SINGLES
ACID
GALLERY-Dance Around The Maypole/ Right Toe Blues (CBS)
ANGEL PAVEMENT-Baby Youve Gotta Stay/ Green Mello Hill
(Fontana)
ARCADIUM-Sing My Song/ Riding Alone (Middle Earth)
BABYLON-Into The Promised Land/ Nobodys Fault But Mine
(Polydor)
THE BEATLES-Something/ Come Together (Apple) #4
BIG BERTHA-This Worlds An Apple/ Gravy Booby Jamm
(Atlantic)
ALAN BOWN-Gypsy Girl/ All I Can (Deram)
PETE BROWN & PIBLOKTO-Living Life Backwards/ High Flying
Electric Bird (Harvest)
THE CASUALS-Caroline/ Naughty Boy (Decca)
THE DAWN CHORUS-Night To Be Remembered/ Crying All Night (MCA)
FACTORY-Try A Little Sunshine/ Red Chalk Hill (CBS)
FAMILY-No Mules Fool/ Good Friend Of Mine (Reprise) #29
FLAMING YOUTH-Guide Me, Orion/ From Now On (Immortal Invisible)
(Fontana)
FLYING MACHINE-Smile A Little Smile For Me/ Maybe Weve Been
Loving Too Long (Pye)
GOOD SHIP LOLLIPOP-Maxwells Silver Hammer/ How Does It Feel
(Ember)
HOUSE OF LORDS-In The Land Of Dreams/ Aint Gonna Wait
Forever (B&C)
JETHRO TULL-Sweet Dream/ 17 (Chrysalis) #9
KELLY-Mary, Mary/ Reverend Richard Bailey (Deram)
JOHN KONGOS-Flim Flam Pharisee/ Blood (Dawn)
LEGEND-Georgia George Part 1/ July (Bell)
LEVIATHAN-Flames/ Just Forget Tomorrow ( Elektra)
NEIL MacARTHUR-Its Not Easy/ 12.29 (Deram)
MAGIC VALLEY-Taking The Heart Out Of Love/ Uptight Basil (Penny
Farthing)
MARMALADE-Butterfly/ I Shall Be Released (CBS)
MOODY BLUES-Watching And Waiting/ Out And In (Threshold)
ORANGE BICYCLE-Carry That Weight-You Never Give Me Your Money/
Want To B Side (Parlophone)
PLASTIC ONO BAND-Cold Turkey/ Dont Worry Kyoko (Apple) #14
RAINBOW-New Day Dawning/ Days And Nights (CBS)
SLADE-Wild Winds Are Blowing/ One Way Hotel (Fontana)
SPECTRUM-Glory/ Nodnol (RCA)
SPIRIT OF JOHN MORGAN-Ride On/ Along Came John (Carnaby)
STATUS QUO-Price Of Love/ Little Miss Nothing (Pye)
TIDAL WAVE-With Tears In My Eyes/ We Wanna Know (Decca)
TIMEBOX-Yellow Van/ Youve Got The Chance (Deram)
TRASH-Golden Slumbers-Carry That Weight/ Trash Can (Apple) #35
TREMELOES-(Call Me) Number One/ Instant Whip (CBS) #2
MARK WIRTZ-Caroline/ Goody, Goody, Goody (CBS)
WRITING ON THE WALL-Child On A Crossing/ Lucifer Corpus (Middle
Earth)
ALBUMS
CIRCUS-Circus
(Transatlantic)
DEVIANTS-Deviants
3 (Transatlantic)
NICK
DRAKE-Five Leaves Left (Island)
FLAMING YOUTH-Ark 2 (Fontana)
KING CRIMSON-In The Court Of The Crimson King (Island) #5
JOHN KONGOS-Confusions About A Gold Fish (Dawn)
TERRY REID-Superlungs (Columbia)
SOFT MACHINE-Volume 2 (Probe)
HAPPENING!
The Jeff Beck Group finally splits after a turbulent couple of years. Beck plans to team up with ex-members of Vanilla Fudge Tim Bogart and Carmine Appice.
The Hollies appear on The Bobbie Gentry Show playing country-rock songs.
The Small Faces officially replace Steve Marriott with Rod Stewart. Ron Wood comes in on guitar. The group shorten their name to The Faces (although in the U.S they are still billed as Small Faces until after the release of their first album in April 1970).
Dave Clempson (ex-Bakerloo) replaces guitarist James Litherland in Colosseum.
Tangerine Peels Australian lead vocalist Mike Chapman is granted a work permit extension, enabling him to stay with the group.
Ark 2, the Howard/Blaikley written concept album performed by new group Flaming Youth, is launched with a reception at the London Planetarium (2nd)
The Moody Blues launch their own label, Threshold. First signings are Timon and Trapeze.
