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.

FERRIS WHEEL:

Diane Ferraz – lead vocals

Michael Liston (aka Snow) – keyboards/guitar/lead vocals

Keith Field – guitar

Dave Sweetnam-Ford – saxophone/lead vocals

George Sweetnam-Ford – keyboards

Barry Reeves – drums

1967:

According to Michael Snow’s website and blog, the band’s debut took place at the Bag O’Nails club in August 1967 so ones before billed as The Checkmates

20 May 1967 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker) billed as formerly Diane Ferraz and The Checkmates

3 June 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Symbols and The All Night Workers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/) Billed as Diane Ferraz with The Checkmates

18 June 1967– Britannia Theatre, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, The Nite People and Neil Diamond (North Norfolk News)

2 July 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Original Checkmates and The Raynes (Crewe Chronicle) Billed as featuring Diane Ferraz

4 August 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

5 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Electric Circus and Chunks Jump Band (Melody Maker) Billed as with Diane Ferraz

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

26 August 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)

2 September 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

8 September 1967 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)

9 September 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with James and Bobby Purify and Big Maybelle and The Senate (Lincolnshire Standard)

16 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Mike Stuart Span and The Workshop (Melody Maker)

13 October 1967 – Oak Leaf Hotel, South Bank, Middlesbrough with Mike Stevens & The Shevelles (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

25 October 1967 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Echo) Billed as with Diane Ferraz

27 October 1967 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press) Billed as with Diane Ferraz

28 October 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Original Drifters, The Soul Survivors and The Purple Barrier (Lincolnshire Standard)

2 November 1967 – Clouds, Derby, Derbyshire (Derby Evening Telegraph)

7 November 1967 – Blaises, London (Melody Maker)

11 November 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Dyaks (East Kent Times & Mail)

17 November 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

24 November 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

25 November 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Traffic and Six Across (Lincolnshire Standard)

8 December 1967 – Burton Constable Hall, Hull, Humberside with The Amboy Dukes, Joe E Young & The Toniks, Roger Bloom’s Hammer, Gospel Garden and The Mandrakes (Scarborough Evening News)

9 December 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)

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

23 December 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Six Across and The Rubber Band (Lincolnshire Standard)

1968:

9 January 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

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

12 January 1968 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

19 January 1968 – Big C Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hamphshire (Aldershot News) Billed as Diane Ferraz and The Ferris Wheel

2 February 1968 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle) Billed as featuring Diane Ferraz

8 February 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

3 March 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)

4 March 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday) Billed as with Diane Ferraz

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

11 March 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Bakersville Blues Band (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

14 March 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

18 April 1968 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Camberley News & Bagshot Observer)

25 April 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

25 May 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Barrier (website: http://peterboroughimages.co.uk/music/?p=8130)

30 May 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

1 June 1968 – Brave New World, Eastney, Hampshire (website: http://michaelcooper.org.uk/C/birdcage.htm) Billed as Diane Ferraz and The Ferrez Wheel

According to Michael Snow’s book Mersey Me! A Liverpool Lad on the Loose in the Swingin’ ‘60s, Diane Ferraz left on the eve of a month’s residency at the Voom Voom club in St-Tropez that summer (most likely June-July). She was exhausted from European tours. They undertook the French dates without a female singer and briefly added singer Marsha Hunt on their return to London

25 July 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

3 October 1968 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)

5 October 1968 – Royal Lido Ballroom, Prestatyn, Wales with Technicolour Dream (website: www.45worlds.com/live)

Singer Linda Lewis joins from White Rabbit around mid-October 1968. Around the same time Barry Reeves was replaced by Dennis Elliott on drums

10 October 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

14 October 1968 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

16 November 1968 – College Hall, Farnborough Technical College Students’ Union, Farnborough, Hampshire with The Gods (Aldershot News)

23 November 1968 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Sons and Lovers (Lincolnshire Standard)

5 December 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

1969:

2 January 1969 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

In early 1969, Keith Field left and was succeeded by Terry Edmunds

8 February 1969 – The Barn Ballroom, Little Bardfield Hall, Little Bardfield, Essex (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

20 February 1969 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

21 February 1969 – Bay Hotel, Sunderland (website: www.45worlds.com/live)

10 May 1969 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Kiss (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)

15 June 1969 – Blaises, London (gig poster on website: http://www.donpowellofficial.com/)

According to Michael Snow’s blog (https://michaelsnowpresents.wordpress.com), they went to Geneva to play at the Black Bird club in December 1969 and, judging by newspaper clippings, were still playing there in the first week of January 1970, due to popular demand.

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Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

THE GASS:

1966:

21 January 1966 – Galaxy Club, Town Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

29 January 1966 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with Flamingo’s Rock House Band and The Scots of St James (Luton News)

14 February 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham with The Dawnbreakers (Down at the Boat book)

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

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

5 March 1966 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/) Billed as Gas

6 March 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker)

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

12 March 1966 – Haymarket Lounge, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

18 March 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire with Mark Barry (Aldershot News)

7 April 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with Martha & The Vandellas (Melody Maker)

22 May 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)

3 June 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker)

13 June 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News) Says straight from the Flamingo, Soho

20 June 1966 – Woodhall Community Centre, Welwyn Garden City, Herts (website: http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/60’s_music_scene.htm)

2 July 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News) Says straight from the Flamingo, Soho

15 July 1966 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks with J J Jackson (Bucks Free Press)

31 July 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)

6-7 August 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Melody Maker)

7 August 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)

21 August 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)

22 August 1966 – Woodhall Community Centre, Welwyn Garden City, Herts (see website above)

27 August 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

29 August 1966 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Hertfordshire (Poster)

3 September 1966 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Herts with The Minor Portions (website: http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/60’s_music_scene.htm)

13 September 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

19 September 1966 – Rainbow Rooms, Nottingham with Jimmy Payne Sound (Nottingham Evening Post)

26 September 1966 – Woodhall Community Centre, Welwyn Garden City, Herts (see website above)

10 October 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

14 October 1966 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and The Shotgun Express (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Maidstone Gazette)

21 October 1966 – Flamingo, Soho (Melody Maker)

29 October 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)

19 November 1966 – Smethwick Baths, Smethwick, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

6 December 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

21 December 1966 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)

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

23 December 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1 (Melody Maker)

24 December 1966 – New Spot, Gosport, Hampshire with Mark Leeman Five (Portsmouth News) Billed as featuring Roscoe

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

31 December 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

1967:

29 January 1967 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, Middlesex with The Laymen (website: http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)

17 February 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with support (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

2 March 1967 – Tiger’s Head, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)

19 March 1967 – New Locarno Ballroom, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)

There’s a great article and pic in Record Mirror, 15 April 1967, page 10

4 April 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

22 April 1967 – Matlock Bath Pavilion, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire with John Smith Affair (Nottingham Evening Post)

29 April 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with The Shevelles (Melody Maker)

5 May 1967 – St Birinus Youth Club, St Birinus School, Didcot, Berkshire (North Berks Herald)

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

27 May 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington (Melody Maker) Billed as Gass Band

2 June 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, Humberside with Family (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

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

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

30 June 1967 – Lanchester College, Coventry, West Midlands with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and From The Sun (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

1 July 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Voyd (website: http://peterboroughimages.co.uk/music/?p=8130)

2 July 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

16 July 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Poster)

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

11 August 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Craig King Midnight Train (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

12 August 1967 – Maidstone Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with The T-Pots (Maidstone Gazette)

13 August 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

21 August 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

27 August 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Poster)

8 September 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

9 September 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

14 October 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

20 October 1967 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser) They appear to have replaced The House of Orange

22 October 1967 – Khyber Club, Taunton, Somerset with The System (Somerset County Gazette)

23 October 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

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

10 November 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

11 November 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)

10 December 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Poster)

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

24 December 1967 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent with The Candy Choir (East Kent Times & Mail)

1968:

