JULY 1972
SINGLES
Asgard—Children Of a New Born Age/ Where Are Your Friends (Threshold)
Audience--Stand By The Door/ Thunder & Lightnin' (Charisma)
Bond & Brown—Lost Tribe/ Macumbe/ Mil Is Turning Sour In My Shoes (Greenwich)
Duncan Browne—Journey/ In a Mist (RAK)
Mike D'Abo- Belinda/ Little Miss Understood (A&M)
Dando Shaft—Sun Clog Dance/ This Gift (RCA)
Dave Edmunds—Down, Down, Down/ It Ain’t Easy (Regal Zonophone)
Mott the Hoople—All The Young Dudes/ One Of The Boys (CBS)
Nazareth—Morning Dew/ Spinning Top (Pegasus)
Nickelson—Sitting On a Fence/ Oh How Much (Decca)
Ro-Ro—Goin’ Round My Head/ Down On The Road (Regal Zonophone)
Mick Softley—Lady Willow/ From The Land Of The Crab (CBS)
Temple Row—King and Queen/ One Of a Million Faces (Polydor)
Tranquility—Saying Goodbye/ Happy Is The Man (Epic)
Uriah Heep—Easy Livin’/ Why (Bronze)
ALBUMS
Atomic Rooster—Made In England (Dawn)
Jeff Beck Group—The Jeff Beck Group (Epic)
David Bowie—The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars (RCA)
Edgar Broughton Band—In Side Out (Harvest)
Cream—Live Cream Vol. 2 (Polydor)
Fleetwood Mac—Bare Trees (Reprise)
Freedom—Freedom Is More Than a Word (Vertigo)
King Earl Boogie Band—Trouble At Mill (Dawn)
David McWilliams—Lord Offaly (Dawn)
Rolling Stones—Exile On Main Street (Rolling Stones)
Bridget St John—Thank You For…(Dandelion)
Mick Softley—Any Mother Doesn’t Grumble (CBS)
Soft Machine—Fifth (CBS)
Vaughan Thomas--Vaughan Thomas (Jam)
HAPPENING
Steve Miller and Richard Sinclair leave Caravan following completion of the group’s British tour. The duo plan to reform Delivery but an embryonic Hatfield & The North emerges instead. Meanwhile Pye Hastings and Richard Coughlan search for replacements.
Roy Wood quits ELO, leaving Jeff Lynne as undisputed leader of the group.
Alan White replaces Bill Bruford as drummer with Yes. White has just three days in which to learn his drum parts before Yes commence their fourth US tour.
Egg split up. Dave Stewart joins Steve Hillage’s band Khan, Clive Brooks drums for The Groundhogs, and Mont Campbell devotes his time to musical study.
Andy Fraser walks out on Free prior to a scheduled Japanese tour.
Paul McCartney and Wings tour Europe aboard a double-decker London bus.
John Wetton leaves Family owing to the usual musical differences and is replaced by ex-Blossom Toes and Stud guitarist Jim Cregan.
