MAY
1971
SINGLES
Atomic
Rooster-Devil’s Answer/ Rock (B&C)
Audience-You’re
Not Smiling/ Eye To Eye (Charisma)
Ginger
Baker’s Drum Choir-Atunde! (We Are Here)/ Part 2 (Polydor)
Richard
Barnes-Coldwater Morning/ Suddenly I Know (Bronze)
Baskin
& Copperfield-Roly Poly/ We Got Love (Decca)
Explosive-Love
Doesn’t Come Easy/ See You In The Morning (Plexium)
Fair
Weather-Lay It On Me/ Looking For The Red Label Part 2 (RCA)
Genesis-The
Knife (Parts 1 & 2) (Charisma)
Mike
Heron-Call Me Diamond/ Lady Wonder (Island)
The
Hollies-Hey Willy/ Row The Boat Together (Parlophone)
Humble
Pie-Shine On/ Mr Ring (A&M)
Lindisfarne-Lady
Eleanor/ Nothing But The Marvellous Is Beautiful (Charisma)
Magna
Carta-Time For The Leaving/ Wayfarin’ (Vertigo)
Marvin,
Welch & Farrar-Lady Of The Morning/ Tiny Robin (Regal Zonophone)
Medicine
Head-(And The) Pictures In The Sky/ Natural Sight (Dandelion)
The
Move-Tonight/ Don’t Mess Me Up (Harvest)
Mungo
Jerry-Lady Rose/ Have a Whiff On Me/ Milk Cow Blues/ Little Louis (Dawn)
Outer
Limits-The Dark Side Of The Moon/ Black Boots (Decca)
Pretty
Things-Stone-Hearted Mama/ Summertime/ Circus Mind (Harvest)
Shape
Of The Rain-Woman/ Wasting My Time (RCA)
Siren-Strange
Locomotion/ I’m All Aching (Dandelion)
Slade-Get
Down With It/ Do You Want Me/ Gospel According To Rasputin (Polydor)
Spirit
Of John Morgan-Floating Opera Show/ Never Let Go (RCA)
Stackridge-Dora
The Female Explorer/ Everyman (MCA)
Tudor
Lodge-The Lady’s Changing Home/ Back To The Good Times We Had (Vertigo)
Unicorn-PF
Sloan/ Going Back Home (Big T)
ALBUMS
Ancient
Grease-Women And Children First (Mercury)
Anno Domini- On This New Day (Deram)
Audience-The
House On The Hill (Charisma)
David
Bowie-The Man Who Sold The World (Mercury)
Edgar
Broughton Band-Edgar Broughton Band (Harvest)
John
Cale & Terry Riley-Church Of Anthrax (CBS)
Caravan-In
The Land Of Grey And Pink (Deram)
Clouds-Watercolour
Days (Chrysalis)
Steve
Gibbons-Short Stories (Wizard)
Ernie
Graham-Ernie Graham (Liberty)
Grease
Band-The Grease Band (Harvest)
Keef
Hartley Band-Overdog (Deram)
Help
Yourself-Help Yourself (Liberty)
Jimi
Hendrix-Cry Of Love (Track)
Hookfoot-Hookfoot
(DJM)
Humble
Pie-Rock On (A&M)
Idle
Race-Time Is (Regal Zonophone)
May
Blitz-2nd Of May
Pink
Floyd-Relics (EMI Starline)
Rolling
Stones-Sticky Fingers (Rolling Stones)
Bridget
St John-Songs For The Gentle Man (Dandelion)
Storyteller-More
Pages (Transatlantic)
Stud-Stud
(Deram)
Thin
Lizzy-Thin Lizzy (Decca)
Third
World War-Third World War (Fly)
HAPPENING
Free
split after a turbulent Australian tour. Paul Rodgers and Andy Fraser form
their own groups, Peace and Toby respectively, while Paul Kossoff and Simon
Kirke work together on an album alongside Tetsu Yamauchi and John
‘Rabbit’ Bundrick.
