SINGLES
MILLER ANDERSON-
Bright City/ Another Time, Another Place (Deram)
BRIAN AUGER’S
OBLIVION EXPRESS- Marie’s Wedding/ Tomorrow City (Polydor)
AUTUMN- My Little
Girl/ Some Sunshine (Pye)
KEVIN AYERS &
THE WHOLE WORLD- Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes/ Stars (Harvest)
CLIMAX CHICAGO-
Towards The Sun/ Everyday (Harvest)
DOGFEET- Since I
Went Away/ Evil Woman (Reflection)
EAST OF EDEN-
Ramadhan/ In The Snow For A Blow/ Better Git It In Your Soul/ Have To Whack
It Up A Bit (Deram)
MATTHEW ELLIS_
Birthday Song/ Salvation (Regal Zonophone)
STEVE ELLIS- Hold
On/ Goody Goody Dancing Shoes (CBS)
FUZZY DUCK- Double
Time Woman/ Just Look Around You (MAM)
GYPSY- Changes
Coming/ Don’t Cry On Me (UA)
GEORGE HARRISON-
Bangla Desh/ Deep Blue (Apple)
IF- Far Beyond/
Forgotten Roads (UA)
MAIL- Omnibus/ Life
Goes On (Parlophone)
MARMALADE- Cousin
Norman/ Lonely Man (Decca)
PAUL & LINDA
McCARTNEY- Back Seat Of My Car/ Heart Of The Country (Apple)
MIGHTY BABY-
Devil’s Whisper/ Virgin Spring (Blue Horizon)
GRAHAM NASH-
Military Madness/ I Used To Be A King (Atlantic)
STEEL MILL- Green
Eyed God/ Zangwill (Penny Farthing)
TANGERINE PEEL-
Loddy-Lo/ Long Long Ride (CBS)
THIN LIZZY- New Day
EP (Dublin/ Remembering Part 2/ Old Moon Madness/ Things Ain’t Working Out
Down At The Farm) (Decca)
ALBUMS
ATOMIC ROOSTER- IN
Hearing Of… (Pegasus)
BIG SLEEP- Bluebell
Wood (Pegasus)
BLACK SABBATH- Master Of Reality (Vertigo)
BUDGIE- Budgie (MCA)
JOHN CALE- Vintage
Violence (CBS)
SPENCER DAVIS &
PETER JAMIESON- It’s Been So Long (UA)
PETE DELLO &
FRIENDS- Into Your Ears (Nepentha)
RAY FENWICK- Keep
America Beautiful, Get A Haircut (Decca)
FREEDOM- THrough The Years (Vertigo)
GENTLE GIANT-
Acquiring The Taste (Vertigo)
MICK GREENWOOD- The Living Game (MCA)
RICK HAYWARD- Rick
Hayward (Blue Horizon)
JIMI HENDRIX-
Experience (Ember)
KNOCKER JUNGLE-
Knocker Jungle (Ember)
JACKIE LOMAX- Home
Is In My Head (Warner Bros)
GRAHAM NASH- Songs
For Beginners (Atlantic)
NORTHWIND- Sister,
Brother, Lover (Regal Zonophone)
RAMASES- Space Hymns
(Vertigo)
STACKRIDGE-
Stackridge (MCA)
TEAR GAS- Tear Gas
(Regal Zonophone)
WISHFUL THINKING-
Hiroshima (Charisma)
V/A- Heads Together
(Vertigo)
HAPPENING
George
Harrison organises the ‘Concert For Bangla Desh’, held at New York’s
Madison Square Garden, in aid of the famine ridden country (1st). Harrison is
joined by a star-studded bill including fellow Brits Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton
(his final public appearance for a year and a half) and Badfinger.
Paul
McCartney announces the formation of his new group, Wings, featuring ex-Moody
Blue Denny Laine on guitar and Denny Sewell on drums. Mrs McCartney supplies
keyboards!
Tony
Kaye leaves Yes. He is replaced on keyboards by Rick Wakeman from The Strawbs,
who replace Rick with Blue Weaver (ex-Amen Corner).
Drummer Alan Whitehead leaves Marmalade. He's replaced by Dougie Henderson (ex-Poets).
Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle quit McGuinness Flint.
Within weeks of quitting Family, John Weider reverses his decision to settle in the USA because of homesickness. Instead he joins Stud, the group put together by the ex-Taste rhythm section, John Wilson and Richie McCracken, and former Blossom Toes guitarist Jim Cregan (ironically a future Family bass player!)
Dave Carroll-guitarist and violinist with Tea & Symphony-leaves the group and is replaced by Tom Ken Bennison.
Keyboardist Nick Judd joins BB Blunder, making the group a quartet.
John Lennon writes and produces a single "God Save Us", credited to the Elastic Oz Band, in aid of Oz magazine, the editors of which are facing obscenity charges.
