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 Troggs, 1967. Fabulous 208. Image may be subject to copyright
Reg Presley – lead vocals
Chris Britton – guitar
Pete Staples – bass
Ronnie Bond – drums
1964
There is a great article on the early Troggs in the Andover Advertiser, 29 May 1964, page 7
2 June 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
9 June 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
16 June 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser) This may not have happened
20 June 1964 – Guildhall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
23 June 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser) Mentions band’s apology for previous week in advert
30 June 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
3 July 1964 – Guildhall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
7 July 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire with The Classics (who did not appear) (Andover Advertiser)
10 July 1964 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
14 July 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
22 July 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire with The Shamrocks (Andover Advertiser)
28 July 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire with The Classics (Andover Advertiser)
31 July 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
1 August 1964 – Haymarket Lounge, Basingstoke, Hampshire with Mike Patto & The Bluebottles (Hampshire and Berkshire Gazette)
7 August 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
14 August 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
16 August 1964 – Winchester Lido, Winchester, Hampshire with The Daises (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
21 August 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
22 August 1964 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
29 August 1964 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
25 September 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
2 October 1964 – Plaza Ballroom, Newbury, Berkshire with The Falling Leaves and The Juleps (Newbury Weekly News)
3 October 1964 – Tasker’s Sports & Social Club (Andover Advertiser)
13 October 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
17 October 1964 – Ticky Rick and Rang-a-Tang Club, Carnival Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire with Men Friday (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
21 October 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
30 October 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire with The Shamrocks (Andover Advertiser)
6 November 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire with The Shamrocks (Andover Advertiser)
7 November 1964 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks with The Tribe (Bletchley District Gazette)
18 November 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire with The Shamrocks (Andover Advertiser)
28 November 1964 – Andover & District Young Farmers’ Club, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
1 December 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire with The Shamrocks (Andover Advertiser)
11 December 1964 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
24 December 1964 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
28 December 1964 – Galaxy Club, Town Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire with Sonny Boy Williamson and The Muleskinners (Hampshire and Berkshire Gazette)
28 July 1966 – Locarno, Burnley, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
29 July 1966 – Dunoon Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Beat Instrumental)
30 July 1966 – Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Diane Ferraz and Nicky Scott, Simon’s Triangles, Listen, Jerry Day Sect and Ferryboys (Lincolnshire Standard)
31 July 1966 – Princes Theatre, Torquay, Devon (Fabulous 208)
2 August 1966 – Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire (Beat Instrumental)
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3 August 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
4 August 1966 – Astoria, Oldham, Greater Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
5 August 1966 – Oasis, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
6 August 1966 – Royal Lido, Prestatyn, Wales (Beat Instrumental)
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7 August 1966 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Hastings and St Leonards Observer)
8 August 1966 – Locarno, Blackburn, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
11 August 1966 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Beat Instrumental)
12 August 1966 – Galashiels and Selkirk, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)
14 August 1966 – Opera House, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
18 August 1966 – Locarno, Coventry (Beat Instrumental)
19 August 1966 – Princess and Domino Clubs, Greater Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
20 August 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Knight’s Errants (Cambridgeshire Times)
21 August 1966 – Top Rank, Preston, Lancashire (Lancashire Evening Post)
25 August 1966 – Palais, Ashton under Lyne, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
26 August 1966 – Southend Odeon, Southend, Essex with The Walker Brothers, The Creation, The Slade Brothers (from Canada), The Peddlers, The Quotations, The Centremen and Alan Field (Southend Standard)
27 August 1966 – Memorial Hall, Norwich, Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)
28 August 1966 – Winter Gardens, Morecambe, Lancashire with The Walker Brothers (Fabulous 208)
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29 August 1966 – Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire with Billy Fury, The Gamblers, The Peddlers, The Slade Brothers and Alan Field (Portsmouth News)
1 September 1966 – Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire (Beat Instrumental)
2 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Savoy Brown Blues Band (Melody Maker)
3 September 1966 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
5 September 1966 – Pavilion, Bath (Beat Instrumental)
7 September 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Avengers (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)
8 September 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Bristol (Evening Post)
9 September 1966 – Beat Festival, Scunthorpe United Football Ground, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ram Jam Band, The Creation, The Mindbenders and The Fenmen (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
10 September 1966 – Cornish Riviera Lido, St Austell, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)
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12 September 1966 – Silver Blades, Streatham, southwest London (Fabulous 208)
16 September 1966 – Town Hall, Stirling, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
16 September 1966 – Town Hall, Larbert, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
17 September 1966 – City Hall, Perth, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
18 September 1966 – Palais, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
21 September 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Montrose, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
22 September 1966 – Locarno, Glasgow, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
23 September 1966 – Raith Ballroom, Kirkcaldy, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
23 September 1966 – Community Centre, Whitburn, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
24 September 1966 – Olympia Ballroom, East Kilbride, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
1 October 1966 – Granada East Ham, East Ham, east London with The Walker Brothers, Dave Dee and supporting bill (Walthamstow Guardian)
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2 October 1966 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester with The Walker Brothers, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich and The Big All Star Show (Leicester Mercury)
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27 October 1966 – ABC Gloucester, Gloucester with The Walker Brothers, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich and All-star Company (Western Daily Press)
19 November 1966 – Unknown venue, Twickenham, west London (Disc & Music Echo)
1967
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3 February 1967 – Floral Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Cityweek)
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4 February 1967 – The Starlite, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Cityweek)
10 February 1967 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Streatham News)
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18 February 1967 – Birmingham Odeon with Normie Rowe & The Playboys, Sounds Incorporated, David Garrick & The Vision and The Loot (Birmingham Evening Mail)
20 February 1967 – Gloucester ABC, Gloucestershire with Gene Pitney, Sounds Incorporated, David Garrick, Normie Rowe, The Vision, The Loot and Bryan Burdon (Gloucester Citizen/Wiltshire Standard)
26 February 1967 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester with Gene Pitney (Northampton Chronicle)
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5 March 1967 – Odeon Leeds, West Yorkshire with Gene Pitney, Sounds Incorporated, David Garrick, Normie Rowe and The Loot (Yorkshire Evening Post)
7 March 1967 – Adelphi, Slough, Berkshire with Gene Pitney, Sounds Incorporated, David Garrick, Normie Rowe, The Loot, The Vision and Bryan Burdon (Bracknell News)
25 March 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Penny Blacks, The Army and The Zam Band (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
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31 March 1967 – Manor Place, Baths, Woolwich, southeast London with Bobby King & The Sabres and Dave Cash (South East London Mercury)
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7 April 1967 – Romanos, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Cityweek)
8 April 1967 – Milanos, Bangor, Northern Ireland (Cityweek)
24 April 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
27 April 1967 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull, Humberside with The Mandrakes, The Syndicate Five and The Tennesions (Hull Daily Mail)
28 April 1967 – Queen’s Rink, Hartlepool (Disc & Music Echo)
29 April 1967 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire (Hull Daily Mail)
5 May 1967 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions and Ray King Soul Band
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6 May 1967 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail/Express & Star)
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13 May 1967 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Mood Indigo (East Kent Times & Mail)
21 May 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, west London with The State Express (Melody Maker)
27 May 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London (Melody Maker)
16 July 1967 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
9 September 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Magic Lanterns and The Associates (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
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22 September 1967 – Starlite, Belfast, Northern Ireland with The Cousins (Cityweek)