American
Bob Welch is installed as Jeremy Spencer’s permanent replacement in
Fleetwood Mac.
Russ
Ballard of Argent is electrocuted on stage at Frankfurt’s Zoom Club in
Germany. Thankfully he recovers in hospital.
Vocalist
Terry Reid escapes the clutches of pop producer Mickie Most and signs a
long-term deal with the Atlantic label.
Folk-rockers
Dr Strangely Strange split after playing at London’s Drury Lane (16th)
Steeleye
Span appear in the stage version of the play “Corunna” at London’s
Royal Court Theatre.
Mick
Jagger marries Bianca in Paris (12th)
New
movie “Bread-Everybody Wants It” opens in London featuring the
‘fabulous Juicy Lucy and Crazy Mabel’
BBC2
TV “Disco 2”-Keef Hartley Band (6th), Warhorse (13th)
ITV
“Whittaker’s World Of Music”-Slade (22nd)
BBC
Radio 1:
Top
Gear-Help Yourself, Stud (8th), Roy Harper, Pretty Things (15th), Bonzo Dog Freaks, Steeleye Span (22nd)
Sounds
Of The 70s-Cochise (1st), Faces (3rd), Patto, Kevin Ayers with Bridget St John (10th),
Climax Chicago, Sam Apple Pie (11th), Slade (13th), Yes, Rory Gallagher
(14th), Mick Abrahams Band (21st), Ian Matthews, Amazing Blondel (24th),
Stud, Head Hands & Feet (25th), Hawkwind, Wishbone Ash (27th), Hardin
& York (28th), Genesis, Bridget St John (31st)
Dave
Lee Travis-McGuinness Flint, Free (9th), McGuinness Flint, Ashton Gardner
& Dyke (23rd), Free (30th)
Sunday
Concert-Groundhogs, John Martyn (9th), Caravan, Tir Na Nog (16th), Faces (23rd),
Rolling Stones (30th)
Johnnie
Walker-Fairweather (10th-14th), McGuinness Flint, Fairweather (24th-28th)
GIGS
Abbey Wood, Harrow Inn- Skin Alley (7th)
Aberdeen
Grays School of Art-Hawkwind (7th)
Aberystwyth
Town Hall-Pretty Things, Pink Fairies (24th)
Bangor Plaza- Pretty Things, Pink Fairies (23rd)
Barking
Polytechnic-Yes, Satisfaction (1st)
Barnet
Resurrection-Wild Turkey (4th)
Barnstable
Queen’s Hall-Edgar Broughton Band (29th)
Barry
Memorial Hall-Brinsley Schwarz (1st), Pretty Things (11th)
Basildon Art Centre- Barclay James Harvest, Castle Farm (14th)
Basildon
Asylem-Stackridge (3rd)
Beckenham
Mistrale-Lindisfarne (7th), Idle Race (8th)
Birmingham
Arts Centre-Stackridge (2nd)
Birmingham
Digbeth Hall-Pretty Things (16th), Cat Stevens (23rd)
Birmingham Henry's Blueshouse- Anno Domini (9th), Paladin (11th)
Birmingham Kinetic Circus- The Who (13th)
Birmingham
Town Hall-Head Hands & Feet (12th), Faces (18th), Rory Gallagher (21st),
King Crimson (22nd), Marmalade (28th)
Birmingham
University-If (8th, replacing Fleetwood Mac), Yes, Lancaster (14th), Skid Row (21st)
Blackburn
Windsor Hall-Pretty Things (14th)
Blackpool
Dead End-Hookfoot (20th)
Bletchley
Esmarelda’s-Wild Turkey, Home (2nd)
Boston
Starlight Rooms-East Of Eden (15th), Quintessence (29th)
Bournemouth
Chelsea Village-Tremeloes (14th), Sweet (28th)
Bournemouth Hive- Pretty Things (8th)
Bournemouth
Winter Gardens-T Rex (9th), Cat Stevens (21st), Faces (26th)
Bradford
St Georges Hall-Edgar Broughton Band (23rd), T Rex (27th)
Bradford
University-East Of Eden (1st)
Braintree
Horn Hotel-May Blitz (2nd), National Head Band (7th), Hookfoot (9th)
