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The Impacts

September 27, 2021 Nick Warburton 1 Comment

Dave Terry (later Elmer Gantry) (lead vocals)

John Reeves (lead guitar)

Tony Noble (rhythm guitar)

Roy Stacey (bass)

Chris Allen (drums)

This Barnes, southwest London band had started life as The Southbeats in early 1963.

As Roy Stacey notes, the group was part of the Bob Druce circuit with The High Numbers (later The Who) and performed regularly at The Goldhawk Social Club in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, Watford Trade Union Hall in Watford, Herts, the Railway Hotel in Wealdstone, Middlesex and the Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill, southeast London.

Changing name to The Impacts in November 1963, they appeared in The Contact, a small budget film for the Spastics Society, in January 1964. An early outing for John Hurt, Pauline Collins and Wendy Richard, the film included a cameo performance by the group playing live in one scene, which can be seen on You Tube.

Later that year, actor Hugh Halliday, who had starred in The Contact and also played drums, took over from Chris Allen (who may be the same musician who went on to play with The Attack and The Syn among others).

The Impacts appeared at the 100 Club in Oxford Street, most notably on 21 April 1964 when they opened for The Art Wood Combo and The Pretty Things.

Photo Roy Stacey. The Impacts audition for the Crawdaddy in Richmond, circa 1963. Only Roy (left), John (centre) and Tony (right) are in the shot

The group also played at Eel Pie Island in Twickenham, Middlesex (most likely in 1963/1964), supporting The Graham Bond Organisation on a Sunday. Stacey notes that John Platt’s book London Rock Routes features a photo of an unknown band who are in fact The Impacts.

“The shot shows Dave [Terry’s] old Vortexion pa amplifier,” he says. “Tony [Noble] was playing his early ‘50s blonde Fender Esquire.”

“The photo in the book is tiny and shows two of the band at a great distance,” adds Dave Terry (aka Elmer Gantry).

“Tony Noble on the left and Roy Stacey on the right. It’s a bit strange that guitarist John Reeves, the drummer and I are missing from the photograph. I don’t know why; you can’t even see the drum kit. Maybe Tony and Roy had just got on stage and were tuning up.”

The band also appeared at the Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex supporting Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds on 19 April 1964 and Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers on 26 April 1964.

The Impacts also played at the Jazz Cellar in Kingston upon Thames in Surrey, including on 29 July 1964 and 13 November 1964.

Stacey remembers that The Impacts were featured in the popular teen beat magazine Boyfriend on 10 October 1964 on its “Undiscovered British Groups” page.

Photo: Boyfriend Magazine, 10 October 1964

That same month, the band participated in a two-day Belfast tour with Jerry Lee Lewis. Don Arden had booked The Impacts to back the rock ‘n’ roll legend and Stacey remembers they didn’t get paid.

“On the first night, Jerry Lee took a chunk out of my Precision Bass,” he recalls. “As he kicked his stool in my direction, whack! Then hammered the piano keys with his left foot.”

On 24 October 1964, the group joined fellow west London band The Second Thoughts for a show at Studio 51 in Leicester Square, central London.

Stacey says that back-up singer Heather Swinson became part of the group towards the end of 1964. Also, keyboard player Art Regis joined the line-up. He also remembers that Richard O’Sullivan jammed with The Impacts on organ at one point.

Art Regis had first joined Rupert & The Red Devils in 1963 replacing original keyboard player Mike Finney. Featuring future Spencer Davis Group guitarist Ray Fenwick and sax player Rupert Clahar (later in The Rick ‘N’ Beckers), Rupert & The Red Devils travelled to Nuremburg in West Germany to play some gigs that same year but broke up.

Regis then joined Dutch band The Defenders (later The T-Set) before returning to London and hooking up with The Impacts.

On 1 December, The Impacts joined The Grenades, The Fairlanes and Wainwright’s Gentleman for a show at Hammersmith Town Hall.

On 12 December 1964, The Impacts played at Studio 51 again, this time with The Loose Ends, returning for a second appearance on 16 January 1965 (also with The Loose Ends).

However, later that month (or in early February), The Impacts split up with Dave Terry/Elmer Gantry pursuing his blues/folk interests, working with guitarist Simon Lawrence. The duo landed a regular gig at Studio 51 in Leicester Square.

Photo: Melody Maker. Dave and Simon on 22 July 1965

Tony Noble meanwhile joined The Derek Savage Foundation while John Reeves formed John Brown’s Bodies, a Hammersmith group not to be confused with Keith Emerson’s Brighton band of the same name.

According to Stacey, John Reeves and Tony Noble would reunite in 1968 in Othello Smith & The Tobago Bad Boys and recorded the LP The Big Ones Go Ska for CBS Direction. Derek Savage was also a member.

Stacey meanwhile joined The Mike Leander Band for a tour. “It was pure chance that I got to meet Mike Leander at his apartment,” says the bass player. “He was a co-producer of the Drifters’ ‘Under the Boardwalk’ the first record I ever had. Mike Leander worked as a producer and arranger with Ben E. King and The Drifters at Atlantic Studios, New York.

“On that tour was black ex-G.I. Ronnie Jones of The Nightimers’ fame, who Herbie Goins replaced. Leander’s band did loads of Motown and featured two drummers and a big horn section. It also featured Paul Gadd (aka Gary Glitter), a Ready Steady Go dancer.”

During this period, Stacey also did some session work with Unit 4 Plus 2 thanks to Hugh Halliday, who’d joined the Hertfordshire group in 1965.

A short while later, the bass player joined Arthur Brown & The Machines on the recommendation of Art Regis who had joined this outfit when The Impacts split up (and just before Arthur Brown came on-board). Former Impacts back-up singer Heather Swinson also became a part of this group during 1965.

Thanks to Roy Stacey, Art Regis, Elmer Gantry (aka Dave Terry) and David Else for helping with the story

Categories: England

The Loose Ends

August 21, 2020 Nick Warburton 5 Comments

Formed in Bexley Heath, Kent in late 1963, The Loose Ends were fronted by singer Alan Marshall (b. 19 February 1944, Karachi, British India, now Sindhi Province, Pakistan) and his bass playing cousin Rick Marshall.

Lead guitarist Ron Spence (b. 23 April 1947, London, England; d. 25 June 1973) was also there from the outset alongside drummer Peter Hetherington and rhythm guitarist John Knox who had been introduced to the band by Spence.

After rehearsing in a scout hut in Bexley Heath and playing some local gigs, keyboard player Roy Davies (b. 3 October 1944, Monmouthshire, southeast Wales; d. 1986), who was working in a music shop on Bexley Heath Broadway, took over from Knox around early 1964.

The group also brought in a drummer from Luton called Rick who was subsequently replaced by Orpington-based drummer Alan “Noddy” Whitehead (b. 24 July 1945, Oswestry, Shropshire). Whitehead had previously worked with singer Crispian St. Peters.

The band became the house band at St Lawrence Church Hall in Catford, southeast London during this period.

The new formation started landing regular gigs at notable local venues like the Bromel Club in Bromley, the Tiger’s Head in Downham and the Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill. Crucially, their manager Bryan Mason secured the group a residency at Lewisham’s El Partido, a club that he owned, which helped build their local fan base.

However, around June 1965, Ron Spence departed to join local rivals The Revellos, who were also managed by Bryan Mason.

Ron Spence (second right) with The Carl Douglas Set, 1966. Photo: Ken Baxter

In early 1966, Spence joined The Carl Douglas Set and remained with the Jamaican singer for about six months (recording unreleased material) before hooking up with Bexley, Kent outfit, The Big Wheel, which featured future Clark-Hutchinson member, Andy Clark. The group toured extensively in Switzerland and recorded a rare single there in late 1966 for the Eurex label. During this period, the guitarist started to work under the name Ron Bryer.

The Big Wheel Eurex PS back — Ron Bryer (far right) with Big Wheel, Switzerland, 1966

When The Big Wheel split, Ron Bryer joined Barry Window & The Movements in July 1967 and appeared on a string of singles and two LPs.

Ron Bryer with The Movements, 1967. Photo: Barry Window

Berry Window & The Movements with Ron Bryer (third from left back row). Photo: Barry Window

During 1968, however, he formed The Third Eclipse who changed name to Brainticket and recorded the Krautrock classic Cottonwoodhill album in 1971. Returning to London in the early Seventies, he briefly reunited with Alan Marshall in One but tragically died from a drug overdose on 25 June 1973.

Selected gigs:

13 June 1964 – Memorial Hall, Newmarket, Suffolk with The Hunters

18 June 1964 – Cafe Dansant, Cleethorpes with Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders

4 July 1964 – Sunset Ballroom, The Sandringham, Hunstanton, Norfolk

18 July 1964 – The Scene, Florida Room, Brighton, West Sussex

8 August 1964 – The Northfields, Stamford, Lincolnshire

5 September 1964 – The Scene, Florida Room, Brighton, West Sussex

26 September 1964 – Glenlyn Club, Forest Hill, southeast London (start playing Monday nights)

3 October 1964 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge with The Paramounts

16 November 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Birds

12 December 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London with The Impacts

14 December 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Original All-Stars

19 December 1964 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Maniax

24 December 1964 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Roadrunners

24 December 1964 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London

2 January 1965 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire with The Horizons

16 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London with The Impacts

22 January 1965 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts

25 January 1965 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London

29 January 1965 – Rainbow Club, Acre Hall, Northwood, Middlesex

2 February 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Pretty Things

13 February 1965 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Trends

18 February 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Graham Bond Organisation

25 February 1965 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London

26 February 1965 – Starlite, Greenford, Middlesex with The Birds

3 April 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London

10 April 1965 – Ticky Rick Club, Carnival Hall, Basingstoke, Hants (Says direct from 100 Club)

15 April 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Graham Bond Organisation

18 April 1965 – Tavern Club, Sunshine Floor, East Dereham, Norfolk with The Tea Time Four

23 April 1965 – Waterfront, Southampton, Hants

24 April 1965 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with The Defenders

25 April 1965 – Face Club, Grantham, Lincolnshire

29 April 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Graham Bond Organisation

2 May 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London with The Five Dimensions

16 May 1965 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London

16 May 1965 – Studio ’61, Leicester Square, central London

23 May 1965 – Studio ’61, Leicester Square, central London

27 May 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London

28 May 1965 – Studio ’61, Leicester Square, central London with Ray Sone

4 June 1965 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon with The Buccaneers

6 June 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London

Guitarist Peter Kirtley (b. 26 September 1945, Hebburn-on-Tyne, County Durham) from Jarrow, Tyne & Wear took Ron Spence’s place. A former member of The Chevrolets and Shorty & Them, Kirtley had appeared on the latter’s lone single, “Pills or Love’s Labour Lost” c/w “Live Laugh Love”, released on Fontana in 1964, and a German-only album, shared with Liverpool group, The Roadrunners, before decamping to London in early 1965.

According to the South East London Mercury newspaper’s 19 February 1965 edition, Kirtley and fellow Jarrow musician, bass player, the late Brian Rowan formed the short-lived Take Six with southeast London musicians, organist Roger Read (ex-Wranglers/Showtimers) and drummer Graham Willard in early 1965.

In February 1966, The Loose Ends landed a semi-residency at the exclusive Mayfair nightclub, the Scotch of St James.

Having inked a deal with Decca Records in late 1965, The Loose Ends cut their debut single, an impressive take on “Send The People Away”, a rare Moody Blues’ track penned by Mike Pinder and Denny Laine, backed with a cover of “I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore”, which was shipped in July 1966.

That same month, South East London Mercury reported that bass player Dave Collman (b. 13 April 1946, Croydon, Surrey) had taken over from Rick Marshall.

