APRIL 1973
SINGLES
KEVIN AYERS- Caribbean Moon/ Take Me To Tahiti (Harvest)
BABE RUTH- Ain’t That Livin’/ We Are Holding On (Harvest)
BLACKFOOT SUE- Summer/ Morning Light (Jam)
DAVID BOWIE- Drive-In Saturday/ Round and Round (RCA)
CRANE/FARLOWE- Can’t Find a Reason/ Moods (Dawn)
FRESH MEAT- Never Mind The Money/ Candy Eyes (Deram)
MOONSTONE- The World’s Too Good For You/ When The Moon Has Lost Its Stare (Epic)
PROCOL HARUM- Robert’s Box/ Rum Tale (Chrysalis)
PROWLER- Pale Green Hmmm Driving Man/ Jaywick Cowboy (Parlophone)
STATUS QUO- Mean Girl/ Everything (Pye)
STAVELY MAKEPIECE- Cajun Band/ Memories Of Your Love (Deram)
THIN LIZZY- Randolph’s Tango/ Broken Dreams (Decca)
TREMELOES- Ride On/ Hands Off (Epic)
CLIFFORD T WARD- Gaye/ Home Thoughts (Charisma)
WIZZARD- See My Baby Jive/ Bend Over Beethoven (Harvest)
ALBUMS
ARGENT- In Deep (Epic)
ASGARD- In The Realm Of Asgard (Threshold)
BEE GEES- Life In A Tin Can (RSO, cancelled)
BLACKFOOT SUE- Nothing To Hide (Jam)
MARC ELLINGTON- Restoration (Philips)
GRAVY TRAIN- Second Birth (Dawn)
HEAD HANDS & FEET- Old Soldiers Never Die (Atlantic)
HUGH HOPPER- 1984 (CBS)
KING CRIMSON- Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Island)
MEDICINE HEAD- One and One Is One (Polydor)
NAZARETH- Razamanaz (Mooncrest)
ROXY MUSIC- For Your Pleasure (Island)
SPIROGYRA- Bells, Boots & Shambles (Polydor)
T REX- Tanx (T Rex Wax Co)
WIZZARD- Wizzard Brew (Harvest)
HAPPENING
Ex-Alan Bown and Bronco vocalist Jess Roden announces that he has "joined The Doors". It eventually turns out that the group will be called The Butts Band, and is minus keyboardsman Ray Manzarek.
It's reported that an as-yet un-named minor Supergroup had begun working on a debut album. The group was to consist of ex-Family members Poli Palmer and Ric Grech, plus Mitch Mitchell, guitarist Joe Jammer and ex-Skip Bifferty, Arc etc vocalist Graham Bell, although Bell was still fulfilling his commitments to an Australian production of "Tommy".
Gerry Rafferty re-joins Stealer's Wheel, having left the group in late '72.
ITV "Golden Shot"- Paul Brett (1st)
BBC 2 "Old Grey Whistle Test"- Roxy Music (3rd), Gallagher & Lyle (10th)
BBC 2 TV "Full House"- Roger Ruskin- Spear (7th)
BBC 2 TV "One In Ten"- Andy Roberts (11th)
BBC 2 TV "In Concert"- Steeleye Span (12th)
BBC 1 TV "Crackerjack"- Geordie (13th)
BBC Radio 1:
"Sounds Of Sunday"- Phillip Goodhand-Tait (1st)
Dave Lee Travis Show- Roxy Music (2nd-6th), Argent (9th-13th)
Alan Freeman Show- Sutherland Brothers & Quiver (2nd-6th), Medicine Head (9th-13th)
Johnnie Walker Show- JSD Band, Faces (9th-13th)
Jimmy Young Show- Honeybus (16th-20th)
Pete Drummond Sequence- Keef Hartley Band, Hookfoot (6th), Man, Bronx Cheer (13th), Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, Bridget St John (20th), Geordie, John Renbourn & Jacqui McShee (27th)
In Concert- The Strawbs (7th), Gypsy, Brinsley Schwarz (14th), Faces (21st), Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Sharks (28th)
GIGS
Abercynon Kensington 2- Raw Material (7th)
Aberdeen Music Hall- Edgar Broughton Band (26th)
Aberdeen University- Holy Mackerel (17th)
Accrington Lakeland Lounge- Raw Material (1st)
Accrington Spinning Jenny- Wild Turkey (2nd), Mungo Jerry, Iron Maiden (9th)
