The Sixties & Seventies
In the beginning………. In October 1963 the University of East Anglia was established and opened to 150 students all based in the Village. Their social life was focused around a film on Sunday night and a dance on Saturdays, which many Norwich folk attended, the events took place in the Assembly Hall in The Village with a late bar closing at 10.30pm 22 Feb 66
Don Rendell Jazz Quintet
18 June 66 Jazz & Blues festival: Earlham Park 7/6, 5/feat. Acker Bilk & the Paramount Jazz Band, Geno Washington & Ram Jam Band, The Kinks, Broad City Blues Blowers, Terry Lightfoot, Anna & Albert, The Collegians 20 June 66 25 June 66
Mid-Summer Ball: Ken Stevens Orchestra, the Tempos, the Dark Ages 10/Manfred Mann at Keswick Hall (teacher training college)
?? Nov 66
Dave Brubeck, was recorded live for BBC 2s, ‘Jazz goes to College’
66 -- 67
The Folk club was booming, performers booked that year included : Ewan Maccoll & Peggy Seeger, The Yetties, Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbick, The Kree, Doctor West's Show & Jug Band, The Spinners, While UEA talent came from the Woodburners a Fifers Lane based folk group 04 Feb 67 ?? Mar 67 28 Apr 67 06 May 67 15 Jun 67 16 Jun 67 16 Jun 67
Sounds Incorporated + Fuzz Ronnie Scott Quartet plus guest Freddie Hubbard John the Fish & Brenda Wootton 4/Rag BBQ: The Kinks (Dave Dee cancelled on the day)i Earlham park The Pretty Things 6/Jimmy Page (later formed Led Zeppelin) 4th Earlham Park Festival ft. Yardbirds Anysley Dunbar Retaliation, Tubby Hayes (jazz), Pete Brown
1967 There were lots of social events, as well as ballroom dancing, classical music society and the weekly Gramophone club meeting, the bigger events were organised by Jazz Club, Folk Club, RAG (Charity fund raising), or the Social Committee of the SU, all staging local and national performers on a regular basis. Student band Rhumhound in rehearsal. (Mel Bray)
1967 30 Sept 67 07 Oct 67 12 Oct 67 19 Oct 67 21 Oct 67 16 Nov 67 14 Dec 67
Wynder K. Frog John Watson and the Webb + Joyce Bond Show Tom Paxton + John the Fish & Brenda Wootton folk club Herbie Goins and the Night Timers Mike Cotton Sound with Lucas + The Factotums Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera Jimmy James and the Vagabonds + Lunar Two + Precious Few
1968 17 Jan 68 27 Jan 68 10 Feb 68 13 Feb 68 25 Feb 68 02 Mar 68 27 Mar 68
Simon Dupree’s Big Sound + Lamb Brothers + Caste + The Collegians The Coloured Raisins + Trayne of Thought Nashville Teens + Barrie’s Magazine Young Tradition folk club Savoy Brown’s Blues Skatalites + Sight and Sound Jeff Beck Group + The Pretty Things + Pyramids
A very active Folk Club hosted numerous performers including: Mike Chapman, Shirley Collins, The Yetties - twice, Alex Campbell, Mike Cooper, John the Fish & Brenda Wootton, Mick Herring, Johnny Silvo, Dave & Toni Arthur, Dominic Behan, Trevor Lucas, Martin Wyndham, Reed, Cliff & Pauline Godbold, John Renbourne, Ralph McTell, The Halliard (Nick Jones & Nigel Patterson), Bert Jansch Ravi Shankar 1967
Sounds Incorporated,
04 May 68 11 May 68 18 May 68 11 Jun 68 22 Jun 68 25 Jun 68
Assembly Hall
Ten Years After with Alvin Lee Earlham Park Festival The Move + The Rocking Preachers + The Bohemians Chris Farlowe & the Thunderbirds at Keswick Teacher College Pentangle + Martin McCarthy & Dave Swarbrick St Andrews Hall (rag) Pink Floyd + Fairport Convention + The Shell Summer Ball at Earlham Hall ft the Moody Blues, the Collegians jazzband, Tony Rivers & the Castaways, Ken Stevens, a steel band
1968 During autumn 1968 the University refurbish a derelict Barn next to the Village for another common room social space. 14 Sep 68 12 Oct 68 02 Nov 68 07 Dec 68 18 Dec 68
Jeff Beck Group (ft. Rod Stewart) Tyrannosaurus Rex (ft. Marc Bolan) Spooky Tooth Joe Cocker & the Grease Band Bakerloo
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1969 16 Jan 69 23 Jan 69 08 Feb 69 15 Feb 69 18 Feb 69 22 Feb 69 08 Mar 69 22 Mar 69 27 Mar 69
The Nice (later to be ELP) + the Idle Race Free Blossom Toes + Dr K’s Blues Band Bonzo Dog Doo-Da Band + Roy Harper Roland Kirk Quartet The Pyramids + A Taste of Honey Fairport Convention Roy Harper + Ron Geesin John Hiseman’s Colosseum + Honeybus
10 May 69
12/6d
07 June 69 20 June 69
