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The Love Affair gigs 1966-1970

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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.

Love Affair, early 1968. Photo may be subject to copyright

LOVE AFFAIR

Steve Ellis – lead vocals

Georgie Michael – lead guitar

Mick Jackson – bass

Morgan Fisher – keyboards

Maurice Bacon – drums

The Love Affair evolved out of The Soul Survivors, which featured Ellis, Bacon and Fisher. They changed name in August 1966 and signed with Decca Records for their debut 45, a cover of The Rolling Stones’ “She Smiled Sweetly”. 

17 February 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Fortunes (Melody Maker)

18 February 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Neat Change (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

 

17 March 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, and Bedfordshire with The Original Drifters (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

During mid-late March, Rex Brayley from Hounslow R&B band, The Dae-B-Four took over from Georgie Michael. By this point, they had left to Decca and signed to CBS

7 April 1967 – Flamingo, Soho, London (Melody Maker)

8 April 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Syn (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

21 April 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Soul Sisters (backed by The Trend) (Melody Maker)

 

3 June 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Westpoint Supernaturals (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

17 June 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Syn (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

 

8 July 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Tribe (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

22 July 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

27 July 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Marmalade (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

28 July 1967 – Windmill Club, Upminster, London (Brentwood Review & Romford Recorder)

Around this time Morgan Fisher left to go to college and seasoned musician, Hammond player Peter Bardens joined for a brief period. By September Lynton Guest had taken over keyboards

5 August 1967 – Locarno, Swindon, Wiltshire with The John Smith Affair (Swindon Evening Advertiser)

13 August 1967 – Connaught Hotel, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

17 August 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Marmalade (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

18 August 1967 – Windmill Club, Upminster, London (Brentwood Review & Romford Recorder)

31 August 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Marmalade (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

 

9 September 1967 – Palace Ballroom, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire with The Hydra Bronx ‘B’ Band (Bletchley District Gazette)

14 September 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Marmalade (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

28 September 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Marmalade (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

29 September 1967 – Windmill Club, Upminster, London (Brentwood Review & Romford Recorder)

 

6 October 1967 – G-Ranch Discotheque, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)

6 October 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London with supporting group (South East London Mercury)

7 October 1967 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Trayne of Thought (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)

14 October 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Freddie King and Chicken Shack (East Kent Times & Mail)

15 October 1967 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)

21 October 1967– Luton Boys Club, Luton, Bedfordshire with The Hydro Bronx Band (Evening Post Hemel Hempstead)

26 October 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Marmalade (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

 

16 November 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Syn (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

18 November 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)

19 November 1967 – Sunday Club, Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

21 November 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Amen Corner (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

23 November 1967 – Melton Drill Hall, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire (Grantham Journal)

 

December 1967 – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Magic Roundabout (Express & Star)

2 December 1967 – Connaught Hotel, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

14 December 1967 – Flying Fox Club, RAF Cottesmore, Rutland with Marmalade, The Symbols and The Kontax (Grantham Journal)

16 December 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

22 December 1967 – Windmill Club, Upminster, London (Brentwood Review & Romford Recorder)

30 December 1967 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Tremeloes (East Kent Times & Mail)

1968

16 January 1968 – Brave New World, Eastney, Southsea, Hampshire (website: http://michaelcooper.org.uk/C/birdcage.htm)

19 January 1968 – Ready Steady Go Club, Aylesbury, Bucks (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)

22 January 1968 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Coulsdon & Purley Advertiser)

26 January 1968 – Tiger’s Head, Downham, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

27 January 1968 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Reaction (Gloucester Citizen)

31 January 1968 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

 

1 February 1968 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset (Western Gazette)

2 February 1968 – Tavistock Town Hall, Tavistock, Devon (Western Evening Herald)

3 February 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Strange Fruits (East Kent Times)

6 February 1968 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

7 February 1968 – Locarno, Stevenage, Herts (Hertfordshire Express)

8 February 1968 – Town Hall, Wandsworth, London (Fabulous 208)

9 February 1968 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Track and New England Mood (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

10 February 1968 – New Century Hall, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

11 February 1968 – Crown & Cushion, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)

12 February 1968 – Kings Hall, Berkhamsted, Herts (Fabulous 208)

13 February 1968 – Bournemouth College, Bournemouth, Dorset (Fabulous 208)

17 February 1968 – Locarno Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)

22 February 1968 – Worthing Pier Pavilion, Worthing, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)

24 February 1968 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with The Roundabouts (Crewe Chronicle)

25 February 1968 – Cat-Balou Club, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Melody Maker/Grantham Journal)

 

2 March 1968 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks (Bedfordshire Times)

3 March 1968 – New Regis Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex (Brighton Evening Argus)

5 March 1968 – Town Hall, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (Malvern Gazette)

7 March 1968 – Douglas Hotel, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

8 March 1968 – Regal Ballroom, Bonnyrigg, Scotland with The Dollyrocker Band and Phoenix Trifle (Fabulous 208/South Midlothian Advertiser)

11 March 1968 – Locarno Ballroom, Glasgow, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

15 March 1968 – Tottenham Royal, Tottenham, London (Fabulous 208)

16 March 1968 – Market Hall, Haverfordwest, Wales (Fabulous 208)

19 March 1968 – Cricketers Arms, Felton, Northumberland (Fabulous 208)

20 March 1968 – Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with Picnic (Fabulous 208/Welwyn and Hatfield Advertiser) Berkhamsted Gazette as Tender Trap as support