The Rutherglen (near Glasgow) "Festival Of A Thousand Heads", due to be held on the 28th, is cancelled by magistrates after strong opposition by local residents. The likes of Family, VDGG and The Pretty Things had been due to appear in the planned 12-hour show.
BBC
Radio 1:
Sounds
Of The 70s- Bert Jansch (2nd), Alan Bown (3rd), Magna Carta (5th), Jack Bruce (6th), Brinsley Schwarz (9th), Bronco
(10th), Hardin & York (12th), Lol Coxhill & David Bedford (16th),
Groundhogs (17th), Edgar Broughton Band (20th), T Rex (23rd), Fuzzy Duck (24th),
Tir Na Nog (26th), Pete Brown & Piblokto! (27th), Medicine
Head, Mark-Almond (30th), Mick
Abrahams Band, Bronco (31st)
DLT Show- Marmalade (29th)
Sunday Concert- Forest (1st), Strawbs (15th), Rory Gallagher (22nd), Jack Bruce & Friends (29th)
Hollies Special (29th)
GIGS
Aberdeen Music Hall- If, Steamhammer, James Litherland's Million (12th)
Aylesbury Friars- Quiver (21st)
Barnstaple Queen's Hall- Lindisfarne (20th)
Barry Memorial Hall- Alan Bown, Trapeze (10th), If, Steamhammer, Million (24th)
Basingstoke Haymarket Theatre- Renaissance, Home
Bath Keel Club- Stackridge (25th)
Bath Pavilion- Alan Bown, Trapeze (14th)
Beckenham Three Tuns- Paul Brett Sage (8th)
Bexley Black Prince- Chicken Shack (1st)
Birmingham, Henry's Blueshouse- Alan Bown (8th), Gypsy (10th), Man (29th), Carol Grimes & Uncle Dog (31st)
Birmingham Kinetic Circus- Van Der Graaf Generator (6th), Lindisfarne (13th)
Birmingham Midland Arts Centre- Stackridge, Strife (30th)
Boston Starlight Rooms- Supertramp, Tir Na Nog (21st)
Bournemouth Chelsea Village- Sweet (6th), Slade (30th)
Bournemouth Royal Ballroom- Colosseum, Paladin (5th)
Bournemouth Starkers- Colosseum (5th), T Rex, Freedom (12th), Thin Lizzy (16th, supporting Canned Heat), Status Quo (19th), Fleetwood Mac (26th)
Braintree 2J's Club- Gringo (27th)
Bridlington Spa, Royal Spa- Quintessence (14th)
Brighton, Ginny's- Paul Brett Sage (7th)
Bristol Old Granary- Bell + Arc (23rd), Stackridge (31st)
Canning Town Bridge House- Slowbone (7th)
Canterbury, St Thomas' Hall- Bell + Arc (21st)
Chalk Farm Roundhouse- Bell + Arc, Hunter Muskett (8th, supporting Boz Scaggs), Van Der Graaf Generator, Mighty Baby, Home, Dando Shaft, Accrington Stanley (15th), Curved Air, National Head Band, Lol Coxhill etc (29th, Oz Benefit)
Chatham Central Hall- King Crimson (21st), Alan Bown, Trapeze (26th)
Chelmsford Civic Theatre- Alan Bown, Trapeze (22nd)
Chelsea, Redcliffe Hotel- Slowbone (8th)
Chester Quaintways- Lindisfarne (16th), Van Der Graaf Generator (23rd)
Cleethorpes Winter Gardens- Van Der Graaf Generator (20th)
Corborough, Ashdown Forest Festival- Brinsley Schwarz, Pink Fairies, Stackridge, Help Yourself, Natural Acoustic Band, Open Road etc (7th)
Corby Festival Hall- Alan Bown, Trapeze (15th), Groundhogs, Freedom (29th)
Coventry Circles Club- Stray (5th), Hookfoot (12th)
Crawley Starlight- Hawkwind (3rd), Tir Na Nog (10th), Quiver (17th), Warm Dust (31st)
Croydon Greyhound- Quiver (1st), Medicine Head (8th), Argent (15th), Chicken Shack (29th)
Croydon Gun Tavern- Slowbone (28th)
Dagenham Village Roundhouse- Black Widow, T2 (7th), Fairport Convention (14th), Fleetwood Mac (28th)
Derby Clouds- Good Habit (26th), Pete Brown & Piblokto!, Stackwaddy etc (29th)
Dorchester Tavern- Fusion Orchestra (26th)
Dundee Caird Hall- If, Steamhammer, Million (13th)
Dunstable Civic Hall- Colosseum (21st)
Ealing Tech College- Lindisfarne (6th)
East Ham Green Man- Comus (5th), Slowbone (12th)
East Kilbride Olympia- Trapeze, Alan Bown (28th)
Edmonton Cooks Ferry Inn- Climax Chicago (2nd), Medicine Head (9th), Patto (30th)
