SINGLES

BADFINGER-Come And Get It/ Rock Of All Ages (Apple) #4
BLONDE ON BLONDE-All Day, All Night/ Country Life (Pye)
DRY ICE-Running To The Convent/ Nowhere To Go (B&C)
EARTH-Resurrection City/ Comical Man (CBS)
HAPPY CONFUSION-Yes Sir/ Hereditary Impediment (Penny Farthing)
ALAN HULL-We Can Swing Together/ Obidiah’s Grave (Big T)
KINKS-Victoria/ Mr Churchill Says (Pye) #33
THE MAGIC CHRISTIANS-Come And Get It (If You Want It)/ Nats (Major Minor)
OCTOPUS-Laugh At The Poor Man/ Girl Friend (Penny Farthing)

ALBUMS

BONZO DOG BAND-Keynsham (Liberty)
CREEPY JOHN THOMAS-Creepy John Thomas (RCA)
THE END-Introspection (Decca)
FAIRPORT CONVENTION-Liege And Lief (Island) #17
ROBIN GIBB-Robin’s Reign (Polydor)
JODY GRIND-One Step On (Transatlantic)
LITTLE FREE ROCK-Little Free Rock (Transatlantic)
LOCOMOTIVE-We Are Everything You See (Parlophone)
MOTT THE HOOPLE-Mott The Hoople (Island)
RARE BIRD-Rare Bird (Charisma)
RENAISSANCE-Renaissance (Island)
ROBIN SCOTT-Woman From The Warm Grass (Head)
SPOOKY TOOTH/ PIERRE HENRY-Ceremony (Island)
TRAPEZE-Trapeze (Threshold)
THE WEB-Theraphosa Blondi (Deram)

HAPPENING!

• The Rolling Stones headline the infamous Altamont free festival in California (6th). The violence, bad drugs, murder and general mayhem of the day are captured in the film “Gimme Shelter”.
• Following the split of Blind Faith, Ginger Baker forms his Air Force.
• Fat Mattress split up with leader Noel Redding reportedly suffering from nervous exhaustion. The other members re-group with Steve Hammond replacing Redding.
• Bassist Ron Griffiths quits Badfinger. Tom Evans switches from guitar to bass and ex-Merseys/ Gary Walker and Rain guitarist Joey Molland joins the group.
• Keith Emerson of The Nice and Greg Lake of King Crimson hatch plans to form a new group while their current outfits play together at San Francisco’s Fillmore West.
• Balls split up after playing just one gig.
• Steve Howe’s group Bodast split. In the last year and a half they had recorded one unreleased album for MGM but had gigged only sporadically. The album is eventually released in the 1980s, years after Howe had become a star name with Yes.
• Forthcoming Beatles single “You Know My Name (Look Up My Number)”/ “What’s The New, Mary Jane?” is cancelled.
• Norman Haines, leader of Locomotive, forms his own group ‘Sacrifice’, later re-named as the plain 'Norman Haines Band'
• German TV “Beat Club”-Terry Reid, Hardin-York (31st)
• ITV "With A Little Help From My Friends", presented by George Martin with The Hollies, Ringo Starr etc (24th)
• ITV "Lift Off"- Love Affair, Scaffold, Ray Davies (24th)
• BBC2 "Colour Me Pop", a special highlights show including Bonzo Dog Band, Caravan, Harmony Grass, The Nice, Spooky Tooth, Trapeze (27th)
• ITV "This Is Tom Jones"- The Hollies (28th)
• BBC1 "Ten Years Of What?"- Bonzo Dog Band (28th)
• BBC1 "Pop Go The Sixties"- with reminiscences from The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Kinks etc (31st)
• BBC SESSIONS-Badfinger (9th, Radio 1 Club), Bonzo Dog Band (21st, DLT), Deep Purple (26^th, Stuart Henry), Flying Machine (8th-12th, Dave Cash), Free (13th, Top Gear-20th, WS R&B-28th, Stuart Henry), Honeybus (8th-12th, Dave Cash—15^th-19^th, Jimmy Young—29^th-2^nd Jan, Terry Wogan), Idle Race (15^th-19^th, Terry Wogan), Jigsaw (8^th-12^th, Terry Wogan), Kinks (18th, DLT), Marmalade (25^th, Dave Cash—26^th, Stuart Henry), Mighty Baby (20th, Top Gear), Montanas (15^th-19^th, Dave Cash), The Move (8th-12th, Dave Cash), Onyx (8^th-12^th, Terry Wogan—29^th-2^nd Jan, Terry Wogan), Orange Bicycle (8^th-12^th, Dave Cash), Pentangle (26th, Georgie Fame Show),  Pretty Things (2nd, Radio 1 Club), Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (1st-5th, Dave Cash—6^th, Tony Brandon’s Saturday People—7^th, Dave Lee Travis—15^th-19^th, Jimmy Young), Slade (15^th-19^th, Dave Cash—29^th-2^nd Jan, Dave Cash), Status Quo (1st-5th, Dave Cash—15^th-19^th, Dave Cash—29^th-Jan 2^nd, Terry Wogan), Al Stewart (13th, Top Gear), Symbols (15^th-19^th, Terry Wogan—29^th-2^nd Jan, Dave Cash), Tangerine Peel (15^th-19^th, Dave Cash), Timebox (1st-5th, Jimmy Young—15th-19^th, Dave Cash—29^th-2^nd Jan, Dave Cash), Toby Twirl (15^th-19^th, Jimmy Young), Tremeloes (1st-5th, Jimmy Young—26^th, Stuart Henry), The Web (1st-5th, Dave Cash—15^th-19^th, Terry Wogan)