Brentwood St Theresa's Hall "Heavy City"- Hackensack (6th), Gnidrolog (13th)
Brighton
Sports Centre-Faces (7th), Uriah Heep (21st), Rory Gallagher (28th)
Bristol
Colston Hall-King Crimson (18th), T Rex (24th)
Bristol
Granary-Gnidrolog (3rd), Uriah Heep (20th)
Bristol
Polytechnic-Bram Stoker (1st)
Bromley
New Theatre-Barclay James Harvest, National Head Band (2nd), Uriah Heep,
Paladin (16th)
Bromley
Tech College-Colosseum, Spontaneous Combustion (8th)
Burslem
George Hotel-Paladin (9th)
Cambridge
ABC Regal-Mungo Jerry, Comus (5th), King Crimson (21st)
Canterbury
University of Kent-Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come (13th)
Cardiff
Top Rank-Colosseum (12th)
Cardiff University- National Head Band (21st)
Carmarthen
Trinity College-Caravan (22nd)
Chatham
Central Hall-Yes, Mick Abrahams (6th)
Chelmsford Victoria Road Hall- Comus (8th)
Cheltenham
Town Hall-Paladin (20th)
Chester Quaintways-Graham Bond & Magick (3rd), Galliard (10th)
Cleethorpes
Winter Gardens-Pretty Things (13th)
Colchester
University of Essex-Steeleye Span (6th), Kevin Ayers & The Whole World
(7th), Edgar Broughton (8th), Family, Roy Harper, Third Ear Band (9th)
Coventry, The Plough Club- Hackensack (7th)
Crawley
Starlight Room-Graham Bond & Magick (4th), Wild Turkey (11t
Crewe
College of Education-Uriah Heep (22nd)
Croydon
Fairfield Hall-Marmalade, Richard Barnes etc (7th), T Rex (23rd), King
Crimson (30th)
Croydon
Greyhound-Edgar Broughton Band (2nd), Status Quo (9th), Caravan, Help
Yourself (16th),
Faces, Trapeze (30th)
Crystal
Palace Bowl-Pink Floyd, Faces, Quiver (15th)
Dagenham
Village Roundhouse-Fairport Convention, Help Yourself (1st), Black Widow
(3rd)
Derby
Art College-Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come (7th)
Derby
Clouds-Uriah Heep (13th)
Doncaster
Racecourse-Sweet (7th)
Doncaster
Top Rank-Bonzo Dog Freaks, Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, David (14th),
Third Ear Band, Egg (26th)
Dundee Caird Hall- The Who (23rd)
Dunfermline
Kinema-Hawkwind (9th), Barclay James Harvest (16th), If (23rd), Uriah Heep (30th)
Dunstable
Civic Hall-Uriah Heep (17th)
Durham
University-Caravan, Teargas (8th)
East Ham Green Man- Patto (6th)
East
Kilbride Ballerup Hall-Stealers Wheel (5th)
East
Kilbride Olympia-If (21st)
Edinburgh
Caley Cinema-Rory Gallagher (23rd)
Edinburgh
University-Hawkwind, Killing Floor (8th)
Epping
Wake Arms- Cochise, Nick Pickett (1st, Groundhogs cancelled owing to
the group's equipment being held up by Dutch customs), Black Widow (2nd), Skid Row (8th), Stray (9th),
Home (15th), Pink Fairies (16th), Uriah Heep (23rd)
Exeter
ABC-Mungo Jerry, Comus (7th)
Exeter
University-Strawbs, Al Stewart (1st)
Folkestone,
Tofts-Ginhouse (1st)
Fulham
Greyhound-Satisfaction (6th)
Glasgow
Electric Garden-Rory Gallagher (24th)
Glasgow
Green’s Playhouse-T Rex (21st), King Crimson (28th)
Glasgow
Maryland-Paladin (7th), Uriah Heep (28th, 29th)
Glasgow
Picasso-If (22nd)
Gloucester Guild Hall- Spring (7th)
Gravesend Civic Theatre- Strawbs (16th)
Greenford
Big Brother-Bronco (5th)
Guildford