21 March 1968 – Locarno, Streatham, London (Fabulous 208)

23 March 1968 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Rogues (Crewe Chronicle)

24 March 1968 – ABC Cinema, Merthyr Tydfil with Plastic Penny (West Monmouth & Merthyr Express)

25 March 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Doncaster Evening Post)

28 March 1968 – Ambassador Cinema, Belfast, Northern Ireland with The Tigers, The Soul Foundation and The High Wall (City Week)

 

11 April 1968 – Gaumont Theatre, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Simon Dupree & The Big Sound and Lucas & Mike Cotton Sound (Express & Star)

27 April 1968 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent with The Section and Square One (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)

1 May 1968 – Top Rank, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

3 May 1968 – Top Rank, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)

6 May 1968 – Top Rank, Bristol (Fabulous 208)

8 May 1968 – Top Rank, Brighton, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)

10 May 1968 – Top Rank, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

12 May 1968 – Wembley Pool, Wembley, London (Fabulous 208)

13 May 1968 – Top Rank, Cardiff, Wales (Fabulous 208)

15 May 1968 – Top Rank, Watford, Herts (Fabulous 208)

17 May 1968 – Top Rank, Preston, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

18 May 1968 – Royal Hall, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

20 May 1968 – Top Rank, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

22 May 1968 – Top Rank, Croydon, London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon/Fabulous 208)

24 May 1968 – Top Rank, Leicester (Fabulous 208/Leicester Mercury)

27 May 1968 – Top Rank, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)

29 May 1968 – Top Rank, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

31 May 1968 – Top Rank, Plymouth, Devon (Fabulous 208)

 

5 June 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Swansea, south Wales (South Wales Evening Post)

7 June 1968 – Top Rank, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

15 June 1968 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research)

21 June 1968 – Kinema Ballroom, Stranraer, Scotland with The Static Symbol (Wigtownshire Free Press & Galloway Advertiser)

22 June 1968 – Olympic Hall, East Kilbride, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

23 June 1968 – Top Ten Club, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

24 June 1968 – Caledonian Ballroom, Inverness, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

25 June 1968 – Dobbie Hall, Larbeth, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

29 June 1968 – Arcadia Ballroom, Bray, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

 

3 July 1968 – Locarno, Stevenage, Herts (Fabulous 208)

4 July 1968 – Pier Pavilion, Worthing, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)

5 July 1968 – Royal, Tottenham, London (Fabulous 208)

6 July 1968 – Oxford Town Hall, Elms Court Ballroom, Botley, Oxford with The Locomotive (Fabulous 208/Oxford Mail)

8 July 1968 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Fabulous 208)

11 July 1968 – Locarno, Streatham, London (Fabulous 208)

12 July 1968 – Locarno, Blackpool, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

13 July 1968 – St Thomas Hall, Brentwood, Essex with Cherry Smash (Fabulous 208/Essex Chronicle)

16 July 1968 – Middle Earth, Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with Drifters, Phaze and Enterprise Big Band (Herald Express)

17 July 1968 – Winter Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)

18 July 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)

20 July 1968 – Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage, Oxfordshire (Fabulous 208/Oxford Mail)

26 July 1968 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with J J Bender & The SoS (Fabulous 208/Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)

Around this time Morgan Fisher re-joined, replacing Lynton Guest

10 August 1968 – Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (Fabulous 208)

14 August 1968 – Top Rank, Leicester (Fabulous 208)

17 August 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Dual Purpose (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)

19 August 1968 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)

24 August 1968 – Seagull Ballroom, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)

27 August 1968 – Top Rank, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

29 August 1968 – Spinning Disc, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

30 August 1968 – Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

 

1 September 1968 – Queen’s Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

14 September 1968 – New Century Hall, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

18 September 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

21 September 1968 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research: www.lankybeat.com)

30 September 1968 – Chesford Grange, Kenilworth, Warwickshire with Jigsaw (Warwick Advertiser)

4 October 1968 – Astoria, Finsbury Park, London (Fabulous 208)

5 October 1968 – Odeon Manchester, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

9 October 1968 – ABC Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

10 October 1968 – City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with Tommy James & The Shondells, The Gunn, The Paper Dolls, Ronnie Scott Orchestra and Mike Quinn (Fabulous 208/Newcastle Evening Chronicle)

11 October 1968 – Odeon, Birmingham with Scott Walker, Paper Dolls and Tommy James & The Shondells (Fabulous 208/Express & Star)

12 October 1968 – Odeon, Chesterfield (Fabulous 208)

13 October 1968 – Empire, Liverpool (Fabulous 208)

14 October 1968 – Colston Hall, Bristol (Fabulous 208)

16 October 1968 – Odeon, Cardiff, Wales (Fabulous 208)

17 October 1968 – Adelphi, Slough, Berkshire with Scott Walker, The Paper Dolls (backed by Bluesology?), The Gunn, Terry Reid, Cupid’s Inspiration, Mike Quinn and Ronnie Scott Orchestra (Bracknell News/Reading Evening Post)

18 October 1968 – Gaumont, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

19 October 1968 – Granada, Tooting, London (Fabulous 208)

25 October 1968 – Corn Exchange, Devizes, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)

26 October 1968 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with supporting groups (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

27 October 1968 – Birdcage, Harlow, Essex (Fabulous 208)

31 October 1968 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull with Gospel Garden, Pitiful Souls and Rikki Dobbs (Fabulous 208/Hull Daily Mail)

