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Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers’ gigs 1965-1969

October 8, 2017 Nick Warburton 15 Comments

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.

HERBIE GOINS & THE NIGHT-TIMERS:

Herbie Goins – lead vocals

John McLaughlin – lead guitar

Mick Eve – tenor saxophone

Harry Beckett – trumpet

Nigel Stanger – Hammond organ/saxophone

Dave Price – bass

Bill Stevens – drums

1965

23 March 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book) This might have been before the link-up with The Night-Timers who were working with Ronnie Jones

21 April 1965 – Orford Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

25 April 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Melody Maker)

8 May 1965 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/) Says straight from the Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London

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

29 May 1965 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

2 June 1965 – Le Disque A Go Go, Bournemouth, Dorset (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

7 June 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian) Billed as The Night-timers

11 June 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with support (NME) Billed as The Night-timers with Herbie Goins

13 June 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Kim & The Kinetics (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

20 June 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)

27 June 1965 – Galaxy Club, Woburn Park Hotel, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

1 July 1965 – Bowes Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage, Herts with The Bumps In The Night (Hertfordshire Express)

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

10 July 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with Gary L Thompson & The Sidewinders (NME)

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

6 August 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

7 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with Group Survival (NME) Billed as The Night-timers with Herbie Goins

8 August 1965 – Galaxy Club, Woburn Park Hotel, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

28 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (NME) Billed as The Night-timers with Herbie Goins

Sometime in late August/early September 1965, Nigel Stanger returned to Newcastle upon Tyne and worked with Alan Price. Former member Dave Morse returned on Hammond organ

4 September 1965 – Zambesi Club, Hounslow, west London (Middlesex Chronicle)

12 September 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

16 September 1965 – Ritz Club, Skewen, Wales with The Kingpins and The Iveys (Port Talbot Guardian)

17 September 1965 – Archer Hall, Billericay, Essex (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)

18 September 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (Melody Maker)

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

8 October 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

13 October 1965 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London with The Rick ‘N’ Beckers (website: http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)

16 October 1965 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with Loomers Ltd (Essex Chronicle)

24 October 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

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

12 November 1965 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

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

14 November 1965 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London with The Worrying Kind (website: http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)

21 November 1965 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

28 November 1965 – Ricky Ticky, Plaza, Guildford, Surrey (David Else’s research)

5 December 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)

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

11 December 1965 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

15 December 1965 – Le Disque A Go Go, Bournemouth, Dorset (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

24 December 1965 – King Mojo Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with Tony Knight’s Chessmen (Melody Maker)

26 December 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Pontiac, southwest London (Melody Maker)

1966

1 January 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

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

8 January 1966 – House of Aden, Witham Hall, Essex with Elkie Brooks, The Marionettes and Ray Ford and The Statesiders (Essex County Standard)

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

22 January 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)

30 January 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)

4 February 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)

5 February 1966 – Winter Gardens, Banbury, Oxfordshire with Elkie Brooks, The Marionettes and Phase II (Brackley Advertiser) Is this possible with the gig below?

5 February 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

13 February 1966 – Ricky Ticky, Plaza, Guildford, Surrey (David Else’s research)

18 February 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, London with Dakota Station (Melody Maker)

19 February 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and The Blueberries (The Star)

26 February 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

Dave Morse departed on the eve of a Swiss tour and former member Nigel Stanger recommended his friend Mike Carr

March 1966 – Hazyland Club, Hazy Osterveld, Zurich, Switzerland (one month) (Mike Carr recollections)

19 March 1966 – Mod Place, Victoria Rooms, Clifton, Bristol with Elkie Brooks, The Marionettes and The Reasons (Western Scene) Is this possible with Swiss dates above

1 April 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Melody Maker)

4 April 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Birmingham Evening Mail)

9 April 1966 – Jigsaw, Manchester with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Graham Bond Organisation (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)

10 April 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth West Midlands with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Birmingham Evening Mail)

15 April 1966 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)

16 April 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnbrough, Hampshire with Screaming J Hawkins (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

18 April 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey with support (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

23 April 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, The Plain & Fancy and The Tykes (Lincolnshire Standard)

30 April 1966 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear with The Score (website: http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle-2/)

2 May 1966 – Esquire, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)

3 May 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

4 May 1966 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear with The Score (website: http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle-2/)

8 May 1966 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

15 May 1966 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, London with The Seventh Sun (website: http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)

27 May 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnbrough, Hampshire (Aldershot News/Camberley News) David Else also has the band playing at the Camberley Ricky Tick at the Cambridge Hotel on this date with The Blues Syndicate

28 May 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

Around late May/early June John McLaughlin left and first Mick Barker and then John Smith came in on guitar (Ed: would welcome any insights from readers)

4 June 1966 – Zambesi, Hounslow, west London (Melody Maker)

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

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

15 June 1966 – Orford Cellar, Norwich (Eastern Evening News)

17 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Mood Indigo (Melody Maker)

19 June 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)

24 June 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with support (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

29 June 1966 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, London with Nocturnal (website: http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)

2 July 1966 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (Welwyn Times)

11 July 1966 – Majestic, Reading, Berkshire (Bracknell News)

July/August 1966 – Papagayos, St-Tropez, France with Steampacket (Mike Carr recollections)

7 September 1966 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, London with The Charge (website: http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)

9 September 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)

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

11 September 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with The Jimmy Brown Sound (Nottingham Evening Post)

12 September 1966 – Queens Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail/Express & Star)

14 September 1966 – Scene Club, Cardiff, Wales (Western Daily Press)

19 September 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Bristol (Evening Post)

19 September 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

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

25 September 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)

29 September 1966 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, west London (London Life) This may be 30 September

30 September 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Washington DCs (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

Sometime in early October, Speedy Acquaye joined on congas from Georgie Fame’s Blue Flames, having appeared on the sessions for “Number One in Your Heart” earlier in the year

1 October 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with Broodly-Hoo (Nottingham Evening Post)

2 October 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)

8 October 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

15 October 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

16 October 1966 – Dereham Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Sullivan James (North Norfolk News)

22 October 1966 – The Location, Woolwich, southeast London with The Images (Melody Maker)

23 October 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)

26 October 1966 – Elbow Room, Aston, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

27 October 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

28 October 1966 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

29 October 1966 – Plebians, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Halifax Evening Courier & Guardian)

31 October 1966 – The Village, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

2 November 1966 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London with The Coloured Raisins (website: http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)

5 November 1966 – The Union, Manchester University with Cock-A-Hoops and All Soul Band (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

9 November 1966 – Harpenden Town Hall, Harpenden, Hertfordshire (Melody Maker)

11 November 1966 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Blues Generation (Gloucester Citizen)

13 November 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with Sonny Childe & The TNT (Nottingham Evening Post)

14 November 1966 – Stafford College of Art, Stafford, Staffordshire with Powerhouse (Express & Star)

17 November 1966 – Blaises, Queen’s Gate, Kensington (Tatler)

18 November 1966 – South Bank Jazz Club, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

24 November 1966 – Concorde, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)

27 November 1966 – Dereham Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Marvin Lois Enterprise (North Norfolk News)

