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Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band gigs 1963-1967

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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.

Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band

The band featured in Fabulous 208, circa August 1965 before Clive Burrows (second left) departed. Photo may be subject to copyright

Zoot Money – Hammond organ/vocals

Andy Somers – lead guitar

Paul Williams – bass/vocals

Nick Newall – tenor saxophone

Colin Allen – drums

25 November 1963 – Marquee, Oxford Street, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live) Billed as Zoot Money R&B Group

 

23 December 1963 – Marquee, Oxford Street, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live) Billed as Zoot Money R&B Group

1964

1 January 1964 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with Nix and The Nomads and The Nite Sect (Essex County Standard)

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4 February 1964 – Stereo Club, Woking, Surrey (Woking News & Mail)

20 February 1964 – Studio, Westcliffe, Essex with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)

 

16 March 1964 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Cheynes (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

 

4 April 1964 – Coronation Hall, Denmark Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with Dave Davani & The D-Men (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

10 April 1964 – Ricky Tick, Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Aldershot News)

17 April 1964 – Brighton Chinese Jazz Club, Florida Room, Brighton, Sussex with Long John Baldy & The Hoochie Coochies (Evening Argus)

21 April 1964 – Fender Club, Kenton, Middlesex with Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds (Harrow Observer & Gazette

21 April 1964 – Ricky Tick, Pearce Hall, Maidenhead, Berkshire (David Else research)

 

16 May 1964 – Ricky Tick, Plaza Ballroom, Guildford, Surrey (Aldershot News)

Around this time Clive Burrows joins on baritone saxophone

13 June 1964 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The Evergreens (Essex Chronicle)

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19 June 1964 – Jumbo Club, King George’s Hall, Esher, Surrey (Woking Herald) Opens the club

Woking Herald, 26 June 1964. Photo may be subject to copyright

3 July 1964 – Ricky Tick, Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Tridents (David Else research)

4 July 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Russ Sainty & The Nu Notes and Terry Judge & The Barristers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

12 July 1964 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with support (Aldershot News)

15 July 1964 – Orford Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

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8 August 1964 – Attic Club, 1a High Street, Hounslow, Middlesex with The Clique (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

26 August 1964 – Orford Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

30 August 1964 – Starlight Rooms, Montpellier Road, Brighton, Sussex with The Alexanders (Evening Argus)

31 August 1964 – Modern Jazz Studio, Westcliffe, Essex (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)

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5 September 1964 – Attic Club, 1a High Street, Hounslow, Middlesex with Them (aka The Themselves) (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

6 September 1964 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

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7 September 1964 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, Middlesex (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian/Wood Green & Southgate Weekly Herald)

11 September 1964 – Ricky Tick, Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (David Else’s research)

12 September 1964 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

24 October 1964 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

 

17 November 1964 – Aylesbury Bluesville, Borough Assembly Hall, Market Square, Aylesbury, Bucks (Bucks Advertiser)

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19 November 1964 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, Middlesex (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian/Wood Green & Southgate Weekly Herald)

21 November 1964 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The RBQ (Essex Chronicle)

 

6 December 1964 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

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7 December 1964 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, Middlesex (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian/Wood Green & Southgate Weekly Herald)

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12 December 1964 – Petersfield Town Hall, Petersfield, Hampshire with The Overriders (Petersfield Post/Surrey Advertiser)

1965

7 January 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Luton, Bedfordshire with The Rebounds (Luton News)

21 January 1965 – Studio, Westcliffe, Essex (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)

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22 January 1965 – Lynx Club, Boreham Wood, Herts (Melody Maker) 

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24 January 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Melody Maker)

27 January 1965 – Forum Ballroom, Oxford, Oxfordshire (Oxford Mail)

 

9 February 1965 – Ricky Tick, Regency Ballroom, Bath with The Stormsville Shakers (Western Scene) 

17 February 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Melody Maker)

 

6 March 1965– Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

11 March 1965 – Studio, Westcliffe, Essex (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)

12 March 1965 – Ricky Tick, Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (David Else’s research)

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14 March 1965 – Crazy E, Birmingham (All Nighter) with The Stormsville Shakers and Jugs O’Henry (Birmingham Evening Mail)

14 March 1965 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)

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

24 March 1965 – Orford Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

27 March 1965 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Lonely Ones (Maidstone Gazette)

28 March 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

29 March 1965 – Bluesville, Manor House Ballroom, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)

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2 April 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Mal Ryder & The Spirits and The Ricochets (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

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7 April 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

10 April 1965 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Goldie & The Gingerbreads and Mal Ryder & The Spirits (Lincolnshire Standard)

17 April 1965 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

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18 April 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

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21 April 1965 – Northampton College of Technology Students’ Association, Scaffold Club, Northampton (Northampton Chronicle)

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23 April 1965 – Oodly Boodly Club, Syston Assembly Hall, Leicester (Birmingham Evening Mail)

27 April 1965 – Bluesville, Aylesbury, Bucks (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)

29 April 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

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5 May 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

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

13 May 1965 – Bowes Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage, Herts with Mike Dean & The Kinsmen (Hertfordshire Express)

19 May 1965 – The Blue Indigo, Southampton, Hants (Southern Echo)

22 May 1965 – Ricky Tick, High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (David Else research) 

23 May 1965 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)

24 May 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian)

26 May 1965 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

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30 May 1965 – The Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex with The Jades (Mid Sussex Times)