1 November 1968 – Surrey Rooms, Oval, London (Melody Maker)

1 November 1968 – Shakespere Hotel, Woolwich, London (Melody Maker)

1 November 1968 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208) This is unlikely

2 November 1968 – Pavilion, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (Fabulous 208)

6 November 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

8 November 1968 – Ritz Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset (Fabulous 208)

9 November 1968 – Leas Cliff Pavilion, Folkestone, Kent (Fabulous 208)

12 November 1968 – Kirkcaldy Ice Rink, Kirkcaldy, Scotland with The Herd, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Procession and Susan Richards (Fabulous 208)

13 November 1968 – Market Hall, Carlisle, Cumbria with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, The Herd, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Procession and Susan Richards (Fabulous 208)

15 November 1968 – Dundee Ice Rink, Dundee, Scotland with The Herd, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Procession and Susan Richards (Dundee Evening Telegraph/Fabulous 208)

16 November 1968 – Rawmarsh Baths Hall, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire with The Fire Exit and The Chicago Line (South Yorkshire & Rotherham Advertiser)

17 November 1968 – Grand Court Ballroom, Sheringham, Norfolk with Caste (Eastern Evening News/North Norfolk News)

22 November 1968 – Tottenham Royal, north London (Fabulous 208)

23 November 1968 – Plaza, Handsworth, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)

24 November 1968 – Locarno, Wakefield, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

29 November 1968 – Central Hall, Keswick, Cumbria (Fabulous 208)

29 November 1968 – Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with The Foundations, Marmalade and The Puncture Outfit (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)

30 November 1968 – Domino, Boston, Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)

2 December 1968 – Silver Blades, Streatham, southwest London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

7 December 1968 – Scene Two, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Scarborough Evening News)

8 December 1968 – Palladium, London (Fabulous 208)

9 December 1968 – Ipswich Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

13 December 1968 – Morecambe Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

14 December 1968 – Bolton Palais, Bolton, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

16 December 1968 – Belfry, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)

19 December 1968 – Nevada Ballroom, Bolton, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

24 December 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Candy Choir (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)

26 December 1968 – Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (Fabulous 208)

28 December 1968 – Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks (Fabulous 208)

29 December 1968 – Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire (Fabulous 208)

31 December 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent (Fabulous 208)

1969

2 January 1969 – Civic Hall, Connah’s Quay, Wales (Fabulous 208)

4 January 1969 – Leas Cliff Pavilion, Folkestone, Kent (Fabulous 208)

11 January 1969 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Jay Lane (Cambridgeshire Times)

23 January 1969 – Emporium Ballroom, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

25 January 1969 – Music Hall, Shrewsbury (Fabulous 208)

30 January 1969 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

 

13 February 1969 – Lyceum, London (Fabulous 208)

14 February 1969 – Paisley Ice Rink, Paisley, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

21 February 1969 – Locarno Ballroom, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

27 February 1969 – Fiesta Club, Stockon-on-Tees (Fabulous 208)

 

15 March 1969 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

 

26 April 1969 – Royal Lido Ballroom, Prestatyn, Wales with The Roll Movement (website: www.45worlds.com/live)

 

17 May 1969 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Hopscotch and Shannie’s Mood (Southend Standard)

9 August 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Mud (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)

10 August 1969 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

30 August 1969 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

 

3 October 1969 – Regal Ballroom, Bonnyrigg, Scotland with Tadem and Santa Fe Smoke (South Midlothian Advertiser)

18 October 1969 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research)

24 October 1969 – Carlton Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire with The Falcons (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

In December 1969, Steve Ellis left and August “Gus” Eadon took over lead vocals in early January 1970.

1970

17 July 1970 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Key Largo (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

 

5 August 1970 – The Hive, Bournemouth, Dorset (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

 

12 September 1970 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Barries Magazine (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)

19 September 1970 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research)

Mick Jackson’s departure in December l970 led to a succession of personnel changes in the coming years

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Categories: Country, England

Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival Show featuring Tommy Bishop

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Tommy Bishop (lead vocals)

Mick Pearson (guitar/vocals)

Jack ? (piano/tenor sax)

Jeff Lake (tenor sax)

Noel “Bo” Skelton (bass/vocals)

Terry “Tetley” Parkin (drums)

Singer Tommy Bishop, who hailed from Brentwood in Essex, had first come to prominence with Tommy Bishop’s Richochets.

It’s not clear what Bishop did after the group split up in 1966/1967 but it’s possible he put together a new group with guitarists Chris Howlett and Pete Hole, who were behind the recording of the Decca single “Midnight Train”, which was credited the Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival Show.

According to tenor sax player Jeff Lake, who had started his career with west London R&B group Jeff Curtis & The Flames in 1964-1965, another tenor sax player/pianist called Jack, who came from Tottenham, was part of the group and both most likely appeared on the single.

“I first met Tommy when I auditioned for him when he was forming a band to go to Germany,” remembers Lake, who’d recently worked as road manager for Manchester’s Playboys (his friend and another ex-Flames member Malcolm Randall was their sax player).

“That group never got off the ground. A couple of months later I received a telegram from him to join this new band which became The Rock and Roll Revival Show.”

Lake also remembers three musicians from northeast England who were part of the group. These were guitarist Mick Pearson, bass player Noel “Bo” Skelton and drummer Terry “Tetley” Parkin.

However, Parkin says that none of them appeared on the single, which was recorded and released before their arrival.

Parkin, who hailed from north Lincolnshire, joined his first band The Echoes in 1959. The group later worked as The Northern Echoes and sometimes The Sound of The Echoes, including a two-month residency at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg (Ed: The Beatles were playing around the corner at the Star Club at the time).

Later, Parkin played with The Chads, another north Lincolnshire group, which is where he met guitarist Mick Pearson.

