MAY 1972
SINGLES
Atomic Rooster—Stand By Me/ Never To Lose (Dawn)
David Bowie—Starman/ Suffragette City (RCA)
Coulson, Dean, Flint & McGuinness—Lay Down Your Weary Tune/ Tiny Montgomery/ I Wanna Be Your Lover (DJM)
Keith Cross & Peter Ross—Peace In The End/ Prophets Guiders (Decca)
Flash—Small Beginnings/ Morning Haze (Sovereign)
Free—Little Bit Of Love/ Sail On (Island)
Genesis—Happy The Man/ Seven Stones (Charisma)
Grease Band—Laughed At The Judge/ All I Wanna Do/ Jesse James (Harvest)
Humble Pie—Hot ‘n’ Nasty/ You’re So Good For Me (A&M)
King Earl Boogie Band—Plastic Jesus/ If The Lord Don’t Get You (Dawn)
The Kinks—Supersonic Rocket Ship/ You Don’t Know My Name (RCA)
Slade—Take Me Bak ‘Ome/ Wonderin’ (Polydor)
Spreadeagle—How Can We Be Lost/ Nightmare (Charisma)
Stackridge—Slark/ Purple Spaceship Over Yatton (MCA)
T Rex—Metal Guru/ Thunderwing/ Lady (T Rex Wax Co)
Tremeloes—I Like It That Way/ Wakamaker (CBS)
Wings—Mary Had a Little Lamb/ Little Woman Love (Apple)
ALBUMS
Argent—All Together Now (Epic)
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express—Second Wind (Polydor)
Graham Bond—Bond In America (Philips)
Jimmy Campbell—Jimmy Campbell’s Album (Philips)
Capability Brown—From Scratch (Charisma)
Cochise—So Far (UA)
Curved Air—Phantasmagoria (Warner Bros)
Dando Shaft—Lantaloon (RCA)
Deep Purple—Machine Head (Purple)
Mick Grabham—Mick The Lad (UA)
Gracious!—This Is…Gracious! (Philips)
Hokus Poke—Earth Harmony (Vertigo)
Jigsaw—Aurora Borealis (Philips)
Juicy Lucy—Pieces (Polydor)
Magna Carta—In Concert (Vertigo)
Matching Mole—Matching Mole (CBS)
Mellow Candle—Swaddling Songs (Deram)
9:30 Fly—9.30 Fly (Ember)
Spreadeagle—The Piece Of Paper (Charisma)
Wishbone Ash—Argus (MCA)
HAPPENING
Les Harvey, guitarist with Stone The Crows (and brother of Alex) is killed on-stage at the Swansea Top Rank when he is electrocuted after touching a microphone with faulty wiring (3rd).
Future TV prankster Jeremy Beadle organises a three day Festival in Bickershaw, near Wigan, Lancashire. It rains almost continuously throughout.
The proposed Night Assemblies Bill, which would affect outdoor shows and Festivals, fails to gain support in Parliament. A protest gig, to star The Rolling Stones, consequently never takes place.
Slade’s Noddy Holder is arrested in Glasgow for swearing on stage.
The Fly label changes its name to Cube Records.
Roy Harper is admitted to Hospital with a ‘serious heart and lung circulation disorder’.
Former Love Affair vocalist and teen idol Steve Ellis forms his own group called, not surprisingly, ‘Ellis’.
Ex-Supertramp bassist Frank Farrell replaces Alan Barry in Fields.