Civic Hall-Groundhogs, Wild Turkey (9th), Cat Stevens (27th), Rory Gallagher (29th)
Hammersmith Folk Centre- Paul Brett Sage (6th)
Hampstead
Country Club-Byzantium (3rd), Pink Fairies (4th), Gypsy (5th), If (7th),
Nucleus (9th), Good Habit (12th), Groundhogs (14th)
Hampstead
Westfield College-Colosseum (14th)
Hanley
Victoria Hall-Faces (23rd)
Harlow
Aquarius-Gnidrolog (5th)
Harrogate
Opera House-Cat Stevens (22nd)
Hartlepool
Football Ground-Beggars Opera, Arrival (29th)
Hastings
College-Renaissance (1st)
Haverfordwest Market Hall- Gnidrolog (7th)
High
Wycombe Blues Loft-Sam Apple Pie (2nd), Mogul Thrash (9th)
High
Wycombe Town Hall-East Of Eden, Gothic Horizon, "The Legendary"
John Otway (7th), Pretty Things, Pink Fairies (12th)
Hitchin Resurrection-Genesis (1st), Medicine Head, Thin Lizzy (8th)
Horsham Blues Club- Hackensack (9th)
Huddersfield
Builders’ Exchange-Stackridge (1st)
Huddersfield
Polytechnic-Paladin (6th)
Hull
Skyline Ballroom-Edgar Broughton Band (6th)
Hull
University-Wishbone Ash (1st), Stackridge (8th)
Isleworth
Polytechnic-Cousins & Lambert (4th), Stackridge (5th)
Kingston
Polytechnic-Barclay James Harvest, Patto (8th, Bronco were advertised to
play but were unable to do so owing to a road accident)
Lancaster
Town Hall-Pretty Things, Pink Fairies (20th)
Lancaster University- Pink Floyd (7th)
Lanchester
Polytechnic-Wishbone Ash (7th)
Leeds
City Hall-King Crimson (14th)
Leeds Locarno- National Head Band (13th)
Leeds
Polytechnic-Mungo Jerry (28th)
Leeds
University-Rory Gallagher (8th)
Leicester
De Montfort Hall-Rory Gallagher (16th), King Crimson (23rd), T Rex (25th)
Leicester
Polytechnic-Faces (8th), Paladin (22nd)
Leytonstone Red Lion- Sam Apple Pie (7th)
Lincoln
Racecourse-Groundhogs, Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come, Tea & Symphony
(8th)
Liverpool
Cavern-Renaissance (21st)
Liverpool
Empire-King Crimson (16th)
Liverpool
Philharmonic Hall-Rory Gallagher (13th), T Rex (28th)
Liverpool
Polytechnic-Paladin (21st)
Liverpool
Stadium-Led Zeppelin (10th), Faces (22nd), Traffic (29th)
Liverpool St George's Hall- Kevin Ayers & The Whole World (22nd, supporting Mountain)
Liverpool
University-The Who (14th), Yes (21st)
Llandaff Tech College- Colosseum, Keef Hartley Band, John Morgan, Jellybread (12th)
London 100 Club- Tea & Symphony (11th)
London
Blaises-Paladin (13th)
London
Central Polytechnic-Soft Machine (5th-Oz Benefit)
London
Chalk Farm Roundhouse-Family, Sam Apple Pie (1st), Caravan, Hawkwind,
Gnidrolog (2nd)
London City University- Titus Groan (11th), They Bite (18th)
London
Crystal Palace Bowl-Pink Floyd, Faces, Quiver (15th)
London
Drury Lane Theatre Royal-Al Stewart, Dr Strangely Strange (16th)
London, Heads Club- Hackensack (10th)
London
Imperial College-Egg, Forever More (1st), Stray, Cochise (8th)
London Lyceum-Satisfaction, UFO, Raw Material (2nd, Warhorse did not play as advertised due to "inaccurate and misleading information from an Agency"), Strawbs, Renaissance (9th), Renaissance (11th, lunchtime show), Comus (18th, lunchtime show), King Crimson (19th), Da Da (25th, lunchtime show)