6 January 1968 – Brave New World, Eastney, Hampshire (website: http://michaelcooper.org.uk/C/birdcage.htm)

4 February 1968 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with Garefield Tate (Maidstone Gazette)

22 February 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

9 March 1968 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1 (Melody Maker)

16 March 1968 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)

11 April 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London with Carl Douglas (& The Big Stampede) (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

13 June 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

18 July 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

7 September 1968 – Corn Exchange, Melton Mowbray, Lincolnshire with The Ides of March (Grantham Journal)

15 September 1968 – Riverside Club, Cricketers, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald)

21 November 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

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Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS:

1961:

19 August 1961 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire (website: http://peterboroughimages.co.uk/music/?p=8130)

1962:

23 June 1962 – Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall, the Forebury, Sawbridgeworth, Herts with The Delphins (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

15 September 1962 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research: www.lankybeat.com)

28 December 1962 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Ray Dell & The Rocking Deacons (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

1963:

16 March 1963 – Long’s Ballroom, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Crestas (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

17 May 1963 – St Peter’s Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Surrey Comet)

4 June 1963 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

12 July 1963 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Roy Star & The Cherokees (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

2 August 1963 – St Peter’s Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The Impalas (Surrey Comet)

22 November 1963 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Ray Dell & The Rocking Deacons and The Valiants (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

1964:

7 January 1964 – Upper Clatford Village Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)

24 April 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Hustlers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

18 September 1964 – Granada, Walthamstow, London with Billy J Kramer, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, The Nashville Teens, The Dakotas and Tim Connor (Leyton & Leytonstone Guardian)

21 October 1964 – New Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Pamela Blue and Ray Russell Combo (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)

26 October 1964 – 76 Club, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire (website: http://www.76club.org.uk/gigs.html)

27 October 1964 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

4 December 1964 – Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Rolling Stones, The Worryin’ Kind, Twinkle, The Quiet Five and Sack O’ Woes (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

1965:

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

19 February 1965 – Granada, East Ham with Roy Orbison, The Rockin’ Berries, Marianne Faithful, Three Quarters and Frank Berry & The Untamed (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian)

4 April 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

26 April 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex with The Impacts (Dorothy Bullock list) This might be another year

1 May 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Vandels Blues (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

2 May 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex with Mike Dee & The Prophets (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

15 May 1965 – Graven Hill Theatre, Bicester, Oxfordshire with The Apollos (Oxford Mail)

21 May 1965 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

30 May 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

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

4 August 1965 – Top Hat, Littlehampton, West Sussex (Littlehampton Post)

8 August 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

30 August 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Mark Leeman Five and Heinz & The Wild Boys (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

3 September 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire with St Louis Checks (Dave Allen research)

12 September 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Condors (Aldershot News)

19 September 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)

16 October 1965 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Tom Jones & The Squires, The Gaylords and The Planets (Lincolnshire Standard)

17 October 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

20 October 1965 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

23 October 1965 – Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage, Oxfordshire with The Voyds (Oxford Mail)

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

19 December 1965 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham with The In Crowd (Nottingham Evening Post)

1966:

2 January 1966 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

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

21 January 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Triads and The Walker Show Band (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

23 January 1966 – Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire with Tandi & The Overtones (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

5 February 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Donne Boys (website: http://peterboroughimages.co.uk/music/?p=8130)

27 March 1966 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

24 April 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Alan Bown Set (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

30 April 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

1 May 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Newbury, Berkshire (Andover Advertiser)

2 May 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News)

4 May 1966 – Tower Ballroom, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with The John Lofty Sounds (Yarmouth Mercury)

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

4 June 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with The Amboy Dukes (Melody Maker)

1 July 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

17 August 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Coulson & Purley Advertiser)

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

11 September 1966 – Black Prince, Bexley, Kent (Fabulous 208)

13 September 1966 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

13 September 1966 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)

16 September 1966 – Midnight City, Birmingham with The Moody Blues (Birmingham Evening Mail)

17 September 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Sounds (website: http://peterboroughimages.co.uk/music/?p=8130)

23 September 1966 – Cardiff Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales with The Moody Blues, The Scaffold, The Fourmost and others (Melody Maker)

27 September 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

2 October 1966 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

10 October 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News)

11 October 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

13 October 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker)

21 October 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Easy Come Easy Go (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

25 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Episode Six (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

4 November 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

5 November 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with Farinas (Nottingham Evening Post)

5 November 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Mail)

15 November 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Episode Six (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

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

3 December 1966 – Faculty of Technology Union, Manchester with The Senators (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

8 December 1966 – Locarno, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

10 December 1966 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

16 December 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

17 December 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Mail)

22 December 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Fenmen, Sounds Incorporated and The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

28 December 1966 – Top Rank Suite, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)

1967:

7 January 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Beat Syndicate (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

7 January 1967 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London with Herbie Goins & The Night Timers, The Creation, The Artwoods and St Louis Union (Melody Maker)

21 January 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent with Mixed Feelings (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)

2 February 1967 – St Giles Youth Club, Willenhall Baths Assembly Hall, Willenhall, West Midlands with The ‘N’ Betweens, The Ensemble and Scarab (Express and Star)

26 February 1967 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)

5 March 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

18 March 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Epics (East Kent Times & Mail)

27 March 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Other Five and The Triple Vintage (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)

31 March 1967 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey (Aldershot News)

1 April 1967 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Daddy Linburg with The Fingers and The Committee (Southend Standard)

2 April 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)

14 April 1967 – Brighton Arts Festival, Brighton, West Sussex with Paul Jones, The Move, Geno Washington, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Mike Stuart Span and others (Melody Maker)

20 April 1967 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham with The Alan Price Set (Nottingham Evening Post)

30 April 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Mooche (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

13 May 1967 – New Cornish, Riviera Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with Cousin Jacks (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)

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

27 May 1967 – Hertford Balls, Oxford with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Swinging Blue Jeans, The Action and Hamilton & The Movement (Cherwell)

29 May 1967 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Shades (Crewe Chronicle)

8 June 1967 – Waggon and Horses, Wall Heath, West Midlands (Express & Star)

25 June 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Poster)

1 July 1967 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Monopoly (Crewe Chronicle)

3 July 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Uglys and Choice (Express & Star)

8 July 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)

21 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Courtells (Melody Maker)

22 July 1967 – Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage, Oxfordshire with Steam Machine (Oxford Mail/Wiltshire Gazette/Newbury Weekly News)

5 August 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

23 August 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Minehead, Somerset with The West Coast Sound (Somerset County Gazette)

26 August 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with Jangless Gallery (Somerset County Gazette)

28 August 1967 – Pynkney Hall Blues Festival, Fakenham, Norfolk with The Move, Alan Bown, Family and The Workshop (Melody Maker)

10 September 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Pleasure Machine (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

17 September 1967 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands with Taylor Upton Big Jump Band (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

24 September 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)

30 September 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

8-14 October 1967 – Towers Theatre Club, Warrington, Cheshire with others (St Helens Newspaper)

8-14 October 1967 – Garrick, Leigh, Greater Manchester with others (St Helens Newspaper)

29 October 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Poster)

1 November 1967 – Warmingham Grange Country Club, Warmingham, Cheshire (Crewe Chronicle)

3 November 1967 – Hairy Bob’s Cavern, Scarborough (Scarborough Evening News)

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

11 November 1967 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

12 November 1967 – Newbury Plaza, Newbury, Berkshire (NewburyWeekly News)

12 November 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

17 November 1967 – G-Ranch Discotheque, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)

18 November 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)

19 November 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with All Night Workers (Crawley Advertiser)

24 November 1967 – Queens Rink Ballroom, Hartlepool, County Durham with The Tony King Sound (Hartlepool Mail)

4 December 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

5 December 1967 – Samantha’s, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Echo) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band/debut in Bournemouth

17 December 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire, Nantwich, Cheshire with Jaytree Organisation (Crewe Chronicle)

25 December 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

1968:

22 January 1968 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Soul Seekers (Express & Star) Billed as Cliff Bennet & His Band