2 December 1966 – Dancing Slipper Ballroom, West Bridgeford, Nottingham with The Tribe (Nottingham Evening Post)

3 December 1966 – Burlesque, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

3 December 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)

4 December 1966 – Douglas House, Lancaster Gate, west London with Freddie Mack & The Mack Sound (Melody Maker)

4 December 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)

9 December 1966 – Carousel Club, Farnborough, Hampshire (Camberley News)

10 December 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London with The Merseybeats (Balham & Tooting News and Mercury)

11 December 1966 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Chester Chronicle)

14 December 1966 – Stourbridge Town Hall, Stourbridge, West Midlands with The Satin Dolls (Poster)

15 December 1966 – London College of Fashion, John Princess Street, London (Melody Maker)

16 December 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, southwest Wimbledon, London (Mitcham News & Mercury)

18 December 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)

23 December 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Satin Dolls and The Situation (Melody Maker)

29 December 1966 – Speakeasy, central London (Disc & Music Echo)

30 December 1966 – Chislehurst Caves, Chislehurst, southeast London (Melody Maker)

31 December 1966 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, central London (Disc & Music Echo)

1967

1 January 1967 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with The Satin Dolls (Nottingham Evening Post)

3 January 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

5 January 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, West Midlands with The Silverstone Set (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

6 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Wynder K Frog (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

7 January 1967 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, The Creation, The Artwoods and St Louis Union (Melody Maker)

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

13 January 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Satin Dolls and The All Night Workers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

15 January 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent with Satin Dolls (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)

20 January 1967 – Mod Ball, Pavilion Ballroom, Weymouth, Dorset with Teak and Smokey and The Nite People (Western Gazette)

21 January 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Satin Dolls, Timebox with Richard Henry, Triads and Ray Bones (Spalding Standard)

26 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Jimmy Cliff & The Shakedown Sound (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

27 January 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Knak (Gloucester Citizen)

28 January 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)

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

1 February 1967 – Elbow Room, Aston, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

2 February 1967 – Bowes-Lyon-House, Stevenage, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

4 February 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Avalons and The Mack Sound (Melody Maker)

5 February 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

6 February 1967 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

7-8 February 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, central London (Fabulous 208)

9 February 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Satin Dolls and The In Crowd (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

10 February 1967 – Hereford College (presumably Hereford but could be Oxford college) (Fabulous 208) They may have played the Stage Club on this date too (Cherwell)

11 February 1967 – Durham University, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)

14 February 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, west London (Fabulous 208)

14 February 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

16 February 1967 – Cadenas Club, Stoke Hotel, Guildford with The Jeremiah Thing (David Else’s research)

17 February 1967 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, West London (David Else’s research)

18 February 1967 – Ricky Tick, Thames Hotel, Windsor, Berkshire (David Else’s research)

19 February 1967 – Saville Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London with Chuck Berry and The Canadians (Fabulous 208)

21 February 1967 – Pavilion, Bournemouth Colleges Student’s Union, Landsdowne, Dorset with The Palmer James Group (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

23 February 1967– Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The In Crowd (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

24 February 1967 – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales with The Yardbirds (Fabulous 208)

25 February 1967 – Matlock Bath Pavilion, Matlock, Derbyshire with John L Watson and The Web (Derby Evening Telegraph)

According to the Guardian Journal’s 18 March issue, page 5, Mike Carr departed in early March. His replacement was Jamaican musician Junior Kerr.

Kerr came in via backing singers and dancers Cassie and Candy (aka The Satin Dolls) who were part of the Ready Steady Go dancing troupe. They joined around in late 1966 (Ed: would welcome any reader insights)

4 March 1967 – Royal Lido, Prestatyn, Clwyd, Wales with The Raynes (Rhyl & Prestayn Gazette)

16 March 1967 – Locarno, Derby (Fabulous 208)

17 March 1967 – Queen’s Rink, West Hartlepool, County Durham (Fabulous 208)

18 March 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

19 March 1967 – Cosmo Ballroom, Carlisle, Cumbria with 22nd Street People (Cumberland News/Fabulous 208)

22 March 1967 – College of Tech, Nottingham with Unit 4 Plus 2 (Fabulous 208)

23 March 1967 – Palace Hotel, Southport, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

24 March 1967 – Top Ten, Manchester with Candy Choir (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)

24 March 1967 – Bluesville, Manor House, London (Melody Maker)

25 March 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Legay (Cambridgeshire Times)

26 March 1967 – Belle Vue, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

9 April 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

14 April 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)

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

18 April 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Bossmen (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

23 April 1967 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)

26 April 1967 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Melody Maker)

28 April 1967 – Steering Wheel Club, Dorchester, Dorset with Adge Cutler & The Wurzels and The Gordon Riots (Western Gazette)

29 April 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester with The Executive (Melody Maker)

30 April 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent with Satin Dolls (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)

Sometime around this period, Linda Lewis also sang with the group briefly having worked with The Q-Set in late 1966. She didn’t stay long and cut a solo single for Polydor that summer. She would reunite though with Kerr soon after in White Rabbit

6 May 1967 – Shoreline Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex with The In Crowd (Dave Allen research)

9 May 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London with The Satin Dolls (Melody Maker)

12 May 1967 – Drokiweeny, Manchester with The Satin Dolls (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

12 May 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester with The Satin Dolls (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

12 May 1967 – Mr Smith’s, Manchester with The Satin Dolls (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

16 May 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London with The Web (Melody Maker)

23 May 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London (Melody Maker)

27 May 1967 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)

27 May 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

29 May 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Is this possible with the gig below?

29 May 1967 – Supreme Eastern Esplanade, Ramsgate, Kent with The Satin Dolls and Len Marshall Sound (Melody Maker/East Kent Times & Mail)

30 May 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London (Melody Maker/Record Mirror)

2 June 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Satin Dolls (Melody Maker)

This large gap in June suggests they may have been overseas

30 June 1967 – Koo Koo Byrd, Cardiff, Wales (Glamorgan County Times)

1 July 1967 – Supreme Eastern Esplanade, Ramsgate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)

8 July 1967 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

10 July 1967 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

29 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Fraternity and The Army (Melody Maker)

I would welcome any further insights from readers but I believe that in late July/early August, the group headed to Italy for a short tour. John Smith and Bill Stevens left on the eve of the tour and former Pack/Flowers of Wisdom members Andy Rickell and Terry Stannard joined. Stannard had recently worked with Freddie Mack.