 

7 June 1965 – Redcar Mini Festival, Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Long John Baldry with Hoochie Coochie Men, Tony Knight’s Chessmen and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

10 June 1965 – Bowes Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage, Herts with The Mastersounds (Hertfordshire Express)

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19 June 1965 – Jazz & Blues Festival, Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London with The Dutch Swing College, Solomon Burke, Unit 4 Plus 2, The Spencer Davis Group, The Downliners Sect, Alan Elsdon’s Jazzband, Brian Green New-O-Stompers, The Loose Ends and The Epitaph Soul Band (Bexley Heath & Welling Observer and Kentish Times)

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19 June 1965 – Uxbridge Blues Festival, Uxbridge, northwest London with Marianne Faithfull, The Who, Solomon Burke, The Spencer Davis Group, Long John Baldry, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, The Birds, John Mayall, Ray Martin Group and Dave Whittling (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)

23 June 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

25 June 1965 – Ricky Tick, Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (David Else’s research)

 

18 July 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

21 July 1965 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

22 July 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire with Charlie and Inez Foxx (Dave Allen research) They may have replaced The Ram Jam Band

 

6 August 1965 – Mayfair Club, the Belfry, Wishaw, near Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands with Johnny Gibbins Modern Jazz Quartet (Birmingham Evening Mail)

13 August 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Bern Elliott & The Klan and The Tribe (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

14 August 1965 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Peddlars and The Mirage (Lincolnshire Standard)

15 August 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Greg Burman’s Soul Band (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

20 August 1965 – Ricky Tick, Plaza Ballroom, Guildford, Surrey (David Else’s research)

22 August 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Harrow Weekly Post)

24 August 1965 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Vince Everett & The Orchids (East Kent Times)

29 August 1965 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Down at the Boat book)

Around this time Clive Burrows leaves to join The Alan Price Set. Johnny Almond takes his place. Trumpet player Geoff Condon joined around the same time.

 

1 September 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

3 September 1965 – New Fender Club, Kenton, northwest London (Greenford Weekly Post)

12 September 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

13 September 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

18 September 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Dave & The Strollers (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

21 September 1965 – Bristol Chinese R&B Club, Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)

26 September 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Harrow Weekly Post)

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30 September 1965 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Herts with The Saracens (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Express)

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1 October 1965 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

2 October 1965 – The House of Aden, Witham Public Hall, Witham, Essex with Cole Train Union (Essex Chronicle)

10 October 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)

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13 October 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

15 October 1965 – Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford, Surrey (Boyfriend magazine) David Else also has the band at the Ricky Tick, Staines Town Hall, Staines, Middlesex on this date

16 October 1965 – Bristol University, Bristol (Boyfriend magazine)

17 October 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Boyfriend magazine)

18 October 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Boyfriend magazine)

19 October 1965 – Ready Steady Go Club, Aylesbury, Bucks (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)

22 October 1965 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Boyfriend magazine)

23 October 1965 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear with The Dawnbreakers (website: http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle-2/)

31 October 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Harrow Weekly Post)

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3 November 1965 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)

4 November 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

5 November 1965 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker)

Photo in London Life 6-12 November 1965. Photo may be subject to copyright

7 November 1965 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Down at the Boat book)

8 November 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

10 November 1965 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

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11 November 1965 – Pier Pavilion, Worthing, West Sussex (Worthing Gazette) 

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14 November 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

28 November 1965 – Beachcomber, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Nottingham Evening Post)

29 November 1965 – Co-op Hall, Chesham, Bucks with The Associates (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

 

5 December 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

18 December 1965 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with Grant Tracey & The Sunsets (Essex Chronicle)

24 December 1965 – Ricky Tick Club, Windsor, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)

26 December 1965 – Ricky Tick, Plaza Ballroom, Guildford, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)

27 December 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

31 December 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental) 

1966

1 January 1966 – Coronation Hall, Ramsgate, Kent (Beat Instrumental)

2 January 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental) 

3 January 1966 – Star Hotel, Croydon, south London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon) This is missing from Beat Instrumental

4 January 1966 – KD Club, Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside (Beat Instrumental) 

7 January 1966 – Iron Club, Sidcup, Kent (Beat Instrumental)

8 January 1966 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Beat Instrumental) 

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9 January 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

10 January 1966 – Esquire Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental) 

14 January 1966 – Town Hall, Staines, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)

15 January 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental) 

16 January 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental) 

17 January 1966 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Beat Instrumental) 

18 January 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental) 

19 January 1966 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

21 January 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental) 

22 January 1966 – Ricky Tick Club, Windsor, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental) 

23 January 1966 – Cadillac Club, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental) 

24 January 1966 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental) 

25 January 1966 – Civic Hall, Grays, Essex (Beat Instrumental) 

26 January 1966 – Orford Jazz Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

27 January 1966 – Braysgrove Youth Centre, Harlow, Essex (Beat Instrumental) 

28 January 1966 – Refectory, Golders Green, north London (Beat Instrumental)

29 January 1966 – Palais, Peterbourgh, Cambridgeshire (Beat Instrumental) 

30 January 1966 – Ritz and Plaza Ballrooms, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental/Boyfriend magazine)

