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Post by markglasgow on Jul 20, 2014 23:16:20 GMT 1
First band I ever saw live was Testament supporting Anthrax at the Edinburgh Playhouse in 1987.
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Post by theshrews81 on Jul 21, 2014 8:08:41 GMT 1
Worryingly mine was Cliff Richard circa 1992
Sent from my GT-I9300 using proboards
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Post by davycrockett on Jul 21, 2014 8:32:30 GMT 1
Saw Free at students ball in Shrewsbury Music Hall the week that "It's Alright Now" was at number one. A good friend of mine and someone on here's dad Was the student union social sec. And had to choose and book the band for that gig and booked an unknown band based on the price alone and as you say Free then had a monster hit but still appeared at the student union bash First major band was Earth Wind and Fire best was Major Lance live at The Torch
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Post by shrewder on Jul 21, 2014 9:22:16 GMT 1
Saw Free at students ball in Shrewsbury Music Hall the week that "It's Alright Now" was at number one. A good friend of mine and someone on here's dad Was the student union social sec. And had to choose and book the band for that gig and booked an unknown band based on the price alone and as you say Free then had a monster hit but still appeared at the student union bash First major band was Earth Wind and Fire best was Major Lance live at The Torch Excellent nugget of information. I still remember it as an excellent night. The only one in their line up I knew of at the time was the late Paul Kossof, son of David Kossof.
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Post by albionshrew on Jul 21, 2014 10:40:02 GMT 1
Tim Hardin at Shrewsbury Music Hall c.1973
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Post by albionshrew on Jul 21, 2014 10:42:56 GMT 1
Saw Free at students ball in Shrewsbury Music Hall the week that "It's Alright Now" was at number one. Free must have been to Salop before then as well. Apparently 'Alright Now' is about a disillusioning visit to the town.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2014 10:53:05 GMT 1
Winifred Atwell at the Granada or Charlie Caroli at Blackpool Tower Circus (His role now taken over by Owen Oyston)
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Post by venceremos on Jul 21, 2014 11:29:55 GMT 1
Sooty & Sweep in a Theater early 80's cannot remember where. Me too, though mine was in the 60s, probably in Blackpool. They were different in the 60s - Mod-influenced with hints of emerging psychedelia. They'd probably gone a bit electro with daft haircuts by the 80s. I believe I saw Ken Dodd back then too, although mum tells me I slept all through it so I can't be certain. First gig was Robin Trower (leader of a Hendrix-type 3-piece band) at the Liverpool Stadium. Presume that's been demolished now, used to be a boxing hall. Saw Van de Graaf Generator there shortly after. Not sure why as I'd never listened to them before or since. "Star" would have to be Bob Dylan at Blackbushe Aerodrome in 1978 or Lauren Bacall in "The Glass Menagerie" at Bath Theatre Royal in the early 80s. Knew we were in the presence of a true star that day. Envious of those who saw Free in the Kossoff days (great band, much underrated) and the Four Tops ("Walk Away Renee" being one of my favourite songs).
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Post by gainsparkshrew on Jul 21, 2014 13:17:56 GMT 1
Another Liverpool Stadium gig,1977,the wonderfull Uriah Heep (60% of whom are now dead) supported by The Heavy Metal Kids..whose lead singer was Gary Holton who went on to act and star as the cockney in Auf Wiedersein Pet.....he also died a few years back
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Post by flook on Jul 21, 2014 13:18:18 GMT 1
I saw Robin Trower too. An excellent guitarist. Dont remember where. On a much scarier note when I was about 10 my dad used to work at a garage on the A49. I was there with him when Jimmy Saville and entourage went cycling by on one of his charity bike rides. Dad encouraged me to cycle along with him. That coukd have been horrible to say the least. Fortunately I could catch up with them!
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Post by flook on Jul 21, 2014 13:19:30 GMT 1
Meant of course I couldn't catch up!
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Post by venceremos on Jul 21, 2014 14:53:07 GMT 1
Another Liverpool Stadium gig,1977,the wonderfull Uriah Heep (60% of whom are now dead) supported by The Heavy Metal Kids..whose lead singer was Gary Holton who went on to act and star as the cockney in Auf Wiedersein Pet.....he also died a few years back My friend saw the HMKs at the Stadium, supported by Supercharge (who, along with Clover, supported anyone and everyone without getting anywhere back in the 70s). Where was the Stadium and what happened to it? I don't know Liverpool very well but I've no idea now where it was, just that we were able to get to it easily enough from Lime St Station.