The tour was a disaster and all of the equipment was stolen. Most of the group returned home and Junior Kerr, Andy Rickell and Terry Stannard formed White Rabbit with former member Linda Lewis

A new formation was formed on Goins’ return:

Herbie Goins – lead vocals

Alan Roskams – guitar (ex-Gass)

Mick Eve – tenor saxophone

Harry Beckett – trumpet

Speedy Acquaye – congas

John Carroll – Hammond organ

Dave Price – bass

Ian Hague – drums (ex-Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds/The Nice)

+ Satin Dolls backing singers/dancers Cassie and Candy

19 August 1967 – Wellington Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Midnight Times (North Norfolk News)

20 August 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with Satin Dolls (Nottingham Evening Post)

25 August 1967 – Steering Wheel, Dorchester, Dorset with The Cellar Rats (Dorset Evening Echo)

26 August 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire with The Maraccas (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle/Formby Times)

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

30 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker)

2 September 1967 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire with Mike Stuart’s Span (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)

3 September 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)

6 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)

8 September 1967 – 5D, Leicester with The Worrying Kynde (Leicester Mercury)

9 September 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Soho, central London with The Paper Blitz Tissue and Geranium Pond (Melody Maker)

10 September 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)

11 September 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

12 September 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, west London (Melody Maker)

13 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)

20 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)

22 September 1967 – 5D, Leicester with The Wild Flowers (Leicester Mercury)

27 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)

30 September 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with The Safety Catch (Somerset County Gazette)

3 October 1967 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with Granny’s Intentions and The Palmer James Group (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

9 October 1967 – Top Rank, Cardiff, Wales with The Searchers, Lucas with The Mike Cotton Sound and The Zombies (South Wales Echo)

15 October 1967 – Cosmopolitan, Carlisle, Cumbria with Tamla Express (Cumberland News)

20 October 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)

21 October 1967 – Northwich Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Crewe Chronicle)

22 October 1967 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)

29 October 1967 – South Bank Jazz Club, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

This large gap in November suggests they may have been overseas

2 December 1967 – Pearce Hall, Maidenhead, Berkshire with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch and The Echoes (Bucks Free Press)

3 December 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

8 December 1967 – Students’ Union, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and Precious Few (Eastern Evening News)

9 December 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Ferris Wheel and Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Melody Maker)

12 December 1967 – New Century Hall, Manchester with Kibbus (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)

14 December 1967 – Student’s Union, University of East Anglia, Norwich with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and The Reasons (Eastern Evening News)

25 December 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Guest with The Tonicks, Ronnie Jones, Owen Grey and The Youth

26 December 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)

1968

This large gap in January suggests they may have been overseas

4 February 1968 – Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford, Surrey with The Strange Brew (Surrey Advertiser)

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

23 February 1968 – Shades, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Sheffield Star)

1 March 1968 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands with Scarlet Religion (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

2 March 1968 – Sheffield University Student’s Union, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Sheffield Star)

8 March 1968 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (website: http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle-2/)

10 March 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

18 March 1968 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Time and Mr Showbiz (Express & Star)

25 March 1968 – Cosmopolitan, Carlisle, Cumbria (Cumberland News)

29 March 1968 – Poole College Rag, Poole College Main Hall, Poole, Dorset with The Nite People (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

30 March 1968 – Ewell College, Ewell, Surrey with Robert Plant & The Band of Joy (Melody Maker)

1 April 1968 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

John Carroll left about this time to join The Flowerpot Men’s backing band. Former member Junior Kerr may have briefly returned as footage from French TV show Bouton Rouge dated 4 April reveals; however, this may have been a recording from the previous year. In the first week of April 1968, Kerr played with his new band Junior’s Conquests

Eddie Thornton, who’d worked with Georgie Fame (and more recently The Amboy Dukes) also joined in time for the French tour on trumpet, taking over from Harry Beckett

10 April 1968 – Cellar Discotheque, Hartlepool (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

13 April 1968 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)

15 April 1968 – The Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminister, Somerset (Somerset County Gazette)

19 April 1968 – Scene, Cambridge YMCA, Cambridge (Cambridge News)

20 April 1968 – Tin Hat, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Howling Robin (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

21 April 1968 – Le Metro, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

26 April 1968 – Cue Club, Paddington (Melody Maker)

27 April 1968 – Ettington Park Hotel, Alderminster, near Stratford, Warwickshire (Birmingham Evening Mail) Could this have been the date below or did they play again a few weeks later?

29 April 1968 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)

4 May 1968 – Wolverhampton College of Technology, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Soul Seekers (Express & Star)

11 May 1968 – Ettington Park Hotel, Alderminster, Warwickshire (Stratford upon Avon Herald)

12 May 1968 – Excel Blue Angel, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

19 May 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Poster)

23 May 1968 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with The Klick (Western Gazette)

31 May 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)

6 June 1968 – James Finegan Hall, Eston, Middlesbrough with Rivers Invitation and The Tramline (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

8 June 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham Junction, London with The Shiralee (Coulson & Purley Advertiser)

16 June 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London with The Satin Dolls (Poster)

23 June 1968 – Cosmopolitan, Carlisle, Cumbria with Junco Partners (Cumberland News)

31 August 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Strange Brew (Surrey Advertiser)

2 September 1968 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with Lot 39 with Mel Taylor (Gloucester Citizen)

Around September 1968, Dave Price and Alan Roskams left.

Would welcome insights from readers but I think a new formation featured the following:

Herbie Goins – lead vocals

Kelvin Bullen – lead guitar (ex-Joe E Young & The Tonicks)

Hugh Bullen – bass (ex-Joe E Young & The Tonicks)

Mick Eve – tenor saxophone

Eddie Thornton – trumpet

Speedy Acquaye – congas

Ian Hague – drums

+ Satin Dolls backing singers/dancers Cassie and Candy

5 September 1968 – Speakeasy at Blaises, London (Poster from Paul Kane)

6 September 1968 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

7 September 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Salisbury Journal/Western Gazette)

20 September 1968 – CLCE Scraptoft, Leicester with The Shevelles and The Decoys (Leicester Mercury)

21 September 1968 – Stage Club, Oxford (Oxford Mail)

7 October 1968 – Quaintways, Chester, Cheshire with Perfumed Garden, The Hands and Wall City Jazzmen (website: www.45worlds.com/live)

13 October 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

19 October 1968 – Students Union UEA, Norwich, Norfolk with Bumbly Hum (Eastern Evening News)

3 November 1968 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)

7 December 1968 – Stage Club, Oxford (Oxford Mail)

10 December 1968 – King’s College, Strand, London with The Nice and The Circus (Melody Maker)

14 December 1968 – Mid-Herts College, Welwyn Garden City, Herts with The Herbal Remedy (Welwyn and Hatfield Advertiser)

18 December 1968 – Candlelight, Scarborough, North Yorkshire with The Satin Dolls and Free (Scarborough Evening News)

21 December 1968 – The Catacombs, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

1969

Sometime in early 1969, Ian Hague left to join J J Jackson’s backing band

21 February 1969 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)

23 February 1969 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)

1 March 1969 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)

30 March 1969 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)

13 April 1969 – Blaises, London (Hounslow Post)

27 April 1969 – Le Metro, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

2 May 1969 – Lyceum Ballroom, Strand, London with Alan Bown, Spooky Tooth, Jon Hiseman’s Colosseum and Portrait (Melody Maker)

3 May 1969 – New Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

24 May 1969 – Farnborough Technical College Students’ Union, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

14 June 1969 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

28 July 1969 – Soul Club, Plaza Ballroom, Newsbury, Berkshire with Simon K & The Meantimers (Reading Evening Post)

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

Soon after the above gig, the band landed a part-time residency in Rome, Italy

I would welcome any insights from readers on what happened next with the band’s formation

I’d like to thank David Else for generously sharing his own history on the band and helping to cross check timelines and facts. Also, thanks to Mick Eve for his insights.