WATCHING!

• John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band play at London’s Lyceum Ballroom. It’s Lennon’s last appearance on a British stage.
• The Rolling Stones return to London to play the Saville Theatre (21st).
• The Moody Blues are in concert at the Royal Albert Hall (12th). The show is recorded and finally released in 1977 as “Caught Live + 5”.
• Also at the RAH is a benefit in aid of Shelter (19th). Family, Graham Bond and Sam Apple Pie appear.
• The Move play a series of cabaret shows at Sheffield's Baileys Club (from the 28th) at the instigation of vocalist Carl Wayne. A disgruntled Roy Wood ensures that this venture is curtailed when he throws a glass at a heckler in the audience.
• The Who play “Tommy” at the Coliseum Theatre, London-the home of the English National Opera (14th)
• Roundhouse-Little Free Rock (7th), Quintessence, Mott the Hoople, Village (21st)
• Revolution-Hawkwind (16th)
• Blaises-Quatermass (8th), Hawkwind (30th)
• Temple Club-Graham Bond Initiation (5^th), Juicy Lucy, Trader Horne (12^th), Quintessence (19^th)
• 100 Club-Audience (30^th)
• Crucible Club-Juniors Eyes (31^st)
• Klooks Kleek-Renaissance, Gracious (2^nd), Eire Apparent (3^rd), Juniors Eyes, Aardvark (9th), Yes, Stray (10th), Alan Bown, Audience (16th), Graham Bond (23^rd), Hardin & York (24^th), Juicy Lucy (30^th)
• Marquee- Writing On The Wall (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th), Arcadium (1st, 29th), Ring Of Truth (4th), Hardin-York (5th, 12th), Cressida (5th, 20th), Quatermass (6th), Ashkan (6th), Blossom Toes (9th), Rare Bird (9th), Clouds (11th), Kippington Lodge (13th, 20th), Smile (13th), Dry Ice (16th), Groundhogs (18th), Alan Bown (19th), Audience (19th, 31st), Colosseum (23rd), Yes (26th), Man (26th), Magna Carta (28th), Harmony Grass (30th), Mandrake (30th), Family (31st)
• Stamford Hall, Altrincham-Status Quo (27th)
• Friars, Aylesbury-Renaissance (1st), Mott the Hoople (8th), Quintessence (15th), Graham Bond (22nd)
• Barking College-Mott the Hoople, Castle Farm (13^th)
• Bedford Friars-Free (11^th), East Of Eden (18^th)
• Bexley Black Prince-Ferris Wheel (14^th)
• Mothers, Birmingham- Magna Carta (2nd), Deviants (3rd), Audience (5th), Atomic Rooster, Juicy Lucy (7th), Edgar Broughton Band (9th, 31st), Rare Bird (14th), Ring Of Truth (20th), Deep Purple (21st), Colosseum, Pete Brown & Piblokto (24th), Quatermass, Mooche, Clark-Hutchinson (27th), Yes (28th), Liverpool Scene (31st)
• Odeon, Birmingham-Moody Blues (14th)
• Birmingham Town Hall-Ten Years After, Blodwyn Pig (10th)
• Warley Social Club, Birmingham-Genesis (14th)
• Blackburn Golden Palms-Manfred Mann Chapter III (5^th)
• Blackburn King George’s Hall-Family, Quintessence, Grisby Dyke (20th)
• Bletchley Youth Centre-“Christmas In Concert”, Caravan, Steamhammer, Rare Bird, Man (28th).
• Ritz, Bournemouth-Van Der Graaf Generator (5th), Colosseum (12^th), Princpal Edwards Magic Theatre (26^th)