30 September 1967 – Flamingo Ballroom, Redruth, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)
6 October 1967 – Kaleidoscope Discotheque, Saltcoats, Scotland (Kilmarnock Standard)
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13 October 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Dipps (Gloucester Citizen)
18-22 October 1967 – Swedish tour (Melody Maker)
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28 October 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent with The Circuit and The Shades of Black (Kentish Express)
11 November 1967 – Flowerpot Club, Digbeth, West Midlands with support (Birmingham Evening Mail/Coventry Evening Telegraph)
13 November 1967 – Top Rank, Cardiff, Wales (Disc & Music Echo)
18 November 1967 – Leyton Baths, Leyton, east London (Disc & Music Echo)
25 November 1967 – Imperial, Nelson, Lancashire with The Change Places Big Roll Band and The Kudos (Burnley Express & Burnley News)
26 November 1967 – Belle Vue, Manchester (Disc & Music Echo)
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8 December 1967 – Ballerina, Nairn, Scotland with The Throb (Forres, Elgin & Nairn Gazette)
22 December 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Bonnyrigg, Scotland with The Power Set, Boy Friends and Reflection (Fabulous 208/South Midlothian Advertiser)
23 December 1967 – Penthouse, Birmingham with Robert Plant & The Band of Joy (Birmingham Evening Mail)
1968
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19 January 1968 – Birmingham University Students’ Union, Edgbaston, West Midlands with Clouds (Birmingham Evening Mail)
20 January 1968 – Glen Ballroom, Llanelli, south Wales (South Wales Evening Post)
27 January 1968 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Jaytree Organisation (Crewe Chronicle)
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10 February 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Mike Stuart Span (East Kent Times)
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24 February 1968 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent with The Circuit and The Supernatural (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)
22 March 1968 – Drill Hall, Dumfries, Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway Standard)
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23 March 1968 – Kinema Ballroom, Stranraer, Scotland (Wigtownshire Free Press & Galloway Advertiser) The Troggs cancelled due to illness and Wayne Fontana & The Opposition replaced them
24 March 1968 – Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
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20 May 1968 – Belfry, Wishaw, near Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands with Sight & Sound (Birmingham Evening Mail)
21 May 1968 – Kingfisher Country Club, Kingswinford, West Midlands (Express & Star)
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24 May 1968 – Starlite, Belfast, Northern Ireland (City Week)
24 May 1968 – Pop ‘N Folk Festival, Chambers Park Grounds, Portadown, Northern Ireland with College Boys, Emmet Spiceland and Danny Doyle (City Week)
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28 June 1968 – Kinema Ballroom, Stranraer, Scotland with The Kleen Machine (Wigtownshire Free Press & Galloway Advertiser)
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29 June 1968 – Auchinleck Community Association, Auchinleck, Scotland with The Merry Macs and System Go (Kilmarnock Standard)
5 July 1968 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex with Unit 4 Plus 2 (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
9 September 1968 – Sloopy’s Club, Aurora Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham Evening Post)
2 November 1968 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with Apricot Brandi (Essex County Standard)
16 November 1968 – Plaza, Old Hill, West Midlands (Express & Star)
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23 November 1968 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington, North Yorkshire with The Coastal Erosion and The Sweet Sugar (Scarborough Evening News)
30 November 1968 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Shoo String Band and Georgia Wood Convention (Essex County Standard)
1969
1 March 1969 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with The Doughnut Ring (Southend Standard)
3 March 1969 – Royal Lido Ballroom, Prestatyn, Wales with Systems Five (website: www.45worlds.com/live)
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8 March 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Chris McClure Section (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)
Tony Murray from Plastic Penny took over bass in late 1969
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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Barry Hubband – organ/lead vocals
Paul Hodson – guitar
Mick O’Brien – bass
Rod Mealeston – baritone sax
Pete Newman – tenor sax
John Halsey – drums
1965
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6 March 1965 – Carousel Club, Farnborough, Hampshire (Camberley News)
30 March 1965 – Herts & Essex Beat Contest Grand Finals, Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Concords, Gene & The Cossacks, The Guyatones, The Hideaways and Kit & The Saracens (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
13 April 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
8 May 1965 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Shevelles (Maidstone Gazette/Kent Messenger)
14 May 1965 – Marconi Basildon Locarno, Basildon, Essex with The Soul Agents and The Animals (Poster)
15 May 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Merseybeats (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
8 July 1965 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Melody Maker)
18 July 1965 – Rocky Rivers Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Bedfordshire Times)
26 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Rick ‘N’ Beckers (Melody Maker)
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20 August 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with Yes ‘N’ No (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Hastings and St Leonards Observer)
21 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Warriors (Melody Maker)
3 September 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
9 October 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
22 October 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Zoot Money & His Big Roll Band (Melody Maker)
29 October 1966 – Arnold and Carlton College, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
30 October 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
11 November 1966 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
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26 November 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Good Time Band and The Ensemble (Melody Maker)
3 December 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with Bobby Hebb (Nottingham Evening Post)
1967
7 January 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
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8 January 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker)
20 January 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
20 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Sonny Childe & The TNT (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
28 January 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Switch (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
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1 February 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
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25 February 1967 – Rub-a-Dub, Reading, Berkshire (Bracknell News)
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4 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with The Fenmen (Melody Maker)
10 March 1967 – Clouds, Derby with Peppers Machine (Derby Evening Telegraph)
11 March 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
12 March 1967 – George Inn, Wilby, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
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16 March 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Majority (Melody Maker)
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17 March 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
18 March 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
26 March 1967 – Cavalier, Golders Green, north London (Melody Maker)
31 March 1967 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, north London with Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, Arthur Conley, The Mar-Keys and Booker T & The MGs (Record Mirror)
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.
Originally known as Red White’s Blues, the musicians changed name to The New Jump Band around September 1965. Based in Walthamstow, London, the line-up comprised:
Laurie (Lawrence) Beazley – lead vocals/harmonica
Steve Sayer – guitar
Bob Hodges – Hammond organ
Bob (Robert) Barker – bass
George Mugele – tenor saxophone (had joined on 5 June 1965)
Mike Scoble – alto saxophone (had joined on 24 September 1965)
Tony (Anthony) McVey – drums
1965
1 October 1965 – Wellington Avenue Youth Club, Chingford, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
2 October 1965 – Memorial Hall, Woodford, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)
8 October 1965 – William Elliott Whittingham Youth Club, Walthamstow, north London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
23 October 1965 – Memorial Hall, Woodford, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)
24 October 1965 – London Cavern Club, Holland Park, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
2 November 1965 – London Cavern Club, Holland Park, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
4 November 1965 – Society Hall, Cordelia Road, Stanwell, northwest London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
5 November 1965 – London School of Economics student dance, central London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
28 May 1966 – Cadillac Club, the Aquarium, Brighton, West Sussex (Bob Hodges’ diary)
29 May 1966 – Leofric Hotel, Coventry, West Midlands (Bob Hodges’ diary)
30 May 1966 – Garden of Eden Club, Wheatley Bridge Hotel, Wheatley, Oxfordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)
30 May 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Meantimers and Rey Anton & The Proform (Melody Maker)
The band at El Partido
4 June 1966 – Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (Bob Hodges’ diary)
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11 June 1966 – Zambesi Club, Hounslow, west London with The Yardbirds and The Ravens (Bob Hodges’ diary/Melody Maker)
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During the summer Steve Sayer and Bob Barker both departed. Geoff Pearce took over guitar and John Cushen assumed bass duties. Bob Hodges remembers that Mike Scoble also left in the summer months. He was replaced by Geoff Condon.
16 July 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with support (Evening Sentinel)
23 July 1966 – Taggs Island Ballroom, Hampton Court, Middlesex (Bob Hodges’ diary)
During September Trevor Hubbert took over guitar from Geoff Pearce. The New Jump Band also lost their drummer Tony McVey who was going to study percussion at the Royal Academy of Music. He was initially replaced by Mr W Porter, who was quickly succeeded by John Herridge via a MM advert.