Categories: England, London

Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds’ gigs 1963-1969

September 10, 2017 Nick Warburton 18 Comments

Welcome to the first 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 and, where possible, I have added the sources used, whether they are newspapers or websites. 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

Formed in late 1959, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds comprises the following line-up by spring 1963:

Chris Farlowe (lead vocals)

Bobby Taylor (lead guitar)

Ricky Charman (bass)

Vic Cooper (organ, sax, piano)

? Hines (drums)

1962

25 August 1962 – Hi-Fi Hop, Weybridge Hall, Weybridge, Surrey (Woking Herald)

1963

9 March 1963 – Long’s Ballroom, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Ron Diamond & The Cutters (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

Jimmy Campbell joined on drums around May 1963.

19 May 1963 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with Don Lenon Trio (Aldershot News)

31 May 1963 – Whitehall, East Grinstead, West Sussex with Lee Paris & The LPs (Brighton Evening Argus) Billed as Chris Farler & The Thunderbirds

1 June 1963 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire Times)

29 July 1963 – Marquee, Oxford Street, London with (Mann-Hugg) Blues Brothers (Tony Bacon book: London Live)

9 August 1963 – Green Man, Blackheath, London (Melody Maker)

18 October 1963 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames (Melody Maker)

Johnny Wiseman replaced Jimmy Campbell on drums around about now.

2 November 1963 – Long’s Ballroom, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Brian Poole & The Tremeloes (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

17 November 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

6 December 1963 – Ricky Tick, Reading St John Ambulance Hall, Reading, Berkshire (David Else’s research)

27 December 1963 – Ricky Tick, Guildford Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Ricky Tick website: https://www.rickytick.com/) Surrey Advertiser has Plaza Ballroom

1964

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

Vic Cooper left around March.

29 March 1964 – Riverside Club, Cricketers Hotel, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald)

5 April 1964 – Savoy Rooms, Catford, southeast London (Kentish Mercury)

12 April 1964 – Ricky Tick, Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Bucks Free Press)

18 April 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Tony Holland & The Pack-A-Beats and The Renegades (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

19 April 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex with The Impacts (Dorothy Bullock list)

21 April 1964 – Fender Club, Kenton, Middlesex with Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

22 April 1964 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

30 April 1964 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with Dean Austen & The Dominators (Essex Chronicle)

15 May 1964 – Pussycat Club, Bruce Grove Ballroom, N17, London with The Zephyrs (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

25 May 1964 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

David Greenslade joined on keyboards around June and Albert Lee took over from Bobby Taylor on lead guitar.

9 June 1964 – Jumbo Club, King George’s Hall, Esher, Surrey with Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band (Melody Maker)

18 June 1964 – Civic Hall, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames (Luton News)

27 June 1964 – Continental Dancing Club, Edmonton, Middlesex (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

29 June 1964 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

11 July 1964 – Galaxy Club, Haymarket Lounge, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

Photo: Boyfriend magazine, 15 August 1964

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

4 August 1964 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

22 August 1964 – West Runton Pavilion, West Runton, Norfolk (North Norfolk News)

3 October 1964 – 2-3-4 R&B Club, Britannia Hotel, Barking, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

4 October 1964 – Trend Club, Colchester, Essex (Essex County Standard)

6 October 1964 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

9 October 1964 – Trend Club, Colchester, Essex (Essex County Standard)

13 October 1964 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardners, Isleworth, Middlesex with Preacher Brown & The Witnesses (Middlesex Chronicle)

3 October 1964 – 2-3-4 R&B Club, Britannia Hotel, Barking, east London (Rebridge & Ilford Recorder)

30 October 1964 – Trend Club, Colchester, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

9 November 1964 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

13 December 1964 – Alley Club, Cambridge (Cambridge News)

15 December 1964 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

1965

10 January 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (Melody Maker)

17 January 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)

23 January 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Shakedowns (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

Ian Hague took over from Johnny Wiseman on drums in February.

11 February 1965 – Rocky Rivers’ Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)

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

4 March 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

14 March 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Melody Maker)

16 March 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

18 March 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

Bernie Greenwood joined on sax and Gerry Temple joined on congas and vocals during April.

8 April 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire with Brian Auger Trinity (Dave Allen research)

11 April 1965 – Riverside Club, Cricketers Hotel, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald)

18 April 1965 – Studio, Westcliffe, Essex with The Flowerpots (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)

24 April 1965 – New Georgian Club, Uxbridge, northwest London (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)

30 April 1965 – Ricky Tick, Guildford Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Ricky Tick website: https://www.rickytick.com/)

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

7 May 1965 – Ricky Tick, Plaza Ballroom, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

11 May 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

23 May 1965 – Riverside Club, Cricketers Hotel, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald)

25 May 1965 – The Bluesday Club, Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

27 May 1965 – Ettington Park Hotel, Alderminster, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

7 June 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)

10 June 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

11-12 June 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Doris Troy (Melody Maker)

1 July 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

11 July 1965– Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)

16 July 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

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

25 July 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (Melody Maker)

29 July 1965 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Hertfordshire with The Saracens (website: http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/60’s_music_scene.htm)

31 July 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

Dave Quincy took over from Bernie Greenwood on sax during August.

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

21 August 1965 – Milford R&B, Strutt Arms, Milford, Derbyshire (Derby Evening Telegraph)

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

3 September 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, southwest London (NME)

9 September 1965 – Ritz Club, Skewen, south Wales with The Applejacks and The Eyes of Blue (South Wales Evening Post)

David Else notes that the band was due to play at the Ricky Tick at Guildford Civic Hall on 10 September but were replaced by The Alan Price Set

11 September 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (Melody Maker)

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

13 September 1965 – Garden of Eden Club, Blackbird Leys Community Centre, Wheatley, Oxfordshire with The Un-named (Oxford Mail)

16 September 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

17 September 1965 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

24 September 1965 – Archer Hall, Billericay, Essex with The Trends (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)

26 September 1965 – Galaxy Club, Woburn Park Hotel, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

30 September 1965 – Farnborough Rag Week, RAE Assembly Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire with Sounds Incorporated and The Thee (Aldershot News)

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

14 October 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

23 October 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

24 October 1965 – Ricky Tick, Plaza Ballroom, Guildford, Surrey (Ricky Tick website: https://www.rickytick.com/)

2 November 1965 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Herts with Colin Wilkie and Shirley Hart (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Express)

5 November 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Artwoods, Tony Knight’s Chessmen and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

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

12 November 1965 – Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham with The Spencer Davis Group, The King Bees and The Cock O Hoops (Birmingham Evening Mail)

14 November 1965 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

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

16 November 1965 – Ricky Tick, Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)

19 November 1965 – Armco Sports & Social Club, Letchworth, Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with The Various Others (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Express) Colin Jamies, bass player with The Various Others, got in touch to say his group was called The Various Others

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

21 November 1965 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (website: http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle-2/)

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

26 November 1965 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

27 November 1965 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (website: http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle-2/)

6 December 1965 – Star Hotel, Croydon, south London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

8 December 1965 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

12 December 1965 – The Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex with John L Kingdon’s Humperdinks (Mid Sussex Times)

24 December 1965 – Manor House (most likely north London) (Beat Instrumental)

25 December 1965 – Cavern Club, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)

26 December 1965 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Jimmy Cliff, Ayshea, Pete Hodges and The New Generation and The Tribe (Evening Sentinel)

