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.

SIMON DUPREE & THE BIG SOUND

Derek Shulman – lead vocals

Phil Shulman – saxophone, trumpet, vocals

Ray Shulman – guitar, violin, trumpet, vocals

Peter O’Flaherty – bass

Eric Hine – keyboards

Tony Ransley – drums

Originally formed in Portsmouth, Hampshire as The Howling Wolves, they became The Road Runners before changing name to Simon Dupree & The Big Sound in late 1965

1965

5 December 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

1966

22 January 1966 – El Partido, Lewisham, London with Duke Lee (Melody Maker)

30 April 1966 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

12 July 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Kimbells, Southsea, Hampshire with Brian Hugg Fraternity and The Alwyn Hayes Set (Portsmouth News)

16 July 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Kimbells, Southsea, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)

20 July 1966 – Big Beat Cruise, Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)

22 July 1966 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)

30 July 1966 – New Spot, Gosport, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)

25 August 1966 – Thorngate Ballroom, Gosport, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)

3 September 1966 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Satalites (Aldershot News)

7 September 1966 – Big Beat Cruise, Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire with The Sons of Man (Portsmouth News)

9 September 1966 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)

21 September 1966 – Indigo Vat, Southsea, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)

2 October 1966 – Indigo Vat, Southsea, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)

20 October 1966 – Concorde, Southampton, Hampshire with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Southern Evening Echo)

29 October 1966 – Le Disque A Go Go, Bournemouth, Dorset (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

4 November 1966 – Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire with The Just Us and Lisa’s Brethren (Southern Evening Echo)

26 November 1966 – Le Disque A Go Go, Bournemouth, Dorset (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

1 December 1966 – Thorngate Ballroom, Gosport, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)

11 December 1966 – The Academy, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)

13 December 1966 – St George’s Hall, Exeter, Devon with The Soul Society and The Rage (Express and Echo)

31 December 1966 – Concorde, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)

1967

3 January 1967 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

7 January 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Soul Reasons (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

27 January 1967 – Kookoo-Byrd Discotheque, Cardiff, Wales (South Wales Echo)

28 January 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire and The Fyx (Lancashire Evening Post)

5 February 1967 – Granada Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mich and Titch, The Easybeats, The Kinks, David Garrick and The Vision (Cambridge News)

15 February 1967 – Stonehouse Church Hall, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)

21 February 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Shame (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

25 February 1967 – Goldsmith College, New Cross, London with Brian Something and The Whats Its and Brothers Grimm (South East London Mercury)

26 February 1967 – Steering Wheel, Weymouth, Dorset (Dorset Evening Echo)

3 March 1967 – Guildhall, Gloucester (Gloucester Citizen)

4 March 1967 – Town Hall, Loughborough, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)

16 March 1967 – Champness Hall, Rochdale, Greater Manchester with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mich and Titch (Fabulous 208)

18 March 1967 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Daddy Linburg and The Fingers and The Spooks (Southend Standard)

19 March 1967 – Bluesette Club, Bridge Street, Leatherhead, Surrey (Caterham Weekly Press)

19 March 1967 – Brady Club, Hanbury Street, London (Fabulous 208)

20 March 1967 – Top Rank Tenpin Bowling, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

21 March 1967 – Savoy Ballroom, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

25 March 1967 – Pearce Hall, Maidenhead, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

26 March 1967 – Cricketers Hotel, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald)

27 March 1967 – Royal York Hotel, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)

29 March 1967 – Stonehouse Church Hall, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire with The Medium Rare (Gloucester Citizen)

30 March 1967 – Embassy Suite, Colchester, Essex with The Earl Winston Set (Essex County Standard)

31 March 1967 – Town Hall, Trowbridge, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)

1 April 1967 – The Thing, Oldham (Fabulous 208)

3 April 1967 – Star Hotel, Croydon, London (Fabulous 208)

5 April 1967 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (Cambridge News)

9 April 1967 – Pavilion Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Dorset with support (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

