barmy Barry Show (Express & Star)
3 February 1968 – Durham University, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
1 March 1968 – Pavilion, Weymouth, Dorset (Fabulous 208)
6 April 1968 – Winsford Civic Hall, Winsford, Cheshire with Kaspers Engine (Crewe Chronicle)
13 April 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The New York Public Library (East Kent Times)
21 April 1968 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with O’Hara’s Playboys (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
24 April 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham, London (Melody Maker)
1 May 1968 – Memorial Hall, Barry, Wales (Fabulous 208)
7-11 May 1968 – Cavendish Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
12-13 May 1968 – Cavendish Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
21-24 May 1968 – Club Titos, Stockton on Tees, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
21-24 May 1968 – Club La Bamba, Darlington, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
31 May 1968 – Playing Fields, Great Stukeley, Huntingdon with The Triads and The Spectre Power House (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
1 June 1968 – Hereford College, Oxford (Fabulous 208)
4 June 1968 – Colston Hall, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
8 June 1968 – Royal Star Hotel, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)
13 July 1968 – Grafton Club, RAF Marham with The Nashville Teens and The Caste (Lynn News)
31 August-1 September 1968 – Scene Two Discotheque, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Scarborough Evening News)
1 September 1968 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Candy Choir (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
18 September 1968 – Grafton Ballroom, Liverpool (Fabulous 208)
29 September 1968 – ‘Olympop’, Fairfield Hall, Croydon, south London with Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity, The Nice, The Eclection, Spooky Tooth and Alan Bown (Beckenham and Penge Advertiser)
6-12 October 1968 – Domino Club, Bedlington (Fabulous 208)
12 October 1968 – Carousel Club, Chester-Le-Street (Fabulous 208)
Shortly after Alan Price leaves to go solo and the band becomes The Paul Williams Set
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.
Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band
The band featured in Fabulous 208, circa August 1965 before Clive Burrows (second left) departed. Photo may be subject to copyright
Zoot Money – Hammond organ/vocals
Andy Somers – lead guitar
Paul Williams – bass/vocals
Nick Newall – tenor saxophone
Colin Allen – drums
25 November 1963 – Marquee, Oxford Street, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live) Billed as Zoot Money R&B Group
23 December 1963 – Marquee, Oxford Street, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live) Billed as Zoot Money R&B Group
1964
1 January 1964 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with Nix and The Nomads and The Nite Sect (Essex County Standard)
16 May 1964 – Ricky Tick, Plaza Ballroom, Guildford, Surrey (Aldershot News)
Around this time Clive Burrows joins on baritone saxophone
13 June 1964 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The Evergreens (Essex Chronicle)
Photo may be subject to copyright
19 June 1964 – Jumbo Club, King George’s Hall, Esher, Surrey (Woking Herald) Opens the club
Woking Herald, 26 June 1964. Photo may be subject to copyright
3 July 1964 – Ricky Tick, Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Tridents (David Else research)
4 July 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Russ Sainty & The Nu Notes and Terry Judge & The Barristers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
12 July 1964 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with support (Aldershot News)
27 March 1965 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Lonely Ones (Maidstone Gazette)
28 March 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
29 March 1965 – Bluesville, Manor House Ballroom, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)
Photo may be subject to copyright
2 April 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Mal Ryder & The Spirits and The Ricochets (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
Photo may be subject to copyright
7 April 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
10 April 1965 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Goldie & The Gingerbreads and Mal Ryder & The Spirits (Lincolnshire Standard)
24 May 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian)
26 May 1965 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
30 May 1965 – The Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex with The Jades (Mid Sussex Times)
7 June 1965 – Redcar Mini Festival, Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Long John Baldry with Hoochie Coochie Men, Tony Knight’s Chessmen and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
10 June 1965 – Bowes Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage, Herts with The Mastersounds (Hertfordshire Express)
Photo may be subject to copyright
19 June 1965 – Jazz & Blues Festival, Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London with The Dutch Swing College, Solomon Burke, Unit 4 Plus 2, The Spencer Davis Group, The Downliners Sect, Alan Elsdon’s Jazzband, Brian Green New-O-Stompers, The Loose Ends and The Epitaph Soul Band (Bexley Heath & Welling Observer and Kentish Times)
Photo may be subject to copyright
19 June 1965 – Uxbridge Blues Festival, Uxbridge, northwest London with Marianne Faithfull, The Who, Solomon Burke, The Spencer Davis Group, Long John Baldry, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, The Birds, John Mayall, Ray Martin Group and Dave Whittling (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)
23 June 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
18 July 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
21 July 1965 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
22 July 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire with Charlie and Inez Foxx (Dave Allen research) They may have replaced The Ram Jam Band
6 August 1965 – Mayfair Club, the Belfry, Wishaw, near Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands with Johnny Gibbins Modern Jazz Quartet (Birmingham Evening Mail)
13 August 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Bern Elliott & The Klan and The Tribe (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
14 August 1965 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Peddlars and The Mirage (Lincolnshire Standard)
15 August 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Greg Burman’s Soul Band (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
20 August 1965 – Ricky Tick, Plaza Ballroom, Guildford, Surrey (David Else’s research)
22 August 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Harrow Weekly Post)
24 August 1965 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Vince Everett & The Orchids (East Kent Times)
29 August 1965 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Down at the Boat book)
Around this time Clive Burrows leaves to join The Alan Price Set. Johnny Almond takes his place. Trumpet player Geoff Condon joined around the same time.