The new line-up comprised:
Laurie (Lawrence) Beazley – lead vocals/harmonica
Trevor Hubbert – guitar
Bob Hodges – Hammond organ
John Cushen – bass
George Mugele – tenor saxophone
Geoff Condon – alto saxophone
John Herridge – drums
10 September 1966 – Star Hotel, Croydon, south London (Bob Hodges’ diary) New line-up debuted
9 September 1967 – Locarno, Swindon, Wiltshire with The Measles (Swindon Evening Advertiser)
23 September 1967 – London Hotel, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard)
7 October 1967 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks with Show of Hands (Bucks Free Press)
28 October 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire with The Gods (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)
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17 November 1967 – Silver Blades, Streatham, southwest London (Sutton & Cheam Advertiser)
25 November 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
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26 November 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Art Movement, The Apex, Tuesday’s Children and The Trap (Melody Maker)
29 November 1967 – Six-In-One Club, Tonbridge, Kent (Kent & Essex Courier)
10 December 1967 – Final of £1,000 beat competition, Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London with The Syrian Blues, Johnny & The Rivals, The Art Movement and The Gods
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 Zombies, late 1965, Fabulous 208. Clockwise from bottom left: Hugh Grundy, Rod Argent, Paul Atkinson, Colin Blunstone and Chris White. Image may be subject to copyright
Colin Blunstone – lead vocals
Rod Argent – keyboards/vocals
Paul Atkinson – lead guitar
Chris White – bass/vocals
Hugh Grundy – drums
1964
3 January 1964 – Faulkner Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
24 January 1964 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
25 January 1964 – Ballito, St Albans, Herts with The Niteshades and The Planets (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
1 February 1964 – Ballito, St Albans, Herts with Cadillac & The Playboys and The Whispers (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
15 February 1964 – Sphere Social Club, St Albans, Herts with The Nitehawks Dance Orchestra (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
21 February 1964 – Faulkner Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
28 February 1964 – 03 Beat Club, Ovaltine Ballroom, King’s Langley, Hertfordshire with Johnny & The Gliders (Berkhamsted Gazette)
29 February 1964 – Coronation Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The Cheynes (Surrey Comet)
26 March 1964 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
17 April 1964 – Faulkner Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
21 April 1964 – New Greens Youth Club, St Albans, Herts with The Didds (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
17 May 1964 – Ballito, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
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24 May 1964 – Watford Town Hall, Watford, Herts with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, Diane & The Londoners, The Shifters, The League of Gentlemen and The Ancient Britons (Harrow Weekly Post/Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
29 May 1964 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts with The Stormbreakers (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
30 May 1964 – Ballito, St Albans, Herts with Shane & The Shane Gang (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
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5 June 1964 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts with The Beachcombers (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
26 June 1964 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
3 July 1964 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
There’s a great article in the Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser in its 17 July 1964 issue page 2
2 August 1964 – Willows, London Colney, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
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2 September 1964 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with The Hangmen (Hertfordshire Express)
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4 September 1964 – Hillside Ballroom, Hereford (Gloucester Citizen)
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5 September 1964 – Whitehall, East Grinstead, West Sussex with The Orbits (Evening Argus)
9 September 1964 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
13 September 1964 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
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2 October 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Escorts and James King & The Farinas (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
3 October 1964 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Bruntones (Lynn News)
5 October 1964 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Western Scene)
6 October 1964 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
7 October 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
21 October 1964 – Colchester Odeon, Colchester, Essex with The Searchers, Dionne Warwick and The Isley Brothers (Essex Chronicle)
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22 October 1964 – Luton Odeon, Luton, Bedfordshire with The Searchers, Dionne Warwick and The Isley Brothers (Luton News)
28 October 1964 – Gloucester ABC, Gloucester with The Searchers, Dione Warwick, The Isley Brothers, Alan Elsdon & His Band, Tony Sheverton and Syd & Eddie (Gloucester Citizen)
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3 November 1964 – ABC Regal Cambridge, Cambridge with The Searchers, Dionne Warwick, The Isley Brothers, Tony Sheverton, Syd & Eddie and Alan Elsdon & His Band (Cambridge News)
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15 November 1964 – Theatre Royal, Norwich, Norfolk with The Searchers, Dionne Warwick and The Isley Brothers (Eastern Evening News)
18 November 1964 – Fairfield Hall, Croydon, London with The Searchers, Dionne Warwick, The Isley Brothers, Alan Elsdon & The Voodoos, Tony Sheverton and Syd and Eddie (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
21 November 1964 – Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne with Dionne Warwick, The Searchers and The Isley Brothers (Newcastle Evening Echo)
18 December 1964 – Maple Ballroom, Northampton, Northamptonshire with The Berkeley Squares (Northampton Chronicle and Echo)
23 January 1965 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Dolphins (East Kent Times & Mail)
6 February 1965 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Johnny B Great & The Quotations and Mal Ryder & The Spirits (Lincolnshire Standard)
24 February 1965 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
25 February 1965 – Pier Pavilion, Worthing, West Sussex (Worthing Herald)
28 February 1965 – The Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex with The Shades (Evening Argus/Mid Sussex Times)
1 March 1965 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Western Scene)
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2 April 1965 – Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham with The Searchers, Dusty Springfield & The Echoes, Tony Jackson & The Vibrations and Heinz with The Wild Boys (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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4 April 1965 – Colston Hall, Bristol with The Searchers, Bobby Vee, Dusty Springfield & The Echoes, Heinz & The Wild Boys and Tony Jackson & The Vibrations (Gloucester Citizen)
6 April 1965 – St Joseph’s Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire with Men Friday (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
8 April 1965 – Salisbury City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire with Dusty Springfield and The Echoes, The Searchers, Bobby Vee and others (Frogg Moody and Richard Nash’s book Hold Tight!)
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15 April 1965 – Carlton Ballroom, Erdington, West Midlands with The Couriers (Birmingham Evening Mail)
15 April 1965 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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19 April 1965 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Gloucestershire with The Solents (Gloucester Citizen)
8 May 1965 – Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Texas with Dee Dee Sharp, Jewel Akins and The Shangri-Las (San Antonio Express) Thanks to Andrew Crews for sharing
1 September 1965 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
2 September 1965 – Manor Lounge, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Stockport County Express)
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18 September 1965 – Whitehall, East Grinstead, West Sussex with The Mojos, Eden Kane, Group Survival and The Hounds (Sussex Evening Express)
25 September 1965 – Gig in Bridlington (Beat Instrumental)
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26 September 1965 – Sunshine Floor, Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk (North Norfolk News)
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Late September 1965 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester with PJ Proby, The Sorrows, Elkie Brooks, The Boz People, The Matadors and Bobby Pattinson (Leicester Mercury)
1 October 1965 – Gig in King’s Lynn, Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)
2 October 1965 – Fly to the US for an American tour (Beat Instrumental)
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16 October 1965 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire with The Trendmen (Evening Tribune)
20 October 1965 – Gig in Stourbridge (Beat Instrumental)
23 October 1965 – Gig in Redhill, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)
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28 October 1965 – Pier Pavilion, Worthing, West Sussex (Worthing Gazette)
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11 November 1965 – Glen Ballroom, Llanelly, south Wales with Tom Jones & The Squires and The Eyes of Blue (South Wales Evening Post)
20 November 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Micky Jupp and The Orioles (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
9 December 1965 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with Garry Marcus & The Centurians (Kent Messenger)
19 December 1965 – Warrington Sunday Club, Warrington, Cheshire with The Klubs (Warrington Guardian)
2 July 1966 – Birmingham University, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
7 July 1966 – Locarno, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
7 July 1966 – Byron, Greenford, west London with 10 Boots (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
8 July 1966 – Southampton University, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
9 July 1966 – Fort Gardens, Gravesend, Kent (Fabulous 208)
14 July 1966 – Byron, Greenford, west London with Someone Else (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
20 July 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)
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21 July 1966 – Princess Pavilion, Falmouth, Cornwall with The Misfits (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)
22 July 1966 – Winter Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)
23 July 1966 – Budleigh Beat Centre, Budleigh, Devon with The New Law & Focus (Express & Echo)
24 July 1966 – Bridge Hotel, Looe, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)
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6 August 1966 – Leas Cliff Hotel, Folkestone, Kent (Fabulous 208)
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13 August 1966 – Luton Boys Club, Luton, Bedfordshire (Luton News)
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17 August 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with Endevers Ltd (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)
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19 August 1966 – The 7 Club, Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, Shropshire (Express & Star)
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20 August 1966 – Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage, Berkshire with John Brown’s Bodies (needs source)
15 October 1966 – Faculty of Technology, Manchester with Bread (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
3 November 1966 – RAF Kenley, Kenley, Surrey (Fabulous 208)
29 November 1966 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
2 December 1966 – Oxford University, Oxford (Fabulous 208)
3 December 1966 – Technical College, Bangor, Wales (Fabulous 208)
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7 December 1966 – Stonehouse Church Hall, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)
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9 December 1966 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Insect (Gloucester Citizen)
14 December 1966 – Student Union, RCAT, Manchester with Unit 4 Plus 2 and The Crestas (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
16 December 1966 – Civic Hall, Consett, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
17 December 1966 – New Century Hall, Manchester with The Signs and The Times (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
19 December 1966 – Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
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23 December 1966 – Lewes Town Hall, Lewes, East Sussex with Hedgehoppers Anonymous and The Teen Team (Sussex Evening Express)
31 December 1966 – Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham with The Searchers, Locomotive and Longstack Humphries (Birmingham Evening Mail)
1967
7 January 1967 – Leicester College, Leicester, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)
8 January 1967 – Brandon Wheatsheaf, Brandon, Norfolk with The Bohemians (North Norfolk News/Thetford Times)
27 January 1967 – Civic and Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band, The ‘N’ Betweens, The Savoy Jazz band and Ken Ingram’s Jazz band (Express & Star)
3 February 1967 – Southlands College, Wimbledon Common, Wimbledon, southwest London (Fabulous 208)
9 February 1967 – Pembroke Club, Chatham, Kent (Fabulous 208)
17 February 1967 – Queen’s Rink, West Hartlepool, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
18 February 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
March 1967 – Araneta Coliseum, Manila, Philippines (Melody Maker)
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10 March 1967 – Queen’s College, Oxford with The Move (Cherwell)
25 March 1967 – Elm Hotel, Southend, Essex with Sounds Around (Southend Standard) Needs confirmation
19 April 1967 – Students’ Union, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
21 April 1967 – Victoria Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
22 April 1967 – Carioca Club, Auchinleck, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
12 May 1967 – Northampton Hall, Northampton, Northamptonshire (Fabulous 208)
26 May 1967 – Avon Club, Whitehaven, Cumbria (Fabulous 208)
27 May 1967 – Lincoln College, Oxford (Fabulous 208)
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10 June 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Jaguars (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
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 Downliners Sect, August 1965 in Fabulous 208. Clockwise from left: Don Craine, Keith Grant, Johnny Sutton, Terry Gibson and (centre) Pip Harvey. Photo may be subject to copyright
Formed from the ashes of The Downliners, whose original members included Don Craine (real name: Mick O’Donnell), the original line-up below is from July 1963.
