Category Archives: Hounslow

Episode Six gigs 1964-1969

February 3, 2018 Nick Warburton 3 Comments

Photo: Hillingdon Mirror, August 1967. Image may be subject to copyright

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.

Adopting the name Episode Six in the summer of 1964, the line-up featured in an article published in the Harrow Weekly Post from 22 July, page 15 was as follows:

Andy Ross – lead vocals

Sheila Carter-Dimmock – organ/vocals (b. 18 March 1947, Hatch End, Middlesex)

Graham Carter-Dimmock – rhythm guitar/vocals (b. 27 April 1944, Hatch End, Middlesex)

Tony Lander – lead guitar (b. 10 August 1947, Cambridge)

Roger Glover – bass (b. 30 November 1945, Brecon, Wales)

Harvey Shields – drums (b. 6 September 1946, Twickenham, Middlesex)

1964

30 May 1964 – Territorial Army Centre, Harrow, Middlesex (Harrow Observer) Formerly The Lightnings

24 July 1964 – Public Hall, Witham, Essex with The Rubies (Essex Chronicle)

7 November 1964 – Westcliff Hotel, Clacton, Essex (Essex County Standard)

14 November 1964 – Glendale Hall, N15, north London (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

1965

19 January 1965 – Kodak Hall, Wealdstone, Middlesex with Jimmy Bond & The MI5 and The Beachcombers (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

30 March 1965 – Kodak Hall, Wealdstone, Middlesex with The Prophets and The Group Five (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

When Andy Ross left, Ian Gillan (b. 19 August 1945, Hounslow, Middlesex) joined from Wainwright’s Gentlemen after performing his final gig with them on 26 April 1965 at the Seagull Hotel, Southall, London

24 July 1965 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

8 October 1965 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Melody Maker has this as 7 October

31 December 1965 – Harrow County Boys, Harrow, northwest London (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

1966

1 January 1966 – Royal Oak, Dagenham, east London (Brian Long research)

2 January 1966 – Oldfield Hotel, Greenford, northwest London (Brian Long research)

3 January 1966 – The Bluesday Club, Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

6 January 1966 – Coventry Locarno, Coventry, West Midlands (Brian Long research)

7 January 1966 – USAF High Wycombe, High Wycombe, Bucks (Brian Long research)

8 January 1966 – USAF Alconbury, Alconbury, Cambridgeshire (Brian Long research)

11 January 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

13 January 1966 – Nottingham Palais, Nottingham (Brian Long research)

14 January 1966 – Black Cat, Woolwich, southeast London (Brian Long research)

15 January 1966 – Ikelstone Palais, Ikelstone, Derbyshire (Brian Long research)

16 January 1966 – Royal Oak, Dagenham, east London (Brian Long research)

18 January 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, London (Brian Long research)

22 January 1966 – Westcliffe Hotel, Clacton, Essex (Brian Long research)

24 January 1966 – Dunstable Civic Hall, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Brian Long research)

25 January 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

27 January 1966 – Nottingham Palais, Nottingham (Brian Long research)

28 January 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

The Hounslow Post on 28 January 1966, page 8 has an article and picture on the band

