SEPTEMBER
1971
AUTUMN- My Little Girl/ Sun Sunshine (Pye)
BUDGIE- Crash Course In Brain Surgery/ Nude Disintegrating Parachute Woman (MCA)
CAPRICORN- Goodbye Today Hello Tomorrow/ Shine A Light On Me (CBS)
CROSS AND ROSS- Can You Believe It?/ Blind Willie Johnston (Decca)
FLYING MACHINE- Yes I Understand/ Pages Of Your Life (Pye)
FREEDOM- Thanks/ Miss Little Louise (Vertigo)
GRAPEFRUIT- Sha-Sha/ Universal Party (Deram)
LUTHER GROSVENOR- Here Comes The Queen/ Heavy Day (Island)
HERON- Take Me Back Home/ Minstrel & A King (Dawn)
HOTLEGS- Lady Sadie/ Loser (Philips)
JETHRO TULL- Life Is A Long Song/ Up The Pool/ Dr Bogenbroom/ From Later/ Nursie (Chrysalis)
KINGDOM COME- Eternal Messenger/ I D Side To Be B Side The C Side (Polydor)
LOVE AFFAIR- Help (Get Me Some Help)/ Long Way Home (Parlophone)
MANFRED MANN- Mrs Henry/ Prayer (Philips)
IAN MATTHEWS- Reno, Nevada/ Desert Inn (Vertigo)
MOTT THE HOOPLE- Downtown/ Home (Is Where I Want To Be) (Island)
MUNGO JERRY- You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War/ The Sun Is Shining/ O'Reilly/ We Shall Be Free (Dawn)
TIM MYCROFT- Shadra/ Bournemouth Rock (Parlophone)
JANE RELF- Without A Song For You/ Make My Time Pass By (Decca)
ROCKIN' HORSE- Biggest Gossip In Town/ You Say (Philips)
RO RO- Here I Go Again/ What You Gonna Do (Parlophone)
SHEEPHOUSE- Juicy Lucy/ Ladder (Decca)
EWAN STEPHENS- Queen Of The Good Times/ We Can Give It A Try (Decca)
URIAH HEEP- Look At Yourself/ Simon The Bullet Freak (Bronze)
ED WELCH- Clowns/ Bird Song (UA)
ALBUMS
CLIFF BENNETT- Rebellion (CBS)
GRAHAM BOND & MAGICK- We Put Our Magick On You (Vertigo)
JACK BRUCE- Harmony Row (Polydor)
KEITH CHRISTMAS- Pigmy (B&C)
DEEP PURPLE- Fireball (Harvest)
FUZZY DUCK- Fuzzy Duck (MAM)
NORMAN HAINES BAND- Den Of Iniquity (Parlophone)
IF- If 3 (UA)
PAUL KENT- Paul Kent (B&C)
SHELAGH McDONALD- Stargazer (B&C)
MEGATON- Megaton (Deram)
OPEN ROAD- Windy Haze (Greenwich Gramophone Co)
SAMURAI- Samurai (Greenwich Gramophone Co)
MICK SOFTLEY- Street Singer (CBS)
SPIROGYRA- St Radigun's (B&C)
JONATHAN SWIFT- Introvert (CBS)
TUDOR LODGE- Tudor Lodge (Vertigo)
URIAH HEEP- Look At Yourself (Bronze)
HAPPENING
Peter
Frampton quits Humble Pie to concentrate on a solo career. Frampton is replaced
by Dave Clempson of the disbanding Colosseum.
Robin Trower (ex-Procol Harum) and Clive Bunker (ex-Jethro Tull) announce the formation of a new group (Jude). Other members are ex-Stone The Crows bassist Jim Dewar and singer Frankie Miller (ex-Howl).
Emerson Lake & Palmer are voted Top British band in the Melody Maker Poll. Rod Stewart is top male vocalist and Sandy Denny top lady.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono leave London to live in New York. Lennon never sets foot on British soil again.
Pink Floyd play "Atom Heart Mother" at the Montreux Classical Music Festival.
Founding member Robert Wyatt leaves Soft Machine because of musical differences. Jazz drummer Phil Howard is the replacement.
Honeybus re-form (with Pete Dello) and sign a recording deal with Bell Records.
Vocalist/ guitarist Kieran White quits Steamhammer because he wants to play solo folk music.
Hawkwind bassist Dave Anderson leaves the group owing to a difference of musical opinion. His replacement is a certain Ian Kilmister (ex-Rocking Vicars, Sam Gopal, Opal Butterfly)--better known as "Lemmy"!
