SINGLES

ANGEL PAVEMENT-Tell Me What I’ve Got To Do/ When Will I See June Again (Fontana)
ART MOVEMENT-For As Long As You Need Me/ Nice ‘N’ Easy (Columbia)
CAT’S EYES-Loser/ Circus (MCA)
CONSORTIUM-Melanie Cries Alone/ Copper Coloured Years (Trend)
EDISON LIGHTHOUSE-Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)/Every Lonely Day (Bell) #1
EVERYBODY-Shape Of Things To Come/ Do Like The Little Children Do (Page One)
ROBIN GIBB-August October/ Give Me A Smile (Polydor) #45
GRAPEFRUIT-Lady Godiva/ Thunder And Lightning (RCA)
JETHRO TULL-The Witch’s Promise/ The Teacher (Chrysalis) #4
JUDD-Snarlin’ Mumma Lion/ Stronger Than A Man (Penny Farthing)
ORANGE BICYCLE-It’s Not My World/ Take Me To The Pilot (Parlophone)
QUINTESSENCE-Notting Hill Gate/ Move Into The Light (Island)
RAW MATERIAL-Hi There Hallelujah/ Days Of The Fighting Cock (Evolution)
BARRY RYAN-Magical Spiel/ Caroline (Polydor)
THE SWEET-All You’ll Ever Get From Me/ The Juicer (Parlophone)
CREEPY JOHN THOMAS-Ride A Rainbow/ Moon And Eyes Song (RCA)
TYRANNOSAURUS REX-By The Light Of The Magical Moon/ Find A Little Wood (Regal Zonophone)

ALBUMS

ASHKAN-In From The Cold (Decca Nova)
BADFINGER-Magic Christian Music (Apple)
SYD BARRETT-The Madcap Laughs (Harvest) #40
BULLDOG BREED-Made In England (Deram Nova)
CLARK-HUTCHINSON-A=MH2 ((Decca Nova)
FAMILY-A Song For Me (Reprise) #4
GALLIARD-Strange Pleasure (Deram Nova)
JAN DUKES DE GREY-Sorcerers (Deram Nova)
THE MOVE-Shazam (Regal Zonophone)
PACIFIC DRIFT-Feelin' Free (Deram Nova)
BARRY RYAN-Barry Ryan (Polydor)
SUNFOREST-Sound Of Sunforest (Deram Nova)

HAPPENING!

• The Beatles (minus Lennon) hold their final recording session to complete the ‘Let It Be’ soundtrack.
• The Move announce plans to transform themselves into The Electric Light Orchestra.
• Vocalist Carl Wayne quits The Move. Jeff Lynne replaces him, having elected to remain with The Idle Race when previously invited to join The Move the previous February. Lynne joins the group only after being assured that he will be involved in Roy Wood’s ambitious Electric Light Orchestra project.
• Greg Lake hands in his notice to King Crimson, but as a favour he records lead vocals on several tracks intended for the group’s second album, “In The Wake Of Poseidon”.
• Guitarist Peter Banks is sacked by Yes. He is replaced several weeks later by ex-Tomorrow & Bodast man Steve Howe.
• Organist Gary Wright quits Spooky Tooth.
• Fat Mattress vocalist Neil Landon sustains head, neck and elbow injuries in a car crash. Group manager Chas Chandler denies that they are splitting up.
• Keith Moon is involved in a tragic incident that results in the accidental death of his chauffeur, Neil Boland (4th)
• The Music press report that the UFO club will reopen on Tottenham Court Rd but with a new name “Something”.
• Klooks Kleek club closes down after a nine year run. Owner Dick Jordan says that “The state of the business doesn’t warrant keeping it open”.
• BBC 2 premieres a new show, “Disco 2” (10th) that promises to “reflect some of the better and more interesting groups around”. Joe Cocker appears in the first edition. The show’s run ends in July.
• Granada ITV "Lift Off"-Marmalade (7th)
• German TV “Beat Club”-Humble Pie, Free, Renaissance, Juicy Lucy, Colosseum (31st)
• BBC SESSIONS-Alan Bown (26^th-30^th, Dave Cash), Atomic Rooster (3rd, WS R&B), Badfinger (9th, Radio 1 Club-19th, Johnnie Walker-28th, Pop Workshop-29th, Radio 1 Club), Edgar Broughton Band (17th, Top Gear), Cupids Inspiration (12th-16th, Dave Cash), Elastic Band (26^th-30^th, Terry Wogan), Family (4th, John Peel Sunday Concert), Robin Gibb (31^st, Johnnie Walker), Roy Harper (3rd, Top Gear), Kinks (12th-16th, Dave Cash), Liverpool Scene (3rd, Top Gear), Medicine Head (10th, Top Gear), Peppermint Circus (26^th-30^th, Dave Cash), Playground (26^th-30^th, Dave Cash), Principal Edwards Magic Theatre (17th, Top Gear), Revolver (12-16th, Dave Cash), Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (26^th-30^th, Terry Wogan), Sleepy (11th, Dave Lee Travis), Sweet (12th-16th, Dave Cash), Tangerine Peel (26^th-30^th, Dave Cash), Trapeze (26^th-30^th, Johnnie Walker), Tyrannosaurus Rex (4th, John Peel’s Sunday Concert), The Web (26^th-30^th, Dave Cash), Yes (25th, DLT)