In early 1966, Parkin joined Brian Poole’s post-Tremeloes group, The Unity, appearing on the single “The Other Side of the Sky”.

1967 gig. Image may be subject to copyright

When the group split in early 1968, he answered an advert in Melody Maker and joined Tommy Bishop’s new group who included another guitarist and bass player, both of whom quit after the first gig.

“That was when I suggested that Noel and Mick were available and they joined the band,” he says. “I can’t remember how long the band were together but the highlight was when we toured and supported Bill Haley and the Comets on their UK tour.”

Parkin remembers the group recorded a demo track, possibly for Decca, a Tommy Bishop composition called “Sugar Man”, which wasn’t released.

When the group split up, Parkin later played with The Gordon Jones Soul Band while Skelton returned to The Rumble Band, which later recorded as Rumble.

“Jack, the sax player from Tottenham, later went out as a guitar/vocals solo artist under the name Jack Bodine,” says Parkin. “Sometime after Bill Haley died, Jack sang with the original Comets on UK TV.”

We’d love to hear from anyone who can add any more information.

Huge thanks to Terry “Tetley” Parkin and Jeff Lake for providing further information about the group

 

Selected gigs:

15 March 1968 – Pink Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London

30 March 1968 – Cottingham Civic Hall, Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire with The Big Change

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5 April 1968 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with Pete Kelly’s Solution and Tuxedo Junction Blues Band

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9 April 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London

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12 April 1968 – Locarno, Stevenage, Herts

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13 April 1968 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with Candy Bus

14 April 1968 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Balloons

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15 April 1968 – Impsella Club, Chateau Impney, Droitwich, Worcestershire

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16 April 1968 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk

18 April 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire

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19 April 1968 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset

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21 April 1968 – Riverside Club, Cricketers Hotel, Chertsey, Surrey

27 April 1968 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Fanny Flicker’s Show and The Cortinas

29 April 1968 – Sheridan Rooms, Nottingham with Bill Haley & The Comets

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4 May 1968 – Belfry, Wishaw, near Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands with The Skin Deep (Birmingham Evening Mail)

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11 May 1968 – Polytechnic, Little Titchfield Street, London with Karl ‘G’ Big Band

13 May 1968 – Quaintways, Chester, Cheshire with The Hitmakers

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18 May 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Out of Sight

19 May 1968 – Excel Blue Angel, Middlesbrough

25 May 1968 – Campus, Welwyn Garden City with The Frugal Sound

27 May 1968 – Penny Farthing Club, Leicester

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1 June 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham, London with Mr Mo’s Messengers

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2 June 1968 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Palmer James

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4 June 1968 – Dudley Zoo, Dudley, West Midlands with Bill Haley & The Comets and Pete Kelly’s Solution

8 June 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Pattersons Generation

15 June 1968 – Alex’s Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire

16 June 1968 – Crown & Cushion, Perry Barr, West Midlands with Jasper Stubbs, Fanny Flickers Rock & Roll Show and Al Copone & Steve Rio

23 June 1968 – Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline, Scotland with The Falcons and The Shadettes

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28 June 1968 – Regal Ballroom, Bonnyrigg, Scotland with Slater’s Street Few and Spider’s Web

29 June 1968 – Cheltenham Spa Lounge and Ballroom, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire with Loopy & Cindy (This may be another band)

 

12 July 1968 – Swinging Slipper, West Bridgeford, Nottinghamshire

26 July 1968 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with Sound City (This may be another band)

29 July 1968 – Penny Farthing Club, Leicester

Categories: Arizona, California, Orange County, Phoenix, San Clemente, Viv Studio (Phoenix)

The Lost and Found “Don’t Move Girl” / “To Catch the Sun”

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Lost and Found Pins 45 Don't Move GirlThe Lost and Found originated in San Clemente, California as the Nuts & Bolts. Relocating to Phoenix Arizona, they became the Lost and Found and cut this single on the one-off Pins label. They were about 16 or 17 years old at the time of the session.

The band members were:

Jim Jeffers – lead guitar
Mike Ingram – rhythm guitar and vocals
Al Manfredi – bass and vocals
Mike Ryer – drums and vocals

Mike Ingram wrote the fast-paced “Don’t Move Girl”, while Al Mandredi wrote the introspective “To Catch the Sun”, both songs published by Debra, BMI.

The Library of Congress shows the songs registered on November 14, 1966, listing their full names, with their mothers’ names as publishers: John Michael Ingram and Ruby P. Ingram; and Albert T. Manfredi and Wanda Manfredi.

The single is a Wakefield Pressing with the code SJW-8937. It was recorded at Loy Clingman’s Viv Studio.

The group had a tragic streak, as Mike Ingram died soon after the group returned to California in early 1967. After a year’s hiatus, Al Manfredi reformed the group with drummer Mike Ryer, only to have tragedy strike again, as Ryer died of cancer. Certainly this was a talented group that deserved a better fate.

Al Manfredi gave music lessons while continuing to write and record demos of songs. In 1973 he brought a band into a studio to cut some of his original songs, and had a small number of copies pressed by Band ‘n Vocal Mobile Recording Service. Al passed away in 1995, but Now-Again Records has issued his album and other recordings as Blue Gold.
Lost and Found Pins 45 To Catch The Sun

Categories: British Columbia, Canada, Country

The Canadians

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The Strangers shortly after arriving in the UK, late 1966. Photo credit: Barry Casson

Bobby Faulds (aka Bobby Hanna) – lead vocals

David Foster – keyboards/vocals

Mike Stymest – bass

Wes Chambers – saxophone

Rich England – saxophone

Billy Stewart – trumpet/valve

Barry Casson – drums

Having enjoyed success in their native Victoria, British Columbia as Bobby Faulds & The Strangers, the group makes plans to relocate to England in late 1966 after drummer Barry Casson, who has spent time in London, recommends moving there.

