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Post by aussie on Oct 9, 2010 9:28:34 GMT
I saw Motorhead in Melbourne at a place called " The Venue" in St.Kilda on the upper esplanade, loudest noise I have ever heard! My friend Frank and me were walking back to the car afterwards and had to cup each others ears and yell flat out just to hear each other talk! Lemmy was funny and the gigg was awesome would deffo do it again but this time with ear plugs! I've seen a few bands at the Espy in St Kilda - could that have once been The Venue? Was it a big square place with the control desk in the centre of the venue and a raised area at the back and a really high ceiling? |
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Post by Rags on Oct 9, 2010 12:05:05 GMT
Top 10 albums.
Blimey, this isn't easy, is it!
So far dropped from my Top 10 this morning are Blue Lines, Forever Changes, Four Symbols, Funeral, Get Happy, Let It Bleed, Lexicon of Love, Mezzanine, Parallel Lines, Quiet Life, The Crane Wife, What's Going On and Wish You Were Here.
Left on the list are:
The Affectionate Punch - ASSOCIATES
Workers Playtime - BILLY BRAGG
London Calling - THE CLASH
Real Life -MAGAZINE
King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown - AUGUSTUS PABLO
Screamadelica - PRIMAL SCREAM
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - PUBLIC ENEMY
In Rainbows - RADIOHEAD
For Your Pleasure - ROXY MUSIC
Infected - THE THE
Some of which might not be on this list if I try again next weekend.
Hold on, just thought of another...
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Post by Jon on Oct 10, 2010 19:04:11 GMT
Fleetwood Mac 1970 at Plymouth Guildhall followed quickly by Free and at Plymouth ABC Deep Purple and Emerson Lake & Palmer. Those concerts really got me interested in music as something other than 'background' and every Friday or Saturday night there would be two or three car loads heading down the old A38 from Newton Abbot to the Van Dyke Club in Devonport. Prior to that period most of my spare time had been spent either training or playing football so it was a revelation to discover there were other things to do with my leisure time! The Van Dyke had a tremendous atmosphere. I am fairly certain the entry fee was ten shillings (50 New Pence) and you then went down the stairs to a dark dingy cellar with a bar just inside the door to the left and a small stage at the far end. Many top bands played there in their formative stages (including Derek and the Dominoes (Eric Clapton) and Led Zeppelin although that was before I had started going). Memorable gigs for me there were Wishbone Ash, Rory Gallagher, Groundhogs, Mott the Hoople, Edgar Broughton Band, Stray, Fairport Convention, Lindisfarne, and the offshoots of Free after they split for a while Sharks (Andy Fraser) and Kossoff Kirke Tetsu and Rabbit (Paul Kossoff and Simon Kirke). The club was owned by a Dutch guy called Van Dyke (I can't remember his first name) and he also used to organise the concerts at Plymouth Guildhall and ABC theatre where apart from the ones already mentioned particularly memorable ones were Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, and Bad Company. Mr Van Dyke had a very similar counterpart in Torquay in the form of Lionel Digby of the Old Cop Shop, Market Street, who organised concerts at the Town Hall and Pavilions. Many of the groups already mentioned I also saw in Torquay, and on occasions saw the same group on successive evenings in Torquay and then Plymouth. Some not already mentioned include Canned Heat, Strawbs, David Bowie, and Roxy Music. Then there were the festivals. Reading 1971, The Oval Cricket Ground (1971 and 1972), and The Valley Football Ground (Charlton) 1974. The one-dayers at the Oval and the Valley were charity concerts a la Band Aid and included The Who, ELP, Rod Stewart and the faces, America, Genesis, Wishbone Ash, Ralph McTell, Lindisfarne (always