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 MARMALADE
Dean Ford – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
William Junior Campbell – lead guitar, keyboards, vocals
Patrick Fairley – rhythm guitar, six-string bass, vocals
Graham Knight – bass, vocals
Raymond Duffy – drums
The group started life as Glasgow group, The Gaylords who went through numerous personnel changes over the years.
According to Wellingborough News, The Gaylords became The Marmalade on 9 September 1966. However, booking agents continued to book them under their former name for some time, including a show at the Dungeon Club in Nottingham on 16 October and the Witch Doctor in St Leonards, East Sussex on 5 November (see below).
25 September 1966 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Versions (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
30 October 1966 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Something Else (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
5 November 1966 – Witch Doctor, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Hastings & St Leonards Observer) Billed as The Gaylords
28 November 1966 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
4 December 1966 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Survivors (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
15 December 1966 – Flying Fox Club, RAF Cottesmore, Rutland with Davey Sands & The Essex, The Tribe and The Nemkons (Grantham Journal)
16 December 1966 – Victoria Hall, Oakham, Lincolnshire with The Unit 2 (Grantham Journal) Says The Gaylords now The Marmalade
In mid-December, Londoner Alan Whitehead took over the drum stool. Whitehead had previously played with Crispian St Peters and then The Loose Ends. In late September 1966, he left The Loose Ends to join Cops ‘n’ Robbers then spent a month working with The Epitaph Soul Band before recording briefly (and appearing in publicity shots) with The Attack.
18 December 1966 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
26 December 1966 – Bath Regency Ballroom, Bath with The Undertakers (Poster) Billed as Marmalades
1967
18 January 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail) It says formerly The Gaylords in the advert
19 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Pink Floyd (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
22 January 1967 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Sounds Incorporated (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
29 January 1967 – Dereham Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk with St Willie’s Cool School (North Norfolk News)
3 February 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Action (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
8 February 1967 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (Cambridge News)
22 February 1967 – Mr Magoo’s, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
23 February 1967 – RNAS Arbroath, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
24 February 1967 – La Bamba Club, Falkirk, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
25 February 1967 – The Institute, Newtongate, Scotland with The Poets (South Midlothian Advertiser)
1 March 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)
2 March 1967 – W1 Hall, Ely, Cambridgeshire (Fabulous 208)
3 March 1967 – Continental Club, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)
4 March 1967 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Motion (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
5 March 1967 – Sunday Club, Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)
6 March 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with Lee Dorsey and Scots of St James (Evening Sentinel)
11 March 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
12 March 1967 – Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Fabulous 208)
13 March 1967 – Stafford Yeoman, Stafford, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
16 March 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Nite Power (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
17 March 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Fabulous 208)
17 March 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London (Fabulous 208)
18 March 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (Fabulous 208)
23 March 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Fancy Bred (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
24 March 1967 – Victoria Hall, Oakham, Rutland (Fabulous 208)
25 March 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Bob Miller & The Millermen (East Kent Times & Mail)
26 March 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)
26 March 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with The Cheetas (Poster)
27 March 1967 – Town Hall, Oxford (Fabulous 208)
30 March 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Tribe (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
31 March 1967 – County High School, Saffron Walden, Essex with The New Breed (Cambridge News)
31 March 1967 – Community Hall, Diss, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
1 April 1967 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with Stacey’s Circle, The Seychelles and The Amazons (Cambridge News)
3 April 1967 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News)
3 April 1967 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)
5 April 1967 – Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Guys (Berkhamsted Gazette, Tring & District News)
6 April 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Fancy Bred (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
13 April 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Nite People (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
15-16 April 1967 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, London (Fabulous 208)
18 April 1967 – Speakeasy, London (Fabulous 208)
20 April 1967 – Village Hall, Ely, Cambridgeshire (Fabulous 208)
22 April 1967 – RAF Wittering, Wittering, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)
23 April 1967 – Cadilac Club, Brighton, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)
29 April 1967 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Jeff Beck Group and Feel For Soul (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)
29 April 1967 – Drokiweeny, Manchester (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
1 May 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
4 May 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Tribe (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