Egham, Open Air Charity Concert- Duster Bennett, Home (7th)
Epping, Wake Arms- Man (1st, the Groovesville Club then had to move to the Leytonstone Red Lion)
Falkirk Town Hall- If, Steamhammer, Million (14th)
Fulham Greyhound- Paladin (1st), Gypsy (2nd), Budgie (3rd), Bell + Arc (5th), Patto (8th), Cody (9th), Khan (10th), Gringo (12th), Jigsaw (15th), Danta (26th), Home (27th), Good Habit (29th)
Glasgow Picasso- Thin Lizzy (28th)
Great Yarmouth Marina- Stackridge (28th)
Greenford Big Brother- Pink Fairies (4th), Terry Reid (11th)
Guildford Civic Hall- Alan Bown, Trapeze (16th), King Crimson (23rd)
Hampstead Country Club- Jam session with the old Blossom Toes & Friends (1st), Bronco (4th), David Bowie (11th), Jack Bruce (26th)
Harrogate Royal Hall- Fairport Convention (7th), Groundhogs, Freedom (27th)
Hastings Pier- Widow (formerly Black Widow), Casuals (20th)
Hereford
United Football Ground- Mott the Hoople, Head Hands & Feet, Amazing
Blondel, Karakorum (30th)
High Wycombe Nags Head- Paul Brett Sage (6th), Patto (27th)
High Wycombe Town Hall- Heaven, Gary Farr (21st)
Hitchin Resurrection- Wild Turkey, Comus (7th), Terry Reid (14th), Bronco, Tir Na Nog (28th)
Hounslow Arts Lab- Paul Brett Sage (3rd)
Huddersfield Builders Exchange- Bell + Arc (28th)
Hull, Brick Co- Quiver (20th)
Hull City Hall- If, Steamhammer, Million (18th)
Ilford, The General Havelock- Fusion Orchestra (6th)
Kendal Pop Festival- Colosseum, Uriah Heep, Universe etc (29th)
Kensington, Commonwealth Institute Theatre- Tir Na Nog, National Head Band, Nicky James (5th), Open Road, Natural Acoustic Band (10th)
Kensington Town Hall- Chicken Shack (5th), Argent (12th), Stray (26th)
Kilbride Olympia Hall- If, Steamhammer, Million (17th), Alan Bown, Trapeze (29th)
Leytonstone Red Lion- Pink Fairies, Zior (6th), Hawkwind (8th), Stray (15th), Quiver, Curtiss Maldoon (27th), Medicine Head (29th)
Lincoln Drill Hall- If, Steamhammer, Million (21st)
Lincoln Silvergate- Rory Gallagher (13th), Hawkwind (20th)
London, 100 Club- Gracious (10th), Home (31st)
London Bumpers Club- Tea & Symphony (6th), Fusion Orchestra (7th), Natural Acoustic Band (11th-14th), Help Yourself (28th- 30th), Hardin & York (31st)
London Lyceum- Medicine Head, Status Quo, Indian Summer, Heaven (1st), Quintessence (8th), Colosseum (15th), Head Hands & Feet, Amazing Blondel, Bronco, Vinegar Joe (22nd), Mott the Hoople, Warm Dust (29th)
London
Marquee- Warhorse (1st), Saffron (2nd), Hardin & York (3rd), Ashton
Gardner & Dyke, Curtiss Maldoon (5th), Blonde On Blonde (8th), King
Crimson, Viv Stanshall (9th, 10th), Stackridge (12th), Stone The Crows,
Spreadeagle (13th), UFO (15th), Audience (16th), Medicine Head, Gringo
(17th), Stud (19th), Patto (20th), Custers Track (21st), Pete Brown &
Piblokto! (22nd), Pink Fairies (23rd), Renaissance, Glencoe (24th), Uriah
Heep (26th), Man, BB Blunder (27th), T2 (29th), Fleetwood Mac, Nick Pickett
(30th, 31st)
London, Southall Farx- Alan Bown (6th)
London Temple Club- Bell + Arc, Headstone (6th), Dando Shaft (7th), Warhorse, UFO (13th), Patto (27th), Supertramp, On (28th)
London Torrington- Hookfoot (1st), Gypsy (29th)
London, Wormwood Scrubs Common- Pete Brown & Piblokto!, Keith Christmas, Tintagel etc (21st, free concert compered by Pete Drummond)
Malvern Winter Gardens- Uriah Heep, Trapeze (30th)
Manchester Free Trade Hall- If, Steamhammer, Million (26th)
Manchester, Platt Fields Park, Rusholme Folk Festival- Ralph McTell, Mr Fox etc (30th)
Manchester Tech College- Brinsley Schwarz, Third World War, Stackwaddy (28th, Oz Benefit)