29 January 1966 – Borough Polytechnic, Borough, south London (Brian Long research)

30 January 1966 – Welcome Inn, Eltham, southeast London (Brian Long research)

1 February 1966 – ‘Ready Steady Radio’, Lyceum, Strand, central London (Brian Long research)

4 February 1966 – USAF Welford, Welford, Northamptonshire (Brian Long research)

5 February 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

6 February 1966 – USAF Alconbury, Alconbury, Cambridgeshire (Brian Long research)

7 February 1966 – Hammersmith Palais, Hammersmith, west London (Brian Long research)

8 February 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

10 February 1966 – Canon’s Club (unknown location) (Brian Long research)

11 February 1966 – Royal Forest Hotel, Chingford, east London (Brian Long research)

12 February 1966 – Acton works social, Acton, west London (Brian Long research)

13 February 1966 – Big L Discotheque, Charing Cross Road, central London (Brian Long research)

14 February 1966 – Peterborough Nurses’ Home, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (Brian Long research)

15 February 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

16 February 1966 – Silver Blades Ice Rink, Streatham, southwest London (Brian Long research)

18 February 1966 – RAF Abingdon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire (Brian Long research)

19 February 1966 – Woodford Memorial Hall, Woodford, east London (Brian Long research)

20 February 1966 – Royal Oak, Dagenham, east London (Brian Long research)

21 February 1966 – Kettering Workingmen’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Brian Long research)

22 February 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

24 February 1966 – Nottingham Palais, Nottingham (Brian Long research)

26 February 1966 – Ikelstone Palais, Ikelstone, Derbyshire (Brian Long research)

27 February 1966 – Welcome Inn, Eltham, southeast London (Brian Long research)

28 February 1966 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford (Brian Long research)

1 March 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

2 March 1966 – New Victoria Cinema (audition) (Brian Long research)

3 March 1966 – Cromwellian Club, South Kensingston, west London (Brian Long research)

5 March 1966 – Harrow County School, Harrow, northwest London (Brian Long research)

8 March 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

9 March 1966 – USAF Chicksands, Chicksands, Bedfordshire (Brian Long research)

10 March 1966 – Cromwellian Club, South Kensington, west London (Brian Long research)

11 March 1966 – Copdock House Hotel (possibly Ipswich), Suffolk (Brian Long research)

12 March 1966 – London School of Economics, Aldwych, central London (Brian Long research)

15 March 1966 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Brian Long research)

17 March 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

19 March 1966 – Winter Gardens, Banbury, Oxfordshire with The Road Knights and The Frenzies (Brian Long research/Brackley Advertiser)

22 March 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

24 March 1966 – Nottingham Palais, Nottingham (Melody Maker)

25 March 1966 – Royal Forest Hotel, Chingford, east London (Brian Long research)

26 March 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Melody Maker)

27 March 1966 – Windy City Club, Oxford, Oxfordshire (Melody Maker)

29 March 1966 – Overseas Club, Earl’s Court, west London (Melody Maker)

1 April 1966 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, central London (audition) (Brian Long research)

2 April 1966 – Peterborough Nurses’ Home, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (Brian Long research)

3 April 1966 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset (Melody Maker)

5 April 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

8 April 1966 – Recording session (Brian Long research)

12 April 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

16 April 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Brian Long research)

18 April 1966 – Dunstable Civic Hall, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Brian Long research)

19 April 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

20 April 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Brian Long research)

21 April 1966 – Dorchester Hotel, Mayfair, central London (Brian Long research)

22 April 1966 – USAF Welford, Welford, Northamptonshire (Brian Long research)

23 April 1966 – USAF Alconbury, Alconbury, Cambridgeshire (Brian Long research)

26 April 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

27 April 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Brian Long research)

28 April 1966 – RAF Abingdon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire (Brian Long research)

29 April 1966 – Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Brian Long research)

The Middlesex Chronicle (Hounslow Edition) on 29 April 1966, page 3 has an article on band

30 April 1966 – Ilkestone Palais, Ilkestone, Derbyshire (Brian Long research)

3 May 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

7 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Brian Long research)

10 May 1966 – Ready Steady Radio (Tiles, Oxford Street, central London) (Broadcast 22 May) (Brian Long research)

12 May 1966 – Nottingham Palais, Nottingham (Brian Long research)

13 May 1966 – Coronation Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent with The Tea Set and Children of The Damned (Brian Long research/East Kent Times)

17 May 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

19 May 1966 – Reading University, Reading, Berkshire (Brian Long research)

20 May 1966 – Ready Steady Go (TV) (Brian Long research)

21 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Brian Long research)

21 May 1966 – RAF Wittering, Wittering, West Sussex (Brian Long research)

23 May 1966 – BBC audition, Piccadilly, central London (Brian Long research)

24 May 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

26 May 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Brian Long research)

27 May 1966 – Co-Op Hall, Gravesend, Kent (Brian Long research)

28 May 1966 – Recording session (Brian Long research)

1 June 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

3 June 1966 – Roya Forest Hotel, Chingford, east London (Brian Long research)

4 June 1966 – Winter Gardens, Banbury, Oxfordshire with The Lazyways (Brian Long research/Brackley Advertiser)

7 June 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

9 June 1966 – RAF Bicester, Bicester, Oxfordshire (Brian Long research)

10 June 1966 – Winter Garden, Eastbourne, East Sussex with The Shades (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)

16 June 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

17 June 1966 – Coronation Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent with Sands and Steve & The Corvettes (Brian Long research/East Kent Times)

18 June 1966 – Lloyds Bank, Beckenham, south London (Brian Long research)

19 June 1966 – Brands Hatch, West Kingsdown, Kent (Brian Long research)

21 June 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

23 June 1966 – RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex (Brian Long research)

25 June 1966 – Battersea Park, Battersea, south London (Brian Long research)

26 June 1966 – USAF Alconbury, Alconbury, Cambridgeshire (Brian Long research)

28 June 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

1 July 1966 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

2 July 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Brian Long research)

7 July 1966 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex with Fag Paper Nose and Chin Band (Roger Bistow research)