 

2 February 1966 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

4 February 1966 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Beat Instrumental) 

5 February 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental) 

6 February 1966 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Melody Maker)

7 February 1966 – Court Youth Centre, South Ockendon, Essex (Beat Instrumental)

10 February 1966 – White Lion, Edgware, north London (Beat Instrumental) 

11 February 1966 – Technical College, Glamorgan, Wales (Beat Instrumental) 

12 February 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental) 

13 February 1966 – Cosmo, Carlisle, Cumbria (Beat Instrumental) 

15 February 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)

17 February 1966 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)

18 February 1966 – Averley Village Hall, Averley, Essex (Boyfriend magazine)

19 February 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

20 February 1966 – Shakespeare Club, Woolwich, south London (Beat Instrumental)

21 February 1966 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)

22 February 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental) 

25 February 1966 – Chislehurst Caves, Chislehurst, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

26 February 1966 – Ricky Tick, Windosr, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental) 

27 February 1966 – Black Prince, Bexley, southeast London (Fabulous 208)

28 February 1966 – Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Beat Instrumental) 

 

2 March 1966 – Orford Jazz Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

3 March 1966 – Country Club, Blaby, Leicestershire (Beat Instrumental) 

4 March 1966 – Manor House, north London (Beat Instrumental) 

5 March 1966 – Chelsea College, Chelsea, southwest London (Beat Instrumental) 

6 March 1966 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle) Beat Instrumental has the Flamingo in Soho on this date

7 March 1966 – Star Hotel, Croydon, south London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

9 March 1966 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, south London (South East London Mercury) 

10 March 1966 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)

11 March 1966 – Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire (Beat Instrumental)

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12 March 1966 – Marcam Hall, March, Cambridgeshire (Beat Instrumental/Lynn News)

13 March 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental) 

15 March 1966 – Gig in Paris, France (Beat Instrumental) 

16 March 1966 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

17 March 1966 – Gig in Paris, France (Beat Instrumental) This seems unlikely considering they just came back on 16th to play Farnborough

18 March1966 – Mr McCoys, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

19 March 1966 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (website: http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle-2/)

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20 March 1966 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

21 March 1966 – College of Advanced Technology, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental)

23 March 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental) 

24 March 1966 – Ricky Tick, Harvest Moon, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

27 March 1966 – Dereham Tavern, Dereham, Norfolk with The News (Eastern Evening News)

 

6 April 1966 – Orford Jazz Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

8 April 1966 – Zambesi, Hounslow, west London (Melody Maker)

10 April 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

13 April 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

14 April 1966 – Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire with The Image (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

17 April 1966 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

23 April 1966 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Herts with Saracens (website: http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/60’s_music_scene.htm)

26 April 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental) 

28 April 1966 – Warwick University, Warwick (Beat Instrumental)

29 April 1966 – Manor House, north London (Beat Instrumental)

30 April 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Beat Instrumental) 

 

1 May 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)

2 May 1966 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental) 

6 May 1966 – Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Beat Instrumental)

7 May 1966 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Beat Instrumental) 

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8 May 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham News)

12 May 1966 – Brays Grove Youth Centre, Harlow, Essex (Beat Instrumental) 

13 May 1966 – Oxford Town Hall, Oxford (Beat Instrumental)

14 May 1966 – Drill Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Beat Instrumental) 

15 May 1966 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Melody Maker)

18 May 1966 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

19 May 1966 – Burton Manor, Stafford, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

20 May 1966 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Beat Instrumental)

21 May 1966 – Leicester University, Leicester (Beat Instrumental)

22 May 1966 – Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental) 

26 May 1966 – Locarno, Barnsley, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

27 May 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

28 May 1966 – Ricky Tick, Windsor, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)

29 May 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

30 May 1966 – Blues Festival, Quebec Park, East Dereham, Norfolk with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, The Sullivan James Band and Sounds Reformed (North Norfolk News) Beat Instrumental says this took place at the Tavern Club

31 May 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental) 

 

1 June 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

2 June 1966 – Jazz Club, Ross-on-Wye (Beat Instrumental)

3 June 1966 – Porchester Hall, Bayswater, central London and Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)

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4 June 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)

4 June 1966 – South East Jazz and Blues Festival, Blackheath with Manfred Mann, Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Roy C and The Loose Ends, Blackheath, southeast London (Melody Maker) This isn’t listed in Beat Instrumental

5 June 1966 – White Lion, Edgware, north London (Beat Instrumental)

6 June 1966 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)

7 June 1966 – Corn Exchange, Bristol (Beat Instrumental) 

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8 June 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, south London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

10 June 1966 – Devonshire House, Exeter, Devon (Beat Instrumental)

11 June 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)

12 June 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

 

2 July 1966 – Ricky Tick, Windsor, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

3 July 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

4 July 1966 – Manor House, St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

6 July 1966 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

7 July 1966 – KD Club, Billingham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)

8 July 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, west London (Fabulous 208/Melody Maker)

9 July 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

10 July 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Fabulous 208)

11 July 1966 – Supreme Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent (Fabulous 208)

12 July 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental) 

13 July 1966 – Orford Jazz Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

15 July 1966 – Manor House, north London (Beat Instrumental)

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16 July 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Beat Instrumental/Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)