11 May 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Fancy Bred (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
12 May 1967 – Tiger’s Head, Downham, London (South East London Mercury)
13 May 1967 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
14 May 1967 – Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Crawdadds (Fabulous 208/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
18 May 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Versions (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
27 May 1967 – The Institute, Newtongate, Scotland with The Hawks (South Midlothian Advertiser)
28 May 1967 – Cosmo, Carlisle, Cumbria with Ray King Soul Band (Cumberland News)
1 June 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Epics (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
4 June 1967 – Drokiweeny, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
4 June 1967 – Mr Smith’s, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
10 June 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Melody Maker)
14 June 1967 – Speakeasy, London (Disc & Music Echo) This needs confirming/Lennon & McCartney attended
15 June 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Tribe (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
16 June 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)
23 June 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Klick (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
25 June 1967 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Survivors (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
29 June 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Studio Six (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
1 July 1967 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with Bob Kidman & His Band, The Friction, The Troubles in Mind, Savoy Jazz Band (Cambridge News)
6 July 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Studio Six (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
8 July 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Epics (East Kent Times & Mail)
9 July 1967 – Sunday Club, Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)
10 July 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Valets and Pride and Passion (Express & Star)
12 July 1967 – Speakeasy, London (Disc & Music Echo)
Members of The Beatles, The Monkees, The Hollies, The Who, Cream and Walker Brothers were among the guests attending the Speakeasy show above according to Disc & Music Echo
13 July 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Nite People (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
15 July 1967 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with Guy Darrell (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
20 July 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Iveys (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
20 July 1967 – Samantha’s, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo) Advert says they played all week
24 July 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)
27 July 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Love Affair (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
28 July 1967 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with The Plastic Dream Boat (Cambridge News)
3 August 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Studio Six (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
4 August 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
8 August 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with The Reg James Explosion (Evening Sentinel)
10 August 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Blossom (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
11-13 August 1967 – Windsor Jazz Festival, Windsor, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
13 August 1967 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Exit and Trax (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
16 August 1967 – Cromwellian Club, South Kensington, London (Fabulous 208)
17 August 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Love Affair (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
19 August 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London with supporting group (South East London Mercury)
19 August 1967 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, London (Fabulous 208)
20 August 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
24 August 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Iveys (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
25 August 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
26 August 1967 – Wellington Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Rubber Band (North Norfolk News)
27 August 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
29 August 1967 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, London (Fabulous 208)
31 August 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Love Affair (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
2 September 1967 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Syn (East Kent Times & Mail)
14 September 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Love Affair (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
21 September 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Ray King Soul Band (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
23 September 1967 – Kestrells Club, Crewe, Cheshire (Fabulous 208)
23 September 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston Lincolnshire with Garnet Mimms (backed by The Senate), The Yum Yum Band and Ray Bones (Spalding Guardian)
25 September 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter)
26 September 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
27 September 1967 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, London (Fabulous 208)
28 September 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Love Affair (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
29 September 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Fabulous 208)
29 September 1967 – Philippa Fawcett College, Streatham, London (Fabulous 208)
30 September 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)
4 October 1967 – Sussex University, Brighton, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)
7 October 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Melody Maker)
8 October 1967 – Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Plague (Fabulous 208/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