BBC2 TV "Old Grey Whistle Test"- Rolling Stones (11th)
BBC1 TV "The Kinks At The Rainbow" (21st)
BBC 1 (West Region only) "Stackridge & Friends" (25th)
ITV "2 G's & The Pop People"- The Move, ELO (8th)
BBC Radio 1:
Dave Lee Travis--David Bowie, The Move (3rd-7th), Free, Slade, Barry Ryan, Troggs (10th-14th), The Who, Lindisfarne (24th-28th)
Ed Stewart--Slade, Free (29th Jul-2nd Aug)
Johnnie Walker-- Mike d'Abo, Ashman Reynolds (3rd-7th), Kinks, Lindisfarne, David Bowie (10th-14th), Slade, Atomic Rooster (17th-21st), The Who, The Kinks (29th Jul-2nd Aug)
Alan Freeman- Slade, David Bowie (3rd-7th), The Who, Sutherland Brothers (17th-21st)
In Concert-- Argent (1st), JSD Band, Solid Gold Cadilac (8th), Rory Gallagher (29th)
John Peel—Albion Band (4th), Ashman Reynolds (14th), Miller Anderson (21st)
Bob Harris-- JSD Band (31st)
GIGS
Abbey Wood, Harrow Inn- Black Widow (7th)
Aberystwyth King's Hall- Quicksand (27th)
Aldridge Grammar School- Necromandus (17th)
Axminster Guild Hall- Glencoe (14th)
Aylesbury Friars—Caravan, Gnidrolog (8th), David Bowie (15th)
Bagshot Pantiles- Little Free Rock (28th)
Ballymena Flamingo- Thin Lizzy (11th)
Barnet Queen Elizabeth School- Hookfoot (8th)
Barnstable Queen's Hall- Lindisfarne (7th), Slade (14th), Family (21st), Edgar Broughton Band (28th)
Barry Memorial Hall- Edgar Broughton Band (1st), East Of Eden, Necromandus (15th), Quicksand (29th)
Bath City School- Stackridge (13th)
Bath Newton Park College- Trapeze (1st)
Bath Percy Club- Renaissance (8th)
Bexley Black Prince- Vinegar Joe (9th)
Billericay Archer Hall—Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come (8th), Stone The Crows (21st), Genesis (28th)
Birmingham Barbarella's- Vinegar Joe (2nd), If (16th)
Birmingham Ceda Club- Gnidrolog (10th, 11th), Hackensack (13th), Tea & Symphony (17th, 18th), Capability Brown (19th)
Birmingham Digbeth Hall- Dando Shaft (14th)
Birmingham Henry's Blueshouse- Warm Dust (18th)
Birmingham Kinetic Circus- Man (21st)
Birmingham Santa Rosa- Little Free Rock (15th)
Birmingham Top Rank- Mungo Jerry (28th)
Bishop's Stortford Hockerill College- Gypsy (1st)
Bishop's Stortford Railway Hotel- Delivery (30th)
Blandford Forum- Jackson Heights (8th)
Bognor Regis Rex Ballroom- Sweet (3rd)
Bognor Regis Top Rank- Mungo Jerry (31st)
Boscombe Free Festival—Hawkwind (20th)
Bournemouth Chelsea Village- Sweet (1st), Montanas (13th), Atomic Rooster (23rd), Stone The Crows (30th)
Bournemouth Starkers- Slade, Thin Lizzy (13th), Edgar Broughton Band, Mick Abrahams Band (20th), Status Quo, Gary Wright's Wonderwheel (27th)
Braintree Horn Hotel- Manfred Mann's Earth Band (28th)
Bridlington Spa- Edgar Broughton Band (8th), Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come (15th), Stackridge (29th)
Brighton University of Sussex- Tea & Symphony (15th)
Bristol Locarno—Hawkwind, Hookfoot, Roxy Music etc (9th)
Bristol Old Granary-Trapeze (6th), Vinegar Joe (13th)
Bristol Top Rank- Stackridge (7th)
Bristol University- Gypsy (4th)
Bromley Tech College- Stone The Crows, Jericho (8th)
Burton on Trent 76 Club- Chicken Shack (7th), Stackridge (14th), Unicorn (21st), Jellybread (28th)