WATCHING!

• Marquee- Skin Alley (2nd), Sam Gopal (3rd), Magna Carta (4th, 11th), Writing On The Wall (5th, 13th, 19th, 26th), Rare Bird (8th, 22nd), Little Free Rock (8th), Lace (9th), Hard Meat (13th), Armada (15th), Affinity (16th), Tuesdays Children (17th), Titus Groan (17th), Nucleus (23rd, 30th), Andwella’s Dream (24th), Arcadium (26th), Groundhogs (29th), May Blitz (31st), Egg (31st)
• The Temple Club, Wardour Street- Daddy Longlegs, Mott the Hoople, Skin Alley (9th), Van Der Graaf Generator, Steamhammer, Glass Menagerie (16th), Liverpool Scene, Trees (17th) Quintessence, Titus Groan, Dry Ice, Forever More (23rd), Edgar Broughton Band, Trader Horne (24th), Formally Fat Harry, Egg (30th), Jody Grind, The Fire etc (31^st)
• Speakeasy-David Bowie (8th), Badfinger (28th)
• Blaises-Hawkwind (26th)
• Klooks Kleek-VanDer Graaf Generator (27th), Keef Hartley, Samson (28th, last night before closedown)
• Friars, Aylesbury-East Of Eden (5th), Rare Bird (19th), High Tide (26th)
• Bexley Black Prince-Trapeze (25th)
• Birmingham, Aston University-Kevin Ayers, Caravan, Skin Alley, Roger Ruskin Spear’s Kinetic Wardrobe (30th)
• Birmingham Town Hall-Led Zeppelin (7th), Ginger Baker’s Airforce (12th)
• Mothers, Birmingham- Taste, Mott the Hoople (3rd), Renaissance (4th), Strawbs (6th), Roy Harper (10th, 17th), Hard Meat (10th), Soft Machine (11th), Medicine Head (23rd), Fat Mattress (24th)
• Blackburn Cavendish-Marmalade (16th, 17th)
• Blackpool Casino-Barclay James Harvest (30^th, supporting Spirit)
• Starlight Ballroom, Boston-Tremeloes (17th), The Ebonies, The Inner Mind (24th), Badfinger (31st)
• Bournemouth Winter Gardens-Renaissance (24th)
• Brighton Dome-Colosseum, Juicy Lucy (12th), Pink Floyd (19th)
• Colston Hall, Bristol-Led Zeppelin (8th), The Nice (27th)
• Lawns Centre, Cottingham-Pink Floyd (17th)
• Lanchester College, Coventry-Family (10th), Jack Bruce, Colosseum (24th), Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, Ron Geesin (25th), Yes, Atomic Rooster, Mott the Hoople, Free (30th), The Strawbs, Roy Harper (31st)
• Fairfield Hall, Croydon-Soft Machine (4th), Pink Floyd (18th), Renaissance (25th)
• Greyhound, Croydon-Caravan (5th), Mott The Hoople (18th), Yes (25th), Idle Race (26th)
• Star Hotel, Croydon-Stray (8th, 19th), Steamhammer (12th), East Of Eden (26th)
• Croydon Tech College-Steamhammer, Eire Apparent (31^st)
• Dagenham Village Roundhouse-Colosseum (17th), Steamhammer (24th), Pentangle (31^st)
• Dunstable Civic Hall-Family (26th)
• East Sheen Bull-Colosseum (22nd)
• Edinburgh University-Flaming Youth (9th)
• Edmonton Cooks Ferry Inn-Blodwyn Pig (26th)
• Epping Wake Arms-Edgar Broughton Band (4th), Free (25th)
• Ewell Technical College-Atomic Rooster, Genesis, Nick Drake (24th)
• Farnborough College-Jody Grind (24th)
• Guildford Civic Hall-Blodwyn Pig (24th)
• Hampstead Country Club-Renaissance (11th), Fairport Convention (18th), Heavy Jelly, Quicksand (23rd), Jody Grind (25th), Fairport Convention, Forever More (29th), Liverpool Scene (30th)
• Hanley, The Place-Liverpool Scene (27^th)
• Hatfield Curzon Cinema-Deep Purple (24th)