BBC 2 TV "Old Grey Whistle Test"- Linda Hoyle (2nd), Magna Carta (16th), Quiver (23rd)
ITV "Lift Off"- Mungo Jerry (24th)
BBC Radio 1:
Jimmy Young Show- Lindisfarne, Tremeloes (8th-12th), Marvin Welch & Farrar (15th-19th)
Noel Edmonds- Marmalade, Al Stewart (8th-12th)
Johnnie Walker- Lindisfarne, Strawbs (15th-19th), Barclay James Harvest, The Move (22nd-26th)
Dave Lee Travis- Al Stewart, Tremeloes (22nd-26th)
Alan Freeman Show- Marmalade (1st-5th), Symbols (8th-12th), The Move, Tremeloes (15th-19th), Lindisfarne, Sweet, Mungo Jerry, Marvin Welch & Farrar (22nd-26th)
In Concert- Sutherland Brothers, Head Hands & Feet (6th), Brinsley Schwarz (13th), Edgar Broughton Band (20th)
GIGS
Aberdeen Music Hall—Uriah Heep (12th), ELO, Colin Blunstone (17th), Slade, Status Quo (19th)
Aberdeen University- Spirogyra (5th)
Aberystwyth University—John Martyn, Claire Hamill (20th)
Accrington Lakeland—9:30 Fly (21st)
Andover Country Bumpkin- Little Free Rock (24th)
Bagshot Pantiles- Little Free Rock (12th)
Ballymena Flamingo- Fruupp (30th)
Bangor University—Genesis (6th), Marmalade (27th)
Barnsley Civic Hall- Marvin Welch & Farrar (13th)
Barry, Memorial Hall—Slade, Status Quo (17th), Lindisfarne (30th)
Basingstoke Haymarket- Medicine Head (6th)
Beckenham Three Tuns—Kevin Ayers (7th), Dando Shaft (14th), Comus (21st)
Bexley Black Prince—Trapeze (28th)
Bickershaw Festival (Nr Wigan)—Wishbone Ash, Hawkwind, Jonathan Kelly, Stackridge, Steve Ellis & Zoot Money, Third Ear Band (5th), Donovan, Incredible String Band, Al Stewart's backing band--Al himself didn't turn up!--Family, Kinks, Sam Apple Pie (6th), Brinsley Schwarz (7th, the rest of the final day was taken up by a marathon Grateful Dead set and other US acts)
Birmingham Cannonhill Park- Montanas (30th)
Birmingham Clogs
Club—Vinegar Joe (18th)
Birmingham Digbeth Hall—Renaissance (24th)
Birmingham Henry’s Blueshouse—Budgie (9th), Thin Lizzy (16th), Capability Brown (30th)
Birmingham Kinetic Circus—Sandy Denny, Flash, Nazareth (1st)
Birmingham Selly Oak, George Cadbury Hall- Stackridge, Gordon Giltrap (20th)
Birmingham Top Rank—Slade, Status Quo (15th)
Birmingham Town Hall—Hawkwind (12th)
Birmingham University—Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come (19th)
Blackburn King George's Hall- Marvin Welch & Farrar (23rd), Flash (26th)
Blackpool Locarno- Mungo Jerry (29th)
Bletchley Youth Centre—Gypsy, Morgan (7th), Genesis, Capability Brown (21st)
Bolton Institute of Technology—Flash (20th)
Bournemouth Chelsea Village- David Bowie (25th), Marmalade (29th)
Bournemouth Winter Gardens—Marvin Welch & Farrar (21st), ELO, Colin Blunstone (23rd), Uriah Heep (26th)
Bracknell Sports Centre—Slade, Fruupp, Spreadeagle (6th)
Bradford St George’s Hall—Slade, Status Quo (10th), Uriah Heep (18th), Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come (27th)
Bradford University—Wishbone Ash (6th), Stray (12th), Pretty Things, Stud (13th)
Braintree Horn Hotel- Fruupp (5th), Brinsley Schwarz (19th)
Brighton Dome—ELO, Colin Blunstone (3rd)
Brighton Floral Pavilion—Edgar Broughton Band (20th)
Brighton University of Sussex—Steeleye Span (19th), Trees (26th)
Bristol Colston Hall—Al Stewart (1st), ELO, Colin Blunstone (2nd), Marvin Welch & Farrar (20th)
Bristol Locarno—Wishbone Ash, Renaissance, Gordon Haskell etc (14th)
Bristol Polytechnic—Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come (6th), Spirogyra (20th)
Bristol Redlands College—9:30 Fly (20th)
Bristol St Matthias’ College—Renaissance (20th)
Bristol Tiffany's- Vinegar Joe (17th)
Bristol Top Rank- Lindisfarne (26th)
Bristol University—Slade, Pretty Things, Uncle Dog, Capability Brown (5th-“Summer Loon”)
Bromley Tech Village- Gary Wright's Wonderwheel (27th)
Brooklands Tech College—Dando Shaft, Keith Christmas (12th), Edgar Broughton Band (26th)