Cambridge Corn Exchange- Man (1st), Pretty Things (8th), Argent (15th)
Cambridge Guild Hall- East Of Eden (29th)
Cambridge Grammar School- Gypsy (14th)
Canterbury St Thomas' Hall- Stackridge (1st)
Canterbury University- Natural Acoustic Band (6th)
Cardiff Moon Club- Quicksand (25th)
Cardiff Old Union Place- Gnidrolog (28th)
Cheltenham College- 9:30 Fly (13th)
Cheltenham Music Festival- Hawkwind, Glencoe, Magic Muscle etc (8th)
Cleethorpes Winter Gardens—Genesis (27th)
Coventry West End- Black Widow (27th)
Crewe Madeley College- Necromandus (1st)
Cromer Royal Links Pavilion- Gnidrolog (1st)
Croydon Fairfield Hall- Curtiss Maldoon (22nd, supporting Julie Felix)
Croydon Georgian Club- Little Free Rock (29th)
Croydon Greyhound—Genesis (2nd), Al Stewart, Trapeze (9th), Soft Machine (16th)
Dagenham Village Roundhouse- Atomic Rooster (22nd), Vinegar Joe (29th)
Derby Cleopatra's- Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come (13th), Necromandus (18th), Gnidrolog (27th)
Devizes Town Hall- Faces (28th)
Dewsbury Town Hall- Audience (8th)
Doncaster Top Rank- Kinks (7th)
Dorchester Tavern- Renaissance (13th)
Dudley JBs- Necromandus (4th)
Dundee Caird Hall- Hawkwind (29th)
Dunstable Queensway Hall—Hawkwind (7th), Stone The Crows, Roxy Music (22nd)
Edinburgh Caley- Hawkwind (30th)
Edmonton Cooks Ferry Inn--Audience (10th), Chicken Shack (24th), East Of Eden (31st)
Epping, Wake Arms—Genesis, Juicy Lucy (23rd), Black Widow (30th)
Epsom Music Workshop- Quicksand (17th)
Exeter University- Man (15th)
Farnborough Tech College- Gypsy (8th)
Felixstowe Pier Pavillion- Mungo Jerry (29th)
Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall- Genesis (1st)
Freshwater East Golden Sands- Sweet (30th
Fulham Greyhound—Clear Blue Sky (1st), JSD Band (2nd), Demick & Armstrong (3rd), Jericho (10th), Help Yourself (11th), Man (16th), Listen (17th), Wonderwheel (19th), Camel (22nd), Brinsley Schwarz (23rd), Byzantium (24th), Matching Mole (25th), Skin Alley (26th), Glencoe (27th), UFO (30th), Fusion Orchestra (31st)
Glasgow City Hall- If (13th), Hawkwind (28th)
Gloucester Tech College- Vinegar Joe (8th)
Gravesend Fort garden Music Bowl- Tir Na Nog, Wild Turkey (29th)
Great Yarmouth Tiffany's- Marmalade (10th)
Greenford Civic Hall- Fusion Orchestra (25th)
Greenford Oldfield Tavern- Jigsaw (16th)
Guildford Civic Hall—Hawkwind (2nd), Stackridge, Camel (23rd)
Guildford Free Festival- Capability Brown (1st)
Hanley The Place- Madrigal (1st), Searchers (13th), Montanas (18th)
Hampstead Town Hall- Bachdenkel (27th)
Hastings Pier Pavilion—Quicksand (20th), Hawkwind, Magic Muscle (27th)
Hereford College- Stackridge (6th)
Hitchin Woodside Open Theatre- Stackridge (8th)
Hucknall Plough- Clear Blue Sky (8th)
Ilford Growling Budgie- Hackensack (5th), Gnidrolog (12th), Renaissance (15th, 27th), Listen (16th), Comus (23rd)
Kew Boathouse- Bridget St John (11th), Natural Acoustic Band (18th), John Martyn (25th)
Kingston Polytechnic—Capability Brown (1st), Hawkwind (8th)
Larne King's Arms- Thin Lizzy (12th)
Leicester Croft Club- Vinegar Joe (10th)
Leytonstone Red Lion—Roxy Music, Jude (7th), Genesis, Renaissance (21st)
Liverpool Cavern- Vinegar Joe, Gravy Train (6th), Necromandus, Gravy Train (7th)