8 July 1966 – Alton, Hampshire (Brian Long research)

9 July 1966 – Recording session (Brian Long research)

14-15 July 1966 – Leys Hotel, Clacton, Essex (Brian Long research/Essex County Standard)

16 July 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London with The Legend (Melody Maker)

29 July 1966 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

30 July 1966 – Grand Hotel, Brighton, West Sussex (Brian Long research)

1 August 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

3 August 1966 – Recording session for Pye (Brian Long research)

4 August 1966 – Nottingham Palais, Nottingham (Brian Long research)

5 August 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)

6 August 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Brian Long research)

8 August 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

12 August 1966 – Coronation Hall, Ramsgate, Kent (Brian Long research)

13 August 1966 – Coventry Air Pageant, Coventry, West Midlands (Brian Long research)

15 August 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

18 August 1966 – Wakefield Locarno, Wakefield, West Yorkshire (Brian Long research)

25 August 1966 – Kew Boathouse, Kew, west London (Brian Long research)

27 August 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Soul Agents (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live) (According to Brian Long, show broadcast 5 September)

29 August 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)

30 August 1966 – Ready Steady Radio at Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Brian Long research)

31 August 1966 – Pickwick Club, central London (audition) (Brian Long research)

3 September 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Brian Long research)

9 September 1966 – Princess Club, Chorlton, Greater Manchester (Brian Long)

9 September 1966 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Brian Long)

12 September 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with Tom Jones & The Squires (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)

15 September 1966 – RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex (Brian Long)

16 September 1966 – Co-op Hall, Gravesend, Kent (Brian Long)

17 September 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Good Goods (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

Photo: Hillingdon Mirror. Image may be subject to copyright

The Hillingdon Mirror ran a picture of the band in its 20 September 1966 issue, page 20

23 September 1966 – Recording session at Pye (Brian Long research)

25 September 1966 – Brands Hatch, Kingsdown, Kent (Brian Long research)

27 September 1966 – Finsbury Park Astoria, Finsbury Park, north London with Dusty Springfield & The Echoes, Boz and His People, The Settlers, The Alan Price Set, The Mindbenders and Dave Berry (Brian Long research) This is the start of The Dusty Springfield tour

28 September 1966 – Bournemouth Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset with Dusty Springfield & The Echoes, The Alan Price Set, The Settlers, Dave Berry, David and Jonathan, Boz & His Group and Jeff Lenner (Brian Long research/website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

29 September 1966 – Odeon, Cheltenham with Dusty Springfield, Alan Price Set, Boz & His Group, The Settlers, The Echoes and Los Bravos (Gloucester Citizen)

30 September 1966 – Birmingham Odeon, Birmingham, West Midlands with Dusty Springfield, The Alan Price Set, Boz & His Group, The Settlers, The Echoes and Los Bravos (Brian Long research/Birmingham Evening Mail/Express & Star)

1 October 1966 – Cardiff Capitol, Cardiff, Wales (Brian Long research)

2 October 1966 – Colston Hall, Bristol (Brian Long research)

3 October 1966 – Manchester Odeon, Manchester (Brian Long research)

4 October 1966 – Newcastle Odeon, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Brian Long research)

5 October 1966 – Liverpool Odeon, Liverpool (Brian Long research)

6 October 1966 – Hanley Gaumont, Hanley, Staffordshire (Brian Long research)

7 October 1966 – Sheffield Gaumount, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Brian Long research)

8 October 1966 – Leicester gig (Brian Long research)

9 October 1966 – Woburn Abbey gig, Buckinghamshire (Brian Long research)

11 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

15 October 1966 – Harrow County School, Harrow, northwest London with Five’s Company (Brian Long research/Harrow Observer)

18 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Action (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

20 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (audition) (Brian Long research)

21 October 1966 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

25 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

28 October 1966 – Witchdoctor Club, Catford, southeast London (Brian Long research)

29 October 1966 – University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent (Brian Long research)

1 November 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Spencer Davis Group (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

4 November 1966 – Beckenham Ballroom, Beckenham, south London (Brian Long research)

5 November 1966 – Wimbledon Stadium, Wimbledon, southwest London (Brian Long research)

11 November 1966 – Witchdoctor Club, Catford, southeast London (Brian Long research)

12 November 1966 – Nautilus Club, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Brian Long research)

13-14 November 1966 – Trip to the Netherlands around this time (Disc & Music Echo)

15 November 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

17 November 1966 – RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex (Brian Long research)

21 November 1966 – Recording session at Pye (Brian Long research)

22 November 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Action (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