Burton on Trent 76 Club- Gentle Giant (5th, Mick Abrahams also advertised for this date ???), Supertramp (12th), Gypsy (19th), Paladin (26th)
Buxton Pavilion—Curved Air (4th)
Camberley, Cambridge Hotel- Montanas (31st)
Cambridge, Christ's College- Argent (12th)
Cambridge Corn Exchange—Fairport Convention (6th), Wishbone Ash (12th), Hawkwind (13th), Rory Gallagher (20th)
Cambridge Tech College—Michael Chapman, Uncle Dog (20th)
Cannock, Snoopy's- Little Free Rock (13th)
Cardiff Top Rank- Fairport Convention (12th)
Cardiff University—Jerusalem (13th)
Carlisle Tech College- COB (11th)
Chadwell Heath, Birds Nest—Fusion Orchestra (8th)
Chatham Central Hall—Curved Air (5th), Slade, Status Quo (16th), ELO (27th)
Chelmsford Essex University—Genesis (8th)
Chelmsford Tech College- Trees (27th)
Chester ABC—Curved Air (3rd)
Chester Quaintways—Man (1st)
Chester Tiverlee- Unicorn (24th)
Chichester Bishop Otter College- Gentle Giant (6th)
Cleethorpes Winter Gardens—Head Hands & Feet (22nd)
Colchester University Of Essex—Comus (8th), Sam Apple Pie, Medicine Head, Roger Ruskin Spear (10th), Sandy Denny, Sutherland Brothers (11th), COB, Natural Acoustic Band (12th), Quintessence (13th), Mick Softly, Claire Hamill (14th), Egg, Matching Mole (27th)
Cookstown Town Hall- Fruup (26th)
Corby Festival Hall—Curved Air (6th)
Coventry Cloggs- Vinegar Joe (18th)
Coventry Locarno—Slade (4th), Argent, Vinegar Joe (11th)
Cowley, Mushroom Club—Hackensack (16th), Patto (23rd), UFO (30th)
Crewe College- Gypsy, Morgan (6th)
Croydon Fairfield Hall—Marvin Welch & Farrar (11th, Alan Tarney standing in for Bruce Welch who was out of action on medical grounds), ELO, Colin Blunstone (14th)
Croydon Greyhound—Stray (14th), East Of Eden, Byzantium (21st), Uriah Heep (28th)
Dagenham Village Roundhouse—Barclay James Harvest (6th), Groundhogs (20th), Argent (27th)
Derby Cleopatra’s—Gary Wright's Wonderwheel (4th), Gnidrolog (7th), Black Widow (9th), Genesis (11th), Budgie (14th), Skid Row (18th), Morgan (21st), Vinegar Joe (25th), Camel (28th)
Derby College of Art & Technology—Principal Edwards, Comus (5th), Gypsy, Morgan (19th)
Derby Clouds—Budgie (14th)
Devizes Town Hall- Edgar Broughton Band (12th)
Doncaster RAF Finningley- Montanas (23rd)
Dorchester Tavern—Renaissance (18th)
Douglas IOM Palace Lido- Montanas (28th)
Dublin Belfield College- Fruupp (27th)
Dublin National Stadium- Skid Row, Fruupp (27th)
Dublin Osibisa Hall- Fruupp (20th)
Dublin Trinity Hall- Fruupp (19th)
Dudley College—Man (5th), Gypsy, Morgan (10th)
Dudley JB's- Hookfoot (12th), Nazareth (26th)
Dundee Caird Hall—Slade (20th)
Dundee University—Spirogyra (4th)
Dunstable Civic Hall—Pretty Things, Pink Fairies (18th)
Dunstable College- Jonathan Kelly (20th)
Edinburgh Caley Cinema—Uriah Heep (14th), Slade (21st)
Edinburgh Empire—ELO, Colin Blunstone (20th)
Edmonton Cooks Ferry Inn—Vinegar Joe (8th)
Eltham, Avery Hill College—Status Quo (5th)
Eltham, Falcon—Vinegar Joe (5th), Fusion Orchestra (12th), Clear Blue Sky (19th)
Epping, Wake Arms—Chicken Shack (7th), East Of Eden (14th), Skid Row (21st), Trees (28th)
Epsom, Ebbisham Hall- David Bowie (27th)
Epsom Wurkshop—Fusion Orchestra (6th), Juicy Lucy (26th)
Farnborough Tech College—Audience (13th), Gypsy, Morgan (20th), Genesis (27th)
Felixstowe Pier Pavilion—Argent (17th), Curved Air (27th)
Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall- Van Der Graaf Generator (13th)
Galway Hangar- Fruupp (22nd)
Glasgow Greens Playhouse—Slade, Status Quo (11th), ELO, Colin Blunstone (19th)
Glasgow Strathclyde University—Uriah Heep (13th), String Driven Thing (14th)
Gloucester, Jamaica Club- Little Free Rock (20th)
Gravesend Civic Hall—Supertramp (8th), Mr Fox, Natural Acoustic Band (13th), Peter Sarstedt (14th), Renaissance (22nd)
Gravesend, NW Kent Tech College—Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come (12th)
Greenford Big Brother—Fusion Orchestra (3rd), Skid Row (17th), Skin Alley (31st)