1 September 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
3 September 1965 – New Fender Club, Kenton, northwest London (Greenford Weekly Post)
12 September 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
13 September 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Tottenham Weekly Herald)
18 September 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Dave & The Strollers (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
21 September 1965 – Bristol Chinese R&B Club, Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
26 September 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Harrow Weekly Post)
Photo may be subject to copyright
30 September 1965 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Herts with The Saracens (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Express)
Photo may be subject to copyright
1 October 1965 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
2 October 1965 – The House of Aden, Witham Public Hall, Witham, Essex with Cole Train Union (Essex Chronicle)
10 October 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
13 October 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
15 October 1965 – Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford, Surrey (Boyfriend magazine) David Else also has the band at the Ricky Tick, Staines Town Hall, Staines, Middlesex on this date
16 October 1965 – Bristol University, Bristol (Boyfriend magazine)
17 October 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Boyfriend magazine)
18 October 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Boyfriend magazine)
31 December 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental)
1966
1 January 1966 – Coronation Hall, Ramsgate, Kent (Beat Instrumental)
2 January 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)
3 January 1966 – Star Hotel, Croydon, south London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon) This is missing from Beat Instrumental
4 January 1966 – KD Club, Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside (Beat Instrumental)
7 January 1966 – Iron Club, Sidcup, Kent (Beat Instrumental)
8 January 1966 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
Photo may be subject to copyright
9 January 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
10 January 1966 – Esquire Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
14 January 1966 – Town Hall, Staines, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)
15 January 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)
16 January 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)
17 January 1966 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Beat Instrumental)
18 January 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental)
19 January 1966 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
21 January 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)
26 April 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental)
28 April 1966 – Warwick University, Warwick (Beat Instrumental)
29 April 1966 – Manor House, north London (Beat Instrumental)
30 April 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Beat Instrumental)
1 May 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)
2 May 1966 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)
6 May 1966 – Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Beat Instrumental)
7 May 1966 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
Photo may be subject to copyright
8 May 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham News)
12 May 1966 – Brays Grove Youth Centre, Harlow, Essex (Beat Instrumental)
13 May 1966 – Oxford Town Hall, Oxford (Beat Instrumental)
14 May 1966 – Drill Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Beat Instrumental)
15 May 1966 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Melody Maker)
18 May 1966 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
19 May 1966 – Burton Manor, Stafford, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
20 May 1966 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Beat Instrumental)
21 May 1966 – Leicester University, Leicester (Beat Instrumental)
22 May 1966 – Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
26 May 1966 – Locarno, Barnsley, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
27 May 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
28 May 1966 – Ricky Tick, Windsor, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)
29 May 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
30 May 1966 – Blues Festival, Quebec Park, East Dereham, Norfolk with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, The Sullivan James Band and Sounds Reformed (North Norfolk News) Beat Instrumental says this took place at the Tavern Club
31 May 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental)
1 June 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
2 June 1966 – Jazz Club, Ross-on-Wye (Beat Instrumental)
3 June 1966 – Porchester Hall, Bayswater, central London and Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)
Photo may be subject to copyright
4 June 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)
4 June 1966 – South East Jazz and Blues Festival, Blackheath with Manfred Mann, Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Roy C and The Loose Ends, Blackheath, southeast London (Melody Maker) This isn’t listed in Beat Instrumental
5 June 1966 – White Lion, Edgware, north London (Beat Instrumental)
6 June 1966 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)
7 June 1966 – Corn Exchange, Bristol (Beat Instrumental)
Photo may be subject to copyright
8 June 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, south London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
10 June 1966 – Devonshire House, Exeter, Devon (Beat Instrumental)
11 June 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)
5 August 1966 – Corn Exchange, Newbury, Berkshire (Fabulous 208) David Else has the band at the Ricky Tick, Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts on this date
6 August 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)
7 August 1966 – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset (Beat Instrumental)
8 August 1966 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Beat Instrumental)
9 August 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Southsea, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
11 August 1966 – Pier Pavilion, Herne Bay, Kent (Fabulous 208)
12 August 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)
14 August 1966 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
15 August 1966 – Royal Albion Hotel, Walton-on-Naze, Essex (Essex County Standard)
16 August 1966 – Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, north London (Fabulous 208)
17 August 1966 – Discoblue Club, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)