4 February 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Poster) Billed as Cliff Bennett Show

10 February 1968 ­– Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

17 February 1968 – Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, West Midlands (Express & Star) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band

25 February 1968 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Candy Choir (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band

14 March 1968 – Zodiac Club, Eden Park Hotel, Beckenham, Kent (Melody Maker)

16 March 1968 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

29 March 1968 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

31 March 1968 – Crown and Cushion, Perry Barr, West Midlands with Traction (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

12 April 1968 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Adges Convention (Crewe Chronicle) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

14 April 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

15 April 1968 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Montanas (Express & Star)

19 April 1968 – Punchbowl, Lapworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

19 May 1968 – Warmingham Country Club, Warmingham, Cheshire (according to Crewe Chronicle, this is the first gig by The Rebel Rousers after their split with Cliff Bennett). I would welcome any insights from readers

CLIFF BENNETT BAND:

8 June 1968 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with supporting groups (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

21 June 1968 – Kursaal Ballroom, Southend, Essex with Georgie Fame’s Band (Southend Standard)

27 July 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

22 August 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Sweetshop and The Fire Brigade (West Briton & The Royal Cornwall Gazette)

22 September 1968 – Kew Boathouse, Kew, Surrey (Thames Valley Times) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

26 September 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

24 October 1968 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London with Circus (Fabulous 208)

1969:

13 February 1969 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

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Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

THE FENMEN:

Alan Judge – lead guitar/vocals

Wally Allen – rhythm guitar/vocals

Eric Wilmer – bass

Jon Povey – drums

1964:

15 August 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Johnny Milton & The Condors and The Apollos (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

12 December 1964 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Storms (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)

24 December 1964 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/) First time in Nottingham

1965:

9 January 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Takers and The Witnesses (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

4 February 1965 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

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

17 March 1965 – Peartree Club Dance, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire (Welwyn Times)

15 April 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Nashville Teens and The Nightshades (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

26 June 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Justin Tyme, The Artwoods, The Sorrows and The Dyaks (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

30 July 1965 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire with The Rumours (Andover Advertiser)

20 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, London (NME)

12 November 1965 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks with Justice League (Bucks Free Press)

20 November 1965 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)

21 November 1965 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

4 December 1965 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

11 December 1965 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Wreckers (website: http://peterboroughimages.co.uk/music/?p=8130)

31 December 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch, The Nitepeople and Mike Sherdian’s Lot (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

1966:

22 January 1966 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with Rod and Carolyn & The Tremors (Essex County Standard)

29 January 1966 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Vandels Blues (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

13 February 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)

12 March 1966 – 21 Club, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (The Star)

18 March 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Davey Sands & The Essex and The Fuzz Bangs (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

27 March 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with Little Mick’s Modes (The Star)

23 April 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex and The Web with Sandy Crawford (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

7 May 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Checkmates and Two of Each (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

21 May 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Anteaks (Maidstone Gazette)

28 May 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)

4 June 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Breed (website: http://peterboroughimages.co.uk/music/?p=8130)

18 June 1966 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Triads (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)

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

15 July 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside with The Troggs (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

27 August 1966 – New Cornish Rivera Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with Acoustics (Cornish Guardian)

3 September 1966 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Challengers (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)

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

16 September 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside with Neil Christian & The Crusaders (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

1 October 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Fabulous 208)

15 October 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom Grimsby, Humberside with The Boz and The School (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

5 November 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Wreckers (website: http://peterboroughimages.co.uk/music/?p=8130)

12 November 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Reaction (Cornish Guardian)

1 December 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Graham Bond Organisation (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

22 December 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Sounds Incorporated, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

1967:

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

15 January 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)

22 January 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)

4 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with Felder’s Orioles (Melody Maker)

Jon Povey and Wally Waller left about this time to join The Pretty Things – Waller remembers that his debut gig was around Easter (late March) in Les Sables-d’Olonne in France

Initially, Jon Povey was replaced by drummer Tony Newman from Sounds Incorporated before Tony Glyde from The Loose Ends took over on drums. Glyde left around late July and subsequently joined Simon K & The Meantimers. The group was expanded for a while and I would welcome any reader insights

9 April 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star) Billed as Bag O’ Nails

16 April 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Bag of Nails (eight-piece with members of The Fenmen)

6 May 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Fraction (website: http://peterboroughimages.co.uk/music/?p=8130) Billed as New Fenmen

29 May 1967 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire with Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours and Sack O’ Woe (Hull Daily Mail)

17 June 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)

23 July 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough and Eton Express)

In late July/early August Del Coverley from Carl Douglas & The Big Stampeded took over on drums and Andy Clark from The Big Wheel came in on keyboards/lead vocals. The musicians briefly gigged as Kindness

4 August 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph) Billed as Kindness

12 August 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield (The Star) Billed as Kindness

27 August 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Paul Ryan & The Scorpions (Northwich Chronicle) Billed as Kindness

9 September 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Provokers (Cornish Guardian)

15 September 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News) Billed as Kindness

24 September 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette) Billed as Kindness

16 December 1967 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Rupert Bear (Northwich Chronicle/Crewe Chronicle) According to Wrexham Leader, support was The Idols

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Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

1966:

21 January 1966 – Westend Club, Coalville, Leicester with Zombies (Leicester Mercury) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

13 August 1966 – Cad-Lac Club, Brighton, West Sussex (Evening Argus)

3 September 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Zuider Lee and The Move (Lincolnshire Standard)

22 October 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Graham Bell & The Trend and Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Melody Maker) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

29 October 1966 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire Echo)

5 November 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands with Lee Dorsey and Listen (Birmingham Evening Mail)

12 November 1966 – Marquee Club, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

10 December 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

23 December 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

30 December 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, West Yorkshire with Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band (Yorkshire Evening Post)

30 December 1966 – Crystal Ballroom, Castleford, West Yorkshire with Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band (Yorkshire Evening Post)

31 December 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, West Yorkshire with Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers (Yorkshire Evening Post)

31 December 1966 – Crystal Ballroom, Castleford, West Yorkshire with Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers and Wynder K Frog (Yorkshire Evening Post)

1967:

11 February 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire with The Koobas (Lancashire Evening Post)

23 March 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The ‘N’ Betweens (Melody Maker)

1 April 1967 – Tudor Club, Craven Arms, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

3 April 1967 – Mercer’s Arms, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

7 April 1967 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

9 April 1967 – Casablanca Club, Sportsman’s Arms, Allesley, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

10 April 1967 – Mercer’s Arms, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

14 April 1967 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

16 April 1967 – Casablanca Club, Sportsman’s Arms, Allesley, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

1 May 1967 – Mercer’s Arms, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

5 May 1967 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, The Troggs and Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions (Nottingham Evening Post)

9 May 1967 – Nautilus, South Pier, Lowestoft, Suffolk with The Nashville Teens (Eastern Evening News)

12 May 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with The 3am (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

15 May 1967 – Mercer’s Arms, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

16 May 1967 – Casablanca Club, Sportsman’s Arms, Allesley, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

22 May 1967 – Mercer’s Arms, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

23 May 1967 – The Walgrave, Coventry, West Midlands with The Inside Outs (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

25 May 1967 – Mercer’s Arms, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

29 May 1967 – Mercer’s Arms, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

4 June 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with The Gods (Crawley Advertiser)

6 June 1967 – Casablanca Club, Sportsman’s Arms, Allesley, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

8 June 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

9 June 1967 – The Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

9 June 1967 – Matrix Ballroom, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

13 June 1967 – Casablanca Club, Sportsman’s Arms, Allesley, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

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

20 June 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire with The Freelancers (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

23 June 1967 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

25 June 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker)

27 June 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, West Midlands with John L Watson’s The Web (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

1 July 1967 – The Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands with Inside Outs (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