Earlham Park Festival (65p in todays money) ft Hollies, Spooky Tooth, Marmalade, Soft Machine, Gun Family + Blue Ulysses rag Third Ear Band + Bridget St John
02 Oct69 03 Oct 69 03 Oct 69 22 Oct 69 ?? Oct 69
Steamhammer + Third Ear Band + Van Der Graaf Generator Simon Dupree Jazz Hawkwind + Siege + Totem Joyce Bond Review + Barclay James Harvest + Loss Al Stewart
10/10/-
jazz soc
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10/-
In 1969-1970 The Students Union formed a Beat & Blues Society the Folk Club enjoy Bert Jansch, Alex Cambell, Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl Jazz Club highlights inc. Dave Brubeck Quartet, MJQ Rob Cranthorne’s membership card of the new society
1970 16 Jan 70 27 Jan 70 30 Jan 70
Mott the Hoople John Martyn Quintessence
+ Colosseum
03 Feb 70 06 Feb 70 13 Feb 70 28 Feb 70
Roland Kirk Quartet Tony Dee & Memphis Index Faces Howling Wolf + Steve Millers Delivery
+ Tea & Symphony
10/B&B soc
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jazz soc G block Horsham
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B&B soc
19 May 70 Deep Purple + Mike Chapman St Andrews Hall 12/- 10/- 8/Cancelled mid show, Deep Purple didn’t make it as their van broke down on the way. 25 May 70 The Move 06 Jun 70 Rag Queen Dance: Colosseum + Clifton Lloyd Soul disco Lads Club 10/13 Jun 70 Earlham Park Rag BBQ: Screaming Lord Sutch + Pretty Things 8/19-21 Jun 70 Folk Festival: Michael Chapman, Famous Jug Band 25/-
23 Oct 70 Mike Raven + Duster Bennet BnB soc, The Barn 8/27 Oct 70 The Who In the Assembly Hall, rescheduled from 17th Oct, a student press preview advised… ‘it’s going to be busy so bring your own cushions.’ ?? Nov 70 14 Nov 70 19 Nov 70 05 Dec 70 07 Dec 70
East Of Eden The Yetties Al Stewart The Who Quintessence
+ T2 + Albert Monk + Audience
BnB Soc Folk Club St Andrews Hall Norwich Lads Club
8/-
1971 16 Jan 71 The Strawbs + Ginger Assembly Hall 10/During the set most of the band left the stage and went off to the bar leaving just the solo keyboard player on stage ….’Rick Wakeman’, had the audience entranced for the next 25 minutes, until the others returned. 23 Jan 71 30 Jan 71 05 Feb 71 14 Feb 71 20 Feb 71
Caravan Jody Grind Soft Machine Quiver Atomic Rooster
+ Comus + Writing On The Wall + Siege
Assembly Hall Melody Rooms Horsham halls
+ Brewers Droop
8/8/15/50p
06 Mar 71 Barclay James Harvest + Argent 50p 18 Mar 71 An Allnighter 7pm -3am assembly hall & the Barn 80p A special late alcohol licence was granted until 12 midnight. Bands included : Quiver, Egg, Bronco, Lindisfarne, Stoned Rose, Orpheus 04 Apr 71 30 Apr 71
Bronco Michael Chapman
07 May 71 15 May 71 22 May 71 29 May 71
Stone the Crows YES Roy Harper Mungo Jerry
+ Genesis + Groundhogs + Dada + Phillip + Comus + Nigel
Lads Club folk club
50p 75p 50p
05 Jun 71 Pentangle Lads Club 75p ft. John Renbourn, Terry Cox, Bert Jansch, Jacquie McShee, Danny Thompson 19 Jun 71 Traffic (ft. Steve Winwood & Jim Capaldi) assembly hall 75p 24 Jun 71 Summer Ball (food and music all night) £3.50 or £6 for a couple ft. John Cleese, Michael Palin and Terry Jones as Monty Python’s Flying Circus, plus Chris Barber Jazz Band, Saint Cecilian, the Lew Day Set
The Village Bar 1970ish
1971 Events were held on the Village site in the Assembly Hall, the Lower Common Room or the Barn, some of the big events were held in City Centre venues, the Lads Club (King Street), the Melody Rooms (Oak Street), St Andrews Hall, the Jacquard Club (Magdalen St), G Block in the Student residences at Horsham (fifers lane) and various festivals were in Earlham Park. The main Campus was well underway, the broad was supplying the gravel for the concrete and the teaching wall was nearly finished, breezeblock by breezeblock, ziggurat by ziggurat the campus grew. 1970-1971
Other bands who played included: Graham Bond, Edgar Broughton Band, Magna Carta, Derek Brimstone (folk)
Most posters of that era were hand drawn, we were lucky to have a student Al Schmidt 01 Oct 71 02 Oct 71 17 Oct 71 30 Oct 71
the Dubliners assembly hall Kevin Ayres + Gong assembly hall Canned Heat + Fuzzy Duck + Terry Reid (s/o 1200) Lads Club Sandy Denny assembly hall
65p 50p ÂŁ1 50p
06 Nov 71 16 Nov 71 25 Nov 71
Amazing Blondel John Martyn & Strange Fruit Stoneground
50p 50p
04 Dec 71
Jack Bruce Band + Sutherland Brothers ÂŁ1 Jack Bruce was carried off half way through his set, incapacitated.
