The Penetrators came from Crown Point, NY, on the west shore of Lake Champlain above Ticonderoga.
Members included Dan Rabideau and Larry Rabideau, Kim Joiner and Joe Dugan on bass. John Hoffman seems to have been a later member of the group.
There is a single by the Penetrators on Penstar Records 1146, “Guitar Boogie” / “Coming Home Baby”, both instrumentals. I’m not yet positive this is the same as the Crown Point group.
In March of 1968 they made what I believe to be their second record, the cool garage original “I’ll Make You Mine” by Dan Rabideau and Kim Joiner, backed with a good instrumental, “Splitter Splatter” by Dan Rabideau and Larry Rabideau.
The 45 came out on Ferus Records FR 4958. Ferus had an address of 64-12 60th Pl., Brooklyn 27, New York. Tommy Wilde produced the single, I’m not sure how the band came to find Ferus.
1971 Battle of the BandsThis is a styrene 45 with the Columbia custom pressing code ZTSP 124958/9. Both songs published by Ferus Music BMI.
As Danny and the Country Penetrators they put out a single that I haven’t heard, “She’s My Mother-In-Law” / “I’ll Be Waiting” on Delta Records in June of 1968.
The band was well known locally as as Danny and the Penetrators. They appeared on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour and continued with local bookings into the 1970s.
From a 1971 news item, it appears the Rabideau’s mother Doris managed the band.
Info on the band from a Port Henry forum. Thank you to Anthony M. for the original 45.
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 FETISH CROWD:
Ian Le Geyt – lead guitar/vocals
John Hughes – rhythm guitar/vocals
Colin Letchford – bass/vocals
Tony Richard – drums/vocals
Thanks to Tony Richard, I have the following information about the band but would welcome further insights.
The Fetish Crowd were formed in St Helier, Jersey and were resident band at the Springfield Ballroom. During the summer of 1964, the musicians supported The Rolling Stones, Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas, The Merseybeats, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Gerry & The Pacemakers and The Hollies at the venue.
Thanks to Paul Acton-Phillips for the photo
They soon headed for London and worked at the Crawdaddy in Richmond, the Ricky Tick and the Ad Lib Club in Leicester Square. Richard says that The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were in the audience but did not say which venue(s).
The quartet did some recordings at Abbey Road and then opened for The Nashville Teens and The Small Faces on a showcase gig (possibly in Bournemouth, Dorset), which was promoted by Don Arden. Richard says that Arden signed both The Fetish Crowd and The Small Faces but soon forgot about his group.
Richard also remembers the band played at the Ram Jam in Brixton and the Scots of St James in Mayfair. One notable gig was opening for The Graham Bond Organisation at the Fishmongers Arms on Turnpike Lane in North London. He also says that the band shared a double bill with The Who at the Ealing Club on 26 April but didn’t specify which year.
Richard later formed a band called The Diversions, which later recorded “Fatty Boom Boom” after being introduced to the song by Pete Townsend following a trip to Jamaica. Richard subsequently went into record producing.
1965
14 March 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
26 March 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex with The Who (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
7 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
14 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
21 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
28 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
5 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
7 May 1965 – Staines Town Hall, Staines, Middlesex (Staines and Egham News)
12 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
20 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
22 May 1965 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester with The Brian Auger Trinity (Manchester Evening News)
27 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
1 June 1965 – Elms Club, South Harrow, northwest London with CC Riders (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
3 June 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
10 June 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
17 June 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
25 June 1965 – 32 Club, Harlesden, northwest London with Tom Jones & The Squires and The Stratones (NME)
11 July 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with The Boston Dexters (NME/Melody Maker)
6 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with Tony Knight’s Chessmen (NME)
6 November 1965 – Orchid Room, Oxford, Oxfordshire with The Tonebeats (Oxford Mail) Says Decca Artist and from Channel Islands
17 November 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with The Links and Duke Lee (Melody Maker)
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.
Ray King (lead vocals)
Roger Dean (lead guitar)
Terry Leeman (keyboards)
Paul Slade (bass)
Jim Lang (tenor sax)
Ken Horton (baritone sax)
Malcolm Jenkins (drums)
1966
21 January 1966 – Westend Club, Coalville, Leicester with Zombies (Leicester Mercury) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
21 January 1966 – Weddington Hotel, Nuneaton, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
5 February 1966 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with The Rising Sons (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
13 March 1966 – Weddington Hotel, Nuneaton, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
18 June 1966 – Unknown venue, Cromford, Derbyshire (Poster) Billed as Ray King & The Soul Pact
3 July 1966 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Sunday (Woking Herald) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
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9 July 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Ray King with The Soul Pact
13 August 1966 – Cad-Lac Club, Brighton, West Sussex (Evening Argus) This seems unlikely with date below
13 August 1966 – Stamford R&B Club, Stamford Hotel, Stamford, Lincolnshire (Grantham Journal) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
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3 September 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Zuider Lee and The Move (Lincolnshire Standard)
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8 October 1966 – Marqee Club, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
21 October 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
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22 October 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Graham Bell & The Trend and Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Melody Maker) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
Photo: Richard Goddard
29 October 1966 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire Echo)
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29 October 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands with Cream and Family (Birmingham Evening Mail)
5 November 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands with Lee Dorsey and Listen (Birmingham Evening Mail)
12 November 1966 – Marquee Club, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
19 November 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Lee Dorsey, Gates of Eden and Mirage (Lincolnshire Standard)
10 December 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
18 December 1966 – Troutbeck Hotel, Ilkley, West Yorkshire (Yorkshire Evening Post)
23 December 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
24 December 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Rick ‘N’ Beckers, and Rising Sons (Lincolnshire Standard)
30 December 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire with Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band (Yorkshire Evening Post)
30 December 1966 – Crystal Ballroom, Castleford, West Yorkshire with Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band and Sweet Image (Wakefield Express/Yorkshire Evening Post)
31 December 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire with Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers and Sweet Image (Wakefield Express/Yorkshire Evening Post)
31 December 1966 – Crystal Ballroom, Castleford, West Yorkshire with Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers, Wynder K Frog and Sweet Image (Yorkshire Evening Post)
1967
9 February 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with Edwin Starr and The Midnighters (Evening Sentinel)
10 February 1967 – Nicholas Chamberlain Hall, Bedworth, Warwickshire with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Flames, The Soul Express and The Dynamics (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
11 February 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire with The Koobas (Lancashire Evening Post)
18 February 1967 – YMCA, Sebert Street, Gloucester with The Friction (Gloucester Citizen)
Photo: Richard Goddard
11 March 1967 – Gloucester YMCA, Gloucester with The Riot (Richard Goddard research)
12 March 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
23 March 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The ‘N’ Betweens (Melody Maker)
11 July 1967 – The Walgrave, Coventry with The Shy (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
12 July 1967 – Swan Hotel, Birmingham, West Midlands with Zero 5, The U Know Who, The Bobcats, The Umpteenth Time plus two others (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
15 July 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
16 July 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
22 December 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Time Out)
27 December 1969 – Village Hall, Liphook, Hampshire with Genevieve (Surrey Advertiser)
29 December 1969 – Revolution Club, Bruton Place, Mayfair, London (Time Out)
1969
16 January 1969 – BBC Radio 1 O’Clock (Melody Maker)
17 January 1969 – Chester College, Crewe, Cheshire (Melody Maker)
18 January 1969 – Market Hall, Haversfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Melody Maker)
19 January 1969 – Recording new single (Melody Maker)
20 January 1969 – The Cromwellian, South Kensington, London (Melody Maker)
21 January 1969 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, London (Melody Maker)
26 January 1969 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
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20 February 1969 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
25 March 1969 – Blaises, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Hounslow Post)
6 April 1969 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire with Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon (Warrington Guardian)
8 September 1969 – La Reserve, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
14 September 1969 – Blaises, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Marylebone Mercury)
19 September 1969 – Soul Club, Plaza Ballroom, Newsbury, Berkshire with JJ Jackson & The Greatest Little Soul Band In The Land and Simon K & The Meantimers (Reading Evening Post)
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21 September 1969 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
27 September 1969 – New Rainbow Suite, Co-op, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
1 October 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham with Raymond Froggatt (Birmingham Evening Mail)
2 October 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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3 October 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
28 October 1969 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
11 November 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham with Ben K King & The Globe Show (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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14 November 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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10 December 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
25 December 1969 – Parade Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Melody Maker)
1970
18 January 1970 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
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 FENMEN:
Alan Judge – lead guitar/vocals
Wally Allen – rhythm guitar/vocals
Eric Wilmer – bass
Jon Povey – drums
1964
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28 July 1964 – Woodman Tuesday Club, Welwyn Garden City, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
15 August 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Johnny Milton & The Condors and The Apollos (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
25 September 1964 – Lynx Club, Maxwell Park Youth Centre, Borehamwood, Herts (Simon Gee research)
18 October 1964 – Florida Rooms, Brighton, West Sussex (Evening Argus)
9 January 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Takers and The Witnesses (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
23 January 1965 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts with The Twilights (Luton News)
4 February 1965 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
14 February 1965 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)
12 March 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
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17 March 1965 – Peartree Club Dance, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire (Welwyn Times)
21 March 1965 – Colston Hall, Bristol with The Kinks, Dean Prince &The Dukes, D Starr’s Predictions, The Blue-Sound, Mel Taylor & The Trek-a-Beats, Mike Starr & The Citizens, The Exiles, Danny Clarke & The Jaguars, The Road Runners and AJ & The Others (Western Scene)
26 March 1965 – Docking Shake-O-Rama, Norfolk with The Torinos (Lynn News)
27 March 1965 – Maple Ballroom, Northampton (Northampton Chronicle)
4 April 1965 – Esplanade Theatre, Bognor Regis, West Sussex with The Untamed, Formula 5, The Southbeats and Johnny Devlin & The Act 4 (Chichester & Southern Post)
15 April 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Nashville Teens and The Nightshades (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
25 April 1965 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)
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26 April 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Newport, south Wales with Five In Hand (South Wales Argus)
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18 May 1965 – Civic Hall, Orpington, southeast London (Bexley Heath & Welling Observer and Kentish Times)
5 June 1965 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Walker Brothers and The Peasants (Lincolnshire Standard)
19 June 1965 – Mersey View Ballroom, Frodsham, Cheshire with The In Crowd and The Notions (Warrington Guardian)
26 June 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Justin Tyme, The Artwoods, The Sorrows and The Dyaks (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
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6 July 1965 – Portpatrick Public Hall Management Committee, Portpatrick, Scotland (Wigtownshire Free Press & Galloway Advertiser)
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23 July 1965 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Utopians (Lynn News)
30 July 1965 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire with The Rumours (Andover Advertiser)
12 August 1965 – Rocky Rivers’ Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)
15 August 1965 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)
20 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (NME)
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9 September 1965 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex with The Dolphins (Mid Sussex Times)
12 September 1965 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
12 September 1965 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with Andy Field & The Continentals and Mike Patto (North Norfolk News)
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25 September 1965 – Newmarket Memorial Hall, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire with The Still Waters (Cambridge News)
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15 October 1965 – Public Hall, Bedfont, Middlesex with The Penny Blacks (Middlesex Chronicle)
6 November 1965 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with Diane & The Sapphires, The Beat Six and The Beaucreas (Cambridge News)
12 November 1965 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks with Justice League (Bucks Free Press)
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20 November 1965 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
21 November 1965 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
4 December 1965 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
11 December 1965 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Wreckers (Cambridgeshire Times)
18 December 1965 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks with The Notes (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
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24 December 1965 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Star Support Showname (Evening Sentinel)
31 December 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch, The Nitepeople and Mike Sherdian’s Lot (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
1966
22 January 1966 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with Rod and Carolyn & The Tremors (Essex County Standard)
29 January 1966 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Vandels Blues (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