2 July 1967 – Ship & Rainbow, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Montegans (Express & Star)

15 July 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)

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

22 July 1967 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Alex Wilson Sect (North Norfolk News)

24 July 1967 – Regent Club, Langley Green, West Midlands with Zero 5 (Express & Star)

31 July-1 August 1967 – Samantha’s, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

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

25 August 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

26 August 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

14 September 1967 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull, Humberside with The Original Drifterss and The Honey Band (Hull Daily Mail)

21 September 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Marmalade (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

22 September 1967 – Cofton Club, Rednal, West Midlands with Sylv & The Invaders (Redditch Indicator)

24 September 1967 – Ship & Rainbow, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

25 September 1967 – Mercers Arms, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact

27 September 1967 – Samantha’s, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

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

20 October 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, Humberside with Colin Chamley New Sound (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

31 October 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

17 November 1967 – KSL Club, Brackley Town Hall, Brackley, Northamptonshire (Banbury Guardian)

25 November 1967 – Northwich Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire with Motovation (Northwich Chronicle)

29 November 1967 – Bal Tabarin, Bromley, Kent with Eddie Floyd and Sounds Incorporated (Maidstone Gazette)

11 December 1967 – Dudley Town Hall, Dudley, West Midlands with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Chicken Shack and Transodisque (Express & Star)

16 December 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

1968:

1 January 1968 – Broadway Club, Dudley Zoo, West Midlands with The Good Egg (Expres & Star)

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

13 January 1968 – Impsella Club, Chateau Impney, Droitwich, Worcestershire with Neat Change (Redditch Indicator)

15 January 1968 – Broadway Club, Dudley Zoo, West Midlands with The Magic Roundabout (Express & Star)

20 January 1968 – Sperry Canteen, Sperry, Berkshire with The Haze (Bracknell News)

3 March 1968 – Bolero, Wednesbury, West Midlands (Express & Star)

15 March 1968 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1 (Melody Maker)

21 March 1968 – Station Hotel, Birmingham, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

22 March 1968 – Whitely Abbey School, Coventry, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

23 March 1968 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Melody Maker)

24 March 1968 – Carlton Ballroom, Warrington, Cheshire (Melody Maker)

25 March 1968 – Recording with CBS (Melody Maker)

26 March 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London (Melody Maker)

29 March 1968 – College of Education, Edgbaston, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

30 March 1968 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

31 March 1968 – Bolero, Wednesbury, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

1-3 April 1968 – Filming Commercials (Melody Maker)

4 April 1968 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, London (Melody Maker)

5 April 1968 – Bamboo Club, Bristol (Melody Maker)

6 April 1968 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

7 April 1968 – Mercer’s Arms, Coventry, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

9 April 1968 – Ritz Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset (Melody Maker)

10 April 1968 – Mackadown, Kitts Green, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

11 April 1968 – The Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

13 April 1968 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

14 April 1968 – Spinning Disc, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Melody Maker)

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

16 April 1968 – Douglas House, Lancaster Gate, London (Melody Maker)

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

20 April 1968 – Carlton Ballroom, Warrington, Cheshire (Melody Maker)

21 April 1968 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

22 April 1968 – Recording with CBS (Melody Maker)

23 April 1968 – The Revolution, London (Melody Maker)

29 April 1968 – The Raven, Stechford, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

2 May 1968 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, London (Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies website)

3 May 1968 – Drill Hall, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire (Melody Maker)

4 May 1968 – Bull’s Head, Yardley, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

4 May 1968 – Carlton, Erdington, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

6 May 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

4 May 1968 – Mothers, Birmingham with Obstweedle and Youngblood (Melody Maker)

5 May 1968 – Douglas House, Lancaster Gate, London (Melody Maker)

7 May 1968 – BBC Saturday Club (Melody Maker)

8 May 1968 – Blaises, London (Melody Maker)

10 May 1968 – Paris University, Paris, France (Melody Maker)

11 May 1968 – Private Party, Paris, France (Melody Maker)

12 May 1968 – Gigs in Paris and Lille, France (Melody Maker)

14-17 May 1968 – Montpellier, France (Melody Maker)

21 May-11 June 1968 – Voom Voom, St-Tropez, France (Melody Maker)

17 June 1968 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, London (Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies website)

18 June 1968 – The Cromwellian, South Kensington, London (Fabulous 208)

19 June 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

26 June 1968 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with Chuck Berry (Express & Star)

27 June 1968 – The Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

28-29 June 1968 – Princess Club, Chorlton and Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Melody Maker)

30 June 1968 – Riverboat Club, Nottingham (Melody Maker)

2 July 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

3 July 1968 – Blaises, London (Melody Maker)

4 July 1968 – The Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

5 July 1968 – Douglas House (Lancaster Gate), London (Melody Maker)

6 July 1968 – Peterborough Technical College, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (Melody Maker)

7 July 1968 – Mercer’s Arms, Coventry, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

8 July 1968 – The Cromwellian, South Kensington, London (Melody Maker)

9 July 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)

10 July 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

11 July 1968 – The Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

12 July 1968 – The Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

13 July 1968 – Bull’s Head, Yardley, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

14 July 1968 – Private Party, Ruislip, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

15-27 July 1968 – The Playboy Club, London (Melody Maker)

28 July 1968 – Mothers, Erdington, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

29 July 1968 – Samantha’s, London (Melody Maker)

31 July-25 August 1968 – French tour (Melody Maker)

13 September 1968 – Rednal, Cofton Country Club, Rednal, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

14 September 1968 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

15 September 1968 – Mercer’s Arms, Coventry, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

16 September 1968 – Chesford Grange, Kenilworth, Warwickshire (Melody Maker)

17 September 1968 – David Symonds BBC show

20 September 1968 – Live at Playboy Club LP release date

19-20 November 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly, London (Poster at Jonathan Marks’ website: https://imgur.com/a/sWtBd#0)

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

5 December 1968 – The Cromwellian, South Kensington, London (Melody Maker)

6 December 1968 – Bull’s Head, Yardley, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

7 December 1968 – Station Inn (Birmingham?), West Midlands (Melody Maker)

8 December 1968 – Bolero Club, Wednesbury, Staffordshire (Melody Maker)

9 December 1968 – Recording BBC Saturday Club (Melody Maker)

10-11 December 1968 – Sibylla’s, Swallow Street, London (Melody Maker)

19 December 1968 – The Cromwellian, South Kensington, London (Fabulous 208)

20 December 1969 – Cloud Nine, Grand Hotel, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (website: www.peterboroughimages.co.uk/music)

1969:

16 January 1969 – BBC Radio 1 O’Clock (Melody Maker)

17 January 1969 – Chester College, Crewe, Cheshire (Melody Maker)

18 January 1969 – Market Hall, Haversfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Melody Maker)

19 January 1969 – Recording new single (Melody Maker)

20 January 1969 – The Cromwellian, South Kensington, London (Melody Maker)

21 January 1969 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, London (Melody Maker)

25 March 1969 – Blaises, London (Hounslow Post)

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Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

THE FETISH CROWD:

Ian Le Geyt – lead guitar/vocals

John Hughes – rhythm guitar/vocals

Colin ? – bass/vocals

Tony Richard – drums/vocals

Thanks to Tony Richard, I have the following information about the band but would welcome further insights.

The Fetish Crowd were formed in St Helier, Jersey and were resident band at the Springfield Ballroom. During the summer of 1964, the musicians supported The Rolling Stones, Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas, The Merseybeats, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Gerry & The Pacemakers and The Hollies at the venue.

They soon headed for London and worked at the Crawdaddy in Richmond, the Ricky Tick and the Ad Lib Club in Leicester Square. Richard says that The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were in the audience but did not say which venue(s).

The quartet did some recordings at Abbey Road and then opened for The Nashville Teens and The Small Faces on a showcase gig (possibly in Bournemouth, Dorset), which was promoted by Don Arden. Richard says that Arden signed both The Fetish Crowd and The Small Faces but soon forgot about his group.

Richard also remembers the band played at the Ram Jam in Brixton and the Scots of St James in Mayfair. One notable gig was opening for The Graham Bond Organisation at the Fishmongers Arms on Turnpike Lane in North London. He also says that the band shared a double bill with The Who at the Ealing Club on 26 April but didn’t specify which year.

