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GIG LIST Taken
from Andy's gig diary. These are just the dates; Andy wrote
comments after each of these dates, some quite funny, interesting and
revealing! But we'll let Andy use those at his own discretion in his
forthcoming book.......
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1970 May 15th - Bexhill Youth Centre (this was only four days after our first practice together, so our set was all covers including: 'Head in the Clouds', 'Summertime Blues', 'Same Old Story', 'I'm So Glad', 'Reggae Jam'(?), Centaur Woman', 'Good Times Bad Times', 'Summertime', and 'Spoonful'). June 27th - Ancaster House Fete (afternoon) - Whydown – private party (evening) (by now we were playing our own stuff too like: 'After the Storm' (Jaffa), 'Adriatica' (Tony), and 'Castle on the Hill' (Andy). We also played part of a rock opera called 'Lucifer' that Laurie had started.) There now followed a pause in gigging while we worked on our own material. October 29th - Round Table Youth Centre November 6th - Thomas Peacock School, Rye November 27th - Granville Hotel, Bexhill December 4th - Thomas Peacock School, Rye December 18th - 58 Club, Winchelsea Beach December 31st - Woolpack, Herstmonceux 1971 January 29th - Hastings College supporting King Rod & Co. Cancelled. February 11th - Regent Hotel February 18th - Regent Hotel February 20th - Hillingdon Youth Club March 3rd - Regent Hotel March 12th - Hastings Pier supporting Gracious and Pink Fairies March 13th - All Saints Hall, Sidley March 20th - Hastings Pier supporting Candy Choir and Old Silver March 26th - Ninfield Memorial Hall March 30th - Uckfield Youth Club April 2nd - Hastings High School for Girls; also on bill, Penny Black and Sam Tripp April 30th - Crowhurst Village Hall May 7th - Priory Road School for Boys; supported by Effigy May 20th - Regency Club, Ashford June 11th - Regency Club, Ashford June 25th - Hastings Pier all-nighter with Gracious, Strife, Total and the ‘invisible’ Equals! June 26th - Hastings Sailing Club July 10th - Hastings Pier with Freeway and Sam Tripp July 15th - Hastings Grammar School supporting Killing Floor July 16th - Netherfield Youth Club July 23rd - Whitwell, Herts July 24th - Northreppes, Norfolk wedding reception with Sattva July 30th - Tenterden Youth Club July 31st - Regency Club, Ashford August 7th - Yelton Hotel August 9th - Rye Bay Caravan Park August 13th - YMCA supported by Effigy August 14th - Crowhurst (on back of lorry!) August 16th - Rye Bay Caravan Park August 17th - Aquarius, Hastings supported by Freeway August 30th - Rye Bay Caravan Park September 10th - St. Helen’s Youth Club September 24th - Lewes Technical College September 25th - Mayfield Village Hall October 8th - Heathfield October 23rd - Eastbourne College of Education November 26th - YMCA, Hastings December 17th - Hastings College of F.E. supported by Gasoline Alley (Tich Turner) December 18th - De La Warr Pavilion supporting Gordon Rider’s Band December 27th - Queens Hotel, Brighton 1972 January 21st - Maidstone College of Art supporting Stone the Crows and Freedom January 22nd - Mayfield February 4th - Falaise Hall, Hastings March 17th - Bathing Pool, St. Leonards March 18th - Canterbury Tech supporting Status Quo March 24th - Round Table Youth Club March 25th - Hastings Pier supporting Stray May 5th - Bexhill Grammar School May 26th - Hastings College with Podmore and the Jazz Caverners June 3rd - Grasshopper, Crawley June 17th - Chelsea College of P.E., Eastbourne with Gerry Lochran June 24th - Sacred Heart School, Hastings July 7th - Technical High School, Portsmouth July 28th - Fulham Town Hall with Sammy (GLF do) August 16th - Crowhurst Recreation Ground August 17th - Theatre Royal, Stratford September 1st - Fulham Town Hall September 22nd - Crowborough Youth Club September 30th - Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone supporting Khan October 6th - Sussex University, Brighton with Performance and Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets October 13th - Bexhill Youth Centre October 14th - Hastings Pier supporting Daddy Longlegs November 11th - Plumpton Agricultural College November 17th - Bathing Pool, St. Leonards November 18th - Mayfield Memorial Hall November 24th - Hastings High School for Girls November 25th - Western Pavilion, Littlehampton November 30th - Mecca Ballroom, Portsmouth December 1st - Crowborough Youth Club December 14th - New England College, near Arundel December 18th - Bexhill Youth Club with Mae West December 22nd - Winter Gardens, Eastbourne supporting Mungo Jerry December 23rd - Canterbury Technical College supporting Pink Fairies 1973 January 26th - Manor Barn, Bexhill February 2nd - Harlow College of Agriculture, Tonbridge February 3rd - Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone supporting Dick-Heckstall Smith Band February 14th - Aquarius, Hastings supporting Budgie March 11th - Corn Exchange, Maidstone March 14th - Sussex University, Brighton March 15th - King and Queen, Brighton March 24th - Whitelands College, Putney supporting Daddy Longlegs and Fusion Orchestra March 30th - Hastings College Gym April 5th - Simon Langton Girls School, Canterbury with Stallion April 6th - Newport Technical College, Isle of Wight supporting CMU April 18th - Assembly Halls, Worthing supporting Budgie May 1st - City University, London May 2nd - King and Queen, Brighton May 10th - Clouds, East Grinstead May 11th - University College, London (exactly 3 years since first practise) May 12th - Portsmouth College of Education May 19th - Mayfield Memorial Hall May 23rd - The Crypt, Sussex University, Brighton May 25th - Surrey University, Guidford June 2nd - Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone supporting Fleetwood Mac June 4th - King and Queen, Brighton June 8th - Hastings Pier supporting Suzie Quatro June 11th - King and Queen, Brighton June 16th - Sussex University with Lodestone (afternoon) June 16th - Chelsea College of P.E., Eastbourne June 25th - King and Queen, Brighton June 29th - Staplecross Village Hall July 7th - Hastings Pier supporting Spencer Davis July 9th - Speakeasy Cub, London (met K. Moon!) July 12th - Western Pavilion, Littlehampton with Daisy July 18th - Assembly Halls, Worthing supporting Stackridge July 21st - Mayfield Memorial Hall August 3rd - Broad Oak, Heathfield with Daisy August 4th - St. Andrews Hall, Steyning August 8th - Bexhill Youth Club At
the back of this diary, Andy kept a record of our studio recordings to
this date. Here's a summary of those:
1971 January 30th - at RG Jones studios, Wimbledon. 'Mr. Jones' 'Road Sweeper Joe' 'Castle on the Hill' 'Time Machine' 1972 July 17th - at Roger Daltrey's studio, Burwash Weald 'Aiming High' 'Ohio' 'Time Machine' 'Want Your Love Right Now' September 20th - at Daltrey's 'Island in the Sun' 'Ohio' 'Nature Changes' 'Want Your Love Right Now' 'Born a Dreamer' November 9th - at Daltrey's Worked on previously recorded tracks and 'had a go at' 'Ice Age’ 1973 February 16th - at the Tunnel 'The Baby' 'Ice Age' 'Turkey in the Straw' 'Aiming High' 'Born a Dreamer' May 11th - at the Tunnel Re-did some of the above May 28th - at Saturn, Worthing 'Turkey in the Staw' 'I'll Sing You a Song' 'Am I Mad' June 12th - at Daltrey's (John Jansen engineering) 'Amulci' 'Lampost Lil' 'As the Crow Flies' June 22nd - at Daltrey's Revisited the above July 8th - at Radio Brighton 'The Spanish One' 'Direction' 'Lol's Jig' Broadcast on July 31st on Radio Brighton's 'Worth Hearing' Here, Andy's first gig diary ends. He kept another from this date on but unfortunately, it's been lost. ***We have found a list of dates for the last two years of the band!