18 février. Concert au Reventlowparken, sur l’île de Lolland (Danemark), avec Ten Years After, Stoke Sect et Fourways.
Mars
13mars. Concert bénévole au Middle Earth de Londres (Angleterre) avec Action, Fairport Convention, Blossom Toes et Track.
Source : publicité dans Melody Maker du 16 mars 1968.
17 mars. Passage dans l’émission de télévision française Le petit dimanche illustré, diffusée sur la deuxième chaîne de l’ORTF. Les Pretty Things miment Talkin’ About the Good Times.
Source : Channelling the Beat!, p. 527.
24 mars. Concert au New Regis Club de Bognor Regis, dans le Sussex (Angleterre), avec The Machine.
26 mai. Concert au Middle Earth de Londres (Angleterre) au bénéfice du magazine OZ.
Juin
21 juin. Participation au festival The First Holiness Kitschgarden for the Liberation of Love & Peace in Colours au Houtrusthallen de La Hague (Pays-Bas).
22 juin. Concert au Middle Earth de Londres (Angleterre) avec July et Junior Eyes.
Source : publicité dans Melody Maker du 22 juin 1968.
22 juin. Le New Musical Express annonce la signature du nouveau groupe de Viv Prince, VAMP, avec la compagnie Screen Gems.
Source : petesears.com ; entrefilet dans New Musical Express du 22 juin 1968.
Juillet
6 juillet. Concert au St Thomas Hall de Brentwood, dans l’Essex (Angleterre), avec Pinkerton’s Colours.
(période à définir) Les Pretty Things sont à Southport, dans le Merseyside, pour le tournage du film What’s Good for the Goose.
1er août. Concert au Recreation Ground de Tetbury, dans le Gloucestershire (Angleterre), dans le cadre de la Tetbury Show Carnival Week, avec Johnny Carr & The Cadillacs.
23 août. Participation au festival Jazz Bilzen à Bilzen (Belgique) avec The Action, Tyrannosaurus Rex, The Move et Simon Dupree Big Sound, pour ne citer que les groupes britanniques ayant joué ce jour-là.
24 août. Concert (annulé) au Middle Earth de Londres (Angleterre) avec Traffic, Incredible String Band, Fairport Convention, Bonzo Dog Band, Family, Free, les Deviants et Blossom Toes.
Sources : publicité dans IT du 9 août 1968 ; Facebook.
31 août. Participation au premier festival de l’île de Wight (Angleterre) avec Jefferson Airplane, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Move, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Plastic Penny, Fairport Convention, Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, Orange Bicycle, Blonde on Blonde et The Mirage.
Septembre
7 septembre. Concert au Sporthotel Spiero de Nieuwkoop (Pays-Bas).
Source : publicité dans Leidsch Dagblad du 7 septembre 1968.
8 septembre. Concert au Canada Club d’Alkmaar (Pays-Bas).
Source : compte-rendu dans Ugly Things #6.
11 septembre. Concert à l’Ancien Stand de La Chaux-de-Fonds (Suisse) avec The Warren Davis M. B. et The Shakin’s.
19 octobre. Passage dans l’émission de télévision française Samedi et compagnie, diffusée sur la deuxième chaîne de l’ORTF. Les Pretty Things miment (littéralement dans le cas de Twink, qui laisse la batterie à Jon Povey) Private Sorrow.
Source : Channelling the Beat!, p. 527.
21 octobre. Passage dans l’émission de radio britannique Top Gear, diffusée sur Radio 1. Les Pretty Things interprètent Balloon Burning.
17 novembre. Passage dans l’émission de radio britannique Top Gear, diffusée sur Radio 1. Les Pretty Things interprètent S. F. Sorrow Is Born et She Says Good Morning.
9 February 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with Winston G and Crystal Ship (Melody Maker)
17 February 1968 – Ewell Tech, Ewell, Surrey with Dantalion’s Chariot (Melody Maker)
13 March 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with The Action, Fairport Convention, Blossom Toes and The Track (Melody Maker)
24 March 1968 – New Regis Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex with The Machine (Brighton Evening Argus)
27 April 1968– Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with Coconut Mushroom (Melody Maker)
11 May 1968 – Grand Pavilion, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire (Derby Evening Telegraph)
22 June 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with July and Juniors Eyes (Melody Maker)
6 July 1968 – St Thomas Hall, Brentwood, Essex with Pinkerton’s Colours (Essex Chronicle)
28 July 1968 – The Cockpit, Hyde Park, central London (Rieks Korte’s research)
1 August 1968 – Tetbury Show Carnival Week, Marquee, Recreation Ground, Tetbury, Gloucestershire with Johnny Carr & The Cadillacs (Stroud News)
2 August 1968 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with Bruce Channel and Dr Marigold’s Prescription (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
3 August 1968 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon (Western Evening Mail)
3 August 1968 – Torbay Blues Festival (same venue as above?) (Torquay Times)
24 August 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and Terry Reid (Melody Maker)
18 September 1968 – Country Club, Belsize Park, north London (Rieks Korte’s research)
19 September 1968 – Cellar Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
8 October 1968 – Kew Boat House, Kew, London (Time Out)
18 October 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham Junction, London with T-Rex and Julian Hirsch (Coulson & Purley Advertiser/Poster)
8 November 1968 – Kew Boat House, Kew, London (Richmond & Twickenham Times)
15 November 1968 – Mothers, Erdington, West Midlands (Rieks Korte’s research)
15 November 1968 – Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, London with Downliners Sect (Melody Maker)
29 November 1968 – Mothers, Erdington, West Midlands (Rieks Korte’s research)
30 November 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with The End (Melody Maker)
5 December 1968 – Somerset College of Art, Arts Ball, Country Ballroom, Taunton, Someset with Savoy Brown and Copper-Pot Band (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
12 December 1968 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Waltham Forest Tech College and School of Art with The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Melody Maker)
15 December 1968 – City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with Pink Floyd, Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, Deviants and Gordon Smith (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
19 December 1968 – College of Technology, Maidstone, Kent (Rieks Korte’s research)
22 December 1968 – Country Club, Belsize Park, north London (Rieks Korte’s research)
27 December 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham Junction, south London (Rieks Korte’s research)
There’s something wrong with their Hyde Park concert, I think. According to the book that came with the Bouquets… box set, they played it on July 27, but you mention July 28, as The Archive does. I do not believe they played there twice over two days, so one of the dates must be wrong. Something to double-check there.