18 August 1966 – RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex (Fabulous 208/Beat Instrumental)
19 August 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London with The Tea Set (Melody Maker)
20 August 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald/Melody Maker)
24 August 1966 – Pavilion, Bournmouth, Dorset (Beat Instrumental)
25 August 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
26 August 1966 – Manor House, north London (Beat Instrumental)
27 August 1966 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
28 August 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Down at the Boat book)
29 August 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Tony Knight’s Chessmen, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
1 September 1966 – Ricky Tick, Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts (David Else research/Welwyn Advertiser)
3 September 1966 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208/Beat Instrumental)
3 September 1966 – St George’s Hall, Exeter, Devon with The Bunch and The Spectres (Express & Echo) This must have been cancelled or moved unless gig above is incorrect
4 September 1966 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Alley Cats (Aldershot News/Camberley News)
5 September 1966 – Manor House, St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
6 September 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental)
7 September 1966 – Orford Jazz Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
8 September 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
9 September 1966 – Scunthorpe FC, Scunthorpe with others (Beat Instrumental)
10 September 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Vibrations & The Noblemen and The Little People (Lincolnshire Standard)
11 September 1966 – Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
12 September 1966 – Colston Hall, Bristol with Otis Redding and St Louis Union (Fabulous 208) Beat Instrumental has Top Rank Ballroom in Wolverhampton on this date
14 September 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London with The Alan Bown Set (Fabulous 208)
15 September 1966 – Public Hall, Epping, northeast London (Beat Instrumental)
16 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)
17 September 1966 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Beat Instrumental)
18 September 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
20 September 1966 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Fabulous 208)
21 September 1966 – Top Rank Ballroom, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
22 September 1966 – McKilroy’s Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)
24 September 1966 – Grantham Drill Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire with The Small Faces, The Delcounts and Breed (Nottingham Evening Post/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
25 September 1966 – Sunshine Ballroom, East Dereham, Norfolk with The Style (Fabulous 208)
27 September 1966 – Corn Exchange, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Fabulous 208)
28 September 1966 – Scene Club, Cardiff, Wales (Fabulous 208)
2 October 1966 – Leofric Hotel, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
5 October 1966 – Swansea University, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
6 October 1966 – Ritz Club, Skewen, south Wales with The Eyes of Blue (South Wales Evening Post)
7 October 1966 – Freshers Dance, Stratford Town Hall, Stratford, east London with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Newham, West Ham & East Ham, Barking and Stratford Express)
8 October 1966 – Ricky Tick, Windsor, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
9 October 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)
10 October 1966 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
11 October 1966 – Ricky Tick, Windsor, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
13 October 1966 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
14 October 1966 – Mark Altman Ballroom, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
15 October 1966 – Durham University, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
16 October 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
19 October 1966 – Bromel Club, Bromley, southeast London (Fabulous 208)
20 October 1966 – Dorothy’s Ballroom, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (Fabulous 208)
21 October 1966 – Aston University, Aston, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
22 October 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Felder’s Orioles (Melody Maker)
25 October 1966 – Rag Ball, Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham with Ivy League with The Jaybirds, Lee Dorsey and Our Young (Nottingham Evening Post)
26 October 1966 – City Hall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
27 October 1966 – Ricky Tick, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Fabulous 208)
28 October 1966 – Jazz Club, Manor House, north London (Fabulous 208)
29 October 1966 – Chelsea College, Chelsea, southwest London (Fabulous 208)
30 October 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Melody Maker)
31 October 1966 – Shakespeare Hotel, Woolwich, south London (Fabulous 208)
2 November 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Stevenage, Herts (Fabulous 208)
3 November 1966 – New Yorker Discotheque, Swindon, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)
4 November 1966 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Luton News)
5 November 1966 – Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
6 November 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
8 November 1966 – Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
9 November 1966 – New Addington Hotel, New Addington, Surrey (Coulsdon & Purley Advertiser)
11 November 1966 – Metropole Hotel, Brighton, Sussex with The Spencer Davis Group (Fabulous 208)
12 November 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands with New York Public Library (Birmingham Evening Mail)
13 November 1966 – Belle Vue, New Elizabethan, Greater Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
15 November 1966 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
The Hillingdon Mirror ran a picture of the band in its 15 November 1966 issue, page 20 (see above)
17 November 1966 – West Park Pavilion, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands (Fabulous 208)
18 November 1966 – Jazz Club, Manor House, north London (Fabulous 208)
19 November 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
20 November 1966 – Bluesette, Leatherhead, Surrey (Caterham Weekly Press/Melody Maker) Advert says the club reopens
21 November 1966 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