27 December 1965 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Javelins (East Kent Times)

28 December 1965 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

29 December 1965 – Starlight Ballroom, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)

31 December 1965 – Starlight Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)

1966

Bruce Waddell took over from Ricky Charman on bass in January

1 January 1966 – King Edward School, Southampton, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

2 January 1966 – Stonecross Hall, Harlow, Herts (Beat Instrumental)

5 January 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

7 January 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)

8 January 1966 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Beat Instrumental)

9 January 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)

12 January 1966 – Orford Cellar, Norwich (Eastern Evening News)

14 January 1966 – Exeter University, Exeter, Devon (Beat Instrumental)

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

16 January 1966 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Beat Instrumental)

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

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

21 January 1966 – Rialto Club, Derby (Beat Instrumental)

22 January 1966 – Chelsea College, Chelsea, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)

23 January 1966 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

25 January 1966 – College of Advanced Technology, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental)

27 January 1966 – BRC Club, Stafford (Boyfriend magazine)

28 January 1966 – Leeds University, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

29 January 1966 – Big Beat Club, the Ballroom, Two Puddings Hotel, Hackney, north London (Beat Instrumental) Boyfriend magazine also has In Crowd, Hackney as second gig on this night

30 January 1966 – Youth Club, Portland (most likely London) (Beat Instrumental)

31 January 1966 – Star Hotel, Croydon, south London (Beat Instrumental)

2 February 1966 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

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

3 February 1966 – Star Hotel, Croydon, London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon) Beat Instrumental has this on 31 January and says the band play Blue Moon in Cheltenham today

4 February 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, Sidcup, Kent (Beat Instrumental)

5 February 1966 – Big Beat Club, Stratford (possibly London) (Beat Instrumental)

6 February 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)

10 February 1966 – Blue Triangle Club, Ealing, west London (Beat Instrumental)

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

12 February 1966 – Reading University, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)

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

14 February 1966 – Manor House, Ipswich, Suffolk (Beat Instrumental)

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

18 February 1966 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Boyfriend magazine)

19 February 1966 – Marcam Hall, March, Cambridgeshire (Beat Instrumental) Advertised as Markham Hall so just needs confirmation/Boyfriend magazine has the band at Leascliff Hall, Folkestone on this date

23 February 1966 – Orford Cellar, Norwich (Eastern Evening News)

25 February 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)

26 February 1966 – Jigsaw, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)

27 February 1966 – Cosmo Club, Carlisle, Cumbria (Beat Instrumental)

28 February 1966 – Top Rank, Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Beat Instrumental)

1 March 1966 – Top Rank, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Beat Instrumental)

2 March 1966 – Rag Week ’66, College of Advanced Technology, Great Hall, Gosta Green, West Midlands with Acker Bilk (Birmingham Evening Mail)

3 March 1966 – Plebeians Jazz Club, Halifax, West Yorkshire with Thursday’s Children (website: http://www.musictrailuk.com/index.php/venues/the-plebeians-jazz-club) Beat Instrumental has BR3 Club in Stafford on this date

4 March 1966 – Mr McCoys, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

5 March 1966 – Leeds University, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

6 March 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)

7 March 1966 – Barratts Youth Centre, South Ockenden (Beat Instrumental)

8 March 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

10 March 1966 – Thorngate Hall, Gosport, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

11 March 1966 – Digbeth Hall, Digbeth, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental)

12 March 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Fleur De Lys and The Essex Five (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

13 March 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (South East London Mercury) Beat Instrumental has Top Rank in Southampton on this date

14 March 1966 – Woodhall Community Centre, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire with Trekkas (website: http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/60’s_music_scene.htm)

15 March 1966 – Civic Hall, Grays, Essex (Beat Instrumental)

17 March 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Burnley, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)

18 March 1966 – Durham University, Durham (Beat Instrumental)

19 March 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)

20 March 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)

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

23 March 1966 – Swansea University, Swansea, Wales (Beat Instrumental)

24 March 1966 – Brighton University, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)

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

Dave Quincy and Gerry Temple both left around about now reduced the band to a quintet.

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

11 April 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Artwoods, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and The Rockhouse Band (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

14 April 1966 – West Bromwich Baths, West Bromwich, West Midlands (Trend & Boyfriend)

15 April 1966 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Trend & Boyfriend)

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

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

During May, Dave Greenslade briefly left to join Julian Covey & The Machine as they support John Lee Hooker on a UK tour but returned to The Thunderbirds soon after.

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

7 May 1966 – RAE Assembly Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire with Five Proud Walkers (Aldershot News)

8 May 1966 – Dereham Tavern, Dereham, Norfolk with Ian and Danny Eves with Sounds Reformed (Eastern Evening News)

14 May 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

15 May 1966 – Downs Hotel, Hassocks, West Sussex with Mike Stuart Span (Mid Sussex Times)

17 May 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

18 May 1966 – Orford Cellar, Norwich (Eastern Evening News)

20 May 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Cherokees (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)

22 May 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

25 May 1966 – Top Rank Ballroom, Cardiff, Wales (Beat Instrumental)

27 May 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Melody Maker)

28 May 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with The Stormsville Shakers (Melody Maker)

29 May 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Beat Instrumental)

30 May 1966 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire with John McCoy’s Crawdaddies (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

31 May 1966 – Corn Exchange, Bristol (Disc & Music Echo)

1 June 1966 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

3 June 1966 – Bruce Grove Ballroom (Beat Instrumental)

4 June 1966 – Co-op Hall, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and Beachcomber, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)

5 June 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

6 June 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News)

9 June 1966 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Beat Instrumental)

10 June 1966 – Mr McCoys, Middlesbrough (Beat Instrumental)

11 June 1966 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Hertfordshire with Saracens (website: http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/60’s_music_scene.htm) This is missing from Beat Instrumental/Trend and Boyfriend has Drill Hall, Stamford Links on this date. However, Hertfordshire Express does

13 June 1966 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex with 4-Bidden (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)

15 June 1966 – Top Rank Ballroom, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

16 June 1966 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Beat Instrumental)

17 June 1966 – Keeble College, Oxford (Beat Instrumental)

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

19 June 1966 – Sunshine Ballroom, East Dereham, Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)

20 June 1966 – Christ College, Oxford (Beat Instrumental)

23 June 1966 – Hastings College 1066 Rag Appeal Dances, Pier Ballroom, Hastings, East Sussex with The In Crowd (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Beat Instrumental/Hastings and St Leonards Observer)

24 June 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)

25 June 1966 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Wreckers (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

25 June 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)

26 June 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Fabulous 208)

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

30 June 1966 – Ritz Ballroom, Skewen, South Wales (Fabulous 208)

1 July 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby (Beat Instrumental)

2 July 1966 – Spa Ballroom, Bridlington (Beat Instrumental)

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

4 July 1966 – Top Rank, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Beat Instrumental)

6 July 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon) Beat Instrumental has Bromley Court Hotel on this date which is still possible

8 July 1966 – Portland Buildings, Nottingham University, Nottingham (Fabulous 208/Beat Instrumental)

8 July 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press) This must be another date or was moved

9 July 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Nite People (East Kent Times)

10 July 1966 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

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

13 July 1966 – Top Rank Ballroom, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

14 July 1966 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Beat Instrumental)

16 July 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Billy Storm & The Original Falcons (Cambridgeshire Times)

17 July 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

19 July 1966 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with Raynors’ Secrets and The Travellers (Herald Express)

