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 and, where possible, I have added the sources used, whether they are newspapers or websites.  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 MARK LEEMAN FIVE:

Mark Leeman (real name: John Ardrey) – lead vocals 

Alan Roskams – lead guitar

Terry Goldberg – keyboards

David Hyde – bass

Brian Davison – drums

1963

12 January 1963 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with Danny Davis & The Dynamos (Stevenage Gazette)

9 February 1963 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Classics (Aldershot News)

23 February 1963 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with Neil Christian & The London Crusaders (Stevenage Gazette)

30 March 1963 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with Grant Tracy & The Sunsets (Stevenage Gazette)

13 April 1963 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Mike Jones Combo (Aldershot News)

25 May 1963 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with The Niteshades (Stevenage Gazette)

10 June 1963 – King’s Hall, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire with The Niteshades (Berkhamsted Gazette)

27 July 1963 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with Johnny Gentle-Johnny Angel and Terry Judge & The Wayders (Stevenage Gazette)

12 August 1963 – White Hart, Acton, Middlesex with Mel Turner (Melody Maker)

19 August 1963 – White Hart, Acton, Middlesex with The Sovereigns (Melody Maker)

24 August 1963 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames (Stevenage Gazette)

26 August 1963 – Manor House R&B Club, Manor House, north London with Mel Turner (Melody Maker)

19 October 1963 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with Johnny Duncan and Kerry Rapid & The Seltones (Aldershot News/West Surrey Advertiser)

25 October 1963 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Big Three, The Undertakers and Jackie Frisco (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

14 December 1963 – Drill Hall, Camberley, Surrey with The Bumblies (Aldershot News)

28 December 1963 – Pontiac Club, Zeeta House, Putney, Surrey with Manfred Mann (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

1964

11 January 1964 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Hertfordshire with Terry Franks & The Avalons (Hertfordshire Express)

14 January 1964 – St Mary’s Hall, Putney, Surrey with Manfred Mann (Blues-rock Explosion book, edited by Summer McStravick and John Roos)

9 February 1964 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Hertfordshire with The Rockin’ Berries (Hertfordshire Express)

14 March 1964 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Hertfordshire with Unit 7 (Hertfordshire Express)

15 March 1964 – Willows Dance Club, London Colney, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)

20 March 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers, The Redcaps and Troy Dante & The Infernos (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

29 March 1964 – The Scene, Florida Rooms, Brighton, West Sussex (Evening Argus)

9 April 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Graham Bond and The Blue Bottles with Mike Patto (Harrow Weekly Post)

13 April 1964 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

14 April 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Pretty Things and The Tridents (Record Mirror)

18 April 1964 – Ballito, St Albans, Herts with Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)

18 April 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

19 April 1964 – Willows, London Colney, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)

25 April 1964 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Hertfordshire with The Lion Herts (Hertfordshire Express)

5 May 1964 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardners, Isleworth, Middlesex with The Bo Street Runners and The Soul Messengers (Middlesex Chronicle)

9 May 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

12 May 1964 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardners, Isleworth, Middlesex with The Bo Street Runners and The Soul Messengers (Middlesex Chronicle)

16 May 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

19 May 1964 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardners, Isleworth, Middlesex with The Bo Street Runners and The Soul Messengers (Middlesex Chronicle)

23 May 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

24 May 1964 – Majestic Ballroom, Luton, Bedfordshire with The Who (Luton News)

26 May 1964 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardners, Isleworth, Middlesex with The Bo Street Runners and The Soul Messengers (Middlesex Chronicle)

30 May 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

1 June 1964 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Bluebirds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

2 June 1964 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardners, Isleworth, Middlesex with The Bo Street Runners and The Soul Messengers (Middlesex Chronicle)

6 June 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

7 June 1964 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Hertfordshire with The Deltics (Hertfordshire Express)

8 June 1964 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

12 June 1964 – Ealing Town Hall, Ealing, Middlesex with The Soul Messengers and Jimmy Royal & The Hawks (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

13 June 1964 – Margate Winter Gardens, Margate, Kent with Manfred Mann, The Tornados, The Sensations, Guy Hamilton and The Scaffolds (East Kent Times & Mail)