23 November 1966 – ‘Swingalong’ recording at BBC (Brian Long research)

25 November 1966 – Recording session at Pye (Brian Long research)

25 November 1966 – Solvatorian College, Harrow Weald, northwest London (Brian Long research)

The Hounslow Post from 25 November 1966, page 6 has an article and picture on the band

26 November 1966 – Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales (most likely Royal Lido Ballroom) (Brian Long research)

28 November 1966 – ‘Monday Monday’ at the BBC (Brian Long research)

30 November 1966 – Fly to Beirut, Lebanon (Disc & Music Echo) This was on Roger Glover’s birthday

1-31 December 1966 – Casino du Liban, Beirut, Lebanon (Brian Long research)

1967

11 February 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Soul’s Incorporated (Melody Maker/Newham, West Ham & East Ham, Barking and Stratford Express)

19 February 1967 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

22 February 1967 – Kingsway Theatre, Hadleigh, Essex with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Cat Stevens, The Style and The Machine

2 March 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Herd (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

3 March 1967 – Exeter University, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208)

4 March 1967 – Nautilus Club, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

17 March 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Bobby Johnson & The Atoms (Melody Maker)

Photo: Melody Maker. Image may be subject to copyright

13 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Jon (Melody Maker)

15 April 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Dilemma (West Surrey Advertiser)

6 May 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London with supporting group (South East London Mercury)

23 May 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Paul Kaye (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

28 May 1967 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with The Spectrum (Hertfordshire Express)

13 June 1967 – Clapham Common, Clapham, London (Disc & Music Echo) Start of open air gigs

18 June 1967 – Brands Hatch Radio London Motor Racing and Pop Festival, Brands Hatch, Kent with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch and Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds (Sutton & Cheam Advertiser)

1 July 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London with supporting group (South East London Mercury)

8 July 1967 – Ashton Palais, Ashton-under-Lyme, Greater Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

12 July 1967 – Victoria Rooms, Bristol with Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas (Fabulous 208)

15 July 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, northwest London (Fabulous 208)

16 July 1967 – Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, central London (Fabulous 208)

21 July 1967 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Hayes Gazette/Hillingdon and Uxbridge Weekly Post)

29 July 1967 – Embassy, Colchester, Essex with The Reaction (Essex County Standard)

The Hillingdon Mirror ran a colour picture in its 8 August 1967 issue, page 9 (see below)

12 August 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London with supporting group (South East London Mercury)

16 August 1967 – Big Beat Cruise, Solent, South Parade Pier, Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier Head with The Wrong Direction (Portsmouth News)

18 August 1967 – Diss Corn Hall, Diss, Norfolk with The Wild Oats (Thetford Times)

Portsmouth News has a photo of the band in its 10 August 1967 issue, page 10 (see below)

Disc & Music Echo’s 26 August issue notes that the group are keen to sign Dick Allix from The Gnomes of Zurich to replace drummer Harvey Shields. Instead, they end up recruiting John Kerrison.

Episode Six before John Kerrison joined. Fabulous 208, August 1967. Image may be subject to copyright

1 September 1967 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Hayes Gazette/Hillingdon and Uxbridge Weekly Post)

2 September 1967 – Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire with Kanda Grays and Arthur’s Ltd (Warrington Guardian)

9 September 1967 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Summer Set (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)

7 October 1967 – Luton Boys Club, Luton, Bedfordshire with Friday’s Mind (Evening Post: Hemel Hempstead)

9 October 1967 – Ready Steady Go Club, Kings Arms Hotel, Berkhamstead, Herts (Berkhamstead Gazette, Tring & District News)

21 October 1967 – City University, central London with The Action (Melody Maker)

28 October 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London with Bobby King & The Sabres (South East London Mercury)

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

12 November 1967 – Sunday Club, Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough and Eton Express)

According to Melody Maker, the band embarked on 16-day trip to West Germany on 13 November 1967 via Luxembourg

December 1967 – Blow Up, Munich, West Germany

23 December 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with The Tears (Rugby Advertiser)

Episode Six with John Kerrison (third right). Image may be subject to copyright

30 December 1967 – Co-op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

1968

20 January 1968 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Chasers (Hastings & St Leonards Observer)

22 January 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

27 January 1968 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Tramline and Magnus Opus (Southend Standard)

1 March 1968 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

2 March 1968 – Co-op Hall, Chesham, Bucks with Tangerine Peel (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

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

30 March 1968 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex with Great Xpectations (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

4 April 1968 – Luton Boys Club, Luton, Bedfordshire (Luton News)

5 April 1968 – Heath Row, Ipswich, Suffolk with ‘Marshall’ Mick Lennox (Radio 1) (Ipswich Evening Star)

7 April 1968 – Nu Sunday Club, Manor Ballroom, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)

11 April 1968 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

13 April 1968 – The Cobweb, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Embers (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