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4 February 1966 – West End, Rushden, Northamptonshire with The Soundtracks (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
13 February 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent (Kent Messenger/Maidstone Gazette)
19 February 1966 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks with The Relics (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
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26 February 1966 – Marcam Hall, March, Cambridgeshire (Lynn News)
4 March 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle/Melody Maker)
12 March 1966 – 21 Club, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (The Star)
18 March 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Davey Sands & The Essex and The Fuzz Bangs (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
27 March 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with Little Mick’s Modes (The Star)
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9 April 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle/Melody Maker)
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23 April 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex and The Web with Sandy Crawford (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Hastings and St Leonards Observer)
7 May 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Checkmates and Two of Each (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
13 May 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Yes & No (East Kent Times)
21 May 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Anteaks (Maidstone Gazette)
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28 May 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
29 May 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London with The Symbols (Melody Maker)
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3 June 1966 – West End, Rushden, Northamptonshire with Something Else (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
4 June 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Breed (Cambridgeshire Times)
11 June 1966 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
8 July 1966 – Tech College, Romford, east London (Fabulous 208)
9 July 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Fortunes, Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, The Gates of Eden, Freddie Fingers Lee, The Ferryboys (Lincolnshire Standard)
15 July 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside with The Troggs (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
16 July 1966 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
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22 July 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, southeast London (PACE magazine)
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23 July 1966 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with Sounds Incorporated and Trendsetters Limited (Fabulous 208/Essex County Standard)
29 July 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)
30 July 1966 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (Fabulous 208)
4 August 1966 – Locarno, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
5 August 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
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6 August 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Ketas (Lynn News)
7 August 1966 – Mojo Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
10 August 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Cornish Guardian)
12-13 August 1966 – Paradise Club, Wigan, Greater Manchester with Fan Antons, Jerry Shaw and The Checkmates (Warrington Guardian)
12 August 1966 – Princess Club, Chorlton, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
12 August 1966 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
13 August 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham with The Coletrane Union (Nottingham Evening Post)
14 August 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
19 August 1966 – Co-op Hall, Gravesend, Kent (Fabulous 208)
27 August 1966 – New Cornish Rivera Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with Acoustics (Cornish Guardian)
1 September 1966 – Locarno, Burnley, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
2 September 1966 – Princess Club, Chorlton, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
2 September 1966 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
3 September 1966 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Challengers (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)
5 September 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Fabulous 208)
8 September 1966 – Regal Ballroom, Ripley, Surrey (Fabulous 208)
9 September 1966 – Beat Festival, Scunthorpe United Football Ground, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ram Jam Band, The Creation, The Mindbenders and The Troggs (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
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10 September 1966 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Syndicate 5 (Scarborough Evening News)
15 September 1966 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with The Action (Fabulous 208)
16 September 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside with Neil Christian & The Crusaders (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
17 September 1966 – All Saints Hall, Whetstone, north London (Fabulous 208)
24 September 1966 – Corn Exchange, Rochester, Kent (Fabulous 208)
1 October 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Fabulous 208)
2 October 1966 – Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
The Fenmen in Mirabelle, 8 October 1966. Image may be subject to copyright
15 October 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
15 October 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom Grimsby, Humberside with The Boz and The School (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
29 October 1966 – Parr Hall, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
3 November 1966 – Enterprise Club, Eastcote, northwest London (Fabulous 208)
4 November 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)
5 November 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Wreckers (Cambridgeshire Times)
6 November 1966 – Diamond Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
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12 November 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Reaction (Cornish Guardian)
27 November 1966 – Drill Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Southern Valley Four (Surrey Advertiser)
1 December 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Graham Bond Organisation (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
3 December 1966 – Eastbourne College, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)
4 December 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
9 December 1966 – Colona College, West Wickham, London (Fabulous 208)
10 December 1966 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Fabulous 208)
16 December 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, southeast London (PACE magazine)
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22 December 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Sounds Incorporated, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
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31 December 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The 13th Hour (Lynn News)
1967
10 January 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
14 January 1967 –Norwich University, Norwich, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
15 January 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)
20 January 1967 – Birkbeck College, London (Fabulous 208)
21 January 1967 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
22 January 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)
3 February 1967 – Birmingham University, Birmingham, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
25 February 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
4 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with Felder’s Orioles (Melody Maker)
18 March 1967 – College of Technology, Bulmershe, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
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25 March 1967 – Clouds, Derby with The Executives (Derby Evening Telegraph)
26 March 1967 – Tavern Club, East Dereham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
Jon Povey and Wally Waller left about this time to join The Pretty Things – Waller remembers that his debut gig was around Easter (late March) in Les Sables-d’Olonne in France
Initially, Jon Povey was replaced by drummer Tony Newman from Sounds Incorporated before Tony Glyde from The Loose Ends took over on drums. Glyde left around late July and subsequently joined Simon K & The Meantimers.
Andy Clark from the Big Wheel joined on keyboards and vocals.
The group was expanded for a while and I would welcome any reader insights
8 April 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Revelations (Surrey Advertiser)
9 April 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star) Billed as Bag O’ Nails
16 April 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Bag of Nails (eight-piece with members of The Fenmen)
22 April 1967 – St Luke’s College, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208) Billed as Bag O’Nails
6 May 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Fraction (Cambridgeshire Times) Billed as New Fenmen
29 May 1967 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire with Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours and Sack O’ Woe (Hull Daily Mail)
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3 June 1967 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with The Son Set (Torquay Times/Torbay Times and South Devon Echo)
9 June 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Ossie Layne (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Bag O’Nails
10 June 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
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17 June 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
26 June 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter)
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1 July 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser) Billed as Bag O’Nails
22 July 1967 – Co-op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Bag O’Nails
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23 July 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough and Eton Express)
In late July/early August Del Coverley from Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede took over on drums. The musicians briefly gigged as Kindness
4 August 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph) Billed as Kindness
12 August 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star) Billed as Kindness
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18 August 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder) Billed as Kindness
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19 August 1967 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Shell Shock Show and The Shay (Essex County Standard) Billed as The New Fenmen
27 August 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Paul Ryan & The Scorpions (Northwich Chronicle) Billed as Kindness
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1 September 1967 – Ricky Tick Club, Belfast, Northern Ireland with The Interns (Cityweek) Del Coverley confirmed this was Kindness from London not a US band from the west coast.
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9 September 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Provokers (Cornish Guardian)
15 September 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News) Billed as Kindness
16 September 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker) Billed as Bag O’ Nails
19 September 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Life ‘N’ Soul (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Kindness
24 September 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette) Billed as Kindness
9 October 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter) Billed as Kindness
16 December 1967 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Rupert Bear (Northwich Chronicle/Crewe Chronicle) According to Wrexham Leader, support was The Idols
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, February 1965. Back row, L-R: Roy Young, Cliff Bennett, Sid Phillips, Moss Groves and Dave Burt. Front row, L-R: Bobby Thompson and Dave Wendels
CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS:
1961
The band’s early gigs were billed to The Rebel Rousers
1 July 1961 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Danny Rivers (Lincolnshire Standard) Billed as Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
8 July 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
15 July 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
22 July 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
12 August 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
19 August 1961 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire Times)
26 August 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
9 September 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
23 September 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
30 September 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
11 November 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
2 December 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
24 December 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
31 December 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
1962
10 January 1962 – Constitutional Hall, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald)
24 March 1962 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
20 May 1962 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex with Lord Sutch & The Savages (Uxbridge Post)
23 June 1962 – Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall, the Forebury, Sawbridgeworth, Herts with The Delphins (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
21 July 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
27 July 1963 – New ‘Konda’ Club, Windsor, Berkshire with The Swinging Blue Jeans (Windsor and Eton Express)
2 August 1963 – St Peter’s Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The Impalas (Surrey Comet)
4 August 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)
25 August 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
8 September 1963 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Dominoes (Aldershot News)
20 October 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
29 October 1963 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
2 November 1963 – New Rendezvous Club, Deane Park Hall, South Ruislip, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
17 November 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
22 November 1963 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Ray Dell & The Rocking Deacons and The Valiants (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
24 November 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
28 November 1963 – Majestic Ballroom, Luton, Bedfordshire (Luton News)
3 December 1963 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
29 December 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex with Linda Laine & The Sinners (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
1964
5 January 1964 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Stormers (Aldershot News)
7 January 1964 – Upper Clatford Village Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
8 January 1964 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
12 January 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)
24 January 1964 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Western Scene)
2 February 1964 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with Daniel Boone & The Emeralds (Aldershot News)
11 February 1964 – Beat City, British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex with The Falcons (Harrow Observer)
22 February 1964 – West Cliff Cavern, Ramsgate, Kent with The Limelights (East Kent Times)
26 February 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
31 March 1964 – Beat City, British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)
7 April 1964 – Beat City, British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)
6 September 1964 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
11 September 1964 – Greenwich Town Hall, Greenwich, London with two supporting groups (South East London Mercury)
18 September 1964 – Granada, Walthamstow, London with Billy J Kramer, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, The Nashville Teens, The Dakotas and Tim Connor (Leyton & Leytonstone Guardian)
20 September 1964 – Odeon, Lewisham, southeast London with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, The Nashville Teens, The Dakotas and Tim Connor (Leyton & Leytonstone Guardian)
13 October 1964 – Granada Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Kinks, The Nashville Teens, The Yardbirds and Bill Black’s Combo (Luton News)
17 October 1964 – Gloucester ABC, Gloucester with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Kinks, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, Bill Black’s Combo, The Nashville Teens and Tim Connor (Gloucester Citizen)
21 October 1964 – New Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Pamela Blue and Ray Russell Combo (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