13 April 1967 – College of Further Education, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

14 April 1967 – Magoo’s Club, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

14 April 1967 – Victoria Hall, Dunbar, Scotland with The Tremeloes (Fabulous 208)

15 April 1967 – Community Centre, Auchinleck, Scotland with The Tremeloes (Fabulous 208)

17 April 1967 – Palais, Dundee, Scotland with The Tremeloes (Fabulous 208)

19 April 1967 – Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

20 April 1967 – Palace Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

21 April 1967 – Raith Ballroom, Kirkcaldy, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

22 April 1967 – Students Union, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

24 April 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Cardiff, Wales (Fabulous 208)

25 April 1967 – Pavilion Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Dorset with Cream (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

26 April 1967 – Kingston Modern School for Girls, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

27 April 1967 – Manchester University, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

28 April 1967 – Assembly Rooms, York, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

29 April 1967 – Pearce Hall, Maidenhead, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

30 April 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

5 May 1967 – Astoria, Finsbury Park, north London with The Beach Boys, Helen Shapiro, The Marionttes, The Nite People, Alan Field, Terry Reid with Peter Jay’s Jaywalkers (Hackney Gazette)

6 May 1967 – Odeon, Birmingham, West Midlands with The Beach Boys, Helen Shapiro, The Marionettes, The Nite People and Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers (Express and Star)

9 May 1967 – Odeon, Glasgow, Scotland with The Beach Boys, Helen Shapiro, Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers, The Marionettes and The Nite People (Fabulous 208)

10 May 1967 – ABC, Edinburgh, Scotland with The Beach Boys, Helen Shapiro, Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers, The Marionettes and The Nite People (Fabulous 208)

11 May 1967 – Railway Club, Tilbury, Essex (Fabulous 208)

12 May 1967 – Bridge Hotel, Wheatley, Oxfordshire (Fabulous 208)

13 May 1967 – St Mary’s College, Twickenham, London (Fabulous 208)

14 May 1967 – Riverside Club, Cricketers Hotel, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald)

15 May 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)

16 May 1967 – Floral Hall, Malvern, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)

17 May 1967 – Stonehouse Church Hall, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire with Justinthyme (Gloucester Citizen)

18 May 1967 – Concord, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

19 May 1967 – Severn Club, Shrewsbury, Shropshire (Fabulous 208)

20 May 1967 – Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Fabulous 208)

23 May 1967 – Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire (Malvern Gazette)

25 May 1967 – Ritz Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset (Fabulous 208)

26 May 1967 – Court Ash Club, Yeovil, Somerset with Trend ’67 (Western Gazette)

27 May 1967 – Pearce Hall, Maidenhead, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

29 May 1967 – Flamingo Ballroom, Redruth, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)

2 June 1967 – Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Fabulous 208)

3 June 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands with Jimmy Cliff & The Shakedown Sound (Express & Star)

3 June 1967 – Carlton Club, Erdington, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail/Fabulous 208)

4 June 1967 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)

7 June 1967 – “Pop Afloat” British Rail, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

9 June 1967 – Civic Centre, Solihull, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

10 June 1967 – Dunelm House, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)

11 June 1967 – Bridge Hotel, Wheatley, Oxfordshire (Fabulous 208)

13 June 1967 – Kings Hall, Aberystwyth, Wales (Fabulous 208)

14 June 1967 – Samantha’s, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Echo)

14 June 1967 – Malibu Club, Poole, Dorset (Fabulous 208)

15 June 1967 – Seahawk Club, Helston, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)

16 June 1967 – Swansea University, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)

17 June 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury with The Sabres with Vicki (Western Gazette)

18 June 1967 – Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening News)

20 June 1967 – Concord, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

22 June 1967 – AAC Middle Wallop, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)

23 June 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Medium Rare (Gloucester Citizen)

24 June 1967 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)

28 June 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with The Searchers, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and The Stormsville Shakers (Fabulous 208)

29 June 1967 – Civic Hall, Connah’s Quay, Wales (Fabulous 208)

30 June 1967 – Top Rank Suite Cardiff, Wales (Fabulous 208)

1 July 1967 – Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire (Fabulous 208)

2 July 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Dominoes (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

7 July 1967 – Queen’s Hall, Barnstaple, Devon (Fabulous 208)

8 July 1967 – Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with Witness Four and The Velvet Touch (Fabulous 208/Torquay Times)