Ammanford Civic Hall- Badfinger, Good Habit (14th), Quicksand (23rd)
Ayr Caledonian- Nazareth (24th), Flash (27th)
Barnsley Civic Hall- Nazareth (8th)
Basildon Mecca- Fusion Orchestra (12th)
Basingstoke Wellington Arms- Necromandus (26th)
Belfast Queen's University- JSD Band (24th)
Bexley Black Prince- Stray (21st)
Birmingham Barbarella's- Stray (15th), Climax Chicago, Raw Material (22nd)
Birmingham Bogart's- Necromandus (29th)
Birmingham Chalet Country Club- Cirkus (26th)
Birmingham Mayfair- Family (15th)
Birmingham Top Rank- Sweet, Sam Apple Pie (14th)
Birmingham Town Hall- Curved Air (1st), Status Quo (4th), Medicine Head (8th), Bert Jansch (16th), Kingdom Come (21st)
Bishop's Stortford Angel Underground- Incredible Hog (8th)
Bletchley Esmerelda's- Quicksand (1st)
Bognor College- Climax Chicago (28th)
Bolton Heaton Village Club- Magna Carta (29th)
Boston Starlight Rooms- Curved Air (21st)
Bournemouth Winter Gardens- Roxy Music, Sharks (13th), Curved Air (28th)
Bracknell Sports Centre- Status Quo (21st)
Bradford St George's Hall- Kingdom Come (27th)
Bradford University- Bert Jansch (27th)
Brighton Dome- Curved Air (5th), Roxy Music, Sharks (11th)
Bristol Colston Hall- Status Quo (9th), Roxy Music, Sharks (14th), Bert Jansch (23rd), Curved Air (27th)
Bristol Hippodrome- Faces (8th)
Bristol Old Granary- Sam Apple Pie, Sassafras (10th), Holy Mackerel, Quicksand (12th), Climax Chicago (19th)
Britton Ferry RFC- Sassafras (13th)
Burslem George Hotel- Jonesy (15th)
Burton on Trent 76 Club- Fusion Orchestra (6th), Jonesy (13th)
Bury St Edmunds, St Edmond's Head- Richard & Linda Thompson (7th)
Calder valley Arts Festival- Bert Jansch (24th)
Cambridge Corn Exchange- Hawkwind (13th), Spooky Tooth (20th), JSD Band (21st), Fairport Convention (28th)
Cambridge Fitzwilliam College- Matching Mole, Robin Trower, Roger Ruskin Spear (27th)
Cambridge Rex- Kingdom Come (20th)
Cardiff Capitol- Roxy Music, Sharks (15th)
Cardiff Llandaff Tech College- Medicine Head (7th)
Cardiff University- Quicksand (10th), Sensational Alex Harvey Band (27th)
Carshalton College- Medicine Head (14th)
Chatham Central Hall- Curved Air (9th)
Chester Quaintways- Quicksand (16th)
Chippenham Nead Hall- Sensational Alex Harvey Band (5th)
Cleethorpes Winter Gardens- Camel (23rd)
Colchester Woods- Blackfoot Sue (15th)
Coningsby RAF Base- Geordie (28th)
Coventry Lanchester Polytechnic- Troggs (6th)
Coventry Tech College- Sam Apple Pie (6th)
Coventry Time & Place- Sassafras (11th)
Crawley College- Manfred Mann's Earthband (6th)
Cromer Links Pavilion- Sam Apple Pie (7th), Nazareth (14th)
Croydon Fairfield Hall- Ten Years After (8th)
Croydon Greyhound- ELO (8th)
Cwmbach British Legion- Quicksand (11th)
Dagenham Roundhouse- Stealer's Wheel (7th), Ellis (21st)
Doncaster Bay Horse Hotel- Magna Carta (28th)
Doncaster Time & Place- Troggs (12th, 14th)
Doncaster Top Rank Suite- Jonesy (2nd), Clear Blue Sky (16th), Raw Material (23rd), Silverhead (27th)
Douglas IOM Lido- Hawkwind (22nd)
Dublin Stadium- Status Quo (10th)
Dudley Tech College- Hackensack (14th)
Dundee Tech College- Fruupp (27th)
Dunstable California Ballroom- Geordie (7th)
Dunstable Civic Hall- Ten Years After (5th)
East Kilbride Olympia- Fruupp (26th)
Edinburgh Caley Cinema- Home (29th)
