seventies pop groups

Pebbles, Winchelsea Beach – December 1976

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Sandy Max… So…Man Friday were playing on my 18th birthday!

Martin Richter… Trunk ! fanrastic

Mick O’Dowd… I was a  one of 2 resident DJ’s in the 80’s. The other being Mike Nite. This was when I morphed into Mike Day. The hosts were John & Rispa a lovely couple. Then we had Stuart Hay and then Bob ? who runs Plumbline  now. Had some good times here and worked with some good bands. Centre Page, Jinx, Grundy,  plus The Nashville Teens & The Showstoppers. It was a well known fact that if you were leaving before closing and spotted a police car sitting up the road you would ring the club and they in turn would ring the police and say there was trouble in Camber and this being the only car in the area speeds off allowing us drunkards to drive home safely!

Battle Dance Club – Battle Memorial Hall 1970

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Robert Searle… Nice to see Hailsham band Charade on the lists

Martin Samuel… Friday 13th November 1970… Heatwave was not an ‘E.M.I. Recording group’, their single was released on Penny Farthing Records. Crew went by the name The Crew until 1971 and was not a ‘C.B.S. Recording group’. Their 1st ’70 single was on Vergara, a Spanish label, and their 2nd, a Jonathan King production, was on Decca. How do I know? I was the drummer in both bands… but not at the same time!
Heatwave : http://www.heatwave.n.nu
Crew : http://www.crew.n.nu

Ralph Town… Just seen Candy Choir on an old TOTP performance on youtube YouTube lol

 

Krishna Kudu – Battle Memorial Hall – 3rd September 1971

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krishna kudu - 3rd sept 1971,

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photo source & info: kentgigs.

left to right – Steve Warner, Brian Shearer,(sitting), Dave Perrins, Kevin Whitehead, (sitting), Dick Budnikas and Peter Dack, (sitting)

Nigel Ford… My favourite band that appeared there over the 4 / 5 or so years that the Battle Dances existed. Maidstone based I believe and two Battle girls dated members.They covered Deep Purple’s “Black Night”, Black Sabbath’s “Evil Woman”, Spooky Tooth’s “Better by you, better than me”, and many more of the time and favourites of mine and others were Rare Bird’s “Flight / As your mind flies by”” & “Hammerhead” plus Heavy Jelly’s ” I keep singing that same old song” (from compilation album “Nice Enough to eat” as others they did) where they used strobe lighting which was new to me then. Great memories, thanks guys wherever you are(?)

Spyke and Performance – Falaise Hall Hastings 17th May 1975

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Martin Richter…  I can feel my foot tapping

Pete Millington… Spyke at that time were -Ginger Millington, Terry Chedzoy and Ian Williams

Colin Fox… Yet another one for my collection. Cheers

Alan Esdaile… Looks like you missed this one Colin, as the later advert says Performance has split up.

 

Colin Fox… No wonder I couldn’t remember this gig.

Pete Millington… Same here Colin – I was thinking that I’d lost the plot. Spyke as a Trio would bave been blown away by a 6 piece, I would certainly have remembered the experience. Phew SPYKE survived!

Hot Chocolate – Aquarius Club Hastings 28th April 1973

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28th april 1973 - hot chocolate

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Mick O’Dowd… Good little band. Saw them several times including this one.

Tony Davis… I was the house DJ at the Aquarius on this gig. I remember that the band went on first without Errol who was standing in the wings talking to me. We both noticed that he had missed his cue but he wasn’t bothered commenting they would get back to it in a minute. Nice guy and a good night.

Barry French… Does anyone else recall seeing Hot Chocolate on the Pier in the 70’s or did I dream it?

Alan Esdaile… Yes Barry, July 1975, great night remember it well as I did the disco.

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Mick O’Dowd… Osibisa were one of the most exciting concerts i’ve worked on. They were absolutely electric. Trouble was they couldn’t transfer this exictement to disc. Great band though.

Leigh Wieland-Boys… I was there at Hot Chocolate that night!

Tony Court-holmes… i think i was there

Showaddywaddy – Hastings Pier 8th February 1975

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Martin Richter… a lot of miles ?

Jill Lawrence… I went to that !!

John Gale… My first gig, ages 14

Chris Boorman… Loved the pier gig especially Romeo Challenger’s drum solo!

John Gale… All I remember was being surrounded by Teds, it was boiling hot in there, even though it was Feb and I couldn’t take my parka off because the Zip was stuck

Chris Wood… Didn’t go….not my bag

Slik plus Screemer – Hastings Pier 22nd January 1977

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cuttings supplied by Sarah Harvey

Peter Thomson… I avoided Slik, but Mrs T and I had our first proper date at a gig headlined by Ultravox.

Pete Fairless… Slik, costumes by Lloyd Johnson, if I’m not mistaken…

Lloyd Johnson… Yes! They did buy the baseball stuff from us in Kensington Market…

Daryl Perkins… I remember this gig… Forever and Ever!!