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Post by scooter on Jul 21, 2014 15:06:41 GMT 1
First proper gig was King Crimson Oct. 21, 1971 Hanley Victoria Hall
I was not a great fan but I had just gone to Stoke Poly - saw Free, Jethro Tull and Focus there as well, amongst many others
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Post by QuorndonShrew on Jul 21, 2014 15:09:19 GMT 1
In 1976 I saw ELO at Birmingham NEC.
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Post by scooter on Jul 21, 2014 15:11:23 GMT 1
Saw Free at students ball in Shrewsbury Music Hall the week that "It's Alright Now" was at number one. Free must have been to Salop before then as well. Apparently 'Alright Now' is about a disillusioning visit to the town. I don't know about Alright Now being about Shrewsbury (sounds unlikely to me) but drummer Simon Kirke went to school in Bishops Castle
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Post by albionshrew on Jul 21, 2014 15:34:36 GMT 1
I stand corrected: Free drummer Tom Mautner explains: "'All Right Now' was created after a bad gig in Durham, England. Our repertoire at that time was mostly slow and medium paced blues songs which was alright if you were a student sitting quietly and nodding your head to the beat. However, we finished our show in Durham and walked off the stage to the sound of our own footsteps. The applause had died before I had even left the drum riser. When we got into the dressing room, it was obvious that we needed an uptempo number, a rocker to close our shows. All of sudden, the Inspiration struck (bass player Andy) Fraser, and he started bopping around singing ALL RIGHT NOW... He sat down and wrote it right there in the dressing room. It couldn't have taken more than 10 minutes."
Who is Tom Mautner?
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Post by gainsparkshrew on Jul 21, 2014 16:45:55 GMT 1
Another Liverpool Stadium gig,1977,the wonderfull Uriah Heep (60% of whom are now dead) supported by The Heavy Metal Kids..whose lead singer was Gary Holton who went on to act and star as the cockney in Auf Wiedersein Pet.....he also died a few years back My friend saw the HMKs at the Stadium, supported by Supercharge (who, along with Clover, supported anyone and everyone without getting anywhere back in the 70s). Where was the Stadium and what happened to it? I don't know Liverpool very well but I've no idea now where it was, just that we were able to get to it easily enough from Lime St Station. The Stadium was here,http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/nostalgia-look-back-pictures-liverpool-3357206 hope that the link works. Was actually behind the egotistically named JM Centre on Old Hall St .Head office of The Littlewoods Organisation (the retail shops and 7 mail order catalogues not The Pools) named after its founder..John Moores. In one corner was a real spit and sawdust pub that was open Mon to Friday weekdays for office workers and closed at all other times except for when there was either a gig or boxing on at The Stadium,for the life of me I can't remember its name. The atmosphere at gigs was brilliant, OK usually helped by having a few and smoking a bit of "herbal relaxant"
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Post by atcham jack on Jul 21, 2014 16:48:38 GMT 1
in june 1966 i went to the inaugural open air concert of the late Adge Cutler and the wurzels. 40 years later i attended the Wurzels 40th anniversary concert in my local devon town.
sadly Adge was killed on his way back from a gig in Hereford near Chepstow. such songs as Drink up thy cider, thee cassn't kill couch, and the champion dung spreader are all songs that add atmosphere and aroma!
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Post by venceremos on Jul 21, 2014 17:08:36 GMT 1
My friend saw the HMKs at the Stadium, supported by Supercharge (who, along with Clover, supported anyone and everyone without getting anywhere back in the 70s). Where was the Stadium and what happened to it? I don't know Liverpool very well but I've no idea now where it was, just that we were able to get to it easily enough from Lime St Station. The Stadium was here,http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/nostalgia-look-back-pictures-liverpool-3357206 hope that the link works. Was actually behind the egotistically named JM Centre on Old Hall St .Head office of The Littlewoods Organisation (the retail shops and 7 mail order catalogues not The Pools) named after its founder..John Moores. In one corner was a real spit and sawdust pub that was open Mon to Friday weekdays for office workers and closed at all other times except for when there was either a gig or boxing on at The Stadium,for the life of me I can't remember its name. The atmosphere at gigs was brilliant, OK usually helped by having a few and smoking a bit of "herbal relaxant" Cheers. The link didn't work but I found a site www.liverpoolstadium-rockyears.com that has some info and photos. There's a BBC6Music plaque to mark the site apparently. It has photos of two pubs - the Cross Keys and St Pauls, if one of those is the one you're thinking of.