The Loose Ends, circa July 1966. Left to right: Roy Davies, Peter Kirtley, Dave Collman, Alan Marshall and Alan Whitehead. Photo: Peter Kirtley

Selected gigs:

13 June 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London

Photo: Bexley Heath & Welling Observer and Kentish Times

19 June 1965 – Jazz & Blues Festival, Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London with The Dutch Swing College, Solomon Burke, Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band, Unit 4 Plus 2, The Spencer Davis Group, The Downliners Sect, Alan Elsdon’s Jazzband, Brian Green New-O-Stompers and The Epitaph Soul Band

20 June 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London

26 June 1965 – Swaffham Assembly Rooms, Swaffham, Norfolk with Mike Prior & The Pagans

27 June 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London

4 July 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London

25 July 1965 – Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Mode

14 August 1965 – Ticky Rick and Rang-A-Tang Club, Basingstoke, Hants

10-11 September 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Duke Lee

11 September 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Duke Lee, Sonny Childe and Lou Johnson

13 September 1965 – Welcome Inn, Eltham, southeast London

14 September 1965 – Tiger’s Head, Downham, southeast London

15 September 1965 – Cromwellian, south Kensington, west London

16 September 1965 – The Raven, Ladywell, southeast London

17 September 1965 – Beckenham Ballroom, Beckenham, south London

18 September 1965 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London

18 September 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with The Artwoods (Southeast London Mercury has Lou Johnson)

25 September 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Guy Darrell

2 October 1965 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with support

2 October 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Jesse Fuller, The Spectres and Duke Lee

9 October 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Dave Anthony’s Moods, Duke Lee and Next of Kin

10 October 1965 – Tavern Club, Sunshine Floor, Dereham, Norfolk with The Knock-out Squad

16 October 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London

20 October 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Long, Short & Tall and Duke Lee

23 October 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with The Minor Birds and Duke Lee

27 October 1965 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands

30 October 1965 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (possibly their debut Nottingham appearance)

30 October 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Hamilton & The Movement and Duke Lee

3 November 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Blues Roots and Duke Lee

11 November 1965 – Hoochie Coochie Club, Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford, Surrey

12 November 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire

19 November 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire

20 November 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Guy Darrell, Winds of Change and Duke Lee

27 November 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with The Panics and Duke Lee

9 December 1965 – Harvest Moon, Guildford, Surrey with Sonny Childe and Ad Finitum

11 December 1965 – Milford R&B, Strutt Arms, Milford, Derbyshire

12 December 1965 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (from The Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London)

16 December 1965 – Cook’s Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London

18 December 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Frank Sheen Sound and Duke Lee

24 December 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire

24 December 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Duke Lee and Frank Sheen Sound

3 January 1966 – Gala Baths, West Bromwich, West Midlands

3 January 1966 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London

Photo: Hastings and St Leonards Observer

8 January 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Web

16 January 1966 – Tower Ballroom, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with Ketas

30 January 1966 – Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Marvin Lois Enterprise

5 February 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Defenders and The Convoys

13 February 1966 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Trends

15 February 1966 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Five Proud Walkers

19 February 1966 – Witchdoctor, Savoy Rooms, Catford, southeast London

20 February 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London

21 February 1966 – Starting this week, The Loose Ends played the Scotch of St James in Mayfair, central London three times a week. They will continue to play the exclusive nightclub throughout the year.

24 February 1966 – Gala Baths, West Bromwich, West Midlands

26 February 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London

5 March 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with Tony Knight’s Chessmen

11 March 1966 – Chislehurst Caves, Chislehurst, southeast London

12 March 1966 – Golden Star Club, Caledonian Road, north London

16 March 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London

17 March 1966 – Pontiac, Putney, southwest London

Photo: Either Aldershot News or Camberley News & Bagshot Observer

26 March 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire with The Koobas

29 March 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Action

1 April 1966 – Witchdoctor, Savoy Rooms, Catford, southeast London with The Lonely Ones

Photo: most likely Coulsdon & Purley Advertiser

2 April 1966 – St Peter’s Hall, Croydon, south London with The Board Walkers

10 April 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex

10 April 1966 – Witchdoctor, Savoy Rooms, Catford, southeast London with The Lonely Ones

11 April 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Soundtracks and The Reasons

17 April 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London

29 April 1966 – Links, Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire with support

30 April 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent

1 May 1966 – Welcome Inn, Eltham, southeast London

14 May 1966 – Witchdoctor, Savoy Rooms, Catford, southeast London

18 May 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London

20 May 1966 – Ready Steady Go Club, Market Hall, St Albans, Herts

26 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Bo Street Runners

27 May 1966 – Queen of Hearts, Queensbury, north London

28 May 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London

4 June 1966 – Southeast Jazz Blues Festival, Blackheath, southeast London with Manfred Mann, Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Roy C and Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band

5 June 1966 – Regency Ballroom, Bath with Tiffany’s Thoughts

6 June 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Ray Brown’s Sounds

7 June 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire

According to London Life magazine, The Loose Ends are one of the three resident bands at the Scotch of St James for the week 11-17 June

12 June 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London

13 June 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Ray Brown’s Sounds

17 June 1966 – Latin Quarter, Leicester with Five Minus One

18 June 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex

20 June 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Ray Brown’s Sounds

21 June 1966 – Oscar’s Grotto, Ilford, east London with The Felders Orioles

25 June 1966 – KD Club, Stockton-on-Tees with The Denmen (Says from Scotch of St James)

27 June 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Ray Brown’s Sounds

According to an article in the Wandsworth Advertiser on 29 July, the band held down a Wednesday residency at the Bromel Club in Bromley during July and besides playing at the Scotch of St James and the Flamingo, The Loose Ends also performed at the Marquee. Apparently, they also opened a game at Charlton Athletic FC.

Barely a month after the band’s debut release, Decca issued a second single on 5 August 1966, once again produced by Noel Walker. Coupling a superb freakbeat version of George Harrison’s “Taxman” with the more R&B flavoured “That’s It”; the second outing should have been a hit but for some reason failed to chart.

However, despite the clutch of great singles, The Loose Ends were unravelling.

Photo: South East London Mercury, mid September 1966

In late September, Alan Whitehead departed, initially to join Cops ‘N’ Robbers. He then spent a month or so playing with southeast London group The Epitaph Soul Band before joining The Attack alongside singer Richard Shirman and guitarist David O’List.

Although he was photographed extensively with the band, Whitehead only appeared on two tracks (“Try It” and “We Don’t Know”) as he had already secured the drummer’s position in Scottish band The Marmalade. Whitehead remained with The Marmalade throughout its most successful years. In an interesting side note, Whitehead says that he auditioned for the group that became Procol Harum in spring 1967.

Selected gigs:

6 July 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley southeast London

8 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Rufus Thomas

9 July 1966 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with The Corvettes

13 July 1966 – Bromel Club, Bromley, southeast London with The Good Things

16 July 1966 – Savoy, Catford, southeast London

17 July 1966 – Eltham Baths, Eltham, southeast London

18 July 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Ray Brown’s Sounds

20 July 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London with The Squires

22 July 1966 – Waterfront, Southampton, Hants

23 July 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham with Deep Feeling and Mark V

24 July 1966 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London

26 July 1966 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, central London

27 July 1966 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London

29 July 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London

According to London Life magazine, The Loose Ends were one of three resident bands at the Scotch of St James with The VIPs and The Paramounts during the week 30 July – 5 August 1966

20 August 1966 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with support

21 August 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent

27 August 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex

28 August 1966 – Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Sullivan James Band

Photo: Mirabelle, 3 September 1966 issue

3 September 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Yes ‘N’ No

9 September 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Gary Farr & The T-Bones

10 September 1966 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with support

11 September 1966 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham

15 September 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London

17 September 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (Alan Whitehead’s final gig)

Photo: South East London Mercury, 6 October 1966

Rick Marshall and Alan Whitehead’s departure prompted a wider split. In early-to-mid-October 1966, Peter Kirtley departed and accepted an offer to join The Alan Price Set, working alongside bass player Boots Slade; trumpeter John Walters; sax players Steve Gregory and Clive Burrows (later replaced by Terry Childs); and drummer Roy Mills.

Selected gigs:

2 October 1966 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham

5 October 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent

8 October 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (may have been Kirtley’s final gig)

With two of the band’s integral members gone, Alan Marshall joined forces with Croydon band, The Subjects. The south London group featured Malcolm Rudkin (vocals); Alan Griffin (lead guitar); Phil Lanzon (organ) (b. 30 March 1950, London, England); John Manderson (bass); and Roy Manderson (drums).

The Subjects at Bromley Court Hotel, 1966. Left to right: John Manderson, Malcolm Rudkin, Roy Manderson, Phil Lanzon and Alan Griffin. Photo: Alan Griffin.

At the same time, the band’s manager Bryan Mason recruited sax player/guitarist Mick Patel, who had previously worked with Carl Douglas & The Charmers among others.

Mick Patel (second right) with Carl Douglas & The Charmers, late 1965. Photo: Ken Baxter

By late November/early December 1966, John Manderson and Malcolm Rudkin, who did not want to turn professional, departed and Bryan Mason recruited bass player Colin Pullen from Kent bands, Colin King & The Royals and Bob ‘N’ All. Another Bob ‘N’ All member, Tony Glyde, succeeded Roy Manderson soon afterwards.

The Loose Ends, circa mid-November 1966. Left to right: Roy Manderson, Malcolm Rudkin, Mick Patel, Phil Lanzon, (front) Alan Marshall, Alan Griffin and John Manderson. Photo: South East London Mercury, 15 December 1966 issue.

Roy Davies and Dave Collman meanwhile appear to have worked in a rival Loose Ends for a few months (although Davies appears to be pictured with Marshall and other groups after the Raven Club gig in early November, see below).

Roy Davies (wearing hat) with Freddie Mack & The Mack Sound, July 1967.

Roy Davies joined Freddie Mack & The Mack Sound around February 1967.

Selected gigs:

12 October 1966 – Gravesend R&B Club, Clarendon Royal Hotel, Gravesend, Kent (The Loose Ends played the club’s opening night according to PACE magazine)

15 October 1966 – Bligh’s Hotel, Sevenoaks, Kent

15 October 1966 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, central London

17-18 October 1966 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, central London

23 October 1966 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London

25 October 1966 – Yum YumClub, New Georgian Club, The Gun, Croydon, south London (Dick Dale booking)

28 October 1966 – Tiger’s Head, Downham, southeast London

29 October 1966 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with The Squeeze, The Original Hermits and The Trap

2 November 1966 – Elbow Room, Aston, West Midlands

2-5 November 1966 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, central London

3 November 1966 – Raven’s Club, Lewisham, southeast London with Lee Hawkins and Coloured Raisins

Photo of The Loose Ends after the Raven Club gig. The photo seems to suggest that Roy Davies (fifth from the right) is still in the band. Photo: South East London Mercury

12 November 1966 – Matlock Ball Pavilion, Matlock, Derbyshire with Family

19 November 1966 – Co-op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham with guest group

20 November 1966 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London

In early December 1966, Bryan Mason expanded the Alan Marshall version of The Loose Ends by bringing in another Colin King & The Royals and Bob ‘N’ All member – singer Bob Saker (b. 28 March 1944, Erith, Kent) and the group landed a residency at the Playboy Club on Park Lane. While there, The Loose Ends entertained the entire England World Cup winning team and their wives.

Selected gigs:

3 December 1966 – Royal Ballroom, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Soul Foundation

Photo: Most likely Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph

24 December 1966 – Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with Kru and Size Seven

26 December 1966 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (billed as The New Loose Ends)

January 1967 – New Spot, Gosport, Hampshire (1^st week of January)

6 January 1967 – Tiger’s Head, Downham, southeast London

15 January 1967 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (billed as The New Loose Ends)

The Loose Ends in Milan, January 1967. Left to right: Bob Saker, Colin King, Mick Patel, roadie on congas, Alan Marshall, Tony Glyde, Colin Pullen and Phil Lanzon. Photo: Colin Pullen/Bob Saker

After rehearsing at the El Partido in Lewisham, and playing a lone gig at the Star Hotel in Croydon in early January 1967, The Loose Ends landed a residency at the Bang Bang Club in Milan’s San Guiliano district, which kicked off in the third week of January. Alan Griffin departed just before the group left for Italy and Colin King from Colin King & The Royals and Bob ‘N’ All took his place.

While playing at the Bang Bang in Milan, the musicians met Georgio Moroder plus Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll at the club.

The Loose Ends at the Bang Bang Club in Milan. Left to right; Tony Glyde, Colin King, Bob Saker, Mick Patel and Colin Pullen. Alan Marshall and Phil Lanzon are not pictured. Photo: Colin Pullen/Bob Saker

In early March, The Loose Ends returned to London and Alan Griffin took over from his replacement Colin King. The new line-up played at the Scotch of St James and the Speakeasy.

While loading out the band’s gear from the Speakeasy one night, Jimi Hendrix and a couple of friends came out and the famous guitarist told Lanzon: “Nice combo man”.

Sometime in late April/early May, Tony Glyde left to join The Fenmen briefly before moving on to Simon K & The Meantimers and his predecessor Roy Manderson returned.

Simon K & The Meantimers, late 1967. Tony Glyde is far right. Photo: Alan Wherry

Around the same time, Mick Patel also left to join The Canadians (with future rock star David Foster) and then joined The Warren Davis Monday Band (with Foster) with whom he appeared on the 45 “Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing” c/w “Without Fear” before moving to British Columbia in late 1967.

Mick Patel (third left) and David Foster (third right)

During early June, Alan Marshall and Bob Saker flew to the United States to record two tracks at Muscle Shoals with Otis Redding. The soul singer had caught the pair fronting The Loose Ends during the Stax-Volt Tour back in April and impressed by their soulful vocals invited them to record a Fame Studios.

The pair cut covers of “Johnny B Goode” and “Keep on Pushing” with Redding producing. However, soon after there was a split between Jerry Wexler and Phil Walden and the proposed single was held back. The two singers returned to London that summer to find The Loose Ends had splintered.