necessary at a festival to warm the crowd up!), and Steeleye Span. Your generation were lucky lucky bar stewards, Stefano! You had England winning the World Cup, O'Farrell and Stubbs at Plainmoor, all those bands at the Vandike and you could buy a three bed semi for seventeen shillings and sixpence. There are some Vandike posters here: www.cyberheritage.com/vandikeclub/vandike.htmlAn incredible stream of fantastic bands - the period c1969-73 must have been the one with the largest number of class bands and it seems like nearly all of them came to Plymouth. For those who enjoy the music of that era, there are some amazing pages logging the events, releases and tours of the period 1966-75 here: www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/yearbyyear.htmwww.marmalade-skies.co.uk/RTT2.htmI am sure that Mr_W, Chelston and Ricardo will fine something of interest there! |
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Post by stefano on Oct 10, 2010 19:46:15 GMT
Your generation were lucky lucky bar stewards, Stefano! You had England winning the World Cup, O'Farrell and Stubbs at Plainmoor, all those bands at the Vandike and you could buy a three bed semi for seventeen shillings and sixpence. There are some Vandike posters here: www.cyberheritage.com/vandikeclub/vandike.htmlAn incredible stream of fantastic bands - the period c1969-73 must have been the one with the largest number of class bands and it seems like nearly all of them came to Plymouth. Thanks for that Jon. Very nostalgic and your link helped me remember several other bands that I saw at the Van Dike. Interesting reading for me today on the forum with this and Merse again demonstrating his incredible memory for names on the Newton '66 thread. I know somewhere in the house I have a team picture of Newtor United which includes not only me and merse but also Cameron Hill who merse mentioned today. If I come across it I'll post it up on the Newton Spurs in the 1960's thread as of particular interest is that the picture was taken in front of the old stand at Newton Recreation Ground and shows the whole length of the stand. The picture is very old so may need some of Dave's restoration work! ;D |
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Post by ohtobeatplainmoor on Oct 10, 2010 19:47:44 GMT
Just popped-in to read this thread for the first time in ages and the name VanDike popped-out at me.
I met one of the the family (Greg) a few times through a mate who lived opposite a club that Greg or his family owned/ran in Plymouth called Fandango's - I had a few really good nights there - definately not what I would have expected from Plymouth (especially as a former Plymouth Warehouse / Club Oz and the Dance Academy go-er).
Peter VanDike was apparently married to someone who was a singer in a group "The Stargazers", apparently a popular hit combo of the 50's. They certainly seemed to know a lot of people in the business and all of the children of the VandDike family were talented and creative individuals.
Greg himself was a well known and savvy record and memorobilia dealer and I believe a prolific recording artist in his own right. He used to DJ and always remember his deadpan expression as he handed things like tamborines and marracas around to the punters. The place seemed to have struck a balance between cool and relaxed and it was very saddening to hear about Greg's untimely and very sudden death in his mid-fifties about 3 years ago. I recall the club shut-down and I don't know if it has ever been open since.
The VanDike club must have been an exciting place (sadly at least 10/15 years before I was even born!) - huge names of the time and bands of those size would probably be playing in arenas and stadiums if they were around today....
I notice Stefano that you also attended The Who at The Valley - wasn't that at one point (and maybe still is?) in the Guinness Book of Records for being the loudest gig?