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Post by thesensationaljt on Jul 21, 2014 20:18:09 GMT 1
One of the late sixties groups who were supposed to be excellent value for money were The Equals, (although I didn't see then live).
Stop me if you've heard this story.
We were on holiday in The Cape Verde Islands, so we thought we'd do a tour of the island by coach. We were sat waiting for our tour guide, and when he appeared around the corner, I said to the dragon, "blimey, we're going to be shown round by Eddie Grant".
When he got on the bus, he picked up the mic, gave us a huge grin, and said, "hello, my name is Eddie........". So I obviously wasn't the first to see the likeness. He was also very slight of hand, because when we got off the coach after the trip, I went to hand him a tip, and he grabbed my hand and shook it vigorously, and the money had gone. Nothing for the driver there then.
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Post by venceremos on Jul 21, 2014 20:59:54 GMT 1
During the 1986 World Cup, Mrs V and I checked into a small guest house in a picturesque Cornish seaside village (Portscatho). As we watched what seemed likely to be England's last game (with only 1 point from the first 2 games), we found ourselves sharing the lounge with 70s pop, erm, icons, Mud. The kit in their van even had the inevitable "Mud On Road" logo.
All a bit surreal but England won 3-0, qualified and the Lineker-Beardsley era of (relative) England success was born.
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Post by thesensationaljt on Jul 21, 2014 21:05:06 GMT 1
During the 1986 World Cup, Mrs V and I checked into a small guest house in a picturesque Cornish seaside village (Portscatho). As we watched what seemed likely to be England's last game (with only 1 point from the first 2 games), we found ourselves sharing the lounge with 70s pop, erm, icons, Mud. The kit in their van even had the inevitable "Mud On Road" logo. All a bit surreal but England won 3-0, qualified and the Lineker-Beardsley era of (relative) England success was born. Wow. That's Dyna-Mite. The Secrets That You Keep, eh.
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Post by davycrockett on Jul 24, 2014 19:25:52 GMT 1
Another Liverpool Stadium gig,1977,the wonderfull Uriah Heep (60% of whom are now dead) supported by The Heavy Metal Kids..whose lead singer was Gary Holton who went on to act and star as the cockney in Auf Wiedersein Pet.....he also died a few years back Gary Holtons parents lived on Money Brook Way where he was a regular visitor (May have lived there ?)
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Post by filmcrewshrew on Jul 25, 2014 12:31:16 GMT 1
Wow for once I feel young on here, my first band I saw were The Prodigy Dec 1995, Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, place was half empty. I saw them about a year later and the tickets sold out in 10 mins, my mate managed to get a spare so went with him.
Filmcrewshrew Senior was at the 'Free' gig when Alright Now was number one, I can recall him telling me that the bands management wanted them to pull out as they were filming TOTP's in London following day but the band said no we'll still play....top lads.
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Post by thesensationaljt on Jul 25, 2014 15:56:57 GMT 1
Off topic a bit, but I saw Robert Plant perform at The Three Tuns. I think it cost us a fiver each!
I received a text this morning informing me that we in fact paid £10 each for the Robert Plant gig. I would like to offer my apologies to any Juan who has taken a fence.
In compensation, I have made a donation to the Lord Ticklebottom Nose Reduction Unit at Giggleswick General Hospital.
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Post by TheDawleyShrew on Jul 25, 2014 18:58:31 GMT 1
Queen: 24th November 1979. Hall 5 NEC. Excellent it was too..
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Post by thesensationaljt on Jul 25, 2014 21:07:56 GMT 1
Queen: 24th November 1979. Hall 5 NEC. Excellent it was too.. Now they WERE a class act.
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Post by clashcityrocker on Jul 25, 2014 21:58:08 GMT 1
Ultravox (pre Midge Ure, John Foxx on vocals) at Birmingham Barbarellas, I was 15, you had to be 21 to get in. I felt like a real grown up that night.
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