BBC2 TV New series "The Old Grey Whistle Test"- Lesley Duncan (21st), Head Hands & Feet, Bridget St John (28th)
BBC2 TV "One In Ten"- Ralph McTell (29th)
BBC
Radio 1:
Sounds Of The 70s-Amazing Blondel (2nd), Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come (3rd), Bronco (4th), Sandy Denny (6th), Colosseum (10th), Dando Shaft (13th), BB Blunder (17th), Colin Blunstone, Ralph McTell (20th), Miller Anderson, Mick Abrahams (21st), Stray, Tir Na Nog (23rd), Brian Auger & Oblivion Express, Cross & Ross (24th), Argent, Quiver (27th), Steeleye Span (30th)
Sunday Concert- If, Mr Fox (5th), Stackwaddy (12th), Bridget St John, Quiver (19th), Steeleye Span (26th)
Top Gear- Bronco, Tm Hart & Maddy Prior (4th), Lindisfarne (11th), Gypsy, Stone The Crows, Dando Shaft (18th), Mr Fox (25th)
GIGS
Aberdeen Music Hall- Magna Carta (18th)
Aberystwyth University- East Of Eden (25th)
Aviemore Centre- Nazareth (25th)
Aylesbury Friars- Mott the Hoople (4th), David Bowie (25th)
Bagshot Pantiles Club- Fusion Orchestra (17th)
Barnsley Tech College- Stackridge (17th)
Barnstaple Queen's Hall- Yes (24th)
Barry Memorial Hall- Strife (16th)
Bath Keele Club- Armada (8th)
Bath Pavilion- Argent, Climax Chicago (30th)
Beckenham Three Tuns- Spirogyra (19th)
Birmingham Digbeth Civic Hall- Barclay James Harvest (28th)
Birmingham Henry's Blueshouse- Stackridge (12th)
Bishop's Stortford Rhodes Centre- Uriah Heep, Glencoe (10th)
Blackburn, Windsor Hall- Magna Carta (24th)
Boston Starlight Rooms- Lindisfarne (18th), Curved Air (25th)
Botley, The Donkey- Strife (22nd)
Bournemouth, The Hive- Audience (10th), Wishbone Ash (24th)
Bournemouth Pavilion- Family (10th)
Bournemouth Royal Ballroom- Mott the Hoople (2nd), Keef Hartley Band (9th), Van Der Graaf Generator (16th), Head hands & Feet (23rd), Rory Gallagher (30th)
Bradford St George's Hall- Ten Years After (27th), Argent, Climax Chicago (28th)
Braintree, Horn Hotel- Good Habit, Hocus Poke (17th), Armada (24th), Steel Mill (19th)
Brentwood, Essex Arms- Castle Farm (12th), Fusion Orchestra (19th)
Brighton Dome- Procol Harum, Terry Reid, Stone The Crows (24th)
Bristol Colston Hall- Cat Stevens (10th), Ten Years After (14th)
Bristol Old Granary- Armada (14th), Strife (21st)
Burton On Trent Town Hall- Nazareth (22nd)
Buxton Pavilion Gardens- Groundhogs, Edgar Broughton Band, East Of Eden, Paladin, Juicy Lucy, Gentle Giant etc (10th, "Sound 71 Festival")
Cambridge Guild Hall- Strife (9th)
Cardiff University- Stackridge (24th)
Carlisle Assembly Hall- Magna Carta (21st)
Chalk Farm Roundhouse- East Of Eden, Patto, Curtiss Maldoon, Spirogyra (12th, OZ Benefit), Stone The Crows, Cody, Pluto (19th)
Chatham Ash Tree Medway Folk Centre- Bridget St John (7th)
Chatham Central Hall- Colosseum, Uncle Dog (8th)
Chelmsford Civic Theatre- Stackridge (6th)
Chester Quaintways- Lindisfarne, Hackensack (6th), Edgar Broughton Band, Thin Lizzy (13th), Slade, Danta (20th), If, Gentle Giant (27th)
Chichester, Bishop Otter College- Stackridge (25th)
Coventry Circles Club- Stackridge (16th)
Crawley Starlight- Danta (7th), Lindisfarne (14th), Black Widow (21st), Status Quo (28th)
Croydon Greyhound- Uriah Heep, Third World War (5th), Edgar Broughton Band, Gentle Giant (12th), King Crimson (19th), Wishbone Ash (26th)
Croydon Gun- Armada (18th)
Dagenham Village Roundhouse- Climax Chicago, Quiver (4th), Uriah Heep (11th), Curved Air, Jerusalem (18th), Mott the Hoople (25th)
Devizes Town Hall- King Crimson (18th), Yes (25th)
Doncaster Attic- Uriah Heep (4th)
Doncaster Top Rank- Slade (3rd)
East Ham Green Man- Spontaneous Combustion (9th), Zior (16th), Gnidrolog (23rd)
Edinburgh Caley- Magna Carta (17th)
