SINGLES
BLONDE ON
BLONDE—Castles In The Sky/ Circles (Ember)
EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND—Out Demons Out/ Momma’s Reward
(Harvest) #39
CHAIN REACTION- Working In
The City/ ? (Young Blood)
CURRANT KRAZE—Lady Pearl/ Breaking The Heart Of A Good Man (Deram)
CUSTER'S TRACK- On The
Run/ Hello Heaven (Major Minor)
DANDO SHAFT—Cold wind/ Cat Song (Youngblood)
EASYBEATS—(Who Are My) Friends?/ Rock ‘n’ Roll
Boogie (Polydor)
FAIRFIELD PARLOUR—Bordeaux Rose/ Chalk On The Wall (Vertigo)
MAURICE GIBB--Railroad/
I've Come Back (Polydor 2058 013)
GRANNY'S INTENTIONS--Take
Me Back/ Maybe (Deram DM 293)
GROUNDHOGS—Eccentric Man/ Status People (Liberty)
GUN--Runnin' Wild/ Drown
Yourself In The River (CBS 4952)
HOLLIES—Can’t Tell The Bottom From The Top/ Mad
Professor Blyth (Parlophone) #7
INCREDIBLE STRING
BAND--This Moment/ Black Jack Davey (Elektra 2101 003)
JUDAS JUMP- This Feelin'
We Feel/ Hangman's Playing (Parlophone)
MAPLE OAK—Son Of A Gun/ Hurt Me So Much (Decca)
DAVE MASON--World In
Changes/ Can't Stop Worrying, Can't Stop Lovin' (Harvest HAR 5017)
MOODY BLUES—Question/ Candle Of Life (Threshold) #2
PRETTY THINGS—The Good Mr Square/ Blue Serge Blues (Harvest)
RAMESES AND SELEKA—Love You/ Gold is The Ring (Major Minor)
BARRY RYAN-Kitsch/ Give Me
A Sign (Polydor) #37
SYRUP—Gentleman Joe’s Sidewalk Café/ Love Is Love
(Amity)
TANGERINE PEEL—Move Into My World/ In Between (RCA)
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR—Refugees/ The Boat Of A Million
Years (Charisma)
ALBUMS
ATOMIC
ROOSTER--Atomic Rooster (B&C CAS 1010)
BEE
GEES—Cucumber Castle (Polydor) #57
BLODWYN PIG—Getting To This (Chrysalis) #9
MICK FARREN--Mona-The
Carnivorous Circus (Transatlantic TRA 212)
HARD MEAT—Hard Meat (Warner Bros)
INCREDIBLE STRING BAND--I
Looked Up (Elektra 2469 002)
PAUL McCARTNEY—McCartney (Apple) #2
PLASTIC PENNY—Heads You Win, Tails I Lose (Page One)
AL STEWART—Zero She Flies (CBS) #40
TEN YEARS AFTER—Cricklewood Green (Deram) #4
TOEFAT- Toefat (Parlophone)
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR—The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each
Other (Charisma) #47
HAPPENING!
It’s officially announced that The Beatles have split up.
Peter Green quits Fleetwood Mac because “I want to change my life” and “I want to be completely free to do what I like”.
Keith Emerson (ex-Nice) and Greg Lake (ex King Crimson) finally team up to form the band they have been planning ever since they met in late ’69 while touring in the U.S with their old groups. They audition drummers and in June Carl Palmer (ex Atomic Rooster) is added to the trio. Meanwhile Lee Jackson begins rehearsals with his own group, to be called Jackson Heights.
Guitarist Peter Banks is sacked by Yes. He’s replaced by ex-Tomorrow and Bodast man Steve Howe.