17 April 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
18 April 1964 – Trinity Jazz Club, Wandsworth, south London (evening) (Don Craine’s diary)
18 April 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (All Nighter) (Don Craine’s diary)
19 April 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
22 April 1964 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, Middlesex (see website above)
24 April 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
25 April 1964 – South Eastern Technical College, Dagenham, Essex (evening) (Don Craine’s diary)
25 April 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London with Them (All Nighter) (Melody Maker/Don Craine’s diary) Them was a West London group who changed name to Themselves when Van Morrison’s group arrived in London
26 April 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
28 April 1964 – Britannia Hotel, Barking, Essex (Don Craine’s diary)
29 April 1964 – Disc A Go Go, Bournemouth, Dorset (Don Craine’s diary)
Around this point, Ray Sone joined on harmonica
1 May 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
2 May 1964 – Trinity Jazz Club, Wandsworth, south London (Don Craine’s diary)
3 May 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Don Craine’s diary)
5 May 1964 – Concorde, Southampton, Hampshire (Don Craine’s diary)
13 May 1964 – Northampton College, London (Don Craine’s diary)
17 May 1964 – Savoy Ballroom, Catford, southeast London (Don Craine’s diary)
19 May 1964 – Concorde, Southampton, Hampshire (Don Craine’s diary)
22 May 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
23 May 1964 – Club Noreik, Tottenham, north London (Don Craine’s diary)
24 May 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (afternoon) (Don Craine’s diary)
24 May 1964 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (evening) (Don Craine’s diary)
27 May 1964 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, Middlesex (see website above)
29 May 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
31 May 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Don Craine’s diary)
2 June 1964 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
3 June 1964 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, Middlesex (see website above)
5 June 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
24 June 1964 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, Middlesex (see website above)
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25 June 1964 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, east London (Don Craine’s diary) Ilford Recorder has this as the Kavern Club in the Lotus Ballroom
26 June 1964 – Alexandra Palace, north London with The Rolling Stones, Millie & The Five Embers, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, The Barron Knights, Jimmy Powell & The Five Dimensions, Tony Colton & The Crawdaddies, Alexis Korner and others (Clapham Advertiser/Don Craine’s diary)
27 June 1964 – Trinity Jazz Club, Wandsworth, south London (Don Craine’s diary)
28 June 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
29 June 1964 – King Edward Hall, Windsor, Berkshire (Don Craine’s diary)
14 August 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, centralLondon (Don Craine’s diary)
15 August 1964 – Bure Country Club, Bure, Dorset (Don Craine’s diary)
16 August 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary) Beat Monthly also lists the band playing at the Blue Moon in Hayes on the same night but which was first?
21 August 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
1 September 1964 – Dancing Party radio show, EMI, London (Don Craine’s diary)
3 September 1964 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, east London (Don Craine’s diary)
4 September 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Monthly) This is missing from Don Craine’s dates
5 September 1964 – Rendezvous Club, Portsmouth, Hants (Don Craine’s diary) Beat Monthly has the band playing on the Attic in Hounslow on this date
6 September 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
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10 September 1964 – Ipswich Corn Exchange, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)
11 September 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
12 September 1964 – Goldhawk Social Club, Shepherd’s Bush, west London (Don Craine’s diary)
13 September 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
Photo from Richard Goddard
17 September 1964 – Gloucester Town Hall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire with The Primitives and The Bee Jays (courtesy of Richard Goddard) Missing from Don Craine’s gig list
18 September 1964 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London (Don Craine’s diary)
25 September 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
26 September 1964 – Attic, Hounslow, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental) This is missing from Don Craine’s diary
27 September 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
30 September 1964 – St Albans Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Don Craine’s diary)
1 October 1964 – Trowbridge Town Hall, Trowbridge, Wiltshire (Don Craine’s diary)
2 October 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
3 October 1964 – Nottingham University, Nottingham (Don Craine’s diary)
4 October 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
6 October 1964 – The Church Elms, Dagenham, Essex (Don Craine’s diary)
7 October 1964 – The Jazz Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Don Craine’s diary)
9 October 1964 – Co-op Hall, Peckham, south London (Don Craine’s diary)
10 October 1964 – Rendezvous Club, Portsmouth, Hants with The Challengers (Don Craine’s diary/Portsmouth News)
11 October 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
13 October 1964 – Red Lion, Leytonstone, east London (Don Craine’s diary)
16 October 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
17 October 1964 – Lainsbury Hall, Stanford, Norfolk (Don Craine’s diary) Beat Instrumental has a gig in Grantham on this date
18 October 1964 – St Michaels Hall, Camden Town, north London (Don Craine’s diary) Beat Instrumental has a gig at Studio 51 on this date and another in Putney
18 November 1964 – Unknown venue in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (Don Craine’s diary)
19 November 1964 – Granada, Aylesbury, Bucks with Manfred Mann, The Soul Sisters, The Spencer Davis Group, Wayne (Kelly) Gibson and The Dynamic Sounds, Bern Elliott & His Klan, The Mark Leeman Five, Blues by Five and Dave Kaffey (Don Craine’s diary/Bucks Advertiser)
20 November 1964 – ABC Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire (Don Craine’s diary)
13 December 1964 – Civic Hall, Crawley, West Sussex (Don Craine’s diary) Beat Instrumental has a gig at Studio 51 later this evening as well
18 December 1964 – Bromley Technicl College, Bromley, Kent (Don Craine’s diary) Beat Instrumental has a gig at Studio 51 instead on this date
19 December 1964 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/) Beat Instrumental has a gig in Bishop’s Stortford instead on this date
20 December 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
21 December 1964 – Eltham Baths, Eltham, Kent (Don Craine’s diary)
24 December 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental) This is missing from Don Craine’s diary
27 December 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
28 December 1964 – Mojo Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Don Craine’s diary)
30 December 1964 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Don Craine’s diary)
31 December 1964 – George Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Don Craine’s diary)
1965
1 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
3 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental) According to the magazine, the band also played at Boreham Wood today, which was probably the Long John Club.
8 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
9 January 1965 – Market Hall, Redhill, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)
10 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
15 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
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16 January 1965 – Coronation Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The MI4 (Kingston & Malden Borough News)
17 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
22 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
23 January 1965 – Rendezvous Club, Portsmouth, Hants (Beat Instrumental)
24 January 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Melody Maker)
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24 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
25 January 1965 – Crown Hotel, Morden, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)
26 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
30 January 1965 – Gig in Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)
27 February 1965 – Rendezvous Club, Portsmouth, Hants (Beat Instrumental)
27 February 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
2 March 1965 – Civic Hall, Grays (Beat Instrumental)
5 March 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
6 March 1965 – Ritz Dance and Social Hall, King’s Heath, West Midlands (Poster)
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6 March 1965 – Brum Kavern Club, Small Heath, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
7 March 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
8 March 1965 – Bluesville, Manor House Ballroom, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)
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11 March 1965 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas (Western Gazette)
14 March 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental) According to the magazine, the band also played at Boreham Wood today, which was probably the Long John Club.