Edinburgh College of Commerce- Quicksand (18th)
Edinburgh HM Young Offenders Institution- Sensational Alex Harvey Band (20th)
Edinburgh Odeon- Roxy Music, Sharks (7th)
Edinburgh University- Holy Mackerel (20th), Nazareth, Spencer Davis Band (27th)
Ely The Maltings- Geordie (21st)
Epping Wake Arms- Good Habit (29th)
Exeter University- Sensational Alex Harvey Band (28th)
Falkirk Town Hall- Nazareth (23rd)
Farnborough Tech College- Wizzard (13th)
Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall- ELO, Jonesy (7th)
Fulham Greyhound- Necromandus (6th), Hackensack (12th), Raw Material (19th), Climax Chicago (26th)
Girvan Beach Pavilion- Capricorn (7th)
Glasgow Green's Playhouse- Roxy Music, Sharks (6th), West, Bruce & Laing (25th)
Glasgow Howff- Capricorn (5th)
Glasgow Kelvin Hall- Home (28th)
Glasgow Tech College- Sensational Alex Harvey Band (13th)
Glasgow University- Sensational Alex Harvey Band (21st), Edgar Broughton Band (27th), Flash, Fruupp, Spencer Davis Band (28th)
Gravesend Civic Hall- Wild Turkey (1st), JSD Band (22nd)
Guildford Civic Hall- Kingdom Come (1st), Family, Philip Goodhand-Tait (7th)
Hanley Heavy Steam Machine- Good Habit (5th), Sweet (6th)
Hanley Place- Merseybeats (5th), Montanas (28th)
Hanley Victoria Hall- Nazareth (30th)
Harrow Tech College- Quicksand (6th)
Hastings Pier Pavilion- Curved Air (6th), Fusion Orchestra (21st), Raw Material (27th)
Hebden Bridge Shoulder of Mutton- Iron Maiden (15th)
Hemel Hempstead Pavilion- Home, Capability Brown (1st), Sam Apple Pie (8th)
Hereford Flamingo- Sweet (27th)
High Wycombe Chiltern Rooms- Capability Brown (27th)
Hitchin College- Edgar Broughton Band (7th)
Hull Intercon- Sensational Alex Harvey Band (19th)
Hull Malcolm's- Quicksand (19th)
Ilkeston Regency- Nazareth (6th), Stealer's Wheel (13th), Blackfoot Sue (19th), Medicine Head (30th)
Inverness Caledonian- Nazareth (26th)
Isle Of Sheppey Royal Hotel- Mike Absalom (13th)
Jacksdale Grey Topper- Geordie (22nd)
Kenilworth Grange- Spencer Davis Band (15th), ELO (23rd)
Kilmarnock Grand Hall- Capricorn (28th)
Kings Lynn Corn Exchange- Blackfoot Sue (6th), Quicksand (7th)
Kingston Polytechnic- John Renbourne, Bert Jansch (7th)
Kircaldy Rio Theatre- Nazareth (20th)
Kirkcaldy Temple Hall- Capricorn (15th)
Leeds Grand- Roxy Music, Sharks (8th)
Leeds Town Hall- Family, Philip Goodhand-Tait (9th), Curved Air (17th), Kingdom Come (18th)
Leeds University- West, Bruce & Laing (26th)
Leicester De Montfort Hall- Status Quo (2nd)
Leicester Il Rondo- Medicine Head (6th)
Leytonstone Red Lion- Sensational Alex Harvey Band (6th), Glencoe (27th)
Lincoln Aquarius- Troggs (7th)
Lincoln Arts Centre- Solid Gold Cadillac (14th)
Liverpool Adelphi Hotel Basement- Magna Carta (26th)
Liverpool Babbaou Club- Raw Material (5th, 26th)
Liverpool Cavern- Quicksand (20th)
Liverpool Empire- Roxy Music, Sharks (5th)
Liverpool Stadium- Curved Air (12th), Spencer Davis Band (14th), Kingdom Come (28th)
Llanelli Glen Ballroom- Chicken Shack (14th), Silverhead (28th)
London 100 Club- Walrus (17th)
London Chalk Farm Roundhouse- Fairport Convention (29th)
London City University- Jonesy (3rd)
London College For Distributive Trade- Pink Fairies (6th)
London Kings Cross Cinema- Raw Material (20th)