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

24 July 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London with The En-Devers Ltd (Melody Maker)

29 July 1966 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Fabulous 208)

The South East London Mercury’s 29 July 1966 edition, page 1, has a good band story and picture. The line up is Chris Farlowe, Albert Lee, Bruce Waddell, Ian Hague and Dave Greenslade

30 July 1966 – New Cornish Riviera Lido, St Austell, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)

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

2 August 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Bristol (Evening Post)

4 August 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Bristol (Evening Post)

5 August 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Washington DCs (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

6 August 1966 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

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

11 August 1966 – Ricky Tick, Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Hertfordshire (Poster)

12 August 1966 – The Gaff, North Bar, Banbury, Oxfordshire (Fabulous 208)

13 August 1966 – Drill Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire with The Delcounts and Breed (Grantham Journal)

18 August 1966 – Bedford Corn Exchange, Bedford (Bigglewade Chronicle)

23 August 1966 – Kinema, Dunfermline, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

25 August 1966 – Palais, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

26 August 1966 – City Hall, Perth, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

27 August 1966 – Market Assembly Hall, Carlisle, Cumbria with The Atoms and The Conquests (Cumberland News)

28 August 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)

29 August 1966 – Grays Club, Grays Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208/Beat Instrumental)

31 August 1966 – Mr Magoos, Edinburgh, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)

1 September 1966 – Mr Magoos, Edinburgh, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)

2 September 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

3 September 1966 – King Mojo Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

4 September 1966 – Olympia Ballroom, Cromer, Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)

8 September 1966 – Assembly Hall, Worthing, West Sussex (Worthing Herald)

9 September 1966 – Beat Festival, Scunthorpe United Football Ground, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, The Troggs, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ram Jam Band, The Creation, The Mindbenders and The Fenmen (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

10 September 1966 – Casino Ballroom, Taggs Island, Hampton Court, Middlesex (Fabulous 208)

11 September 1966 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

16 September 1966 – Corn Exchange, Newbury, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

17 September 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Otis Redding & his American Band, The Gates of Eden, The Rising Sons and The Ferryboys (Lincolnshire Standard)

18 September 1966 – The New Scene, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

18 September 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Nottingham Evening Post)

22 September 1966 – Salisbury City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire with The Impacts (Frogg Moody and Richard Nash’s book Hold Tight!)

23 September 1966 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with Mike Starr & The Citizens (Gloucester Citizen)

24 September 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Beat Instrumental)

29 September 1966 – New Yorker Discotheque, Swindon, Wiltshire with The Soul Men (Swindon Evening Advertiser)

30 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Good Time Band (Melody Maker)

1 October 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

1 October 1966 – Paris Olympia, Paris, France with The Alan Price Set (Disc & Music Echo) Clashes with Birdcage gig above so may not have happened

2 October 1966 – Dereham Tavern, Dereham, Norfolk with Eyes of Blond (Eastern Evening News) Fabulous 208 refers to this venue as The Sunshine Floor

7 October 1966 – Marine Ballroom, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

8 October 1966 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with The Invasion (Fabulous 208/Evening Sentinel)

8 October 1966 – King’s Hall, Stoke, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

14 October 1966 – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Rogues (Fabulous 208/Evening Star)

15 October 1966 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

In mid October, the band joined The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Georgie Fame, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, Eric Burdon & The New Animals and The Eyes of Blue for a package tour (see details in comments)

10 November 1966 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with The Original Dyaks (Cambridge News/Fabulous 208)

11 November 1966 – Hoverton Village Hall, Hoverton, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

12 November 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

12 November 1966 – Pavilion Ballroom, Buxton, Derbyshire with Finders Keepers (Alderley & Wilmslow & Knutsford Advertiser)

13 November 1966 – Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)

17 November 1966 – Victoria Ballroom, Chesterfield, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)

18 November 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker) This may not have happened

18 November 1966 – St Malachy’s Hall, Edenork, Dungannon, Northern Ireland (City Week)

18 November 1966 – Strand Ballroom, Portstewart, Northern Ireland (City Week)

19 November 1966 – Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland (City Week)

19 November 1966 – Flamingo, Ballymena, Northern Ireland with Hi Seas (City Week)

20 November 1966 – Plaza, Belfast, Northern Ireland (City Week)

20 November 1966 – St Teresa’s, Belfast, Northern Ireland (City Week)

23 November 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

24 November 1966 – Burnley Locarno, Burnley, Lancashire (Disc & Music Echo)

25 November 1966 – Regal Ammanford, Wales (Disc & Music Echo)

26 November 1966 – Manchester University (Disc & Music Echo)

26 November 1966 – Jigsaw, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

2 December 1966 – Leeds University, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

3 December 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Apex R&B All Stars (Cambridgeshire Times)

5-8 December 1966 – Carousel Club, Copenhagen, Denmark (Melody Maker) Disc & Music Echo says the band arrives back in the UK on 11 December

11 December 1966 – Gig in Shrewsbury (possibly Severn Club), Shropshire then Midnight City, Birmingham (Disc & Music Echo)

12 December 1966 – Oxfam Charity Show, Albert Hall, London (Melody Maker)

15 December 1966 – Aston University, Aston, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

16 December 1966 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

17 December 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)

17 December 1966 – Nite Owl, Leicester (Leicester Mercury) Opening night of the venue

18 December 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (Nottingham Evening Post)

23 December 1966 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

24 December 1966 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands with New Street Station and Barmy Barry (Birmingham Evening Mail/Express & Star)

24 December 1966 – Civic Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

31 December 1966 – Severn Club, Shrewsbury, Shropshire (Fabulous 208)

31 December 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

1967

6 January 1967 – Ricky Tick, Newbury, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

13 January 1967 – St Luke’s College, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208)

14 January 1967 – Crystal Bowl Ballroom, Castleford, West Yorkshire with The Mydnites and The Squeeze (Wakefield Express/Yorkshire Evening Post)

14 January 1967 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire with The Sweet Image (Yorkshire Evening Post)

15-21 January 1967 – Towers Theatre Club, Warrington, Cheshire (St Helens Newspaper/Fabulous 208)

15-21 January 1967 – Garrick, Leigh, Greater Manchester (St Helens Newspaper/Fabulous 208)

22-23 January 1967 – Club Latino, South Shields, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

22-23 January 1967 – Dolce Vita, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

3 February 1967 – Leicester University, Leicester, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)

4 February 1967 – University Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)

10 February 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Fabulous 208)

10 February 1967 – Battersea College, Battersea, south London (Fabulous 208)

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

13 February 1967 – Liverpool University, Liverpool with The Searchers (Fabulous 208)

17 February 1967 – Rag Ball, Top Rank Suite, Swansea, south Wales with The Alan Price Set, Wayne Fontana, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and The Jug & Bottle Set (South Wales Evening Post)

18 February 1967 – Town Hall, Morley, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

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

24 February 1967 – Durham University, Durham with Alan Price Set (Fabulous 208)

3 March 1967 – Clouds, Derby, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)

4 March 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Edwin Starr and The Cool Combination, Root and Jenny Jackson & The Hightimers and Ray Bones (Fabulous 208 and Lincolnshire Standard)

4 March 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

7 March 1967 – St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, Norfolk with Sensational Anglians (Eastern Evening News)