9 July 1967 – Waterfront Club, Woolston, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Echo)

9 July 1967 – Pier Ballroom, Worthing, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)

10 July 1967 – Grammar School, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

12 July 1967 – TA Hall, Minehead, Somerset with The Sabres (Somerset County Gazette)

13 July 1967 – Langley’s Community Centre, Slough, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

14 July 1967 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

14 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Granny’s Intentions (Melody Maker)

16 July 1967 – Astoria Ballroom, Oldham, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

17 July 1967 – Will’s Discotheque, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

23 July 1967 – Beat at Blenheim, Blenheim Park, Woodstock with Manfred Mann, Jeff Beck, PP Arnold & The Nice, The Steam Machine and The Crisp (North Berks Herald)

25 July 1967 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Soul Foundation (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

28 July 1967 – Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

29 July 1967 – Beatpacket Club, Dolphin Hall, Tetbury, Gloucestershire (Wiltshire & Gloucestershire Standard)

30 July 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, London with The Human Instinct (Melody Maker)

4 August 1967 – Town Hall, Torquay, Devon (Fabulous 208)

5 August 1967 – Town Hall, Abergavey, Monmouthshire, Wales (Fabulous 208)

6 August 1967 – Jimmy Saville’s Top Top Club, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

11 August 1967 – Porthcawl Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Fabulous 208)

12 August 1967 – Seagull Ballroom, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)

14 August 1967 – Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

19 August 1967 – Afan Lido, Port Talbot, Wales with The Spectres (Port Talbot Guardian)

24 August 1967 – Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

25 August 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Dipps (Gloucester Citizen)

25 August 1967 – Pengram Memorial, Cardiff, Wales (Fabulous 208)

27 August 1967 – Ritz Ballroom, Skewen, Wales (Fabulous 208)

27 August 1967 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book) This seems unlikely

28 August 1967 – De Valence Ballroom, Tenby, Wales (Fabulous 208)

29 August 1967 – Afan Lido, Port Talbot, Wales (Fabulous 208)

30 August 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Minehead, Somerset with Flower Power (Somerset County Gazette)

31 August 1967 – Concord Club, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

2 September 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with supporting groups (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

3 September 1967 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands with Pesky Gee (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

7 September 1967 – Ritz Club, Skewen, Wales with Omega Plus (Port Talbot Guardian)

8 September 1967 – Regency Ballroom, Pembroke, Wales (Fabulous 208)

9 September 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Friction (Cambridgeshire Times)

10 September 1967 – The Place, Wakefield, West Yorkshire with C G Morris & Reaction Soul Band (Yorkshire Evening Post/Wakefield Express)

10 September 1967 – Plaza Teen Club, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

15 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Floribunda Rose (Melody Maker)

16 September 1967 – Top West Club, Abertillery, Wales (Fabulous 208)

18 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Floribunda Rose (Melody Maker)

21 September 1967 – City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)

22 September 1967 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

23 September 1967 – Technical College, Bristol (Fabulous 208)

24 September 1967 – 1600 Club, Hereford, Herefordshire (Worcester Evening News)

26 September 1967 – The Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

28 September 1967 – Concorde Club, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

29 September 1967 – St George’s Hall, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208)

11 October 1967 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull with Wynder K Frog (Hull Daily Mail)

12 October 1967 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (website: http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle-2/)

13 October 1967 – City of Leeds Training College, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

14 October 1967 – Bristol University, Bristol (Fabulous 208)

16 October 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Cardiff, Wales with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mich and Titch and Tony Rivers & The Castaways (Fabulous 208)

17 October 1967 – Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire (Malvern Gazette)

22 October 1967 – Plaza, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (Huddersfield Daily Examiner)

23 October 1967 – Cardiff College of Education, Cardiff, Wales with The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Bees, The Love Culture and The Clockwork Motion (South Wales Echo)

25 October 1967 – Eriskay Ballroom, Ammanford, Wales (Fabulous 208)

26 October 1967 – Civic, Wrexham, Wales (Wrexham Leader)

26 October 1967 – Connah’s Quay, Wales (Fabulous 208)

27 October 1967 – Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire with The Konch and Lord Byron (Lancashire Evening Post)