Edmonton Cooks Ferry Inn- Chicken Shack (13th), Pink Fairies (20th)
Enfield Folk Club- Dave Lambert (6th)
Ewell Organ Inn- Marc Ellington (3rd)
Fulham Greyhound- On (1st), Uriah Heep (2nd), Armada (6th), Vinegar Joe (7th), Paul Brett Sage (8th), Bronco (9th), Hackensack (16th), Fruupp (18th), Alan Bown (19th), Graphite (21st)
Glasgow City Hall- Magna Carta (19th)
Glasgow Electric Gardens- Uriah Heep (13th)
Glastonbury Town Hall- Slade (11th)
Gravesend
Civic Centre- Genesis (16th), Keith Christmas (23rd)
Greenford Big Brother- Brian Auger's Oblivion Express (1st), Patto (15th), Man, Gravy Train (22nd)
Guildford Civic Hall- Colosseum, Uncle Dog (5th), Barclay James Harvest (27th)
Hammersmith Town Hall- Van Der Graaf Generator, Colin Scott, Paul Brett Sage (15th)
Hampstead Country Club- Patto (1st), Gypsy (2nd), Pink Fairies (15th), Terry Reid, Uncle Dog (22nd), Patto (29th)
Hanley The Place- Strife (14th)
Harlow Aquarius- Stackridge (1st)
Harlow, Birdcage- Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come (16th)
Harrogate Royal Hall- Magna Carta (16th)
Harrow, Headstone Manor Park- Brinsley Schwarz, Terry Reid etc (12th)
Hessle (Nr Hull) High School- Hackensack (10th)
High Wycombe College- Barclay James Harvest, Fusion Orchestra (24th)
High Wycombe Nag's Head Blues Loft- Writing On The Wall (10th)
High Wycombe Town Hall- Argent, Man (11th), Van Der Graaf Generator (18th)
Hounslow Arts Lab- Tir Na Nog, Paul Brett Sage (24th)
Isle Of Arran Festival- Nazareth (26th)
Kenilworth Kinetic- Mott the Hoople (12th)
Kennington Oval Cricket Ground- The Who, Faces, Atomic Rooster, Mott the Hoople, Lindisfarne, Quintessence, Grease Band (18th)
Kensington Town Hall- If (2nd), Caravan, Nazareth (16th), Genesis (23rd)
Leeds Town Hall- Slade, Medicine Head (15th), King Crimson (28th)
Leicester De Montfort Hall- Cat Stevens (14th), Ten Years After (22nd), Yes (30th)
Letchworth, Sevens Club- Pink Fairies, Vinegar Joe (11th), If (18th)
Letchworth Youth Centre- Stackridge (20th)
Leytonstone Red Lion- Terry Reid (5th), Argent, Third World War (10th), Van Der Graaf Generator (12th), Status Quo, Jerusalem (17th), Climax Chicago (19th)
Liverpool Cavern- Hackensack (18th)
Liverpool Mardi Gras- Audience, Strife (15th), Stray (29th)
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall- Ten Years After (15th)
Liverpool Stadium- Traffic (25th)
London 100 Club- Karakorum (14th), Good Habit (21st), Armada (28th)
London Bounds Green Folk Club- Colin Scott (5th)
London City University- Slowbone (21st)
London Coliseum- Ten Years After, Supertramp, Keith Christmas (18th, 19th), Cat Stevens (26th)
London Cousins- John Martyn (4th)
London, Thomas A' Becket Hard Rock Club- Fusion Orchestra (20th)
London Hyde Park- Jack Bruce, King Crimson, Roy Harper (4th)
London, Ladbroke Grove, The Krypt- Pete Brown & Piblokto! (22nd)
London Lyceum- Matthews Southern Comfort, Chicken Shack, Teargas, Spontaneous Combustion (5th), Juicy Lucy, Man, Khan (12th), If, Armada, Accrington Stanley (26th), Al Stewart, Arrival (30th)
London Marquee- Morgan, Jonathan Kelly (3rd), Caravan, Patto, Fusion Orchestra (5th), Van Der Graaf Generator (7th), Grease Band (9th), Lindisfarne (10th), Zior, Bill Fay & The Reverend Dawn (13th), Skid Row, Nick Pickett (14th), Cliff Bennett's Rebellion (16th), Ashton Gardner & Dyke, Curtiss Maldoon (17th), Slade (18th), Beggar's Opera, Gravy Train (19th), Third World War (20th), Keef Hartley Band, Nazareth (21st), Stray (23rd), Hardin & York, Opal Butterfly (24th), Custers Track (25th), On (26th), Southern Comfort, Khan (28th), Renaissance, Vinegar Joe (29th)