19 March 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
21 March 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
26 March 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
27 March 1965 – Gig in Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
28 March 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Melody Maker)
28 March 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
1 April 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Wood Green & Southgate Weekly Herald)
2 April 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
3 April 1965 – Gig in Chelmsford, Essex (Beat Instrumental)
4 April 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental) According to Beat Instrumental, the band played in Boreham Wood earlier, which was probably the Long John Club
5 April 1965 – Bluesville, Manor House Ballroom, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)
2 May 1965 – Upper Park, Darlington (Beat Instrumental)
3 May 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Dorothy Bullock list) This is the most likely year. However Beat Instrumental has The Manor in Ipswich, Suffolk on this date
6 May 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Wood Green & Southgate Weekly Herald/Walthamstow Guardian)
7 May 1965 – Manor House, Harringay, north London (Beat Instrumental)
8 May 1965 – 234 Club, Grays (Beat Instrumental)
9 May 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
10 May 1965 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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11 May 1965 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with The Honeycombs and The Codiaks (Western Gazette)
14 May 1965 – Oasis, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
15 May 1965 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle) Beat Instrumental notes they play at the Club Noreik in Tottenham, north London afterwards
16 May 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
16 May 1965 – Black Prince, Bexley, southeast London (Beat Instrumental)
17 May 1965 – Adelphi, West Bromwich, West Midlands (Beat Instrumental)
22 May 1965 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks with Crow (Bucks Free Press)
25 May 1965 – McKilroys, Swindon, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)
27 May 1965 – Pavilion, Southsea, Hants (Beat Instrumental)
28 May 1965 – Casino, Walsall, West Midlands (Beat Instrumental)
29 May 1965 – College of Arts, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)
30 May 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
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3 June 1965 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Herts with The Stalkers (Herts Express)
4 June 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with Boston Dexters (Melody Maker)
18 June 1965 – The Avenue R&B Club, Green Pond Road, east London (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian)
19 June 1965 – 234 Club, Grays (Beat Instrumental)
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19 June 1965 – Jazz & Blues Festival, Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London with The Dutch Swing College, Solomon Burke, Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band, Unit 4 Plus 2, The Spencer Davis Group, The Loose Ends, Alan Elsdon’s Jazzband, Brian Green New-O-Stompers and The Epitaph Soul Band (Bexley Heath & Welling Observer and Kentish Times)
21 June 1965 – Manor House, Ipswich, Suffolk (Beat Instrumental)
24 June 1965 – Gig in Salisbury, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)
27 October 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)
29 October 1965 – Red Cross Hall, Sutton, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)
30 October 1965 – Nottingham University, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)
1 November 1965 – Gig in Bridgwater, Somerset (Beat Instrumental)
5 November 1965 – Gig in Trowbridge, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)
7 November 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Beat Instrumental)
13 November 1965 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)
14 November 1965 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
18 November 1965 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with Bob Kidman & Dorothy Orchestra, Fernando’s Hideaways, Roy Black & The Senators and The Xabec Four (Cambridge News)
20 November 1965 – Gig in Waltham (Beat Instrumental)
24 November 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Five Proud Walkers (Melody Maker)
27 November 1965 – Chelsea College, Chelsea, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)
1 December 1965 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
4 December 1965 – Gig in Watford, Herts (Beat Instrumental)
9 December 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Wood Green & Southgate Weekly Herald)
10 December 1965 – Town Hall, Colchester, Essex (Beat Instrumental)
11 December 1965 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Beat Instrumental)
16 December 1965 – Gig in Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex with The Birds (Ron Wood’s 1965 diary)
16 December 1965 – Delaware Pavilion, Boxhill, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)
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31 December 1965 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Evening Tribune)
1966
4 January 1966 – Bristol Chinese R&B Club, Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
11 February 1966 – Chislehurst Caves, Chislehurst, London (South East London Mercury) Opened the venue
9 July 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham with Deep Feeling and Andy Ferris (Birmingham Evening Mail)
10 July 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (South East London Mercury)
13 July 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with En-Devers Ltd (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)
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17 July 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
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22 July 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Kimbells, Southsea, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
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25 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Excels (Melody Maker)
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30 July 1966 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with The Modest, The Sixth Sense and The Solitaires (Torquay Times & South Devon Advertiser/Herald Express)
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5 August 1966 – Civic and Wulfrun Halls, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with MI Five, Blues Ensemble, Tony Barry & The Sounds of Three, Gerry Byrnes & The Invaders and The N’ Betweens (Express & Star)
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6 August 1966 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent with support (Kentish Express)
14 August 1966 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (Melody Maker)
28 August 1966 – Casino Ballroom, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
Around early September, future Procol Harum keyboard player Matthew Fisher joined the band for about six weeks.
16 September 1966 – Dancing Slipper, Nottingham with Our Young (Nottingham Evening Post)
31 September 1966 – Stoke Hole, Stoke Hotel, Guildford, Surrey with The Primevals (Surrey Advertiser)
5 October 1966 – Flamingo, Soho, central London with Timebox (Melody Maker)
Fisher departed mid-October to join Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers just in time for a major tour with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones and others, which started on 15 October. He then joined Screaming Lord Sutch & The Roman Empire in December 1966.
26 October 1966 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Hertfordshire with Saracens (see website above)
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29 October 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Hastings and St Leonards Observer)
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9 November 1966 – Gravesend R&B Club, Clarendon Royal Hotel, Gravesend, Kent (PACE magazine) Billed as New Downliners Sect
20 November 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
20 November 1966 – Black Prince, Bexley, southeast London (Fabulous 208/Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies)
Around this time Johnny Sutton and Terry Gibson left. Don Craine and Keith Grant relaunched the band with guitarist Bob Taylor from The Soul System, plus organist Barry Cooper and drummer Kevin Flanagan
9 December 1966 – Police Ballroom, Coventry, West Midlands with The Matadors (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
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13 December 1966 – Walton Hop, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald)
17 December 1966 – Willesden College of Technology, Willesden, London with The Bo Street Runners and The Torque (Poster)
30 December 1966 – Tiger’s Head, Downham, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
31 December 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinkley, Leicestershire with The Renegades and The Shellies (Leicester Mercury)
1967
The Port Talbot Guardian‘s 27 January issue has a photo of the new line up and notes that they will play at the Empire in Neath and Swansea Jazz Club the next week
19 February 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Don Craine’s New Downliners Sect
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25 February 1967 – Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with The Good Thing (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
27 March 1967 – White Buck Inn, Burley, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo) Billed as The New Downliners Sect
15 April 1967 – The Thing-a-me-jig Club, Reading, Berkshire (Reading Evening Post)
9 June 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Nashville Teens (Melody Maker)
24 June 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede and The Ebonys (Melody Maker)
8 July 1967 – Hoffman Ballroom, Chelmsford, Essex with Lee Scott & The Roulettes (Essex Chronicle)
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22 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Survivors and The Klubs (Melody Maker)
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2 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Billed as Downliners Sect Show) (Melody Maker)
9 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Billed as Downliners Sect Show) (Melody Maker)
16 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Billed as Downliners Sect Show) (Melody Maker)
2 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Magic Lanterns, Change Place and The Big Roll Band (Melody Maker)
9 March 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (East Kent Times)
10 March 1968 – Rendezvous Club, Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)
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15 March 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
20 April 1968 – Harlem Highway, Victoria Ballroom, Chesterfield, Derbyshire with Gemini Zent (Derbyshire Times)
Shortly after this gig, the band split for a few months. Around July, Keith Grant reformed the band bringing back Johnny Sutton on drums and retaining guitarist Bob Taylor. The final member was keyboard player Nathaniel Dumaine.
26 July 1968 – Parlour, Portsmouth, Hants (Portsmouth Evening News) Billed as Glass Cartoon
The Hounslow Post, 13 September 1968, page 14 has a story on the new line up and mentions a single in the pipeline
5 October 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Sams Brothers Band (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)
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25 October 1968 – Centre 185, Egham, Surrey (Staines & Egham News)
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2 November 1968 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with Justin’s Timepiece (Somerset County Gazette/Western Gazette)
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9 November 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Salisbury Journal/Western Gazette)
15 November 1968 – Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, north London with The Pretty Things (Melody Maker)
1 December 1968 – Kingston Hotel, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London (Kingston & Malden Borough News)
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13 December 1968 – Ealing Tech College, Ealing, west London with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound and Free (Melody Maker)
By the end of 1968, Keith Grant had left and was replaced by bass player Paul Martinez.
Johnny Sutton, Bob Taylor, Paul Martinez and Nat Dumaine (real name Martin Maynard, Bill Maynard’s son) were recruited by Elmer of Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera to form The Gantry Band. Martinez later joined Elmer in the formation of Stretch and played on the track “Why Did You Do It?”.
Nathaniel Dumaine, who used the stage name as a pseudonym, later changed name to Maynard Williams and became an actor, appearing in the BBC TV series “Truckers” and “Starlight Express” in the West End. He also recorded a lone solo LP for CBS called Ten Songs. Williams also became lead singer in the band Ryder, which represented the UK in the Eurovision song contest in 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.