Selected gigs:

January-March 1967 – Bang Bang, Milan, Italy (six weeks and billed as Gli Erranti)

8 February 1967 – Gravesend R ‘n’ B Club, Clarendon Royal Hotel, Gravesend, Kent (This might have been booked but didn’t happen)

11 February 1967 – Ye Ye Club, Milan, Italy (billed as Alan Marshall e Gli Erranti)

25 February 1967 – Bligh’s Hotel, Sevenoaks, Kent (probably the band’s first UK gig after returning from Milan if it did happen)

1 March 1967 – Gravesend R ‘n’ B Club, Clarendon Royal Hotel, Gravesend, Kent

4 March 1967 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London

8 March 1967 – Bromel Club, Downham, southeast London

April 1967 – Scotch of St James and Speakeasy (Otis Redding sees them at one of the venues)

15 April 1967 – The Polytechnic, Central London with The Savoy Brown Blues Band

Cats Pyjamas, 1968. Clockwise from bottom left: Alan Griffin, Kenny Bernard, Roy Manderson, Phil Lanzon and (front) Colin Pullen. Photo: Colin Pullen

With the singers both gone, Colin Pullen, Alan Griffin, Phil Lanzon and Roy Manderson stuck together and looked for a new front man. Adding singer Kenny Bernard (b. 31 December 1943, Diego Martin, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies), (previously from The Wranglers but at the time a solo artist), they changed name to Cats Pyjamas and made two excellent singles with CBS. The group held down a residency in Madrid in May 1968 and then gigged around London. Lanzon, Griffin and Manderson briefly played with Geno Washington in late 1969-early 1970.

Phil Lanzon later recorded with Grand Prix, toured and recorded with Sweet and has toured and recorded with Uriah Heep since the mid-1980s. He has also recorded solo CDs

When the two recordings were shelved (after Redding’s untimely death), Bob Saker cut a lone single for Polydor and then a string of singles for Parlophone and CBS (as Saker) in 1968 and 1971. In 1972, he reverted to his full name and recorded a series of singles for the York label and an album They’ve Taken Back My Number, which featured Maurice Gibb. He later found success as a voice-over artist.

Happy Magazine, 1968. Alan Marshall (back left). Peter Kirtley (second left). Thanks to Peter Kirtley for the image

Alan Marshall meanwhile reunited with former Loose Ends guitarist Peter Kirtley in Happy Magazine, a soul/R&B outfit that was managed and produced by Alan Price.

Joined by Kirtley’s old friends from Jarrow, the late Kenny Craddock on organ from Tyneside bands The Elcorts and New Religion, and Brian Rowan on bass from Shorty & Them plus Alan White on drums (who was replaced later by west Londoner Malcolm Wolffe from The Tribe), the band cut material that was split over three singles for Polydor.

Kicking off with Alan Price’s excellent “Satisfied Street”, backed with “Beautiful Land” in December 1967, featuring a horn section that may well be Amboy Dukes members Buddy Beadle and Steve Gregory (also ex-Alan Price Set), the label re-issued the track three months later coupled with the Dan Penn/Spooner Oldham soul classic “Do Right Woman – Do Right Man”.

However, it was possibly the band’s third and final outing, a brilliant reading of the Dee/Potter collaboration, “Who Belongs To You”, coupled with the previously available “Beautiful Land”, issued on 14 February 1969, that should have catapulted the band into the charts.

One 1969. Left to right: Alan Marshall, Bobby Sass, Kevin Fogerty, Conrad Isidore, Brent Forbes and Norman Leppard

With the single failing to grace the charts, Alan Marshall departed to form the experimental jazz/funk/blues band, One, who cut a brilliant lone album for Fontana later that year (with Peter Kirtley reportedly playing the lead guitar on some tracks).

Joined by guitarist Kevin Fogarty (originally a member of Southport R&B group, Timebox); keyboardist Bobby Sass (an early member of Happy Magazine); bass player Brent Forbes; sax and flutist Norman Leppard; and drummer Conrad Isidore, One should have been a huge success but the album sank without a trace.

Peter Kirtley and Kenny Craddock meanwhile brought in three friends from Jarrow, Tyne & Wear – ex-Skip Bifferty members, singer Graham Bell and bass player Colin Gibson, and future Yes drummer Alan White, who’d been the original drummer in Happy Magazine, and signed to Bell Records for a one-off single as Griffin.

Produced by Alan Price and issued on 25 September 1969, the Kirtley-Gibson-Craddock collaboration, “I am The Noise in Your Head”, coupled with Kirtley’s “Don’t You Know” was an impressive outing but failed to trouble the charts.

Griffin soon splintered and Kirtley went on to record with several notable bands, including Riff Raff, Radiator and Pentangle. Later he appeared on albums by Liane Carroll and Bert Jansch.

Kirtley also issued two solo albums, Peter Kirtley and Bush Telegraph as well as the charity single, “Little Children”, for Jubilee Action, to raise money for street children in Brazil and featuring Paul McCartney.

Alan Marshall, meanwhile, surfaced as a solo artist on Fontana in 1970. In France, the label issued a rare single that coupled One’s excellent cover of Richie Havens’s “Don’t Listen To Me” with a solo outing – “How Much Do You Know”, adapted from “Adagio Royal” by F de Boivallee.

When that single failed to chart, Marshall ended up working with a new version of One (with Jackie McAuley) before joining Strabismus, which subsequently changed its name to Riff Raff when the singer’s former band mate from The Loose Ends/Happy Magazine, Peter Kirtley joined.

However, Marshall quit before Riff Raff’s debut album was recorded and briefly revised One with Ron Bryer before recording with Zzebra. He then joined Gonzalez in the late Seventies in time for their 1979 release, Move It To The Music. Marshall, who is now a pastor, continues to busk in Stratford, east London.

Interestingly, Gonzalez’s keyboard player was Roy Davies, Marshall’s former band mate from The Loose Ends. In the intervening years between joining Freddie Mack & The Mack Sound and working with Gonzalez in 1974, Davies had played with The Maximum Breed Band and later The Butts Band with members of The Doors. He later became a prolific session player before passing away in 1986.

The Loose Ends recordings meanwhile have surfaced on numerous Sixties CD compilations, including Deram’s Mod Scene and Freakbeat Scene.

I would like to especially thank Alan Marshall, Alan Whitehead, Peter Kirtley, Martin Morrison-Mariner, Alan Griffin, Phil Lanzon, Colin Pullen, Bob Saker, Ken Baxter, Tony Charman and Mick Glyde for helping with the story. Thanks also to Vernon Joynson and Bruce Welsh.

This is an extensively updated version of an article that was originally published on the Strange Brew website. I’d like to thank Jason Barnard for all of his help and support over the years.

I have tried to attribute the photos correctly where possible but would welcome any corrections.

The gigs have been sourced largely from Melody Maker plus many local newspapers, including the South East London Mercury, Aldershot News, East Kent Times, Eastern Evening News, Grimsby Evening Telegraph, Harrow Weekly Post, Kent Messenger, Lincolnshire Standard, Lynn News, Maidstone Gazette, Evening Argus, Bristol Evening Post, Newmarket Journal, Nottingham Evening Post, Birmingham Evening Mail, Stamford Mercury, Surrey Advertiser, Harrow Observer, Tunbridge Wells Courier and Yarmouth Mercury among others.

I have tried to ensure the accuracy of this article but I appreciate that there are likely to be errors and omissions. I would appreciate any feedback from anyone who can provide any additions or corrections. Email: Warchive@aol.com

Categories: Country, England, London

Tuesday’s Children gigs 1966-1969

May 19, 2019 Nick Warburton 2 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.

TUESDAY’S CHILDREN

Formed in mid-1966 from the ashes of The Prophets the original line-up comprised:

Phil Cordell (lead vocals, guitar)

Mick Ware (vocals, guitar)

Paul Kendrick (bass)

Derrick Gough (drums)

1966

1 October 1966 – New Spot, Gosport, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)

14 October 1966 – Garry Owen Club, Hammersmith, west London (Fabulous 208)

15 October 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Fabulous 208)

12 November 1966 – Walton Hop, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald)

10 December 1966 – Baths, Leyton, London (Fabulous 208)

1967

14 January 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Fabulous 208)

20 January 1967 – Windmill Hall, Upminster, east London (Fabulous 208)

4 February 1967 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London with The Attack (Fabulous 208)

17 February 1967 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey with The Next Move (Surrey Advertiser)

11 March 1967 – Bal Tabarin, Downham, southeast London with the Collection (South East London Mercury)

22 March 1967 – Big L Party Night, Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The James Royal Set (Melody Maker)

23 March 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London (Fabulous 208)

24 March 1967 – Miners’ Club, Ripley, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

25 March 1967 – Anchor Hotel, Skegness, Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)

7 April 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (Fabulous 208)

28 April 1967 – Europa Hotel, Grosvenor Square, central London (Fabulous 208)

24 May 1967 – Wellington Manor Country Club, Crowthorne, Berkshire with Grapefruit (Reading Evening Post)

26-27 May 1967 – Cromwellian Club, South Kensington, London (Fabulous 208)

8 June 1967 – Elizabethan Hall, Dagenham, London (Fabulous 208)

9-15 June 1967 – Pier, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)

29 July 1967 – Cromwellian Club, South Kensington, London (Fabulous 208)

In early August, Phil Cordell left for a solo career.

Hammond organist Bob Hodges joined. Earlier in the year, he’d played with The Attack.

The group also added two sax players: Roger Davies, who was Kinks siblings’ Ray and Dave’s cousin, and Liverpudlian Phil Kenzie, who had recently played with Sonny Childe & The TNT

12 August 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

26 August 1967 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

During September trumpet player Hilary Roy did four gigs with the band

2 September 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London (afternoon) (Bob Hodges’ diary)

2 September 1967 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (evening) (Bob Hodges’ diary)

3 September 1967 – Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Eyes of Blonde (Bob Hodges’ diary/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

8 September 1967 – De Valence Ballroom, Tenby, Wales with The Swinging Blue Jeans (Bob Hodges’ diary)

9 September 1967 – Ritz Ballroom, Skewen, Wales with Love Sculpture (Bob Hodges’ diary/Port Talbot Guardian/South Wales Evening Post)

10 September 1967 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bob Hodges’ diary)

15 September 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Sons & Lovers (Evening Sentinel/Bob Hodges’ diary)

16 September 1967 – Garden of Eden Club, Bridge Hotel, Wheatley, Oxfordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

21 September 1967 – RAF Watton, Norfolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

22 September 1967 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Bob Hodges’ diary)

23 September 1967 – Embassy Rooms, Colchester, Essex with The Collection (Bob Hodges’ diary/Essex County Standard)

24 September 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

29 September 1967 – Shades, Masonic Hall, Wokingham, Berkshire (Ricky Tick Club Night) (Bracknell News/Bob Hodges’ diary)

30 September 1967 – Nags Head, Wollaston, Northamptonshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

7 October 1967 – University of Sussex, Falmer, West Sussex with Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues, Fairport Convention and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (Bob Hodges’ diary)

13 October 1967 – According to Bob Hodges’ diary, the band attended ABC Film/TV Studios, Teddington

14 October 1967 – Victoria Hotel, Dartford, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

15 October 1967 – Foseco Sports & Social Club, Tamworth, Staffordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary/Tamworth Herald)

20 October 1967 – Youth Club, St Ives, Cambridgeshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

21 October 1967 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle/Bob Hodges’ diary)

27 October 1967 – St Barnabus Youth Club, Woodford, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

28 October 1967 – Queen Elizabeth College, Campden Street, Kensington, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

29 October 1967 – Middleton Hotel, Southend-on-Sea, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

31 October 1967 – Wood Green Jazz Club, Fishmongers Arms, Wood Green, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

3 November 1967 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Bob Hodges’ diary)

Photo: Richard Goddard. This isn’t in Bob Hodges’ gig diary list

4 November 1967 – YMCA, Sebert Street, Gloucester with The Inmates (Gloucester Citizen)

5 November 1967 – Cat Balou, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Bob Hodges’ diary/Grantham Journal)

6 November 1967 – Tabbys Discotheque, Ealing, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

9 November 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Tages (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live/Bob Hodges’ diary)

10 November 1967 – Windmill Hall, Upminster, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

11 November 1967 – Penny Farthing Club, Southend-on-Sea, Essex (Southend Standard) This gig is not in Bob Hodges’ diary

11 November 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire with Modes Mode (Bob Hodges’ diary) Gig lists six piece

12 November 1967 – Middleton Hotel, Middleton, Essex (Southend Standard) This gig is not in Bob Hodges’ diary so may not have happened

Around this time sax players Roger Davies and Phil Kenzie departed, the latter to briefly work with PP Arnold and then with Freddie Mack. Davies may be the same musician who subsequently played with The Warren Davis Monday Band.