London Queen Elizabeth Hall- Faces, Ricotti & Albuquerque (5th), East Of Eden (6th), Al Stewart (7th), Rory Gallagher, Cochise (8th), Terry Reid, Gnidrolog (9th), Sandy Denny, John Martyn, Duncan Browne (10th), Groundhogs, Gentle Giant (11th), Procol Harum, Andy Roberts (17th)
London, Royal Albert Hall- Traffic (23rd)
London Southbank Polytechnic- Stackridge (21st)
London, Southgate, Sirius Club- Climax Chicago (3rd), Comus (17th)
London Speakeasy- Armada (7th), Nazareth (20th), Stackridge (22nd)
London Temple Club- Pete Brown & Piblokto! (3rd), Blonde On Blonde, Danta, Natural Gas (10th), Nazareth, Raw Material, Team Dokus (17th), Genesis, Good Habit (18th), Caravan (24th), Principal Edwards Magic Theatre (25th)
London Torrington- Bronco (5th), Vinegar Joe (12th), Quiver (19th), Stackridge (26th)
Malvern Winter Gardens- Edgar Broughton Band, Fusion Orchestra (18th)
Manchester, Explosion Club- Hackensack (19th, 20th)
Manchester Free Trade Hall- Cat Stevens (8th), Ten Years After (26th)
Manchester Mr Smiths- Armada (12th)
Merton, King's Head- Fruupp (12th)
Newcastle City Hall- Cat Stevens (10th), Ten Years After (16th), Magna Carta (22nd)
Northampton County Cricket Ground- Fleetwood Mac (2nd)
Norwich Lads Club- Rory Gallagher (4th)
Norwich St Andrews Hall- King Crimson (11th)
Nutley Festival, Sussex- Edgar Broughton Band, Hawkwind (11th)
Oxford Town Hall- Colosseum, Uncle Dog (4th), Strife, Beggar's Death (8th), Audience, Lol Coxhill (22nd)
Paddington, Marylands Road Free Concert- Pink Fairies, Patto etc (11th)
Penzance Winter Gardens- Stackridge (2nd)
Plymouth Guild Hall- Traffic (19th)
Plymouth Van Dike- Egg (17th), Chicken Shack (18th), Status Quo (24th), Family, Curtiss Maldoon (25th)
Potters Bar Farx- Stray (4th), Terry Reid, Gravy Train, Vinegar Joe (18th)
Reading Town Hall- King Crimson (17th)
Romford Albemarle Club- Fusion Orchestra (10th), Bell + Arc (19th)
Salisbury Alex Disco- Lindisfarne (11th)
Sheffield City Hall- Cat Stevens (9th), Ten Years After (28th)
Slough College- Wishbone Ash (25th)
Slough Community Centre- Kingdom Come, Gypsy (4th), Pink Fairies, Hawkwind (10th)
Southall Farx- Bronco (10th), Hawkwind (17th)
Southall, White Hart- Slowbone (13th)
Southampton Guild Hall- Cat Stevens (17th), Ten Years After (20th)
Southend Esplanade- On (10th), Castle farm (17th), Stackridge (18th)
Southend, Westcliff Palace Theatre- Uriah Heep (12th)
St Austell Palace- Stackridge (4th)
Stevenage Bowes Lyon House- Fleetwood Mac (12th), Skid Row (19th), Gnidrolog (26th)
Stoke Civic Hall- Argent, Climax Chicago (24th)
Tenby De Valance Ballroom- Stackridge (8th)
Torquay Town Hall- Family (24th)
Tottenham, White Hart Inn, Spiders Club- Hawkwind (23rd)
Tunbridge Wells Cumberland Disco- Stackridge (14th)
Twickenham Winning Post- Uriah Heep (1st), Mott the Hoople (8th), Hackensack (13th), Blonde On Blonde (14th), Quintessence (15th), Alan Bown (16th), Uncle Dog (20th), Vinegar Joe (21st), Lindisfarne (22nd), Status Quo (29th)
Uxbridge, Grapes Hotel- Fusion Orchestra (9th)
Wallington Public Hall- Status Quo (23rd)
Watford Kingham Hall Hydrospace- Brinsley Schwarz (4th), Hawkwind (11th), Skin Alley (18th), Head Hands & Feet (25th)
Weston Super Mare Pavilion- King Crimson (25th)
Wimbledon Hobbit's Garden- Fleetwood Mac, Hard Meat, Skin Alley (1st), Gravy Train (17th), Hawkwind (24th)
Wimbledon Prince of Wales- Davy Graham (2nd)
Windsor Club 1832- Skin Alley (14th), Status Quo (21st)
Wisbech Burlesque Club- Stackridge (19th)
Wolverhampton Civic Hall- King Crimson (10th)
Wolverhampton Lafayette- Uriah Heep (15th)
Wood Green Nightingale- Quiver, Curtis Maldoon (14th), Audience (21st)
Wormelow Park Ballroom- Sweet (10th)
Wrexham Pepper's Place- Strife (18th)
York Hypnotique- Uriah Heep (16th)