Thanks to Don Craine for sharing his 1964 diary. Thanks also to Rolf Hannet in Germany for providing some of the Beat Instrumental dates
Here’s an unknown group, the Four Counts, or the Counts Four, possibly from Reading, Pennsylvania. There’s a chance they could have evolved into the Counts who came from Valley View and cut “Last Train” / “I Will Lose My Mind” for the Kingston label in July of 1969, but from the small b&w photo I’ve seen of the Counts I’d say this is unlikely.
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.
Fabulous 208, July 1965, clockwise from top left: Brooker, Derrick, Wilson and Trower. Image may be subject to copyright
Formed in 1959, The Paramounts’ line-up comprised the following by late 1963:
Gary Brooker – keyboards/lead vocals
Robin Trower – lead guitar
Graham ‘Diz’ Derrick – bass
Barry J Wilson – drums
1962
5 May 1962 – Hi-Fi Hop, Walton Playhouse, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald) Replaced Neil Christian & The Crusaders who cancelled
30 November 1963 – Ricky Tick, Reading St John Ambulance Hall, Reading, Berkshire (David Else’s research)
1964
19 January 1964 – Ricky Tick, Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (David Else’s research)
22 January 1964 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with Denny Raven & The Sabres (North Norfolk News)
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The Middlesex Chronicle ran an article and photo (see above) on the band in its 31 January 1964 issue, page 2
21 February 1964 – Palace Dance Hall, Pier Hill, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
18 March 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
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26 March 1964 – Hillside Ballroom, Hereford (Gloucester Citizen)
29 March 1964 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with Danie Boone & The Emeralds (Aldershot News)
30 March 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Puppets and Margo & The Marvelletes (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
4 April 1964 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Johnny & The Starliners (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
6 April 1964 – Weybridge Hall, Weybridge, Surrey (Woking Herald)
9 May 1964 – West Cliff Cavern, Ramsgate, Kent (East Kent Times)
15 May 1964 – Ricky-Tick, Plaza Ballroom, Guildford, Surrey (Aldershot News)
18 May 1964 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Contrasts and The Deepbeats (Essex County Standard)
23 May 1964 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Del Rio Four (East Kent Times)
5 June 1964 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London with Demons and Chantons (Streatham News)
13 June 1964 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks with Jeannie & The Diamonds (Bletchley District Gazette)
14 June 1964 – Plaza Ballroom, Newbury, Berkshire with Ricky & The Gamblers (Newbury Weekly News)
4 July 1964 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Phil & The Stormsville Shakers (Surrey Advertiser)
10 July 1964 – Winchester Lido, Winchester, Hampshire with Kerry Rapid & The Seltones (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
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16 July 1964 – Assembly Hall, Worthing, West Sussex with The Kinks and The Creatures (Worthing Gazette) This Worthing Herald (below pic) lists The Preachers instead of The Creatures
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24 July 1964 – Locarno Ballroom, Basildon, Essex with Manfred Mann and The Monotones (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)
22 August 1964 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent (Kentish Express)
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4 September 1964 – Greenwich Town Hall, Greenwich, London with The Renegades (South East London Mercury)
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6 September 1964 – ABC Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with Freddie & The Dreamers, Barry St John, Tom Jones & The Playboys, The Rustiks and Clifford Davis (Eastern Evening News)
10 September 1964 – Modern Jazz Studio, Westcliffe, Essex (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
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11 September 1964 – Ilford Town Hall, Ilford, east London with The Coronets and The Marvettes (Ilford & Redbridge Recorder)
25 September 1964 – The Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, Middlesex with Alexis Korner’s Blues Inc (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
27 September 1964 – Queen’s Theatre, Blackpool, Lancashire with The Kinks, Marianne Faithful, Jerry Stevens, The Quotations, The Puppets and The Rustiks (Poster from Mick Downer)
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3 October 1964 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge with The Loose Ends (Cambridge News)
10 October 1964 – Hi-Fi Hop, Walton Playhouse, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald) The group replaced The Herd
Around this time B J Wilson left to join Jimmy Powell’s Five Dimensions and Phil Wainman joined beating Mick Underwood to the job. Wainman had recently returned from Sweden where he’d played with British band, The Hi-Grades
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31 October 1964 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk with The Preachers (Eastern Evening News)
7 November 1964 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Bobby Leroy & The Freeman (Cambridgeshire Times)
20 November 1964 – Borough Assembly Hall, Market Square, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Pagans (Bucks Advertiser)
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10 December 1964 – Rocky Rivers Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford with top supporting group (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)
17 December 1964 – Modern Jazz Studio, Westcliffe, Essex (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
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20 December 1964 – Alley Club, Cambridge (Cambridge News)
1965
2 January 1965 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The King Bees (Surrey Advertiser)
14 January 1965 – R&B Studio, Westcliffe, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
21 January 1965 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The King Bees (Surrey Advertiser)
31 January 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with Daniel & The Emeralds (Aldershot News)
According to Ron Wood’s book ‘How Can I Be? A Rock & Roll Diary’, Phil Wainman deputised for Pete McDaniels in The Birds for a gig at London Polytechnic on 6 February 1965
11 February 1965 – R&B Studio, Westcliffe, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
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14 February 1965 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with The Statesmen (North Norfolk News)
27 February 1965 – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset with Adam Faith, Sandie Shaw, The Barron Knights, The Roulettes, Freddie Searle and Patrick Kerr (Dorset Evening Echo)
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3 March 1965 – Granada, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with Adam Faith, Sandie Shaw, The Barron Knights and The Roulettes (Woking Herald)
7 March 1965 – Walthamstow Guardian, Walthamstow, north London with Adam Faith, Sandie Shaw, The Barron Knights, The Roulettes, Patrick Kerr and Freddie Earle (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian)
Around this time B J Wilson returned to the band. Wainman later became a noted producer but spent the mid-late 1960s backing Jimmy Cliff with The New Generation, playing with Hamilton & The Hamilton Movement and then working with The Quotations, supporting Jack Hammer
27 March 1965 – Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire with The Tributes and The Aarons (Warrington Guardian)
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8 April 1965 – Waterfront, Southampton, Hants (Southern Echo)
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11 April 1965 – Tavern Club, Sunshine Floor, East Dereham, Norfolk with The Rocking Roosters (Lynn News)
17 April 1965 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex with The Searchers (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
19 April 1965 – Studio, Westcliffe, Essex (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)
21 April 1965 – Studio, Westcliffe, Essex (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)
22 April 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
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30 April 1965 – Haslemere Hall, Haslemere, Surrey with Chic Henderson (Farnham Herald)
6 May 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
10 May 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London with Poison Ivy (Dorothy Bullock list) This could be another year
14 May 1965 – Cricketers Inn, Westcliff, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)
20 May 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
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21 May 1965 – Beat Room, South Benfleet, Essex (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
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28 May 1965 – Cricketers Inn, Westcliff, Southend, Essex with The Ray Martin Group (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)
29 May 1965 – Princess Ballroom, Halifax, West Yorkshire with The Misfits (Halifax Daily Courier & Guardian)
2 June 1965 – TA Centre, Andover, Hampshire with The Men Friday (Andover Advertiser)
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16 June 1965 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with Bob Kidman & His Orchestra and Barry Noble & The Sapphires (Cambridge News)
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16 July 1965 – Tarpots Public House, Benfleet, Essex (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
23 July 1965 – Tarpots Public House, Benfleet, Essex (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
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20 August 1965 – Cricketers Inn, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)
28 August 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Cortinas (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
4 September 1965 – Cricketers Inn, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)
4 September 1965 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts with The Mob (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
9 September 1965 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon) They backed Sandie Shaw
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24 September 1965 – Locarno Ballroom, Basildon, Essex with The Transalantics and The Pentads (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
27 November 1965 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Sandie Shaw, The Quiet Five and The Basic Five (Lincolnshire Standard)
24 December 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Boyfriend magazine)
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24 December 1965 – Cricketers Inn, Westcliff, Southend, Essex with The Orioles (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)
31 December 1965 – Cricketers Inn, Westcliff, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)
4 April 1966 – Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset (Trend & Boyfriend)
22 April 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
23 April 1966 – Farnborough Technical College Students’ Union, Farnborough, Hampshire with Tony Rivers & The Castaways (Aldershot News)
Photo: John Treais
24 April 1966 – Bluesette Club, Leatherhead, Surrey (Poster from John Treais)
27 April 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
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29 April 1966 – Cricketers Inn, Westcliff, Southend, Essex with The Fugitives (Southend Standard)
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30 April 1966 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with Jeff & The Exiles (Hertfordshire Express)
14 May 1966 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks with The Cherries (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
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14 May 1966 – Starlight Club, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
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21 May 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
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22 May 1966 – Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Sullivan James Band (North Norfolk News)
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30 May 1966 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Quiet Five and Marvin Lois Enterprise (Essex County Standard)
11 June 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Cryin’ Shames, The Dyaks and The Ferryboys (Lincolnshire Standard)
19 June 1966 – Ship & Rainbow, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Soul Seekers (Express & Star)
25 June 1966 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with Bob Kidman & His Band, Wainwright’s Gentlemen, Mood Indigo and The Astrobeats (Cambridge News)
26 June 1966 – Rocky Rivers’ Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)
In late June/early July Robin Trower left to form his own group, The Jam and Martin Shaw joined on guitar from Freddie Mack & The Mack Sound
Saxophone player Jimmy Jewell, who played with Martin Shaw in Freddie Mack’s band joins The Paramounts for a short German tour backing singer Chris Andrews but leaves after it’s completed
30 September 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
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7-8 October 1966 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, central London (London Life)
29 October 1966 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, central London (London Life)
4 November 1966 – University of Warwick, Coventry with Cream (Poster)
The Paramounts split in November 1966 and B J Wilson briefly joined George Bean & The Runners before joining Freddie Mack and The Mack Sound before the year was out. He then worked with Sands before he reunited with Brooker and Trower in Procol Harum in June 1967
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.