22 October 1964 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with The Blues Anonymous (Cambridge News)
27 October 1964 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
31 October 1964 – Royal Hotel, Lowestoft, Suffolk with The Blue Beats (Eastern Evening News)
2 November 1964 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Western Scene)
20-21 November 1964 – Empire Pool, Wembley, Middlesex with The Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Pretty Things, The Migil Five, The Miami Show Band, Susan Maughan, Lorne Lesley, Julia Rogers, Gene Vincent and The Hustlers (Clapham Advertiser)
21 November 1964 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks with Nicky & The Pagens (Bletchley District Gazette)
25 November 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
27 November 1964 – Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon (Beat Instrumental)
28 November 1964 – Baths, Leyton, east London (Beat Instrumental)
29 November 1964 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester (Beat Instrumental)
4 December 1964 – Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Rolling Stones, The Worryin’ Kind, Twinkle, The Quiet Five and Sack O’ Woes (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
6 December 1964 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex with Jean & The Statesides (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
9 December 1964 – Kinema, Dunfermline, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)
11 December 1964 – Gig in Kirkcaldy, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)
18 December 1964 – Locarno, Coventry (Beat Instrumental)
20 December 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental/Ruislip & Northcote Gazette)
23 December 1964 – Pacemakers’ Christmas Show, Liverpool (Beat Instrumental)
1965
30 January 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)
31 January 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)
6 February 1965 – Manchester University (Beat Instrumental)
7 February 1965 – Southall (probaby Community Centre), Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)
13 February 1965 – Brighton University, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)
19 February 1965 – Granada, East Ham with Roy Orbison, The Rockin’ Berries, Marianne Faithful, Three Quarters and Frank Berry & The Untamed (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian)
27 March 1965 – Matrix, Coventry (Beat Instrumental)
28 March 1965 – Celebrity, New Bond Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)
3 April 1965 – Drill Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire with Romin Tribe and Maniax (Grantham Journal)
4 April 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
18 April 1965 – Silver Blades, Birmingham, West Midlands (Beat Instrumental)
24 April 1965 – Hull University, Hull (Beat Instrumental)
25 April 1965 – Starlite Ballrom, Greenford, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)
28 April 1965 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
1 May 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Vandels Blues (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
2 May 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London with Mike Dee & The Prophets (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
6 May 1965 – Bowes Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage, Herts with Kit & The Saracens (Hertfordshire Express)
7 May 1965 – Fender Club, Harrrow, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)
9 May 1965 – Empire Pool, Wembley, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)
15 May 1965 – Craven Hill Theatre, Bicester, Oxfordshire with The Apollos (Oxford Mail)
24 May 1965 – Dome, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)
26 May 1965 – Song Contest at the Dome, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)
28 May 1965 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)
29 May 1965 – City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)
30 May 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
4 June 1965 – Wood Farm, Grosmount (Beat Instrumental)
5 June 1965 – British Legion Hall, Calford (Beat Instrumental)
6 June 1965 – Town Hall, Stratford (probably east London) (Beat Instrumental)
8 June 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)
10 June 1965 – The Palace, Douglas, Isle of Man (Beat Instrumental)
12 June 1965 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Motowns (East Kent Times & Mail)
13 June 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London with The Preachers (Melody Maker)
16 June 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)
16 June 1965 – Town Hall, Farnborough, Hants (Beat Instrumental)
19 June 1965 – Uxbridge Blues Festival, Uxbridge, northwest London with Marianne Faithfull, The Who, Solomon Burke, The Spencer Davis Group, Long John Baldry, Zoot Money, The Birds, John Mayall, Ray Martin Group and Dave Whittling (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)
21 June 1965 – Civic Hall, Corby, Northants (Beat Instrumental)
25 June 1965 – Plaza, Stirling, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)
26 June 1965 – Paladium, Greenwich, southeast London (Beat Instrumental)
27 June 1965 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Beat Instrumental)
28 June 1965 – Keele University, Keele (Beat Instrumental)
1 July 1965 – College of Technology, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental)
3 July 1965 – Gig in March (most likely Marcam Hall), Cambridgeshire (Beat Instrumental)
4 July 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Beat Instrumental)
16 July 1965 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey with The In Crowd (Surrey Advertiser)
25 July 1965 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Beat Instrumental)
27 July 1965 – Mexican Hat, Worthing, West Sussex (Worthing Gazette)
30 July 1965 – Marine Ballroom, Morecambe, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
31 July 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)
1 August 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Beat Instrumental)
2 August 1965 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)
4 August 1965 – Top Hat, Littlehampton, West Sussex (Littlehampton Post)
5 August 1965 – Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)
6 August 1965 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)
7 August 1965 – Coronation Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent with The Cygnets (East Kent Times)
8 August 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
8 August 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
9 August 1965 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)
12 August 1965 – Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes (Beat Instrumental)
16 August 1965 – Floral Hall, Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)
21 August 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London with The Preachers (Melody Maker)
25 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)
28 August 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)
30 August 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Mark Leeman Five and Heinz & The Wild Boys (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
3 September 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire with St Louis Checks (Dave Allen research) Beat Instrumental has Kimbell’s, Southsea, Hants on this date which is also possible
4 September 1965 – Sherborne Carnival, TA Centre, Lenthay, Dorset with Four Hits & A Miss (Western Gazette)
6 September 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)
9 September 1965 – Locarno Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)
10 September 1965 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Next of Kin (Gloucester Citizen)
11 September 1965 – British Legion Hall, Coleford, Somerset (Beat Instrumental)
12 September 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Condors (Aldershot News)
13 September 1965 – Adelphi, West Bromwich, West Midlands and Club Cedar, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental)
15 September 1965 – Town Hall, Crewe, Cheshire (Beat Instrumental)
16 September 1965 – Assembly Hall, Flint, Wales (Beat Instrumental)
17 September 1965 – Fender Club, Kenton, west London (Beat Instrumental)
18 September 1965 – Trade Union Hall, Watford, Herts (Beat Instrumental)
19 September 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)
20 September 1965 – Savoy, Southsea, Hants (Beat Instrumental)
2 October 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental) Says Cambridge but this is most likely a misprint
3 October 1965 – Rainbow Theatre, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
6 October 1965 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
8 October 1965 – Royal College of Technology, Salford, Greater Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
10 October 1965 – Casino Club, Harraby (Beat Instrumental)
15 October 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Wellington (Beat Instrumental)
16 October 1965 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Tom Jones & The Squires, The Gaylords and The Planets (Lincolnshire Standard)
17 October 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
20 October 1965 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
22 October 1965 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)
23 October 1965 – Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage, Oxfordshire with The Voyds (Oxford Mail)
24 October 1965 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)
26 October 1965 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)
29 October 1965 – Palace Ballroom, Maryport (Beat Instrumental)
30 October 1965 – Leicester University, Leicester (Beat Instrumental)
31 October 1965 – White Lion, Edgware, north London (Beat Instrumental)
3 November 1965 – Church Hall, Stonehouse, Stroud, Gloucestershrie (Beat Instrumental)
4 November 1965 – Empire Ballroom, Wrath (Beat Instrumental)
5 November 1965 – Bath Pavilion and gig in Swansea, Wales (Beat Instrumental)
6 November 1965 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey with The Moggies (Surrey Advertiser)
7 November 1965 – Jewish Lads’ Brigade, Cheetham (Beat Instrumental)
21 April 1966 – RAF Wittering, West Sussex (Beat Instrumental)
22 April 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)
23 April 1966 – Worsley Civic Hall, Walkden, Worsley, Greater Manchester with The Executives and The SOS (Bolton Evening News)
24 April 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Alan Bown Set (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
29 April 1966 – Regency Ballroom, Bath (Beat Instrumental)
30 April 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
1 May 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Newbury, Berkshire with The Pacifics (Andover Advertiser/North Berks Herald)
2 May 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News/Camberley News)
4 May 1966 – Tower Ballroom, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with The John Lofty Sounds (Yarmouth Mercury)
5 May 1966 – Starlight, Crawley, West Sussex with The Cadalucks (Caterham Weekly Press) This is missing from Beat Instrumental
6 May 1966 – Bellevue, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
7 May 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)
8 May 1966 – New Elizabethan Ballroom, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
11 May 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Clique (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)
12-16 May 1966 – Scottish tour (Beat Instrumental)
12-19 June 1966 – Greasebrough Social Club, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
18 June 1966 – 21 Mod Club, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
21 June 1966 – Worcester College, Oxford University, Oxford with The Searchers, The Fourmost, The Dudley Moore Trio, The Cougars with Samantha and Eddie King, Mark Roman & The Javelins, Caribbean Steel Band, Bill Savill and His Band and others (Cherwell)
28 June 1966 – Town Hall, Crayford, southeast London (Beat Instrumental/PACE magazine)
1 July 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph) This is missing from Beat Instrumental
2 July 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)
3 July 1966 – USAF Bentwaters, near Woodbridge, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
6 July 1966 – Grafton Rooms, Liverpool (Fabulous 208)
7 July 1966 – West Midlands Training College, Walsall, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
9 July 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham with Robert Hirst and The Dickens Set (Nottingham Evening Post)
14 July 1966 – RAF Gaydon, near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire (Fabulous 208)
28 July 1966 – Gray’s Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
29 July 1966 – Town Hall, Cullen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
29 July 1966 – Ballerina Ballroom, Nairn, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
30 July 1966 – Town Hall, Tain, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
31 July 1966 – Black Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
5 August 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with Episode Six (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)
7 August 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Coulson & Purley Advertiser) This isn’t listed in Beat Instrumental
7 August 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
11 August 1966 – Town Hall, East Ham, London (Fabulous 208)
11 August 1966 – In Crowd, Hackney, London (Fabulous 208)
13 August 1966 – Expresso Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)
14 August 1966 – Princess Theatre, Torquay, Devon with The Walker Brothers (Fabulous 208)
15 August 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)
17 August 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, London (Coulson & Purley Advertiser)
17-18 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)
19 August 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary’s Cray, southeast London (Fabulous 208/PACE magazine)
20 August 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)
21 August 1966 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
24 August 1966 – Locarno, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (Fabulous 208)
25 August 1966 – Locarno, Streatham, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)
26 August 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)
9 September 1966 – Beat Festival, Scunthorpe United Football Ground, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, The Troggs, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ram Jam Band, The Creation, The Mindbenders and The Fenmen (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
10 September 1966 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington with The Fenmen and The Syndicate 5 (Scarborough Evening News)
11 September 1966 – Black Prince, Bexley, London (Fabulous 208)
13 September 1966 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
5 November 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with Farinas (Nottingham Evening Post)
5 November 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Mail)
6 November 1966 – Birmingham Theatre, Birmingham, West Midlands with Lee Dorsey and Jerry Lee Lewis (Fabulous 208)
7 November 1966 –Wimbledon Theatre, Wimbledon, southwest London with Jerry Lee Lewis, Lee Dorsey, The Crying Shames and The Graham Bell Trend (Woking Herald)
12 November 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208/Lynn News)
15 November 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Episode Six (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
16 November 1966 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull (Fabulous 208)
18 November 1966 – Sutton-in-Ashfield Baths, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
19 November 1966 – Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston Super Mare, Somerset with The Ken Birch Band and The Bones (Weston Mercury)
26 November 1966 – Training College, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
20 December 1966 – Palais de Danse, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
22 December 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Fenmen, Sounds Incorporated and The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
23 December 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Derby, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)
24 December 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London with The Army (Melody Maker and Tony Tacon’s memories)
28 December 1966 – Top Rank Suite, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)
1967
7 January 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Beat Syndicate (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
7 January 1967 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London with Herbie Goins & The Night Timers, The Creation, The Artwoods and St Louis Union (Melody Maker)
8 January 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Fabulous 208)
9 January 1967 – Bluesville ’67 Club, Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)
10 January 1967 – King’s Hall, University College, Gower Street, London (Fabulous 208)
13 January 1967 – City Leeds Training College, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
14 January 1967 – Matlock Bath Pavilion, Matlock, Derbyshire with Deep Purple (Derby Evening Telegraph)
20 January 1967 – High Hall, Birmingham University, Birmingham, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
21 January 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent with Mixed Feelings (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)