The band arrives in England in early October 1966, having travelled overland across Canada from Vancouver to Gander, Newfoundland where they pick up their flight.

On arrival, the group stay with Faulds’ relatives in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Renamed The Canadians, they start by playing some local gigs.

5 November 1966 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Advertiser)

 

12 December 1966 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with Bob Kidman & His Band, the Prowlers, The Few Four and The Breed (Cambridge News) Billed as The Canadian Strangers

15 December 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Him & The Others (Melody Maker)

17 December 1966 – Refectory, Golders Green, London (Melody Maker)

17 December 1966 – Cue Club, Praed Street, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)

18 December 1966 – The Cavern, Liverpool with The Prowlers, The Mead, The Defenders and Times Five (Phil Thompson’s Story of the Cavern book)

 

Just before Christmas, the horn section returns home to Canada. Around the same time, the band signs to the Roy Tempest Agency and gains work backing visiting US acts.

23 December 1966 – Clouds, Derby with John Evan Soul Band (Derby Evening Telegraph)

24 December 1966 – Flamenco, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)

25 December 1966 – Dungeon, Nottingham with The In Crowd (The Canadians were backing The Drifters) (Nottingham Evening Post)

31 December 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Equals, The Triads, Ray Bones at the Organ and Frank and Keith (The Canadians were backing The Spellbinders) (Lincolnshire Standard) The Canadians may have been back at this venue on 7 January backing The Soul Sisters 

31 December 1966 – The Cavern, Liverpool (All-nighter) with The Prowlers, The Beechwoods, The Tatters, The States, The Klubs, The Kids, The Sign and The Times, The Hideways and The Shades (The Canadians were probably backing The Soul Sisters) (Phil Thompson’s Story of the Cavern book)

8 January 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (The Canadians were backing The Soul Sisters) (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

10 January 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker) The Canadians probably also played on 11 January backing The Soul Sisters

14 January 1967 – Dungeon, Nottingham (The Canadians were backing The Spellbinders) (Nottingham Evening Post)

14 January 1967 – Rawmarsh Baths Hall, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire with the Rumours (The Canadians were backing The Spellbinders) 

23 January 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with Traction (The Canadians were backing Inez & Charlie Foxx) (Evening Sentinel)

30 January 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with The Amboy Dukes (The Canadians were backing Inez & Charlie Foxx)(Evening Sentinel)

30 January 1967 – Clouds, Derby with Peppers Machine (The Canadians were backing Inez & Charlie Foxx)(Derby Evening Telegraph)

 

11 February 1967 – Dungeon, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

Tour with Chuck Berry (Record Mirror and Disc & Music Echo):

17 February 1967 – Princess Theatre, Chorlton, Greater Manchester and Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester

18 February 1967 – New Century Hall, Manchester

18 February 1967 – Manchester Tech College, Manchester

19 February 1967 – Saville Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London with Hamilton & The Hamilton Movement and Del Shannon (riot at this show or the one on 26 February)

20 February 1967 – Queen’s Hall, Wolverhampton (unlikely given Cardiff which is confirmed below but not impossible)

20 February 1967 – Cardiff Top Rank, Cardiff, Wales

21 February 1967 – Olympia, Paris, France

22 February 1967 – Stevenage Locarno, Stevenage, Herts

22 February 1967 – Cedar Club, Birmingham (or is this the Rum Runner?)

23 February 1967 – Streatham Locarno, Streatham, London

23 February 1967 – Blaises, Queen’s Gate, London

24 February 1967 – Durham University, Durham

24 February 1967 – Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear

25 February 1967 – Sussex University, Brighton, West Sussex

25 February 1967 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey

26 February 1967 – Saville Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London with Hamilton & The Hamilton Movement and Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers (riot at this show or the one on 19 February)

27 February 1967 – The Cavern, Liverpool with The Multivation, The Klubs and The Tremas (Phil Thompson’s Story of the Cavern book)

18 March 1967 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Original Drifters, The Sound Society and The Solents (Evening Sentinel)

Tour with Bo Diddley:

 14 April 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire

15 April 1967 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire

16 April 1967 – Saville Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London

17 April 1967 – Cardiff Top Rank, Cardiff, Wales

18 April 1967 – Cromwellian, South Kensington, London

19 April 1967 – Blaises, Queens Gate, London

19 April 1967 – Sybilla’s, Swallow Street, London

During late April/early May, English guitarist Mick Patel from The Loose Ends joins The Canadians who travel to Cologne in May to play gigs.

27 April 1967 – Golden Torch Tunstall, Staffordshire with The Soul Sisters and The Toggery (Evening Sentinel) Possibly with Mick Patel on guitar by now

On their return to the UK, Bobby Faulds signs a solo deal and records as Bobby Hanna.

David Foster and Mick Patel will subsequently join The Warren Davis Monday Band. Casson meanwhile joins Ruskin T Emery Revue with Australian guitarist Ray Danaher

The following resource was also really helpful:

https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/

Thanks to Barry Casson for his help

 

Categories: Chicago, Illinois, Spectra-Sound

The Centuries “I Love You No More” on Spectra-Sound

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Centuries Summitt Promo CardCenturies Spectra-Sound 45 I Love You No MoreBefore the Buckinghams, there were the Centuries, who released one fine single on the Spectra-Sound label in 1965, “I Love You No More” b/w “Yeh: It’s Alright”.