The newly shortened Hawkwind sign a deal with Liberty. They begin recording an album in November with ex-Pretty Thing Dick Taylor as producer.
After struggling along for most of the year without prize asset Peter Frampton, the remaining members of The Herd finally concede defeat and split up.
Tunbridge Wells based psych-pop group Kippington Lodge split up after releasing 5 flop singles. However, members Nick Lowe, Bob Andrews and Brinsley Schwarz immediately form much hyped pub-rock band Brinsley Scwarz.
Graham Bond is arrested at the Hampstead Country Club for alleged contempt of court arising out of bankruptcy charges made almost two years previously, before he left the UK for an extended stay in America. Bond is remanded in custody at Pentonville prison.
Howard Newcombe, guitarist with The Casuals, suffers a collapsed lung and is detained in Lincoln Hospital for a fortnight. Chris Evans of World Of Oz deputizes for Howard during the group's live work.
BBC TV Monster Music Mash-Fleetwood Mac (7th), Pentangle (14th), Moody Blues (21st), Magna Carta (28th)
BBC2 TV Peter Sarstedt Show-The Kinks (1st), Fat Mattress (8th), Joe Cocker (15th), Fleetwood Mac (22nd),Trash (29th)
BBC2 TV Music Now-Manfred Mann Chapter III (5th)
BBC2 TV Review-Renaissance (25th)
German TV Beat Club-Blodwyn Pig, Ten Years After, Tea & Symphony, The Nice (25th)
BBC SESSIONS-Alan Bown (6th-10th, Dave Cash-19th, Bill Gates), Art Movement (6th-10th, Terry Wogan), David Bowie (26th, DLT), Joe Cocker (11th, Top Gear), Deep Purple (13th, Dave Cash), Fat Mattress (19th, DLT-25th, Top Gear), Flying Machine (13th-17th, Terry Wogan-26th, Stevi Merike), Ron Geesin (11th, Top Gear), Harmony Grass (5th, Pop Workshop-27th-31st, Jimmy Young), Idle Race (6th-10th, Dave Cash-13th-17th, Terry Wogan), Marmalade (13th-17th, Terry Wogan-18th, Saturday People), The Move (5th, Pop Workshop), Nite People (6th-10th, Dave Cash), Onyx (6th-10th, Terry Wogan-27th-31st, Terry Wogan), Pentangle (5th, Peter Sarstedt Show), Terry Reid (19th, DLT), Renaissance (18th, Top Gear), Bridget St John (19th, Peter Sarstedt Show), Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (13th-17th, Jimmy Young), Status Quo (20th-24th, Terry Wogan-25th, Saturday People), Strawbs (26th, Peter Sarstedt Show), Sweet (4th, Johnnie Walker), Tangerine Peel (27th-31st, Terry Wogan), Timebox (27th-31st, Dave Cash), Trapeze (27th-31st, Terry Wogan), Tremeloes (20th-24th, Dave Cash)
WATCHING!
The Kinks begin their first U.S tour for four years.
Humble Pie tour the U.K with David Bowie playing support. Bowies acoustic set draws a hostile reception from audiences expecting similar styled music to his recent hit single Space Oddity.
The Move embark on a chaotic U.S tour during which they drive over 3000 miles across the country to the West Coast to play gigs in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The group cannot face a return journey to New York for the next scheduled show and they fly home to the UK.
