Moon’s Train’s gigs

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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.

Photo credit: Melody Maker, 1965. Image may be subject to copyright.

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

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1 April 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London

5 April 1967 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London

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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

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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

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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

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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

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15 September 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London

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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

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10 December 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

15 December 1967 – Technical College, Farnborough, Hants

16 December 1967 – Wykeham Hall, Romford, London

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23 December 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London

24 December 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, London

 

4 January 1968 – Blaises, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, London

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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)

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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

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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.

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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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4 thoughts on “Moon’s Train’s gigs”

  1. 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.

  2. Rory Wilde of Putney Bridge band wrote me Peter Atwood was the bass guitarist in his band, I presume the same “Face” Atwood here?

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