The Centuries’ members were:

Carl Giammarese – lead guitar
Nick Fortuna – rhythm guitar
Curt Bachman – bass guitar and lead vocals on “I Love You No More”
Gerald Elarde – drums and lead vocals on “Yeh; It’s Alright”

Listen to “I Love You No More” below. “Yeh; It’s Alright” is also good, especially Carl’s frantic guitar solo.

Carl Giammarese wrote on the Forgotten Hits site:

It’s Alright and I Love You No More were recorded by The Centuries in, I think, late 1964, at Lawrence and Western and I think it was the old St. Louis Insurance Building. My cousin Jerry Elarde was our drummer and lead singer (fab voice) … he sang It’s Alright. Our bass player, Curt Bachman, sang I Love You No More. I was the Lead Guitar player and Nick Fortuna was the rhythm guitar player. Both songs were written by Jeff Boyen (from Saturday’s Children). Jeff was part of a duo called Ron and Jeff, kind of folky, but they did early Beatles fabulously. These songs had nothing to do with The Buckinghams other than Nick and I became The Pulsations and then The Buckinghams.

Centuries Spectra-Sound 45 Yeh; It's AlrightJeff Boyan was part of the Blackstones which included Curt Bachman for a time. The Blackstones would release four singles on the Invictus label, including a slightly different arrangement of “I Love You No More” (as Dalek/Engam: the Blackstones) in July, 1965. Boyan would go on to join Saturday’s Children with singles on Dunwich. Deb Music BMI published both songs, which were credited to “Geoff – Boyan”.

Carl Giammarese, Nick Fortuna and Curt Bachman would continue with a name change to the Pulsations, adding Dennis Tufano, Jon Poulos, and Dennis Miccoli and eventually becoming the Buckinghams. The Buckinghams first single would also come out on Spectra-Sound Records, “Sweets for My Sweet” / “Beginner’s Love”, before they were signed to U.S.A. Records.

Dan Belloc owned Spectra-Sound Records. The Centuries single has master numbers 4759-1 and 4760-1 while the Buckinghams has S-4617, which may indicate the Buckinghams was released first, but I am not sure of that.

For more info on Jeff Boyan and context on these bands, I definitely recommend Jeff Jarema’s interview with Jerry McGeorge of the Blackstones, the Shadows of Knight, and H.P. Lovecraft in Here ‘Tis #6, which can be found on the Internet Archive.

Categories: Country, England, Hayes, London, Middlesex

Four Point Five/The Soul System

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Photo: Keith Jellows. Clockwise from 12 O’clock: Duncan Wilkes, Rik Jones, Dave Horn, Keith Jellows, Keith Kendall, John Bartovski and Geoff

A west London band formed in mid-1966 and not to be confused with David O’List’s short-lived group of the same name who morphed into The Attack, The Soul System were originally called Four Point Five.

Formed by friends at Mellow Lane School in Hayes, the original formation comprised:

Geoff ? – lead vocals

Keith Kendall – lead guitar

John Bartovski – bass/harmony vocals

Rik Jones – organ/harmony vocals (after Bartovski departed)

Dave Horn – tenor sax

Duncan Wilkes – trumpet

Keith Jellows – drums

Kendall had started out with another Mellow Lane School group, Brian & The Fantoms but had left in 1964 to join The First Impressions (aka The Legends). In late 1965/early 1966, he departed to join Four Point Five.

Four Point Five (and later The Soul System) gigged extensively but never released any recordings.

As Four Point Five:

9 August 1967 – Drayton Hall, West Drayton, west London (Uxbridge and West Drayton Chronicle)

The Hillingdon Mirror ran an article and photo in its 15 August 1967 issue, page 2 (see above)

30 August 1967 – Hayes Town Hall, Hayes, west London (Uxbridge and West Drayton Chronicle)

The Hillingdon Mirror ran a photo of the band playing at the Town Hall Park in its 5 September 1967, page 7 (see above)

14 October 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Georgie Fame and The Army (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

 

Changing name to The Soul System around late 1967/early 1968, former All Night Workers’ baritone sax player Johnny Baker joined the formation in January/February 1969.

The following month John Bartovski left and future Strawbs’ bass player Chas Cronk briefly covered the bass slot until the summer.

Rick Eagles, who’d worked with Keith Kendall in the First Impressions and The Legends during 1964-1965, and had subsequently worked with Tony Knight’s Chessmen and The Good Earth, assumed the bass position until the end of the year.

Just before Eagles’ arrival, however, Dave Horn departed to focus on his ‘A’ Levels. The group line-up remained steady until late 1969 when Baker re-joined The All Night Workers. He subsequently suggested Keith Kendall on lead guitar (who had briefly returned to Brian & The Fantoms in the interim).

Keith Jellows later played with The New Mud and also The Sweet.

Gigs at The Soul System (see comments section for more)

25 January 1969 – Club LaBamba, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Kent & Sussex Courier)

28 January 1969 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks with Rod Welling and guest group (Bucks Free Press)

Thanks to Keith Kendall, Dave Horn, Keith Jellows and Rick Eagles for information about the band. We’d love to hear from anyone who can add more information.

Categories: Country, England

The Projection

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A very obscure British band who cut a rare, lone 45 “The Maze of Yesterday” c/w “Freewheel Uphill” in 1969/1970. The recordings were issued only in West Germany (Ariola), Spain (Vergara) and Sweden (Polydor). The picture sleeves depict a five-piece in the German release and a four-piece in the Spanish release, suggesting they started life as a quintet.