Richard later formed a band called The Diversions, which later recorded “Fatty Boom Boom” after being introduced to the song by Pete Townsend following a trip to Jamaica. Richard subsequently went into record producing.

1965:

14 March 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

26 March 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex with The Who (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

7 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

14 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

21 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

28 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

5 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

7 May 1965 – Staines Town Hall, Staines, Middlesex (Staines and Egham News)

12 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

20 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

27 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

3 June 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

10 June 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

17 June 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

25 June 1965 – 32 Club, Harlesden, Middlesex with Tom Jones & The Squires and The Stratones (NME)

11 July 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, London with The Boston Dexters (NME)

6 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, London with Tony Knight’s Chessmen (NME)

6 November 1965 – Orchid Room, Oxford, Oxfordshire with The Tonebeats (Oxford Mail) Says Decca Artist and from Channel Islands

17 November 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham with The Links and Duke Lee (Melody Maker)

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The Penetrators came from Crown Point, NY, on the west shore of Lake Champlain above Ticonderoga.

Members included Dan Rabideau and Larry Rabideau, Kim Joiner and Joe Dugan on bass. John Hoffman seems to have been a later member of the group.

In March of 1968 they made their first record, the cool garage original “I’ll Make You Mine” by Dan Rabideau and Kim Joiner, backed with a good instrumental, “Splitter Splatter” by Dan Rabideau and Larry Rabideau.

The 45 came out on Ferus Records FR 4958. Ferus had an address of 64-12 60th Pl., Brooklyn 27, New York. Tommy Wilde produced the single, I’m not sure how the band came to find Ferus.

As Danny and the Country Penetrators they put out a single that I haven’t heard, “She’s My Mother-In-Law” / “I’ll Be Waiting” on Delta Records in June of 1968.

The band was well known locally as as Danny and the Penetrators. They appeared on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour and continued with local bookings into the 1970s.

From a 1971 news item, it appears the Rabideau’s mother Doris managed the band.

Info on the band from a Port Henry forum. Thank you to Anthony M. for the original 45.

I’ll be selling records including some local singles (but not this one!) at the Albany Record Riot this Saturday, October 28, 2017. Click for more info.

Anyone have a photo of the group?

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Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

THE MACABRE:

Thanks to Peter Vernon-Kell and Chris Downing, I have been able to piece a bit of information together on this West London band, who apparently opened for The Who regularly on Friday nights at the Goldhawk Social Club. Incidentally, Vernon-Kell was an old friend of The Who’s, having been a brief member of its predecessor, The Detours. Ed Hamilton had previously worked with The Crescents with Harvey Hinsley. I would welcome any reader insights.

Peter Vernon-Kell – guitar/vocals

Ed Hamilton – guitar/vocals

Chris Downing – guitar/vocals

Carl Broadbent – drums

Downing recalls that he worked with the band for six to eight months (more likely to have been a year). Ed Hamilton, who Downing replaced and who succeeded him around July 1965 when the guitarist moved on, had left The Macabre around July 1964 to later work with Mike Berry & The Outlaws.

Downing remembers that The Macabre featured several bass players during his time with the group.

He also recalls that The Macabre opened for The Who and The Spencer Davis Group in Watford. On a separate occasion, they also played with The Rockin’ Berries in Watford.

Other dates that he recalls are a gig with The Who at Woolwich Town Hall (more likely to have been Greenwich Town Hall on 24 June 1965), several shows with Tony Rivers & The Castaways and a show with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers in Forest Gate.

The band played regularly at the Goldhawk Social Club, which apparently only hosted bands on Fridays and Saturdays. Downing says that they supported The Groundhogs there, including one show where Jimmy Reed guested with The Groundhogs.

The guitarist also remembers The Macabre shared a billing with The Who (actually it was as The High Numbers) on the evening when Roger Daltry’s father-in-law turned up and fight broke up between them (Ed – this was Railway Hotel in Harrow on 11 August 1964).

When the band broke up, Peter Vernon-Kell became a member of the group that became The Hamilton Movement.

Gigs:

2 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

9 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed

16 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed

23 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed

30 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed

6 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed

13 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

20 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

27 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed

5 October 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

12 October 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

19 October 1964 – Glenlyn Club, Forest Hill, London (Melody Maker)

Thanks to Andy Neill for some of the information

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Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

RICK ‘N’ BECKERS:

I have the following list of musicians who were members but have no further information about the band’s history and would welcome readers’ insights.

Rupert Carlton

Alfonso Cahar

Eugent Stirling

Ernie Wright

Abe Strean

Clive Williamson

Reg Isadore

Selected gigs:

19 April 1965 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with The Shades of Blue, The Blue Berries and The Trends (Essex County Standard)

16 July 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

15 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

22 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

27 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

3 September 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

10 September 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

17 September 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

13 October 1965 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, Middlesex with Herbie Goins & The Night Timers (website: http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)

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

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

11 December 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

12 December 1965 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

15 December 1965 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, Middlesex with The Vagabonds (website: http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)

18 December 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

25 December 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

13 May 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Ray Anton & The Pro-Form (Melody Maker)

19 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Soul System (Melody Maker)

25 June 1966 – Jazz Cellar, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (NME)

4 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Carl Douglas Set (Melody Maker)

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

11 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Guests (Melody Maker)

13 August 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with Dave Antony’s Moods (Melody Maker)

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

18 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Zuider Lee (Melody Maker)

25 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Eyes (Melody Maker)

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

11 September 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

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

16 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Otis Redding (Melody Maker)

19 September 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker) Paper says they played every Monday

1 October 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington (Melody Maker)

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

14 October 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Ike & Tina Turner Show and The Ike-Ettes (Melody Maker)

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

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

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

12 November 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London with The Youth (Melody Maker)

13 December 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Rick ‘N’ Beckers Show

10 February 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Amboy Dukes (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

12 February 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

26 February 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

3 March 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Jimmy Cliff & The Sound System (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

12 March 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

8 April 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with Eyes of Blue (Melody Maker)

15 April 1967 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear with The Gas Board (website: http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle-2/)

29 April 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Crew (website: http://peterboroughimages.co.uk/music/?p=8130)

1 May 1967 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

13 May 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Lonely Ones and The Unsuited Medium (Melody Maker)

20 May 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington (Melody Maker)

2 June 1967 – ‘New’ Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

3 June 1967 – Supreme Eastern Esplanade, Ramsgate, Kent with Spectra Quinn Team and Len Marshall Show (East Kent Times & Mail)

8 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with New York Public Library and Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions (Melody Maker)

15 July 1967 – Maidstone Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)

12 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Essex Five and The Crawdads (Melody Maker)

5 September 1967 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Action (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

24 September 1967 – Maidstone Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)

27 September 1967 – Steering Wheel, Weymouth, Dorset (Dorset Evening Echo)

4 October 1967 – Steering Wheel, Dorchester, Dorset (Dorset Evening Echo)

11 November 1967 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Alex Wilson Set (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)

24 December 1967 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham with Bob Mather & The Trend and The Marvelettes (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)

30 December 1967 – Maidstone Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with The Associates and The T-Pots (Maidstone Gazette)

10 February 1968 – 007 Sun Valley Club, Dalston Lane, E8 (Melody Maker)

10 February 1968 – Pink Flamingo, Soho with The Traction and Toni Rocket Soul Show with Cleo (Melody Maker)

18 February 1968 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with The Reaction (Maidstone Gazette)

24 February 1968 – Weymouth Pavilion Ballroom, Weymouth, Dorset (Dorset Evening Echo)

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

7 November 1968 – Penny Farthing, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard)

26 December 1968 – Walton Hop, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald)

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Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

RONNIE JONES & THE NIGHT-TIMERS:

Ronnie Jones – lead vocals

Joe Moretti – guitar (replaced by John McLaughlin)