Liverpool St George's Hall- Spirogyra (8th), Dando Shaft (18th)
Liverpool Top Rank- Gnidrolog (7th)
London Battersea Pavilion- Third Ear Band, Steve Tilston, Pete Atkin, Linda Lewis etc (1st, War On Want Benefit)
London Bumpers- Gnidrolog, Gypsy (19th)
London Cafe des Artistes- Necromandus (10th)
London Chalk Farm Roundhouse—Edgar Broughton Band, Egg, Third Ear Band (9th) East Of Eden (16th), Jeff Beck Group, Home, Cockney Rebel (23rd), Matching Mole (30th)
London Crystal Palace Bowl- Stone The Crows, Roxy Music (29th, supporting Arlo Guthrie)
London Falcon- Paladin (7th), Hookfoot (14th), Manfred Mann's Earth Band (21st), UFO (28th)
London Greenwich Theatre—Patto (1st)
London Isleworth Polytechnic- Tir Na Nog, Natural Acoustic Band, Dando Shaft, Gordon Haskell (1st)
London King’s Cross Cinema—Soft Machine, Matching Mole, Just Us (7th), Grimms, Viv Stanshall (8th), Gnidrolog, Brinsley Schwarz (14th, supporting Lou Reed), Caravan, Parlour Band (21st), Man (22nd, supporting Gary Glitter!), Status Quo, Stray (28th), Stud, Skid Row, Jonesy (29th)
London Lyceum—Edgar Broughton Band, Keith Christmas, Quiver (7th), Genesis, Audience, Capability Brown (14th), Argent, Gary Moore band (16th), If, Nazareth, Steamhammer, Quicksand (21st)
London Marquee-- Skid Row (2nd, 16th, 30th), Fruupp (2nd, 30th), Stackridge (3rd), Vinegar Joe (4th), Al Stewart (5th, 12th), Tea & Symphony (7th), Stud (9th, 23rd), Rare Bird (10th), Mick Abrahams Band (11th), Supertramp (11th), Steamhammer (13th), Jonesy (13th), Climax Chicago (14th), Gary Moore (17th, 31st), Third Ear Band (18th), Camel (18th), UFO (19th), Man (24th), Writing On The Wall (24th), East Of Eden (25th), Babe Ruth (25th), Renaissance (26th)
London Phillippa Fawcett College- Sutherland Brothers (8th)
London Putney Flanagan's Railway--Help Yourself (10th, 17th)
London Queensgate Pheasantry Club- 9-30 Fly (20th)
London Rainbow—Deep Purple, Silverhead (1st), Joe Cocker, Patto (21st, 22nd), Slade, Juicy Lucy (29th)
London Royal Albert Hall- Magna Carta, Curtiss Maldoon (15th, supporting Julie Felix)
London Sirius- Warm Dust (21st)
London Speakeasy- Quicksand (19th)
London Torrington- Amazing Blondel (2nd), Stackridge (9th), Nucleus (20th), Man (23rd), Brinsley Schwarz (30th)
London, Tower Of London—‘Music In The Moat’, Barclay James Harvest, Delivery (Sinclair/Miller/Miller/Pyle) (21st), Alexis Korner, Bond & Brown (22nd)
London Well Hall- Pentangle (15th)
Lowestoft Royal Hotel- Chicken Shack (15th)
Maidstone Hazlitt Theatre- Gordon Giltrap (21st)
Maidstone Mad Hatters- Skid Row (11th), Clear Blue Sky (15th)
Maidstone Medway College- East Of Eden (28th)
Malvern Winter Gardens- Soft Machine, Unicorn (22nd)
Manchester Free Trade Hall-- Man (9th)
Manchester Princes & Dominoes- Montanas (7th)
Manchester Wythenshawe Farm Hall- Dando Shaft (17th)
Margate Dreamland- Brinsley Schwarz (7th), Argent (14th), Status Quo (21st), Vinegar Joe (28th)
Marham, RAF Station- Marmalade (7th)
Newbury Corn Exchange—Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come (22nd)
Newcastle City Hall- Dando Shaft (21st)
Newport Bulmore Lido- Vinegar Joe (5th), If (19th)