Judging by the song-writing credits, the group featured Gordon Neville, Michael Halpin and George J Watt.

Singer Gordon Neville subsequently sang with Alan Bown among others and was also in Scottish group Beggars Opera who recorded the song “Now You’re Gone” composed by Neville with Sellar and Watt, who I presume is the same George Watt associated with The Projection.

George Watt has confirmed that he is not the same musician who  played Hammond organ briefly in The Attack in mid-1967.

We would welcome any more information on this rare band.

Categories: Camsul, Massachusetts, Worcester

Jeannie Purretta on Camsul

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Jean Purretta (bottom center) in the Beachcomber, August 12, 1959
Jean Purretta (bottom center) in the Beachcomber, August 12, 1959

Jeannie Purretta released one single in the early ’60s on the Camsul label owned by Dick Campbell, who also wrote and produced both sides, and Artie Sullivan, who co-produced.

“If You See My Baby” is a catchy, fast number with an interesting guitar-led passage after the first verse. The recording quality is somewhat crude but helps to give the single a wall-of-sound quality, and deserves a reissue as it is currently an obscure recording.

Jeannie sings “He’s My Boy Friend” with almost a country twang.

Jeannie Purretta came from Worcester, Massachusetts, graduating from Commerce High School in 1952. The Beachcomber of August 12, 1959, published in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, has a photo and lists Jean Purretta as 1st place winner in a talent parade.

On April 27, 1960, Jean Purretta sang on three songs recorded in New York with a large group featuring Charlie Mariano, Vinnie Dean, Frank Soccolow, John Hafer, Pepper Adams, Curtis Fuller, Jerry Tyree, Burt Collins, Rick Kiefer, Chet Ferretti, Eddie Bert, Frank Rehak, Bill Elton, Mike Zwerin, Bill Barber, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, Charlie Persip, Sal Salvador.

Some of the session appeared on Tony Zano’s Balmore LP The Gathering Place but the vocals with Jean have never been issued to my knowledge. Tony Zano was a stage name for Anthony Ferrazzano.

Dick Campbell and Artie Sullivan started Camsul Records in Worcester in 1962. In 1965 they relocated to the midwest and started CineVista Records and Andrea Dawn Music, recording in Janesville WI (Leaf Records), Sauk City WI (Cuca Records) and Chicago, IL (Universal Studios).

I asked Artie about Jeannie’s single and he wrote to me:

Jeannie Purretta was singing in local clubs at the time and we heard her sing. She was our fourth release on Camsul Records while we were living in Shrewsbury MA. We recorded her in Worcester MA at North East Recording Studio (owner Fred Holovnia). Fred later moved to Shrewsbury MA. Last I checked she was living in Shrewsbury MA. We used the band the Scarlets to back her up and Dick & I sang background.

The Scarlets was a local college band from Worcester MA that Dick & Artie hooked up with and used to back up their recordings while living in Massachusetts. Dick joined the band about a year and half after they formed. The Scarlets consisted of Peter Damanis on drums, born in Queens NY attending Clark University Worcester MA, Gordon Schultz on lead guitar from Worcester MA also at Clark University Worcester MA and John Benson on bass from Worcester Ma attending Worcester Tech.

Thank you to Artie Sullivan for the information about Jeannie and the Scarlets.

Sources include : 45 Cat and JazzDiscography.com

Categories: Country, England

New York Public Library gigs 1966-1970

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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.

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

The Cherokees. Left to right: Tez Stokes, Dave Bower, Mick Sweeney, John Kirby Woollard, Jim Green and roadie Jeff Hole

Formed in Leeds, West Yorkshire as The Cherokees, the original formation comprised:

John Kirby Woollard – lead vocals

Tez Stokes – lead guitar

David Bower – rhythm guitar

Mick Sweeney – bass

Jim Green – drums

In early 1966, the group changed name to The New York Public Library and worked at the Star Club in Hamburg, West Germany

25 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The End and The Carl Douglas Set (Melody Maker)

 

30 July 1966 – Cleveland Arms, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

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20 August 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Ultimate (Lynn News)

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27 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Mynah Birds and The Broodly-Hoo (Melody Maker)

NYPL, top to bottom: John Kirby Woollard, Mick Ibbotson, Mick Sweeney, Dave Bower and Tez Stokes

18 September 1966 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with support (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

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Around this time drummer Mick Ibbotson took over from Jim Green and appears on the band’s debut 45 “I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore”

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2 October 1966 – George Inn, Wilby, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

28 October 1966 – 7 Club, Shrewsbury, Shropshire with The Van-Dels (Express & Star)

29 October 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Soul Method and The Heavenly Bodies (Melody Maker)

 

12 November 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands with Zoot Money and His Big Roll Band (Birmingham Evening Mail)

18 November 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire (Yorkshire Evening Post) Says formerly The Cherokees

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17 December 1966 – House of Aden, Witham Public Hall, Witham, Essex with The Hush (Essex County Standard)

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31 December 1966 – Eastbourne Town Hall, Eastbourne, East Sussex with Lee Hawkins (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)

1967

NYPL 1967, left to right: Tez Stokes, John Kirby Woollard, Dave Bower (front), Paul Servis and Topper Clay

In early 1967, both Mick Sweeney and newcomer Mick Ibbotson departed

Now based in London, former Knack drummer Topper Clay replaced Ibbotson and bass player Paul Servis joins. Servis had previously worked with Johnny Milton & The Condors before attending university