BBC1 TV “Julie Felix Show”-Jimmy Page, The Hollies (26th)
BBC2 TV "Disco 2"-Fairport Convention, Hookfoot (4th), Honeybus (11th), Juicy Lucy (18th)
BBC2 TV "Not Only...But Also"-Yes (15th)
Granada ITV "At The Two Brewers"--Magna Carta (24th)
German TV “Beat Club”-The Move (14th)
BBC SESSIONS-Affinity (10th, Alan Black),
David Bowie (6th,
Andy Ferris), Alan Bown (7th, Mike Harding-25th, Roger
Kirk), Cat’s Eyes (6th-10th, Terry Wogan--19th, Dave
Lee Travis--20th-24th, Tony Brandon), Michael Chapman
(25th, Top Gear), Clouds (13th, Andy Ferris),
Colosseum
(7th, Mike Harding), Deep Purple (28th, Mike Harding),
East Of Eden (18th, Top Gear), Fairfield Parlour (30th,
Stuart Henry), Fairport Convention (27th, David Symonds),
Fotheringay (5th, Folk On 1-25th, Top Gear), Free (9th,
Stuart Henry), Genesis (1st, Night Ride), Greatest Show
On Earth (20th-24th, Jimmy Young), Hard Meat (30th,
Stuart Henry), High Tide (11th, Top Gear),
Honeybus
(13th-17th, Jimmy Young--20th-24th, Tony Brandon), Juicy
Lucy (25th, Roger Kirk), Magna Carta (16th, Stuart
Henry), John Martyn (4th, Top Gear), Medicine Head (26th,
John Peel’s Sunday Concert), The Move (20th, Andy
Ferris), The Nice (6th, Andy Ferris), Onyx (20th-24th,
Terry Wogan--27th-1st May, Tony Brandon), Orange Bicycle
(4th, Roger Kirk--27th-1st May, Jimmy Young), Patto
(17th, Alan Black), Renaissance (5th, John Peel’s
Sunday Concert), Slade (5th, DLT--13th-17th, Jimmy
Young--18th, Roger Kirk--28th, Mike Harding), Status Quo
(6th-10th, Jimmy Young--12th, Dave Lee Travis), Strawbs
(9th, Stuart Henry), Tangerine Peel (13th-17th, Jimmy
Young), Timon (20th, Andy Ferris), Velvet Opera (29th,
Radio 1 Club), The Who (19th, DLT), Yes
(14th, Mike
Harding)
WATCHING!
Marquee-
Caravan (2nd), Nucleus (3rd, 24th), Sweet Slag (3rd),
Juicy Lucy (7th), Patto (7th), Rare Bird (9th, 23rd), Yes
(10th), Slade (10th), Harmony Grass (11th), Audience
(12th, 26th), Jan Dukes De Grey (12th, 19th), Liverpool
Scene (14th), Hookfoot (14th), Magna Carta (15th),
Strawbs (15th), Humble Pie (17th), Van Der Graaf
Generator (19th), Julian’s Treatment (20th), Fat
Mattress (21st), Gypsy (21st), Status Quo (25th), Toe-Fat
(28th), Gracious (30th)
Speakeasy-Hawkwind (6th), Flaming Youth (23rd)
Roundhouse-Patto,
White Trash, Pink Fairies, Siren, Cochise (5th),
Incredible String Band (8th), Hawkwind (12th), Edgar
Broughton Band, Pete Brown & Piblokto, May Blitz,
High Tide (19th), Traffic, Mott the Hoople, Bronco, If
(20th), Tyrannosaurus Rex, Pretty Things, Heavy Jelly
(21st), Juicy Lucy, Quintessence (22nd), Fairport
Convention, Fotheringay, Matthews Southern Comfort
(23rd), Fleetwood Mac, Mighty Baby, Hookfoot (24th),
Airforce, Jody Grind, Toe Fat (25th)
Temple Club, London-Van Der Graaf Generator (11th), Heavy Jelly, Blonde On Blonde (17th), Edgar Broughton Band, Arcadium, Creepy John Thomas (18th), Pete Brown & Piblokto, Blonde On Blonde (24th), Renaissance, Titus Groan (25th)
Friars, Aylesbury-Genesis (13th), Roy Harper, Mick Softley (20th), Van Der Graaf Generator (27th)
Barnstaple Magic Circus-Juicy Lucy (3rd)
Mothers, Birmingham- Asgard (3rd), Free (4th), Renaissance (5th), Trader Horne (5th, 11th), Procol Harum (11th), East Of Eden, Kevin Ayers (12th), Greatest Show On Earth (15th), Traffic (18th), Van Der Graaf Generator (22nd), Noir (24th), Terry Reid (25th), Liverpool Scene, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre (26th), Audience (29th)
Birmingham Rebecca’s-Rare Bird (2nd)
Birmingham
Town Hall-Viv Stanshall’s Big Grunt, Tea &
Symphony (1st), Roy Harper (10th), Jeff Beck (13th),
Edgar Broughton Band (20th), Black Sabbath, Egg (21st)
Esmarelda’s, Bletchley-Van Der Graaf Generator (12th)
Boscombe Ballroom-Colosseum (24th)
Bristol Colston Hall-Colosseum (27th)
Cambridge Corn Exchange-Principal Edward’s Magic Theatre, Mott the Hoople (28th)
Chatham Central Hall-Liverpool Scene (4th), Deep Purple, Genesis (11th)