9 March 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

10 March 1967 – Public Baths, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire with The Alan Price Set (The Star)

10 March 1967 – Nottingham Tech College, Nottingham with Robert Hirst & The Big Taste, Our Young and The In Crowd (Nottingham Evening Post)

11 March 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Nite People (East Kent Times & Mail)

15 March 1967 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with The Question (Cambridge News)

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

20 March 1967 – Star Hotel, Croydon, south London (Fabulous 208)

23 March 1967 – The Cavern, Liverpool with The Fix and The Klubs (Fabulous 208/Phil Thompson’s Story of the Cavern book)

25 March 1967 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire with The Academy (Dave Allen research)

26 March 1967 – Ricky Tick, Newbuy Plaza, Newbury, Berks (Ricky Tick website: https://www.rickytick.com/)

27 March 1967 – Barnsley Civic Hall, Barnsley, South Yorkshire with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, The Tiles Big Band, The Pityful and Moss’s Mixtures (Barnsley Chronicle & South Yorkshire News/Melody Maker)

27 March 1967 – Northwich Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Crewe Chronicle)

31 March 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex (Crawley Advertiser)

5 April 1967 – St Michael’s Youth Centre, Sydenham, southeast London with Citations (Fabulous 208)

7 April 1967 – Ricky Tick, Assembly Borough Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks (Melody Maker)

8 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Lunar-2 Honey Band (Melody Maker)

9 April 1967 – Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, central London (Fabulous 208)

14 April 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)

15 April 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands (Express and Star)

18 April 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Wynder K Frog (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

20 April 1967 – Town Hall, Loughborough, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)

21 April 1967 – Gondola Club, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

22 April 1967 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)

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

30 April 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London with Shinn (Melody Maker)

In early May, Dave Greenslade left to join Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band. Ian Hague departed about the same time to join PP Arnold & The Nice. Carl Palmer took his place on drums.

5 May 1967 – Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)

7 May 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

12 May 1967 – Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

13 May 1967 – Nottingham University, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)

14 May 1967 – Ricky Tick, Newbury Plaza, Berkshire (Melody Maker/Newbury Weekly News)

19 May 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Crew (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

20 May 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Motown Trinity (Cambridgeshire Times)

20 May 1967 – Night Owl, Leicester with Pesky Gee (Fabulous 208/Leicester Mercury)

21 May 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)

23 May 1967 – Swansea College, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)

26 May 1967 – Town Hall, Loughborough, Leicestershire with Mike Stuart Band (Fabulous 208/Leicester Mercury)

27 May 1967 – The Belfry, Wishaw, West Midlands with The Protection Racket (Birmingham Evening Mail)

10 June 1967 – Supreme Eastern Esplanade, Ramsgate, Kent with Len Marshall Show (East Kent Times & Mail)

11 June 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

13 June 1967 – Caius College, Oxford, Cambridge with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Fabulous 208) Disc & Music Echo has 14 June

17 June 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Fabulous 208/Melody Maker)

18 June 1967 – Brands Hatch Radio London Motor Racing and Pop Festival, Brands Hatch, Kent with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich and Episode Six (Sutton & Cheam Advertiser)

22 June 1967 – Ritz Club, Skewen, south Wales with The Powerstop Big Band and The King Bees (South Wales Evening Post)

23 June 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with The Pesky Gee and The Legay (Rugby Advertiser)

24 June 1967 – Hull University, Hull (Disc & Music Echo)

25 June 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

30 June 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Syrian Blues and All Night Workers (Melody Maker)

7 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Chanters (Melody Maker)

9 July 1967 – Pavilion, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

11 July 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

12 July 1967 – Corn Exchange, King’s Lynn, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

13 July 1967 – Oak Leaf Ballroom, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire with The Denmen and Steve Brown Soul Sect (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

15 July 1967 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands with The Flowers (Birmingham Evening Mail/Coventry Evening Telegraph/Fabulous 208)

16 July 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

21 July 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Fabulous 208)

22 July 1967 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Martells and St Willie Cool School (Essex County Standard)

28 July 1967 – Palace Ballroom, Douglas, Isle of Man (Fabulous 208)

29 July 1967 – Riviera Club, Carlyon Bay, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)

30 July 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)

4 August 1967 – Nautilus, South Pier, Lowestoft, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

5 August 1967 – Pier Pavilion, Hastings, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)

24 August 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)

26 August 1967 – Matlock Bath Pavilion, Matlock, Derbyshire with The Vip Vop Band (Derby Evening Telegraph/Derbyshire Times)

27 August 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

1 September 1967 – Marine Ballroom, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

1 September 1967 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

8 September 1967 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire with The Tatters (Warrington Guardian)

9 September 1967 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire with The Taylor Upton Big Jump Band (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)

11 September 1967 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

12 September 1967 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, east London (Newham & Stratford Express)

13 September 1967 – Cosmo, Carlisle, Cumbria (Cumberland News)

16 September 1967 – Nautilus, South Pier, Lowestoft, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

17 September 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Poster)

20 September 1967 – Fifth Dimension Club, Leicester, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)

23 September 1967 – Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (Fabulous 208)

24 September 1967 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands with Legay (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

30 September 1967 – Bracknell Sports Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire with The Ziggy Turner Mob (Windsor, Slough and Eton Express/Bracknell News)

5 October 1967 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

6 October 1967 – Queens Rink Ballroom, Hartlepool, County Durham with The Sect and The Tony King Sound (Hartlepool Mail)

7 October 1967 – Reading University, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

8 October 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, northwest London (Fabulous 208)

14 October 1967 – Southampton University, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
15 October 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)

20 October 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

21 October 1967 – At the Union, Manchester with The Waterboard (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

22 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

23 October 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter)

28 October 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

29 October 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

17 November 1967 – Salford University, Salford, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

18 November 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Dual Purpose (East Kent Times & Mail)

22 November 1967 – Elbow Room, Aston, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

25 November 1967 – St James’ Spectacular, Chesterfield, Derbyshire with The Shape of The Rain (Derbyshire Times)

30 November 1967 – Queen’s Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

During December Pete Solley joined on keyboards.

1 December 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)

7 December 1967 – Marimba, Middlesbrough (Disc & Music Echo)

8 December 1967 – Crown & Cushion, Perry Barr, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

16 December 1967 – Westminster Technical College, Westminster, central London with Hamilton’s Blues Messengers (Melody Maker)

21 December 1967 – Central Hall, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (The Star)

23 December 1967 – Leyton Baths, Leyton, east London (Disc & Music Echo)

23 December 1967 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, east London (Newham & Stratford Express)

31 December 1967 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

31 December 1967 – Plaza Ballroom, Old Hill, Bearwood, West Midlands (Express & Star)

1968

5 January 1968 – Chateau Impney, Droitwich, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)

6 January 1968 – Southend gig (but not sure of venue) with support (Southend Standard)

7 January 1968 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

8 January 1968 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Finders Keepers and Barmy Barry Show (Express & Star)

12 January 1968 – Leicester College of Education (Scraptoft), Leicester with Deuce Coupe and Pandoras Box (Fabulous 208/Leicester Mercury)

13 January 1968 – Alex’s Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Frogg Moody and Richard Nash’s book Hold Tight!)