17 July 1966 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

18 July 1966 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental) 

19 July 1966 – Youth Centre, Wednesbury, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

20 July 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Beat Instrumental) 

22 July 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Spectrum (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

23 July 1966 – Zambesi, Hounslow, west London (Fabulous 208)

24 July 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)

25 July 1966 – Top Rank Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

27 July 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

30 July 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire Times)

31 July 1966 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

 

1 August 1966 – Bluesville, St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Beat Instrumental)

4 August 1966 – Ricky Tick, Stoke Hotel, Guildford, Surrey (Fabulous 208)

5 August 1966 – Corn Exchange, Newbury, Berkshire (Fabulous 208) David Else has the band at the Ricky Tick, Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts on this date

6 August 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)

7 August 1966 – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset (Beat Instrumental) 

8 August 1966 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Beat Instrumental) 

9 August 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Southsea, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

11 August 1966 – Pier Pavilion, Herne Bay, Kent (Fabulous 208)

12 August 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental) 

13 August 1966 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Herts with Saracens (website: http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/60’s_music_scene.htm)

14 August 1966 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

15 August 1966 – Royal Albion Hotel, Walton-on-Naze, Essex (Essex County Standard)

16 August 1966 – Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, north London (Fabulous 208)

17 August 1966 – Discoblue Club, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)

18 August 1966 – RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex (Fabulous 208/Beat Instrumental)

19 August 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London with The Tea Set (Melody Maker)

20 August 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald/Melody Maker)

24 August 1966 – Pavilion, Bournmouth, Dorset (Beat Instrumental)

25 August 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

26 August 1966 – Manor House, north London (Beat Instrumental) 

27 August 1966 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

28 August 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Down at the Boat book)

29 August 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Tony Knight’s Chessmen, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

 

1 September 1966 – Ricky Tick, Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts (David Else research/Welwyn Advertiser) 

3 September 1966 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208/Beat Instrumental) 

3 September 1966 – St George’s Hall, Exeter, Devon with The Bunch and The Spectres (Express & Echo) This must have been cancelled or moved unless gig above is incorrect

4 September 1966 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Alley Cats (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

5 September 1966 – Manor House, St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

6 September 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental)

7 September 1966 – Orford Jazz Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

8 September 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

9 September 1966 – Scunthorpe FC, Scunthorpe with others (Beat Instrumental)

10 September 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Vibrations & The Noblemen and The Little People (Lincolnshire Standard)

11 September 1966 – Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

12 September 1966 – Colston Hall, Bristol with Otis Redding and St Louis Union (Fabulous 208) Beat Instrumental has Top Rank Ballroom in Wolverhampton on this date

14 September 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London with The Alan Bown Set (Fabulous 208)

15 September 1966 – Public Hall, Epping, northeast London (Beat Instrumental)

16 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)

17 September 1966 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Beat Instrumental)

18 September 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

20 September 1966 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Fabulous 208)

21 September 1966 – Top Rank Ballroom, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

22 September 1966 – McKilroy’s Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)

23 September 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Sound Trekkers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

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24 September 1966 – Grantham Drill Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire with The Small Faces, The Delcounts and Breed (Nottingham Evening Post/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

25 September 1966 – Sunshine Ballroom, East Dereham, Norfolk with The Style (Fabulous 208)

27 September 1966 – Corn Exchange, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Fabulous 208)

28 September 1966 – Scene Club, Cardiff, Wales (Fabulous 208)

29 September 1966 – Ricky Tick, Stoke Hotel, Guildford, Surrey (Fabulous 208)

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1 October 1966 – Mr Magoos Club, Subscription Rooms, Stroud, Gloucester (Gloucester Citizen)

2 October 1966 – Leofric Hotel, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

5 October 1966 – Swansea University, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)

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6 October 1966 – Ritz Club, Skewen, south Wales with The Eyes of Blue (South Wales Evening Post)

7 October 1966 – Freshers Dance, Stratford Town Hall, Stratford, east London with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Newham, West Ham & East Ham, Barking and Stratford Express)

8 October 1966 – Ricky Tick, Windsor, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

9 October 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)

10 October 1966 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

11 October 1966 – Ricky Tick, Windsor, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

13 October 1966 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)

14 October 1966 – Mark Altman Ballroom, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

15 October 1966 – Durham University, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)

16 October 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

19 October 1966 – Bromel Club, Bromley, southeast London (Fabulous 208)

20 October 1966 – Dorothy’s Ballroom, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (Fabulous 208)

21 October 1966 – Aston University, Aston, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

22 October 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Felder’s Orioles (Melody Maker)

25 October 1966 – Rag Ball, Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham with Ivy League with The Jaybirds, Lee Dorsey and Our Young (Nottingham Evening Post)

26 October 1966 – City Hall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

27 October 1966 – Ricky Tick, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Fabulous 208)

28 October 1966 – Jazz Club, Manor House, north London (Fabulous 208)

29 October 1966 – Chelsea College, Chelsea, southwest London (Fabulous 208)

30 October 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Melody Maker)

31 October 1966 – Shakespeare Hotel, Woolwich, south London (Fabulous 208)

 