6 May 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday) This seems very unlikely considering the gig below

6 May 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Illinois Press (Cornish Guardian)

1 June 1968 – Elms Court Ballroom, Botley, Oxford with Pepper Pot (Oxford Mail) Billed as The Episode

2 June 1968 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex with Rainbow Reflection (Hastings & St Leonards Observer)

10 June 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Move and Circus (Surrey Advertiser)

22 June 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

12 July 1968 – Kew Boat House, Kew, west London (Thames Valley Times)

14 July 1968 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (with supporting programme) (Hastings & St Leonards Observer)

20 July 1968 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with Glenroy Oakley & The Oracles and Lyte ‘N’ Eze (Essex County Standard)

27 July 1968 – The Barn Ballroom, Little Bardfield Hall, Little Bardfield, Essex (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

Fabulous 208 from 17 August 1968 announces Mick Underwood as John Kerrison’s replacement

Episode Six with Mick Underwood (bottom left). Image may be subject to copyright

30 August 1968 – Tigers Head, Downham, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

15 September 1968 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Uxbridge Weekly Post)

9 October 1968 – Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminster, Somerset with Disturbance and Dave the Rave (Somerset County Gazette) Billed as The Episode

19 October 1968 – University College, Gower Street, W1, central London with Proteus (Melody Maker)

20 October 1968 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Uxbridge Weekly Post) Replaced by Tremeloes

15 November 1968 – Brunel University, Acton, west London with Timebox (Melody Maker)

16 November 1968 – Centre 185, Egham, Surrey with Five & a Penny (Staines & Egham News)

11 December 1968 – De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex with The Red Squares and The Motion (Hastings & St Leonards Observer)

14 December 1968 – Tavistock Town Hall, Tavistock, Devon with Blitz (Western Evening Herald)

31 December 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Lloyd (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

1969

24 January 1969 – Tigers Head, Downham, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

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

1 April 1969 – The Clock House, Watford, Hertfordshire with Billy Davis (Uxbridge Weekly Post)

26 April 1969 – Kingston College of Technology, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London with Orange Rainbow (Melody Maker)

11 May 1969 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Uxbridge Weekly Post)

In mid-June Ian Gillian and Roger Glover left to join Deep Purple

21 June 1969 – The Cobweb, St Leonards, East Sussex with Tanglewood (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

27 June 1969 – Pop Supershow, RAE Assembly Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire with Aynsley Dunbar’s Retaliation, Locomotive and Ten Percent Butter (Aldershot News)

10 October 1969 – Northern Polytechnic, Holloway, north London with Steamhammer (Time Out) Melody Maker says it was Battered Ornaments

22 November 1969 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

19 December 1969 – Edgbarrow Youth Club, Crowthorne, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

Categories: England, Hounslow, London

Miston Tuac

November 3, 2017 Nick Warburton 22 Comments

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

John Salisbury, Andy Allsup, Stuart Mead, Bobby Gee and Peter Buckner

MISTON TUAC

Guitarist Terry Munro got in touch and said that Miston Tuac started life as Clive Sheridan & The Bluestars who were formed in the Hounslow area around 1961.

The band comprised Clive Sheridan (real name Clive Dowling) on lead vocals; Terry Munro on lead and rhythm guitar; Andy Allsup on lead and rhythm guitar; Joe Miller on lead and rhythm guitar; Phil Wallington on bass; and John Salisbury on drums.

As Munro explains, the three lead and rhythm guitars would play different lead sets then revert to rhythm.

The band played pop covers, which the musicians would learn and perform the following week. However, the group also wrote some original material but it was mainly instrumentals.

Munro says that after he left in 1964, Stuart Mead joined as lead guitarist (from Jeff & The Dreamers) and they changed name to Miston Tuac.

However, Mead wasn’t photographed with the band when they were featured in the Middlesex Chronicle in early 1965 (see below).

Jeff & The Dreamers, circa 1962/1963 with Stuart Mead on guitar. Photo: Peter Buckner

Munro recalls that it was John Salisbury who came up with the name. Confusingly, during the band’s tenure, Salisbury changed his name to John Roberts.

Barry Allmark, who previously worked with The Downliners Sect, also joined as new lead singer.

Photo: Middlesex Chronicle, February 1965

The Middlesex Chronicle ran an article and photo on the band in its 26 February 1965, page 3, with the following line-up:

Barry Allmark – lead vocals

Andy Allsup – lead/rhythm guitar

Joe Miller – rhythm/lead guitar

Phil Wallington – bass

John Roberts – drums (real name: John Salisbury)

Other members were:

Stuart Mead – lead/rhythm guitar

Peter Buckner – bass

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, confirmed that Miston Tuac were a Hounslow band.