7 April 1967 – Cofton Country Club, Rednal, West Midlands (Redditch Indicator)

8 April 1967 – Worcester Co-Op, Worcester, Worcestershire (Worcester Evening News)

8 April 1967 – Worcester Co-Op, Worcester, Worcestershire (Worcester Evening News)

16 April 1967 – Kitchners, Black Horse, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (Kidderminster Times and Stourport News)

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8 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Rick ‘N’ Beckers and Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions (Melody Maker)

15 July 1967 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Gass and Status One (Essex County Standard)

 

2 September 1967 – Khyber Club, Taunton County Cricket Ground, Taunton, Somerset with Combustic Show (Somerset County Gazette)

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22 September 1967 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London with James & Bobby Purify (Harrow Weekly Post)

29 September 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Melody Maker)

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7 October 1967 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Georgie Fame (East Kent Times & Mail)

8 October 1967 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)

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30 October 1967 – Dollar & Discotheque, Wexham, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

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21 October 1967 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands with Breakthru (Birmingham Evening Mail)

 

4 November 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

5 November 1967 – Kyrle, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

19 November 1967 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with J J Bender SOS (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

 

7 December 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)

8 December 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)

9 December 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)

10 December 1967 – Castaways, Birmingham with Kathy Kirby (Birmingham Evening Mail)

22 December 1967 – Andromeda, Colchester, Essex (Essex County Standard)

23 December 1967 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Mandy’s Movement (Crewe Chronicle)

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31 December 1967 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent with P P Arnold (East Kent Times & Mail)

1968

4 February 1968 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with James & Bobby Purify and The Jaytree Organisation (Crewe Chronicle)

8 February 1968 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with James and Bobby Purify (Birmingham Evening Mail)

 

1 March 1968 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)

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20 March 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

 

6 April 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Stafforshire (Evening Sentinel)

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13 April 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Alan Price Set (East Kent Times)

28 April 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

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4 May 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

Around May/June Paul Servis left and joined The Parking Lot briefly

Singer John Kirby Woollard also left. David Bower moved over to bass and Clay’s former Knack band mate, Brian Morris came in on lead vocals and rhythm guitar

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15 June 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

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21 June 1968 – Industrial Club, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

29 June 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

The new formation records two 45s “Got To Get Away” and “Love Me Two Times” and also unreleased material 

NYPL, 1968. Clockwise from top: Tez Stokes, Dave Bower, Topper Clay and Brian Morris

20 July 1968 – The Cobweb, St Leonards, East Sussex with Herb of Grace (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

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4 August 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

30 August 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

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Melody Maker says that the group went to Belgium and Holland on 16 September. It also says they will take in a promotional trip to Norway. The article adds that they will undertake their first US tour on 16 February 1969 with six weeks of dates.

14 September 1968 – Nottingham University, Nottingham (Melody Maker)

 

2 October 1968 – Manchester University, Manchester (Melody Maker)

5 October 1968 – Bristol University, Bristol (Melody Maker)

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10 October 1968 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)

12 October 1968 – Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire (Melody Maker)

19 October 1968 – Hull University, Hull (Melody Maker)

 

2 November 1968 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk with The Peter Croft Blues Band (Eastern Evening News)

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30 November 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

 

3 December 1968 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

13 December 1968 – Brockley County School, Brockley, southeast London with The Mojos (South East London Mercury)

1969

12 January 1969 – Downbeat Club, the Swan, Maldon, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

 

1 February 1969 – Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire with Finders Keepers (Warrington Guardian)

 

18 March 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, west London (Hounslow Post)

 

10 July 1969 – The Revolution, central London (possibly with Kenny Rogers & The New Edition) (Melody Maker)

NYPL, 1969, left to right: Topper Clay, Dave Bower, Tez Stokes and Pete Morrison

In August 1969, singer Peter Morrison took over from Brian Morris

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30 August 1969 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks with The Crescents (Bucks Free Press)

Thanks to John Kirby Woollard, Tez Stokes, Topper Clay, David Bower and Peter Morrison for photos

For more detailed information on the band: http://www.petermorrisonmusic.co.uk/

Categories: Kennett Sound (Kinderhook NY), Kingston, New York, Ulster County, Unknown

Coming Generation from Kingston NY

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I don’t have much info on the Coming Generation who released one single in 1969 on the King Town label. Jim Du Bois wrote “Tell Me Now”, and Ed Barnhart wrote “This Troubled Life”.

The band seems to have been a quintet or sextet, with organ and smooth harmony vocals. They were indeed from Kingston, New York, as noted on several ads for shows in the Kingston Daily Freeman beginning in 1967 and ending in 1970.
A sample of their shows include:

1967 – Sportsmen’s Park, Rosendale and the Viking Lounge on Glasco Turnpike, High Woods

The Coming Generation opening for Fire & Ice, March 27, 1970
1968 – The Tropical Inn, Port Ewen

1969 – 1970 – the Pleasure Yacht, Eddyville

December 31, 1969 – the Creamery at Wiltwyck Village, Esopus with Jay and the Techniques

1970 – Thunderbird Inn, Route 9W, Saugerties

March, 1970 – Thunderbird Inn with Fire and Ice (could this be Auggie Bucci’s group, with singles on Capitol and Crazy Horse?)

Runout vinyl has no markings other than 0024-A/B, but this numbering and the label design indicates it was recorded at Kennett Sound Studio in Kinderhook, NY.

Despite the labels saying copyright ’69, I haven’t found any registration for these songs.

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