*** 1973 AUGUST: Fri 3rd Broad Oak Village Hall, Heathfield, Sussex (with Daisy as support band) Sat 4th St. Andrew's Hall, Steyning, Sussex (with Daisy as support band) Wed 8th Bexhill Youth Centre, Sussex ***Dates for the rest of 1973 are missing, except: DECEMBER: Fri 7th Dec Merton College, Oxford (all-nighter, Factory on 1st & last, at 10pm & 3am)*** 1974 January to 3rd Nov missing, except: Sun 10th March we played in Burnley, Lancashire, & Sat 20th Jul Hastings Pier Ballroom, Sussex, (supporting Half Human Band) Oct - Jaffa left the band, and Steve took his place NOVEMBER: Mon 4th The Staging Post, Leeds, Yorkshire Tues 5th The Roxy, Blackpool, Lancashire Thurs 7th Glamorgan Polytechnic, South Wales Fri 8th Newcastle Polytechnic (supporting Chilli Willi & the Red Hot Peppers) Sat 9th The Plough & Harrow, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire Fri 15th Welfare Hall, Llanharan, South Wales Sat 16th Axminster Civic Hall, Devon Thurs 21st The Coach & Horses, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Fri 22nd Sheffield College, Yorkshire Sat 23rd The Seahorse, Morecambe, Lancashire Sun 24th The Golden Ball, Sheffield, Yorkshire Tues 26th Mecca Ballroom, Tottenham, London (audition for tour of Holland) Fri 29th The Hope & Anchor, London Sat 30th The Global Village, London DECEMBER: Mon 2nd The Western Counties, Paddington, London Thurs 5th City Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire Fri 6th The Heavy Steam Machine, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (supporting Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance) Sat 7th De La Salle College, Manchester, Lancashire (supporting Horslips) Sun 8th Civic Hall, Barnsley, Yorkshire (supporting Ace) Thurs 12th The Revolution Club, Cardiff, South Wales Fri 13th The Hymac Club, Rhymney, South Wales Sun 15th The Tavern In The Town, Bradford, Yorkshire Mon 16th Quaintways, Chester, Cheshire Tues 17th The Brunel Rooms, Swindon, Wiltshire Wed 18th The Western Counties, Paddington, London Thurs 19th Bridgend Youth Wing, South Wales Fri 20th The Regency Rooms, Derby, Derbyshire Sat 21st The Plough & Harrow, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire Fri 27th Briton Ferry Rugby Club, South Wales Sat 28th Ammanford Civic Hall, South Wales Sun 29th Winker's Farm, Chalfont St. Peters, Buckinghamshire (double-booked, so we didn't play) 1975 JANUARY: Wed 1st The Lord Nelson, London Thurs 2nd The Wellington Arms, Stratfield Turges, Hampshire Fri 3rd The Western Counties, Paddington, London Sat 4th The Greyhound, Fulham Palace Rd, London Sun 5th The Target, Reading, Berkshire Fri 17th The Duke of York, Yeovil, Somerset Sat 18th Harlow Technical College, Essex Sun 19th Lakeland Lounge, Accrington, Lancashire Tues 21st Brunel Rooms, Swindon, Wiltshire Fri 24th Hadlow College, Tonbridge, Kent Thurs 30th Jan to Mon 24th Feb, tour of Holland, playing 24 gigs FEBRUARY cont'd Fri 28th The Western Counties, Paddington, London MARCH: Sat 1st The Western Counties, Paddington, London Tues 11th to Sun 23rd, residency at the PN Club, Munich, Germany APRIL: Fri 11th The Duke of York, Yeovil, Somerset Tues 15th Brunel Rooms, Swindon, Wiltshire Thurs 17th The Western Counties, Paddington, London Fri 18th The Western Counties, Paddington, London Sat 19th The White Hart, Willesden, London Sun 20th The Target Club, Reading, Berkshire MAY: Fri 1st RAF Club, Wolverhampton, Warwickshire Sat 2nd De La Salle College, Manchester, Lancashire (supporting Horslips) Mon 5th The Western Counties, Paddington, London Sat 10th The Target Club, Reading, Berkshire Sun 11th Lakeland Lounge, Accrington, Lancashire Mon 12th Quaintways, Chester, Cheshire Thurs 15th Revolution Club, Cardiff, South Wales Fri 16th Briton Ferry Rugby Club, South Wales Sat 17th Cardiff College of Education, South Wales Sun 18th The Viaduct, Crumlin, South Wales Tues 20th The Greyhound, Fulham Palace Road, London Sat 24th Ammanford