13 June 1964 – Continental Dancing Club, Edmonton, Middlesex (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

13 June 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Are three gigs likely on the same date?

15 June 1964 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

20 June 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Needs confirmation

22 June 1964 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

27 June 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

29 June 1964 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

30 June 1964 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardeners, Isleworth, Middlesex with Frankie Reid & The Casuals (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

4 July 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

6 July 1964 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

11 July 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

18 July 1964 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with Fernando & The Hideways (Hertfordshire Express)

18 July 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

28 July 1964 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardners, Isleworth, Middlesex with Ray Martin & The Corvettes (Middlesex Chronicle)

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

2 August 1964 – The Scene, Florida Room, Brighton, West Sussex (Evening Argus)

3 August 1964 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 November 1964 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

7 November 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

9 November 1964 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

14 November 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

16 November 1964 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

28 November 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

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

7 December 1964 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Moody Blues (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

12 December 1964 – Waterfront, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Echo)

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

14 December 1964 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Moody Blues (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

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

21 December 1964 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Moody Blues (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

26 December 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex with The Hobos (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

28 December 1964 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

1965

2 January 1965 – Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Utopians (North Norfolk News)

4 January 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Moody Blues (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

10 January 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

11 January 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

17 January 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

18 January 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

24 January 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

25 January 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

1 February 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Yardbirds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

6 February 1965 – Ferndown Village Hall, Ferndown, Dorset with Tony & The Trackmarks (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

13 February 1965 – Whitehall, East Grinstead, West Sussex with The Forerunners (Sussex Evening Express)

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

21 February 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

22 February 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Moody Blues (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

28 February 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

1 March 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Spencer Davis Group (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

5 March 1965 – Radio Caroline Sounds of ’65, Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Moody Blues, The Yardbirds and Ronnie Jones & The Night Timers (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

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

7 March 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Melody Maker)

8 March 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Yardbirds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

15 March 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

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

22 March 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Moody Blues (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

27 March 1965 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The RBQ (Essex Chronicle)

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

29 March 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Yardbirds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

30 March 1965 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardeners, Isleworth, Middlesex with The Tribe (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

3 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

10 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

14 April 1965 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

19 April 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Moody Blues (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

24 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

26 April 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Yardbirds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

27 April 1965 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardners, Isleworth, Middlesex with Group Survival (Middlesex Chronicle)

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

3 May 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Yardbirds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

11 May 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

18 May 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

23 May 1965 – Beachcomber, Bolton, Greater Manchester (Bolton Evening News)

25 May 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Who (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

30 May 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

8 June 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Yardbirds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

15 June 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Spencer Davis Group (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

19 June 1965 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Kent Messenger)

26 June 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (NME)

27 June 1965 – Rainbow Theatre, Blackpool, Lancashire (Blues-rock Explosion book, edited by Summer McStravick and John Roos)

According to the Blues-rock Explosion book, edited by Summer McStravick and John Roos, The Mark Leeman Five were scheduled to undertake a series of 13 Sunday concerts with Manfred Mann at the Rainbow Theatre in Blackpool, Lancashire. The first date on 27 June went well but that evening Mark Leeman took a lift with one of singer Julie Grant’s friends to Blackburn and was killed in a car crash.

29 June 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Spencer Davis Group (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live) Unlikely this happened

According to the Blues-rock Explosion book, Roger Peacock (from The Cheynes), Leeman’s replacement, debuted on 2 July 1965

2 July 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with Platform Six (Melody Maker)

6 July 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Yardbirds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

10 July 1965 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire with Manfred Mann (Bletchley District Gazette)

13 July 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Who (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

16 July 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Tony Rivers & The Castaways and The Denisons (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

20 July 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Spencer Davis Group (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

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

3 August 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Spencer Davis Group (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

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

10 August 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Sugar Pie Desanto and The Shevelles (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

11 August 1965 – The Plughole, Tottenham Court Road, central London (Melody Maker)

17 August 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

20 August 1965 – New Fender Club, Kenton, northwest London (Greenford Weekly Post)

24 August 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Lulu & The Luvvers (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

27 August 1965 – Witham Public Hall, Witham, Essex with The Fairies (Essex Chronicle)

30 August 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and Heinz & The Wild Boys (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

30 August 1965 –  The Cromwellian, South Kensington, west London (Martyn Hanson’s Hang on to a Dream: The Story of the Nice book)

According to Hanson’s book, this was keyboard player Terry Goldberg’s final gig with Mark Leeman’s band.