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Post by stefano on Oct 10, 2010 19:56:09 GMT
I notice Stefano that you also attended The Who at The Valley - wasn't that at one point (and maybe still is?) in the Guinness Book of Records for being the loudest gig? I hadn't realised that but like all such concerts it was loud and the police apparently threatened the organisers with arrest if they didn't make The Who finish their set as they were getting complaints from local residents. No pleasing some people. Getting some of the best music of the time in their houses all day for free and they still complain!! ;D |
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Post by merse on Oct 10, 2010 19:57:20 GMT
I know somewhere in the house I have a team picture of Newtor United which includes not only me and merse but also Cameron Hill who merse mentioned today.  I'm taking a deep breath and dreading that to be honest..................could you get Dave to "doctor" it first?  |
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Post by merse on Oct 10, 2010 20:12:15 GMT
.....................the police apparently threatened the organisers with arrest if they didn't make The Who finish their set as they were getting complaints from local residents. I always thought Sting was a jealous bastard! ;D Talking of "The Police" ~ today they finally made a re-appearance around here following the firearms incident four weeks ago; since when we haven't seen hide nor hare of them.................. Anthony kicked his mate Harry's football into the garden of an old bat this evening and she called the law, as the old folk have been "encouraged" to do by The Met rather "than confront the local youth", whatever that is supposed to mean  So we get "nee naw, nee naw" and that familiar heavy banging on the front door and a lecture that we are in breach of our tenancy agreement from some eighteen carat twonk in a yellow HiVi and a helmet two sizes too large for him. The guy was so short I thought he must be a " Metrognome" or a transvestite called "Ha'penny" (Half a Copper) I was going to blow a paper bag up and give it a good "bang!" for a laugh and see if he called the Armed Response Unit, but my neighbour talked me out of it. I apologised profusely to the young copper and explained to him that my missus' English wasn't very good and she thought a "tenant" was a can of extra strong beer, but for some reason he thought I was taking the piss. Good to see them back and we feel safer now!  |
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Post by Dave on Oct 10, 2010 20:18:55 GMT
That was so bloody funny merse I don't think I'm going to stop laughing until bedtime  and you didn't believe I had a sense of hunour did you, as I said before it was only the way you were telling them. glad to see you have been working hard on your delivery. |
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Post by loyalgull on Oct 10, 2010 20:38:30 GMT
been watching a bit of vintage tv on channel 369 sky,recent archive concerts were uriah heap and wishbone ash,two great groups popular in the seventies
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Post by Dave on Oct 10, 2010 20:42:24 GMT
been watching a bit of vintage tv on channel 369 sky,recent archive concerts were uriah heap and wishbone ash,two great groups popular in the seventies With some of the theatre vouchers so kindly given to me my by you kind members Carol and I hope to see the Hollies later this week at the Princess Theatre. |
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Post by loyalgull on Oct 10, 2010 20:47:39 GMT
are you taking a long tall woman in a black dress dave?
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Post by Dave on Oct 10, 2010 21:25:43 GMT
are you taking a long tall woman in a black dress dave? The last time I was ever seem going anywhere with a long tall woman I was wearing platform shoes and had her walking along in the gutter. So know just taking that short ass Carol  |
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Post by aussie on Oct 11, 2010 17:04:46 GMT
been watching a bit of vintage tv on channel 369 sky,recent archive concerts were uriah heap and wishbone ash,two great groups popular in the seventies Wishbone Ash a tossers, I knew them, went to several gigs with them last decade and they are a bunch of over-rated toss pot coke heads, no time for for those losers at all! Not bad on stage but shockingly poor back stage, embarrassing really, I left the afters early twice! |
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Post by stefano on Oct 11, 2010 18:27:46 GMT
been watching a bit of vintage tv on channel 369 sky,recent archive concerts were uriah heap and wishbone ash,two great groups popular in the seventies Wishbone Ash are tossers, I knew them, went to several gigs with them last decade and they are a bunch of over-rated toss pot coke heads, no time for for those losers at all! Not bad on stage but shockingly poor back stage, embarrassing really, I left the afters early twice! Wishbone Ash were my favourite band of the seventies. Andy Powell with that V-shaped lead guitar, Ted Turner also lead guitar contributing to their distinctive sound, Martin Turner on bass, and Steve Upton on drums. Two of them were Torbay boys but I can't remember which two. After a brilliant first album and that classic track Phoenix their third album Argus stands up there amongst the great albums of all time like Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, Led Zeppelin's 4th album, The Yes Album, Supertramp's Breakfast in America, and Tull's Aqualung. I saw them loads of times live and a particular memory for me was seeing them as the supporting band for Emerson Lake & Palmer at a one day festival at the Oval cricket ground when they completely blew ELP off rhe stage. I noticed they were still doing live acts at quite inferior venues to the ones they were used to (they were particularly big in the USA) and I assume it is not the same line up. Hope you have no similar reports about my favourite football team Aussie! |
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