Civic Hall, South Wales Sat 31st The Western Counties, Paddington, London JUNE: Sun 15th De La Salle College, Manchester, Lancashire (supporting Sutherland Brothers & Quiver) Tues 17th Brunel Rooms, Swindon, Wiltshire Fri 20th The White Hart, Willesden, London Sat 21st Sherbourne College, Dorset Sun 22nd Llanharan Rugby Club, South Wales Fri 27th Charters Towers Girls School, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex JULY: Band on a break till Thurs 24th The Greyhound, Fulham Palace Road, London AUGUST: Fri 1st Briton Ferry Rugby Club, South Wales Sat 2nd Ammanford Civic Hall, South Wales Sun 3rd Llanharan Rugby Club, South Wales Mon 4th Tredegar Working Men's Club, South Wales Sat 9th Premier Club, Ebbw Vale, South Wales - early gig Sat 9th Checkmates, Caerphilly, South Wales - late gig Sun 10th The Viaduct, Crumlin, South Wales Mon 11th Tredegar Working Men's Club, South Wales Sat 16th Seaton, Devon Thurs 21st The Granary, Bristol Sun 24th Pandora's, Swansea, South Wales Wed 27th The Wellington Arms, Highgate, London Thurs 28th The Marquee Club, London (supporting The Scorpions) Fri 29th The White Hart, Willesden, London Sat 30th Axminster Civic Hall, Devon SEPTEMBER: Thurs 11th The Winter Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall Sat 13th Gillingham, Dorset Tues 16th Top Rank, Cardiff, South Wales Sat 27th Poulton-le-Fylde College of Education, Lancashire Sun 28th Lakeland Lounge, Accrington, Lancashire Mon 29th El Cordobes Club, Newport, South Wales Tues 30th Hafordyngris Rugby Club, South Wales OCTOBER: Wed 1st Frenchman's, Fishguard, West Wales Mon 6th Rose Hayworth Club, Abertillery, South Wales Tues 7th Tiffany's, Exeter, Devon Fri 10th The Pavilion, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Sat 11th Abingdon Boys School, Oxfordshire Fri 17th Pawlett Manor Hotel, Bridgwater, Somerset Sat 18th Pawlett Manor Hotel, Bridgwater, Somerset Sat 25th Hastings Pier Ballroom, Sussex Fri 31st Newton Abbot Agricultural College, Devon NOVEMBER: Tues 11th The Marquee Club, London (supporting The Scorpions) Fri 14th Hastings College of Further Education, Sussex Fri 21st Westfield College, London (Supporting Nubius, who replaced Sassafras, with the Sex Pistols bottom of the bill. Their 3rd gig) Sat 22nd RAF Chicksands, Bedford, Bedfordshire Sun 23rd Llanharan Rugby Club, South Wales Fri 28th Nov to Sun 14th Dec, residency at the PN Club, Munich, Germany DECEMBER, cont'd Tues 16th The Hope & Anchor, London Wed 17th The Greyhound, Fulham Palace Road, London Wed 24th Hastings Pier Ballroom, Sussex 1976 JANUARY: Fri 16th Queen's Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire Fri 23rd Cardiff College of Education, South Wales Sat 24th Westfield College, London Fri 30th Abertillery Rugby Club, South Wales Sat 31st Reading University, Berkshire FEBRUARY: Sun 1st The Oval, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Sat 7th Hastings Pier Ballroom, Sussex Sun 8th Lakeland Lounge, Accrington, Lancashire Mon 9th Quaintways, Chester, Cheshire Fri 13th RAF Welford, Wantage, Oxfordshire Sat 14th St. Peter's College, Birmingham, Warwickshire Sun 15th Resolven Rugby Club, South Wales Sat 21st RAF Chicksands, Bedford, Bedfordshire (supporting UFO) Sun 22nd De La Salle College, Manchester, Lancashire (supporting Sutherland Brothers & Quiver) Mon 23rd Royal British Legion Club, Tonypandy, South Wales Tues 24th Abertillery Rugby Club, South Wales Wed 25th Barry, South Wales Thurs 26th The Quay Club, Haverfordwest, South Wales Fri 27th Briton Ferry Rugby Club, South Wales Sat 28th Royal Naval Club, Tonypandy, South Wales Sun 29th Llanharan Rugby Club, South Wales MARCH: Sat 6th Totley College, Sheffield, Yorkshire Thurs 11th Royal Naval Base, Helston, Cornwall Fri 12th Hastings Pier Ballroom, Sussex Sat 13th The Merry Maidens, Reading, Berkshire Thurs 18th The Revolution Club (Smiley's), Cardiff, South