1 February 1967 – Falcon Hotel, Falconwood, southeast London (PACE magazine)
2 February 1967 – St Giles Youth Club, Willenhall Baths Assembly Hall, Willenhall, West Midlands with The ‘N’ Betweens, The Ensemble and Scarab (Express and Star)
3 February 1967 – Beddington Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire with Sounds Incorporated (Fabulous 208)
4 February 1967 – Chelsea College, Chelsea, London (Fabulous 208)
10 February 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, London (Fabulous 208)
11 February 1967 – Ravern Club, Lincoln, Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)
23 February 1967 – Golden Dancing Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
24 February 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
26 February 1967 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)
2 March 1967 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire with The Tremeloes and The Trend (Fabulous 208)
3 March 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)
4 March 1967 – Bal Tabarin, Downham, Southeast London with supporting groups (South East London Mercury)
5 March 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
10 March 1967 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, west London (David Else’s research)
16 March 1967 – Kilburn Polytechnic, Kilburn, London with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays and The Syn (Melody Maker)
17 March 1967 – Saint College, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
18 March 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Epics (East Kent Times & Mail)
19 March 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (South East London Mercury)
20 March 1967 – College of Education, Worcester, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)
23 March 1967 – Glow Ballroom, Llanelli, Wales (Fabulous 208)
26 March 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
27 March 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Other Five and The Triple Vintage (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)
1 April 1967 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Daddy Linburg with The Fingers and The Committee (Southend Standard)
2 April 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)
6 April 1967 – King’s Hall, Belle Vue, Greater Manchester with The Tremeloes, Sounds Incorporated, The Move and Mirage (Fabulous 208)
12 April 1967 – Whitehaven College, Whitehaven, Cumbria (Fabulous 208)
13 April 1967 – RAF Uxbridge, Uxbridge, London (Fabulous 208)
14 April 1967 – Brighton Arts Festival, Metropole Hotel, Brighton, Sussex with Paul Jones, The Move, Geno Washington, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Mike Stuart Span and others (Melody Maker)
15 April 1967 – Pavilion Theatre, Felixstowe, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
19 April 1967 – Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle/Fabulous 208)
20 April 1967 – College of Technology, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
20 April 1967 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham with The Alan Price Set (Nottingham Evening Post)
21 April 1967 – Queen’s Rink, West Hartlepool, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
22 April 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Fabulous 208)
27 April 1967 – Crystal Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208) This could be Newcastle under Lyme
29 April 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Bonnyrigg, Scotland with Tony & The Traders, Catch 22 and The Sindicate (South Midlothian Advertiser)
30 April 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Mooche (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
5 May 1967 – Bishop Grosset Estate College, Lincoln (Fabulous 208)
7 May 1967 – Royal Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Fabulous 208)
7 May 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Notttingham Evening Post)
11 May 1967 – Kilroy’s Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)
13 May 1967 – New Cornish, Riviera Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with Cousin Jacks (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
16 May 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
19 May 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
20 May 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Fabulous 208)
21 May 1967 – Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)
22 May 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London (Fabulous 208)
26 May 1967 – Pavilion, Newton (possibly Cambridgeshire) (Fabulous 208)
27 May 1967 – Hertford Balls, Oxford with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Swinging Blue Jeans, The Action and Hamilton & The Movement (Cherwell)
28 May 1967 – Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Nite People (Fabulous 208/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
29 May 1967 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Shades (Crewe Chronicle)
2 June 1967 – Golden Diamond Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
3 June 1967 – College of Technology, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
4 June 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
5 June 1967 – Social Club, Aylesbury, Bucks (Fabulous 208)
8 June 1967 – Waggon and Horses, Wall Heath, West Midlands (Express & Star)
11 June 1967 – Palace Ballroom, Douglas, Isle of Man (Fabulous 208)
12 June 1967 – Trinity College, Cambridge with The Alan Price Set (Fabulous 208)
17 June 1967 – Surf City Club, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Fabulous 208)
25 June 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Poster)
29 June 1967 – Aston University, Birmingham with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Fabulous 208)
30 June 1967 – Liverpool University, Liverpool with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Fabulous 208)
1 July 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire (Fabulous 208)
1 July 1967 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Monopoly (Crewe Chronicle)
2 July 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
3 July 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Uglys and Choice (Express & Star)
7 July 1967 – Culham College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire (Fabulous 208)
8 July 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)
9 July 1967 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
12 July 1967 – Cavern Club, East Dereham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
13 July 1967 – Club Franchi, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
14 July 1967 – Town Hall, Hawick, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
15 July 1967 – Corn Exchange, Kelso, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
21 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Courtells (Melody Maker)
22 July 1967 – Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage, Oxfordshire with Steam Machine (Oxford Mail/Wiltshire Gazette/Newbury Weekly News)
26 July 1967 – Nautilus Club, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
29 July 1967 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with Magic Roundabout and The Midniters (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
30 July 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
31 July 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London (Fabulous 208)
5 August 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Melody Maker)
12 August 1967 – Tavern Club, East Dereham (Fabulous 208)
13 August 1967 – Old Crown & Cushion, Perry Barr, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
23 August 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Minehead, Somerset with The West Coast Sound (Somerset County Gazette)
24 August 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Cornish Guardian)
26 August 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with Jangless Gallery (Somerset County Gazette)
28 August 1967 – Pynkney Hall Blues Festival, Fakenham, Norfolk with The Move, Alan Bown, Family and The Workshop (Melody Maker)
1 September 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
2 September 1967 – Town Hall, Tavistock, Devon (Fabulous 208)
3 September 1967 – Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)
8 September 1967 – RAF Digby, Lincoln (Fabulous 208)
9 September 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Fabulous 208)
9 September 1967 – Night Owl, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
10 September 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Pleasure Machine (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
15 September 1967 – Windrush Club, RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire (Fabulous 208)
16 September 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Flashbacks (Surrey Advertiser)
17 September 1967 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands with Taylor Upton Big Jump Band (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
22 September 1967 – Airmen’s Club, West Ruislip, London (Fabulous 208)
23 September 1967 – Keys Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Fabulous 208)
24 September 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)
29 September 1967 – Recreation Ground, Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire (Fabulous 208)
30 September 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Melody Maker)
7 October 1967 – Hatfield College of Tech, Hatfield, Herts (Fabulous 208)
8-14 October 1967 – Towers Theatre Club, Warrington, Cheshire with others (St Helens Newspaper)
8-14 October 1967 – Garrick, Leigh, Greater Manchester with others (St Helens Newspaper)
15 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
16 October 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter)
20 October 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire with The Triads (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)
27 October 1967 – Mildert College, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
29 October 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Poster)
29 October 1967 – Nicholas Youth Club, Basildon, Essex (Fabulous 208)
31 October 1967 – Candlelight Club, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
1 November 1967 – Warmingham Grange Country Club, Warmingham, Cheshire (Crewe Chronicle)
17 November 1967 – G-Ranch Discotheque, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)
18 November 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)
19 November 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with All Night Workers (Crawley Advertiser)
21 November 1967 – Boys High School, Leek, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
24 November 1967 – Queens Rink Ballroom, Hartlepool, County Durham with The Tony King Sound (Hartlepool Mail)
25 November 1967 – Pier Pavilion, Felixstowe, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
26 November 1967 – Nottingham University, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
1 December 1967 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Fabulous 208)
2 December 1967 – Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (Fabulous 208)
3 December 1967 – Leofric Hotel, Coventry (Fabulous 208)
4 December 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
5 December 1967 – Samantha’s, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Echo) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band/debut in Bournemouth
6 December 1967 – Scotch Club, Torquay, Devon (Fabulous 208)
7 December 1967 – Quay Club, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208)
9 December 1967 – The Polytechnic, Great Titchfield Street, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
17 December 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire, Nantwich, Cheshire with Jaytree Organisation (Crewe Chronicle)
19 December 1967 – Chalet Club, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
20 December 1967 – Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
21 December 1967 – Marimba Club, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
22 December 1967 – New Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
23 December 1967 – String O’ Beads, Bradford, West Yorkshire with support (Yorkshire Evening Post)
24 December 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Melody Maker)
26 December 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
29 December 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with The Justins and The Cataracts (Fabulous 208/Rugby Advertiser)
31 December 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Fabulous 208)
1968
21 January 1968 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham Post)
22 January 1968 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Soul Seekers (Express & Star) Billed as Cliff Bennet & His Band
3 February 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Salisbury & Winchester Journal)
4 February 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Poster) Billed as Cliff Bennett Show
6 February 1968 – Cheltenham Spa, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Melody Maker)
9 February 1968 – Roman Rag Ball, Glamorgan College of Technology, Glamorgan, Wales with The Nashville Teens, Union Pacific Showband, The Caribbean All Stars and The Stereos (Glamorgan County Times)
10 February 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
16 February 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Swansea, Wales with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band and The Tremeloes (Herald of Wales)
17 February 1968 – Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, West Midlands (Express & Star) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band
25 February 1968 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Candy Choir (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band
8 March 1968 – Goldsmith College Rag Ball, New Cross, southeast London with The Blossom and The London All-Star Band (formerly Brian Something & The Whatsits) (South East London Mercury)
14 March 1968 – Eden Park Hotel, Beckenham, southeast London (South East London Mercury) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band
15 March 1968 – Gig in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire (Melody Maker)
16 March 1968 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The Precious Few (Melody Maker/Essex Chronicle) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
19 March 1968 – Rasputin’s, New Bond Street, central London (Melody Maker)
19 March 1968 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, east London (Melody Maker)
29 March 1968 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
31 March 1968 – Crown and Cushion, Perry Barr, West Midlands with Traction (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
5 April 1968 – Red Lion, Leytonstone, London (Melody Maker) Debut with Bennett’s new band after split with Rebel Rousers
12 April 1968 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Adges Convention (Crewe Chronicle) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
13 April 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
14 April 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Stafforshire (Evening Sentinel)
15 April 1968 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Montanas (Express & Star)
19 April 1968 – Punchbowl, Lapworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
17 May 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham, south London (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
19 May 1968 – Warmingham Country Club, Warmingham, Cheshire.
According to Crewe Chronicle, this is the first gig by The Rebel Rousers after their split with Cliff Bennett. I would welcome any insights from readers
CLIFF BENNETT BAND:
26 May-2 June 1968 – Garrick Club, Leigh, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
Photo: Hillingdon Mirror
The Hillingdon Mirror ran an article about Cliff’s split from The Rebel Rousers in its 4 June 1968 issue, page 24
8 June 1968 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with supporting groups (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
21 June 1968 – Kursaal Ballroom, Southend, Essex with Georgie Fame’s Band (Southend Standard)
6 July 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Pattersons Generation (Surrey Advertiser)
27 July 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
22 August 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Sweetshop and The Fire Brigade (West Briton & The Royal Cornwall Gazette)
22 September 1968 – Kew Boathouse, Kew, London (Thames Valley Times) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
26 September 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
10 October 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Candy Choir (East Kent Times & Mail)
24 October 1968 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, central London with Circus (Fabulous 208)
6 December 1968 – George Edwards Hall, Cefn Mawr, Wales with The Klubs (Wrexham Leader)
1969
13 February 1969 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
Many thanks to Rolf Hannet for providing some of the Beat Instrumental entries
An early version of The Gass with lead guitarist Stuart Cowell who had played with The Rockhouse Band and would go on to Jon (Hammersmith and Shepherd’s Bush Gazette and Post)
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.
Bobby Tench – bass, vocals (b. Trinidad)
Godfrey McLean – drums, vocals (b. Guyana)
Frank Clark – keyboards (b. Guyana)
Errol McLean – bass, congas (b. Guyana)
Humphrey Okoh – alto saxophone (b. Nigeria)
Ian Thomas – tenor saxophone (b. England)
The Gass was formed in May 1965 by the McLean brothers and Tench who soon recruited the remaining three members.