Margate Dreamland- Marmalade (14th)
Nelson
Imperial Ballroom- Quiver (28th)
Newcastle City Hall- If, Steamhammer, Million (15th)
Newcastle Mayfair- Curved Air, Medicine Head (6th), Mott the Hoople (13th), Faces (27th)
Norwich, Lad's Club- Mott the Hoople, Pete Brown & Piblokto! (14th)
Norwich St Andrews Hall- If, Steamhammer, Million (20th)
Oxford Town Hall- King Crimson (20th), If, Steamhammer, Million (25th)
Penzance Winter Gardens- Lindisfarne (19th)
Plymouth Guild Hall- Quintessence (1st), Alan Bown, Trapeze (20th), If, Steamhammer, Million (28th)
Plymouth Van Dike- Steeleye Span (6th), Caravan (7th), Tea & Symphony (13th), Stud (20th), Lindisfarne (21st), Help Yourself (27th), Medicine Head (28th)
Preston Amethyst- Van Der Graaf Generator (19th), Bell + Arc (24th)
Preston Public Hall- Groundhogs, Freedom (22nd)
Putney Half Moon- Keith Christmas (27th)
Ramsgate Miro's- Paul Brett Sage (4th)
Reading Town Hall- Groundhogs, Tir Na Nog (14th)
Redcar Coatham Hotel- Quintessence (15th)
Redruth Flamingo- Alan Bown, Trapeze (19th)
Romford Albemarle Club- Vinegar Joe (1st), Good Habit (8th)
Rotherham Clifton Park- T Rex, Terry Reid, Marmalade, Brian Auger etc (28th)
Salisbury Alexandra Rooms- Bell + Arc (7th), Quiver (14th)
Scarborough Penthouse- Quiver (6th), Hookfoot (20th)
Sheffield City Hall- If, Steamhammer, Million (19th)
Southampton Guild Hall- Alan Bown, Trapeze (17th), If, Steamhammer, Million (31st)
Southend Esplanade- Castle Farm (6th, 27th)
Southport Floral Hall- Quintessence (13th), Groundhogs, Freedom (20th)
Stoke Trentham Gardens- T Rex, Gentle Giant (22nd)
Sutton Coldfield Belfry- Mott the Hoople (28th)
Swansea Clydach Mond Hall- Dave & Toni Arthur, Shirley Collins etc (28th)
Tamworth Memorial Hall- Bell + Arc (14th)
Tooting Castle- Patto (11th)
Torquay Town Hall- Mott the Hoople, Sutherland Brothers (7th), Lindisfarne (18th), Alan Bown (21st)
Truro City Hall- Amazing Blondel (26th), Slade (31st)
Twickenham Winning Post- Quiver (4th), Roger Ruskin Spear, Thunderclap Newman (5th), Tir Na Nog (11th), Chicken Shack (18th)
Watford, Kingham Hall Hydrospace- Gnidrolog, Khan (7th)
Weeley Festival, Clacton-on-Sea- T Rex, King Crimson, Curved Air, Faces, Colosseum, Rory Gallagher, Status Quo, Groundhogs, Grease Band, Mungo Jerry, Barclay James Harvest, Quintessence, Edgar Broughton Band, Juicy Lucy, Al Stewart, Argent, Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come, Bell + Arc, Dave Edmunds, Caravan, Fairfield Parlour, Fusion Orchestra, Gnidrolog, Gringo, Hackensack, Head Hands & Feet, Lindisfarne, Natural Acoustic Band, On, Principal Edward's Magic Theatre, Ricotti & Alburquerque, Stone The Crows, Stray, Tir Na Nog, Steve Tilston, Third Ear Band, Van Der Graaf Generator, Paul Brett Sage etc (28th/29th)
Wellington Townhouse- UFO (6th), Van Der Graaf Generator (12th), Paul Brett Sage, Spontaneous Combustion (26th)
Weymouth Pavilion- Slade (27th)
Wimbledon Hobbit's Garden- Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come (6th), Paul Brett Sage, Good Habit (27th)
Windsor Club 1832- Gnidrolog (3rd), Home (10th), Ben (31st)
Wisbech Burlesque- Clouds (1st), Gypsy (8th), Pete Brown (15th)
Wolverhampton Civic Hall- Quintessence (16th)
Wolverhampton Lafyette- Quiver (11th)
Wood Green Nightingale- Quiver (3rd), Pink Fairies (10th)
Worcester, Henry's Blueshouse- Stackridge (6th)
Worcester Racecourse- Van Der Graaf Generator, Graham Bond etc (13th)
Wormelow Nr Hereford, Park Hall Ballroom- Status Quo (6th), Marmalade (13th), Fairweather (27th)
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