Wales Fri 19th The Memorial Hall, Barry, South Wales Sat 20th Cloud 9 Disco, Redditch, Worcestershire Mon 29th The Marquee Club, London APRIL: Thurs 1st Jackie Clothier's birthday party, Bargoed, South Wales Sat 3rd Ammanford Civic Hall, South Wales Sun 4th Loftus Social Club, Loftus, Yorkshire Thurs 9th The Golden Lion, Fulham Palace Rd, London Sat 10th Arral St. Social Club, Six Bells, Abertillery, South Wales Sun 11th The Four Sevens, Maesteg, South Wales MAY: Sat 1st Chester College, Cheshire Fri 7th The Rochester, London Sat 8th Fforde Green Hotel, Leeds, Yorkshire Sun 9th The Four Sevens, Maesteg, South Wales Mon 10th The Rose Heyworth Club, Abertillery, South Wales Tues 11th Briton Ferry Rugby Club, South Wales Fri 21st Bridgend Youth Wing, South Wales Sat 22nd Royal British Legion, Tonypandy, South Wales Sun 23rd Llanharan Rugby Club, South Wales Mon 24th The Red Lion, Warrington, Lancashire Thurs 27th Rebecca's, Birmingham, Warwickshire JUNE: Thurs 3rd Royal Naval Base, Helston, Cornwall Sat 5th Langston Hall, Battle, Sussex Fri 11th Radbrook Girls College, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Sun 13th The Target Club, Reading, Berkshire Mon 14th Scamps, Norwich, Norfolk Thurs 17th The Viaduct, Bath, Somerset Fri 25th Leeds University, Yorkshire Sat 26th Bedford College, Bedfordshire JULY: Sat 3rd Fforde Green Hotel, Leeds, Yorkshire Sun 4th Halfway Hotel, Barnsley, Yorkshire Fri 9th Arral St. Social Club, Six Bells, Abertillery, South Wales Sat 10th Royal Naval Club, Tonypandy, South Wales Sun 11th The Viaduct, Crumlin, South Wales Mon 12th Royal British Legion, Tonypandy, South Wales Sun 18th Fforde Green Hotel, Leeds, Yorkshire Mon 19th The Greyhound, Fulham Palace Rd, London Tues 20th Brunel Rooms, Swindon, Wiltshire Thurs 29th The John Peel, Gosport, Hampshire AUGUST: Mon 2nd The Golden Diamond, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Wed 4th Arral St. Social Club, Six Bells, Abertillery, South Wales Thurs 5th Borth Village Hall, Aberystwyth, South Wales Sun 15th RAF Base, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Wed 18th Morden Park outdoor show, Merton, London Thurs 19th The Greyhound, Fulham Palace Rd, London Mon 23rd Scamps, Norwich, Norfolk Tues 24th Top Rank, Brighton, Sussex Fri 27th Brunel Rooms, Swindon, Wiltshire SEPTEMBER: Sat 4th Ammanford Civic Hall, South Wales Sun 5th The Four Sevens, Maesteg, South Wales Mon 6th The Rose Heyworth Club, Abertillery, South Wales Thurs 9th Smiley's, Cardiff, South Wales Fri 10th Club Royale, Preston, Lancashire Sat 11th Club Royale, Preston, Lancashire Sun 12th Blue Bell Inn, Bolsover, Derbyshire Tues 14th Top Rank, Brighton, Sussex Tues 21st The Greyhound, Fulham Palace Rd, London Thurs 23rd Fforde Green Hotel, Leeds, Yorkshire Fri 24th Chalfont St. Giles College of Further Education, Buckinghamshire Sun 26th Newbridge Memorial Hall, South Wales Mon 27th Royal British Legion, Tonypandy, South Wales Tues 28th Palace Disco, Mountain Ash, South Wales Wed 29th Arral St. Social Club, Six Bells, Abertillery, South Wales Thurs 30th Llanharan Constitutional Club, South Wales OCTOBER: Fri 1st The Nashville Rooms, London At this point, Laurie was sacked for "arguing too much". Factory tried to replace him, with a drummer named Graham, but it wasn't the same, and after 9 more gigs, they decided to disband. DECEMBER: Tues 7th Top Rank, Cardiff, South Wales Thurs 9th College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, South Wales Tues 14th Highbury Institute, Abertillery, South Wales Wed 15th The Stowaway Club, Newport, South Wales Fri 17th Pawlett Manor Hotel, Bridgwater, Somerset Sat 18th Royal Naval Club, Tonypandy, South Wales Sun 19th Newbridge Memorial Hall, South Wales Mon 20th The Seagull, Southall, Middlesex Tues 21st The Railway, Putney, London |
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