17 November 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

19 November 1967 – Silver End Hotel, Silver End, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

24 November 1967 – Aurora Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

26 November 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

29-30 November 1967 – According to Bob Hodges’ diary, the band attended Pinewood Studios to film “The Ugliest Girl In the World” with actor Nicholas Parsons

1 December 1967 – Victoria and Bull Hotel, Dartford, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

2 December 1967 – Lord Hill Hotel, Shrewsbury, Shropshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

3 December 1967 – Tiffany’s, Shaftsbury Avenue, W1, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

7 December 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho London (Melody Maker/Bob Hodges’ diary)

8 December 1967 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker/Bob Hodges’ diary)

9 December 1967 – Nags Head, Motown Club, Wollaston, Northamptonshire with Big Bob’s Hi-Fi Sound (Melody Maker/Bob Hodges’ diary/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

10 December 1967 – Dolphin Hotel, Maidenhead, Berkshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

11 December 1967 – Penny Farthing Club, Southend-on-Sea, Essex (Essex Chronicle/Bob Hodges’ diary)

12 December 1967 – Civic Hall, Corby, Northampshire with The Minor Portion Roll Band (Melody Maker/Bob Hodges’ diary/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

14 December 1967 – Palais Ballroom, Nottingham (Bob Hodges’ diary)

15 December 1967 – Bear and Key Hotel, Whitstable, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

16 December 1967 – Industrial Club, Norwich, Norfolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

20 December 1967 – West Oxfordshire College of Technology, Whitney, Oxfordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

22 December 1967 – Roadmender Club, Northampton (Bob Hodges’ diary)

23 December 1967 – Manor House Pub, Manor House, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

24 December 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

28 December 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Amboy Dukes (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live/Bob Hodges’ diary)

29 December 1967 – Rugby Club, Letchworth, Hertfordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

30 December 1967 – Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff, Southend-on-Sea, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

1968

3 January 1968 – Marconi Sports & Social Club, Chelmsford, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

6 January 1968 – Tabernacle Club, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Bob Hodges’ diary)

7 January 1968 – Parley Sports Club, Wimbourne, Dorset (Bob Hodges’ diary)

8 January 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Mooche (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday/Bob Hodges’ diary)

12 January 1968 – Springhead School, Northfleet, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

13 January 1968 – Wellington Club, Dereham, Norfolk with Reformation (Bob Hodges’ diary/Lynn News)

14 January 1968 – Maids Head, King’s Lynn, Norfolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

20 January 1968 – Blaises, Kensington, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

25 January 1968 – Cromwellian, South Kensington, London (Fabulous 208/Bob Hodges’ diary)

26 January 1968 – Steering Wheel, Weymouth, Dorset (Dorset Evening Echo/Bob Hodges’ diary)

27 January 1968 – Ritz Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bob Hodges’ diary)

28 January 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Bob Hodges’ diary)

1 February 1968 – Concord Club, Southampton, Hampshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

2 February 1968 – Shepway Youth Club, Maidstone, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

3 February 1968 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Bob Hodges’ diary)

6 February 1968 – North Park Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Eagle Blue Beat Band (Bob Hodges’ diary/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

8 February 1968 – RAF Henlow, Bedfordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

10 February 1968 – Luton Boys Club, Luton, Bedfordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

15 February 1968 – Cromwellian Club, South Kensington, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

17 February 1968 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

23 February 1968 – Youth Club, Loughton, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

24 February 1968 – La Bamba Club, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

27 February 1968 – North Park Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

1 March 1968 – Romford Youth Club, Harold Hill, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

2 March 1968 – Queen Elizabeth College, Campden Street, Kensington (Bob Hodges’ diary)

8 March 1968 – Robert Beard Youth Club, Hornchurch, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

9 March 1968 – Brighton College of Education, Farmer, West Sussex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

10 March 1968 – Embassy Suite, Colchester, Essex with The System (Essex County Standard/Bob Hodges’ diary)

12 March 1968 – Wood Green Jazz Club, Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, London (Melody Maker/Bob Hodges’ diary)

15 March 1968 – London University, St John Street, Clerkenwell, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

16 March 1968 – Memorial Hall, Newmarket, Suffolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

20 March 1968 – Sir James Hawkey Hall, Woodford (Bob Hodges’ diary)

22 March 1968 – Woodlands Youth Club, Basildon (Bob Hodges’ diary)

23 March 1968 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound and The Wild Angels (Bob Hodges’ diary/Melody Maker)

24 March 1968 – Adelphi, Slough, Berkshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

30 March 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Root and Jenny Jackson with The Hightimers (Cambridge News) This isn’t in Bob Hodges’ diary

30 March 1968 – Industrial Club, Norwich, Norfolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

4 April 1968 – RAF Swanton, Moreley, Norfolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

5 April 1968 – Hastings College of Technology, Hastings, East Sussex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

6 April 1968 – Sybillas, Swallow Street, London (morning) for filming scene for film “29” with Alexis Kanner (Bob Hodges’ diary)

6 April 1968 – Lynton Hall Palais, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

7 April 1968 – Silver End Hotel, Silver End, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

10 April 1968 – William McGuffie Youth Club, Walthamstow, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

13 April 1968 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks with The Associates (Bucks Free Press/Bob Hodges’ diary)

14 April 1968 – Parley Sports & Social Club, Wimbourne, Dorset (Bob Hodges’ diary)

15 April 1968 – Roadmender Club, Northampton (Bob Hodges’ diary)

19 April 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Bob Hodges’ diary)

20 April 1968 – Wellington Club, Dereham, Norfolk with Sleepy Talk (Bob Hodges’ diary/North Norfolk News)

21 April 1968 – Birdcage, Harlow, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

26 April 1968 – Speakeasy, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

27 April 1968 – All Saints Youth Club, Hornchurch, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

3 May 1968 – Youth Club, Loughton, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

4 May 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Bob Hodges’ diary)

5 May 1968 – Youth Club, Poplar, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

8 May 1968 – Mountbatten Club, Chatham, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

9 May 1968 – Scotch of St James, Masons Yard, Mayfair, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

11 May 1968 – La Bamba Club, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

13 May 1968 – Hatchettes Club, Piccadilly, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

17 May 1968 – Ritz Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bob Hodges’ diary)

18 May 1968 – University College, London with Deep Purple (Bob Hodges’ diary)

24 May 1968 – Wellington Boot Bar, Wellington Manor Country Club, Crowthorne, Berkshire with Grapefruit (Bracknell News/Bob Hodges’ diary)

25 May 1968 – Egham College Students’ Union, Egham, Surrey (Bob Hodges’ diary)

27 May 1968 – Youth Club, Epping, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

29 May 1968 – Blaises, Kensington, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

31 May 1968 – William McCuffie Youth Club, Walthamstow, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

1 June 1968 – Industrial Club, Norwich, Norfolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

3 June 1968 – Birdcage Club, Harlow, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

4 June 1968 – Top Rank Club, Watford (Bob Hodges’ diary)

8 June 1968 – TA Drill Hall, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

14 June 1968 – Archer Hall, Billericay, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

15 June 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Bob Hodges’ diary)

19 June 1968 – Willows, Romford, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

22 June 1968 – University of Essex Students’ Union, Colchester, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

25 June 1968 – Scene Club, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

28 June 1968 – Potters Bar Hotel, Potters Bar (Bob Hodges’ diary)

29 June 1968 – Pier Ballroom, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

1 July 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

2 July 1968 – Scene Club, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

6 July 1968 – Town Hall, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

7 July 1968 – Rasputins, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

9 July 1968 – Scene Club, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

11 July 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary/Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

13 July 1968 – T Walls & Co Social Club, Gloucester, Gloucestershire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

14 July 1968 – Silver End Hotel, Silver End, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

15 July 1968 – Domino Club, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

16 July 1968 – Scene Club, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

17 July 1968 – Revolution Club, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

18 July 1968 – Speakeasy, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

Gig isn’t in Bob Hodges’ diary list. Image may be subject to copyright

23 July 1968 – Scene Club, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News) Missing from Bob Hodges’ diary so may not have happened

28 July 1968 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

2 August 1968 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser/Bob Hodges’ diary)

3 August 1968 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

5 August 1968 – Domino Club, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

9 August 1968 – Sybillas, Swallow Street, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

10 August 1968 – La Bamba, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

14 August 1968 – Revolution Club, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

16 August 1968 – Youth Club, Cuffley, Hertfordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

17 August 1968 – Scene Club, Gari Ballroom, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with The Something Else (Bob Hodges’ diary/Yarmouth Mercury)

22 August 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary/Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

23 August 1968 – Sybillas, Swallow Street, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

24 August 1968 – Thingamajig, Reading, Berkshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

25 August 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford (Bob Hodges’ diary)

31 August 1968 – Pier Ballroom, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

5 September 1968 – Revolution Club, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

6 September 1968 – Rasputin’s, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

7 September 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

10-11 September 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly, London (Poster at Jonathan Marks’ website: https://imgur.com/a/sWtBd#0)

14 September 1968 – Pier Ballroom, Morecambe, Lancashire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

15 September 1968 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Bob Hodges’ diary)

16 September 1968 – Quaintways, Chester, Cheshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

20 September 1968 – Black Sheep Club, London, W1 (Bob Hodges’ diary)

21 September 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly London (Melody Maker/Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies)

27 September 1968 – Loughton College of Education, Loughton, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

28 September 1968 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

29 September 1968 – Tiffany’s, Shaftsbury Avenue, London, W1 (Bob Hodges’ diary)

5 October 1968 – Pier Ballroom, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

7 October 1968 – St Edmund Hall, Student Union, Oxford University (Bob Hodges’ diary)

12 October 1968 – Industrial Club, Norwich, Norfolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

15 October 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

19 October 1968 – Sybillas, Swallow Street, London, W1 (Bob Hodges’ diary)

25 October 1968 – Youth Club, Cuffley, Herts (Bob Hodges’ diary)

26 October 1968 – Sixth Form College, Lincoln (Bob Hodges’ diary)

27 October 1968 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

28 October 1968 – Sybillas, Swallow Street, London, W1 (Bob Hodges’ diary)

29 October 1968 – Revolution, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

31 October 1968 – El Grotto Club, Ilford, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

1 November 1968 – Shepway Youth Club, Maidstone, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

2 November 1968 – Queen Elizabeth College, Campden Street, Kensington, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

3 November 1968 – Embassy Rooms, Colchester, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary/Essex County Standard)

9 November 1968 – Rush Green College, Romford (Bob Hodges’ diary) Surrey Advertiser has them at Pantiles in Bagshot, Surrey. They must have been replaced for this gig by another band

15 November 1968 – Rasputins, London, W1 (Bob Hodges’ diary)

17 November 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder) This is missing from Bob’s diary so perhaps they were replaced

22 November 1968 – Civic Hall, Aveley, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

23 November 1968 – Corn Exchange, Bedford (Bob Hodges’ diary)

26 November 1968 – Blaises, Kensington, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

30 November 1968 – Sports Centre, Crippe Street, Maidstone, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

12 December 1968 – Greyhound Hotel, Chadwell Heath, Ilford, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary/Newham, West Ham & East Ham, Barking and Stratford Express/Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

13 December 1968 – Hornchurch Grammar School, Hornchurch (Bob Hodges’ diary)

14 December 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Bob Hodges’ diary)

19 December 1968 – Technical High School, Chelmsford, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

20 December 1968 – College of Further Education, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

21 December 1968 – Westcliffe Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

22 December 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

28 December 1968 – La Bamba Club, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

30 December 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London (private charity event) (Bob Hodges’ diary)

1969

6 January 1969 – Quaintways, Chester, Cheshire with US Flaptop & The Cat Road Show and Headline News (website: www.45worlds.com/live) Not listed in Bob Hodges’ diary

10 January 1969 – Youth Club, Sawston, Cambridgeshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

11 January 1969 – Ritz Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bob Hodges’ diary)

18 January 1969 – Redifon Social Club, Wandsworth, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

22 January 1969 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

24 January 1969 – Revolution Club, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

25 January 1969 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Bob Hodges’ diary)

28 January 1969 – Guildhall, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

31 January 1969 – Institute Hall, Braintree, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

2 February 1969 – Red Cow, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

8 February 1969 – Memorial Hall, Great Shelford (Bob Hodges’ diary)

14 February 1969 – Wesley Youth Club, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

22 February 1969 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

28 February 1969 – Queen Elizabeth College, Campden Street, Kensingston, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

1 March 1969 – Bubbles Club, Brentwood, Essex with Pussyfoot Tramp, Still Life, Colours and Fantasy (Bob Hodges’ diary/Melody Maker)

8 March 1969 – Netherhall School, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

14 March 1969 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge with The Who (Bob Hodges’ diary)

15 March 1969 – University College, Gower Street, London with The Nice, Deep Purple and three others (Melody Maker) Not in Bob Hodges’ diary