Terry Goldberg left at this point and Tom Parker joined from John Lee’s Groundhogs. Goldberg briefly took Parker’s place in the Groundhogs and then later worked with The James Royal  Set, Tintern Abbey and Hamilton & The Hamilton Movement.

31 August 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Moody Blues (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

2 September 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Spencer Davis Group (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

7 September 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

14 September 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

16 September 1965 – Club Dolphin, Luton, Bedfordshire (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)

18 September 1965 – Ticky Rick and Rang-A-Tang Club, Carnival Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

25 September 1965 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The Movements (Essex Chronicle)

27 September 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

12 October 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Yardbirds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

17 October 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

19 October 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Spencer Davis Group (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

23 October 1965 – Hanwell Community Centre, Hanwell west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

26 October 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

2 November 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Who (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

7 November 1965 – Beachcomber, Preston, Lancashire (Lancashire Evening Post)

8 November 1965 – Dancing Slipper, West Bridgeford, Nottinghamshire (Nottingham Evening Post)

9 November 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Spencer Davis Group (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

11 November 1965 – Cromwellian, South Kensington, west London (Kevin Cann research)

14 November 1965 – Sunday Club, Co-op Hall, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

16 November 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Spencer Davis Group (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

18 November 1965 – Stockton ABC, Stockon-on-Tees, Teesside with Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds, Paul and Barry Ryan, Marty Wilde, the Scaffold and Gary Farr & The T-Bones (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

24 November 1965 – Ritz, Chatham, Kent with Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds, Inez & Charlie Foxx, The Scaffold, Paul & Barry Ryan and Gary Farr & The T-Bones (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News/Kent Messenger)

25 November 1965 – ABC Regal Cambridge, Cambridge with Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds, Inez and Charlie Foxx, Paul and Barry Ryan, The Scaffold and The Summer Set (Cambridge News)

27 November 1965 – Granada East Ham, East Ham, east London with Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds, Inez & Charlie Foxx, Paul & Barry Ryan, The Scaffold and The Summer Set (Southend Standard)

29 November 1965 – Northampton ABC, Northampton with Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds, Inez & Charlie Foxx, Paul & Barry Ryan, The Scaffold and The Summer Set (Northampton Chronicle)

2 December 1965 – Granada, Bedford with Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds, Inez & Charlie Foxx, Paul & Barry Ryan, The Scaffold and The Summer Set (Boyfriend magazine)

3 December 1965 – Colston Hall, Bristol with Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds, Inez & Charlie Foxx, Paul & Barry Ryan, The Scaffold and The Summer Set (Boyfriend magazine)

4 December 1965 – ABC Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon with Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds, Inez & Charlie Foxx, Paul & Barry Ryan, The Scaffold and The Summer Set (Boyfriend magazine)

5 December 1965 – ABC Exeter, Exeter, Devon with Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds, Inez & Charlie Foxx, Paul & Barry Ryan, The Scaffold and The Summer Set (Boyfriend magazine)

6 December 1965 – Adelphi, Slough, Berkshire with Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds, Goldie of The Gingerbreads), Shangaans, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and Gary Farr & The T-Bones (Buckinghamshire Advertiser/Windsor, Slough & Eton Express) Windsor, Slough & Eton Express has Scaffold instead of Jimmy James

8 December 1965 – New Brighton Radio Caroline gig (Kevin Cann research)

9 December 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Alan Price Set (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

9 December 1965 – Cromwellian, South Kensington, west London (Kevin Cann research)

10 December 1965 – Ealing College, Ealing, west London (Kevin Cann research)

11 December 1965 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts with The Mob (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)

14 December 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Action (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

21 December 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Who (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

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

28 December 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

31 December 1965 – Parkside Hall, Ampthill, Bedfordshire with The Triads (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)

31 December 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Gary Farr & The T-Bones (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