Deep Purple and Spooky Tooth play the Essen International Pop & Blues Festival in Germany (9th)
Actuel Festival, Amougies, Belgium-Ten Years After, Colosseum, Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation (24th), Pink Floyd, Freedom, Renaissance (25th), The Nice, Caravan, Blossom Toes (26th), Yes, Pretty Things, Sam Apple Pie, Daevid Allen Group (27th), Soft Machine, East Of Eden, Fat Mattress (28th)
Marquee- Circus (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th), Soft Machine (2nd), Samson (2nd, 14th, 30th), Writing On The Wall (4th, 11th, 18th, 25th), Julians Treatment (4th), Renaissance (6th, 20th), Grail (6th, 17th), Family (7th), Stone The Crows (7th), Glass Menagerie (9th, 23rd), The Mooche (9th), Magna Carta (12th), Blossom Toes (13th), Brian Auger Trinity (14th), Atomic Rooster (16th), Audience (16th, 27th, 28th), Hardin-York (17th), Arcadium (18th), Elastic Band (20th), White Trash (21st), Gypsy (21st), Rare Bird (23rd), Groundhogs (24th), Eyes Of Blue (25th), Clouds (27th), Colosseum (28th), Yes (30th), Graham Bond (31st)
Speakeasy-Mott the Hoople (7th), Juicy Lucy (23rd), Skin Alley (27th), East Of Eden (29th)
Blaises-Hawkwind (10th), Ashton Gardner & Dyke (13th), Skin Alley (21st)
Klooks Kleek-Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation (7th), Family, Egg (14th), Gypsy (16th), Mighty Baby (23rd), Clouds, Bulldog Breed (30th)
Revolution Club-Skin Alley (24th)
Friars, Aylesbury-Principal Edwards Magic Theatre (13th), Skin Alley (20th), East Of Eden (27th)
Barking College-Eclection (25th)
Bexley, Black Prince-Greatest Show On Earth (19th), Brian Auger Trinity (26th)
Mothers, Birmingham- Blossom Toes (8th), Renaissance (11th), Family (12th), Andromeda (17th), Pretty Things, Rare Bird (18th), Colosseum (19th), Jody Grind (22nd)
Birmingham Rebeccas-David Bowie (19th)
Birmingham Town Hall-Jethro Tull (8th), Humble Pie (10th), Incredible String Band (24th)
Birmingham University-Pink Floyd (3rd), Ten Years After (10th)
Railway Hotel, Bishops Stortford-Clouds (23rd), East Of Eden (29th)
Blackpool Pleasure Beach Casino-Roy Harper (3rd), Juniors Eyes (3rd), Little Free Rock (3rd, 30th), Hard Meat (30th)
Albert Hall, Bolton-Caravan (24th)
Ritz, Bournemouth-Third Ear Band, Room (3rd), Pete Brown & Piblokto, Room (10th), Gypsy, Room (17th), Juniors Eyes, Room (31st)
Brighton, Bond Room- The Move (28th)
Brighton Dome-Jethro Tull (3rd), Humble Pie (11th), Pentangle (17th)
Brighton, Jimmy's- Killing Floor (30th)
Brighton, Sloopys- Pete Brown & Piblokto! (19th), Clouds, Trader Horne (26th)
Brighton, Top Rank Suite- The Fox (31st)
Brighton, University of Sussex- Hard Meat, Glass Menagerie (25th)
Colston Hall, Bristol-Humble Pie (13th), Pentangle (19th), Jethro Tull (21st)
Bromley, Downham Folk Club- David Bowie (1st)
Cambridge Rex- Jethro Tull (17th)
Cambridge Royal-Incredible String Band (17th)
Canterbury Kent University-Skin Alley (30th)
Carlisle Cosmopolitan Club-Groundhogs (19th), Hard Meat (26th)
Cheltenham Spa Lounge-Fat Mattress (21st)
Chesterfield, Victoria Ballroom- East Of Eden (25th)
Coventry Theatre, Coventry-Humble Pie (8th)
Fairfield Hall, Croydon- Fairport Convention, Nick Drake (10th), The Nice, King Crimson (17th)
Star Hotel, Croydon-Edgar Broughton Band (6th), Third Ear Band, Gracious (20th), Stray (27th, Blossom Toes were billed but didnt turn up)
Crystal Palace Hotel Atomic Rooster (19th)
Village, Dagenham-King Crimson (18th)
Dunfermline Kinema- Taste (4th, 5th), Casuals (26th)
Civic Hall, Dunstable-Edgar Broughton Band (6th), The Nice (13th), Fairport Convention, Mighty Baby, Soft Cloud (14th, Zig Zag Benefit), Family, Hardin & York (20th), Colosseum, Juicy Lucy (22nd)
Ealing Tech College-Stray (23rd), Graham Bond, The Fire (27th)
Edinburgh, Frisco's- East Of Eden (31st)
Usher Hall, Edinburgh-Humble Pie (23rd)
Edinburgh University- Hardin & York (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Epping, Wake Arms-East Of Edan (19th), Spooky Tooth (26th)
Exeter, Quay Club- East Of Eden (16th)
Folkestone, Tofts-Steamhammer (18th)
Fulham, Kings Head-Spice (24th), Arcadium (31st)
Gillingham, Village of the Damned Club-King Crimson (6th)
Hampstead Country Club-Mighty Baby (2nd), Zoot Money (5th), Man (16th), Spooky Tooth, Spice (19th), Van Der Graaf Generator (23rd), Renaissance, Aardvark (26th), Mighty Baby (30th)