Peter Buckner, who later replaced Phil Wallington, added that the band may have rehearsed in the Lord Palmerston in Hounslow. By this point Joe Miller had departed and the band carried on as a quintet. It seems that Barry Allmark left when Miller did.

Buckner confirms that the line-up he worked with was Bobby Gee, Andy Allsup, Stuart Mead and John Salisbury (see photo at the top).

According to the message that drummer John Salisbury left on the Ealing Club entry, Gee later died in France in a road accident.

At some point, John Salisbury (who worked under the name John Roberts) left and Andrew Perry joined on drums.

Manager Roy Harris says another group billed as Mistral-Tuac appeared on the scene but bore no relation to this band.

Photo: Boyfriend magazine, December 1964. Mistral Tuak

However, I’ve listed any gigs I have found by this band below. This other band may also have gigged as Miston Tuac (see comments 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)

Advert: Kingston and 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)

Advert: Kingston and Malden Borough News. Supporting Alexis Korner on 25 July 1964

25 August 1964 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardeners, Isleworth, Middlesex with The Tramps (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette/Middlesex Chronicle)

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

22 April 1965 – Byron Hotel, Greenford, west London with Great Expectations (Middlesex Chronicle)

29 October 1965 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Quantum (http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac

18 January 1966 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardners, Isleworth, west London with The In-Tacks (Middlesex Chronicle)

10 July 1966 – Byron, Greenford, Middlesex with Group One (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

Thanks to Peter Buckner for the band photo at the top

Categories: England, Hounslow, Middlesex

Kalvin Starr Movement

March 9, 2014 Nick Warburton 3 Comments

This Hounslow, Middlesex-based group was featured in the Hounslow, Brentford & Chiswick Post in the early months of 1968.

Left to right: Eddy Davis (organ), Alan Blackman, Mick Nicholls, Kalvin Starr, Ray Wilson and Del Johnson

The line up was:

Kalvin Starr (real name: Ken Nichols) – vocals, guitar
Eddy Davis – organ
Ray Wilson – tenor sax
Derek Johnson – trumpet
Alan Blackman – bass
Mick Nichols – drums

I would be interested to hear from anyone that can add any more to the band’s history.

Categories: England, Hounslow, London, Middlesex

The Attic Club, Hounslow, west London

March 8, 2014 Nick Warburton 89 Comments

Opened on 2 June 1964, the Attic Club in Hounslow was an important music venue in west London.

Located at 1a High Street, the club subsequently became the Zambesi Club and then the Ricky Tick.

All of the gigs below are from the Kingston & Malden Borough News (unless otherwise noted). There are some omissions and some acts that were advertised may have been changed at the last minute.

I’d be interested to hear from anyone who can add any missing dates, correct any entries and provide any memories of the club in the comments below.

2 June – The Swinging Blue Jeans (this was the opening night)

3 June – The Vandells Blues

4 June – The Tempests

5 June – Rey Anton & The Peppermint Men (Middlesex Chronicle initially has The Skyways in support and then a week later it advertises Frankie Roy & The Soundcasters)

6 June – The Sheffields

7 June – The Smokey Beats

9 June – Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated and The Vandells Blues (Middlesex Chronicle)

10 June – Eddie King & The Chequers (Middlesex Chronicle)

11 June – The Copains (Middlesex Chronicle)

12 June – The Dennisons and The Stereos

13 June – Alex Harvey Soul Band and Miston Tuac

14 June – The Beatvendors

Them featured in Boyfriend Magazine in 1964

Them featured in Boyfriend magazine, 1964

16 June – The Pretty Things and Them (not Van Morrison’s band but a local group that became Themselves)

17 June – The Mods and Gene & The Cossacks (Record Mirror)

18 June – The Nitebeats

19 June – Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders and The Tempests

20 June – The Cheynes, The Kingbees and The Roosters (this is most likely the version led by brothers Pete and Ron Jeffries and not Ben Palmer’s Roosters who had featured Eric Clapton and Tom McGuinness between January and August 1963).