2 November 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Stevenage, Herts (Fabulous 208)

3 November 1966 – New Yorker Discotheque, Swindon, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)

4 November 1966 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Luton News)

5 November 1966 – Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

6 November 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)

8 November 1966 – Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)

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9 November 1966 – New Addington Hotel, New Addington, Surrey (Coulsdon & Purley Advertiser)

11 November 1966 – Metropole Hotel, Brighton, Sussex with The Spencer Davis Group (Fabulous 208)

12 November 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands with New York Public Library (Birmingham Evening Mail)

13 November 1966 – Belle Vue, New Elizabethan, Greater Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

15 November 1966 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Fabulous 208)

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The Hillingdon Mirror ran a picture of the band in its 15 November 1966 issue, page 20 (see above)

17 November 1966 – West Park Pavilion, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands (Fabulous 208)

18 November 1966 – Jazz Club, Manor House, north London (Fabulous 208)

19 November 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Fabulous 208)

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20 November 1966 – Bluesette, Leatherhead, Surrey (Caterham Weekly Press/Melody Maker) Advert says the club reopens

21 November 1966 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

24 November 1966 – Links International Club, Maxwell Park Youth Centre, Borehamwood, Herts (Simon Gee research)

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25 November 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Situation and Clem Dalton Show (Melody Maker)

26 November 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

29 November 1966 – St Thomas Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Fabulous 208)

 

1 December 1966 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire with David Essex & The Mood Indigo (Cambridge News/Fabulous 208)

3 December 1966 – Morley Town Hall, Morley, West Yorkshire (Yorkshire Evening Post)

3 December 1966 – Jigsaw, Manchester, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

4 December 1966 – Mr Smith’s, Manchester, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

7 December 1966 – Liverpool University, Liverpool, Merseyside (Fabulous 208)

8 December 1966 – York University, York, North Yorkshire with The Brian Auger Trinity (Fabulous 208)

 

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10 December 1966 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)

11 December 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with Bobby Hebb (Melody Maker)

12 December 1966 – St Luke’s College, Exeter, Devon with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Fabulous 208)

13 December 1966 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset (Fabulous 208)

14 December 1966 – Ritz Ballroom, Kings Heath, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

14 December 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

15 December 1966 – Great Hall, Reading, Berkshire with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Fabulous 208)

17 December 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Davey Sands & The Essex (East Kent Times)

18 December 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Fabulous 208)

19 December 1966 – Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

20 December 1966 – Bray’s Grove Youth Centre, Harlow, Essex (Fabulous 208)

21 December 1966 – College of Technology, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)

22 December 1966 – De Montfont Hall, Leicester, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)

24 December 1966 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The Coletraine Union (Southend Standard)

29 December 1966 – Civic Hall, Connah’s Quay, Wales (Fabulous 208)

30 December 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, West Yorkshire with Ray King Soul Band (Yorkshire Evening Post)

30 December 1966 – Crystal Ballroom, Castleford, West Yorkshire with Ray King Soul Band and Sweet Image (Wakefield Express/Yorkshire Evening Post)

31 December 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

1967

1 January 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Zephrons (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

4 January 1967 – Bromel Club, Bromley, southeast London (Fabulous 208)

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5 January 1967 – White Bicycle, Maple Ballroom, Northampton, Northamptonshire (Fabulous 208/Northampton Chronicle)

6 January 1967 – Dancing Slipper, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)

7 January 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Lancashire Evening Post)

9 January 1967 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

10 January 1967 – St Thomas Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Fabulous 208)

13 January 1967 – Market Hall, St Albans, Hertfordshire (Fabulous 208)

14 January 1967 – Kings Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire with The Invasion (Evening Sentinel)

14 January 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with The Technique (Evening Sentinel/Fabulous 208)

14 January 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

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

21 January 967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Fireflies (Cambridgeshire Times)

22 January 1967 – Dereham Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Rubber Band (North Norfolk News)

24 January 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Bossmen (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

27 January 1967 – Civic and Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, The Zombies, The ‘N’ Betweens, The Savoy Jazz band and Ken Ingram’s Jazz band (Express & Star)

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

29 January 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

 

1 February 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Stevenage, Herts (Fabulous 208)

3 February 1967 – Bluesville, Manor House, north London (Fabulous 208)

4 February 1967 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

5 February 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)

7 February 1967 – Ricky Tick, Assembly Borough Hall, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (Poster)

9 February 1967 – Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales (Fabulous 208)

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10 February 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)

11 February 1967 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

13 February 1967 – Bluesville Club, Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)

18 February 1967 – Faculty of Tech, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

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20 February 1967 – Belfry, Wishaw, West Midlands with Sonny Childe & The Explosive TNT and The Monopoly (Birmingham Evening Mail)

22 February 1967 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (Fabulous 208)

23 February 1967 – Nicholas Youth Centre, Basildon, Essex (Fabulous 208)

24 February 1967 – Aston University, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)

25 February 1967 – Leicester University, Leicester (Fabulous 208)

25 February 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)

26 February 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Fabulous 208)

 

3 March 1967 – Baths Hall, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)

3 March 1967 – Northgate Hall, Sleaford, Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)

4 March 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Fabulous 208)

4 March 1967 – Queen Mary’s College, Mile End, east London (Fabulous 208)

5 March 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

10 March 1967 – Pavilion Ballroom, Weymouth, Dorset with Palmer James and Trend 67 (Western Gazette)

11 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

13 March 1967 – Granby Halls, Leicester with The Who, Dick Morrisey and The Alan Price Set (Fabulous 208/Leicester Mercury)

15 March 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Southampton, Hants (Fabulous 208)

17 March 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

18 March 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with The Syn and The Exception (Evening Sentinel/Fabulous 208)

19 March 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Chesterfield, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)

20 March 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Fabulous 208)

22 March 1967 – College of Commerce, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

23 March 1967 – Salisbury City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire with First Lites (Frogg Moody and Richard Nash’s book Hold Tight!)