Hello, I just want to mention a little mistake in your data. November 1969 there is written: Twink left the band. This has to be late September or very first beginning of October 1969,because Skip already played with the band again on October 9th at the Grugahalle,Essen,Germany and on October 27th at the Amougies Festival, Amougies, Belgium. Thank you.
Best Regards,
Robert Gerretsen
It’s always difficult (or even impossible) to find the exact date when members of the band came and went. I’ll have to check why I put Twink’s departure in November, I don’t think I pulled that date out of thin air, but I just can’t remember where I found it. Thanks for your comment, I’ll delve deeper into this as soon as I can 🙂
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9 February 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with Winston G and Crystal Ship (Melody Maker)
17 February 1968 – Ewell Tech, Ewell, Surrey with Dantalion’s Chariot (Melody Maker)
13 March 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with The Action, Fairport Convention, Blossom Toes and The Track (Melody Maker)
24 March 1968 – New Regis Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex with The Machine (Brighton Evening Argus)
27 April 1968– Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with Coconut Mushroom (Melody Maker)
11 May 1968 – Grand Pavilion, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire (Derby Evening Telegraph)
22 June 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with July and Juniors Eyes (Melody Maker)
6 July 1968 – St Thomas Hall, Brentwood, Essex with Pinkerton’s Colours (Essex Chronicle)
28 July 1968 – The Cockpit, Hyde Park, central London (Rieks Korte’s research)
1 August 1968 – Tetbury Show Carnival Week, Marquee, Recreation Ground, Tetbury, Gloucestershire with Johnny Carr & The Cadillacs (Stroud News)
2 August 1968 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with Bruce Channel and Dr Marigold’s Prescription (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
3 August 1968 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon (Western Evening Mail)
3 August 1968 – Torbay Blues Festival (same venue as above?) (Torquay Times)
24 August 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and Terry Reid (Melody Maker)
18 September 1968 – Country Club, Belsize Park, north London (Rieks Korte’s research)
19 September 1968 – Cellar Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
8 October 1968 – Kew Boat House, Kew, London (Time Out)
18 October 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham Junction, London with T-Rex and Julian Hirsch (Coulson & Purley Advertiser/Poster)
8 November 1968 – Kew Boat House, Kew, London (Richmond & Twickenham Times)
15 November 1968 – Mothers, Erdington, West Midlands (Rieks Korte’s research)
15 November 1968 – Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, London with Downliners Sect (Melody Maker)
29 November 1968 – Mothers, Erdington, West Midlands (Rieks Korte’s research)
30 November 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with The End (Melody Maker)
5 December 1968 – Somerset College of Art, Arts Ball, Country Ballroom, Taunton, Someset with Savoy Brown and Copper-Pot Band (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
12 December 1968 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Waltham Forest Tech College and School of Art with The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Melody Maker)
15 December 1968 – City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with Pink Floyd, Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, Deviants and Gordon Smith (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
19 December 1968 – College of Technology, Maidstone, Kent (Rieks Korte’s research)
22 December 1968 – Country Club, Belsize Park, north London (Rieks Korte’s research)
27 December 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham Junction, south London (Rieks Korte’s research)
I’ve added the dates I missed, thank you!
There’s something wrong with their Hyde Park concert, I think. According to the book that came with the Bouquets… box set, they played it on July 27, but you mention July 28, as The Archive does. I do not believe they played there twice over two days, so one of the dates must be wrong. Something to double-check there.
I would say you are correct. I’ll amend that on Garage Hangover. I did add some more gigs for 1968 and 1969 after sending this list to you.
Hello, I just want to mention a little mistake in your data. November 1969 there is written: Twink left the band. This has to be late September or very first beginning of October 1969,because Skip already played with the band again on October 9th at the Grugahalle,Essen,Germany and on October 27th at the Amougies Festival, Amougies, Belgium. Thank you.
Best Regards,
Robert Gerretsen
Hello Robert,
It’s always difficult (or even impossible) to find the exact date when members of the band came and went. I’ll have to check why I put Twink’s departure in November, I don’t think I pulled that date out of thin air, but I just can’t remember where I found it. Thanks for your comment, I’ll delve deeper into this as soon as I can 🙂