Greenford Town Hall- Gypsy, Morgan (8th)
Guildford Civic Hall—ELO, Colin Blunstone (7th), Slade, Status Quo (14th), Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come (21st), Uriah Heep (27th)
Halifax Clarence's- Vinegar Joe (13th)
Hanley Victoria Hall- Argent (15th)
Harrow Tech College—Skin Alley (5th)
Hastings White Rock Pavilion- Peter Sarstedt (13th)
Hatfield Hawker Club- Vinegar Joe (20th)
Hemel Hempstead Pavilion—David Bowie, Lee Riders (7th), Marvin Welch & Farrar (27th)
Hereford Flamingo—9:30 Fly (15th), Slade (26th)
Hertford, Bayfordbury House—Al Stewart (20th)
High Wycombe Central High School- Renaissance (26th)
High Wycombe Nag’s Head—Patto (5th), Alan Bown (12th), Vinegar Joe (19th), Sam Apple Pie (26th)
High Wycombe Parish Church—Quintessence (18th, Shelter Benefit)
High Wycombe Town Hall- Clear Blue Sky (13th)
Hornsea Floral Hall—Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come (27th)
Huddersfield Polytechnic—Audience (12th), Gentle Giant, Michael Chapman, Help Yourself (19th), Gary Wright's Wonderwheel (26th)
Hull Lawns Centre- Lindisfarne (6th)
Hull, Malcolm's- Mott the Hoople (11th), Audience (25th)
Hull University- Al Stewart (13th)
Ilford Growling Budgie—Unicorn (4th), Walrus (5th), Lee Riders (6th), Skin Alley (7th), Vinegar Joe (9th), Renaissance (12th), Ipsissimus (16th), Fusion Orchestra (17th), Trees (18th), Writing On The Wall (20th), Principal Edwards Magic Theatre (21st), Budgie (22nd), Comus (24th), Unicorn (28th)
Ipswich Civic College- Stone The Crows, Gallagher & Lyle (5th)
Isleworth Polytechnic—If, Henry Cow (20th)
Keele University- Tea & Symphony (12th)
Kenilworth Chesford Grange- Status Quo (7th), Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come, Stray (28th)
King’s Lynn Norfolk College—Gypsy, Morgan, Mark Ashton (3rd)
Kingston Polytechnic—David Bowie (6th)
Lancaster University—Edgar Broughton Band, Bullet (19th)
Lanchester Polytechnic—Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come (5th)
Leeds Polytechnic—Audience, Renaissance (5th), Plainsong, Spirogyra (19th)
Leeds University—Egg (13th)
Leicester De Montfort Hall—ELO, Colin Blunstone (8th), Lindisfarne, Capability Brown (25th)
Leicester University—Edgar Broughton Band (6th)
Leigh, Pig Market—9:30 Fly (17th)
Leytonstone Red Lion—Genesis (5th), Man (12th), Juicy Lucy (19th), Audience (26th)
Lincoln, Great Western Express Festival—Groundhogs, Rory Gallagher (26th), Faces, Strawbs, Nazareth (27th), Lindisfarne, Slade, Patto, Natural Acoustic Band, Spencer Davis, Monty Python (28th), Joe Cocker, Humble Pie, Genesis, Vinegar Joe, Jackson Heights, Sutherland Brothers (29th) There is also an NME-sponsored "Giants Of Tomorrow" marquee at the Festival, in which the following appear: Budgie, Mark Ashton, Rab Noakes, Walrus, Skin Alley, Tea & Symphony, Capability Brown (27th), Bitch, Byzantium, Akido, Sleaze Band, John Martyn, Patto, Good Habit, Smith Perkins & Smith (28th), Demick & Armstrong, Warhorse, Gnidrolog, Spreadeagle, Morgan (29th)
Liverpool Mardi Gras—Nazareth (5th), Climax Chicago (18th), Thin Lizzy, 9:30 Fly (19th), Audience (20th)
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall—ELO, Colin Blunstone (23rd)
Liverpool Stadium—Curved Air (8th), Edgar Broughton Band (10th), Slade, Status Quo (13th), Uriah Heep (20th), Lindisfarne, Spyrogyra (24th)
Liverpool Tavern Club—Unicorn (19th, 20th)
Liverpool University- Gypsy, Morgan (18th)
Llanelli Glen Ballroom- Capability Brown (6th)
London 100 Club—Lol Coxhill, Magic Carpet, Second Hand (18th)
London Abbey Wood, Harrow Inn—Pink Fairies (12th)
London Alexandra Palace—(7th--Benefit Concert in aid of Cyrenians, Curved Air, Jon Lord & Friends, Sandy Denny, Audience, Renaissance. Barclay James Harvest are billed as ‘Special Guest Stars’, but the concert overruns due to crowd trouble and they are unable to appear).