15 March 1969 – Bubbles Club, Brentwood, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

29 March 1969 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Bob Hodges’ diary)

30 March 1969 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

4 April 1969 – Silverwood Working Men’s Club, Rotherham (Bob Hodges’ diary)

5 April 1969 – Athaneum, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

8 April 1969 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, W1 (Bob Hodges’ diary)

12 April 1969 – Burnetts Club, Newbury, Berkshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

18 April 1969 – Maidstone Technical College, Maidstone, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

19 April 1969 – Graduate Centre, Cambridge University (Bob Hodges’ diary)

24 April 1969 – Industrial Club, Norwich, Norfolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

26 April 1969 – Hermitage Club, Hitchin, Herts (Bob Hodges’ diary)

2 May 1969 – Lafayette Club, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Bob Hodges’ diary)

10 May 1969 – Neeld Hall, Chippenham, Wiltshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

16 May 1969 – Meridan Youth Club, Royston, Herts (Bob Hodges’ diary)

22 May 1969 – Sawston Hall, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

24 May 1969 – Pantiles Club, Bagshot, Surrey (Bob Hodges’ diary/Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

26 May 1969 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

29 May 1969 – Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London, W1 (Bob Hodges’ diary)

30 May 1969 – Teachers Training College, Saffron Walden, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

8 June 1969 – Cambridge Rock and Pop Festival (afternoon) (Bob Hodges’ diary)

8 June 1969 – Cambridge Footlights Club, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

9 June 1969 – Clare College, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

9 June 1969 – Selwyn College, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

10 June 1969 – Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

11 June 1969 – Magdalen College, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

12 June 1969 – RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

14 June 1969 – Agricultural College, Askham Bryan, York (Bob Hodges’ diary)

21 June 1969 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Bob Hodges’ diary)

3 July 1969 – Technical College, Worcester, Worcestershire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

5 July 1969 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

11 July 1969 – RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

12 July 1969 – Tye Green Community Centre, Harlow, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

16 July 1969 – Union Society, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

19 July 1969 – Stapleford Recreation Ground, Stapleford, Cambridgeshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

24 July 1969 – BRC Sports Club, Stafford, Staffordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

25-26 July 1969 – Bakers Row Club, Cardiff, Wales (Bob Hodges’ diary)

30 July 1969 – Union Society, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

17 August 1969 – Tower Ballroom, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

23 August 1969 – Cruising Club, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

28 August 1969 – RAF Odiham, Hampshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

30 August 1969 – RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

2 September 1969 – Revolution Club, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

12 September 1969 – Lyceum Ballroom, Strand, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

13 September 1969 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (Bob Hodges’ diary)

19 September 1969 – Technical College, Chelmsford, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

20 September 1969 – Rhodes Centre, Bishops Stortford, Herts (Bob Hodges’ diary)

25 September 1969 – BRC Club, Stafford, Staffordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

1 October 1969 – New Penny Club, Derby (Bob Hodges’ diary)

4 October 1969 – Christchurch College, Canterbury, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

5 October 1969 – Horns Hotel, Braintree, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

11 October 1969 – Ewell Technical College, Ewell, Surrey with The Faces (Bob Hodges’ diary)

14 October 1969 – Southbank Club, Grimsby with The Graham Bond Initiation (Bob Hodges’ diary)

Photo: Thanks to Julie Kirk for providing

17 October 1969 – Technical College, Rugby, Warwickshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

19 October 1969 – Industrial Club, Norwich, Norfolk (Bob Hodges’ diary)

25 October 1969 – Youth Club, Cheadle Hulme (Bob Hodges’ diary)

28 October 1969 – The Cinema, Saffron Walden, Essex with The Herd (Bob Hodges’ diary)

29 October 1969 – Tramway Club, York (Bob Hodges’ diary)

30 October 1969 – Progressive Club, Gateshead (Bob Hodges’ diary)

7 November 1969 – Youth Club, Wickford, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

15 November 1969 – Royal Lancaster Hotel, Kensington, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)

28 November 1969 – Technical College, Maidstone, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)

29 November 1969 – Beetroot Club, Brentwood, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

12 December 1969 – St Peter’s School, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

13 December 1969 – Memorial Hall, Newmarket (Bob Hodges’ diary)

16 December 1969 – Letchworth Grammar School, Letchworth (Bob Hodges’ diary)

18 December 1969 – BRC Sports & Social Club, Stafford, Staffordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)

19 December 1969 – Rumpston Youth Club, Witham, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)

From the start of 1970, they began working as Czar

Categories: England, London

The Speakeasy, 48 Margaret Street, London

November 26, 2014 Nick Warburton 27 Comments

Speakeasy Holiday Card — front of a holiday card from the Speakeasy

The Speakeasy club, located at 48 Margaret Street in London, was a notable music venue that opened in December 1966.

During its heyday, the club was frequented by record industry and artist agency executives who in turn brought in many bands, hoping to land a record deal.

Many notable British bands played at the club during the 1960s, including The Move, The Soft Machine, Traffic, The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Pink Floyd. I’ve started a list below but would welcome any additions and any memories of the venue.

Jim Carter-Fea who managed Blaises (and later the Revolution) was also behind the Speakeasy.

1966

15 December (Thursday) – The Move (Melody Maker)

The Move opened the club.

27 December (Tuesday) – The VIPs (Fabulous 208)

29 December (Thursday) – Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers (Disc & Music Echo)

1967

According to Disc & Music Echo, Roy Flynn and Mike Carey operated the club from early 1967. Apparently, the club was officially opened on 4 January.

Sometime in 1967, New Zealand/US band The New Nadir played at the club and Jimi Hendrix sat in. The band’s bass player was the late Gary Thain who went on to The Keef Hartley Band.

18 January (Wednesday) – Family (Melody Maker)

19 January (Thursday) – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Melody Maker)

Disc & Music Echo reported that The New Vaudeville Band attended the Speakeasy’s club party during the week starting 6 February.

14 February (Tuesday) – The Valentine’s Day Massacre party (Disc & Music Echo)

Disc & Music Echo reported that Roger Daltry from The Who, Jimi Hendrix and The Pretty Things attended this party.

22 February (Wednesday) – The Soft Machine (Soft Machine website)

This appears to be The Soft Machine’s debut Wednesday residency at the Speakeasy.

1 March (Wednesday) – The Soft Machine (Soft Machine website)

Disc & Music Echo reported that Jimi Hendrix’s manager Chas Chandler introduced them and Duane Eddy attended the show.

7 March (Tuesday) – Keith (Disc & Music Echo)

8 March (Wednesday) – The Soft Machine (Soft Machine website)

9 March (Thursday) – Dudley Moore (Disc & Music Echo)

According to Disc & Music, Dudley Moore played every Thursday and Sunday from this date.

12 March (Sunday) – Dudley Moore and The Move (Disc & Music Echo)

14 March (Tuesday) – The Byrds (Disc & Music Echo)

Disc & Music Echo reported that Scott Walker attended the band’s show.

15 March (Wednesday) – The Soft Machine (Soft Machine website)

16 March (Thursday) – Jimi Hendrix Experience (Jimi Hendrix website)

According to Disc & Music Echo’s 25 March issue, the new Track label had its launch party at the Speakeasy this week with guests including Michael Caine, Terence Stamp, Bobby Moore, Simon & Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix and The Who. The website link suggests it was 16 March.

19 March (Sunday) – Dudley Moore (Disc & Music Echo)

21 March (Tuesday) – The Byrds (Byrds website)

22 March (Wednesday) – The Soft Machine (Soft Machine website)

29 March (Wednesday) – The Soft Machine (Soft Machine website)

The Stax-Volt Revue had its after show party at the Speakeasy at the conclusion of its European tour in April.

Disc & Music Echo’s 8 April issue reported that Mia Farrow attended the club around about this time.

5 April (Wednesday) – The Soft Machine (Soft Machine website)

12 April (Wednesday) – The Soft Machine (Soft Machine website)

18 April (Tuesday) – Marmalade (Fabulous 208)

This website reports that Jimi Hendrix reportedly jammed with Ben E King and Georgie Fame on 18 April.

19 April (Wednesday) – The Soft Machine (Soft Machine website)

22 April (Saturday) – The Soul Sisters backed by The Trend (Newham & Stratford Express)

26 April (Wednesday) – The Soft Machine (Soft Machine website)

30 April (Sunday) – Brian Auger & The Trinity (Disc & Music Echo/Melody Maker)

Disc & Music Echo reported that Auger’s band played every Monday so perhaps this is 1 May.

2 May (Tuesday) – The Web (Melody Maker)

3 May (Wednesday) – The Soft Machine (Soft Machine website)

4 May (Thursday) – The Coloured Raisins, King Ossie and Honey Darling (Melody Maker)

8 May (Monday) – Brian Auger & The Trinity (Disc & Music Echo)

Disc & Music Echo reported that Zoot Money, Georgie Fame and Jimi Hendrix attended this show.

9 May (Tuesday) – Garnet Mimms (probably backed by The Senate) (Melody Maker)

10 May (Wednesday) – The Soft Machine (Soft Machine website)

12 May (Friday) – Amen Corner (Melody Maker)

Disc & Music Echo reported that John Lennon and Paul McCartney from The Beatles, Brian Jones, Eric Burdon, The Bee Gees and The Jimi Hendrix Experience attended Amen Corner’s show. Hendrix also sat in with the band.

15 May (Monday) – Brian Auger & The Trinity (Disc & Music Echo)

Auger’s band gig is likely but needs confirmation.

17 May (Wednesday) – The Soft Machine (Soft Machine website)

Melody Maker also lists Prince Buster & The Bees for 17 May.

22 May (Monday) – Brian Auger & The Trinity (Disc & Music Echo)

Auger’s band gig is likely but needs confirmation.

24 May (Wednesday) – The Soft Machine (Soft Machine website)

Melody Maker lists The Web on 24 May.

Procol Harum also played on this date. Disc & Music Echo’s 3 June issue reported that all four Beatles, Georgie Fame, Chris Farlowe, Cat Stevens, Eric Burdon, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltry attended The Procol Harum gig. This website has more information.

29 May (Monday) – Brian Auger & The Trinity (Disc & Music Echo)

Auger’s band gig is likely but needs confirmation.

31 May (Wednesday) – The Soft Machine (Soft Machine website)

4 June (Sunday) – The Turtles (Disc & Music Echo)

The music magazine reported that Jimi Hendrix, Denny Laine, Brian Jones, Peter Asher and Terence Stamp were among those in the audience.

5 June (Monday) – Brian Auger & The Trinity (Disc & Music Echo)

Auger’s band gig is likely but needs confirmation.

8 June (Thursday) – Amen Corner (Melody Maker)

Disc & Music Echo reported that Jimi Hendrix, Denny Laine and Eric Burdon were in the audience.

According to Disc & Music Echo’s 10 June issue, Eric Burdon told stories and Brian Auger had a “happening” sometime this week.

The same issue reported that guests at the club had included The Beach Boys, The Turtles, Mary Wells, Ben E King, The Byrds and the Stax-Volt tour.

12 June (Monday) – Brian Auger & The Trinity (Disc & Music Echo)

Auger’s band gig is likely but needs confirmation. Disc & Music Echo’s 10 June issue did report that they played Mondays.

14 June (Wednesday) – Marmalade (Disc & Music Echo)

This date needs confirmation but the magazine’s 17 June issue reported that Marmalade played here and John Lennon and Paul McCartney attended. The Scottish band also played at the Speakeasy on 12 July.

28 June (Wednesday) – The Soft Machine (Fabulous 208)

12 July (Wednesday) – Marmalade (Disc & Music Echo)

The music magazine reported its 15 July issue that John Lennon, Graham Nash, Spencer Davis, Mike Nesmith, Mickey Dolenz, Davy Jones, Gary Leeds, Eric Clapton, Georgie Fame, Keith Moon and Roger Daltry were among the guests. It’s possible, however, that this event took place on the previous Wednesday, 5 July.

20 July (Thursday) – Amen Corner (Fabulous 208)

26 July (Wednesday) – The Eyes of Blue (Marmalade Skies website)

This was the band’s club debut.

According to Martyn Hanson’s book on The Nice, PP Arnold & The Nice played at the Speakeasy during August 1967.

3 August (Thursday) – Sharon Tandy & Les Fleur De Lys (Keith Guster’s gig diary)

10 August (Thursday) – Eric Burdon & The New Animals (Disc & Music Echo)

17 August (Thursday) – Cream (Melody Maker and Eric Clapton website)

Fabulous 208 lists Ten Years After on 17 August. However, this is missing from this Alvin Lee website)

19 August (Saturday) – Granny’s Intentions (Marmalade Skies website)

21 August (Monday) – Pink Floyd (cancelled) (Marmalade Skies website)

26 August (Saturday) – Dantalion’s Chariot (Marmalade Skies website)

27 August (Sunday) – Fairport Convention (Marmalade Skies website)

According to Disc & Music Echo’s 9 September issue, Alan Price, Mitch Mitchell, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix and Keith West were among the guests at Fairport Convention’s show.