9 October 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208) Needs confirmation
11 October 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
12 October 1967 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
13 October 1967 – Queens Rink Ballroom, Hartlepool, County Durham with The Tony King Sound (Hartlepool Mail)
18 October 1967 – Notternell Youth Centre, Harlow, Essex (Fabulous 208)
19 October 1967 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with The Tremeloes, The Moody Blues, Sounds A Round, Lois Lane and Alexander Bell & The Flies (Southend Standard)
20 October 1967 – G-Ranch Discotheque, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)
21 October 1967 – Co-op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
21 October 1967 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire with The Kleek (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
22 October 1967 – Red Lion Hotel, Leytonstone, London (Fabulous 208)
24 October 1967 – Granada, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London with The Who, Traffic, The Herd, The Dream, Ray Cameron and The Tremeloes (Woking Herald)
26 October 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Love Affair (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
2 November 1967 – WI Hall, Ely, Cambridgeshire with The Craw Dads (Cambridge News/Fabulous 208)
3 November 1967 – Granada Cinema, Kingston upon Thames, London with The Tremeloes (Fabulous 208)
4 November 1967 – Granada Cinema, Walthamstow, London with The Tremeloes (Fabulous 208)
5 November 1967 – Theatre Royal, Nottingham with The Tremeloes (Fabulous 208)
6 November 1967 – Town Hall, Birmingham with The Tremeloes (Fabulous 208)
7 November 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Shame (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
9 November 1967 – Maidstone Granada, Maidstone, Kent with The Who, Traffic, The Herd, The Dream, Ray Cameron and The Tremeloes (Kentish Express)
12 November 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, Middlesex with Legay (Melody Maker)
13 November 1967 – Broadway Club, Dudley Zoo, West Midlands with Magic Roundabout (Express & Star)
16 November 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
17 November 1967 – New Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
18 November 1967 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Soul Concern (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)
18 November 1967 – Town Hall, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
20 November 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London (Paul Griggs’ book: Diary of a Musician)
23 November 1967 – TA Centre, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208
24 November 1967 – College of Technology, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
25 November 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire with The Vivas (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)
25 November 1967 – Night Owl, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
26 November 1967 – Maidstone Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)
30 November 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Iveys (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
1 December 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with Pentworth’s People (Gloucester Citizen)
2 December 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)
3 December 1967 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent (Fabulous 208)
3 December 1967 – Red Lion, Leytonstone, London (Fabulous 208)
4 December 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
5 December 1967 – Savoy Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire with The Alan Bown and The Night People (Portsmouth News)
6 December 1967 – Horrorball, Albert Hall, London with Pink Floyd, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and Blue Rivers & The Maroons (Melody Maker)
14 December 1967 – Flying Fox Club, RAF Cottesmore, Rutland with The Love Affair, The Symbols and The Kontax (Grantham Journal)
19 December 1967 – College of Art, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Fabulous 208)
21 December 1967 – Teenscene Club, Ely, Cambridgeshire (Melody Maker)
22 December 1967 – Locarno, Basildon, Essex with The Moody Blues and Ivan St Clair & The System Soul Band (Southend Standard)
23 December 1967 – Dreamland Ballroom Margate, Kent with The Joyce Bond Band (East Kent Times & Mail)
25 December 1967 – Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Hydro-Bronx B Band (Melody Maker/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
26 December 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
30 December 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)
31 December 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Black Cat Bones and The Nite People (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
1968
4 January 1968 – Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
5 January 1968 – G-Ranch, Maidstone, Kent (Melody Maker)
6-9 January 1968 – Dates in Ireland (Melody Maker)
10 January 1968 – Falcon Hotel, Eltham, London (Melody Maker)
11 January 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Breakthru (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
13 January 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Melody Maker)
14 January 1968 – Central Hall, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Wages of Sin and Tramline (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
17 January 1968 – RAF Wittering, Wittering, West Sussex (Melody Maker)
19 January 1968 – Queen’s Hall, Burslem, Staffordshire with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Evening Sentinel)
18-23 January 1968 – Dates in the Netherlands (Melody Maker) This seems very unlikely
29 January 1968 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
1 February 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Jon (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
11 February 1968 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Cresters (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
12 February 1968 – Broadway Club, Dudley Zoo, West Midlands with Magic Roundabout (Express & Star)
14 February 1968 – Central Hall, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Wages of Sin and Tram-Line (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
17 February 1968 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)
20 February 1968 – Alm Park Hotel, Hornchurch, London (Fabulous 208)
26 February 1968 – Kings Hall, Berkhamsted, Herts (Berkhamsted Gazette)