London Bumpers- Unicorn (30th)
London, Camden Town Hall- Argent, Capability Brown (19th)
London Central Polytechnic—David Bowie (12th)
London Chalk Farm Roundhouse—Family, Sam Apple Pie, Byzantium (1st), Fairport Convention, Quiver, Jonathan Kelly (2nd), Brinsley Schwarz, Stackridge (3rd), Rory Gallagher, Vinegar Joe (4th), Donovan, Duncan Browne, Sutherland Brothers (5th), The Faces, Nazareth (6th), Hawkwind (11th), Kevin Ayers, Patto, Paladin (21st)
London City University—Steeleye Span, Dando Shaft (20th), Trapeze (23rd)
London College of Printing—Edgar Broughton Band (13th)
London Colisseum—Faces, Badfinger (28th)
London Freaks Palace- Thin Lizzy (14th)
London Fulham Greyhound—Budgie (1st), Head Hands & Feet (2nd), Skid Row (4th), Writing On The Wall (7th), Fusion Orchestra (10th), Sammy (11th), Slowbone (12th), Wizard (13th), Spreadeagle (16th), Walrus (17th), Stackridge (18th), Grannie (19th), Scarecrow (20th), Audience (21st)
London ICA—Skin Alley (13th), Capability Brown (20th), Plainsong (27th)
London Imperial College—Steamhammer (3rd), Mott the Hoople (6th), Flash (13th), Amazing Blondel, Camel (20th)
London Islington Pied Bull- Thin Lizzy (28th), Trapeze (31st)
London, Kensington Bird's Nest- Sweet (8th)
London Kings College—Stackridge (12th), Capability Brown (26th)
London Marquee-- Patto (1st), Marmalade (2nd), Nazareth (3rd), JSD Band (4th), Gary Moore (8th, 22nd), Flash (9th), Skid Row (10th), Fruupp (10th), Peter Sarstedt (11th), Morgan (15th), Head Hands & Feet (16th), Stackridge (17th), Armada (18th), Audience (23rd), Glencoe (23rd), Capability Brown (24th), Spreadeagle (24th), Unit 4+2 (27th), Stray (29th), Vinegar Joe (30th), UFO (31st), Roxy Music (31st)
London Marylebone, Cockpit Theatre—Bill Fay (14th)
London, Music Workshop- Jackson Heights (4th)
London, North East Polytechnic- Steeleye Span (12th)
London Queen Elizabeth Hall—Al Stewart, Bridget St John (28th), Uriah Heep (29th)
London Rainbow Rooms—Capability Brown (17th), UFO (24th)
London, Rings Club—Pink Fairies (7th), Thin Lizzy (14th)
London, Royal Albert Hall- John Miles (17th, supporting Roy Orbison)
London Royal Festival Hall—Ralph McTell, Mary Hopkin (20th), Lindisfarne (22nd)
London Sadler’s Wells Theatre—Roy Harper, John Martyn (21st, cancelled owing to Roy being taken seriously ill)
London, Samantha's- Little Free Rock (30th, 31st)
London School of Economics—Comus, Principal Edwards (6th), Amazing Blondel, Spirogyra, Michael Chapman (13th), Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come (20th), Man, BB Blunder (27th)
London Sirius Club—Writing On The Wall (5th)
London Soho Mandrake Club—Paz, Lol Coxhill (19th)
London South Bank Polytechnic—9:30 Fly (24th)
London Speakeasy- Unicorn (27th)
London Stratford, Livingstone House—Steeleye Span, Patto (12th)
London Thames Polytechnic—Quintessence (19th), Stray (26th)
London Torrington—Vinegar Joe (7th), If (11th), Amazing Blondel (14th), Gypsy (21st), JSD Band (25th)
London University College—Man (6th), Gypsy, Morgan (13th), Pretty Things (20th)
London Westfield College—Stray, Matching Mole (13th)
London, Woodstock Club- Pretty Things (22nd)