14 January 1968 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex (Crawley Advertiser)

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

30 January 1968 – Cheltenham Spa Lounge and Ballroom, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)

2 February 1968 – Queen’s Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire with Chuck Berry, The Herd, The Move, Edwin Starr, Brian Auger Trinity, Julie Driscoll, Sammy Small, The Union Blues Rave Band, Th Accent (Yorkshire Evening Post)

9 February 1968 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (website: http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle-2/)

10 February 1968 – Drill Hall, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire with Pesky Gee (Grantham Journal)

16 February 1968 – Impsela Club, Chateau Impney, Droitwich, Worcestershire (Redditch Indicator)

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

18 February 1968 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Blackouts (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

19 February 1968 – Mercers Arms, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

25 February 1968 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

29 February 1968 – Zodiac Club, Eden Park Hotel, Beckenham, southeast London (Melody Maker)

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

7 March 1968 – City of Coventry Confederation of Colleges, Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, West Midlands with The Spencer Davis Group, St Louis Union and Piccadilly Line (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

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

9 March 1968 – Cat-Balou Club, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Melody Maker/Grantham Journal)

16 March 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The New England Mood (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

16 March 1968 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury with Generation (Somerset County Gazette)

23 March 1968 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with Generation (Western Gazette)

29 March 1968 – Crown and Cushion, Perry Barr, West Midlands with The Vogues (Birmingham Evening Mail)

31 March 1968 – 76 Club, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire (Burton Daily Mail)

1 April 1968 – Mercers Arms, Coventry, West Midlands with The Soul Express (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

12 April 1968 – Club Rado, Belfast, Northern Ireland with The Shades of Blue (City Week)

13 April 1968 – Club Rado, Belfast, Northern Ireland with Taste (City Week)

20 April 1968 – Winter Gardens, Banbury, Oxfordshire with Wages of Sin (Brackley Advertiser)

21 April 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

27 April 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Le Gaye (East Kent Times)

28 April 1968 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

6 May 1968 – Queen Mary Ballroom, Dudley Zoo, West Midlands with Sound Syndicate (Express & Star)

8 May 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Leicester with Simon Peters (Leicester Mercury)

11 May 1968 – Kesteven College, Grantham, Lincolnshire with The Cortinas (Paul Griggs book)

According to Paul Griggs, Albert Lee did not appear at the above gig and he recommended his friend Alan Shacklock as a replacement when Lee left soon after.

17 May 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham Junction, southeast London with The Purple Dream (Coulsdon & Purley Advertiser)

Shacklock auditioned at a pub in Islington around this time, by which point bass player Bruce Wadell had departed and Solley played the bass pedals on his Hammond.

24 May 1968 – Victoria & Bull, Dartford, Kent (Fabulous 208)

25 May 1968 – College of Technology, Slough, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

1 June 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Granny’s Attic (Cambridgeshire Times)

9 June 1968 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Keith Herd Group (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

Around this time Pete Solley left to join Los Bravos and Peter Robinson took over on keyboards. Bruce Waddell also returned to play bass.

14 June 1968 – Club Rado, Belfast, Northern Ireland (City Week)

22 June 1968 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

28 June 1968 – Kursaal Ballroom, Southend, Essex with Coloured Raisins (Southend Standard)

29 June 1968 – Nags Head, Motown Club, Wollaston, Northamptonshire (Northamptsonshire Evening Telegraph)

In mid July, Carl Palmer left to join The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Palmer recommended his friend John Bonham, who has been working with Tim Rose.

Bonham has already been approached to form a new band that will become Led Zeppelin but will perform with Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds until late August.

20 July 1968 – Condor Club, Arbroath, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

27 July 1968 – Alex’s Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Frogg Moody and Richard Nash’s book Hold Tight!)

1 August 1968 – Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, north London (Melody Maker)

2 August 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham, southeast London (Fabulous 208)

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

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

10 August 1968 – The Factory, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

16 August 1968 – Boat House, Kew, west London (Thames Valley Times)

17 August 1968 – The Factory, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)

John Bonham left at the end of August to join The New Yardbirds who soon change name to Led Zeppelin.

Colin Davy, who has been playing with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, took his place.

31 August 1968 – Elms Court, Botley, Oxford (Fabulous 208)

2 September 1968 – Bank Holiday, Bluesology Festival, Chateau Impney, Droitwich, Worcestershire with Fleetwood Mac, The Move, The Freddy Mack Show and Family (Melody Maker)

2 September 1968 – Billing Aquadrome, Northamptonshire with Joe Cocker and Soul Committee (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

13 September 1968 – Victoria Cross, Wantage, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

13 September 1968 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire with The Curiosity Shoppe (Warrington Guardian)

14 September 1968 – Drill Hall, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire with Donell Jackson and Broadway Crowd (Grantham Journal)

18 September 1968 – YMCA, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Fabulous 208)

21 September 1968 – Drill Hall, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire with Donnell Jackson and The Broadway Crowd (Grantham Journal/Leicester Mercury)

22 September 1968 – Tudor Club, Mercer’s Arms, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

2 October 1968 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, central London (Fabulous 208)

3 October 1968 – Broken Wheel, Macclesfield (Fabulous 208)

4 October 1968 – Goldsmith College, New Cross Gate, London (Fabulous 208)

13 October 1968 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

18 October 1968 – Chelsea College, Chelsea, London (Fabulous 208)

19 October 1968 – Bangor University, Bangor, Wales (Fabulous 208)

1 November 1968 – Brunel University, Uxbridge, London (Melody Maker)

3 November 1968 – Bridge Place Country Club, Bridge near Canterbury, Kent (Kent Herald)

8 November 1968 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

9 November 1968 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk with Journey Within (Fabulous 208/Eastern Evening News)

16 November 1968 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard)

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

23 November 1968 – The Factory, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)

28-29 November 1968 – Annabel’s, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

30 November 1968 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with Paper Lemon (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)

6 December 1968 – Ranmore House, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

8 December 1968 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham Evening Post)

9 December 1968 – Leicester University, Leicester (Fabulous 208)

11 December 1968 – King’s Lynn Tech College, King’s Lynn, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

13-14 December 1968 – Scene Two, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Scarborough Evening News)

19 December 1968 – Shipley Club, Watton, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

22 December 1968 – Bird Cage, Harlow, Essex (Fabulous 208)

28 December 1968 – Malvern Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire with The Basin Street Jump Band (Malvern Gazette)

1969

17 January 1969 – Teachers Training College, Edgbaston, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

18 January 1969 – St Mary’s Technical College, Twickenham, west London (Fabulous 208)

19 January 1969 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)

23 January 1969 – Alex’s Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Frogg Moody and Richard Nash’s book Hold Tight!)

1 February 1969 – Hatfield College, Hatfield, Herts (Fabulous 208)

7 February 1969 – The Factory, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)

8 February 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Dream Police (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)

14 February 1969 – Leeds University, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

16 February 1969 – Carousel Club, Piccadilly, central London (Fabulous 208)

1 March 1969 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

9 March 1969 – 76 Club, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire (website: http://www.76club.org.uk/gigs.html) This may be Farlowe’s final gig with The Thunderbirds – Melody Maker notes 9 March was the last one.

When the band split, Alan Shacklock went on to play with Babe Ruth. The rest of the band recorded as The Hill.

Many thanks to Alan Shacklock for his help in clarifying the band’s final lineups.

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