28 February 1968 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
29 February 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Studio Six (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
2 March 1968 – Uttoxeter Town Hall, Uttoxeter with The Spectre (Uttoxeter Advertiser and Ashbourne Times)
3 March 1968 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
5 March 1968 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with Serendipity (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
21 March 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Open Mind (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
26 March 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
11 April 1968 – Industrial Club, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)
17 April 1968 – Central Hall, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Tony Rivers & The Castaways (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
18 April 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Granny’s Intentions (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
22 April 1968 – Quaintways, Chester, Cheshire (Wrexham Leader)
28 April 1968 – Cat Balou Club, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Melody Maker)
4 May 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Blossom (East Kent Times & Mail)
8 May 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham, London (Melody Maker)
10 May 1968 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with Bobby Johnson & The Atoms (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)
16 May 1968 – The Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminister, Somerset with The Circles (Somerset County Gazette/Western Gazette)
19 May 1968 – Starlite Balllroom, Greenford, London with Rainbow Frolly (Harrow Weekly Post)
23 May 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Granny’s Intentions (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
1 June 1968 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Duane Eddy (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
2 June 1968 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Adges Convention (Crewe Chronicle)
4 June 1968 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
6 June 1968 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with Evacuations (Western Gazette)
13 June 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Gun (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
21 June 1968 – Midsummer Nights Dream, Burton Constable, near Hull with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, The Move, Family, Spooky Tooth, Tramline, Savoy Brown Blues Band, Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, Baron Richtofen’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Circus, CJ Morris and The Reaction (Hull Daily Mail)
25 June 1968 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Torquay Times)
27 June 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Breakthru (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
1 July 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
6 July 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Hofmans Biscuit (Cambridgeshire Times)
10 July 1968 – Top Rank, Southampton, Hampshire Fabulous 208)
12 July 1968 – The Factory, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
13 July 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Hofmans Biscuit (Cambridgeshire Times)
14 July 1968 – Locarno Ballroom, Southgate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire (Wakefield Express)
19 July 1968 – St Albans City Hall, St Albans, Herts with Horatio Soul Band (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
20 July 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Lee Harmer’s Popcorn (East Kent Times & Mail)
There is a good story and pic of the band in the Wakefield Express in its 20 July 1968 issue, page 20 (see below)
22 July 1968 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
27 July 1968 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research)
2 August 1968 – Metropole, Exhibition Hall, Brighton, West Sussex with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, The Mike Stuart Span, The Tremeloes, The Nice and Spooky Tooth (Melody Maker)
3 August 1968 – Tavistock Town Hall, Tavistock, Devon (Fabulous 208) Seems unlikely considering gig below
3 August 1968 – Boston Playing Fields, Boston, Lincolnshire with Angel Pavement and The Variation (Grantham Journal)
5 August 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Rainbow Ffolley and Circle Line (Surrey Advertiser)
11 August 1968 – Byron, Greenford, London (Thames Valley Times)
16 August 1968 – RAF Brize Norton, Hungerford, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
17 August 1968 – Seagull Hotel, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)
19 August 1968 – Chesford Grange, Kenilworth, Warwickshire with Locomotive (Warwick Advertiser)
22 August 1968 – Locarno Ballroom, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Portsmouth Evening News)
23 August 1968 – Royal Ballroom, Tottenham, London (Fabulous 208)
24 August 1968 – Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire (Fabulous 208)
27 August 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Gun (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
2 September 1968 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Pesky Gee and The Chelfont Line (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
12 September 1968 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with The Stormy (Western Gazette)
13 September 1968 – Avery Hill College, Eltham, southeast London with The Kinsmen and Funky Fever (South East London Mercury)
13 September 1968 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
14 September 1968 – Marine Ballroom, Lyme Regis, Dorset with support (Bridport News/Lyme Regis News)
20 September 1968 – Avery Hill College, Eltham, southeast London with The Kinsmen and Ten Street Dormat (South East London Mercury)
21 September 1968 – Locarno, Swindon, Wiltshire (Swindon Evening Advertiser)
22 September 1968 – Pop In, Cromer, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)
27 September 1968 – George Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire with Legay and The Inspiration (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
27 September 1968 – Horsham Capitol Concert, Horsham, West Sussex with The Mike Stuart Span (New Musical Express)
28 September 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent (Fabulous 208)