According to an excellent article in the Westminster & Pimlico News from 12 August 1966 (page 7), the McLean brothers arrived in England from Guyana in 1962 having played in a number of bands together and separately, notably The Jokers. In London, Godfrey McLean played The Music Men and The Raymond Bouche group simultaneously.
The brothers formed The Senators in mid-1965 with Trinidadian Bobby Tench. The band became The Creators and then The Gass.
Okoh had previously played with The African Messengers among other groups. Ian Thomas came from South Norwood.
The band’s debut single, “One of These Days” c/w “I Don’t Know Why” was released on Parlophone on 8 October 1965.
1966
14 January 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Lee Dorsey (Melody Maker)
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14 January 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Patti LaBelle & The Bluebells (Melody Maker)
15 January 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Peter B’s Looners (Melody Maker)
21 January 1966 – Galaxy Club, Town Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
22-23 January 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Rockhouse Band (Melody Maker)
29 January 1966 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with The Rockhouse Band and The Scots of St James (Luton News)
13 February 1966 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette) Says they are resident band at Scotch of St James
14 February 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham with The Dawnbreakers (Down at the Boat book)
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25 February 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
27 February 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
4 March 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Shevells (Melody Maker)
27 May 1966 – Ilford Town Hall, Ilford, east London with The Clayton Squares
The Gass’ second single, recorded prior to Cowell joining, is released on Parlophone on 27 May 1966. The single combines “The New Breed” with “In The City”.
Hammersmith and Shepherd’s Bush Gazette and Post from June 1966. This relates to the image at the top of the page
3 June 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
The Kensington News and West London Times has a great story on the Gass in its 3 June issue with some details on the individual members.
5 June 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)
12 June 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham News)
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13 June 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News/Camberley News) Says straight from the Flamingo, Soho
31 July 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)
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5 August 1966 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn Advertiser)
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6 August 1966 – Marlborough Hall, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Halifax Evening Courier & Guardian)
6 August 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker) This seems unlikely with above gig
7 August 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)
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12 August 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
The Westminster & Pimlico News has a great article on Godfrey McLean and Gass in its 12 August issue, page 7. The paper says that the band was playing six and seven nights at the Scotch of St James around this time
15 August 1966 – Majestic, Reading, Berkshire (Bracknell News)
Around mid-late August Stuart Cowell left (to form Jon) and Alan Roskams came in from The Mark Leeman Five. Also, Lol Coxhill took over from Ian Thomas after joining from Tony Knight’s Chessmen
21 August 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald/Melody Maker)
22 August 1966 – Woodhall Community Centre, Welwyn Garden City, Herts (see website above)
8 September 1966 – Thorngate Ballroom, Gosport, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
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9 September 1966 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn Advertiser)
Record Mirror’s 10 September issue notes that Alan Roskams has joined from The Mark Leeman Five
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12 September 1966 – Disc Club, Colchester, Essex (Essex County Standard)
13 September 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
17 September 1966 – The Scene Club, Cardiff, Wales (Poster)
19 September 1966 – Rainbow Rooms, Nottingham with Jimmy Payne Sound (Nottingham Evening Post)
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24 September 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
25 September 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
26 September 1966 – Woodhall Community Centre, Welwyn Garden City, Herts (see website above)
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30 September 1966 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester with The Shotgun Express, Mozzletoff, The Jigsaw, Makin Sound and Inside Outfit (Leicester Mercury)
1 October 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Powerhouse Six (East Kent Times)
6 October 1966 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
10 October 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
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14 October 1966 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and The Shotgun Express (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Hastings & St Leonards Observer/Maidstone Gazette)
15 October 1966 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire
17 October 1966 – Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with Paterson’s People (Bucks Advertiser)
21 October 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
22 October 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with The Sound Syndicate (Nottingham Evening Post)
29 October 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald/Melody Maker)
1 November 1966 – Cellar Club, County Arms, Blaby, Leicestershire with Larry (Leicester Mercury)
5 November 1966 – Afan Lido, Port Talbot, Wales with Something Else (Port Talbot Guardian)
12 November 1966 – All Nighter Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Jerry Lee Lewis and The Amboy Dukes (Melody Maker)
10 November 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
11 November 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
20 November 1967 – The Parlour, North End, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
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24 November 1967 – George Inn, Wilby, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
9 December 1967 – Smethwick Baths, Smethwick, West Midlands with Skin Deep (Birmingham Evening Mail)
10 December 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Poster)
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21 December 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
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24 December 1967 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent with The Candy Choir (East Kent Times & Mail)
Photo: Kevin Reynolds
26 December 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with Trip To The Sun and Psychotic Reaction (Rugby Advertiser)
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29 December 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
1968
5 January 1968 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
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6 January 1968 – Brave New World, Southsea, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
11 January 1968 – Carnaby Club, Red House Hotel, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
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31 January 1968 – Night Prowler Club, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with Somthin Else (Eastern Evening News/Yarmouth Mercury)
4 February 1968 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with Garefield Tate (Maidstone Gazette)
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10 February 1968 – Burton Leander Social Club, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire (Burton Daily Mail)
22 February 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
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23 February 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
2 March 1968 – Evington Club, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
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9 March 1968 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury/Melody Maker)
9 March 1968 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1 (Melody Maker)
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16 March 1968 – Braintree Institute, Braintree, Essex with The Roulettes (Essex County Standard)
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22 March 1968 – Drill Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire (Stratford upon Avon Herald)
27 March 1968 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournmouth Evening Echo)
11 April 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London with Carl Douglas (& The Big Stampede) (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
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17 May 1968 – The Scene Discotheque Club, Marine Arcade, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)
24 May 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
13 June 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
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14 June 1968 – Bedford Corn Exchange, Bedford with John Williams & The Spell (Bedfordshire Times)
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15 June 1968 – Peterborough Old Showground, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire with Jethro Tull (Cambridgeshire Times)
28 June 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham, south London with George Paul Jefferson (Beckenham & Penge Advertiser)
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12 July 1968 – The Ship, Weybridge, Surrey (Woking Herald)
18 July 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
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20 July 1968 – Elms Court, Botley, Oxford with Bernard Reich (Oxford Mail)
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27 July 1968 – Savoy, Catford, London (Melody Maker)
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2 August 1968 – Hastings Beat Festival, Hastings, East Sussex with ten other groups (Hastings & St Leonards Observer)
23 August 1968 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with Amboy Dukes and Fusion (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
25 August 1968 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
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7 September 1968 – Corn Exchange, Melton Mowbray, Lincolnshire with The Ides of March/Idle Rich (Grantham Journal/Leicester Mercury)
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14 September 1968 – Subscription Rooms, Stroud, Gloucestershire with The Jamm (Stroud News) Played Bag O’Nails and Rasputins just before this
28 September 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
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12 October 1968 – Elms Court, Botley, Oxford with Climax Farm (Oxford Mail)
13 October 1968 – Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
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22 October 1968 – Cheltenham Spa Lounge and Ballroom, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)
21 November 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
29 November 1968 – Scene Disco Club, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Yarmouth Mercury)
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9 December 1968 – Colfe’s Grammar School, Lee, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
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18 December 1968 – Students’ Christmas Dance, Isle of Ely College, Wisbech, Cambridgeshrie with The Shevelles and Tuesday’s Outcome (Cambridgeshire Times)
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21 December 1968 – Stage Club, Oxford (Oxford Mail)
28 December 1968 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Impi (Eastern Evening News)
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1969
During this year, guitarist and violinist Michael Piggott joined from Junior’s Conquest
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28 June 1969 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
1970
9 April 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
27 April 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker) Starts Monday for one week
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29 May 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
30 May 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, Central London (Melody Maker)
3 June 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
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19 June 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
20 June 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
24 June 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London with Genesis (Melody Maker)
3 July 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
4 July 1970 – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
16 August 1970 – Torrington, North Finchley, London with Hate (Melody Maker)
13 September 1970 – Torrington, North Finchley, London (Melody Maker)
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.
Diane Ferraz – lead vocals
Michael Liston (aka Snow) – keyboards/guitar/lead vocals
Keith Field – guitar
Dave Sweetnam-Ford – saxophone/lead vocals
George Sweetnam-Ford – keyboards
Barry Reeves – drums
1967
22 April 1967 – Bluesville ’67, St Thomas’ Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Brentwood Review & Romford Recorder) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
27 April 1967 – RAF Leuchars, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
28 April 1967 – Palladium, Greenock, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
29 April 1967 – Community Centre, Auchinleck, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
30 April 1967 – Top 10 Club, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
5 May 1967 – Slipper, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
20 May 1967 – Bluesville ’67, St Thomas Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Brentwood Review and Romford Recorder) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
20 May 1967 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker) Billed as formerly Diane Ferraz and The Checkmates
24 May 1967 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)
30 May 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
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31 May 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The J J Preston Group (Bournemouth Evening Echo) Billed as Diane Ferris & The Ferris Wheel (formerly The Checkmates)
1 June 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
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3 June 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Symbols and The All Night Workers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/) Billed as Diane Ferraz with The Checkmates
4 June 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
10 June 1967 – RAF Coningsby, Lincoln (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
11 June 1967 – Dolphin Hotel, Maidenhead, Berkshire (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
12 June 1967 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
14-15 June 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, London (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The New Checkmates
15 June 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
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18 June 1967– Britannia Theatre, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, The Nite People and Neil Diamond (North Norfolk News) Billed as Ferris Wheels
21 June 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)
29 June 1967 – Caledonian Hotel, Inverness, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
30 June 1967 – Town Hall, Alloa, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
1 July 1967 – Town Hall, Kilmarnock, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates (Birmingham Evening Mail also has the band playing at the Co-op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham with The Peasant Sec on this day but this seems very unlikely).
2 July 1967 – Palais, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates
The band started to use the Ferris Wheel name from this point
2 July 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Original Checkmates and The Raynes (Crewe Chronicle) Billed as featuring Diane Ferraz
3 July 1967 – Adam & Eve Club, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
4 July 1967 – Savoy Hotel, Strand, London (Fabulous 208)
6 July 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)
7 July 1967 – Clouds, Derby, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)
8 July 1967 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
8 July 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker)
9 July 1967 – Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
According to Michael Snow’s website and blog, the band’s debut as Ferris Wheel took place at the Bag O’Nails club in August 1967 but earlier dates suggest this wasn’t the case.