1966

2 January 1966 – Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk with Sounds Reformed (Lynn News)

3 January 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

7 January 1966 – Parkside Hall, Ampthill, Bedfordshire (Biggleswade Chronicle)

10 January 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

15 January 1966 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle) Says from Marquee

16 January 1966 – Big E Club, Finchley, London (Melody Maker)

24 January 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

25 January 1966 – Ready Steady Go Club, Aylesbury, Bucks (http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)

26 January 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (Melody Maker)

30 January 1966 – The Mod Place, Victoria Rooms, Clifton, Bristol with The Exiles (Bristol Evening Post)

11 February 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire with support (Aldershot News)

14 February 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

20 February 1966 – Hive Club, Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford, Surrey with Fives a Crowd and The Clayton Squares (Surrey Advertiser)

20 February 1966 – Sunday Club, Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough and Eton Express)

21 February 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

26 February 1966 – Worsley Civic Hall, Walkden, Worsley, Greater Manchester with The Gamblers (Bolton Evening News)

27 February 1966 – Mod Place, Victoria Rooms, Clifton, Bristol with The Quad (Western Scene)

28 February 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

3 March 1966 – Ross Jazz Club, Gloucester with The Astrals (Gloucester Citizen)

5 March 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire with The Birds (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)

6 March 1966 – Hive Club, Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

10 March 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Summer Set (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

13 March 1966 – Dereham Tavern, Dereham, Norfolk with Sullivan James Band (Eastern Evening News)

17 March 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Objects (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

19 March 1966 – Godalming Methodist Youth Club, Godalming, Surrey with Primevals (Surrey Advertiser)

23 March 1966 – Seagull Beat Club, Southall, west London with The Handles (Middlesex County Times)

24 March 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

27 March 1966 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with RBQ (Essex Chronicle)

27 March 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

30 March 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Bo Street Runners (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

7 April 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

9 April 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with Mick’s Mode (Lynn News)

11 April 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Sounds Incorporated and Brian Something and The What’s Its (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

14 April 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Objects (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

21 April 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Bo Street Runners (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

28 April 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Alan Bown Set (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

29 April 1966 – Matrix Ballroom, Coventry with The Small Faces and The Clayton Squares (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

30 April 1966 – KD Club, Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees with The Denmen (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

1 May 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

5 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Emeralds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

7 May 1966 – The Cave, Village Hall, Hilgary, Norfolk with The Cynics (Lynn News)

14 May 1966 – Orford Cellar, Norwich (Eastern Evening News)

16 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Bo Street Runners (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

21 May 1966 – Polytechnic, Little Titchfield Street, W1, London with Alexis Korner (Melody Maker)

27 May 1966 – Parkside Hall, Ampthill, Bedfordshire with The Triads (Bury Free Press)

30 May 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Graham Bond Organisation, The Alan Bown Set and Dave Antony’s Moods (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

3 June 1966 – Parkside Hall, Ampthill, Bedfordshire with The Triads (Luton News)

24 June 1966 – Mr McCoys, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

3 July 1966 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, Middlesex with Saints and Sinners (http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)

4 July 1966 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle/Brighton Evening Argus)

According to the Blues-rock Explosion book, edited by Summer McStravick and John Roos, Roger Peacock left in early-mid July (to join Dave Anthony’s Moods) after the failure of “Follow Me”.

Peacock’s replacement was Pete Hodges (who may be the same musician who had previously played with Jimmy Cliff & The New Generation and would briefly front The Attack).

9 July 1966 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Jokers (Gloucester Citizen)

11 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Fabulous 208/Melody Maker)

16 July 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham with Monopoly (Birmingham Evening Mail)

17 July 1966 – Beachcomber, Bolton, Greater Manchester (Bolton Evening News)

29 July 1966 – Flamenco, Folkestone, Kent (Blues-rock Explosion book, edited by Summer McStravick and John Roos/Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)

According to the above book, this was the final gig but I found the following:

24 December 1966 – New Spot, Gosport, Hampshire with The Gass featuring Roscoe (Portsmouth News)

During early September Alan Roskams joined The Gass and later worked with Herbie Goins & The Night-timers. 

Tom Parker briefly worked Boz & The Boz People (including a Dusty Springfield tour) and then joined Eric Burdon & The New Animals for a short tour. Parker then joined Jimmy James & The Vagabonds.

Brian Davison meanwhile joined The Habits before briefly working with The Mike Cotton Sound and then The Attack (in January 1967). After working with Don Shinn, he joined The Nice that August.

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