London Marquee- Steel Mill (1st), Wishbone Ash (4th), Stackridge (4th), Genesis (6th), Wild Turkey (7th), Custer's Track (8th), Leafhound (10th), Terry Reid (11th), Gnidrolog (11th), Patto (13th), Third World War (14th), Hokus Poke (14th), Syrup (15th), Byzantium (16th), Rory Gallagher (18th), Da Da (18th), Lancaster (20th), Medicine Head (21st), Killing Floor (23rd), Argent (24th), Arthur Brown (27th), Anno Domini (28th), Stud (31st)
London,
Merton Aries-Skin Alley (2nd)
London
Northern Polytechnic-Stone The Crows, Tea & Symphony, Eclection (28th)
London
North West Polytechnic-Nucleus (4th)
London Pheasantry Club- Gnidrolog (12th), Little Free Rock (14th)
London
Queen Elizabeth Hall-Cat Stevens, Brinsley Schwarz (28th), Strawbs, Steeleye
Span, Keith Christmas (29th), Quintessence
(30th), Rory Gallagher, Jellybread (31st)
London
Ronnie Scott’s (Upstairs)-Spontaneous Combustion (3rd), Little Free Rock
(5th, 6th)
London
Royal Albert Hall-Head Hands & Feet (11th)
London
Royal Festival Hall-Lindisfarne (10th)
London School Of Economics- Faces (1st)
London
Sisters Club-Skid Row (5th)
London
Southall Farx-Idle Race, Renia (2nd), If (9th)
London
Temple Club-Black Widow (1st), Beggar's Opera, Ronno (7th), Writing On The
Wall, Timothy (8th), Mungo Jerry, Paul Brett Sage (13th), Uriah Heep (14th)
London
Torrington-Swegas (2nd), Satisfaction (9th)
London
University College-Steeleye Span (8th), Wishbone Ash (15th), Atomic Rooster
(22nd)
London
Whiskey-A-Go-Go-Graham Bond & Magick (6th), Syrup (8th), Little Free
Rock (12th, 27th)
London, Young Vic Theatre- The Who (5th)
Loughborough
University-Faces (21st)
Luton
Recreation Centre-Graham Bond & Magick, Sweet Slag (7th)
Manchester
Free Trade Hall-Rory Gallagher (19th), King Crimson (25th)
Manchester Polytechnic- National Head Band (7th)
Merton, Aries Club- Mick Abrahams Band (9th)
Middlesbrough Town Hall- Pink Fairies (6th)
Monmouth
University-Caravan (13th)
Neath
Gwyn Hall-Caravan (14th), Edgar Broughton Band (21st)
Nelson
Imperial Hall-Uriah Heep (15th)
Newcastle
City Hall-Groundhogs (11th), Soft Machine (14th), King Crimson (15th)
Newcastle
Fillmore North-Faces (28th)
Newport
Harper Adams College-Paladin (14th)
Norwich
Melody Rooms-Rory Gallagher (21st)
Norwood
Tech College-Gnidrolog (1st)
Nottingham
Albert Hall-Pretty Things (28th)
Nottingham
Trent Polytechnic-Steeleye Span (7th)
Oxford
Town Hall-Yes (7th), Groundhogs, Wild Turkey (12th), Pretty Things, Pink Fairies (17th)
Penarth
Paget Rooms-Caravan (15th), Edgar Broughton Band (22nd)
Potters
Bar Farx-Black Widow (1st)
Plymouth
ABC-Mungo Jerry, Comus (6th)
Plymouth
Guild Hall-Pretty Things, Pink Fairies (10th), King Crimson (11th), Al
Stewart (27th)
Plymouth
Van Dykes-Southern Comfort (1st), Wishbone Ash (8th), Principal Edwards
Magic Theatre (14th), Medicine Head (15th), Clouds (29th), Chicken
Shack (30th), Edgar Broughton Band (31st)
Portsmouth
College of Education-Paladin (1st)
Portsmouth
Guild Hall-T Rex (11th)
Portsmouth
Polytechnic at Southsea Odeon-Roy Harper (7th, plus the film "The
Ipcress File"!)
