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)

Maxine Brown – lead vocals joined The Q-Set for a UK tour

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

1-2 February 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)

4 February 1967 – Califonia Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Disc & Music Echo)

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

8 February 1967 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Disc & Music Echo)

8 February 1967 – Blaises, Mayfair, London (Disc & Music Echo)

10 February 1967 – Ealing Tech College, Ealing, London (Disc & Music Echo)

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

11 February 1967 – Tofts, Folketstone, Kent (Disc & Music Echo)

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

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

17 February 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

17 February 1967 – Gaiety, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)

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)

19 February 1967 – Douglas House, Lancaster Gate, London (Fabulous 208)

20 February 1967 – Palais, Leicester (Fabulous 208)

25 February 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London with the Warren Davies Monday Band (Melody Maker)

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

26 February 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)

5 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set so not clear if Maxine Brown was with them

In mid March, 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

24 September 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)

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, Little Titchfield Street, W1, London with The Decision (Melody Maker)

4 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with The Technique (Evening Sentinel)

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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