29 October 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

5 November 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Ruby James & The Stax (Melody Maker)

10 November 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Inmates (Gloucester Citizen)

11 November 1967 – Lord Mayor’s Show, London with The Foundations (Disc & Music Echo)

30 November 1967 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset (Western Gazette)

According to Melody Maker, in late November, the band joined Paul Jones, Traffic, Lucas and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown for the Teenage Fair in Gothenburg, Sweden

1 December 1967 – UFO, Paignton, Devon (Disc & Music Echo)

2 December 1967 – Borough Road College, Isleworth, London (Melody Maker)

3 December 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Milestones (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

8 December 1967 – Town Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Disc & Music Echo)

10 December 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, London (Melody Maker)

11 December 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Jon (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

12 December 1967 – Swansea Training College, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)

13 December 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Stevenage, Herts (Fabulous 208)

15 December 1967 – Ballerina, Nairn, Scotland (Forres, Elgin & Nairn Gazette)

19 December 1967 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

21 December 1967 – Penn Inn Club, Uxbridge, London (Fabulous 208/Disc & Music Echo)

22 December 1967 – Sports Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire with The Hayze (Bracknell News)

23 December 1967 – Matlock Bath, Matlock, Derbyshire with Soul Concern (Derby Evening Telegraph/Derbyshire Times)

23 December 1967 – Night Owl, Leicester (Fabulous 208)

29 December 1967 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Fabulous 208)

30 December 1967 – Flamingo Club, Redruth, Cornwall with Modesty Blues (Fabulous 208/West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)

1968

2 January 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Nite People (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

6 January 1968 – New Century Hall, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

7 January 1968 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Jaytree Organisation (Crewe Chronicle)

8 January 1968 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, London (Coulson & Purley Advertiser)

10 January 1968 – Caelean College, Newport, Wales (Fabulous 208)

13 January 1968 – Lanchester College Union, Coventry, West Midlands with Elmer Gantry and East Side Project (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

14 January 1968 – Carlton Ballroom, Erdington, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

16 January 1968 – Concord, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

17 January 1968 – Students’ Union, University of East Anglia, Norwich with The Village Green Soul Band (Eastern Evening News)

19 January 1968 – College Hall, Rochdale, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

20 January 1968 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

23 January 1968 – Ritz Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset (Fabulous 208)

26 January 1968 – High Hall Residence, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)

27 January 1968 – Lanchester College, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

27 January 1968 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire with The Decoys (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)

28 January 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)

29 January 1968 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

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

4 February 1968 – New Regis Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex (Brighton Evening Argus)

5 February 1968 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bath (Fabulous 208)

8 February 1968 – Rivington Barn, Harwich, Essex (Fabulous 208)

13 February 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)

13 February 1968 – Pyjama Dance, Glen Ballroom, Llanelli, south Wales with The Spencer Davis Group, Tony Rivers & The Castaways, Fleetwood Mac and The Dream (South Wales Evening Post)

16 February 1968 – Bangor University, Bangor, Wales (Fabulous 208)

17 February 1968 – Plaza Ballroom, Old Hill, Bearwood, West Midlands (Express & Star)

17 February 1968 – Plaza, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

20 February 1968 – Civic Hall, Corby, Northamptonshire with Spectre Powerhouse (Fabulous 208/Stroud News)

23 February 1968 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Melody Maker)

24 February 1968 – Drill Hall, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire with The Nemkons (Grantham Journal)

24 February 1968 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Melody Maker)

26 February 1968 – Belfry, Wishaw, near Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands with The UK Bonds (Birmingham Evening Mail)

29 February 1968 – Constantine Students Union, Rag Ball ’68, Windsor Ballroom with Steve Brown Soul Sect and The Traine (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

5 March 1968 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington , North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