• St Georges Hall, Bradford- Deep Purple (7th)
• Bradford University-Family (7^th)
• Brentwood Beetroot-Episode Six (6^th), Bulldog Breed (17^th), Timebox (19^th)
• Dome, Brighton-Family (22nd)
• Colston Hall, Bristol-Moody Blues (11th), Ten Years After, Blodwyn Pig (13th)
• Hippodrome, Bristol-The Who (4th)
• Buxton, Pavilion Gardens-Principal Edwards Magic Theatre (31^st)
• Chesterfield Victoria-Family (23rd)
• Crawley, Thomas Bennett Lower School-Blossom Toes (11^th)
• Fairfield Hall, Croydon-Tyrannosaurus Rex with ‘Bopping Friends’ (27th)
• Greyhound, Croydon-Yes (7th), Liverpool Scene, Mott The Hoople (14th), Deep Purple, Forever More (28th), Stray (29th)
• The Star, Croydon- Stray (1^st, 29^th), Junior’s Eyes (8th), East Of Eden (22nd)
• Dagenham Village Roundhouse-Liverpool Scene (13^th), Edgar Broughton Band (15^th), Deep Purple (20^th)
• Dunfermline Kinema- Atomic Rooster (21st)
• Dunstable Civic Hall-Manfred Mann Chapter III (1^st)
• Usher Hall, Edinburgh-Moody Blues (7th), Ten Years After, Blodwyn Pig (17th)
• Edmonton Cooks Ferry Inn-Taste (1^st), 1984 (14^th, 28^th), Alan Bown (15^th)
• Epping Wake Arms-Quintessence (14^th), East Of Eden (21^st)
• Ewell Tech College-Caravan, Juicy Lucy (6th)
• Folkestone Tofts-Atomic Rooster (13^th)
• Hammersmith Town Hall-Quintessence etc (5th)
• Hampstead Country Club-Roy Harper, Trees (7th)
• Hanley, The Place-Family (2nd)
• Harrogate Opera House-Bonzo Dog Band, Hardin & York (7th)
• High Wycombe Nag’s Head-Steamhammer (12^th), Clark-Hutchinson (31^st)
• Hounslow Arts Lab-Tea & Symphony, Good Earth (2^nd), Strawbs (30^th)
• Hull University-Family (12th)
• Isleworth Maria Grey College-Strawbs, Paul Brett (11^th)
• Kensington Royal College of Art-Pentangle, Strawbs, Graham Bond, Daddy Longlegs, Bram Stoker (5th)
• Kingston Hotel, Kingston, Surrey-Junior’s Eyes, Sour Milk Sea (featuring a pre-Queen Freddie Mercury!) (7th), Roy Harper (14^th), Yes, Gracious (21^st), Juicy Lucy (28^th)
• De Montfort Hall, Leicester-Family (4th)
• Cavern, Liverpool-Little Free Rock (17th)
• Empire, Liverpool-The Who (12th)
• London Borough Polytechnic-Good Earth (4^th)
• Central London College of Engineering-Colosseum, Mott the Hoople (5th)
• London City Polytechnic-Manfred Mann Chapter III, Aardvark (12^th)
• London, Conway Hall-Steamhammer, High Tide, Skin Alley, Trader Horn (18^th)
• Loughton College, London-East Of Eden (5^th), Atomic Rooster, Mandrake Paddle Steamer (19th)
• London Lyceum-Family, Atomic Rooster, Yes, Edgar Broughton Band, Spirit Of John Morgan (5th), Taste, Mott the Hoople, Forever More (7th), Colosseum, Daddy Longlegs, Tea & Symphony (14^th), John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Plastic Ono Band (15th), Rolling Stones (21^st), Bonzo Dog Band, East Of Eden (28^th)
• Palace Theatre, London-Caravan (10th, 11th)
• London Porchester Hall-Quintessence, Listen (17^th)