Newport Kensington Court Club- Gypsy (27th)
Norwich St Andrew’s Hall—Hawkwind (3rd)
Norwich University of East Anglia- Jonathan Kelly, Natural Acoustic Band (30th)
Orpington Civic Hall- Pretty Things (22nd)
Oxford New Theatre—Soft Machine, Matching Mole (9th)
Paignton Penelope's- Montanas (14th)
Penzance Winter Gardens- Audience (6th), Manfred Mann's Earth Band (13th)
Plymouth Van Dike- Plainsong (1st), Budgie (7th), Vinegar Joe (14th), Manfred Mann's Earth Band (15th)
Pontefract Winsthorpe High School- Renaissance (29th)
Portrush, Kelly's Barn- Thin Lizzy (10th)
Portsmouth Guild Hall- Stone The Crows (14th)
Portsmouth Tricorn- Fusion Orchestra (11th)
Preston Amethyst- Gnidrolog (6th)
Redcar Coatham Hotel—Genesis (16th)
Redruth Flamingo- Sweet (27th), Atomic Rooster (29th)
Redruth Room At The Top- Amazing Blondel (17th), Al Stewart (31st)
Rhymney Hymac Club- Gypsy (6th)
Richmond Theatre- Tir Na Nog (16th)
Rutland Uppingham School- Genesis (13th)
St Albans City Hall-- Supertramp (1st, supporting MC5!), If (7th)
Salisbury, Alex’s—Vinegar Joe (15th), Genesis (22nd)
Sheffield Black Swan- Stackridge (30th)
Sheffield University- Hackensack (14th)
Skewen Rugby Club- Necromandus (13th)
Skipton Castle- Natural Acoustic Band (9th)
Slough Community Centre- Renaissance (28th)
Solihull Civic Hall—Caravan, Genesis (25th)
Southampton Guild Hall—Hawkwind (21st), Faces (29th)
Southampton Totten College- Fusion Orchestra, Lol Coxhill & David Bedford (21st)
Stockton Town Hall- If, Help Yourself (1st)
Stoke Trentham Gardens- Faces (31st)
Sunbury Grammar School- Capability Brown (13th)
Sutton Coldfield Belfry- Savoy Brown, Idle Race (15th)
Swansea Pandora's- Necromandus (16th), Glencoe (30th)
Swansea Patti Pavilion- Gypsy (7th), Necromandus (14th), Quicksand (28th)
Swansea Top Rank-- Jackson Heights, Audience, Kingdom Come (7th)
Tamworth Crossroads- Necromandus (19th)
Tenby Valance- Necromandus (12th), Quicksand (26th)
Tidworth Kinsman Club- Little Free Rock (13th, 27th)
Torbay Rainbow Pavilion- David Bowie (2nd), Lindisfarne (9th), Atomic Rooster (30th)
Torquay Town Hall- Marmalade (5th), Slade (12th), Family (19th)
Truro Tregye Hotel- Sweet (28th)
Tunbridge Wells Elizabethan Barn- Gypsy (5th), Vinegar Joe (12th)
Tunbridge Wells Mad Hatter- Clear Blue Sky (7th), Quicksand (21st)
Upminster New Windmill Hall- Thin Lizzy (23rd)
Watford Top Rank- Mott the Hoople (20th), Mungo Jerry (27th)
Wealdstone Football Stadium Open Air Concert- Stone The Crows, Atomic Rooster, Patto, Walrus etc (15th)
Wellingborough Rock Club—Hawkwind (1st)
West Bromwich Farcroft Hotel- Necromandus (6th), Judas Priest (13th)
Weston Super Mare Winter Gardens- David Bowie (1st)
Weymouth Grammar School—Matching Mole (13th)
Widnes Queen's Hall- If (29th)
Wimbledon Public Hall—Edgar Broughton Band (22nd)
Wolverhampton Civic Hall- Gypsy (3rd)
Wood Green Nightingale- Roxy Music (4th), Glencoe (11th), Renaissance (18th), Man (25th)
Woolacombe Barbeque- Sweet (31st)
Worcester Underground Club- Necromandus (8th)
Worthing Assembly Rooms—Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come (19th), Hawkwind (26th)
Worthing Pier Pavilion- Mike D'abo (21st)