Mick Eve – tenor saxophone

Dave Morse – Hammond organ (replaced by John Baldwin)

Eddie Thornton – trumpet

Dave Price – bass

Bill Stevens – drums

Selected gigs:

1 December 1964 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

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

4 January 1965 – Galaxy Club, Town Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

12 January 1965 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

18 February 1965 – Studio, Westcliffe, Essex (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)

21 February 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)

28 February 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Phantoms (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

5 March 1965 – Radio Caroline Sounds of ’65, Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Moody Blues, The Yardbirds and The Mark Leeman Five (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

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

The Night-Timers linked up next with Herbie Goins. Ronnie Jones started working with The Blue Jays

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Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

RONNIE JONES & THE BLUE JAYS:

 Ronnie Jones – lead vocals

Tony Allen – sax/lead vocals (left in 1965)

Roger Dean – guitar (ex-John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers)

Tony Bell – bass (replaced by Pat Donaldson)

Jack Maverick – organ

Jack Massarik – alto sax

Clive Thacker – drums (ex-Five Embers)

1965:

18 April 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

20 June 1965 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)

21 June 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

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

4 July 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

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

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

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

8 August 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

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

15 August 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey The Condors (Aldershot News)

27 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, London (NME)

28 August 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

30 August 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, Middlesex (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

31 August 1965 – Flamingo, Soho, London with The Loose Ends (Melody Maker)

12 September 1965 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)

17 September 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, London with Duke Lee (Melody Maker)

1 October 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Alan Price Set, The Graham Bond Organisation and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

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

11 November 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, Middlesex (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

13 November 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, London with Duke Lee and The Movement (Melody Maker)

14 November 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Condors (Aldershot News)

21 November 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Flowerpot Men (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

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

6 December 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

16 December 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Steampacket and Tony Knight’s Chessmen (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

1966:

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

21 January 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

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

Sometime during this period, they became resident band at Papagayo in St-Tropez, France

In August 1966, Thacker joined Brian Auger & The Trinity

1 October 1966 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Hertfordshire with The Anzacs (Luton News)

2 October 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

8 October 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with Robert Parker and Wynder K Frog (Nottingham Evening Post)

14 October 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Ronnie Jones & His Band

19 October 1966 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, Middlesex with The Deakin Lewis Band (website: http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)

22 October 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Survivors (website: http://peterboroughimages.co.uk/music/?p=8130)

5 November 1966 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with support (Southend Standard)

6 November 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with The Coasters (Nottingham Evening Post)

21 November 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

26 November 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Original Coasters, The Motivation and Heart & Soul (Lincolnshire Standard)

2 December 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

7 December 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

7 December 1966 – Ritz Ballroom, King’s Heath, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

10 December 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington (Melody Maker)

11 December 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Mail)

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

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

24 December 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

1967:

Sometime in early 1967 PP Arnold joined the band

14 January 1967 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

3 February 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Fleur De Lys (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

17 February 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton with All Night Workers (Melody Maker)

4 March 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Heretics (website: http://peterboroughimages.co.uk/music/?p=8130)

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

16 March 1967 – Kilburn Polytechnic, Kilburn, London with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Syn (Melody Maker) Most likely the final gig that Ronnie Jones did with Blue Jays before linking up with The Q-Set

The rhythm section from The Blue Jays became PP Arnold’s backing band (Four of a Kind) and supported her on a Roy Orbison tour with The Small Faces, first gig on 25 March 1967

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Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

THE Q-SET:

 Arthur Pereira – guitar

Tony O’Malley – Hammond organ

Chester Simon – bass

George Lee – tenor sax

Lloyd Smith – tenor sax

Herschell Holder – trumpet

Byron Ly-fook – drums

 1967:

14 January 1967 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

20 January 1967 – Newbury Plaza, Newbury, Berkshire (Newbury Weekly News)

22 January 1967 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

31 January 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Knack and Malcolm Margaron (Melody Maker)

Maxine Brown – lead vocals joins for UK tour

5 February 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)

10 February 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)

11 February 1967 – Flamingo, Soho, London with Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Melody Maker)

12 February 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker)

18 February 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Wishful Thinking (East Kent Times & Mail)

18 February 1967 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

25 February 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, London with The Links Band (Melody Maker)

The following month, The Q-Set linked up with singer Ronnie Jones who split with The Blue Jays. However, they returned to working with Maxine Brown for a second UK tour in September-October 1967

22 September 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set Band

23 September 1967 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker) No mention of Q-Set but most likely

25 September 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker)

26 September 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Melody Maker)

30 September 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Maxine Brown Show

30 September 1967 – The Polytechnic, Great Titchfield Street, London W1 (Melody Maker)

7 October 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester with Family (Melody Maker) Billed as Maxine Brown Show

8 October 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)

Thanks to Tony O’Malley for band line-up details

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Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

RONNIE JONES & THE Q-SET:

Ronnie Jones – lead vocals

Arthur Pereira – guitar

Tony O’Malley – Hammond organ

Chester Simon – bass

George Lee – tenor sax

Lloyd Smith – tenor sax

Herschell Holder – trumpet

Byron Ly-fook – drums

 1967:

The group started working with Ronnie Jones after they’d supported Maxine Brown on a UK tour

17 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker) Most likely the debut show

19 March 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)

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

14 April 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

23 April 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

13 May 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set Band

28 May 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

29 May 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set Band

22 June 1967 – Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield with The Drifters, Alan Bown, The Amboy Dukes and The Pitiful (The Star)

24 June 1967 – Tofts, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)

25 June 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker)

1-16 July 1967 – Canasta Club, Biarritz, France (Photo)

There appears to have been a temporary split as The Q-Set backed Maxine Brown on a second UK tour in September-October 1967

13 October 1967 – Beaconsfield’s Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

14 October 1967 – Polytechnic, Great Titchfield Street, London, W1 with The Soul Foundation (Melody Maker)

15 October 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Poster)

20 October 1967 – Hairy Bob’s Cavern, Scarborough (Scarborough Evening News)

10 November 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, Humberside with Jackie & The Atlantics (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

11 November 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

26 November 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex (Crawley Advertiser)

16 December 1967 – Brave New World, Eastney with Errol Bruce Soul Show (Dave Allen research/Website: http://michaelcooper.org.uk/C/birdcage.htm)

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

30 December 1967 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

31 December 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent with Alan Elsdon’s Band (Poster)

1968:

14 January 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Poster)

19 January 1968 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Canal St Philharmonic (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

27 January 1968 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1 (Melody Maker)

Thanks to Tony O’Malley for band photos

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Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

TONY KNIGHT’S CHESSMEN:

Tony Knight (aka Tony Brown) – drums/lead vocals

Lol Coxhill – tenor/soprano saxophone

John Gummer – baritone saxophone

Terry Martin (aka Edmunds) – bass/vocals

Jeff Reed – organ

Formed around September 1964 after Knight had been with Tony Knight & The Live Wires. Lol Coxhill was a seasoned jazzer

1964:

15 November 1964 – North Warnborough Village Hall, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

16 November 1964 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book) Billed as The Chessmen

19 December 1964 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with Rufus Thomas (Essex Chronicle)

At some point in late 1964 guitarist Fred d’Albert joined the group

1965:

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

2 February 1965 – Lorrain Club, Royal Forest Hotel, Chingford, Essex (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian)

16 February 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book) Billed as The Chessmen

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

Around this time, Johnny Almond replaced John Gummer

18 April 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Cops ‘N’ Robbers (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

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

8 May 1965 – Flamingo, Soho, London with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Melody Maker)

15 May 1965 – Victoria Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

30 May 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)

7 June 1965 – Redcar Mini Festival, Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Long John Baldry & The Hoochie Coochie Men, Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band, The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

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

15 June 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book) Billed as The Chessmen

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

27 July 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book) Billed as The Chessmen

6 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, London with The Fetish Crowd (NME)

Around this time, guitarist Fred d’Albert and organist Jeff Reed departed. Terry Martin (aka Edmunds) moved on to lead guitar