25 March 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)

26 March 1967 – Troutbeck Hotel, IIkley, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

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27 March 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Real McCoy and T D Backus & The Powerhouse and The Frame (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

31 March 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

31 March 1967 – Cadillac Ballroom, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

 

1 April 1967 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

2 April 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex (Melody Maker)

7 April 1967 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, west London (David Else research) 

8 April 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)

9 April 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Melody Maker)

14 April 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with Winston G and The Royvettes (Rugby Advertiser)

15 April 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

16 April 1967 – The Thing, Oldham, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

18 April 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

21 April 1967 – Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

22 April 1967 – Spa Ballroom, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

23 April 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Fabulous 208)

24 April 1967 – El Dorado, Leith, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

28 April 1967 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

29 April 1967 – Manchester University, Manchester with Brian Poole (Fabulous 208)

30 April 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

 

3 May 1967 – Caravelle Club, Viewing Lounge, Birmingham Airport with Monopoly (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

5 May 1967 – Princess Club, Chorlton, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

5 May 1967 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

6 May 1967 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

7 May 1967 – Beau Brumell Club, Nantwich, Cheshire (Fabulous 208)

8 May 1967 – Feathers, Ealing, west London (Fabulous 208)

12 May 1967 – Southampton University, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

14 May 1967 – Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)

15 May 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Fabulous 208)

18 May 1967 – Majestic Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

20 May 1967 – Ricky Tick, Windsor, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

21 May 1967 – Airmen’s Club, USAF base, Bentwaters, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

22 May 1967 – Bamboo Club, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

23 May 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

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26 May 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The New Jump Band (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

27 May 1967 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire (Fabulous 208)

28 May 1967 – Shoreline Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)

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29 May 1967 – Barbeque 67, Tulip Bulb Auction Hall, Spalding, Lincolnshire with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, The Move and Pink Floyd (Spalding Guardian)

31 May 1967 – Scotch Club Discotheque, Torquay Devon (Fabulous 208)

 

1 June 1967 – Quay Club, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208)

2 June 1967 – Queen’s Hall, Barnstaple, Devon (Fabulous 208)

4 June 1967 – Purple Fez Club, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon (Fabulous 208)

6 June 1967 – Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Fingers (Bournemouth Echo)

8 June 1967 – RAF Wyton, Wyton, Cambridgeshire (Fabulous 208)

9 June 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Fabulous 208)

10 June 1967 – Baths, Matlock, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)

13 June 1967 – Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)

15 June 1967 – RAF Cottesmore, Rutland (Fabulous 208)

16 June 1967 – University College, Gower Street, central London (Fabulous 208)

17 June 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London (Fabulous 208)

18 June 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Poster)

25 June 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Bluecaps (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

28 June 1967 – Cellar Jazz Club, South Shields, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

30 June 1967 – Edgehill Training College, Liverpool, Merseyside (Fabulous 208)

 

1 July 1967 – Summerfield Technical College, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)

2 July 1967 – Swan, Yardley, Birmingham with Legay (Coventry Evening Telegraph/Fabulous 208)

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3 July 1967 – Club Rado, Belfast, Northern Ireland with Interns (Fabulous 208/ City Week)

4 July 1967 – Embassy Ballroom, Londonderry, Northern Ireland (Fabulous 208)

6 July 1967 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

7 July 1967 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire with The Jeff Beck Group (Fabulous 208)

8 July 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

9 July 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

10 July 1967 – Belfry Hotel, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

14 July 1967 – Bluesville, Manor House, north London (Fabulous 208)

15 July 1967 – Seagull Ballroom, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)

21 July 1967 – McGoo’s, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

21 July 1967 – Victoria Ballroom, Dunbar, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

22 July 1967 – Community Centre, Auchinleck, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

Disc & Music Echo, 22 July issue, says that The Big Roll Band is splitting up but that they will fulfil contracted bookings. Jeff Condon (trumpet) and Johnny Almond are joining The Alan Price Set

23 July 1967 – Top Ten Club, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

27 July 1967 – Caledonian Hotel, Inverness, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

28 July 1967 – Douglas Hotel, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

29 July 1967 – Market Hall, Carlisle, Cumbria (Fabulous 208)

 

3 August 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (Fabulous 208)

4 August 1967 – Winter Gardens Ballroom, Penzance, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)

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5 August 1967 – Flamingo, Redruth, Cornwall with The Passion (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)

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7 August 1967 – Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with Root and Jenny Jackson with The High-Timers (Fabulous 208/Herald Express) This could be the first gig by the remaining members who were soon billed as  Dantalion’s Chariot

11 August 1967 – Doncaster Top Rank, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Barnsley Chronicle & South Yorkshire News) Just says Zoot Money

The horn section left around this time

August 1967 – This month, they play Le Papagayo, Saint Tropez, France (Melody Maker) Record Mirror says the residency starts on 14 August. This could be where Dantalion’s Chariot debut

Around this time, the group changes name to Dantalion’s Chariot. In early September Paul Williams replaces John McVie in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers

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Categories: England, London

The New Jump Band gigs’ 1965-1967

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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.