Chelmsford, Victoria Road Hall-Mott the Hoople (1st), Cupids Inspiration (15th), Arcadium (22nd), Pete Brown & Piblokto (24th), Wishbone Ash (29th)
Chelsea
Pheasantry-Hawkwind (18th)
Cleethorpes Winter Gardens-Rare Bird (26th)
Cromer Royal Links-Rare Bird (11th)
Fairfield Hall, Croydon-Rare Bird (12th), Soft Machine (26th)
Greyhound, Croydon-Edgar Broughton Band (5th), Humble Pie (12th), Mott the Hoople (26th)
The Star, Croydon-, Stray (10th), Egg, Comus (17th)
Dagenham Village Roundhouse-Procol Harum (18th)
Derby, New Penny-Groundhogs (8th), Skin Alley (15th)
Dudley Tech College-Humble Pie (25th)
Civic Hall, Dunstable-Sam Apple Pie, Trader Horne (13th, supporting Flock), The Who, Writing On The Wall (27th)
East Ham Green Man-Raw Material (30th)
Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton-Genesis (9th), East Of Eden (13th)
Ewell, Bourne Hall-James Litherland’s Brotherhood (1st), Greatest Show On Earth (8th), Atomic Rooster (22nd)
Ewell Tech College-Deep Purple, Comus (18th)
Guildford Civic Hall-Atomic Rooster (4th), Taste, Cochise (18th), Humble Pie, Mott the Hoople, If (22nd)
Halifax
Rugby League Club Benefit, Thrum Hall-Fleetwood Mac
(didn't actually play as the concert over-ran the
deadline), Tremeloes, Marmalade, Flying Machine etc
(11th)
Hampstead Country Club-Free (3rd), Kevin Ayers & The Whole World (10th), Quintessence (17th), ‘Jam’ session with Daddy Longlegs, Skin Alley, High Tide, Edgar Broughton (21st)
Hanley, The Place-Montanas (30th)
Hanley Victoria Hall-Roy Harper, Strawbs, Tea & Symphony (17th)
Harrogate Opera House-Keef Hartley, David Bowie (12th)
Hemel Hempstead Pavilion-Hawkwind (15th)
Hereford Flamingo-Rare Bird (10th), The Move (24th)
Empire Rooms, Kilburn, London-Van Der Graaf Generator, Hardin-York (16th)
De Montfort Hall, Leicester-Liverpool Scene (4th), Deep Purple, Genesis (11th), Fairport Convention (13th), Rare Bird (30th)
Leicester University-The Who (18th)
Little Bardfield Barn Club-Mott the Hoople (18th), Trader Horne (25th)
London Lyceum-Steamhammer, Black Sabbath (5th), Rare Bird (19th), Black Widow (26th)
London, Ronnie Scott's-Soft Machine (20th-25th)
Luton Tech College-Yes, Mighty Baby (18th)
Lyme Regis Marine-Cupids Inspiration (25th)
Manchester Free Trade Hall-Colosseum, Quintessence (21st), Rare Bird (29th)
Manchester Mr Smith’s-Steamhammer (26th)
Marlow Crown-Cupids Inspiration (18th)
Middlesborough Showboat-Casuals (4th)
Mayfair, Newcastle-Yes, Graham Bond (16th), Edgar Broughton Band, Terry Reid (30th)
Norwich College-The Move (25th)
Nottingham
University-The Who (25th)
Nuneaton Friary Youth Club-Colosseum (18th)
Van Dikes Plymouth-Edgar Broughton Band (3rd), Man (4th), Mott the Hoople (11th), Black Sabbath (17th), Fairport Convention (18th), Medicine Head, Cochise (24th), Kevin Ayers & The Whole World (25th)
Reading Football Stadium-“Spring Thing” with Fleetwood Mac, Viv Stanshall & Big Grunt, Liverpool Scene, Colosseum etc (25th-cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch! See pic below)
The Castle, Richmond-Caravan (12th), Juicy Lucy (19th), Atomic Rooster (26th)
Southall Farx-Skin Alley (26th)
Spennymoor
Top Hat-Rare Bird (16th)
Stafford Tech College-Rare Bird (17th)
Stockport Schools Union-David Bowie & Hype, Barclay James Harvest, High Tide, Purple Gang (27th)
Locarno, Sunderland-Edgar Broughton Band (10th), Groundhogs (17th), Roy Harper, Humble Pie (24th), Steamhammer (27th)
Assembly Rooms, Surbiton-Yes, Julian’s Treatment (14th)
Sutton Coldfield Belfry-Peter Sarstedt (4th), Fat Mattress (25th), Trapeze (27th)
Thaxted Barn Club-Hawkwind (25th)
Tooting, The Castle-Atomic Rooster, Aquila (1st)
Eel Pie Island, Twickenham- Mott the Hoople (4th), Genesis (10th), East Of Eden (11th)
Walsall Whiskey Villa Club-Medicine Head (11th), Third Ear Band (29th)
Walthamstow Chez Club-Atomic Rooster (24th)
Watford Town Hall-East Of Eden, Mott the Hoople, Keef Hartley (14th)
Wembley Stadium-Ginger Baker's Airforce etc (19th, start of London to Mexico Rally)
Yardley, The Swan-Colosseum (19th)
