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.

THE EQUALS

Dervan Gordon – lead vocals

Eddy Grant – lead guitar, vocals

Lincoln Gordon – rhythm guitar, vocals

Patrick Lloyd – guitar

John Hall – drums

Formed in 1965, the Equals were arguably the first interracial band in the UK.

Calvin Samuel, who played bass with Junior Marvin’s Blue Ace Unit and later Joe E Young & The Toniks, before finding success with CSN&Y and Stephen Stills’ Manassas, provided bass on many of their recordings, although he was not on the first LP, and not on anything after sometime in 1969 when Lincoln Gordon took over on bass duties.

1965

8 May 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with Johnny B Great & The Quotations (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

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

22 May 1965 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with Sonny Childe & The Elders Consolidated (Kent Messenger/Maidstone Gazette)

3 June 1965 – Elms Club, South Harrow, northwest London with Bluesology (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

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

19 August 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (Melody Maker)

21 August 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with Meddy Evils (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

28 August 1965 – Savoy Rooms, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)

29 August 1965 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)

1966

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

17 July 1966 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

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

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

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

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

27 August 1966 – Waggon & Horses, Meir, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

September-October 1966 – Melody Maker reports that they are resident band at the New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London during these months but not clear how many nights a week this involves

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

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

29 October 1966 – Woolwich Arsenal Station, Woolwich, London with The Shadocks (Melody Maker)

5 November 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Billy Fury, Victor Brox & The Blue Train, Guy Darrell Syndicate and Ray Bones (Lincolnshire Standard)

12 November 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Peddlers and The ‘N’ Betweens (Melody Maker)

30 December 1966 – Flamenco Club, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Herald)

31 December 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Spellbinders, The Canadians, The Triads, Ray Bones and Frank & Keith (Lincolnshire Standard)

1967

11 February 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Spencer Davis Group, Wynder K Frog and Ray Bones (Lincolnshire Standard)

18 February 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Pink Floyd and Two of Each (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

11 March 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Lee Dorsey, Scots of St James, The Bystanders and Ray Bones (Lincolnshire Standard)

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

7 May 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)

12 May 1967 – Angel Hotel, Blue Beat Club, Godalming, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

14 May 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

16 June 1967 – Angel Hotel, Blue Beat Club, Godalming, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

7 July 1967 – Angel Hotel, Blue Beat Club, Godalming, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

15 July 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Vogue (Cambridgeshire Times)

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

22 July 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Jeff Beck Group and The Motown Trinity (Melody Maker)

5 August 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Beat Stalkers and Bobby Johnson & The Atoms (Spalding Standard)

19 August 1967 – Iron Curtain Club, Small Heath, West Midlands with Erskine T (Birmingham Evening Mail)

2 September 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Fabulous Temptations, The Sovereigns, The Rubber Band (Lincolnshire Standard)

18 November 1967 – Romanos, Belfast, Northern Ireland with Jack Ruane Showband and Tara Showband (Cityweek)

1968

27 January 1968 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Procol Harum and Gospel Garden (Lincolnshire Standard)

2 February 1968 – Big C Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

11 February 1968 – Cat Balou, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Grantham Journal)

24 February 1968 – Tin Hat, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Magic Roundabout (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

28 February 1968 – Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk with Nature’s Own (Ipswich Evening Star)

2 March 1968 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

18 March 1968 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, London (Coulsdon & Purley Advertiser)

11 April 1968 – Barn Barbecue Dance, Thurmaston, Leicester with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac, Alan Bown, Soft Machine, Fairport Convention, Legay, Sons & Lovers, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Pesky Gee, Pitiful Souls and Six Across (Melody Maker)

13 April 1968 – Aldebrugh Jubilee Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk with The Eyes of Blond (Ipswich Evening Star)