24 November 1966 – Links International Club, Maxwell Park Youth Centre, Borehamwood, Herts (Simon Gee research)
Photo may be subject to copyright
25 November 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Situation and Clem Dalton Show (Melody Maker)
26 November 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
29 November 1966 – St Thomas Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Fabulous 208)
1 December 1966 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire with David Essex & The Mood Indigo (Cambridge News/Fabulous 208)
3 December 1966 – Morley Town Hall, Morley, West Yorkshire (Yorkshire Evening Post)
3 December 1966 – Jigsaw, Manchester, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
4 December 1966 – Mr Smith’s, Manchester, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
7 December 1966 – Liverpool University, Liverpool, Merseyside (Fabulous 208)
8 December 1966 – York University, York, North Yorkshire with The Brian Auger Trinity (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
10 December 1966 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)
11 December 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with Bobby Hebb (Melody Maker)
12 December 1966 – St Luke’s College, Exeter, Devon with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Fabulous 208)
13 December 1966 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset (Fabulous 208)
14 December 1966 – Ritz Ballroom, Kings Heath, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
14 December 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
15 December 1966 – Great Hall, Reading, Berkshire with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Fabulous 208)
17 December 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Davey Sands & The Essex (East Kent Times)
18 December 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Fabulous 208)
19 December 1966 – Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
20 December 1966 – Bray’s Grove Youth Centre, Harlow, Essex (Fabulous 208)
21 December 1966 – College of Technology, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
22 December 1966 – De Montfont Hall, Leicester, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)
24 December 1966 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The Coletraine Union (Southend Standard)
29 December 1966 – Civic Hall, Connah’s Quay, Wales (Fabulous 208)
30 December 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, West Yorkshire with Ray King Soul Band (Yorkshire Evening Post)
30 December 1966 – Crystal Ballroom, Castleford, West Yorkshire with Ray King Soul Band and Sweet Image (Wakefield Express/Yorkshire Evening Post)
31 December 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
1967
1 January 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Zephrons (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
4 January 1967 – Bromel Club, Bromley, southeast London (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
5 January 1967 – White Bicycle, Maple Ballroom, Northampton, Northamptonshire (Fabulous 208/Northampton Chronicle)
6 January 1967 – Dancing Slipper, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
9 January 1967 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
10 January 1967 – St Thomas Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Fabulous 208)
13 January 1967 – Market Hall, St Albans, Hertfordshire (Fabulous 208)
14 January 1967 – Kings Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire with The Invasion (Evening Sentinel)
14 January 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with The Technique (Evening Sentinel/Fabulous 208)
14 January 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
17 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Syn (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
21 January 967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Fireflies (Cambridgeshire Times)
22 January 1967 – Dereham Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Rubber Band (North Norfolk News)
24 January 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Bossmen (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
27 January 1967 – Civic and Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, The Zombies, The ‘N’ Betweens, The Savoy Jazz band and Ken Ingram’s Jazz band (Express & Star)
9 February 1967 – Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales (Fabulous 208)
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10 February 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
11 February 1967 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
13 February 1967 – Bluesville Club, Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)
18 February 1967 – Faculty of Tech, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
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20 February 1967 – Belfry, Wishaw, West Midlands with Sonny Childe & The Explosive TNT and The Monopoly (Birmingham Evening Mail)
22 February 1967 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (Fabulous 208)
23 February 1967 – Nicholas Youth Centre, Basildon, Essex (Fabulous 208)
24 February 1967 – Aston University, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
25 February 1967 – Leicester University, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
25 February 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
26 February 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Fabulous 208)
3 March 1967 – Baths Hall, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
3 March 1967 – Northgate Hall, Sleaford, Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)
4 March 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Fabulous 208)
4 March 1967 – Queen Mary’s College, Mile End, east London (Fabulous 208)
5 March 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
10 March 1967 – Pavilion Ballroom, Weymouth, Dorset with Palmer James and Trend 67 (Western Gazette)
11 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
13 March 1967 – Granby Halls, Leicester with The Who, Dick Morrisey and The Alan Price Set (Fabulous 208/Leicester Mercury)
15 March 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Southampton, Hants (Fabulous 208)
17 March 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
18 March 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with The Syn and The Exception (Evening Sentinel/Fabulous 208)
19 March 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Chesterfield, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)
20 March 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Fabulous 208)
22 March 1967 – College of Commerce, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
23 March 1967 – Salisbury City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire with First Lites (Frogg Moody and Richard Nash’s book Hold Tight!)