Fabulous 208 notes that the group went to south of France in mid-July
1 August 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)
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2 August 1967 – Big Beat Cruise, Solent, South Parade Pier, Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier Head with The Wrong Direction (Portsmouth News)
3 August 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)
9 September 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with James and Bobby Purify and Big Maybelle and The Senate (Lincolnshire Standard)
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13 September 1967 – Big Beat Cruise, Solent, South Parade Pier, Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier Head with The Blackout (Portsmouth News)
15 September 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Basildon, Essex (Fabulous 208)
16 September 1967 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
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16 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Mike Stuart Span and The Workshop (Melody Maker)
19 September 1967 – Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, London (Fabulous 208)
20 September 1967 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
21 September 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)
22 September 1967 – G Ranch, Maidstone, Kent (Fabulous 208)
23 September 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Fabulous 208/Melody Maker)
Photo: Tamworth Herald. Image may be subject to copyright
24 September 1967 – Foseco Sports and Social Club, Tamworth, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208/Tamworth Herald)
2 October 1967 – Bluesville ’67 Clubs, Manor House Ballroom, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)
6 October 1967 – Boulevard Club, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
7 October 1967 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
8 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
9 October 1967 – St Matthew’s Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
10 October 1967 – Queen Mary Social Club, Ocean Terminal, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
11 October 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)
13 October 1967 – Oak Leaf Hotel, South Bank, Middlesbrough with Mike Stevens & The Shevelles (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
14 October 1967 – Club A Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
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15 October 1967 – Civic Centre, Corby with Geno Washington & His Ram Jam Band and John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (Fabulous 208/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
16 October 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)
25 October 1967 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Echo) Billed as with Diane Ferraz
26 October 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
27 October 1967 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press) Billed as with Diane Ferraz
28 October 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Original Drifters, The Soul Survivors and The Purple Barrier (Lincolnshire Standard)
2 November 1967 – Clouds, Derby, Derbyshire (Derby Evening Telegraph)
2 November 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)
3 November 1967 – Beaconsfield Youth Centre, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Fabulous 208)
3 November 1967 – Bluesville, Manor House, London (Melody Maker)
4 November 1967 – Disco Blue, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)
6 November 1967 – St Matthew’s Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
7 November 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London (Melody Maker)
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10 November 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
11 November 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Dyaks (East Kent Times & Mail)
14 November 1967 – Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, London (Melody Maker)
17 November 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
19 November 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
22 November 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)
23 November 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)
25 November 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Traffic and Six Across (Lincolnshire Standard)
26 November 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker)
1 December 1967 – G Range, Maidstone, Kent (Fabulous 208)
2 December 1967 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
4 December 1967 – St Matthew’s Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
6 December 1967 – Big Beat ’67 concert, Royal Albert Hall, London with Joe Tex, Alan Price Set, Steve Hammond and Jan Kimbell (Melody Maker) Disc & Music Echo says that this was cancelled
8 December 1967 – Burton Constable Hall, Hull, Humberside with The Amboy Dukes, Joe E Young & The Toniks, Roger Bloom’s Hammer, Gospel Garden and The Mandrakes (Scarborough Evening News)
9 December 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London with Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede and Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers (Melody Maker)
9 December 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)
19 December 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
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23 December 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Six Across, The Rubber Band and Ray Bones (Lincolnshire Standard)
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29 December 1967 – Foseco Sports & Social Club, Tamworth, Staffordshire (Tamworth Herald)
1968
9 January 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
11 January 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly, London (Poster at Jonathan Marks’ website: https://imgur.com/a/sWtBd#0)
14 January 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
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15 January 1968 – Bluesville ’68 Club, St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)
19 January 1968 – Big C Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hamphshire (Aldershot News) Billed as Diane Ferraz and The Ferris Wheel
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26 January 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
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2 February 1968 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle) Billed as featuring Diane Ferraz
2 February 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)
4 February 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Salisbury and Winchester Journal)
6 February 1968 – Public Hall, Witham, Essex (Essex Chronicle)
8 February 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
9 February 1968 – North West Leicestershire Technical College Students Union Dance, The Grand, Coalville, Leicestershire with Magazine (Leicester Mercury)
11 February 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)
3 March 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)
4 March 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday) Billed as with Diane Ferraz
10 July 1968 – Summerhill House Hotel, Kingswinford, West Midlands (Express & Star)
According to Michael Snow’s book Mersey Me! A Liverpool Lad on the Loose in the Swingin’ ‘60s, Diane Ferraz left on the eve of a month’s residency at the Voom Voom club in St-Tropez that summer (most likely around now). She was exhausted from European tours. They undertook the French dates without a female singer and briefly added singer Marsha Hunt on their return to London
19 July 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
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20 July 1968 – Grand Pavilion, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire with Shock Treatment (Derbyshire Times)
21 July 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Marsha Hunt with Ferris Wheel
22 July 1968 – Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes with Happy Magazine and Glass Showband (Grimsby Daily Telegraph)
25 July 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
1 September 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
7 September 1968 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire with Blossom Toes (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
24 September 1968 – Rasputin’s, Oxford Street, central London (Time Out)
28 September 1968 – Coventry College of Education, Coventry (Fabulous 208)
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29 September 1968 – Beat Centre Discotheque Club, Co-Op Hall, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
30 September 1968 – Manor House, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
2 October 1968 – Kew Boathouse, Kew, west London (Fabulous 208)
3 October 1968 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, central London (Fabulous 208)
5 October 1968 – Royal Lido Ballroom, Prestatyn, Wales with Technicolour Dream (website: www.45worlds.com/live)
9 October 1968 – Rasputin’s, Oxford Street, central London (Time Out)
Singer Linda Lewis joins from White Rabbit around mid-October 1968. As she lived in Hampstead, it’s possible her first gig was there. Around the same time Barry Reeves was replaced by Dennis Elliott on drums
10 October 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
14 October 1968 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, central London (Fabulous 208)
19 October 1968 – Victoria Ballroom, Chesterfield, Derbyshire (Derbyshire Times)
19 October 1968 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
27 October 1968 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent with Nepenthe (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham Evening Post)
1 November 1968 – College of Education, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
2 November 1968 – Bin Lid, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
3 November 1968 – Surrey Rooms, Oval, south London (Melody Maker)
10 November 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
16 November 1968 – College Hall, Farnborough Technical College Students’ Union, Farnborough, Hampshire with The Gods (Aldershot News)
16 November 1968 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, central London (Poster)
22 November 1968 – Rag Ball, Avery Hill College, Eltham, southeast London with Ace Kefford, Jigsaw Band and Keith Sine (South East London Mercury)
23 November 1968 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Sons and Lovers (Lincolnshire Standard)
24 November 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London with Nepenthe (Melody Maker)
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1 December 1968 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Ferris Wheel featuring Linda Lewis
5 December 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
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27 December 1968 – Bridge Place Country Club, near Canterbury, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)
29 December 1968 – Yorkshire Grey Ballroom, Eltham, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
1969
2 January 1969 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
In early 1969, Keith Field left and was succeeded by Terry Edmunds
8 February 1969 – The Barn Ballroom, Little Bardfield Hall, Little Bardfield, Essex (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
20 February 1969 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
15 June 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (gig poster on website: http://www.donpowellofficial.com/)
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10 August 1969 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London with The Misunderstood, Reflection and Andromeda (Melody Maker)
20 August 1969 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Time Out)
24 August 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Time Out)
27 August 1969 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Time Out)
7 September 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Kensington Post)
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14 September 1969 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, north London with Edgar Broughton, Grail and Daddy Long Legs (Melody Maker)
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27 September 1969 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
30 October 1969 – Rasputin’s, Oxford Street, London (Time Out)
21 December 1969 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Time Out)
24 December 1969 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Time Out)
27 December 1969 – Bridge Place Country Club, Canterbury, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)
28 December 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London (Time Out)
According to Michael Snow’s blog (https://michaelsnowpresents.wordpress.com), they went to Geneva to play at the Black Bird club in December 1969 and, judging by newspaper clippings, were still playing there in the first week of January 1970, due to popular demand.
1970
17 January 1970 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
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 Magazine, 1965. Photo may be subject to copyright
THE ANIMALS:
Eric Burdon (lead vocals)
Alan Price (keyboards/vocals)
Hilton Valentine (lead guitar)
Chas Chandler (bass)
John Steele (drums)
1963
15 December 1963 – Ricky Tick, Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (David Else’s research) This is possibly The Animals’ first southern gig
21 December 1963 – Star Hotel, Croydon, Surrey (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
6 June 1964 – Club Noreik, Tottenham, London with John Lee Hooker (Tottenham Weekly Herald)
11 June 1964 – Brighton Dome, Brighton, Sussex with The Yardbirds and The T-Bones (Evening Argus)
17 June 1964 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire with The Ace-Boaters (Aldershot News)
27 June 1964 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Delcounts (Lynn News)
28 June 1964 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with Ricky Lee & The Hucklebucks (North Norfolk News)
29 June 1964 – Bath Pavilion, Bath with support (Western Scene)
1 July 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
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3 July 1964 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London with The Demons and The Trojans (Streatham News)
4 July 1964 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks with The Skyways (Bletchley District Gazette)
19 July 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)
20 July 1964 – Manor House, St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Beat Monthly)
24 July 1964 – Attic Club, Hounslow, Middlesex with Steve Marriott’s Moments (Kingston & Malden Borough News)
25 July 1964 – Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Beat Monthly)
26 July 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)
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30 July 1964 – Assembly Hall, Worthing, West Sussex with The Zabres (Worthing Gazette)
31 July 1964 – Palace, Maryport (Beat Monthly)
1 August 1964 – Pavilion, Buxton (Beat Monthly)
2 August 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)
Courtesy from Lois Valvona
3 August 1964 – Commodore Theatre, Ryde, Isle of Wight with Freddy Earle, The Diplomats, Brian Howard & The Silhouttes, Mark Wynter, The Cherokees and Barry St John (Lois Valvona’s programme)
Programme from Lois Valvona
5 August 1964 – Cellar, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The Plebs (Harrow Weekly Post/David Else research)
7 August 1964 – Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (Beat Monthly)
9 August 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)
12 August 1964 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
20-21 August 1964 – Gigs in Ireland (Beat Monthly)
22 August 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Downsiders and Johnny Kaye & The Kossacks (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
23 August 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)
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27 August 1964 – Le Disque, Peckham, southeast London (Clapham Advertiser)
28 August 1964 – Gig in Morecambe, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)
29 August 1964 – Theatre Royal, Tyldsley (Beat Monthly)
30 August 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)
31 August 1964 – Tour of Scotland (Beat Monthly)
1-5 September 1964 – Tour of Scotland (Beat Monthly)
6 September 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)
10 September 1964 – Cavern, Manchester (Beat Monthly)
20 October 1964 – Royal Edmonton, Edmonton, Middlesex with Carl Perkins, The Nashville Teens, The Quotations, Tommy Tucker, Elkie Brooks and Ray Cameron (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian)
25 October 1964 – Gig in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Beat Instrumental)
26 October 1964 – Gig in Birmingham (Beat Instrumental)
27 October 1964 – Gig in Stockton-on-Tees (Beat Instrumental)
28 October 1964 – Gig in Edinburgh, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)