31 August (Thursday) – Dantalion’s Chariot (Marmalade Skies website)

Feltham band, Barney J Barnes & The Intro played at the Speakeasy once during September or October 1967, according to sax player Peter Davies.

19 September (Tuesday) – Pink Floyd (Marmalade Skies website)

27 September (Wednesday) – Ten Years After (Fabulous 208)

1 October (Sunday) – The Incredible String Band (Marmalade Skies website)

According to Disc & Music Echo’s 14 October issue, Scott McKenzie and The Mamas & The Papas went to the Speakeasy on the Friday to celebrate Mama Cass’s clearance at West London of theft charges. Most likely it was 6 October to see Eric Burdon & The Animals play but needs confirmation.

6 October (Friday) – Eric Burdon & The Animals (Marmalade Skies website)

10 October (Tuesday) – Tim Rose (Melody Maker – needs confirmation)

12 October (Thursday) – The Pretty Things (Melody Maker – needs confirmation)

18 October (Wednesday) – The Moody Blues (Melody Maker – needs confirmation)

19 October (Thursday) – Vanilla Fudge (Fabulous 208)

Drummer Keith Guster of The Fleur De Lys confirms this gig happened as he attended and noted it in his diary.

21 October (Saturday) – Vanilla Fudge (Disc & Music Echo)

26 October (Thursday) – The Jeff Beck Group (Marmalade Skies website)

28 November (Tuesday) – Potential jam session (Electric Prunes website)

As this website notes, the band reportedly were in attendance when a jam took place – see The Electric Prunes website for more information.

According to Disc & Music Echo, sometime in the week starting 11 December, The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation played and Noel Redding, Jimi Hendrix and Alan Price attended the show.

Spooky Tooth may also have played their debut show at the Speakeasy this month but this needs confirmation.

6 December (Wednesday) – The Foundations (Disc & Music Echo)

The music magazine reported that The Spencer Davis Group, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Manfred Mann and Mick Wilsher from The New Vaudeville Band were among the guests at the after party following The Foundations’ gig.

10 December (Sunday) – The Moody Blues (Disc & Music Echo)

14 December (Thursday) – Fairport Convention (Disc & Music Echo)

The magazine reported that Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix attended The Fairport Convention show.

18 December (Monday) – Traffic (Marmalade Skies website)

21 December (Thursday) – Pink Floyd (Disc & Music Echo)

28 December (Thursday) – The Electric Prunes (Disc & Music Echo)

29 December (Friday) – Tintern Abbey (Marmalade Skies website/Melody Maker)

1968

5 January (Friday) – Jethro Tull (Greg Russo’s research)

6 January (Saturday) – Circus (Stormsville Shakers’ website)

16 January (Tuesday) – Procol Harum (New Musical Express)

27 January (Saturday) – Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (New Musical Express)

This was probably either 26 or 28 January instead as Keith Guster confirms that his band The Fleur De Lys played this evening. His diary also notes that Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell joined the band for a 45 minute jam onstage.

4 February (Sunday) – Jimmy McGriff (Melody Maker and New Musical Express)

5 February (Monday) – Jethro Tull (Greg Russo’s gig diary)

10 February (Saturday) – Taste (Rory Gallagher website)

Melody Maker reported that Dr K’s (Blues Band) played around the week starting 19 February.

19 February (Monday) – Robert Plant & The Band of Joy (Marmalade Skies website)

21 February (Wednesday) – The Attack (Marmalade Skies website)

22 February (Thursday) – Monopoly (Marmalade Skies website)

24 February (Saturday) – Legay (Marmalade Skies website)

25 February (Sunday) – Tim Rose and Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation (Melody Maker)

Keith Guster’s gig diary confirms that Tim Rose played on this date. The Fleur De Lys’ drummer attended the gig with DJ Johnny Walker.

26 February (Monday) – The Eyes of Blue (Melody Maker)

This might have been Saturday, 24 February instead so needs confirmation.

28 February (Wednesday) – The Penny Peeps (Marmalade Skies website)

29 February (Thursday) – Sharon Tandy & The Fleur De Lys (Keith Guster’s gig diary)

Keith Guster confirms that The Fleur De Lys did two 15-minute sets. They then backed singer Sharon Tandy for 30 minutes; singer Donnie Elbert for 30 minutes and then both singers for 20 minutes.

10 March (Sunday) – Traffic (Marmalade Skies website)

16 March (Saturday) – Dr K’s (Blues Band) (Melody Maker)

21 March (Thursday) – Gospel Garden (Marmalade Skies website)

30 March (Saturday) – Tim Buckley (Revelation – Elektra Records’ newsletter)

According to Melbourne music magazine, Go-Set, Australian band The Groop played the Speakeasy between early March and mid-April.

2 April (Tuesday) – Reparta & The Delrons (Melody Maker)

7 April (Sunday) – Spooky Tooth (Keith Guster’s gig diary)

Keith Guster confirms that he went to see the band at the Speakeasy on this date.

8 April (Monday) – Dr K’s (Blues Band) (Melody Maker)

9 April (Tuesday) – Circus (Stormsville Shakers’ website)

19 April (Friday) – Dr K’s (Blues Band) (Melody Maker)

25 April (Thursday) – Ike & Tina Turner (New Musical Express)

26 April (Friday) – Tuesday’s Children (Bob Hodges’ gig diary)

On Saturday, 27 April, a fire broke out and gutted the Speakeasy, according to Melody Maker’s 4 May issue. The fire caused £20,000 worth of damage. Roy Flynn, the club’s co-owner, said that the Speakeasy could not be re-opened for about three months and gigs would be transferred to Blaises and promoted as “Speakeasy at Blaises”.

28 April (Sunday) – Ike & Tina Turner (Melody Maker)

The above gig was either cancelled or moved to Blaises.

30 April (Tuesday) – Bill Haley & The Comets (Melody Maker)

The above gig was either cancelled or moved to Blaises.

1 May (Wednesday) – Bobby Goldsboro (Melody Maker)

The above gig was either cancelled or moved to Blaises.

5 May (Sunday) – Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Melody Maker)

The above gig, if it happened, would have taken place at Blaises.

12 May (Sunday) – The Byrds (needs source)

The above gig, if it happened, would have taken place at Blaises – see that entry for more information (link through to this).

16 June (Sunday) – PP Arnold (with TNT) (Melody Maker)

This gig took place at Blaises and was billed as “Speakeasy at Blaises”.

30 June (Sunday) – The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation (Melody Maker)

This gig took place at Blaises and was billed as “Speakeasy at Blaises”.

Melody Maker’s 29 June issue (page 3) noted that the Speakeasy would reopen in September (but this was not the case).

18 July (Thursday) – Tuesday’s Children (Bob Hodges’ gig diary)

See the Blaises entry for more information on this.

New Musical Express reported that Roy Flynn planned to reopen the Speakeasy on 13 December 1968.

13 December (Friday) – Yes (Peter Banks’ website)

The above gig looks like the reopening of the club after seven months’ closure.

According to the East of Eden website, the band played at the Speakeasy in December with Taj Mahal. Mahal took part in The Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus on 11 December, so it’s quite possible if the club reopened on 13 December that Mahal and East of Eden played the following day (Saturday, 14 December) but this needs confirmation.

24 December (Tuesday) – Yes (Peter Banks’ website)

31 December (Tuesday) – Yes (Peter Banks’ website)

1969

Melody Maker noted at the end of January that the club had been closed for eight months and only reopened that month but it was in December 1968.

The music magazine also reported that The Nice had played here in late December or early January.

10 January (Friday) – Kaleidoscope (Marmalade Skies website)

13 January (Monday) – Clouds (Time Out)

14 January (Tuesday) – Jethro Tull (Time Out)

15 January (Wednesday) – Juniors Eyes (Time Out)

16 January (Thursday) – Gary Farr & Mighty Baby (Time Out)

18 January (Saturday) – Freedom (Time Out)

20 January (Monday) – The Eyes of Blue (Time Out)

22 January (Wednesday) – Edgar Broughton Blues Band (Time Out)

23 January (Thursday) – Van Der Graaf Generator (Time Out)

Time Out and Fabulous 208 both list Eclection on 23 January, so perhaps there were two bands that evening.

25 January (Saturday) – Village (Time Out)

28 January (Tuesday) – Harmony Grass and Eclection (Fabulous 208)

30 January (Thursday) – The Eyes of Blue (Time Out)

31 January (Friday) – Barclay James Harvest (Time Out)

1 February (Saturday) – Edgar Broughton Band (Melody Maker)

3 February (Monday) – Caravan (Melody Maker)

4 February (Tuesday) – Idle Race (Melody Maker)

Time Out lists Spooky Tooth on 4 February so perhaps both bands played.

5 February (Wednesday) – Van Der Graaf Generator (Melody Maker and Time Out)

6 February (Thursday) – Spooky Tooth (Melody Maker)

7 February (Friday) – Eire Apparent (Melody Maker and Time Out)

8 February (Saturday) – Jody Grind (Melody Maker and Time Out)

10 February (Monday) – Clouds (Melody Maker and Time Out)

11 February (Tuesday) – Taste (Melody Maker and Time Out)

12 February (Wednesday) – The Gods (Melody Maker)

13 February (Thursday) – Juniors Eyes (Melody Maker and Time Out)

14 February (Friday) – The Eyes of Blue (Melody Maker and Time Out)

15 February (Saturday) – Love and Poetry (Melody Maker)

17 February (Monday) – Village (Melody Maker and Time Out)

18 February (Tuesday) – Colosseum (Melody Maker and Time Out)

19 February (Wednesday) – McKenna Mendelson Mainline (Melody Maker)

20 February (Thursday) – The Nice (Melody Maker and Time Out)

21 February (Friday) – Pendulum (Melody Maker)

22 February (Saturday) – Sleepy (Melody Maker and Time Out)

24 February (Monday) – The Gods (Melody Maker and Time Out)

25 February (Tuesday) – Mason, Capaldi, Wood & Frog (Melody Maker and Time Out)

26 February (Wednesday) – Dr K’s Blues Band (Melody Maker and Time Out)

27 February (Thursday) – Yes (Peter Banks’ website)

28 February (Friday) – Jody Grind (Melody Maker and Time Out)

17 March (Monday) – Eire Apparent (Time Out)

18 March (Tuesday) – Dr K’s Blues Band (Time Out)

19 March (Wednesday) – Blonde on Blonde (Time Out)

20 March (Thursday) – Deep Purple (Melody Maker and Time Out)

24 March (Monday) – Steamhammer (Time Out)

26 March (Wednesday) – Village (Time Out)

27 March (Thursday) – East of Eden (Time Out)

28 March (Friday) – Entire Sioux Nation (Time Out)

31 March (Monday) – Barclay James Harvest (Time Out)

4 April (Friday) – Yes (Peter Banks’ website)

8 April (Tuesday) – Arcadium (Time Out)

9 April (Wednesday) – King Crimson (Time Out)

10 April (Thursday) – The Eyes of Blue (Time Out)

12 April (Saturday) – The Spirit of John Morgan (Time Out)

14 April (Monday) – Turnstyle (Time Out)

16 April (Wednesday) – Village (Time Out)

19 April (Saturday) – Smile (Time Out)

Smile featured future Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor.

22 April (Tuesday) – Clouds (Time Out)

23 April (Wednesday) – Steamhammer (Time Out)

25 April (Friday) – Arcadium (Time Out)

28 April (Monday) – Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath website)

29 April (Tuesday) – Keef Hartley (Melody Maker and Time Out)

30 April (Wednesday) – Hard Meat (Time Out)

Canadian guitarist Stan Endersby says that Mapleoak (Pete Quaife’s post-Kinks band) played the Speakeasy in May 1969.

Melody Maker reported that Audience played before 8 May. It also noted that Steppenwolf and The Misunderstood jammed at the club before 22 May.

14 May (Wednesday) – Lowell Fulsom (Melody Maker)

19 May (Monday) – Blonde on Blonde (Time Out)

20 May (Tuesday) – Eclection (needs source)

21 May (Wednesday) – Howlin’ Wolf with The John Dummer Blues Band (Melody Maker)

22 May (Thursday) – The Idle Race (Time Out)

27 May (Tuesday) – Juniors Eyes (Melody Maker and Time Out)

28 May (Wednesday) – Sam Gopal (Melody Maker and Time Out)

29 May (Thursday) – Spooky Tooth (Time Out)

30 May (Friday) – King Crimson (Time Out)

2 June (Monday) – The Spirit of John Morgan (Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

3 June (Tuesday) – Samson (Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

4 June (Wednesday) – Glass Menagerie (Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

John Warburg says that Freddie King played on 4 June

5 June (Thursday) – Renaissance (Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

6 June (Friday) – Velvet Opera (Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

7 June (Saturday) – Audience (Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

9 June (Monday) – Blonde on Blonde (Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

10 June (Tuesday) – East of Eden (Time Out and East of Eden website)

11 June (Wednesday) – Three Dog Night (Time Out and Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

12 June (Thursday) – Jackie Lomax (Time Out and Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

13 June (Friday) – Entire Sioux Nation (Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

14 June (Saturday) – The Majority (Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

16 June (Monday) – Steamhammer (Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

17 June (Tuesday) – Bodast (Time Out and Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

18 June (Wednesday) – Audience (Time Out and Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

19 June (Thursday) – Buddy Guy & His Band (Time Out and Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

20 June (Friday) – Gracious (Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

21 June (Saturday) – Sk’Boo (Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

23 June (Monday) – Brainbox (Time Out and Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

24 June (Tuesday) – Poet & His One Man Band (Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

Time out lists Brainbox for 23 June.