Loughborough University—Stealers Wheel (6th), Mott The Hoople (13th)
Lytham St Anne's Lowther Pavilion- Flash (25th)
Maidstone Art College—Kinks (26th)
Manchester Caribbean Club- Little Free Rock (28th)
Manchester Free Trade Hall—ELO, Colin Blunstone (9th), Slade, Status Quo (30th), Faces (31st)
Manchester, Mr Smith's- Good Habit (21st)
Manchester, Steve’s Club—Unicorn (18th)
Manchester University—Gypsy, Morgan (11th), Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come (13th)
Narbeth Queen's Hall- Renaissance (13th)
Newcastle City Hall—Hawkwind (10th), ELO, Colin Blunstone (18th), Uriah Heep (21st), Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come (30th)
Newcastle Mayfair—Steeleye Span (5th), Head Hands & Feet, Vinegar Joe (12th), Argent (16th), Gypsy, Morgan (26th)
Newcastle Mecca—Genesis (19th)
Newport Kensington Court Club- Status Quo (4th), Capability Brown (12th)
Newcastle University—Lindisfarne, Flash (5th)
Northampton Guild Hall—Flash (12th), Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come (26th)
North Cheam Woodstock—Pink Fairies (8th), Skid Row (15th)
Norwich City College- Steeleye Span (6th)
Norwich Jacquard Club—Stackridge (11th)
Norwich St Andrews Hall—Curved Air (1st), Slade, Status Quo (24th)
Nottingham Albert Hall- ELO (6th)
Nottingham Aspley Strelly Social Club- Montanas (22nd)
Nottingham Tech College- Unicorn (23rd)
Nottingham Trent Polytechnic- Trees (19th), Procol Harum (26th), Capability Brown (28th)
Oakengates Town Hall—Man (4th), Fusion Orchestra (25th)
Oswaldtwistle Town Hall- Flash (6th)
Oxford Brazenose College- Graham Bond & Pete Brown (27th)
Oxford Exeter College- Procol Harum (27th)
Oxford New Theatre- Ralph McTell, Mary Hopkin (11th), Donovan (12th)
Oxford Polytechnic—David Bowie (19th)
Oxford St Catherine’s College—Fairport Convention (5th), Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come (19th), Little Free Rock (26th)
Oxford St Clare’s Hall—Quintessence (4th)
Oxford Town Hall—Al Stewart (5th), Genesis, Fruupp (9th), Steeleye Span (23rd), Uriah Heep (25th)
Padgate College Of Education—Steve Tilston (6th), Thin Lizzy (13th), Gypsy (15th)
Penarth Paget Rooms- Flash (27th)
Penzance Winter Gardens—Budgie (5th), Genesis (25th)
Peterlee Argus Butterfly- Skin Alley (28th)
Petersfield Mercury Club—Fusion Orchestra (24th)
Plymouth Guild Hall—Fairport Convention (7th), ELO, Colin Blunstone (12th), Atomic Rooster (21st)
Plymouth Van Dykes—Head Hands & Feet (5th), Budgie (6th), Renaissance (19th), Genesis (26th)
Port madoc Criccieth Memorial Hall- Steeleye Span (31st)
Portsmouth Guild Hall—ELO, Colin Blunstone (11th)
Portsmouth Tricorn—Fusion Orchestra (9th), Vinegar Joe (16th)
Preston Public Hall—Uriah Heep (19th), ELO, Colin Blunstone (26th)
Purley Orchid Ballroom—Slade, Status Quo (25th)
Putney Whitelands College—Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, Comus (19th)
Reading Town Hall—Uriah Heep (24th)
Redcar Coatham Hotel- Van Der Graaf Generator (14th)
Redditch Folk Club- Tea & Symphony (31st)
Redditch Paris Theatre- Peter Sarstedt (4th)
Redhill Greyhound—Isotope (21st)
Rhymney Renco Club—Budgie (12th)
Ripley Cock Hotel- Montanas (21st)