21 June – The Arrows

23 June – The Fairies and Miston Tuac

24 June – The Beatvendors and The Sinphires

25 June – The Yardbirds and The Snowballs

26 June – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and Gene & The Cossacks (possibly replaced by The Travellers)

27 June – The Vandells Blues, The Habbits and The Clique

Record Mirror has The King Bees rather than The Clique

28 June – The Stereos

29 June – Rory Blackwell & The Monsters, The Senators and Group Four (Record Mirror notes that the club is now open on Mondays)

30 June – Long John Baldry & The Hoochie Coochie Men and Them (aka Themselves)

1 July – Diane & The Londoners, Ray Del & The (Rocking) Deacons and The Spirits

2 July – The Sideliners

3 July – The Merseybeats and The Arrows (replaced by The Kossacks and The Bow Seekers)

4 July – Blues by Six and Miston Tuac

5 July – Gene & The Cossacks

6 July – Rory Blackwell & The Monsters and Wainwright’s Gentlemen (Ian Gillan didn’t join until November 1964)

7 July – Charlie & Inez Foxx, The Spencer Davis Group and Group ’65’ (Them aka Themselves)

8 July – The Snowballs and The Beat Syndicate

9 July – Roy & The Vampires

10 July – Erky Grant & The Tonnettes, The Tempests and The Second Thoughts

11 July – John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and The Copains

12 July – The Beatvenders (aka The Beatvendors)

13 July – Rory Blackwell & His Monsters, The Tridents (Jeff Beck didn’t join until early September 1964) and The Springbeats

14 July – Alex Harvey Soul Band and Miston Tuac

15 July – Eddie King & The Chequers

16 July – The Klook

17 July – The Chants, The Harlems and Just Memphis

18 July – The Sheffields and Them (aka Themselves)

19 July – Wayne Dean & The Telestars

20 July – Rory Blackwell & His Monsters

21 July – Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Long John Baldry and Blues x 6 (Blues by Six?)

22 July – The Mojos and The Soundcasters

Middlesex Chronicle has The Fanatics instead of The Soundcasters

23 July – The Ravers

24 July – The Animals and Steve Marriott’s Moments

25 July – Alexis Korner Blues Incorporated and Miston Tuac

26 July – Special All Star Show with PJ Proby with The Diamonds with Rory Blackwell & His Monsters, Frankie Roy & The Soundcasters, The Sonics, The Roosters and The Condors

27 July – Rory Blackwell & The Monsters with supporting groups

28 July – The Cheynes

29 July – The Skyways

30 July – The Seytons

31 July – Mal Ryder & The Spirits with Steve Marriott’s Moments

1 August – Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds and The Ray Clevelands

2 August – The Clique

4 August – Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated and Miston Tuac

5 August – Gene & The Cossacks and The Phantom Raiders

6 August – The Cardinals

7 August – Dave Curtiss & His Tremors and The Fanatics

8 August – Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band and The Clique

9 August – Steve Marriot’s Moments

10 August – group plays according to Middlesex Chronicle but the name isn’t listed

11 August – Steve Marriot’s Moments

12 August – Eddie King & The Chequers

13 August – The CC Riders

14 August – The Stormsville Shakers and The Ray Clevelands

15 August – Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames with Them (aka Themselves)

16 August – The Cops & Robbers

18 August – Steve Marriot’s Moments

19 August – The Pitmen

21 August – Manfred Mann and Gene & The Cossacks

22 August – The Graham Bond Organisation with supporting groups

23 August – Jerry James & The Bandits (Middlesex Chronicle)

25 August – Them (aka Themselves) (Middlesex Chronicle)

26 August – The Hysters (Middlesex Chronicle)

28 August – Grant Tracy & The Sunsets and The Sways

Record Mirror has Jerry James & The Bandits rather than The Sways while the Middlesex Chronicle has Brian & The Knights

29 August – Long John Baldry & The Hoochie Coochie Men and The RBQ

30 August – The Ray Clevelands

1 September – Steve Marriott’s Moments

2 September – Tony Knight & The Livewires

4 September – The Beatmen and The Fanatics (the latter may have been replaced by The Soundcasters)

5 September – Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band and Them (aka Themselves) Beat Monthly lists The Downliners Sect on this date

6 September – Brian & The Knights

8 September – Them (aka Themselves)

9 September – The De Kuyper Sect

11 September – The Classmates and Gene & The Cossacks

12 September – The Spencer Davis Group and The Pitmen

13 September – Wainwright’s Gentlemen (Middlesex Chronicle)

15 September – Steve Marriott’s Moments

16 September – The Eiffels (Middlesex Chronicle)

18 September – Annette & The keymen and The Cheetahs (Record Mirror)

19 September – The Soul Agents (Rod Stewart didn’t join until December 1964)

Record Mirror has Jerry James & The Bandits as The Soul Agents’ support band

20 September – Downliners Sect (Don Craine’s diary)

Record Mirror has Les Fauves on this date (they probably remained as support band)

21 September – missing entry

22 September – missing entry

23 September – missing entry

24 September – missing entry

25 September – Wainwright’s Gentlemen and Ken Gordon & The Downsiders

26 September – The Downliners Sect and The Clique

27 September – The Swinging Grades

Record Mirror and the Middlesex Chronicle have The Cobwebs rather than The Swinging Grades