6 October 1968 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, London with Coconut Ice (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
12 October 1968 – Shrewsbury Music Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire (Melody Maker)
17 October 1968 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset (Fabulous 208)
18 October 1968 – Corn Exchange, Devizes, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)
19 October 1968 – Leas Cliff Hotel, Folkestone, Kent (Fabulous 208)
6 November 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
12-23 November 1968 – Latino Club and La Dolce Vita, South Shields, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
15 November 1968 – Nottingham University with Cortinas and The Nashville Teens (Paul Griggs’ book: Diary of a Musician)
19-23 November 1968 – Club Tito, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
29 November 1968– Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with The Foundations, Love Affair and The Puncture Outfit (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
7 December 1968 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Little John & The Shaddrocks and Reformation (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)
8 December 1968 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, London (Fabulous 208)
9-10 December 1968 – Annabel, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
11 December 1968 – Industrial Club, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)
12 December 1968 – Mecca Ballroom, Burnley, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
14 December 1968 – Links International Club, Maxwell Park Youth Centre, Borehamwood, Herts (Simon Gee research)
24 December 1968 – Maple Ballroom, Northampton (Fabulous 208)
26 December 1968 – Pier Ballroom, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
1969
4 January 1969 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
9 January 1969 – Civic Hall, Connah’s Quay, Wales (Fabulous 208)
10 January 1969 – Palais De Danse, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
11 January 1969 – Market Hall, Haverfordwest, Wales (Fabulous 208)
12 January 1969 – Surrey Rooms, Kennington, south London (South East London Mercury)
13 January 1969 – St Matthew’s Bath, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
18 January 1969 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
19 January 1969 – Surrey Rooms, Kennington, south London (Melody Maker/South East London Mercury)
21 January 1969 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, south London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
21 January 1969 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Clouds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
23 January 1969 – Ballerina Ballroom, Nairn, Scotland (Forres Elgin & Nairn Gazette)
24 January 1969 – Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
25 January 1969 – Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland (Aberdeen Evening Express)
27 January 1969 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Fabulous 208)
29 January 1969 – Bligh Hotel, Sevenoaks, Kent (Fabulous 208)
30 January 1969 – Mecca Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
31 January 1969 – Huddersfield Town Hall, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
1 February 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Pendulum (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)
3 February 1969 – Fiesta Club, Stockton-on-Tees (Fabulous 208)
6 February 1969 – Town Hall, Tavistock (Fabulous 208)
7 February 1969 – Odeon, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
8 February 1969 – Odeon, Lewisham, southeast London with Gene Pitney, The Iveys, Lucas and The Mike Cotton Sound and Joe Cocker & The Grease Band (South East London Mercury)
9 February 1969 – Gaumont, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
11 February 1969 – Gaumont, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
12 February 1969 – Fairfield Hall, Croydon, London with Gene Pitney, Joe Cocker and The Iveys (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
13 February 1969 – ABC Gloucester, Gloucester (Fabulous 208)
14 February 1969 – Colston Hall, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
15 February 1969 – Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales (Fabulous 208)
16 February 1969 – Coventry Theatre, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
18 February 1969 – Adelphi, Slough, Berkshire with Gene Pitney (Fabulous 208)
20 February 1969 – ABC Peterborough, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (Fabulous 208)
12 March 1969 – Corn Exchange, Devizes, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)
14 March 1969 – RAF Valley, Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales (Fabulous 208)
15 March 1969 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Kiss and Barries Magazine (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)
16-22 March 1969 – Starlite, Blackburn, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
28 March 1969 – Maple Ballroom, Northampton (Fabulous 208)
29 March 1969 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Doughnut Ring and King Size Keen Show (Southend Standard)
5 April 1969 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Tuesday’s Outcome (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
3 May 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Procession (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)
15 July 1969 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Dream Police (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
19 July 1969 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Illusions and Ricky Tee (Lincolnshire Standard)
27 July 1969 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex with The Embers (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
21 August 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Epics (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)
1 November 1969 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research)
7 November 1969 – Carlton Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)
8 November 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Lee Hawkins (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)
1970
7 March 1970 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Impi and Richmond Green (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)
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Hi, when did the Marmalade play the Queens Hall in Leeds …. 1970 ??
