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Phil Gill … Well, I guess I must’ve been there. If anyone has any photos of Stallion at this gig or any other Stallion photos, we’d love to see them on our band page – especially if anyone has any photos of us supporting Marc Bolan on the Pier in 1975
Phil Thornton… Likewise ! – I do remember watching Curved Air – excellent !
Mark Sims… Good track by a very underrated band.
John Wilde… I was there. Onstage. Brilliant night!
Nick Webb… I was there yet again 🙂
Chris Giles… “Really like most of Curved Air music… Especially enjoyed gig on the pier many years ago..”
Peter Houghton… Great band one of my fave song’s was little people
Nick Shute… Out out get outa me ‘ouse, You better take yer trench coat too, no daughter of mine’s going out wiv an ‘ippy
or a scruffy little bleeder like you!
Tony Court-holmes… used to be on tuesay nights i think
Dave Hunt… Hustler were a great band, got both their albums on cd last year
Ad Andre Palfrey-Martin Collection, photo of Edgar Broughton by Clive Richardson
Joe Knight….what happened to steve maxted ? use to go to catford DESMOND DEKOR!!! lots of great bands
Andre Martin….Joe – Steve Maxted still going strong well into the late 1970s. – Above is an advert from 1974. I have some later images waiting to be uploaded and indexed.
John Storer… Apropos of not much, my late Mum absolutely loved Edgar Broughton’s “Apache Dropout”. Remember seeing Barclay James Harvest and thought Hudson/Ford were actually much better than I was expecting
Mick Mepham….Hurrrraahhhhh! I hadn’t got this flier – have now yippeeeee!
Jim Breeds….Lindisfarne, BJH, Hudson/Ford. Wow, I missed some stuff I should have seen
Jenny Tyler… I loved Steve Maxted.
Phil Gill… I was there for the New Year gig. The bouncers stopped the Stallion set at 11:45 and threw everyone out. They were really shitty about it too. Presumably they wanted to go drinking…
Mick Mepham… I remember introducing Hudson/Ford and making a total twat of myself doing so ….. blusho ……
Yvonne Cleland…. You were nowt but a lad, MM 🙂
Mick Knights… Edgar Broughton.. The question has always been, should he have allowed the demons in in the first place!!
Alan Esdaile… Not much hope for the Apaches as well, Mick. Steve Broughton now a Hastings resident.
Glenn Piper… Oh the memories
Tony Court-holmes… god i remember edgar broughton gig out demons out
Andy Qunta…. “Loved Stray! Have their 1st 2 albums – great stuff!”
Martyn Baker….”I was there, loved it, and I still have the Stray album to this day.
From 1970 one of their best tracks ‘ All In Your Mind’
Tony Qunta….”Loved Stray and that song is a cracker!”
Sarah Harvey…..what Jenni Inness thought of it the week afterin her column of December 15th, 1973.
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Alan Esdaile…..great gig this one.
Sarah Harvey….It was a great line-up because I loved Stray as well. I have all of their albums (all 2 of them I think) on vinyl.
Phil Thornton…..”Stray were great. When I was in Die Laughing we used to play a cover of their song ‘All in your mind’ brings back brilliant memories of all those mad gigs in Germany and Wales !!!”
David Miller….”Stray..! My tinnitus is an ever-ringing badge of honour won by listening/vibrating to them at my local music club The Farx, standing next to the exploding dustin and generally having a great time at extreme volume. There were also other contributors to this award, including sitting next to the big speaker in The Bubble for hours on end. Good times….”
Nigel Ford… This was my first time seeing Stallion with Tich in skeleton suit & whitened face. Saw them several times subsquently as was very impressed, moreso than Stray.
Dave Weeks… I remember that one too.
Chris Meachen… I was there.. Stray were a damned good live band…
Ben Gallop… i was there, not sure if it was that gig but remember a band played off the stage on the floor cant remewber who thou
Alan Esdaile… Looks like at the door price was increased from 85p to 90p!
Mike Gingold… I played sax with Tich Turner’s Escalators back in the day. Great gigs – happy memories. Anybody know what Tich is doing now?
Alan Esdaile… Mike, Tich is with the group, Mighty Mish Mash Band and playing gigs in London recently. Also with the group Hi-Fi Sneakers where he has released a couple of cd’s.