• London, Queen Mary College-Audience (3^rd, supporting Radha Krishna Temple)
• London Royal Albert Hall-Ten Years After, Blodwyn Pig (15th)
• London Royal Festival Hall-Donovan (6th)
• Maidenhead Dolphin Hotel-Ashkan (13^th)
• Cheadle Hulme Social Club, Manchester-Genesis (16th)
• Manchester Free Trade Hall-Ten Years After, Blodwyn Pig (19th)
• Odeon, Manchester-Moody Blues (6th)
• Palace Theatre, Manchester-The Who (5th)
• Manchester University-Family, Deep Purple (6th)
• Odeon, Newcastle-Moody Blues (5th)
• Newcastle Polytechnic-Barclay James Harvest (5th)
• City Hall, Newcastle-Ten Years After, Blodwyn Pig (9th-first date of 8 show tour), Edgar Broughton Band, Graham Bond Initiation (13^th), The Who (19th)
• Newcastle University-Family (13th)
• Nottingham Boat Club-Liverpool Scene (21^st)
• Nottingham Town Hall-Ten Years After, Blodwyn Pig (12th)
• Argus Butterfly, Peterlee-Family (14th)
• Van Dykes, Plymouth-Mott the Hoople (24th), Third Ear Band (27^th)
• Indoor Sports Centre, Port Talbot-Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, East Of Eden, Samson, Sam Apple Pie, Daddy Longlegs (6th)
• Farx, Potters Bar-  Free (21^st), Blossom Toes (28th)
• Putney Half Moon-Strawbs (15^th)
• RAF Waddington-Status Quo (20th)
• Reading University-Family (10th)
• Redcar Coatham Hotel-Yes (14^th), Spirit Of John Morgan, Hardin & York (19^th)
• Richmond Athletic Association Hall-Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Skin Alley etc (12^th)
• Kings Head, Romford-Family (1st)
• Southall Farx-Van Der Graaf Generator (7th), Juniors Eyes (14^th), Yes (24^th), Principal Edwards Magic Theatre (28^th), Mott the Hoople (31^st)
• Gaumont, Southampton-Moody Blues (13th)
• Southampton Guild Hall-Ten Years After, Blodwyn Pig (11th)
• Cheese’s Club, Stansted-Principal Edwards’ Magic Theatre (14th), Mighty Baby (21st)
• Apollo, Stoke-on-Trent-Status Quo (19th)
• St Pancras Town Hall-Rare Bird, Hawkwind, Man, Caravan, Flaming Youth (23rd)
• Locarno, Sunderland-Hard Meat (1st), Gypsy (8th, 22nd), Rare Bird (15th)
• Sunderland Polytechnic-Deep Purple (5^th)
• Sutton Coldfield Belfry-Manfred Mann Chapter III (6^th)
• Tolworth Toby Jug-Taste (3^rd)
• Eel Pie Island, Twickenham-Edgar Broughton Band (3rd), Andwella’s Dream (5th), Warm Dust (12^th, 13^th), Stray (17^th)
• Uxbridge, Brunel University-Stray (2^nd), Colosseum, Jigsaw (13^th)
• Waltham Forest Tech College-Manfred Mann Chapter III, East Of Eden (11th)
• Watford College-Blossom Toes, Gracious (13^th)
• Watford Town Hall-Colosseum, Edgar Broughton Band (8^th)
• Wolverhampton Catacombs-Roy Harper (15^th), Free (22^nd), Medicine Head, Entire Sioux Nation (29^th)
• Civic Hall, Wolverhampton-Family, Barclay James Harvest (9th)
• Wood Green Fishmonger’s Arms-Mighty Baby, Skin Alley (2^nd), Atomic Rooster (12^th), Sam Apple Pie (16^th), White Trash (19^th), Juicy Lucy (23^rd)
• Worthing Assembly Hall-Deep Purple, Colosseum (4th)

BACK TO MONTHLY INDEX