25 March 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)
26 March 1967 – Troutbeck Hotel, IIkley, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
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27 March 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Real McCoy and T D Backus & The Powerhouse and The Frame (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
31 March 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
31 March 1967 – Cadillac Ballroom, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
27 May 1967 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire (Fabulous 208)
28 May 1967 – Shoreline Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)
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29 May 1967 – Barbeque 67, Tulip Bulb Auction Hall, Spalding, Lincolnshire with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, The Move and Pink Floyd (Spalding Guardian)
31 May 1967 – Scotch Club Discotheque, Torquay Devon (Fabulous 208)
1 June 1967 – Quay Club, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208)
2 June 1967 – Queen’s Hall, Barnstaple, Devon (Fabulous 208)
4 June 1967 – Purple Fez Club, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon (Fabulous 208)
6 June 1967 – Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Fingers (Bournemouth Echo)
8 June 1967 – RAF Wyton, Wyton, Cambridgeshire (Fabulous 208)
9 June 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
10 June 1967 – Baths, Matlock, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)
13 June 1967 – Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)
15 June 1967 – RAF Cottesmore, Rutland (Fabulous 208)
16 June 1967 – University College, Gower Street, central London (Fabulous 208)
17 June 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London (Fabulous 208)
18 June 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Poster)
25 June 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Bluecaps (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
28 June 1967 – Cellar Jazz Club, South Shields, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
30 June 1967 – Edgehill Training College, Liverpool, Merseyside (Fabulous 208)
6 July 1967 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
7 July 1967 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire with The Jeff Beck Group (Fabulous 208)
8 July 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
9 July 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
10 July 1967 – Belfry Hotel, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
14 July 1967 – Bluesville, Manor House, north London (Fabulous 208)
15 July 1967 – Seagull Ballroom, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)
21 July 1967 – McGoo’s, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
21 July 1967 – Victoria Ballroom, Dunbar, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
22 July 1967 – Community Centre, Auchinleck, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
Disc & Music Echo, 22 July issue, says that The Big Roll Band is splitting up but that they will fulfil contracted bookings. Jeff Condon (trumpet) and Johnny Almond are joining The Alan Price Set
23 July 1967 – Top Ten Club, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
27 July 1967 – Caledonian Hotel, Inverness, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
28 July 1967 – Douglas Hotel, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
29 July 1967 – Market Hall, Carlisle, Cumbria (Fabulous 208)
3 August 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (Fabulous 208)
5 August 1967 – Flamingo, Redruth, Cornwall with The Passion (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
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7 August 1967 – Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with Root and Jenny Jackson with The High-Timers (Fabulous 208/Herald Express) This could be the first gig by the remaining members who were soon billed as Dantalion’s Chariot
11 August 1967 – Doncaster Top Rank, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Barnsley Chronicle & South Yorkshire News) Just says Zoot Money
The horn section left around this time
August 1967 – This month, they play Le Papagayo, Saint Tropez, France (Melody Maker) Record Mirror says the residency starts on 14 August. This could be where Dantalion’s Chariot debut
Around this time, the group changes name to Dantalion’s Chariot. In early September Paul Williams replaces John McVie in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
Drummer Robert Cromwell Anson (b. 20 October 1940, Sherwood, Nottingham) had played with various jazz bands, including The Don Rendell Quintet before joining The Brian Auger Trinity in July 1963 and working under the name Phil Kinnora.
In August 1964, Anson left to form his own group, The Machine, and adopted a new stage name, Julian Covey. The first line-up of the new formation came together that September.
Over the next three years, Julian Covey & The Machine underwent a staggering number of personnel changes, which often resulted in entirely new formations lasting a handful of months.
One of the first significant musicians to feature in the group’s ranks was Hammond organist Vincent Crane (b. Vincent Rodney Cheesman, 21 May 1943, Reading, Berkshire, d. 14 February 1989), who had previously worked with The Vincent Cheesman Trio, The Simon Magus Band/The Vincent Cheesman Blues Brothers, Lew Hird’s Australian Jazz Band and The Big Sound.
Photo: Melody Maker
It’s quite possible that Crane was part of the formation when Julian Covey & The Machine made its Marquee debut, opening for The Spencer Davis Group, on 4 May 1965.