29 October 1964 – Gig in Dumfries, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)
30 October 1964 – Gig in Stockton-on-Tees (Beat Instrumental)
31 October 1964 – Gig in Bradford (Beat Instrumental)
1 November 1964 – Gig in Coventry (Beat Instrumental)
2 November 1964 – Gig in Kilburn, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)
3 November 1964 – Gig in Guildford, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)
4 November 1964 – Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Nashville Teens, Carl Perkins, Elkie Brooks, Tommy Tucker, The Quotations and Ray Cameron (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
5 November 1964 – Gig in Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
6 November 1964 – Gig in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (Beat Instrumental)
7 November 1964 – Gig in Derby (Beat Instrumental)
8 November 1964 – Gig in Portsmouth, Hants (Beat Instrumental)
9 November 1964 – Gig in Rochester, Kent (Beat Instrumental)
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10 November 1964 – Odeon, Lewisham, southeast London with Carl Perkins, The Nashville Teens, Tommy Tucker, Elkie Brooks, The Quotations and Ray Cameron (South East London Mercury)
11 November 1964 – Gig in Cardiff, south Wales (Beat Instrumental)
12 November 1964 – Gig in Bristol (Beat Instrumental)
13 November 1964 – Gig in Waterford (Republic of Ireland?) (Beat Instrumental)
14 November 1964 – Gig in Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
15 November 1964 – Gig in Bournemouth, Dorset (Beat Instrumental)
20-21 November 1964 – Empire Pool, Wembley, Middlesex with The Rolling Stones, The Pretty Things, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, The Migil Five, The Miami Show Band, Susan Maughan, Lorne Lesley, Julia Rogers, Gene Vincent and The Hustlers (Clapham Advertiser)
21 November 1964 – Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Dawn & The Dee-Jays (Lincolnshire Standard)
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23 November 1964 – Bluesville, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)
19 March 1965 – Big Beat Nite Out, Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Kinks, The Pretty Things, The Caravelles, Dodie West and Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
21 March 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
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22 March 1965 – Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham with The Kinks, The Pretty Things, Screaming Lord Sutch, Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs and Dodie West (Birmingham Evening Mail)
24 March 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Melody Maker)
25 March 1965 – Locarno, Swindon, Wiltshire with The Sole Savages (Swindon Evening Advertiser)
26 March 1965 – Gig in Southsea, Hants (Beat Instrumental)
27 March 1965 – Gig in London (Beat Instrumental)
3 April 1965 – Technical College, Westminster, central London (Beat Instrumental)
4 April 1965 – Pigalle, central London (Beat Instrumental)
7 April 1965 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol with The Fanatics (Western Scene)
10 April 1965 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Cascades and The Amazons (Cambridgeshire Times)
11 April 1965 – NME Concert, Wembley, west London with many others (Beat Instrumental)
17 April 1965 – Galaxy Club, St Joseph’s Hall, Basingstoke, Hants with The Troggs (Southern Echo)
24 April 1965 – Gig in Rawenstall (Beat Instrumental)
25 April 1965 – Ritz Ballroom, King’s Heath, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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25 April 1965 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
27 April 1965 – St Joseph’s Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire with The Troggs (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
28-30 April 1965 – Tour of Sweden (Beat Instrumental)
10 May 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Walthamstow Guardian)
14 May 1965 – Marconi Basildon Locarno, Basildon, Essex with The Soul Agents and The Felders Orioles (Poster)
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16 May 1965 – Whitehall, East Grinstead, West Sussex with The Pitmen (Sussex Evening Express)
29 June 1965 – St Joseph’s Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
5 July 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
17 July 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Apex Group and The Yensons Trolls (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
18 July 1965 – Palace Theatre, Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex with The Lively Set and The Flowerpots (Essex Chronicle)
20 July 1965 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
21 July 1965 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
25 July 1965 – Winter Gardens, Morecambe, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
26 July 1965 – Top Rank, Doncaster (Beat Instrumental)
27 July 1965 – Tyne Tees TV (Beat Instrumental)
28 July 1965 – Scottish TV (Beat Instrumental)
29 July 1965 – Town Hall, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (Beat Instrumental)
30 July 1965 – Festival Jazz, Cleethorpes (Beat Instrumental)
31 July 1965 – Pavilion Gardens, Buxton (Beat Instrumental)
1 August 1965 – Oasis, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
2 August 1965 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Beat Instrumental)
4 August 1965 – Top Rank, Hanley, Staffordshire (Beat Instrumental)
5 August 1965 – Palace Ballroom (most likely Douglas), Isle of Man (Beat Instrumental)
26 October 1965 – 5 O’Clock Club (Beat Instrumental)
27 October 1965 – Disc A Go Go (Beat Instrumental)
28 October 1965 – Crawley Civic Centre, Crawley, West Sussex (Beat Instrumental)
30 October 1965 – Easybeat (Beat Instrumental)
31 October 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
3 November 1965 – Saturday Club (Beat Instrumental)
5 November 1965 – Joe Loss’s Pop Show (Beat Instrumental)
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7 November 1965 – Odeon Colchester, Colchester, Essex with The Small Faces, Tommy Quickly, The Soul Mates, The Rustics and Beryl Marsden and The Crewcats (Essex Chronicle)
10 November 1965 – Cracker Jack (Beat Instrumental)
11 November 1965 – Tour of Poland (Beat Instrumental)
17 February 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker) Opening night
28 February 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)
2 March 1966 – Bristol University, Bristol (Beat Instrumental)
4 March 1966 – Leicester University, Leicester (Beat Instrumental)
5 March 1966 – Birmingham University, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental) This date may be incorrect
6 March 1966 – University of Aston Rag Ball, Bingley Hall, Aston, West Midlands with Gerry & The Pacemakers, Billy Fury & The Gamblers and Craig (Birmingham Evening Mail) Barry Jenkins was on drums by now
Fabulous 208 Magazine, 1966. Photo may be subject to copyright
15 March 1966 – Gig in Paris, France (Beat Instrumental)
18 March 1966 – Exeter University, Exeter, Devon (Beat Instrumental)
19 March 1966 – Nottingham University, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)
20 March 1966 – Top Ten Club, Belle Vue, Manchester (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
24 March 1966 – Hilton Hotel, Hyde Park Corner, central London (Beat Instrumental)
26 March 1966 – Central School of Arts, central London (Beat Instrumental)
1968
22 December 1968 – City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with The Animals, Grapefruit, Happy Magazine, Barry St John, Long John Baldy, Kim Davis & The Beginning, Noble Forde and The Tempo Set (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
This was the original Animals reunion gig/Geno Washington was billed but cancelled
Reunion gig in Newcastle, 1968. Photo may be subject to copyright
Many thanks to Rolf Hannet in Germany for helping with some of the Beat Instrumental and Beat Monthly gigs
The Ugly Z are a mystery band to me. There are plenty of names on the labels, but it may be that none of them belong to the band’s members.
“Down to My Very Last Tear” has a cool twelve-string guitar opening and a good band performance full of harmony singing. It was credited to the Ugly Z and Steve Fazio Jr.
Chris Crocket wrote “Kathy’s Back” which is similar to the flip in sound and almost as catchy.
Rick Lawrence, Stuart Richard produced the record, with Richard also arranging both sides.
It was released on Rondo 9158 in June, 1965, as shown from the Alco delta numbers: ∆57098 / ∆57098-X. Rondo had its address at 15101 Magnolia Blvd in Sherman Oaks, CA, and also published the songs through Rondo BMI.
Steve Fazio would show up about a year later as a talent scout for Valiant Records and producer Al Kavelin. Steve Fazio, Jr. also wrote “All Because Of You” recorded by Guiseppi Apollo with the Revels & the Mapes Sisters on Impact 12-IMX, published by Anthony Music.
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.
HERBIE GOINS & THE NIGHT-TIMERS:
Herbie Goins – lead vocals
John McLaughlin – lead guitar
Mick Eve – tenor saxophone
Harry Beckett – trumpet
Nigel Stanger – Hammond organ/saxophone
Dave Price – bass
Bill Stevens – drums
1965
23 March 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book) This might have been before the link-up with The Night-Timers who were working with Ronnie Jones
6 August 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
7 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with Group Survival (NME) Billed as The Night-timers with Herbie Goins
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8 August 1965 – Galaxy Club, Woburn Park Hotel, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
28 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (NME) Billed as The Night-timers with Herbie Goins
Sometime in late August/early September 1965, Nigel Stanger returned to Newcastle upon Tyne and worked with Alan Price. Former member Dave Morse returned on Hammond organ
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4 September 1965 – Zambesi Club, Hounslow, west London (Middlesex Chronicle)
12 September 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
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16 September 1965 – Ritz Club, Skewen, Wales with The Kingpins and The Iveys (Port Talbot Guardian)
17 September 1965 – Archer Hall, Billericay, Essex (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
18 September 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (Melody Maker)
22 January 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)
30 January 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)
4 February 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)
5 February 1966 – Winter Gardens, Banbury, Oxfordshire with Elkie Brooks, The Marionettes and Phase II (Brackley Advertiser) Is this possible with the gig below?
5 February 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
19 March 1966 – Mod Place, Victoria Rooms, Clifton, Bristol with Elkie Brooks, The Marionettes and The Reasons (Western Scene) Is this possible with Swiss dates above
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1 April 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Melody Maker)
4 April 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Birmingham Evening Mail)
9 April 1966 – Jigsaw, Manchester with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Graham Bond Organisation (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
10 April 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth West Midlands with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Birmingham Evening Mail)
16 April 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnbrough, Hampshire with Screaming J Hawkins (Aldershot News/Camberley News)
18 April 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey with support (Aldershot News/Camberley News)
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23 April 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, The Plain & Fancy and The Tykes (Lincolnshire Standard)
27 May 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnbrough, Hampshire (Aldershot News/Camberley News) David Else also has the band playing at the Camberley Ricky Tick at the Cambridge Hotel on this date with The Blues Syndicate
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28 May 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
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Around late May/early June John McLaughlin left and first Mick Barker and then John Smith came in on guitar (Ed: would welcome any insights from readers)
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4 June 1966 – Zambesi, Hounslow, west London (Melody Maker)
Sometime in early October, Speedy Acquaye joined on congas from Georgie Fame’s Blue Flames, having appeared on the sessions for “Number One in Your Heart” earlier in the year
1 October 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with Broodly-Hoo (Nottingham Evening Post)
2 October 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
8 October 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
15 October 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
16 October 1966 – Dereham Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Sullivan James (North Norfolk News)
22 October 1966 – The Location, Woolwich, southeast London with The Images (Melody Maker)
23 October 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
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26 October 1966 – Elbow Room, Aston, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
27 October 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
28 October 1966 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
29 October 1966 – Plebians, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Halifax Evening Courier & Guardian)
31 October 1966 – The Village, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
13 January 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Satin Dolls and The All Night Workers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
15 January 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent with Satin Dolls (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
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20 January 1967 – Mod Ball, Pavilion Ballroom, Weymouth, Dorset with Teak and Smokey and The Nite People (Western Gazette)
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21 January 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Satin Dolls, Timebox with Richard Henry, Triads and Ray Bones (Spalding Standard)
26 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Jimmy Cliff & The Shakedown Sound (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
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27 January 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Knak (Gloucester Citizen)
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28 January 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
28 January 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
1 February 1967 – Elbow Room, Aston, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
2 February 1967 – Bowes-Lyon-House, Stevenage, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
4 February 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Avalons and The Mack Sound (Melody Maker)
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5 February 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
6 February 1967 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
7-8 February 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, central London (Fabulous 208)
9 February 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Satin Dolls and The In Crowd (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
10 February 1967 – Hereford College (presumably Hereford but could be Oxford college) (Fabulous 208) They may have played the Stage Club on this date too (Cherwell)
11 February 1967 – Durham University, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
14 February 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, west London (Fabulous 208)
14 February 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
16 February 1967 – Cadenas Club, Stoke Hotel, Guildford with The Jeremiah Thing (David Else’s research)
17 February 1967 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, West London (David Else’s research)
19 February 1967 – Saville Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London with Chuck Berry and The Canadians (Fabulous 208)
21 February 1967 – Pavilion, Bournemouth Colleges Student’s Union, Landsdowne, Dorset with The Palmer James Group (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
23 February 1967– Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The In Crowd (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
24 February 1967 – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales with The Yardbirds (Fabulous 208)
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25 February 1967 – Matlock Bath Pavilion, Matlock, Derbyshire with John L Watson and The Web (Derby Evening Telegraph)
According to the Guardian Journal’s 18 March issue, page 5, Mike Carr departed in early March. His replacement was Jamaican musician Junior Kerr.