6 March 1968 – Winter Gardens, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

7 March 1968 – Civic Hall, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Fabulous 208)

9 March 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Downliners Sect (East Kent Times/Fabulous 208)

13 March 1968 – Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts (Fabulous 208)

19 March 1968 – City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

21 March 1968 – Civic Hall, Brierley Hill, West Midlands (Express & Star)

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

23 March 1968 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Wild Angels and Tuesday’s Children (Melody Maker)

27 March 1968 – Cavendish Ballroom, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

30 March 1968 – Community Centre, Auchinleck, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

30 March 1968 – Sundowner, Corn Exchange, Haddington, Scotland with Mason Webb (Haddingtonshire Courier)

30 March 1968 – Olympia Ballroom, East Kilbride, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

31 March 1968 – Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

5 April 1968 – Odeon, Lewisham, southeast London with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Lucas and The Mike Cotton Sound and Amen Corner (South East London Mercury) Amen Corner were special guests

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

20 April 1968 – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Amen Corner and Lucas & Mike Cotton Sound (Dorset Evening Echo)

21 April 1968 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester Gloucestershire with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo and Amen Corner (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)

23 April 1968 – ABC Gloucester, Gloucester, Gloucestershire with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Amen Corner, Lucas & Mike Cotton Sound and Tony Brandon (Gloucester Citizen/Stroud News)

30 April 1968 – Granada, Bedford, Bedfordshire with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Amen Corner and Lucas and The Mike Cotton Sound (Bedfordshire Times)

1 May 1968 – ABC Peterborough, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Amen Corner, Lucas and Mike Cotton Sound (Cambridgeshire Times)

10 May 1968 – Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Fabulous 208)

11 May 1968 – Leas Cliff Hotel, Folkestone, Kent with The Couriers (Fabulous 208/Folkestone and Hythe Gazette)

14 May 1968 – Welfare Hall, Loughor, south Wales with The Power Stop Big Band (South Wales Evening Post)

18 May 1968 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury with The Click (Somerset County Gazette)

19 May 1968 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Bluecaps (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

23 May 1968 – Dorking Halls, Dorking, Surrey with The Web (Surrey Advertiser)

24 May 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Swansea, south Wales with Tony Rivers & The Castaways and The Love Sculpture (South Wales Evening Post)

25 May 1968 – City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire with Mr Hip Soul Band (Western Gazette)

26 May 1968 – Elms Court Ballroom, Botley, Oxford (Oxford Mail)

31 May 1968 – Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Fabulous 208)

11 June 1968 – Ballroom in Cambridge (probably Dorothy Ballroom) (Fabulous 208)

11 June 1968 – Jesus College, Cambridge (Fabulous 208)

28 June 1968 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset (Fabulous 208)

29 June 1968 – St Thomas’ Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Fabulous 208)

2 July 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Tramline (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

4 July 1968 – Co-op Ballroom, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

4 July 1968 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull (Fabulous 208)

10 July 1968 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208

12 July 1968 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

13 July 1968 – Ayr Ice Rink, Ayr, Scotland with The Kinks, The Pathfinders and two supporting groups (Kilmarnock Standard)

14 July 1968 – Barbeque, Billesden, Leicester (Fabulous 208)

20 July 1968 – Kinema Ballroom, Stranraer, Scotland with The Kleen Machine (Wigtownshire Free Press & Galloway Advertiser)

23 July 1968 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Fabulous 208)

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

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

27 July 1968 – Seagull Ballroom, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)

2 August 1968 – Metropole, Exhibition Hall, Brighton, West Sussex with Marmalade, The Mike Stuart Span, The Tremeloes, The Nice and Spooky Tooth (Melody Maker)

3 August 1968 – Ryburgh Hall, Norfolk with The Track (Eastern Evening News/Lynn News/North Norfolk News)

9 August 1968 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Soniks (Gloucester Citizen)

21 August 1968 – Regal Ballroom, Minehead, Somerset with Howard Stephen Shape (Somerset County Gazette/Western Gazette)

31 August 1968 – The Marquee, King George IV Playing Field, Welwyn Garden City with Lamb Bros & Co (website: http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/60’s_music_scene.htm)

10-14 September 1968 – Excel, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

11 September 1968 – Bottoms Up Club, Consett, Tyne & Wear (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)

14 September 1968 – Tavern Club, East Dereham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

16 September 1968 – Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire with The Small Faces and supporting artists (Southern Echo)

