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'Two Ton Ted' from Teddington
...and other rare local appearances.
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Connaught Road, Teddington 1977: Demonstrating outside National Front Leader Martin Webster’s house, with Steel Pulse, The Clash, and The Sex Pistols Glen Matlock
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23rd April 1964 - the The Beatles are filming “A Hard Day’s Night” at Thornbury Fields in Isleworth.
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Concert story here: http://3cardtrick.tumblr.com/post/12276053601/mcintyre
Keith putting on his make-up while looking in the mirror, backstage at Granada Cinema.
When: 3rd November 1967
Where: Granada Cinema in Kingston-upon-Thames, London, England.
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12th June 1965
Beatles, Twickenham Studios
A press conference at Twickenham Studios to announce that the Beatles would be invested as Members of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
John & Cynthia Lennon followed by Brian Epstein arrived late at Twickenham. Brian had been forced to go out to Kenwood and get John when he refused to get out of bed. Defiant John finally cooperated but refused to comb his hair. Pattie Boyd & George Harrison arrived together.
Lennon returned his MBE to Her Majesty 25th November 1969.
In an accompanying letter Lennon said:
"Your Majesty, I am returning my MBE as a protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against 'Cold Turkey' slipping down the charts. With Love, John Lennon."
Click for the interview
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13th February 1964
Rolling Stones, Kingston Granada
Part of Robert Stigwood Associate's 'All Stars '64 Show' concert. Tickets were 5/- 7/6 and 10/6.
The Rolling Stones spent the day recording at Regent Sound Recordings before performing two shows at Granada, Kingston. This tour coincided with the February release of their third single, 'Not Fade Away' - a top 3 hit. The following night they were on 'Ready, Steady, Go!'.
Keith Richards: 'Regent Sounds Studios was just a little room full of egg boxes and it had a Grundig tape recorder, and to make it look like a studio, the recorder was hung on the wall instead of put on a table. It was just a little jingle studio, very basic, very simple, and it made it easy for me to learn the bare bones of recording.
At first, our audiences were female driven, until the end of the '60s when it evened out... We were probably disastrously horrible in some of those shows, but by then there was a buzz going on. The audience was louder than we were, which certainly helped. Great backup vocals of chicks screaming.'
John Leyton's acting career was taking off. He'd played Flight Lieutenant William 'Willie' Dickes RAF, a "tunnel king" in 'The Great Escape'. However, 'Make Love To Me' was his last charting single reaching #49 in 1964.
Performances at 7:00pm and 9:10pm
'Postal bookings should include stamped addressed envelope. Cheques payable to Granada Theatres Limited'
#Great Escape#John Leyton#KT1#Robert Stigwood#Rolling Stones#Willie Dickes#kingston#Regent Sound Studios#Grundig
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20th December 1968
Coronation Hall, Kingston
Elmer Gantrys Velvet Opera
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Fruit Machine
Fruit Machine were an obscure psychedelic band whose 'I'm Alone Today' featured feedback AND la la las.
Bassist Chris Randall recalls:- "The recording of I'm Alone Today was made in the small basement studio below "Southern Music" in Little Newport Street, Soho. The tape machine was an old valve (tube) Ampex half-inch 4-track with a homebrew mixer. The recording engineer used to get very agitated if anyone stood in front of the huge Altec Lansing monitors in the control room as it spoiled the sound! We didn't do all that many live gigs but spent our time writing stuff, being silly and worrying our parents almost to death!"
Ticket 7/6
#Bilbo#Downliners Sect#Elmer Gantrys Velvet Opera#Fruit Machine#OTD#Rare Bird#kingston#Ampex#Lansing
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16th December 1974
The Jam, The Winning Post, Twickenham
The Jam as a four piece: Steve Brookes, Rick Buckler, Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton. Looking more like a cabaret act than the mod-rocking prototypes of '76, this line up lasted about 7 months.
For all the band's later success, Brookes would assiduously renounce the 'Pete Best of the Jam' tag.' He wanted to continue with poppy material, while Weller was beginning to inject a harsher, 'mod' edge to his songs.
Brookes left in July 1975 to play solo sets in wine bars and open the Abacorn Music shop in Brookwood. He moved on to selling cars.