Noted jazz sax player Bob Downes (b. 22 July 1937, Plymouth, Devon), who had previously worked with The John Barry Seven, remembers Crane being a member of the band for a while but it is unlikely that the Hammond organist was still on-board when Julian Covey & The Machine travelled to Accra in Ghana and performed a week-long gig in the city.
Crane, of course, would later go on to play with The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Atomic Rooster after playing with The Word Engine, Vincent Crane’s Freedom Riders and The Vincent Crane Combo in the interim.
Downes meanwhile would also work with The Word Engine before playing with Jimmy Nicol & The Shub Dubs, Chris Andrews and then Dave Antony’s Moods.
Around June 1965, Julian Covey pieced together a new version of The Machine comprising the following:
Julian Covey – drums/vocals
Jim Cregan – lead guitar
Dave Levy – piano
Cliff Barton – bass
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Saxophone player
Cliff Barton (b. 1944, West Ealing, London, d. 16 May 1968) had worked with a host of bands before joining but didn’t stay very long, according to Jim Cregan (b. 9 March 1946, Yeovil, Somerset). Barton’s pedigree included playing with Cyril Davies and The R&B All Stars and Long John Baldry & The Hoochie Coochie Men. He would join The Alan Price Set on leaving Julian Covey.
Jim Cregan told Jason Barnard at the Strange Brew website that he joined Julian Covey and future Yes bass player Chris Squire for a short trip to Ghana to mark the inauguration of the Ghanaian TV service. The trio supported pianist Ramon Bouche and played on TV a couple of times but did not perform any live gigs. Ghana Today Television, the country’s national public broadcaster, run by the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation commenced operations on 31 July 1965, so the band’s trip to Ghana would have been around this time.
A former member of The Muldoons, Jim Cregan would go on to play with The Ingoes and more significantly Blossom Toes in 1960s among others. He would also become a noted session player during the 1970s.
Image may be subject to copyright. This image dates from 1965. I would welcome any comments on who the musicians are
In October 1965, Covey formed yet another formation of The Machine which included:
John McVie – bass
Stan Marut – Hammond organ
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Geoff Krivit – lead guitar
John McVie (b. 26 November 1945, Ealing, London) had been sacked from John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers for his drinking in early October (his place taken by Jack Bruce initially).
Hammond organist Stan Marut also joined at this time after working with The Jynx Pack. He had previously been a member of Dickie Pride & The Original Topics.
Before the year was out, guitarist Geoff Krivit (b. 1948) who had subbed for Eric Clapton in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers between September-October 1965 joined The Machine briefly. He’d previously played with The Secrets, Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions and The Five Dimensions.
According to the Lancashire Evening Post, the band supported The Shots (who later evolved into The Smoke) at Preston Public Hall on 29 October 1965 alongside Shawn Philips. The following dates opening for The Shots suggest that there may have been a short tour.
7 November 1965 – Belle Vue, Manchester with The Shots and Shawn Phillips (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
9 November 1965 – Middlesbrough Town Hall, Middlesbrough with The Shots and Shawn Phillips (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
Marut remembers that The Machine landed a regular Saturday night gig at the Cromwellian during this period.
Photo: Melody Maker, early 1966
According to Melody Maker, they played at the Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, south west London on 6 November (see below), which took place part of the way through the tour with The Shots.
Shortly after John McVie returned to John Mayall’s band in the first week of January 1966, future Herd drummer Andrew Steele (b. 2 August 1941, Hendon, London, d. 18 April 2005) joined after working with Johnny Halliday. Steele had started out with Gary Farr & The T-Bones and was an old friend of Jim Cregan’s, having played with him in The Muldoons in early 1965.
Geoff Krivit also departed around February 1966 to spend time with Freddie Mack & The Mack Sound before hooking up with Dr K’s Blues Band.
Guitarist Mike Ward and bass player Steve Rance from The Ad-Libs, the house band at Leicester Square club, the Ad-Lib joined at this time. The band then comprised:
Julian Covey – lead vocals
Mike Ward – guitar
Stan Marut – Hammond organ
Steve Rance – bass
Andrew Steele – drums
Marut remembers the band played Peter Stringfellow’s club, the King Mojo in Sheffield and also at the Britannia Boat Club in Nottingham.
Marut also remembers sax player Dave Quincy from Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds used to jam with the group regularly.