21 September 1968 – Subscription Room, Stroud, Gloucestershire with The Night Shift (Fabulous 208/Stroud News)

28 September 1968 – Tin Hat, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Krisis (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

3 October 1968 – Dome, Brighton, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)

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

6 October 1968 – The Place Club, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)

11 October 1968 – Rosewell Institute, Rosewell, Scotland with The Bay City Rollers, The Chase and Paper Chase (South Midlothian Advertiser)

13 October 1968 – Kinema Hall, Dunfermline, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

18 October 1968 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Dorset Evening Echo)

19 October 1968 – Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage, Oxfordshire (Oxford Mail)

23 October 1968 – Catholic Youth Club, Swindon, Wiltshire (website: www.swindonmusicscene.co.uk/swindon_music_scene_gigs_of_note.html)

24 October 1968 – Tech College, Bristol (Fabulous 208)

26 October 1968 – Elms Court, Botley, Oxford with Bernard Reich (Fabulous 208/Oxford Mail)

1 November 1968 – Walsall Town Hall with The ‘N’ Betweens and Hari Kari (Express & Star)

2 November 1968 – The Plaza, Old Hill, West Midlands (Express & Star)

8 November 1968 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with Peggotty’s People (Gloucester Citizen)

13 November 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Swansea, south Wales (South Wales Evening Post)

18 November 1968 – Top Rank, Cardiff, Wales (Fabulous 208)

23 November 1968 – Alton Towers, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)

13 December 1968 – Ealing Tech College, Ealing, London with Free and The Downliners Sect (Melody Maker)

13 December 1968 – Variety Club, Thirsk, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

14 December 1968 – Leyton Baths, Leyton, London (Fabulous 208)

21 December 1968 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with Imagine Confusion (Bucks Advertiser lists Morganic Confusion) (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)

26 December 1968 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with Teak & The Smokey and John Gary Scene (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

1969

25 January 1969 – The Cobweb, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

31 January 1969 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)

7 February 1969 – West London College, Student’s Union, the Lyceum, Strand, London with Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera and Trifle (Melody Maker)

8 February 1969 – Hounslow Town Hall, Hounslow, London with Crimson Mood (Hounslow Post)

13 February 1969 – Ballerina Ballroom, Nairn, Scotland (Forres Elgin & Nairn Gazette)

21 February 1969 – Caxton Hall, London (Fabulous 208)

24 February 1969 – Dorchester Hotel, London (Fabulous 208)

27 February 1969 – ABC, Lincoln (Fabulous 208)

28 February 1969 – Wimbledon Tech College, Wimbledon, London (Fabulous 208)

1 March 1969 – Fiesta Club, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham (Fabulous 208)

7 March 1969 – Goldsmith College, New Cross, London (Fabulous 208)

14 March 1969 – Civic Hall, St Albans, Herts (Fabulous 208)

15 March 1969 – Hatfield Tech College, Hatfield, Herts (Fabulous 208)

28 April 1969 – Regal, Ringland, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Cavaliers (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

Former Bluesology keyboard player Reg Dwight (aka Elton John) covered for Eric Hine when he was ill for a short Scottish tour and the following time period appears the most likely 

7 June 1969 – Kinema Ballroom, Stranraer, Scotland with The Nursery (Wigtownshire Free Press & Galloway Advertiser)

11 July 1969 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Froot and Joe Grandy (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

12 July 1969 – Northcroft, Newbury, Berkshire with Amen Corner, Chicken Shack and J J Jackson (Melody Maker)

26 July 1969 – Wimbledon Town Hall, Wimbledon, southwest London with Milton’s Fingers (Melody Maker)

15 August 1969 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset with Joe Grundy and The Sponges (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

6 September 1969 – The Belfry, Wishaw, West Midlands with Eyes of Blood (Birmingham Evening Mail)

20 September 1969 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Magic Alice and Circle Line (Surrey Advertiser)

21 September 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

14 November 1969 – Whispering Wheels Ballroom, Blackheath, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

27 December 1969 – Parade Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Melody Maker)

1970

2 January 1970 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset with Syd Fay Orchestra (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

Not long afterwards the Shulman brothers form Gentle Giant

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