Formed by keyboard player and singer/songwriter Peter Gosling in mid-1966, Moon’s Train evolved out of earlier bands, The Preachers and The Train, who featured future Herd guitarist/singer Peter Frampton.
By late 1966, the group’s line up comprised:
Peter “Moon” Gosling – keyboards/vocals
Ian Dibben – guitar
Pete “Face” Attwood – bass
Ken Leamon – sax
Alex Brown – trumpet
Malcolm Penn – drums
Many thanks to drummer Malcolm Penn for the following gig list and to Peter Gosling for kindly sharing this with me. Where newspapers advertised and I have the posters, I’ve listed these too:
26 January 1967 – Golden Star Club, N7, London
28 January 1967 – Muirhead Sports ground, Beckenham, London
13 February 1967 – Star Hotel, Croydon, London
25 February 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London
3 March 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London
4 March 1967 – Raynes Park Football Club, Merton, London
4 March 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London
5 March 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London
6-7 March 1967 – Why Not Club (unknown address)
8 March 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London
9 March 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London
10 March 1967 – Stockwell College, Stockwell, London
10 March 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London
11 March 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London
12 March 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London
17 March 1967 – Why Not Club (address unknown)
18 March 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham
25 March 1967 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire
31 March 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
1 April 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
5 April 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
21 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London with The Beachcombers
22 April 1967 – Technical College, Farnborough, Hants
26 April 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
27 April 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
28 April 1967 – Scotch of St James, Mason’s Yard, Mayfair, London
29 April 1967 – Unknown venue, New Forest, Hants
5 May 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
6 May 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
7 May 1967 – Dolphin (address unknown)
There was a Dolphin Club in Finchley, north London
10 May 1967 – Dolphin (address unknown)
12 May 1967 – White Lion, Edgware, London
12 May 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
13 May 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
18 May 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
19 May 1967 – Papa’s, Bournemouth, Dorset (website: http://www.bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)
20 May 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
26 May 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London
2 June 1967 – Big C Club, Farnborough, Hampshire
3 June 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London
4 June 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
8 June 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London
30 June 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London
1 July 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London
2 July 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London with The Warren Davis Monday Band and The Trap (Melody Maker)
This gig at the Upper Cut is missing from Malcolm Penn’s list so they may not have played it.
4 July 1967 – Big C Club, Farnborough, Hants
7 July 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
8 July 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
11 July 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
Sax player Paul Houlton left The Warren Davis Monday Band at the end of May. He says that his first gig with Moon’s Train was a long drive and July feels about right. He took over from Ken Leamon.
14 July 1967 – Waterfront Club, Woolston, Hampshire (Southern Echo)
15 July 1967 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
11 August 1967 – Moat Hotel, Wrotham, Kent
18 August 1967 – Papa’s, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Gods (website: http://www.bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)
19 August 1967 – Youth Club, Swanage, Dorset
20 August 1967 – Pier, Southampton, Hants
25 August 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
26 August 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
29 August 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
2 September 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
7 September 1967 – Johnson-Johnson party (Beaulieu), New Forest, Hants
9 September 1967 – Big C Club, Farnborough, Hants
11 September 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London
15 September 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
29 September 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
30 September 1967 – Unknown venue, Lymington, New Forest, Hants
1 October 1967 – Red Lion, Leytonstone, London
6 October 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
7 October 1967 – Muirhead Sportsground, Beckenham, London
13 October 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
14 October 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
20 October 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
21 October 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
27 October 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
28 October 1967 – Papa’s, Bournemouth, Dorset (website: http://www.bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)
5 November 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
11 November 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
18 November 1967 – Big C Club, Farnborough, Hants
25 November 1967 – Blaises, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, London
2 December 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
9 December 1967 – The Drum, Penge, London
10 December 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
15 December 1967 – Technical College, Farnborough, Hants
16 December 1967 – Wykeham Hall, Romford, London
23 December 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
24 December 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
4 January 1968 – Blaises, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, London
6 January 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
17 January 1968 – Blaises, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, London
18 January 1968 – Revolution, Bruton Place, London
19 January 1968 – Revolution, Bruton Place, London
20 January 1968 – Muirhead Sportsground, Beckenham, London
25 January 1968 – Revolution, Bruton Place, London
26 January 1968 – Revolution, Bruton Place, London
27 January 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
10 February 1968 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, London
17 February 1968 – Big C Club, Farnborough, Hampshire
24 February 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
25 February 1968 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
29 February 1968 – Nightingdale, Wood Green, London
1 March 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
2 March 1968 – Technical College, Hatfield, Herts
9 March 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
11 March 1968 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, London
12 March 1968 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, London
13 March 1968 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, London
14 March 1968 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, London
15 March 1968 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, London
16 March 1968 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, London
22 March 1968 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, London
23 March 1968 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, London
29 March 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder) Missing from Malcolm Penn’s gig list
30 March 1968 – Downham Tavern, Catford, London
30 March 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly, London (Julian Marks’ monthly club listings)
This final Hatchetts gig is missing from Malcolm Penn’s list, so they may not have played it.
6 April 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
20 April 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
22 April 1968 – Playboy Club, Park Lane, London
23 April 1968 – Playboy Club, Park Lane, London
24 April 1968 – Playboy Club, Park Lane, London
25 April 1968 – Playboy Club, Park Lane, London
26 April 1968 – Playboy Club, Park Lane, London
27 April 1968 – Playboy Club, Park Lane, London
11 May 1968 – Unknown venue, Dagenham, London
12 May 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham, London
18 May 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
24 May 1968 – Guildford College, Guildford, Surrey
25 May 1968 – Farnborough College, Farnborough, Hants
7 June 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
8 June 1968 – Unknown venue, Dagenham, London
28 June 1968 – Tiger’s Head, Downham, London (South East London Mercury)
7 July 1968 – Welcome Inn, Eltham, London
20 July 1968 – Scotch of St James, Mason’s Yard, Mayfair, London
23 July 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly, London (Julian Marks’ monthly club listings)
27 July 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
31 July 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly, London (Julian Marks’ monthly club listings)
3 August 1968 – Unknown venue, Dagenham, London
9 August 1968 – Cromwellian, Kensington, London
10 August 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, London
30 August 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham, London
6 September 1968 – Cromwellian, Kensington, London
7 September 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London
When the band split up in mid-September, guitarist Ian Dibben, bass player Pete Attwood and sax player Paul Houlton formed Failed Heritage with drummer Pete Mole from The Warren Davis Monday Band.
29 September 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder) This is missing from Malcolm Penn’s gig list so perhaps they carried on after he left or this gig wasn’t honoured
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My dad was the sax player in this band, Ken Leamon. I’d love to see any more info or more cuttings etc. He’s still very occasionally in touch with some of these guys, I think.
Got loads from El Grotto I can send
Rory Wilde of Putney Bridge band wrote me Peter Atwood was the bass guitarist in his band, I presume the same “Face” Atwood here?
It sounds like it