I found a few gigs during this period:
26 February 1966 – Dungeon, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
18 March 1966 – Ricky Tick, Windsor, Berkshire (Melody Maker)
26 March 1966 – Cromwellian, South Kensington, west London (Melody Maker)
On the eve of a tour with John Lee Hooker in May 1966, Marut was forced to leave and Dave Greenslade took his place. After the tour, Dave Greenslade left to join Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds.
While playing at Tiles, Oxford Street on 5 May (see above), the band’s drummer (Ed: Andrew Steele?) had to pull out and Covey took over the drum stool and gained praise from Hooker.
I found a few gigs during this period:
13 May 1966 – Village, Cleethorpes (Grimsby Evening Telegraph) Billed as The Machine and backed John Lee Hooker
14 May 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail) Backed John Lee Hooker
12 June 1966 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
21 July 1966 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hants (Southern Evening Echo)
22 July 1966 – Peyton Place, Bromley South, London (Melody Maker)
According to David Else, a revamped line-up played in a side tent at the Windsor Festival on 30 July 1966.
Photo: Mirabelle, 27 August 1966 issue
Around September 1966, however, Covey reshuffled the band yet again to include:
Julian Covey – lead vocals
Dave Mason – lead guitar
Keith Webb – drums
Dave Mason (b. 10 May 1946, Worcester, Worcestershire) had played in several local Worcester bands, most notably The Hellions before jumping ship to join Covey in late 1966.
Keith Webb (b. 1934, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, d. 31 March 2007) had previously worked with The Hipster Image and was probably the most consistent member of The Machine after Covey, surviving to the band’s split in September 1967.
According to the Kent Messenger & Gravesend Journal, the group appeared at Coronational Ballroom in Ramsgate, Kent on 9 September 1966.
Photo: Melody Maker. 10 September 1966
On 22 September 1966, Julian Covey & The Machine made their second Marquee appearance, opening for The Move.
In late 1966, Julian Covey & The Machine played at the Bag O’Nails in Kingley Street, Soho for a week. However, Mason didn’t stay long and in spring 1967 he formed Traffic and later found success as a solo artist.
On 8 October 1966, the band returns for another show at the Greyhound Hotel, Cromford, Derbyshire.
On 29 October 1966, the group appears at the 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent with The Noyse.
Around November 1966, Covey reshuffled the pack again to:
Julian Covey – lead vocals
John Morsehead – lead guitar
Johnny Spence (aka Johnny Holiday) – bass
Keith Webb – drums
Johnny Spence (b. 26 January 1942, Birmingham) had some pedigree, having previously worked (most notably) with Johnny Kidd & The Pirates and The Pirates after splitting from the singer. He’d recently spent time backing US legend, Jerry Lee Lewis.
Indian-born John Morsehead had met Spence while playing with Johnny Kidd & The Pirates and The Pirates. In May 1966, he joined The Shotgun Express where he played with future Machine member Peter Bardens.
A few notable gigs from this period include:
4 November 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
5 November 1966 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, west London (Melody Maker)
29 November 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton south London (Melody Maker)
14 December 1966 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne (Fabulous 208)
16 December 1966 – Slade School of Fine Arts, Gower Street, central London with The Move (Fabulous 208)
30 December 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
2 January 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, central London (Fabulous 208)
12 January 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
19 January 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
Around late January/early February 1967, Covey formed what is probably considered to be the definitive version of the band, which cut the group’s lone 45, “A Little Bit Hurt” c/w “Sweet Bacon”.
Julian Covey – lead vocals
John Morsehead – lead guitar
Johnny Spence – bass
Pete Solley – Hammond organ
Keith Webb – drums
Ex-Trinity College of Music keyboard player Pete Solley (b. 19 October 1948, London) joined the existing line-up.
Having cut a lone single for Island Records, which was produced by Jimmy Miller, “A Little Bit of Hurt” c/w “Sweet Bacon” was released on 12 May 1967.
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The new formation gigged incessantly and shows included the following:
27 January 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
28 January 1967 – Matlock Bath Pavilion, Matlock, Derbyshire with Tropical Boot Company (Derby Evening Telegraph)
2 February 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
9 February 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
14 February 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Keith Webb (Evening Sentinel)
16 February 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
17 February 1967 – Dancing Slipper, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
8 March 1967 – Falcon Hotel, Falconwood, southeast London (PACE magazine)
21 March 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
24 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
26 March 1967 – Klue J Club, Chelmsford, Essex (Poster)
21 April 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
5 May 1967 – George Inn, Wilby, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
6 May 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with The All Night Workers (Melody Maker)
13 May 1967 – Bluesville, St Thomas Parish Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Melody Maker)
27 May 1967 – Iron Curtain Club, Small Heath, West Midlands with Small Change (Birmingham Evening Mail)
On 29 May, Covey also depped on drums for Keith Moon in The Who when the sticks man hurt his stomach throwing his drum kit at the crowd.