• High Wycombe Blues Loft-Skin Alley (23rd), Steamhammer (30^th)
• High Wycombe Town Hall-Edgar Broughton Band, Bridget St John, Quintessence (31st)
• Hounslow Arts Lab-Forest (27th)
• Islington Barn Club-Mott the Hoople (25th)
• Kingston Tech College-Genesis (28th)
• Lancaster University-Deep Purple (24th)
• Leeds Town Hall-Led Zeppelin (24th)
• Leeds University-The Nice, Family (30th)
• Leicester Tech College-Genesis (29th)
• Liverpool University-Blodwyn Pig (30^th)
• London, Bedford Training College-Colosseum (23rd)
• London Chelsea College of Science-Manfred Mann Chapter III (24th)
• London, Crucible Club-Sam Gopal (22nd), Audience (27th)
• London, East Ham, Hounds Club-Raw Material (22nd)
• Imperial College, London-White Trash, Arcadium (10th), East Of Eden (17th), Procol Harum, Egg (24th), Al Stewart, Bridget St John, Gasworks (29th), Mighty Baby, Smile (31st)
• London Lyceum-Caravan, Andromeda (11th), Jack Bruce & Friends (25th)
• Royal Albert Hall-Led Zeppelin (9th), Ginger Baker’s Airforce (15th), Trader Horne, Steamhammer (23rd, supporting Ritchie Havens), Deep Purple, Renaissance (30th)
• London Potter’s Bar Farx-Quintessence, Audience, Andwella's Dream (17th-opening night), Edgar Broughton Band, Stray (24th)
• London Royal Vet College-Status Quo, The Fire (30th)
• London School of Economics-Manfred Mann Chapter III, James Litherland’s Brotherhood (31^st)
• University College, London-Sam Apple Pie (10th), Egg (17th), Free, Arcadium (24th)
• Loughborough University-Mott the Hoople (31st)
• Manchester College of Commerce-Grisby Dyke (29^th)
• Mayfair, Newcastle-White Trash (9th), Fat Mattress, Man (16th)
• Newcastle City Hall-Led Zeppelin (15th)
• Norwich Gala-Free (31^st)
• Nottingham University-Pink Floyd (10th)
• Oxford, Summertime Church Hall-Tea & Symphony, Hawkwind, Skin Alley etc (29th)
• Plymouth Van Dikes- Van Der Graaf Generator (17th), Quatermass (23rd), Tyrannosaurus Rex, Forever More (24th), Rare Bird (30th)
• Portsmouth Guild Hall-Led Zeppelin (13th), Family (15^th, cancelled owing to group’s van breaking down)
• Redcar Coatham Hotel-Edgar Broughton Band (25th), Atomic Rooster (30th)
• Scunthorpe Baths-Badfinger (17th)
• City Hall, Sheffield-Led Zeppelin (16th), The Nice (29th)
• Sheffield University-Faces (17th)
• Southall Farx-Liverpool Scene (4th)
• Staines Town Hall-Sam Gopal Dream, Delivery (31^st)
• Stoke on Trent Tech College-Third Ear Band, Al Stewart (30th)
• Locarno, Sunderland-Edgar Broughton Band (1st), Principal Edwards Magic Theatre (1st, 9th), Quintessence (16th), Family (23rd), Ten Years After, Junco Partners (30th)
• Eel Pie Island, Twickenham- Eire Apparent (23rd), Heavy Jelly, Van Der Graaf Generator (24th), Warm Dust (30^th)
• Brunel University, Uxbridge-Opal Butterfly (24th), Yes, Liverpool Scene (31st)
• Walthamstow Chez Club-Quintessence (23rd, opening night), Sam Apple Pie (30th)
• Watford Tech College-Spirit Of John Morgan, Genesis (17th)
• Western Super Mare Pavilion-Colosseum (10th)
• Wimbledon Joints-Hardin & York, Hard Meat, Blue Whale (28th)
• Catacombs Club, Wolverhampton-Man (19th), Caravan (26th)

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