Weller later recalled their split in the song 'Thick as Thieves'
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Lennon returns MBE, 25th November 1969
Your Majesty,
I am returning my MBE as a protest against Britain’s involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America inVietnam and against ‘Cold Turkey’ slipping down the charts.
With Love,
John Lennon
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James, Kingston Polytechnic, 11th November 1986
James had been the support band on The Smiths' 'Meat is Murder' tour. With this pedigree and a debut album, 'Stutter', offering gallows humour and yearning for ways to escape constrictions, it was almost inevitable that students would sit down and take note.
'James are an acquired taste. For most, this starts with seeing the four-piece live and witnessing the way the guitar, drums and bass mingle in a wild aural haze one minute or mellow to the simplest of sounds the next - all punctuated with singer Timothy Booth's Jekyl and Hyde act upfront. Sweet grinning little boy one minute, shivering, shimmying maniac the next.
Without the sight of Tim's St Vitus boogie, the more fast and furious James tracks, like "Billy's Shirts" or the souped-up nursery rhyme tones of "Skullduggery", lose their way and meaning.
Stick to the likes of the lilting "Why So Close" with an almost World War II sing-song feel to it, or the mounting drama of "Johnny Yen" and you have a band with engaging, human songs performed with heart, where others would use a Fairlight to plug the gaps. James leave the gaps - and it gives you room to breath and just enjoy the sound.'
Eleanor Levy, Sounds
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7th August 1980
Seventeen, Three Tuns, Kingston-upon-Thames
Mike, Eddie, Nigel & Dave aka The Alarm
Seventeen were a mod band who released a single ('Don't Let Go' / 'Bank Holiday Weekend') in March 1980.
At this time they were being investigated by the DHSS because they openly subsisted on their unemployment benefit money whilst touring. They were later cleared of charges and celebrated by giving free admission to Dole card carriers attending their end of August shows.
They continued as Seventeen throughout 1980. After trying out 'Alarm Alarm' they settled on The Alarm in June 1981 and moved to London...
Further Details Contact: Peter L. Buckle & Co. (Management)
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3rd August 1977
Buzzcocks, Winning Post, Twickenham
"Don't gob at me. This is a nice pop song. 1, 2, 3, 4..."
'No bondage, pose or hip here. Pete Shelly sez it all in the way he introduces numbers. The 1, 2, 3, 4 in a "I couldn't give a shit" voice, then straight into it...' Bombsite Fanzine 1977.
The departure of Howard Devoto in early 1977 forced Shelley to assume vocal duties in addition to lead guitar. Diggle switched to rhythm guitar and they acquired the bass services of the reliably chaotic Garth Smith. This lineup supported The Clash on their White Riot Tour.
#Buzzcocks#Garth Smith#John Maher#Steve Diggle#Twickenham#WINNING POST#Wire#pete Shelley#Howard Devoto
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16th July 1966
Taggs Island, Hampton Court
Inspired by the Eel Pie music scene, the Casino Hotel on Taggs Island started holding discos and concerts in the summer of 1966.
Saturday nights promised mime contests, top groups and a free raffle! Dress restrictions were quite specific - No leather jackets for the gents. No jeans for the ladies. All short lived...
In 1970 the Casino Hotel was the location of the key scene in 'Clockwork Orange' where Alex and his droogs ambushed and routed Billy Boy’s gang.
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29th June 1977
Generation X, The Winning Post, Twickenham
'Idol's studied rag doll pose may look great in pictures, but where's the charisma to back it up?
Gen X should stick with what they do best. Immediate and disposable three minute singles with lyrics that mean nothing but sound great. lotsa punchy powerchords, neat toons, and a Ballroom Blitz beat."
Paul Rambali, NME
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18th June 2005
U2, Twickenham Stadium, £70.00
You weren't allowed to bring cameras or recording equipment to the first London date of U2's Vertigo tour, played live in front of tens of thousands on a warm summer's night.
The stage set was less flashy than on previous U2 outings: the quartet were backed by huge screens but otherwise there wasn't much gimmickry.
They kicked off and ended with 'Vertigo'. In between, Bono described himself as "a married man flirting with the entire city of London"...
Support: Doves and Athlete
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