Former London Beats members Peter Carney (bass) and John Carroll (Hammond organ) filled the vacant spots

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

30 August 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Long Joh Baldry, Rod Stewart, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger Trinity, The Mike Cotton Sound and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

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

5 November 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Artwoods, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

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

Around this time, Johnny Almond left to join Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band. Stan Sulzmann took over from him for a while

10 December1965 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

16 December 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays and Steampacket (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

27 December 1965 – Star Hotel, Croydon, Surrey (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

1966:

9 January 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)

5 March 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with The Loose Ends (Melody Maker)

4 April 1966 – Woodhall Community Centre, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire (Welwyn Times)

12 April 1966 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)

29 May 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)

9 July 1966 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Hertfordshire with Shevells (Welwyn Times)

16 July 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with King Bees (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

24 July 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)

5-6 August 1966 – Flamingo, Soho (Melody Maker) Billed as The Chessmen

7 August 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)

Around this time, Peter Carney left to join Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band and Rick Eagles came in on bass

18 August 1966 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Hertfordshire (Poster) Billed as The Chessmen

29 August 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Zoot Money & His Big Roll Band, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

23 September 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

24 September 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

2 October 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)

24 October 1966 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)

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

Around this time, the band opened the Bag O’Nails in Kingley Street, Soho. Sometime in December, Rick Eagles left and Liverpudlian Steve Lucas came in on bass

1967:

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

In late January, John Carroll landed a job with The Pirates after Rick Eagles told his old friend Nick Simper about the keyboard player

Starting in March, Tony Knight’s Chessmen started working on and off with Jamaican singer Owen Grey who’d worked with The Krew in France during 1966. Judging by the gigs below, some of the shows were spent backing Owen Grey while for others Tony Knight’s Chessmen played on their own

18 February 1967 – Manhole, Redhill, Surrey (Crawley Advertiser)

18 March 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Friction (website: http://peterboroughimages.co.uk/music/?p=8130)

3 April 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Herd (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

7 May 1967 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)

21 May 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

In mid-June Terry Edmunds left to briefly work with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers but it only lasted a few weeks. Lol Coxhill and Steve Lucas also departed around this time

17 June 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Apex R&B All Stars and The Gods (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

28 June 1967 – Princess Pavilion, Falmouth, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)

14 August 1967 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)

The following gigs were billed with Owen Grey:

9 March 1967 – Roaring 20’s, Carnaby Street, London (Melody Maker)

11 March 1967 – Roaring 20’s, Carnaby Street, London (Melody Maker)

19 March 1967 – Roaring 20’s, Carnaby Street, London (Melody Maker)

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

2 April 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

8 April 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

8 April 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

15 April 1967 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire Echo)

26 June 1967 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker)

Around July 1967, the group undertook some dates in Cornwall and played at the Piper Club in Viareggio, Italy. Tenor sax player Terry Ede remembers both and was a member during this time with Tony Knight, a bass player called Keith, a guitarist and a baritone sax player. He says that Owen Grey was with them. The following dates are most likely with this formation:

6 August 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington (Melody Maker)

12 August 1967 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1 (Melody Maker)

19 August 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington (Melody Maker)

9 September 1967 – 007 Sun Valley Club, Dalston, London with Sir Dees Sound (Melody Maker)

By early 1968, the following line-up evolved into The Magicians who cut a lone single for MCA ‘Painting on Wood’ c/w ‘Slow Motion’.

Dave Watkins – piano

Fred d’Albert – guitar

Terry Martin – bass

Tony Brown (aka Tony Knight) – drums

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Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

MISTON-TUAC:

I have the following list of musicians who were members but have no further information about the band’s history and would welcome readers’ insights.

Barry Allmark – lead vocals

Andy Allsup – lead/rhythm guitar

Joe ? – rhythm

Phil ? – bass

John Roberts – drums (real name: John Salisbury)

Peter Buckner – bass

Stuart Mead – lead/rhythm guitar

Bobby Gee – lead vocals

Andrew Perry – drums

The band’s manager Roy Harris, who had left a message on the Ealing Club entry, and has since been in touch, said that they were a Hounslow band, which was confirmed by Peter Buckner, who added that they may have rehearsed in the Lord Palmerston.

According to the message that drummer John Salisbury left on the Ealing Club entry, the band’s original lead singer Bobby Gee died in France in a road accident. Former Downliner’s Sect member Barry Allmark came in as his replacement. However, Roy Harris says that it was the other way round; Bobby Gee replaced Barry Allmark.

Peter Buckner confirms that the line-up he worked with was Bobby Gee, Andy Allsup, Stuart Mead and John Salisbury.

At some point, John Salisbury (who worked under the name John Roberts) left and Andrew Perry joined on drums.

According to Roy Harris, another group billed as Mistral-Tuac appeared on the scene but bore no relation to this band. However, I’ve listed any gigs I have found by this band below.

Selected gigs:

13 June 1964 – Attic Club, Hounslow, Middlesex with Alex Harvey Soul Band (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

23 June 1964 – Attic Club, Hounslow, Middlesex with The Faires (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

4 July 1964 – Attic Club, Hounslow, Middlesex with Blues By Six (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

14 July 1964 – Attic Club, Hounslow, Middlesex with Alex Harvey Soul Band (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

25 August 1964 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardeners, Isleworth, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

30 October 1964 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Berries (http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac

30 October 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) May have played other Fridays around this time

5 December 1964 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Penny Blacks (http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac

2 January 1965 – Egham Hythe Social Centre, Egham, Surrey (Staines and Egham News) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac

16 January 1965 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Brokers (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac

12 February 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

6 March 1965 – Graven Hill Theatre, Bicester, Oxfordshire with The Primitives (Oxford Mail) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac

20 March 1965 – Carfax Ballroom, Oxford with The Trolls (Oxford Mail) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac

29 October 1965 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Quantum (http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac

10 July 1966 – Byron, Greenford, Middlesex with Group One (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

Thanks to Peter Buckner for the photo

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According to Christopher Hjort’s excellent “Strange Brew” book, promoters Philip Hayward and John Mansfield opened the old inn Pantiles as a bar and music venue in July 1967 after they gave up their chain of Ricky Tick clubs. The following gigs are taken from Melody Maker unless otherwise noted. I would welcome any additions as it’s difficult to find dates for this venue

1967:

11 August 1967 – John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (Christopher Hjort’s book “Strange Brew”)

28 November 1967 – Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac (Christopher Hjort’s book “Strange Brew”)

8 December 1967 – Tuesday’s Children

1968:

2 February 1968 – Ferris Wheel

11 February 1968 – Ferris Wheel

23 February 1968 – The Shevelles

24 February 1968 – The All Night Workers

27 February 1968 – John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers

3 March 1968 – Ferris Wheel

12 March 1968 – Ferris Wheel

31 May 1968 – Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers

2 June 1968 – The Shevelles

9 July 1968 – Ray King Soul Band

4 August 1968 – Dave Davani Five

20 August 1968 – Dave Davani Five

1969:

17 June 1969 – Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac (Christopher Hjort’s book “Strange Brew”)

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Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

Davey Sands – lead vocals

Howard Alexander (aka Shaffer) – lead guitar

Peter James – bass (replaced by Len Hawkes)

Chris Daryl – keyboards

Ian Barry – drums (replaced by Ian Warner after first single)

1965:

2 October 1965 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Walthamstow, London with the Eastsiders (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian)

13 November 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Defiants (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

31 December 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Lonely Ones (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

1966:

1 January 1966 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with Curtis & Co and The Mark Four (Essex County Standard)

15 January 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)

24 January 1966 – Co-Op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham with The Cyclons (Birmingham Evening Mail)

29 January 1966 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich with Yes and No (Eastern Evening News)

12 February 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Poor Boys (Maidstone Gazette)

20 February 1966 – Tower Ballroom, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with Ye Kingwaymen (Eastern Evening News)