Kerr came in via backing singers and dancers Cassie and Candy (aka The Satin Dolls) who were part of the Ready Steady Go dancing troupe. They joined around in late 1966 (Ed: would welcome any reader insights)
4 March 1967 – Royal Lido Ballroom, Prestatyn, Wales with The Raynes (website: www.45worlds.com/live)
16 March 1967 – Locarno, Derby (Fabulous 208)
17 March 1967 – Queen’s Rink, West Hartlepool, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
18 March 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
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19 March 1967 – Cosmo Ballroom, Carlisle, Cumbria with 22nd Street People (Cumberland News/Fabulous 208)
22 March 1967 – College of Tech, Nottingham with Unit 4 Plus 2 (Fabulous 208)
23 March 1967 – Palace Hotel, Southport, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
24 March 1967 – Top Ten, Manchester with Candy Choir (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
24 March 1967 – Bluesville, Manor House, London (Melody Maker)
25 March 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Legay (Cambridgeshire Times)
26 March 1967 – Belle Vue, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
9 April 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
14 April 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
16 April 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
18 April 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Bossmen (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
23 April 1967 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)
26 April 1967 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Melody Maker)
28 April 1967 – Steering Wheel Club, Dorchester, Dorset with Adge Cutler & The Wurzels and The Gordon Riots (Western Gazette)
29 April 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester with The Executive (Melody Maker)
30 April 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent with Satin Dolls (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
Sometime around this period, Linda Lewis also sang with the group briefly having worked with The Q-Set in late 1966. She didn’t stay long and cut a solo single for Polydor that summer. She would reunite though with Kerr soon after in White Rabbit
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6 May 1967 – Shoreline Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex with The In Crowd (Dave Allen research)
9 May 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London with The Satin Dolls (Melody Maker)
12 May 1967 – Drokiweeny, Manchester with The Satin Dolls (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
12 May 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester with The Satin Dolls (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
12 May 1967 – Mr Smith’s, Manchester with The Satin Dolls (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
16 May 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London with The Web (Melody Maker)
23 May 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London (Melody Maker)
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27 May 1967 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
27 May 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
29 May 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Is this possible with the gig below?
29 May 1967 – Supreme Eastern Esplanade, Ramsgate, Kent with The Satin Dolls and Len Marshall Sound (Melody Maker/East Kent Times & Mail)
30 May 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London (Melody Maker/Record Mirror)
2 June 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Satin Dolls (Melody Maker)
This large gap in June suggests they may have been overseas
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30 June 1967 – Koo Koo Byrd, Cardiff, Wales (Glamorgan County Times)
1 July 1967 – Supreme Eastern Esplanade, Ramsgate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)
8 July 1967 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
10 July 1967 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
29 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Fraternity and The Army (Melody Maker)
I would welcome any further insights from readers but I believe that in late July/early August, the group headed to Italy for a short tour. John Smith and Bill Stevens left on the eve of the tour and former Pack/Flowers of Wisdom members Andy Rickell and Terry Stannard joined. Stannard had recently worked with Freddie Mack.
The tour was a disaster and all of the equipment was stolen. Most of the group returned home and Junior Kerr, Andy Rickell and Terry Stannard formed White Rabbit with former member Linda Lewis
A new formation was formed on Goins’ return:
Herbie Goins – lead vocals
Alan Roskams – guitar (ex-Gass)
Mick Eve – tenor saxophone
Harry Beckett – trumpet
Speedy Acquaye – congas
John Carroll – Hammond organ
Dave Price – bass
Ian Hague – drums (ex-Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds/The Nice)
+ Satin Dolls backing singers/dancers Cassie and Candy
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19 August 1967 – Wellington Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Midnight Times (North Norfolk News)
20 August 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with Satin Dolls (Nottingham Evening Post)
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25 August 1967 – Steering Wheel, Dorchester, Dorset with The Cellar Rats (Dorset Evening Echo)
26 August 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire with The Maraccas (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle/Formby Times)
27 August 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Bluecaps (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
30 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker)
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2 September 1967 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire with Mike Stuart’s Span (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
3 September 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)
6 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
8 September 1967 – 5D, Leicester with The Worrying Kynde (Leicester Mercury)
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9 September 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Soho, central London with The Paper Blitz Tissue and Geranium Pond (Melody Maker)
10 September 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
11 September 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
12 September 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, west London (Melody Maker)
13 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
20 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
22 September 1967 – 5D, Leicester with The Wild Flowers (Leicester Mercury)
27 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
30 September 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with The Safety Catch (Somerset County Gazette)
3 October 1967 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with Granny’s Intentions and The Palmer James Group (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
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9 October 1967 – Top Rank, Cardiff, Wales with The Searchers, Lucas with The Mike Cotton Sound and The Zombies (South Wales Echo)
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15 October 1967 – Cosmopolitan, Carlisle, Cumbria with Tamla Express (Cumberland News)
20 October 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
21 October 1967 – Northwich Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Crewe Chronicle)
29 October 1967 – South Bank Jazz Club, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
This large gap in November suggests they may have been overseas
2 December 1967 – Pearce Hall, Maidenhead, Berkshire with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch and The Echoes (Bucks Free Press)
3 December 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
8 December 1967 – Students’ Union, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and Precious Few (Eastern Evening News)
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9 December 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Ferris Wheel and Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Melody Maker)
12 December 1967 – New Century Hall, Manchester with Kibbus (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
14 December 1967 – Student’s Union, University of East Anglia, Norwich with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and The Reasons (Eastern Evening News)
25 December 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Guest with The Tonicks, Ronnie Jones, Owen Grey and The Youth
26 December 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
1968
This large gap in January suggests they may have been overseas
4 February 1968 – Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford, Surrey with The Strange Brew (Surrey Advertiser)
18 February 1968 – New Regis Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex (Brighton Evening Argus)
23 February 1968 – Shades, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Sheffield Star)
1 March 1968 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands with Scarlet Religion (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
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2 March 1968 – Sheffield University Student’s Union, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Sheffield Star)
10 March 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
18 March 1968 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Time and Mr Showbiz (Express & Star)
25 March 1968 – Cosmopolitan, Carlisle, Cumbria (Cumberland News)
29 March 1968 – Poole College Rag, Poole College Main Hall, Poole, Dorset with The Nite People (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
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30 March 1968 – Ewell College, Ewell, Surrey with Robert Plant & The Band of Joy (Melody Maker)
1 April 1968 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
John Carroll left about this time to join The Flowerpot Men’s backing band. Former member Junior Kerr may have briefly returned as footage from French TV show Bouton Rouge dated 4 April reveals; however, this may have been a recording from the previous year. In the first week of April 1968, Kerr played with his new band Junior’s Conquests
Eddie Thornton, who’d worked with Georgie Fame (and more recently The Amboy Dukes) also joined in time for the French tour on trumpet, taking over from Harry Beckett
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10 April 1968 – Cellar Discotheque, Hartlepool (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
13 April 1968 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
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15 April 1968 – The Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminister, Somerset (Somerset County Gazette)
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19 April 1968 – Scene, Cambridge YMCA, Cambridge (Cambridge News)
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20 April 1968 – Tin Hat, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Howling Robin (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
21 April 1968 – Le Metro, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
26 April 1968 – Cue Club, Paddington (Melody Maker)
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27 April 1968 – Ettington Park Hotel, Alderminster, near Stratford, Warwickshire (Birmingham Evening Mail) Could this have been the date below or did they play again a few weeks later?
4 May 1968 – Wolverhampton College of Technology, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Soul Seekers (Express & Star)
11 May 1968 – Ettington Park Hotel, Alderminster, Warwickshire (Stratford upon Avon Herald)
12 May 1968 – Excel Blue Angel, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
19 May 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Poster)
23 May 1968 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with The Klick (Western Gazette)
31 May 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)
6 June 1968 – James Finegan Hall, Eston, Middlesbrough with Rivers Invitation and The Tramline (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
8 June 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham Junction, London with The Shiralee (Coulson & Purley Advertiser)
16 June 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London with The Satin Dolls (Poster)
23 June 1968 – Cosmopolitan, Carlisle, Cumbria with Junco Partners (Cumberland News)
31 August 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Strange Brew (Surrey Advertiser)
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2 September 1968 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with Lot 39 with Mel Taylor (Gloucester Citizen)
Around September 1968, Dave Price and Alan Roskams left.
Would welcome insights from readers but I think a new formation featured the following:
Herbie Goins – lead vocals
Kelvin Bullen – lead guitar (ex-Joe E Young & The Tonicks)
Hugh Bullen – bass (ex-Joe E Young & The Tonicks)
Mick Eve – tenor saxophone
Eddie Thornton – trumpet
Speedy Acquaye – congas
Ian Hague – drums
+ Satin Dolls backing singers/dancers Cassie and Candy
7 September 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Salisbury Journal/Western Gazette)
20 September 1968 – CLCE Scraptoft, Leicester with The Shevelles and The Decoys (Leicester Mercury)
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21 September 1968 – Stage Club, Oxford (Oxford Mail)
7 October 1968 – Quaintways, Chester, Cheshire with Perfumed Garden, The Hands and Wall City Jazzmen (website: www.45worlds.com/live)
13 October 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
19 October 1968 – Students Union UEA, Norwich, Norfolk with Bumbly Hum (Eastern Evening News)
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3 November 1968 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
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7 December 1968 – Stage Club, Oxford (Oxford Mail)
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10 December 1968 – King’s College, Strand, London with The Nice and The Circus (Melody Maker)
14 December 1968 – Mid-Herts College, Welwyn Garden City, Herts with The Herbal Remedy (Welwyn and Hatfield Advertiser)
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18 December 1968 – Candlelight, Scarborough, North Yorkshire with The Satin Dolls and Free (Scarborough Evening News)
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21 December 1968 – The Catacombs, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
1969
Sometime in early 1969, Ian Hague left to join J J Jackson’s backing band
21 February 1969 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)
23 February 1969 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)
1 March 1969 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)
30 March 1969 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
13 April 1969 – Blaises, London (Hounslow Post)
27 April 1969 – Le Metro, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
2 May 1969 – Lyceum Ballroom, Strand, London with Alan Bown, Spooky Tooth, Jon Hiseman’s Colosseum and Portrait (Melody Maker)
3 May 1969 – New Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
24 May 1969 – Farnborough Technical College Students’ Union, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
14 June 1969 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
28 July 1969 – Soul Club, Plaza Ballroom, Newsbury, Berkshire with Simon K & The Meantimers (Reading Evening Post)
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28 September 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
Soon after the above gig, the band landed a part-time residency in Rome, Italy
I would welcome any insights from readers on what happened next with the band’s formation
I’d like to thank David Else for generously sharing his own history on the band and helping to cross check timelines and facts. Also, thanks to Mick Eve for his insights.
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The Penetrators came from Crown Point, NY, on the west shore of Lake Champlain above Ticonderoga.
In March of 1968 they made what I believe to be their second record, the cool garage original “I’ll Make You Mine” by Dan Rabideau and Kim Joiner, backed with a good instrumental, “Splitter Splatter” by Dan Rabideau and Larry Rabideau.
17 December 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Mail/Fabulous 208)