25 June (Thursday) – Bodast (Time out and Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

26 June (Thursday) – The Wallace Collection (Time Out and Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

27 June (Friday) – Arcadium (Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

28 June (Saturday) – Andromeda (Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

30 June (Monday) – Audience (Speakeasy June listing at Don Powell’s website)

1 July (Tuesday) – Locomotive (Marmalade Skies website)

2 July (Wednesday) – Entire Sioux Nation (Marmalade Skies website)

3 July (Thursday) – Mighty Baby (Marmalade Skies website)

4 July (Friday) – Ambrose Slade (Marmalade Skies website)

5 July (Saturday) – Sam Apple Pie (Melody Maker)

8 July (Tuesday) – East of Eden (East of Eden website)

9 July – Arcadium (Marmalade Skies website)

10 July (Thursday) – Deep Purple (Melody Maker)

11 July (Friday) – Gypsy (Marmalade Skies website)

12 July (Saturday) – High Tide (Marmalade Skies website)

14 July (Monday) – Audience (Marmalade Skies website)

15 July (Tuesday) – Clouds (Marmalade Skies website)

16 July (Wednesday) – Glass Menagerie (Marmalade Skies website)

17 July (Thursday) – Principal Edwards Magic Theatre (Marmalade Skies website)

20 July (Sunday) – Ashton, Gardner & Dyke (Marmalade Skies website)

21 July – Shiva Jones and Quintessence (Time Out)

22 July – Jody Grind (Time Out)

23 July – Barclay James Harvest (Time Out)

24 July – Liverpool Scene (Time Out)

25 July – Gin (Marmalade Skies website)

26 July – The Majority (Marmalade Skies website)

28 July – The Spirit of John Morgan (Time Out)

29 July – The Eyes of Blue (Marmalade Skies website)

30 July – Procession (Marmalade Skies website)

31 July – White Trash (Marmalade Skies website)

4 August (Monday) – Hard Meat (John Warburg research)

5 August (Tuesday) – King Crimson (Marmalade Skies website)

6 August (Wednesday) – Bakerloo (John Warburg research)

12 August (Tuesday) – East of Eden (East of Eden website)

13 August (Wednesday) – Arcadium (John Warburg research)

14 August (Thursday) – Renaissance (Melody Maker)

16 August (Saturday) – Sam Apple Pie (Melody Maker and Time Out)

18 August (Monday) – Steamhammer (Time Out)

19 August (Tuesday) – Blossom Toes (Melody Maker and Time Out)

22 August (Friday) – Battered Ornaments (Time Out)

23 August (Saturday) – Audience (John Warburg research)

25 August (Monday) – Steve Miller’s Delivery (Time Out)

27 August (Wednesday) – East of Eden (East of Eden website)

Melody Maker lists The Wallace Collection on 27 August.

28 August (Thursday) – Atomic Rooster (Marmalade Skies website)

29 August (Friday) – Barclay James Harvest (Time Out)

2 September (Tuesday) – Titus Groan (Marmalade Skies website)

11 September (Thursday) – Iron Butterfly (Melody Maker and Time Out)

15 September (Monday) – The Spirit of John Morgan (Time Out)

16 September (Tuesday) – Gun (Time Out)

17 September (Wednesday) – Poet & The One Man Band (Time Out)

18 September (Thursday) – Timebox (Time Out)

19 September (Friday) – Village (Time Out)

22 September (Monday) – Juniors Eyes (Time Out)

23 September (Tuesday) – Eclection (Time Out)

24 September (Wednesday) – The Edgar Broughton Band (Time Out)

25 September (Thursday) – The Mike Cotton Sound with Lucas (Melody Maker and Time Out)

26 September (Friday) – Gypsy (Time Out)

27 September (Saturday) – Audience (Time Out)

29 September (Monday) – The Graham Bond Initiation and Stone The Crows (Time Out)

30 September (Tuesday) – Mighty Baby (Time Out)

7 October (Tuesday) – Mott The Hoople (Marmalade Skies website)

8 October (Wednesday) – The Graham Bond Initiation (Melody Maker)

13 October (Monday) – Freedom (Time Out)

14 October (Tuesday) – Zoot Money(Time Out)

16 October (Thursday) – Juicy Lucy (Time Out)

21 October (Tuesday) – Quintessance (Time Out)

22 October (Wednesday) – Writing on the Wall (Time Out)

23 October – Juicy Lucy (Marmalade Skies website)

Time Out lists Sam Gopal on 23 October.

24 October (Friday) – Arcadium (Time Out)

25 October (Saturday) – Cressida (Time Out)

27 October (Monday) – Skin Alley (Time Out)

28 October (Tuesday) – Delaney & Bonnie (Time Out)

29 October (Wednesday) – East of Eden (Time Out)

30 October (Thursday) – Jimmy McGriff (Time Out)

31 October (Friday) – Stone The Crows (Time Out)

6 November (Thursday) – Howlin’ Wolf and Junco Partners (Melody Maker)

12 November (Wednesday) – Mott The Hoople (Time Out)

13 November (Thursday) – Freddie King (John Warburg research)

17 November (Monday) – The Battered Ornaments (Time Out)

20 November (Thursday) – Gene Vincent & The Wild Angels (Time Out)

22 November (Saturday) – Freedom (Time Out)

24 November (Monday) – Titus Groan (Time Out)

25 November (Tuesday) – Glass Menagerie (Time Out)

26 November (Wednesday) – Hardin & York (Time Out)

27 November (Thursday) – Pete Brown & Piblokto (Time Out)

28 November (Friday) – Stone The Crows (Time Out)

Speakeasy Calendar December 1969. Thanks to Helene for providing this

1 December (Monday) – Trees (Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

2 December (Tuesday) – Daddy Longlegs (Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

3 December (Wednesday) – Quatermass (Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

4 December (Thursday) – The Graham Bond International (aka Initiation) (Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

5 December (Friday) – The Mooche (Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

6 December (Saturday) – Heavy Water (Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

8 December (Monday) – Creepy John Thomas (Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

9 December (Tuesday) – The Wild Angels (Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

10 December (Wednesday) – Rory Young (Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

This is probably Roy Young (ex-Rebel Rouser).

11 December (Thursday) – Eire Apparent (Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

12 December (Friday) – Ashton, Gardner & Dyke (Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

13 December (Saturday) – Napoleon (Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

Napoleon is probably Bob Azzam’s band who changed name after moving to Sweden from Switzerland.

15 December (Monday) – Eclipse (Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

16 December (Tuesday) – Murray Head (Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

17 December (Wednesday) – Cressida (Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

18 December (Thursday) – Mott The Hoople (Time Out and Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

19 December (Friday) – Skin Alley (Time Out and Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

20 December (Saturday) – Man (Time Out and Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

22 December (Monday) – Business (Time Out and Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

23 December (Tuesday) – Grail (Time Out and Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

24 December (Wednesday) – Noir (Time Out and Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

26 December (Friday) – Sam Gopal (Time Out and Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

27 December (Saturday) – Good Earth (Time Out and Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

The Good Earth were led by future Mungo Jerry front man Ray Dorset.

29 December (Monday) – Delivery (Time Out and Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

30 December (Tuesday) – East of Eden (Time Out and Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

31 December (Wednesday) – Juicy Lucy (Time Out and Speakeasy calendar for December from Helene)

1970

8 January (Thursday) – David Bowie (Marmalade Skies website)

9 January (Friday) – Jody Grind (Time Out)

16 January (Friday) – Cochise (Time Out)

26 January (Monday) – The Groundhogs (Time Out)

27 January (Tuesday) – The Wild Angels (Time Out)

28 January (Wednesday) – Skin Alley (Time Out)

Marmalade Skies website has Badfinger on 28 January.

29 January (Thursday) – The Spirit of John Morgan (Time Out)

30 January (Friday) – Ashton, Gardner & Dyke (Time Out)

31 January (Saturday) – Imagination (Time Out)

9 February (Monday) – Heavy Jelly (Time Out)

12 February (Thursday) – Cressida (Time Out)

16 February (Monday) – Trees (Time Out)

17 February (Tuesday) – Man (Time Out)

18 February (Wednesday) – Hawkwind (Time Out)

19 February (Thursday) – Love (Melody Maker and Time Out)

20 February (Friday) – Badfinger (Marmalade Skies website)

23 February (Monday) – Grail (Time Out)

24 February (Tuesday) – Love (Melody Maker)

25 February (Wednesday) – Cochise (Time Out)

26 February (Thursday) – Matthews Southern Comfort (Time Out)

10 March (Tuesday) – Juicy Lucy (Time Out)

14 March (Saturday) – Free Little Rock (Time Out)

21 March (Saturday) – Alexander Patton (Time Out)

23 March (Monday) – Wishbone Ash (Melody Maker and Time Out)

24 March (Tuesday) – Graham Bond (Time Out)

25 March (Wednesday) – Silas (Time Out)

26 March (Thursday) – Sam Apple Pie (Time Out)

27 March (Friday) – One (Time Out)

28 March (Saturday) – Fire (Time Out)

30 March (Monday) – Pacific Drift (Time Out)

31 March (Tuesday) – May Blitz (Time Out)

6 April (Monday) – Cochise (Time Out)

Marmalade Skies website has Hawkwind on 6 April.

11 April (Saturday) – White Lighting (Melody Maker)

20 April (Monday) – Cochise (Time Out)

23 April (Thursday) – Flaming Youth (Marmalade Skies website)

Flaming Youth featured future Genesis drummer Phil Collins.

29 April (Wednesday) – Man (Time Out)

19 May (Tuesday) – Wishbone Ash (Time Out)

21 May (Thursday) – Gypsy (Time Out)

25 May (Monday) – Skin Alley (Time Out)

26 May (Tuesday) – Elton John (Time Out)

27 May (Wednesday) – Man (Time Out)

9 June (Tuesday) – Raven (Time Out)

10 June (Wednesday) – Wishbone Ash (Time Out)

16 June (Tuesday) – Cochise (Time Out)

25 June (Thursday) – Flaming Youth (Marmalade Skies website)

30 June (Tuesday) – Wishbone Ash (Melody Maker and Time Out)

2 July (Thursday) – Gentle Giant (Marmalade Skies website)

11 July (Saturday) – Supertramp (Time Out)

21 July (Tuesday) – Wishbone Ash (Time Out)

28 July (Tuesday) – Elton John (Time Out)

29 July (Wednesday) – Affinity (Marmalade Skies website)

30 July (Thursday) – Formerly Fat Sam (Time Out)

1 August (Saturday) – Crazy Mabel (Marmalade Skies website)

3 August (Monday) – Armada (Marmalade Skies website)

5 August (Wednesday) – Burnin’ Red Ivanhoe (Time Out)

6 August (Thursday) – Noir (Marmalade Skies website)

7 August (Friday) – Quiver (Marmalade Skies website)

8 August (Saturday) – Catapilla (Marmalade Skies website)

12 August (Wednesday) – Derek &The Dominoes (Time Out)

13 August (Thursday) – Head, Hands & Feet (Marmalade Skies website)

14 August (Friday) – Swegas (Marmalade Skies website)

18 August (Tuesday) – Cochise (Marmalade Skies website)

19 August (Wednesday) – Anno Domini (Marmalade Skies website)

20 August (Thursday) – Ashton, Gardner & Dyke (Marmalade Skies website)

21 August (Friday) – Czar (Bob Hodges’ gig diary)

22 August (Saturday) – The Dog That Bit People (Marmalade Skies website)

24 August (Monday) – Uriah Heap (Time Out)

25 August (Tuesday) – Bronco (Time Out)

26 August (Wednesday) – Terry Reid (Marmalade Skies website)

27 August (Thursday) – Steamhammer (Marmalade Skies website)

29 August (Saturday) – Aardvark (Marmalade Skies website)

31 August (Monday) – The World (Neil Innes’ band) (Time Out)

1 September (Tuesday) – Opal Butterfly (Marmalade Skies website)

2 September (Wednesday) – Bronco (Marmalade Skies website)

5 September (Saturday) – High Broom (Marmalade Skies website)

8 September (Tuesday) – Cressida (Melody Maker)

9 September (Wednesday) – Lindisfarne (Marmalade Skies website)

10 September (Thursday) – Gun (Marmalade Skies website)

11 September (Friday) – Aquila (Marmalade Skies website)

12 September (Saturday) – Czar (Bob Hodges’ gig diary)

14 September (Monday) – Granny’s New Intentions (Marmalade Skies website)

16 September (Wednesday) – Satisfaction (Marmalade Skies website)

17 September (Thursday) – The Nashville Teens (Marmalade Skies website)

18 September (Friday) – Dog That Big People (Marmalade Skies website)

19 September (Saturday) – Skin Alley (Marmalade Skies website)

21 September (Monday) – Warm Dust (Marmalade Skies website)

23 September (Wednesday) – Head, Hands & Feet (Marmalade Skies website)

24 September (Thursday) – Dada (Marmalade Skies website)

25 September (Friday) – Quiver (Time Out)

26 September (Saturday) – Arcadium (Marmalade Skies website)

28 September (Monday) – Gypsy (Time Out)

29 September (Tuesday) – Formerly Fat Harry (Marmalade Skies website)

30 September (Wednesday) – Everyone (Marmalade Skies website)

7 October (Wednesday) – Jack Bruce (Marmalade Skies website)

28 October (Wednesday) – Wishbone Ash (Marmalade Skies website)

4 December (Friday) – Czar (Bob Hodges’ gig diary)

12 December (Saturday) – Gentle Giant (Marmalade Skies website)

Thank you to Helene for the Speakeasy calendar and holiday card.