London Marquee- Babe Ruth (2nd), Spencer Davis Band (3rd), Robin Trower (4th), Sutherland Brothers & Quiver (5th), Greenslade (6th), Agnes Strange (8th), Queen (9th), Nazareth (10th), Chicken Shack (11th), Strider (12th, 19th, 26th), Medicine Head (13th), Sensational Alex Harvey Band (17th), Savoy Brown, Bronx Cheer (20th), McGuiness Flint (21st), Wild Turkey (22nd), Caravan (23rd), Sutherland Brothers & Quiver (24th), Robin Trower (25th)
London, North London College of Further Education- Sam Apple Pie (13th)
London Palladium- Bert Jansch & Friends (20th)
London Queen Elizabeth Hall- Natural Acoustic Band (21st, supporting Linda Lewis)
London Rainbow- Roxy Music, Sharks (1st), Status Quo, Sharks (6th), Skin Alley, Saturnalia (8th), Traffic, John Martyn (12th), Strawbs, Gallagher & Lyle (13th), Glencoe (14th, supporting Spirit), JSD Band, Sensational Alex Harvey Band (15th- cancelled owing to an outstanding TV commitment in Germany), West, Bruce & Laing (20th, 21st)
London School of Economics- Ron Geesin, Lol Coxhill, Henry Cow, Ivor Cutler, Derek Bailey (27th)
London, South East Tech College- Quicksand (14th)
London Southgate Badgers Club- Jonesy (6th), Ellis (27th)
London Speakeasy- Sammy (23rd), Necromandus (25th), Symbols (30th)
London Torrington- Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Quicksand (8th)
London University College- Help Yourself, Flying Aces, Roger Ruskin Spear (28th)
London Victoria Palace- Grimms (1st)
London Westminster Tech College- Good Habit (7th)
Loughborough University- Stray (28th)
Maidstone Corn Exchange- Fruupp (1st), Quicksand (15th)
Maidstone Madhatter- Good Habit (8th)
Maidstone Tech College- Glencoe (6th)
Malvern Winter Gardens- Curved Air (7th), Sutherland Brothers & Quiver (28th)
Manchester Free Trade Hall- Curved Air (3rd), Bert Jansch (21st), West, Bruce & Laing (22nd), Kingdom Come (23rd)
Manchester Hard Rock- Medicine Head (15th)
Manchester Mr Smith's - Graphite (1st)
Manchester Polytechnic- Nazareth (7th)
Manchester Stoneground- Jonesy (1st), Sassafras (8th), Climax Chicago (12th), Stray (14th), Sensational Alex Harvey Band (18th), Medicine Head (25th)
Melrose Waverley Castle Hotel- Love Affair (14th)
Middlesbrough Town Hall- Kingdom Come (19th)
Motherwell Civic Hall- Nazareth (25th)
Newcastle City Hall- West, Bruce & Laing (24th)
Newcastle Mayfair- Blackfoot Sue (22nd)
Newport Kensington Court- Nazareth (5th), Raw Material (6th), Good Habit (12th), Quicksand (13th), Clear Blue Sky (14th), Necromendus (19th)
Newport Vine Club- Allan Clarke (19th)
Northampton County Cricket Club- Caravan, Raw Material (21st), Principal Edwards (28th)
Northampton Fantasia- Quicksand, Jonesy (17th)
Northwich Memorial Hall- Sensational Alex Harvey Band (12th)
Norwich Manor Ballroom- Quicksand (2nd)
Norwich Studio 4- Richard & Linda Thompson (8th)
Nottingham Boat Club- Medicine Head (21st)
Oldham Tech College- Necromandus (14th)
Oxford New Theatre- Faces (9th)
Oxford Town Hall- Kingdom Come (4th), Status Quo, Byzantium (5th)
Paisley Watermill- Fruupp (29th)
Penrhys Community Centre- Sassafras (1st)
Perth City Hall- Nazareth (19th)
Plymouth Guild Hall- Kingdom Come (7th), Stray (19th), Geordie (24th)
Pontypridd Municipal Hall- Good Habit (21st)
Portsmouth Tricorn- Allan Clarke (17th)