I was looking for this date. Think it was early 1970 or late 1969.
They did the medics ball in leeds new year’s eve 1969 maybe it was just after or before. Great night btw
These gigs are all billed as The Gaylords, the band that morphed into Marmalade in September 1966. The ones from October onward will be Marmalade but credited to The Gaylords
12 March 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Way (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
3 April 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Tony Rivers & The Castaways and The Plus Four (East Kent Times)
4 June 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)
11 June 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Barron Knights (East Kent Times)
12 June 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)
24 July 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)
25 July 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)
28 July 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders (East Kent Times)
30 July 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with David & Jonathan (East Kent Times)
6 August 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
21 August 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)
25 August 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Who (East Kent Times)
28 August 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Original Checkmates (East Kent Times)
10 September 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
20 September 1966 – Flamingo, Soho, London with Fleur De Lyes (Melody Maker)
21 September 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)
24 September 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)
29 October 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)
5 November 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
23 November 1966 – Club Moulin Rouge, Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (Cambridge News)
26 November 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Unit 4 Plus 2 (East Kent Times)
27 November 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)
9-10 December 1968 – Annabel, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Newcastle Evening Chronicle) My now husband proposed to me in the middle of this gig, we’d only known each other 3 months, we’ve been married 55 years. Fond memories of Marmalade and Annabels
A few more from this great website
22 August 1969 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset with Joe Grundy and Gold Dust (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)
3 July 1970 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset with Tension (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)
20 November 1970 – Chelsea Village, Bournemouth, Dorset (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)
Marmalade appeared twice in December 1968 at Morecambe central pier.
You show boxing Day 26/12/68 but they also appeared on New year’s Eve 1968,
I played with a band called Julians Garden from Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, in the late 60s. W e supported The Marmalade in the JM Ballroom in Dundee in December 1970 but can’t find any record of it. The promoters we were booked through was STAG Entertainments based in ABERDEEN and ELGIN (Gordon Hardie and Albert Bonicci). Can anyone help. Thank you.
Perhaps could be helpful trying to get in touch with Gordon who runs this excellent website about Dundee gigs https://dundeegig.weebly.com/
Sorry also for my curiosity but perhaps during your activity with your band did you met or played with (in Scotland) English rock bands such FREE and GENTLE GIANT ? Thanks for your memories !
I was in a band called The kontax, later JJBender and the S O S, and we played with Marmalade at Wolverton Palais at around late 1967 I was impressed at how they looked on the night, took them aged to get ready.
One of the best bands ever..loved seeing them at the Dorothy in Cambridge & always Rhodes centre in Bishop’s stortford.
Probably my first ever concert was on 12th Feb 1969 at Fairfield Hall, Croydon. Marmalade were the main attraction for me, and by then they had had 2 or 3 hits. The cheapest tickets were in the choir stalls behind the stage, but the secret was to book seats at either end where the stalls would curve around to the side of the stage and we could look down sideways on, but it didn’t matter. It was just great to see performers live rather than on tv. The other acts had their own style of course, and although I’d never heard of the Iveys, we had to wait another year before they came to fame as Badfinger. Wonderful times.
Could have sworn I saw Marmalade at the Festival or Queen Elizabeth Hall on a bill with others in late 60s or early 70s but can’t find any record of this.
Remember in 1969 (Jan 13) seeing Tyrannosaurus Rex, Roy Harper, David Bowie miming and Stefan Grossman (good guitarist).
If not on that bill, within 2-3 years of that.
Did the Marmalade perform in Singapore in the early 70’s ?
I was going to ask about Hong Kong. I thought they performed there in 1972 as part of their SE Asia tour
I saw The Gaylords in the Town Hall, Downham Market, Norfolk, on a Saturday night. I know I would have been at least 14 about 1966. Couldn’t find it on your list. Never forgot it. They were great.