Fabulous 208, June 1966. Left to right: Jones, Phillips, Pickett and Garner. Photo may be subject to copyright
Originally The Mark Four, they changed name to The Creation in May 1966 with the following line-up:
Kenny Pickett – lead vocals
Eddie Phillips – lead guitar
Bob Garner – bass/vocals
Jack Jones – drums
1966
20 May 1966 – Links R&B Club, Maxwell Park Youth Centre, Borehamwood, Herts with The Clayton Squares (Simon Gee research)
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18 June 1966 – The Beachcomber, Preston, Lancashire (Lancashire Evening Post)
24 June 1966 – Winter Gardens, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)
25 June 1966 – Marine Ballroom, Lyme Regis, Dorset (Fabulous 208/Bridport News) Billed as Mark Four
30 June 1966 – K D Club, Billingham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
1 July 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Fabulous 208)
8 July 1966 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Fabulous 208)
9 July 1966 – Palace Ballroom, Wolverton, Bucks (Fabulous 208)
12 July 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Action (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
13 July 1966 –Top Rank Ballroom, Cardiff, Wales (Fabulous 208)
15 July 1966 – Peyton Place, Bromley, London (Fabulous 208)
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16 July 1966 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Roosters (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)
17 July 1966 – ABC, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
19 July 1966 – Olympia, Dublin, Ireland (Fabulous 208)
20 July 1966 – The Cavalier, Dublin, Ireland (Fabulous 208)
21 July 1966 – Chelsea College, Chelsea, southwest London (Fabulous 208)
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22 July 1966 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with Mike Starr & The Citizens (Gloucester Citizen)
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23 July 1966 – Town Hall, Watford, Hertfordshire (Fabulous 208)
24 July 1966 – Manor Lounge, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
28 July 1966 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)
29 July 1966 – Coronation Hall, Ramsgate, Kent (Fabulous 208)
30 July 1966 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with The Meantimers (Maidstone Gazette)
31 July 1966 – Conservative Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Fabulous 208)
2 August 1966 – The Cavern, Liverpool (Phil Thompson’s Story of the Cavern book)
3 August 1966 – Blaises, Kensington, west London (Fabulous 208)
5 August 1966 – Co-op Hall, Gravesend, Kent (Fabulous 208)
7 August 1966 – ABC, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
8 August 1966 – Top Rank Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
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15 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Gibson Sound (Melody Maker)
17 August 1966 – Top Rank, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)
20 August 1966 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Endevers Ltd (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
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22 August 1966 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
24 August 1966 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
26 August 1966 – Southend Odeon, Southend, Essex with The Troggs, The Walker Brothers, The Slade Brothers (from Canada), The Peddlers, The Quotations, The Centremen and Alan Field (Southend Standard)
28 August 1966 – Winter Gardens, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
30 August 1966 – Corn Exchange, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
1 September 1966 – Thorngate Ballroom, Gosport, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
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2 September 1966 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn Advertiser)
4 September 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
4 September 1966 – Side Saddle Club, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
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5 September 1966 – Birstall Village Hall, Leicestershire (Leicester Mercury)
9 September 1966 – Beat Festival, Scunthorpe United Football Ground, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ram Jam Band, The Troggs, The Mindbenders and The Fenmen (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
10 September 1966 – Marquee Club, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
11 September 1966 – Khyber Club, Taunton, Somerset with The Avalons (Somerset County Gazette)
15 September 1966 – Birdcage, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
16 September 1966 – Winter Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)
17-18 September 1966 – Flamingo Club, Redruth, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)
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17 September 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Reaction (West Briton & The Royal Cornwall Gazette)
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19 September 1966 – Disc Club, Colchester, Essex (Fabulous 208)
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23 September 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, London (South East London Mercury)
24 September 1966 – Teenbeat Rock Klub, Market Hall, Redhill, Surrey (Surrey Mirror)
1 October 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
15 October 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)
18 October 1966 – The Cavern, Liverpool (Phil Thompson’s Story of the Cavern book)
26 October 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with A Wild Uncertainty (Melody Maker)
28 October 1966 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
28 October 1966 – Harvest Moon, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
29 October 1966 – Community Centre, Gosport, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
30 October 1966 – Youth Centre, Hoddesdon, Herts (Fabulous 208)
6 November 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, London (Melody Maker)
9 November 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Thoughts (Melody Maker)
11 November 1966 – Marine Ballroom, Morecambe, Lancashire (Disc & Music Echo)
13 November 1966 – Plaza Club, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (Disc & Music Echo)
13 November 1966 – Top Rank Suite, Southampton, Hampshire with David Garrick and Guy Darrell (Fabulous 208) This seems unlikely considering gigs on 13 and 14th November
14 November 1966 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
15 November 1966 – Top Rank, Preston, Lancashire with David Garrick and Guy Darrell (Fabulous 208)
16 November 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Thoughts (Melody Maker)
19 November 1966 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Disc & Music Echo)
20 November 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
21 November 1966 – Jubilee Hall, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire (Disc & Music Echo)
22 November 1966 – Top Rank, Bristol with David Garrick and Guy Darrell (Fabulous 208)
23 November 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Thoughts and Tina and Johnny Glover (Melody Maker)
24 November 1966 – Kidderminster, Worcestershire (Town Hall?) (Disc & Music Echo)
25 November 1966 – Harvest Moon, Guildford, Surrey (Disc & Music Echo)
26 November 1966 – Smethwick Baths, Smethwick, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
27 November 1966 – Belle Vue, New Elizabethan, Greater Manchester with The Cymerons (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
28 November 1966 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford with The Children (Stafford Newsletter)
30 November 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Thoughts (Melody Maker)
3 December 1966 – Co-op Hall, Chesham, Bucks with Denim Blues (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
5-6 December 1966 – Top Rank, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with David Garrick and Guy Darrell (Fabulous 208)
7 December 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Tina and Johnny Glover (Melody Maker)
Late 1966, left to right: Pickett, Garner, Jones and Phillips. Fabulous 208 Magazine. Photo may be subject to copyright
18 December 1966 – Saville Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London with Sounds Incorporated and Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Fabulous 208)
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20 December 1966 – Christmas Rave, Olympia Ballroom, Scarborough with The Mandrakes and The Moonspinners (Scarborough Evening News)
24 December 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
1967
1 January 1967 – Top Rank, Astoria Ballroom, Oldham, Greater Manchester (Oldham Evening Chronicle)
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4 January 1967 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Dekois (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)
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7 January 1967 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, Herbie Goins & The Night Timers, The Artwoods and St Louis Union (Melody Maker)
13-15 January 1967 – Three gigs in West Germany with The Kinks (Disc & Music Echo)
28 January 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Emotions (East Kent Times & Mail)
3-5 February 1967 – Gigs in the Netherlands (Disc & Music Echo)
Around this time Kenny Pickett left. Bob Garner moved to lead vocals and Kim Gardner from The Birds joined on bass
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23 February 1967 – Gloucester Guildhall, Gloucester (Gloucester Citizen)
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24 February 1967 – Roman Rag Ball, Glamorgan College of Technology, Treforest, Wales with Pinkerton’s Colours and Trinidad Tropicana (Glamorgan County Times)
3 March 1967 – 7 Club, Shrewsbury, Shropshire with Six Across (Shropshire Star)
11 March 1967 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with The Daddy Linburg and The Fingers (Southend Standard)
27 March 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)
14 April 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, London with The Syn (Melody Maker)
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20 April 1967 – Embassy Suite, Colchester, Essex with The Reaction (Essex County Standard)
21 April 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)
22 April 1967 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London with The Soft Machine and Sam Gopal Indian Group (Melody Maker)
5 May 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Studio Six (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
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26 May 1967 – The Hotel Metropole, Brighton, Sussex with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, The Herd, The Kult, The Spring Beats and The Beat Girls (Sussex Express)
27 May 1967 – Carlton Ballroom, Erdington, West Midlands with Jimmy Cliff & The Shakedown Sound (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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27 May 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands with The Tommy Burton Combo (Birmingham Evening Mail)
31 May 1967 – Stonehouse Church Hall, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire with The Illusions (Gloucester Citizen)
3 June 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Tykes (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
10 June 1967 – New Yorker Discotheque, Swindon, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)
15 June 1967 – Ritz, Skewen, Wales with The King B’s (Port Talbot Guardian)
23 June 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Stalkers (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
25 June 1967 – Brady Club, Stepney, London (Fabulous 208)
2 July 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
7 July 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Third Eye (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
8 July 1967 – Maidstone Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with The Avalons (Maidstone Gazette)
14 July 1967 – Grove Hall, Market Drayton, West Midlands with Half Dozen and The Paul Perry Set (Shropshire Star)
15 July 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London with The Poor Boys (South East London Mercury)
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4 August 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with John Evan Smash (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
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23 August 1967 – Big Beat Cruise, Solent, South Parade Pier, Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier Head with The Mike Stuart Span (Portsmouth News)
2 September 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London with The Shevelles (Melody Maker)
16 September 1967 – Sheridan Rooms, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire with The Discounts (Huddersfield Daily Examiner)
Eddie Phillips left in early November 1967 to work with PP Arnold & The TNT and Tony Ollard played some European dates with the group but The Creation folded around January 1968 when Bob Garner left and Tony Ollard joined The Warren Davis Monday Band
1968
Due to popular demand, Jack Jones formed a new version of The Creation bringing back original singer Kenny Pickett, bass player Kim Gardner and completing the band with another former Birds member, guitarist Ron Wood, who’d been working with The Jeff Beck Group
6 April 1968 – Flamingo, Redruth, Cornwall with Cousin Jacks (West Briton & The Royal Cornwall Gazette)
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.