Poulton College- Sassafras (4th)
Presteign Memorial Hall- Medicine Head (23rd)
Rawmarsh Leisure Centre- Jonesy (21st)
Reading Town Hall- Kingdom Come (10th)
Reading University- Ten Years After (14th)
Redruth Flamingo- Kingdom Come (6th), Principal Edwards (21st)
Rhymney Hymac Club- Fusion Orchestra (13th), Quicksand (27th)
Rugby Denbigh Arms- Mike Absalom (14th)
Runcorn Western Club- Raw Material (29th)
Salford Brewers Club- Magna Carta (27th)
Salisbury Art College- Richard & Linda Thompson (6th)
Salisbury City Hall- Family, Philip Goodhand-Tait (16th)
Sanquar Town Hall- Iron Virgin (27th)
Scunthorpe Baths Hall- Sweet (7th), Blackfoot Sue (28th)
Scunthorpe Redding Comprehensive- Solid Gold Cadillac (13th)
Seahouses Viking Hotel- Sassafras (7th)
Sheffield Black Swan- Medicine Head (1st), Fusion Orchestra (15th)
Sheffield City Hall- Curved Air (2nd), Ten Years After (6th), Bert Jansch (28th)
Sheffield Grapes Hotel- Sassafras (5th)
Skegness Festival Hall- Sensational Alex Harvey Band (10th)
Skegness Pavilion- Blackfoot Sue (13th)
Slough Comminity Centre- Stray (13th)
Southend Queen's Hotel- Kingdom Come (22nd), Medicine Head (29th)
Southend Tech College- Soft Machine (14th)
Southend Zero 6- Sam Apple Pie (17th)
Southampton Coach House Club- Jonesy (10th)
Southampton Gaumont- Roxy Music, Sharks (12th)
Southport Floral Hall- Sweet (28th)
Spennymoor Top Hat- Climax Chicago (23rd)
Stafford Polytechnic- Michael Chapman, Tir Na Nog (12th)
St Albans City Hall- Blackfoot Sue (21st)
St Albans College- Clear Blue Sky (13th)
St Albans Pioneer Club- Fusion Orchestra (14th), Good Habit (28th)
St Andrews University- Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Kingdom Come, Principal Edwards, Holy Mackerel (14th)
Stevenage College- Skin Alley (6th)
Stevenage Locarno- Blackfoot Sue (8th), Sweet (15th)
St Helier Royal Hotel- Mike Absalom (16th)
Stockport Bamboo Club- Idle Race (2nd)
Stockton Tech College- Principal Edwards (13th)
Stoke Burslem George Hotel- Sam Apple Pie, Hookfoot (1st), Allan Clarke (22nd)
Stoke George Hotel- Sensational Alex Harvey Band (29th)
Stoke Trentham Gardens- Family, Philip Goodhand-Tait (8th)
St Thorness Bay Holiday Camp IOW- Good Habit (22nd)
Sunderland Locarno- Kingdom Come (13th), Status Quo (27th)
Sunderland Top Rank- Geordie (20th)
Sutton in Ashfield Golden Diamond- Sensational Alex Harvey Band (9th), Climax Chicago (27th)
Swansea Pandora's- Holy Mackerel (1st), Sam Apple Pie (15th)
Swansea Top Rank- Hawkwind (18th)
Swansea University- Help Yourself, Flying Aces, Roger Ruskin Spear (27th)
Sydenham Girls' Comprehensive- Raw Material (9th)
Taunton County Ballroom- Wizzard (5th)
Torquay Town Hall- Kingdom Come (5th)
Watford Palace- East Of Eden (1st)
Watford Tech College- Sensational Alex Harvey Band (7th)
Watford Town Hall- ELO (10th)
Wellington Town Hall- Necromandus (12th)
Whitchurch Civic Centre- Blackfoot Sue (7th)
Whitehaven Civic Hall- Necromandus (5th)
Wigan Fag Club- Necromandus (13th)
Wincanton Race Course- Geordie (27th)
Wolverhampton Catacombs- Jonesy (8th), Allan Clarke (15th)
Wolverhampton Civic Hall- Curved Air (8th), Home (30th)
Worcester Gaumont- Faces (10th)
Wrexham Peppers Club- Allan Clarke (20th)
Yeovil Duke Of York's- Sassafras (2nd)
York Top Rank- Geordie (19th)