Originally known as Red White’s Blues, the musicians changed name to The New Jump Band around September 1965. Based in Walthamstow, London, the line-up comprised:

Laurie (Lawrence) Beazley – lead vocals/harmonica

Steve Sayer – guitar

Bob Hodges – Hammond organ

Bob (Robert) Barker – bass

George Mugele – tenor saxophone (had joined on 5 June 1965)

Mike Scoble – alto saxophone (had joined on 24 September 1965)

Tony (Anthony) McVey – drums

1965

1 October 1965 – Wellington Avenue Youth Club, Chingford, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

2 October 1965 – Memorial Hall, Woodford, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

8 October 1965 – William Elliott Whittingham Youth Club, Walthamstow, north London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

23 October 1965 – Memorial Hall, Woodford, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

24 October 1965 – London Cavern Club, Holland Park, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

 

2 November 1965 – London Cavern Club, Holland Park, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

4 November 1965 – Society Hall, Cordelia Road, Stanwell, northwest London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

5 November 1965 – London School of Economics student dance, central London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

6 November 1965 – Cavendish Hall, Hatfield, Hertfordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

7 November 1965 – Greenford Hotel, Southall, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

11 November 1965 – London Cavern Club, Holland Park, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

13 November 1965 – Hillside School Dance, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

14 November 1965 – Lea Valley Social Club, North Chingford, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

20 November 1965 – Memorial Hall, Woodford, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

24 November 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Duke Lee (Melody Maker)

Laurie and Steve, 1965

2 December 1965 – Society Hall, Cordelia Road, Stanwell, northwest London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

4 December 1965 – Goldhawk Social Club, Goldhawk Road, Shepherd’s Bush, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

5 December 1965 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary’s Cray, Orpington, southeast London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

7 December 1965 – London Cavern Club, Holland Park, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

8 December 1965 – Silver Blades, Streatham, southwest London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

10 December 1965 – Bexley Heath Co-op Hall, Bexley Heath, southeast London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

11 December 1965 – Sydney Burnell School Dance, Walthamstow, north London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

12 December 1965 – Lea Valley Social Club, North Chingford, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

16 December 1965 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

18 December 1965 – Private party, Wembley, northwest London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

19 December 1965 – Byron Hotel, Greenford, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

21 December 1965 – Private Party, Buckhurst Hill, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

23 December 1965 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

24 December 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

31 December 1965 – Swanley Youth Centre, Swanley, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

31 December 1965-1 January 1966 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

Photo: Karl Mugele

1966

1 January 1966 – Memorial Hall, Woodford, north London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

6 January 1966 – Harvest Moon, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

7 January 1966 – Woodstock Hotel, North Cheam, southwest London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

8 January 1966 – Austral Club, Sidcup, southeast London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

9 January 1966 – Zambesi Club, Hounslow, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

15 January 1966 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

22 January 1966 – Imperial College, Kensington, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

23 January 1966 – Zambesi Club, Hounslow, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

27 January 1966 – Byron, Greenford, west London with Diversion (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

28 January 1966 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

29 January 1966 – Isleworth Public Hall, Isleworth, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

30 January 1966 – Prince of Wales Hotel, Kingsbury, north London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

 

5 February 1966 – Stanwell Community Centre, Stanwell, northwest London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

12 February 1966 – Ste Peters In The Forest Youth Club, Walthamstow, north London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

26 February 1966 – Zambesi Club, Hounslow, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

 

5 March 1966 – Imperial College, Kensington, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

6 March 1966 – Zambesi Club, Hounslow, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

12 March 1966 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London (NME)

13 March 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, Orpington, southeast London (afternoon) (Bob Hodges’ diary)

13 March 1966 – Zambesi Club, Hounslow, west London (evening) (Bob Hodges’ diary)

19 March 1966 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

25 March 1966 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

26 March 1966 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London (NME)

27 March 1966 – Zambesi Club, Hounslow, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

1 April 1966 – Continental Club, Edmonton, north London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

6 April 1966 – Highams Park Youth Club, Highams Park, north London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

9-10 April 1966 – Zambesi Club, Hounslow, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

23 April 1966 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London (NME)

30 April 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, Orpington, southeast London (afternoon) (Bob Hodges’ diary)

30 April 1966 – El Partido, Lewisham, London (evening) (Bob Hodges’ diary)

 

7 May 1966 – Isleworth Polytechnic, Isleworth, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

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14 May 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker)