Romford Albemarle Club—Stackridge (7th), Clear Blue Sky (12th)
Ross on Wye, Harvey's- Van Der Graaf Generator (12th)
Salisbury Alex Disco—Stackridge (13th)
Salisbury City Hall—Uriah Heep (23rd)
Salisbury Tech College- Jerusalem (19th)
Scarborough Grand Hall- Marvin Welch & Farrar (26th)
Sheffield Black Swan Hotel—Vinegar Joe (14th), Amazing Blondel (21st), Montanas (27th)
Sheffield City Hall—ELO, Colin Blunstone (10th), Slade, Status Quo (12th), Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come (25th)
Sheffield University- Donovan (13th)
Shropshire New Vine Suite- Jigsaw (4th)
Skewen, Rugby Club- Nazareth (4th), Capability Brown (11th)
Slough Community Centre—Quintessence (5th), Wishbone Ash (13th)
Slough Tech College- David Bowie (13th)
Solihull Civic Hall—ELO, Colin Blunstone (22nd)
Southampton College- Gypsy, Morgan (4th)
Southampton University—Bridget St John, John St Field (6th), Stud (20th)
Southend Kursaal- Stray (27th)
Southport Floral Hall- Peter Sarstedt (6th), Marvin Welch & Farrar (25th)
Southsea South Pier—Lindisfarne (3rd)
St Albans City Hall—Steeleye Span (13th), Genesis, Khan (20th), Stackridge, Vinegar Joe, Good Habit (27th)
St Albans College- Glencoe (26th)
St Andrews University—Spirogyra (6th)
Stevenage Bowes Lyon House- Vinegar Joe (28th)
Stevenage Locarno- Marmalade (28th), Mungo Jerry (30th)
Stockport Davenport- Peter Sarstedt (7th)
Stockport Town Hall- Flash (31st)
Stoke City Hall- Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come (26th)
Sunderland Polytechnic- Marmalade (26th), Gypsy, Morgan (27th)
Swansea Pandora's- Gypsy, Morgan (28th)
Swansea University—Man (3rd), Capability Brown (12th)
Swindon Wyvern- Peter Sarstedt (5th), Marvin Welch & Farrar (28th)
Swinton Lancastrian Hall—Peter Sarstedt (19th)
Taunton County Ballroom- Montanas (26th)
Twickenham St Mary’s College—Sandy Denny, Argent, Paladin, Hookfoot (13th)
Uxbridge Brunel University—Gypsy, Morgan, Mark Ashton (5th)
Uxbridge Cowley Church Room- Patto (23rd)
Uxbridge Tech College—Pink Fairies, Uncle Dog (13th)
Waltham Forest Tech College—Kinks, Glencoe (20th)
Warrington Padgate College- Thin Lizzy (13th), Gypsy, Morgan (17th), Little Free Rock (27th)
Warrington Parr Hall—Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come (20th)
Watford Tech College—Rory Gallagher, Byzantium (6th)
Watford Town Hall—Kinks, Jonathan Kelly (9th), Lindisfarne, Vinegar Joe, Bridget St John (31st)
Wellingborough Rock- Status Quo (6th), Argent (20th)
Welwyn Garden City, Mid Herts College- Al Stewart (12th)
Weston-Super-Mare Winter Gardens—Peter Sarstedt (20th)
Weybridge Brooklands Tech College—Dando Shaft, Keith Christmas (12th), Edgar Broughton Band, Jude (26th)
Whitehaven Civic Hall- Peter Sarstedt (8th)
Wigan ABC—Curved Air (2nd)
Windsor College Hall—Stray (19th)
Wollaston Nag's Head- Stackridge (5th), Vinegar Joe (26th)
Wolverhampton Civic Hall—Edgar Broughton Band (8th), Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come (31st)
Wood Green, Nightingale—Principal Edwards (9th), Home (16th)
Workington Station Hotel—9:30 Fly (22nd)
Worthing Assembly Hall—David Bowie, Steel Mill (11th)
York University—Caravan (5th), Vinegar Joe (19th)