Iain Cobby… Love the artwork, any ideas who did it?
John Wilde… Iain, me.
Iain Cobby… Well done John, love it! ……… and I was there at the Roundhouse with the other guys of Damaris when you came on stage and blew the other acts away! We had a great night, sooo hot! great times, great music, will live forever.
Alan Esdaile… Great find Phil. Stringer Jones, was a duo with Martin Stringer and Malcolm Jones.
Martyn Baker… Malcolm Jones was the other half of Stringer-Jones with Martin Stringer in Hastings (1975-6). I kind of re-met Malcolm again when we both worked for Capital Radio in the 80’s. Martin now lives in the west of Ireland. Both top geezers.
Harry Randall… RIP Vic/Tony and Steve gone to young! Sadly missed I’m sure by all who new them!
Leigh Wieland-Boys… My that takes me back. Fond memories of Steve D, rest in peace dear friend.
Martin Stringer… Crikey.
Phil Thornton… wow ! Great pic. Don’t think I’ve seen the one above before. SSV&T !!!
Tony Bridger, Digger, Steve Demetri, Tich Turner, Steve Kinch.
John Wilde….great photo
Jon McCallion….Nice photo of my two friends, Steve D & Steve K.
Ian McGilvray…..Looking Good Tich And Tony
Digger… Strewth, was my hair really that long??? Drove those guys all over the country. Great times, fun times, mad times but wouldn’t change it for the world. So sorry to hear of the passing of Phil Gill. One of the good guys. Still with us in the music and our memories.
Alan Esdaile… Do you remember seeing Stallion play, Andy?
Phil Gill… John Storer will. He was right in the front row shouting “‘allo Phil!”
John Storer… John Storer does indeed remember, Phil … was there with Kev Potter, Matt Brand, Mick Hurton and Matt’s cousin (who’s name currently escapes me). It rained …. a lot! Particularly remember Moon being awesome, (how I’d love to get my hands on their first album again) and great sets from Rory Gallagher and Ted Nugent. Remember Kev getting hit on the back of the head by a full can of Party Four, which we then proceeded to open and drink. By coincidence, had cause to mention Reading 76 several times during the last fortnight. One of my business partners went to Reading Festival last weekend and I was bemoaning the “gentrification” of rock festivals, telling him that a festival should not be about 5 star hotels and Radio 1 Dance tents, but about very cheap plonk, leaking tents and not changing your clothes for three days! Those were the days! A great weekend for £6.95!
Phil Thornton… ha ! I forgot the Enid played !! – also missed the Sadista sisters ( their drummer went on to form YMO who are one of my all time favourite bands !) – I did get to see AC/DC and Rory Galagher who were brilliant ! Supercharge were also great ! – the mighty diamonds had a rough deal getting bottled, they deserved much better from the audience.
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Sarah Harvey…..Here is a really good video about the group some of which was filmed in 1973. It tells the story of the band and a reunion in 2007 which was produced as a documentary for the BBC
Alan Esdaile….I used to see Pete Kirtley from Global Village play with Liane Carroll at the Filo. Flying Gnome disco was Chris Cornford. Anyone in contact with him?
Mick Mepham…..Another load of bands I missed, doooooohhhh!!!!
Clive Richardson…Global Village were excellent. I always believed that the above photo was taken in Hastings old town. Anyone confirm or deny?
Mick O’Dowd…..Found these pics of Global Village….
Kev Towner… Well apparently Seagull Coaches were based in Blackpool, although that scene in the background is rather reminiscent of that farm on The Ridge just before the Harrow Junction.
Alan Esdaile… Thanks Kev, I know where you mean. Could be in the coach broke down on the way to the pier?
Ric Hool… In 1996 Peter Kirtley ex of Global Village was working with a poet pal of mine, Tom Pickard. Peter stayed at my house one time when he was in Wales with Tom. Peter was, I believe, living in Southwold at that time and had just released his excellent Bush Telegraph CD Liane Carroll (keyboards), Steve Lamb (bass), Gregg Leppard (drums)
Jon Owen… Watch out for release of album… soon..
Colin Gibson… Def NOT Hastings. I recognise that courtyard!