29 September – The Sonics

Record Mirror has DJ Rona Lee Jay on 29 September

Missing many entries for October

2 October – Keith Powell & The Valets and The Soundcasters (Record Mirror)

3 October – The Ray Clevelands and The Certs (Record Mirror)

4 October – The Blues Profits (Record Mirror)

6 October – DJ Rona Lee Jay and The Rumbles Blues Band (Record Mirror)

9 October – Annette & The Keymen and Jeff Elroy & The Boys Blue (Record Mirror)

10 October – The Soul Agents with supporting group

11 October – The Kentones (Record Mirror)

13 October – DJ Rona Lee Jay (Record Mirror)

16 October – Jon Best & The Challenges and The Nesters (Record Mirror)

17 October – Just Memphis and The Rumbles Blues Band (Record Mirror)

18 October – The Kingpins (Record Mirror)

20 October – DJ Chuck Benell (Record Mirror)

31 October – Downliners Sect (Don Craine’s diary)

Top clipping and photos courtesy of Gray Newell. The rest are from the Kingston & Malden Borough News and Middlesex Chronicle.

Categories: England, Hounslow, London

The Dae-b-Four

June 4, 2012 Nick Warburton 11 Comments

The Dae-b-Four, live, early 1966. From left to right: Rex Brayley, Iain Pitwell and Brian Brayley

Rex Brayley – lead guitar/vocals

Brian Brayley – rhythm guitar

Roger Sidey – bass

Kenny Slade – drums

Jimmy Trimmer – lead vocals

Bob Carpenter – drums

Bobby Dean – drums

Iain Pitwell – lead vocals

Malcolm Randall – drums

John Kerrison – drums

Brothers Rex and Brian Brayley had first come to prominence with Tony Liddle & the Lads, a Hounslow band formed in 1962. The band also comprised singer Tony Liddle, bass player Roger Sidey and drummer Yan Kuttlevasher.

In mid-1964, Sheffield drummer Kenny Slade replaced Kuttlevasher after playing with Dave Berry & The Cruisers. When Tony Liddle left soon after, the group became The Dae-b-Four.

Not long after the name change, the musicians were joined by new lead singer Jimmy Trimmer. Then in early 1965, Bob Carpenter took over from Kenny Slade on drums. Slade joined The Sheffields and later worked with Joe Cocker.

Carpenter didn’t stay very long, however, and Bobby Dean from rival Hounslow band, The Stringbeats took over that spring. Dean introduced his friend, singer Iain Pitwell, who took over from Jimmy Trimmer when he departed.

However, Dean left in August 1965 to work with another local group, The Valkeries. Malcolm Randall from Rey Anton & The Peppermint Men took his place briefly. The line-up remained steady until November 1965 when John Kerrison came in on drums after playing in Germany with The Horizons. Kerrison had previously been a member of Frankie Reid & The Casuals and The Rocking Eccentrics.

Malcolm Randall later reunited with Pitwell in The All Night Workers in October 1967 after working as a freelance drummer and The Missing Links in the interim.

The new line up lasted until about August 1966 when Kerrison departed and subsequently joined Mick Liddell & Gli Atomi in Rome, Italy. The band recorded the track “La Mia Inghilterra”, after which Kerrison returned to the UK. By February 1967, Kerrison had linked up with Johnny Kidd’s former band, The Pirates. He then played with Episode Six and The Beachcombers. The Dae-b-Four carried on with another drummer.

In March 1967, Rex Brayley struck gold when he joined The Love Affair.

Iain Pitwell meanwhile reunited with Malcolm Randall in The All Night Workers in October 1967.

Notable gigs:

30 March 1965 – Elms Club, South Harrow, Middlesex with Distortion

20 April 1965 – Elms Club, South Harrow, Middlesex with Bluesology (featuring future Elton John on piano)

2 July 1965 – London Cavern, Holland Park, west London with The Initial Four (Kensington Post)

6 July 1965 1965 – London Cavern, Holland Park, west London with The Tribe (Kensington Post)

24 August 1965 – Jolly Gardeners, Isleworth, west London

Many thanks to Rex Brayley for the photos and input. Thanks also to Iain Pitwell, John Kerrison and Malcolm Randall. Thanks to Don Hughes too for his help in piecing the story together.

Don Hughes is selling a three-track picture sleeve single, with three previously unreleased tracks. For more information, email: donhughes345@btinternet.com

Kenny Slade lineup, 1964. From left to right: Rex Brayley, Roger Sidey, Kenny Slade and Brian Brayley

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