4 June 1967 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
17 June 1967 – Stoke Hotel, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
23 June 1967 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London with Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Middlesex County Times)
24 June 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
28 June 1967 – Charles Keene College, Leicester Corn Exchange, Leicester with The Family and The Invaders (Leicester Mercury)
6 July 1967 – Flamingo Ballroom, Redruth, Cornwall with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (West Briton & Cornwall Gazette)
15 July 1967 – Cottingham Civic Hall, Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire with The Locomotion (Hull Daily Mail)
In August 1967, they also performed at the 6th National Jazz and Blues Festival but soon after Peter Bardens, who’d briefly worked with The Love Affair, joined on Hammond organ. Bardens had an impressive musical pedigree, which included The Cheynes, Them, The Peter B’s and The Shotgun Express, which is where he worked with Morsehead.
Pete Solley next joined Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds but left in May 1968 to briefly work with Los Bravos. In late 1968, he joined Terry Reid’s backing band (where he reunited with Keith Webb) and then worked with The Crazy World of Arthur Brown before becoming member of Paladin.
In September 1967, Julian Covey & The Machine ran its course. Renamed Philamore Lincoln, Anson joined Graham Bond for several months before embarking on an intriguing solo career.
Morsehead next joined Aynsley Dunbar’s Retaliation while Spence retired but later reformed The Pirates.
NOTE: the band’s history is difficult to trace accurately so I would welcome any additions/corrections below in the comments section
Thanks Stan Marut, Bob Downes, Jim Cregan, Jason Barnard, David Else, Bruno Ceriotti and John Warburg for providing information. This website was also incredibly useful:
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.
Billy Cox – lead vocals
Howard Werth – guitar/vocals
Tony Crisp – Hammond organ
Trevor Williams – bass
Keith Gemmell – tenor saxophone
Mel Chambers – baritone sax
Dave O’Brien – drums
1 November 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
17 November 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Horatio Soul Square Deals (Melody Maker)
15 December 1967 – London Hotel, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard)
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.
Billy Cox – lead vocals
Howard Werth – guitar/vocals
Tony Crisp – Hammond organ
Bruce Evans – bass
Steve Reeves – tenor sax
Mel Chambers – baritone sax
Dave O’Brien – drums
The original Lloyd Alexander Blues Band has been formed around 1963/1964 in east London by sax player Steve Reeves and guitarist Howard Werth, who had named the outfit after their middle names, “Lloyd” (Reeves) and “Alexander” (Werth).
In late 1966, the pair joined forces with Walthamstow band The Blue Dukes, who’d been formed in the early 1960s and included Crisp, Evans and O’Brien. Singer Billy Cox had joined The Blue Dukes during late 1965 after working with The Jynx Pack.
4 March 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London with She Trinity (Melody Maker)
18 March 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Dynamic Ebonies (Melody Maker)
1 April 1967 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)
21 April 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
24 April 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Lee Hawkins and special guest Jimmy Cliff (Melody Maker)
29 April 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Bobby Johnson & The Atoms (Melody Maker)
6 May 1967 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)
19 May 1967 – Oasis Club, North End Junction, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
29 May 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Lee Hawkins Group and Mike Morgan Sound (Melody Maker)
31 May 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Accent (Melody Maker)
23 June 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
1 July 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Bobby Johnson & The Atoms (Melody Maker)
8 July 1967 – Newmarket Memorial Hall, Newmarket, Suffolk with The Trax and The Survivors (Cambridge News)
28 July 1967 – The Parlour, Oasis Club, North End, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
11 August 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
Around this time, Trevor Williams took over from Bruce Evans. Keith Gemmell, who had previously worked with The Noblemen and The New Faces, took over from the Steve Reeves at the same time. The group then changed name to The Lloyd Alexander Real Estate.
The following gigs are under The Lloyd Alexander Blues Band name though.
6 September 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
16 September 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire with The Courtelles (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)
22 September 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Warren Davis Monday Band (Melody Maker)
24 September 1967 – Nutty Club, Leytonstone, Essex (Melody Maker)
7 October 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Gass and Mr Hip Soul Band (Melody Maker)
21 October 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
22 October 1967 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Joey Young & The Tonicks (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
4 November 1967 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
25 November 1967 – Luton Boys Club, Luton, Bedfordshire with Genesis (Luton band) (Evening Post: Hemel Hempstead)
17 December 1967 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Human Instinct (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
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Billy Cox – lead vocals