Group Survival gig from Guildford, Surrey, April 1966
An obscure British ‘60s band, who may well have hailed from the Surrey area, judging by the gigs below. I’d be interested to hear from anyone who can add more information about the group’s members and history in the comments below
1965:
6 January 1965 – Florida Rooms, Brighton, West Sussex with The Web (Evening Argus)
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.
Sands, 1966
Paul Stewart – lead vocals
Pete Hammerton – lead guitar
Bob Freeman (aka Rob Tolchard) – rhythm guitar
Ian McIntock – bass
Ray Cook – drums
Sands were formed from the remnants of Hampton, Middlesex R&B outfit, The Others around June/July 1965.
They first worked as The Emotions and then The Army before adopting Sands, named after a coffee bar in New Bond Street, around March 1966. Apart from Cook, who had worked in The Tridents with Jeff Beck, the rest had played in The Others.
8 April 1966 – Marquee, London with Gary Farr & The T-Bones (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
15 April 1966 – Links R&B Club, Maxwell Park Youth Centre, Borehamwood, Herts with Alan Price Set (Simon Gee research)
22 April 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Bluesology (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
23 April 1966 – Jigsaw, Manchester with Gary Farr & The T-Bones (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
6 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Emeralds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
13 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
23 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Steampacket (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
27 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
Around early June 1966, the group headed to Hamburg to play the Top Ten Club with Irish showband The Woodpeckers but it was not a positive experience and they cut the residency short after briefly rehearsing with Scottish singer Barry St John.
17 June 1966 – Coronation Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent with Episode Six and Steve & The Corvettes (East Kent Times)
20 June 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Shotgun Express (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
25 June 1966 – Club de Danse, Colchester, Essex (Evening Star, Ipswich)
28 June 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Small Faces (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
1 July 1966 – Cellar Club, Latin Quarter, Leicester with Legay (Leicester debut) (Leicester Mercury)
2 July 1966 – Farnborough Technical College, Farnborough, Hampshire with The Graham Bond Organisation (Aldershot News)
7 July 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
15 July 1966 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn Advertiser)
4 August 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
6 August 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Solomon Burke with The Senate, David Garrick & The Iveys, John McCoy’s Crawdaddies and The Ferryboys (Lincolnshire Standard)
13 August 1966 – Co-op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham with The Outer Limits (Birmingham Evening Mail)
18 August 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
20 August 1966 – Burlesque, Leicester with Roaring ‘60s (Leicester Mercury)
28 August 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London with The Pretty Things (Melody Maker)
Around this time, Sands played the Hi-Fi club in Toulon in the South of France. They also embarked on a short Belgium tour in the second half of the year.
17 September 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
22 September 1966 – Thorngate Ballroom, Gosport, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
1 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Herd (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
13 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
28 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Gary Farr & The T-Bones (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
2 November 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
4 November 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Duffy Power’s Nucleus (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
5 November 1966 – Shoreline, Bognor Regis, West Sussex with Duffy Power (Melody Maker)
19 November 1966 – Weymouth Pavilion, Weymouth, Dorset with Chapter IV (Dorset Evening Echo/Western Gazette)
20 November 1966 – Pavilion Ballroom, Southampton (Dorset Evening Echo)
21 November 1966 – Discotheque Club, Salisbury (Dorset Evening Echo)
25 November 1966 – Marquee,Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Summer Set (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
2 December 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, northwest London with The All Night Workers (Melody Maker)
6 December 1966 – New Sandon Village Hall, Essex (Essex Chronicle) Is this likely with the gig below?
6 December 1966 – Concorde, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Echo)
9 December 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Iveys (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
16 December 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Ultimate (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
18 December 1966 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with News (North Norfolk News)
7-8 January 1967 – Old Barn Club, Penzance, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
13 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Roscoe Brown Combo (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
27 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Mark Barry (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
28 January 1967 – Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire with Beachwoods and Principles (Warrington Guardian)
29 January 1967 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
5 February 1967 – Saville Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London with Cream and Edwin Starr (Melody Maker) Disc & Music Echo had Billy Stewart instead of Edwin Starr originally
17 February 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Condors (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
During late February Ray Cook left to work with Jeff Beck who he’d played with in The Tridents and B J Wilson joined (possibly from Freddie Mack’s Mack Sound). Cook worked with Jeff Beck in the first week of March but left on 6 March
1 April 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
22 April 1967 – Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire with Klue and Georgie Germs (Warrington Guardian)
23 April 1967 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
6 May 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
13-14 May 1967 – Old Barn Club, Penzance, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
28 May 1967 – Heaven Club, Angel Hotel, Godalming, Surrey with The Other Two Thousand (Surrey Advertiser)
2 June 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Wages of Sin (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
3 June 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham with The Montanas (Nottingham Evening Post)
9 June 1967 – Club Rado, Belfast, Northern Ireland with Few (City Week)
17 June 1967 – Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire with Beachwoods and Georgie Germs (Warrington Guardian)
18 June 1967 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
24 June 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)
Around this time B J Wilson joined Procol Harum. Bob Freeman (aka Rob Tolchard) took over the drum stool
Sands, four-piece, late 1967
1 July 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with Sons & Lovers (Nottingham Evening Post)
3 July 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)
8 July 1967 – Carlton Ballroom, Erdington, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
29 July 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
August 1967 – Three weeks at the Papagayo Club, Font Romeu, France (most likely starting second week of the month)
16 September 1967 – Lion Hotel, Warrington with The Fix and The Seftons (Warrington Guardian)
8 October 1967 – Colomba Club, West Wickham, south London (Fabulous 208)
Shortly after this gig, Paul Stewart and Pete Hammerton left and Rob Tolchard and Ian McIntock recorded as Sun Dragon.
Thanks to Mike Stax for his excellent interview with Rob Tolchard in Ugly Things #36 for some of the information. Thanks also to Rob for providing me with additional information.
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Laurie (Lawrence) Beazley – lead vocals/harmonica
1967
The Hounslow Post, 13 September 1968, page 14 has a story on the new line up and mentions a single in the pipeline