Portsmouth
Tricorn-Paladin (18th)
Potter's Bar Farx- Wild Turkey (8th)
Preston Amethyst- Barclay James Harvest (6th)
Reading, Bulmersche College- Status Quo (8th)
Reading
University-Heron, Mike Cooper etc (1st)
Roehampton
Froebel Institute-Paladin (15th)
Romford Youth Centre- Pink Fairies (9th)
Shanklin
IOW, Clarendon-Purple Gang (1st-15th)
Sheffield
City Hall-King Crimson (29th)
Sheffield
University-Hookfoot (8th)
Slough
College-Edgar Broughton Band (1st), Colosseum (15th)
Southampton
University-King Crimson (12th)
Southend
Fickle Pickle-Gnidrolog (4th), Hackensack (11th), Uriah Heep (25th)
Southend Kursaal- National Head Band (20th)
Southport
Floral Hall-Amazing Blondel (8th), Cat Stevens (29th)
St Albans City Hall- Renaissance (14th)
St Albans Pioneer Club- Chicken Shack (8th)
Stevenage
Bowes Lyon House-Wishbone Ash, Man (2nd), Wild Turkey (30th)
Stirling University- Pink Floyd (18th)
Stockport
Town Hall-Edgar Broughton Band (14th)
Stoke
Trentham Gardens-Yes (2nd)
Sunderland
Bay Hotel-Edgar Broughton Band (7th)
Sunderland, Top Rank- The Who (7th)
Surbiton Assembly Rooms- Bridget St John, Davy Graham (10th)
Swansea Top Rank- Rory Gallagher (14th)
Swansea
University-Wishbone Ash (6th)
Swindon College- Pink Fairies (1st)
Tooting,
The Castle-Wishbone Ash (5th)
Torquay
Town Hall-Edgar Broughton Band (28th)
Tunbridge
Wells, Assembly Hall-Titus Groan (12th)
Twickenham
St Mary’s College-Stone The Crows, Gentle Giant (8th), East Of Eden, Hookfoot (22nd)
Twickenham
Winning Post-Groundhogs, Thin Lizzy (5th), Chicken Shack, Danta
(12th), Edgar Broughton Band (26th)
Uxbridge
Regal-Strawbs, Bonzo Dog Band (5th)
Wakefield
Tech College-Pretty Things (15th)
Waltham
Forest Tech College-Edgar Broughton Band, Hookfoot (15th)
Warrington
Parr Hall-Pretty Things, Pink Fairies (22nd)
Warwick University- Skid Row (11th)
Watford
Kingham Hall-Patto (1st), Pink Fairies (15th)
Watford Tech College- Quintessence, Man, Renia (8th)
Watford
Town Hall-Faces (6th)
Wellingborough
Nag’s Head-Faces (14th)
Westcliffe
Palace Theatre-Paladin (2nd)
Weybridge
Hall-Renaissance, Stackridge (7th)
Wimbledon Southlands College- Heaven (8th)
Windsor
1832 Club-Pete Brown & Piblokto (4th)
Windsor, East Berks College- Principal Edwards Magic Theatre (7th)
Wisbech Burlesque- Alan Bown (9th), Skin Alley (16th)
Wollaston
Nag’s Head-Faces (14th)
Wolverhampton
Civic Hall-Strawbs (27th)
Wood
Green Nightingale-Steamhammer (4th)
Worcester
Henry’s Blueshouse-Skin Alley (28th)
York
Cat’s Whiskers-Edgar Broughton Band (5th)
York
Floral Hall-Pretty Things (21st)
York
Hypnotique-Uriah Heep (27th)
York
University-Renaissance (29th)