Categories: England, London

Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London

March 16, 2014 Nick Warburton 16 Comments

Wimbledon Palais was a significant music venue in Southwest London. I’d be grateful for any additions and corrections to the list below as there are many gaps in the listings:

1960

20 March (Sunday) (audition) – The Statesmen (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

8 May (Sunday) – The Statesmen (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

15 May (Sunday) – The Statesmen (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

10 June (Friday) – The Statesmen (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

17 June (Friday) – The Statesmen (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

23 October (Sunday) – The Statesmen (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

30 October (Sunday) – The Statesmen (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

23 November (Friday) – The Statesmen (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

1961

29 January (Sunday) – The Statesmen (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

5 February (Sunday) – The Statesmen (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

1 October (Sunday) – The Statesmen (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

1962

8 April (Sunday) – The Statesmen (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

29 June (Friday) – Frankie Reid & The Casuals (Brian Mansell’s gig diary)

1 July (Sunday) – The Statesmen (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

11 October (Thursday) – Brian Poole & The Tremeloes and Bobby King & The Sabres (Clive Chase’s gig diary)

1963

9 August (Friday) – Sounds Incorporated (Beat Monthly)

23 August (Friday) – The Searchers (Beat Monthly)

31 August (Saturday) – Gene Vincent (Streatham News)

6 September (Friday) – Gerry & The Pacemakers (Beat Monthly)

22 November (Friday) – Freddie & The Dreamers (Beat Monthly)

24 November (Sunday) – Jean & The Statesmen (audition) (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

15 December (Sunday) – Jean & The Statesmen (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

1964

3 January (Friday) – Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders (Beat Monthly)

17 January (Friday) – Gene Vincent & The Shouts with The Demons and The Chantones (Streatham News)

24 January (Friday) – The Rolling Stones (Beat Monthly)

8 February (Saturday) – The Swinging Blue Jeans (Beat Monthly)

9 February (Sunday) – Jean & The Statesmen (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

15 February (Saturday) – Freddie & The Dreamers (Beat Monthly)

3 April (Friday) – The Rolling Stones (Beat Monthly)

10 April (Friday) – Manfred Mann (Streatham News and Beat Monthly)

24 April (Friday) – The Swinging Blue Jeans (Beat Monthly)

8 May (Friday) – Little Richard with The Flintstones (Streatham News)

15 May (Friday) – Jean & The Statesides (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

According to Jeff Sturgeon, this was the first gig under the new name, a slight change from Jean & The Statesmen.

26 May (Tuesday) – Little Richard (with The Flintstones?) (Streatham News)

29 May (Friday) – The Kinks, The Demons and The Chantons (Streatham News)

5 June (Friday) – The Paramounts, The Demons and The Chantons (Streatham News)

14 June (Sunday) – The Yardbirds and The Grebbels (Streatham News)

19 June (Friday) – The Crickets with supporting groups (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

20 June (Saturday) – Patrick Dane & The Quiet Five (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

21 June (Sunday) – Brian Poole & The Tremeloes and Jean & The Statesides (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

26 June (Friday) – Millie & The Five Embers (Kingston & Malden Borough News and Streatham News)

27 June (Saturday) – Patrick Dane & The Quiet Five (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

3 July (Friday) – The Animals, The Demons and The Trojans (Kingston & Malden Borough News and Streatham News)

4 July (Saturday) – Three beat groups (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

10 July (Friday) – Manfred Mann and Jean & The Statesides (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

11 July (Saturday) – Buddy Britten & The Regents and Jean & The Statesides (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

12 July (Sunday) – Jean & The Statesides (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

17 July (Friday) – Four groups (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

18 July (Saturday) – The Searchers and Jean & The Statesides (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

Kingston & Malden Borough News notes The Searchers, The Original Topics and Cats Whiskers on 18 July 1964

24 July (Friday) – The Migil Five and two groups (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

25 July (Saturday) – Three beat groups (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

The UK’s featured in Boyfriend magazine, 5 September 1964

31 July (Friday) – Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, The Demons and The UKs (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

1 August (Saturday) – The Hunters, The Midnites and The Demons (Dave Brogden’s diary/Kingston & Malden Borough News)

7 August (Friday) – Lulu & Luvvers, The Demons and The UKs (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

8 August (Saturday) – The Hunters, The Demons and The Echolettes (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

14 August (Friday) – The Rolling Stones, The Demons and The UKs (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

15 August (Saturday) – The Hunters, The Demons and The Thyrds (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

21 August (Friday) – Helen Shapiro & The Trebletones, The Demons and The UKs (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

22 August (Saturday) – The Hunters, The Demons and The Four Aces (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

28 August (Friday) – The Mojos, The Demons and The UKs (Kingston and Malden Borough News and Streatham News)

29 August (Saturday) – The Hunters, The Demons and Scene IV (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

4 September (Friday) – The Applejacks (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

18 September (Friday) – The Pretty Things with Mike Rabin & The Demons and The UKs (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

25 September (Friday) – The Barron Knights, Mike Rabin & The Demons and The UKs (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

26 September (Saturday) – Mike Rabin & The Demons, The Detours (The Who?) and Scene IV (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

2 October (Friday) – Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, Mike Rabin & The Demons and The UKs (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

3 October (Saturday) – Three groups (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

9 October (Friday) – Herman’s Hermits, Mike Rabin & The Demons and The UKs (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

10 October (Saturday) – Three groups (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

16 October (Friday) – Bern Elliott & The Klan, Mike Rabin & The Demons and The UKs (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

17 October (Saturday) – Dave Ede & The Rabin Band and Mike Rabin & The Demons (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

23 October (Friday) – The Four Pennies, Mike Rabin & The Demons and The UKs (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

24 October (Saturday) – Dave Ede & The Rabin Band and Mike Rabin & The Demons (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

30 October (Friday) – The Bo Street Runners (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

31 October (Saturday) – David Ede & The Rabin Band and Mike Rabin & The Demons (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

1 November (Sunday) – All Britain Beat Contest (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

6 November (Friday) – The Naturals, Mike Rabin & The Demons and The Echolettes (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

13 November (Friday) – The Pretty Things (Beat Instrumental)

20 November (Friday) – The Hollies, Mark Rabin & The Demons and Scene V (Streatham News)

4 December (Friday) – Jerry Lee Lewis, The Plebs, Mike Rabin & The Demons and The Hideways (Streatham News)

11 December (Friday) – Gene Vincent and The Londoners (Streatham News)

1965

26 February (Friday) – The Nashville Teens (Beat Instrumental)

12 March (Friday) – Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames (Beat Instrumental)

19 March (Friday) – The Yardbirds (Streatham News)

30 April (Friday) – The Ivy League (Beat Instrumental)

3 May (Monday) – Wainwright’s Gentlemen (Dave Brogden’s diary)

14 May (Friday) – Them (Streatham News)

27 June (Sunday) – Pink Floyd (Streatham News)

2 July (Friday) – The Yardbirds (Streatham News and Beat Instrumental)

6 August (Friday) – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Beat Monthly)

15 October (Friday) – The Four Pennies (Boyfriend magazine)

22 October (Friday) – Them (Streatham News)

24 October (Sunday) – Robb Storme & The Whispers (Jim St Pier’s diary)

26 November (Friday) – The Who (Andy Neill’s research and Beat Instrumental)

3 December (Friday) – The Kinks (West Norwood and Dulwich News)

10 December (Friday) – The Hollies (West Norwood and Dulwich News)

17 December (Friday) – The McCoys (West Norwood and Dulwich News)

24 December (Friday) – The Statesides (Jeff Sturgeon’s gig diary)

31 December (Friday) – The Checkmates (West Norwood and Dulwich News)

1966

1 January (Saturday) – The Small Faces (West Norwood and Dulwich News)

7 January (Friday) – Dave Berry & The Cruisers (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

8 January (Saturday) – The Motivation (Melody Maker)

This was the original Norbury, south London version of the group

14 January (Friday) – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

21 January (Friday) – The Pretty Things (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

22 January (Saturday) – The Riot Squad (Bruno Ceriotti’s research)

28 January (Friday) – Unit Four Plus 2 (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

4 February (Friday) – Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

11 February (Friday) – The Who, Hamilton & The Movement and The Mike Rabin Group (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

18 February (Friday) – The Graham Bond Organisation (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

21 February (Monday) – The Pretty Things (Streatham News)

25 February (Friday) – The Sorrows (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

4 March (Friday) – Wayne Fontana & The Opposition (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

5 March (Saturday) – The Animals (Streatham News)

6 March (Sunday) – The Kinks (Streatham News)

11 March (Friday) – Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

18 March (Friday) – The Mindbenders (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

20 March (Sunday) – The Riot Squad (Bruno Ceriotti’s research)

25 March (Friday) – The St Louis Union (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

26 March (Saturday) – Episode Six (Melody Maker)

1 April (Friday) – The Overlanders (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

8 April (Friday) – The Pretty Things (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

22 April (Friday) – The Yardbirds (Streatham News)

29 April (Friday) – Neil Christian & The Crusaders (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

6 May (Friday) – The Small Faces (Streatham News)

11 May (Wednesday) – The Spencer Davis Group (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

13 May (Friday) – The Who (Andy Neill’s research)

20 May (Friday) – The Alan Price Set (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

27 May (Friday) – Hedgehoppers Anonymous (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

3 June (Friday) – The Graham Bond Organisation (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

10 June (Friday) – Paul & Barry Ryan with Robb Storme & The Whispers (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury/Jim St Pier’s gig diary)

17 June (Friday) – The Four Pennies (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

1 July (Friday) – The Creation (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury and Fabulous 208)

22 July (Friday) – Unit Four Plus Two (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

12 August (Friday) – Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

19 August (Friday) – The Pretty Things (Streatham News and Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

26 August (Friday) – The Mike Cotton Sound with Lucas (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

2 September (Friday) – Crispian St Peters (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

11 September (Sunday) – The Syrians (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

18 September (Sunday) – The Syrians (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

15 October (Saturday) – Tuesday’s Children (Fabulous 208)

28 October (Friday) – The Merseys (Streatham News and Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

5 November (Saturday) – Peter & Gordon (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

12 November (Saturday) – The Small Faces, Paul Anka and The Fourmost (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

28 November (Monday) – The Kinks (Streatham News)

10 December (Saturday) – The Merseys and Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

16 December (Friday) – Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers (Mitcham News & Mercury)

23 December (Friday) – The Pretty Things (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

30 December (Friday) – The Nashville Teens (Balham and Tooting News and Mercury)

Neil Christian & The Crusaders replaced them.

1967

6 January (Friday) – The Nashville Teens (Fabulous 208)

4 February (Saturday) – Tuesday’s Children and The Attack (Fabulous 208)

10 February (Friday) – The Troggs (Streatham News)

24 March (Friday) – Cat Stevens (Fabulous 208)

7 July (Friday) – Brian Something and The What’s Its (Carl Ross’ gig diary)

8 July (Saturday) – Brian Something and The What’s Its (Carl Ross’ gig diary)

14 July (Friday) – Brian Something and The What’s Its (Carl Ross’ gig diary)

15 July (Saturday) – Brian Something and The What’s Its (Carl Ross’ gig diary)

21 October (Saturday) – Jo Jo Gunne and Tony Rivers & The Castaways (needs source but possibly Streatham News)

Huge thanks to Rolf Hannet for sharing his copies of Beat Monthly and Beat Instrumental

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