Harlow, Birdcage Club-Mandrake (25th)
Harrogate Royal Hall-Pentangle (25th)
High Wycombe, Nags Head-East Of Eden (17th)
Hull Arts Centre-Tea & Symphony (25th), Free (28th)
Hull City Hall-Jethro Tull (6th)
Palais, Ilford-Family (21st)
Ipswich Corn Exchange-Jethro Tull (16th)
Leeds Town Hall-Jethro Tull (7th), Humble Pie (9th)
Leicester De Montfort Hall-Jethro Tull (23rd), Pentangle (24th)
Leicester Polytechnic- East Of Eden (24th),
Lincoln Drill Hall-Spooky Tooth, High Tide (16th), Edgar Broughton Band (23rd)
Empire, Liverpool-Humble Pie (26th)
Philharmonic, Liverpool-Family (16th), Incredible String Band (25th)
London, Bedford College-Skin Alley (18th)
London Imperial College-Sam Apple Pie, Grail (18th), Idle Race (25th)
London Lyceum-Soft Machine, Van Der Graaf Generator (5th), Led Zeppelin, Audience, Frosty Noses (12th), Family, Van Der Graaf Generator, Spirit Of John Morgan (19th-supporting Steppenwolf), Fleetwood Mac, Deep Purple, Renaissance, Aardvark, Andromeda (24th), Rare Bird, Procol Harum (26th)
London Northern Polytechnic-Pete Brown & Piblokto (31st)
London Polytechnic-Egg (25th)
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London-Al Stewart (18th), Humble Pie (21st)
London, Roding Land Club House-Mandrake (24th)
London Royal Albert Hall- The Pentangle (4th)
London, Royal College Of Art-Quintessence (24th)
London School of Economics-Eclection, Blossom Toes, Third Ear Band (18th)
London School of Printing- King Crimson, Skin Alley (11th)
University College, London-Pink Floyd, Edgar Broughton Band (18th), Blossom Toes, Circus, Occasional Word Ensemble (19th), White Trash, Spirit Of John Morgan (26th), Spice (30th)
Loughborough University-Pink Floyd (10th)
Winter Gardens, Malvern-The Nice (16th)
Manchester Free Trade Hall-Pentangle (18th), Incredible String Band (31st)
Manchester University-Ten Years After (18th), Fairport Convention (25th)
Middlesborough Showboat-Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (5th)
City Hall, Newcastle-Tremeloes, Marmalade (6th), The Nice (10th), Colosseum (14th), Incredible String Band (26th)
Notting Hill, All Saints Hall-Skin Alley, Trader Horne (23rd), Gracious, Hawkwind Zoo (30th)
Oxford, New Inn Stonehenge Club-Juniors Eyes (23rd), East Of Eden (30th)
Plymouth Guild Hall-Jethro Tull (25th)
Van Dykes, Plymouth-Yes (3rd), Mott the Hoople (23rd, 25th), Family (24th), Brian Auger Trinity (31st)
Reading University-Pink Floyd (4th), East Of Eden (18th)
St Johns Church, Redhill-Dr Strangely Strange, Egg (30th)
Richmond Athletic Club-Pretty Things, Groundhogs, Jody Grind (3rd)
Romford Kings Head-Yes (17th), Taste (20th), Zeus (25th)
Salford University-Family, Third Ear Band (10th), Colosseum, Eire Apparent (17th)
Salisbury Alex Disco- Atomic Rooster (25th)
Sheffield City Hall-Jethro Tull, Terry Reid (15th)
Southall Farx-Roy Harper, Man (19th), Graham Bond Initiation (26th)
Stalybridge Bower Club-The Herd (2nd)
Locarno, Sunderland-Renaissance, Blossom Toes (3rd), Pretty Things (6th), Fat Mattress (10th), Pete Brown & Piblokto! (13th), Family, Man (17th), Writing On The Wall (20th), Pink Floyd (24th), Roy Harper (27th), Barclay James Harvest (31st)
Tolworth Toby Jug- Blodwyn Pig (1st)
Eel Pie Island, Twickenham-Mighty Baby (3rd), Delivery (17th), Stray, Hawkwind Zoo (24th), Mandrake (29th), Egg (31st)
Uxbridge Brunel University-Fat Mattress (3rd)
Watford Town Hall-Fat Mattress, Renaissance, High Tide (31st)
Wood Green Fishmongers Arms-Atomic Rooster (3rd), Free (17th), Hard Meat (24th), Taste (31st)
Woolwich Polytechnic-Ferris Wheel, Aardvark (17th)
York University-King Crimson (9th)
REVIEWS
Factory
Try A Little Sunshine : Could have been a very nice song, but something's a bit wrong about the production somewhere.
Timebox
Yellow Van : They have the potential to be a really great group but they seem to be veering in all kinds of directions. Consequently this isn't up to much.
Trash
Golden Slumbers/ Carry That Weight : You'll be saying their name a lot very soon, as this single crashes up the chart. It has only one drawback--I had to turn my volume knob up very high to hear them at all, but it was worth it. Great fugue organ and crashing, thundering drumming complete what must be a huge smash record.
Mark Wirtz
Caroline : I have a horrible feeling that this may be quite successful. He did warn me but even I wasn't ready for this strange little thing.