Photo: John Treais

18 May 1966 – Zambesi Club, Hounslow, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

21 May 1966 – Abbs Cross School, Hornchurch, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

27 May 1966 – Ricky Tick, Guildford, Surrey (Bob Hodges’ diary)

28 May 1966 – Cadillac Club, the Aquarium, Brighton, West Sussex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

29 May 1966 – Leofric Hotel, Coventry, West Midlands (Bob Hodges’ diary)

30 May 1966 – Garden of Eden Club, Wheatley Bridge Hotel, Wheatley, Oxfordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

30 May 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Meantimers and Rey Anton & The Proform (Melody Maker)

The band at El Partido

4 June 1966 – Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (Bob Hodges’ diary)

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11 June 1966 – Zambesi Club, Hounslow, west London with The Yardbirds and The Ravens (Bob Hodges’ diary/Melody Maker)

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During the summer Steve Sayer and Bob Barker both departed. Geoff Pearce took over guitar and John Cushen assumed bass duties. Bob Hodges remembers that Mike Scoble also left in the summer months. He was replaced by Geoff Condon.

1 July 1966 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bob Hodges’ diary)

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16 July 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with support  (Evening Sentinel)

23 July 1966 – Taggs Island Ballroom, Hampton Court, Middlesex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

During September Trevor Hubbert took over guitar from Geoff Pearce. The New Jump Band also lost their drummer Tony McVey who was going to study percussion at the Royal Academy of Music. He was initially replaced by Mr W Porter, who was quickly succeeded by John Herridge via a MM advert.

 The new line-up comprised:

 Laurie (Lawrence) Beazley – lead vocals/harmonica

Trevor Hubbert – guitar

Bob Hodges – Hammond organ

John Cushen – bass

George Mugele – tenor saxophone

Geoff Condon – alto saxophone

John Herridge – drums

 

10 September 1966 – Star Hotel, Croydon, south London (Bob Hodges’ diary) New line-up debuted

15 September 1966 – Glow Rooms, Reading, Berkshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

17 September 1966 – Memorial Hall, Woodford, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

24 September 1966 – Kensington Youth Club, East Ham, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

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30 September 1966 – Silver Links, Streatham, southwest London (Balham & Tooting News & Mercury)

 

1 October 1966 – Cellar Club, Lambeth, south London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

7 October 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, Orpington, southeast London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

15 October 1966 – Highams Park Youth Club, Highams Park, north London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

29 October 1966 – New Yorker Club, Swindon, Wiltshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

 

12 November 1966 – Aylesbury College of Further Education, Aylesbury, Bucks (Bob Hodges’ diary)

 

16 December 1966 – Hammersmith College of Further Education, Hammersmith, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

Bob Hodges left at this stage to join The Attack. They group brought in trumpet player Al Mayne

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23 December 1966 – Corby Civic Hall, Corby, Northamptonshire with The Minor Portion (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

31 December 1966 – Colchester Penthouse, Colchester, Essex (Essex County Standard)

1967

25 January 1967 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London (website: http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)

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10 February 1967 – Bucks Association of Youth Clubs, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Tridents (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)

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12 February 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

18 February 1967 – Silver Blades, Streatham,  southwest London (Clapham Advertiser)

19 February 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

27 February 1967 – Kensington Youth Club, Manor Park, London (Brentwood Review & Romford Recorder) Says straight from the Flamingo

 

3 March 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

4 March 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

10 March 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

11 March 1967 – Ska-Bar Club, Woolwich, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

17 March 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

26 March 1967 – Crawdaddy, Taggs Island, Hampton, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

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6 May 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Mack Sound and Two of Each (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

20 May 1967 – YMCA, Sebert Street, Gloucester with Mark Raymond Sound (Gloucester Citizen)

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26 May 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

27 May 1967 – Ska-Bar Club, Woolwich, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

 

22 July 1967 – Newmarket Memorial Hall, Newmarket, Suffolk with Group 3 (Cambridge News)

 

19 August 1967 – Winter Gardens, Banbury, Warwickshire (Banbury Guardian)

25 August 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Melody Maker)

 

2 September 1967 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

4 September 1967 – Penny Farthing Club, Southend, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

9 September 1967 – Locarno, Swindon, Wiltshire with The Measles (Swindon Evening Advertiser)

23 September 1967 – London Hotel, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard)

 

7 October 1967 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks with Show of Hands (Bucks Free Press)

28 October 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire with The Gods (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)

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17 November 1967 – Silver Blades, Streatham, southwest London (Sutton & Cheam Advertiser)

25 November 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

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26 November 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Art Movement, The Apex, Tuesday’s Children and The Trap (Melody Maker)

29 November 1967 – Six-In-One Club, Tonbridge, Kent (Kent & Essex Courier)

 

10 December 1967 – Final of £1,000 beat competition, Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London with The Syrian Blues, Johnny & The Rivals, The Art Movement and The Gods

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16 December 1967 – Industrial Club, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

23 December 1967 – London Hotel, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard)

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30 December 1967 – Legion Hall, Amersham (Bucks Free Press/Buckinghamshire Examiner) Says direct from (Pink) Flamingo Club

1968

17 February 1968 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser) Says they play Pink Flamingo in Wardour Street, Soho

 

13 April 1968 – Matlock Bath Pavilion, Matlock, Derbyshire (Derby Evening Telegraph)

Advert in Melody Maker in early 1968. Photo may be subject to copyright

Thanks to Bob Hodges for sharing his diary of gigs and the photos

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