11 March 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)

18 March 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Fenmen and The Fuzz-Bangs (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

19 March 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Original Dyaks (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

26 March 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Clockwork Oranges (Maidstone Gazette)

19 April 1966 – Co-Op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham with The Cellarmen (Birmingham Evening Mail)

15 May 1966 – Tower Ballroom, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with Hi-Jacks (Eastern Evening News)

9 July 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)

There is a great story and picture on the band in Wellingborough News from 12 August 1966, page 8

13 August 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

15 August 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News)

27 August 1966 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with support (Maidstone Gazette)

3 September 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)

13 September 1966 – Flamingo, Soho, London (Melody Maker)

6 November 1966 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

3 December 1966 – El Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

16 December 1966 – Dancing Slipper Ballroom, West Bridgeford, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

1967:

7 January 1967 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

29 January 1967 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk (North Norfolk News)

1 February 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)

4 March 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)

11 March 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)

17 March 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester with Cryan Shames with Paul and Ritchie (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

19 March 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough and Eton Express)

31 March 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)

1 April 1967 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with Irvin John Jump Band (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

19 May 1967 – Tiger’s Head, Catford, Kent (South East London Mercury)

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The Continentals cut two fratty originals, “Rufus Rastas” / “Donna” on Tortoise Records. I found a copy with an inscription on the “Rufus Rastas” label “First copy to Jim McKee, Oct. 12, 1965 … Joe Doll, President, Tortoise Records”.

I wrote to Mr. Doll and he while he didn’t recall Jim McKee, he replied,

I was president (and janitor, too!) of Tortoise Records. I began college at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio in 1963, then transferred to U. of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1966 to complete my Electrical Engineering degree.

I most likely met the Continentals when they were entertaining at one of the numerous fraternity/sorority parties in Delaware. Too bad, I have no recollection or documentation of the band members. I do remember the general parameters of the recording session with The Continentals, at the WSLN studios in Delaware, OH, north of Columbus. I also remember thinking at the time that their “Rufus Rastas” made a pretty good side. I don’t think we did a test pressing, so what you found was probably the top copy in the shipment from the pressing factory.

When it was over, they departed with their box of pressings and we had no further contact.

Tortoise Records was named for the very first band on the label, the Turtles, with their “Pungfoo Watusi” from 1964:

“Pungfoo Watusi” was the not-very-carefully-conceived B side of “Pungfoo”. It was the first record I produced.
 
“Pungfoo” originated with me and some fraternity brothers fooling around with a piano, sax, and drum set in the parlor of our fraternity house. We whimsically called ourselves Tuggy and the Turtles. The original title and lyric was “Fungu”. It was a made-up word, but someone thought that meant something bad in another language. One unreleased recording is “Fungu” recorded on cheap equipment in the fraternity house.
 
The record was taped at Fortune Studios in Detroit. I played piano, whistled, and hollered into some sort of trash can. Jim Guiness played saxophone. Our usual drummer, “Tuggy,” could not make it, so we picked up a drummer in Detroit. That’s why the group name is just The Turtles. A couple others assisted with clapping, which I believe we overdubbed. 

I had done some work for the [Fortune] studio the previous summer, and they allowed me to use it without charge. I didn’t do a lot of work there, just came in to help them adjust and maintain their equipment from time to time.
  
Frank Uhle, who took on the project to do a 50th Anniversary re-release of the Beau Biens record, at one time contemplated a vinyl album that would contain some unreleased material. I have about a half hour of covers recorded by the Mark V, a pretty good rock band that played fraternity/sorority parties at Ohio Wesleyan.  I recorded them in the WSLN studios, like the Continentals. There was an outfit called the Crystal Set Radio Band for whom I taped several tunes, originals I believe, in the WCBN studios. Ken Phillips, a U of M student, recorded with a small group a couple of tunes he had written and had them pressed as a demo record.

Joe Doll would become a DJ at WCBN at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he would record the Aftermath and the Beau Biens on Malibu Records. For more info please look at Joe’s website.

Tortoise Records discography:

Tortoise T 64001 – Turtles “Pungfoo” / “Pungfoo Watusi” (both by Joe Doll)

Tortoise T-65001 – Continentals – “Rufus Rastas” / “Donna”

Tortoise T-66003 – Aftermath – “Messing With the Kid” / “Bury My Body” (Campbell, Connelly)

Malibu MB-67001 – Beaubiens (aka Beau Biens) – “Times Passed” (arr. by Salvo & Palazzolo) / “A Man Who’s Lost” (both by Kleene & Tapert, Linnoah Music BMI, produced by Joe Doll)

A special thank you to Joe Doll for his help answering my questions and allowing me to quote him.

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Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

1964:

30 January 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

14 May 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

21 May 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

28 May 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

The 24 September 1964 issue of the Greenford Weekly Post, page 29 has a photo of band

25-26 September 1964 – White Hart, Southall, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

2-3 October 1964 – White Hart, Southall, Middlesex (Melody Maker)

30 October 1964 – Glenlyn Club, Forest Hill, London (Melody Maker)

12 November 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

19 November 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

26 November 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

3 December 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

1965:

4 February 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex with Rockin’ Eccentrics (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed

9 July 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The In Crowd and The Symbols (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

13 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

15 August 1965 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough and Eton Express)

20 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

28 August 1965 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Reasons (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)

31 October 1965 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough and Eton Express)

11 December 1965 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

1966:

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

31 January 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

14 February 1966 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough and Eton Express)

1 April 1966 – Haymarket Lounge, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

The group had already started to use the name The James Royal Set for some shows but took on the name more permanently around now

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Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

1966:

5 February 1966 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Devil’s Coachmen (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)

9 April 1966 – Norwich venue, Norwich with The Amboy Dukes (Eastern Evening News)

11 April 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

24 April 1966 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Hertfordshire with Johnny Haven & The Just Five (Luton News)

29 April 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

5 July 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Alan Price Set (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

8 July 1966 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire with The Rumours (Andover Advertiser)

16 July 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Quiet Five and Dave & The Strollers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

23 July 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Paul & Barry Ryan, The Action, Rob Storme & The Whispers and The Ferry Boys (Lincolnshire Standard)

29 July 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

8 August 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News)

10 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker)

15 August 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

20 August 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Soul Agents (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

3 September 1966 – Galaxy Club, Town Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

9 September 1966 – Flamingo, Soho, London with Fadin’ Colours (Melody Maker)

10 September 1966 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough and Eton Express)

19 September 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Alan Bown Set (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

2 October 1966 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

7 October 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Manchester’s Playboys (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

21 October 1966 – Flamingo, Soho, London (Melody Maker)

22 October 1966 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage with Associates (Welwyn Times)

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

11 November 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Trendsetters Limited (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

12 November 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Rockin Berries, The Bo Street Runners and The Charades (Lincolnshire Standard)

19 November 1966 – Shoreline, Bognor Regis, West Sussex and The Ultimate (Melody Maker)

10 December 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Brox & The Blues Train and The Tender Trap (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

27 December 1966 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough and Eton Express)

1967:

27 January 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Army (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

8 February 1967 – Kingsway Theatre, Hadleigh, Essex with Spencer Davis Group, Sounds Incorporated, The Fourmost and The Human Instinct (Essex Chronicle/Southend Standard)

21 April 1967 – Tiger’s Head, Catford, Kent (South East London Mercury)

4 May 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Shell (Melody Maker)

23 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker)

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

1968:

1-6 April 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly, London (Poster at Jonathan Marks’ website: https://imgur.com/a/sWtBd#0)

8-13 April 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly, London (Poster at Jonathan Marks’ website: https://imgur.com/a/sWtBd#0)

According to Melody Maker, as soon as the Hatchetts gigs were done, James Royal flew to Italy on 16 April for TV shows

Mick Stewart joined on guitar around this time from Hamilton & The Hamilton Movement

13 May 1968 – Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham with Johnny Cash, June Carter and Carl Perkins & Tennessee 3 (Birmingham Evening Mail)

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