20 April 1968 – Town Hall, Downham Market, Norfolk with The Tyres (Lynn News)

4 May 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Illinois State (West Briton & The Royal Cornwall Gazette)

5 May 1968 – Wake Arms, Epping, Essex (New Musical Express)

27 May 1968 – Civic Hall, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Luton News)

1 June 1968 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with Motion (Crawley Advertiser)

3 June 1968 – Sunshine Floor, Dereham, Norfolk with The Rubber Band (North Norfolk News)

9 June 1968 – Wake Arms, Epping, Essex (New Musical Express)

15 June 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Out of Order (Cambridgeshire Times)

17 June 1968 – St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, Norfolk with The Reformation and The Rubber Band (Eastern Evening News)

18 June 1968 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

8 July 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Loris and The Switch (Surrey Advertiser)

9 July 1968 – Palais, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

12 July 1968 – Derby Locarno, Derby, Derbyshire (Burton Daily Mail/Derby Evening Telegraph)

16 July 1968 – Atalanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey with The Circus (Surrey Advertiser)

19 July 1968 – Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with John Drevars Expression (Welwyn and Hatfield Advertiser)

20 July 1968 – Sunshine Floor, Dereham, Norfolk with Little Women (Eastern Evening News)

24 July 1968 – Top Rank, Croydon, London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

27 July 1968 – Clockwork Orange, Chester with The Executives (Chester Chronicle)

29 July 1968 – Chesford Lounge, Kenilworth, Warwickshire with Harlem Speakeasy (Warwick Advertiser)

31 July 1968 – Top Rank, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

2 August 1968 – The Factory, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

2 August 1968 – Slough Community Centre, Slough, Berkshire with supporting groups (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

3 August 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Bobby Johnson & The Atoms and Sleepy Talk (Cambridgeshire Times)

9 August 1968 – Roswell Institute, Roswell, Scotland with This Side Up and Prezure (South Midlothian Advertiser)

22 August 1968 – Salisbury City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire with support (Salisbury Journal/Western Gazette)

23 August 1968 – Church Elms Discotheque, Dagenham, London (Melody Maker)

24 August 1968 – Civic Hall, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with William Bell (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)

29 August 1968 – Pavilion Ballroom Royal Pier, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Echo)

31 August 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Jon James Swamp (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)

11 September 1968 – Bligh’s Hotel, Sevenoaks, Kent (Melody Maker)

13 September 1968 – Supreme Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)

21 September 1968 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with Indiana Highway and Chaos (Herald Express)

23 September 1968 – Silver Blades, Streatham, London (Clapham News)

27 September 1968 – Locarno, Basildon, Essex (Southend Standard)

5 October 1968 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research)

5 October 1968 – Tottenham Royal, Tottenham (NME)

6 October 1968 – Harlow Bridge, Harlow, Essex (NME)

7 October 1968 – St Matthew’s Bath Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (NME/Ipswich Evening Star)

9 October 1968 – Stevenage Locarno, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (NME)

10 October 1968 – Portsmouth Locarno, Portsmouth, Hampshire (NME)

11 October 1968 – Corn Exchange, Braintree, Essex (Essex County Standard)

25 October 1968 – Public Baths, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire with The Hammer (Derbyshire Times/Nottingham Evening Post)

25 October 1968 – Cat-Balou, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Grantham Journal)

26 October 1968 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle/Essex County Standard)

11-15 November 1968 – Club Domino, Showboat, Middlesbrough (Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Says all week (presume Monday-Friday)

4 December 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Leicester with The John Lees Show (Leicester Mercury)

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

13 December 1968 – New Market Discothque, Bridgwater, Somerset (Bridgwater Mercury)

14 December 1968 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The In-Sect (Warrington Guardian)

1969

15 May 1969 – Royal Arcade, Boscombe, Dorset with Alan Bown and Blossom Toes (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

18 June 1969 – McIlroy’s Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire with Status Quo and Nite People (Swindon Evening Advertiser)

23 June 1969 – Top Rank, Croydon, London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

15 July 1969 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

2 August 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Candy Choir (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)

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

9 August 1969 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Hopscotch (Lincolnshire Standard)

1 September 1969 – The Crown, Marlow, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

2 September 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham with Sight & Sound (Birmingham Evening Mail)

28 September 1969 – Crystal Palace Hotel, Crystal Palace, south London (South East London Mercury)

29 November 1969 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Kiss and Mel Scott Feelin’  (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)

31 December 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Sweet (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)

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