assembly hall folk club assembly hall
1972 23 Jan 72 Wishbone Ash + Crow 30 Jan 72 Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come + Graham Bond assembly hall 65p 05 Feb 72 Monty Python’s Flying Circus: John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones the early days of this comedy collective, incl. the dead parrot sketch 75p 18 Feb 72 Free + Junkyard Angel in a 2000 cap Marquee in Earlham Park £1 23 Feb 72 Strawbs rag event St Andrews Hall 70p/60p/50p 22 Apr 72 Mott the Hoople Huge Student Union upheaval: as the main SU accounts come in showing an annual loss of £4000, much of it down to the Social Events. This led to Social Sec and Committee being sacked and all SU organised entertainments move into austerity mode. 08 May 72 Ustad Imrat Khan world famous sitar player assembly hall 50p ?? May 72 Can + Comus + Cheech & Chong assembly hall 40p Cheech & Chong, counterculture stoner comedians from the Americas, did stand up 11 May 72 Sutherland Brothers + Sandy Denny 35p 24 Jun 72 Roxy Music 07 Oct 72 13 Oct 72
Freshers Ball ft Stackridge Peter Bardin’s Camel
01 Nov 72 04 Nov 72 04 Nov 72 14 Nov 72
Barclay James Harvest Yetties Average White Band ELO -Roy Wood & Jeff Lynne + Sparks
assembly hall
35p
assembly hall folk club barn
60p 45p 30p 60p
There were other venues popular with students in the City. The Melody Rooms had Status Quo on 18th Nov and Mungo Jerry on 3rd Nov and Hawkwind on 21st Nov in St Andrews Hall
The Alex Harvey Band in Village
Horsham Halls 600 first year students lived off campus on a former RAF base north of the city (near the airport) called Horsham on Fifers Lane. Students lived in 2 storey H Blocks,had cooked breakfast provided, before queueing for a really poor bus service to campus (Last bus home was before midnight). There were recreation facilities in B and G block which included a small bar, a cellar and basic function rooms. In the late 70s one of the H blocks was converted to a social area with a coffee bar and a badminton hall which doubled as a disco hall, gig venue and cinema ( In this giglist such events are referenced as K Block) To share memories with old Fifers friends https://www.facebook.com/groups/2649755609
1972 19 Nov 72 Focus + Frupp (2-5pm) assembly hall 60p This afternoon show was rescheduled from 20 Oct when their van had broken down, they fitted us in as they drove to catch the night ferry from Harwich returning home to Holland. 19 Nov 72 21 Nov 72 25 Nov 72 28 Nov 72
Stomu Yamashta (7-10pm) assembly hall 50p Albion Country Band ft. Richard Thompson, Simon Nicod, Martin Carthy Average White Band with disco assembly hall 35p Decameron barn folkclub -
On the central campus, the Catering Block, the Street and University House all suffered delays in their construction. The Pub and a burger bar in the lower floor of UH opened first, the Pub pulled its first pint at noon on Monday 4th Dec 72. 08 Dec 72 12 Dec 72
Scarpa Flow Horsham 15p Stackridge + Pigsty light orchestra + a pantomime assembly hall 60p
1973 19 Jan 73 28 Jan 73 02 Feb 73 10 Feb 73 22 Feb 73
Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come + Ange assembly hall 50p Barclay James Harvest (cancelled boycott? Illness? more money?) 60p Global Village Truck Company barn 25p Gypsy + Help Yourself + Bees Make Honey assembly hall 50p Rainmaker 30p
02 Mar 73 09 Mar 73 13 Mar 73 13 Mar 73
Man + Fat Grapple Can german space rock John Martyn Third Ear Band + Clair Hamil
assembly hall LT1
50p 40p
14th March 1973, the building of University House finished and the Main Hall came into use. However due to no equipment being installed, the bar was only 3m long, there weren’t enough toilets, University staffing costs were huge and there were lots of restrictions on the licence, so events continued across other rooms and halls mostly in the village or Horsham where the refurbishment of K Block offered a new sport/function hall. 21 Mar 73 Spirit + Average White Band + Cat Iron melody rooms 50p 28 Mar 73 Pretty Things assembly hall 50p 30 Mar 73 Richard Thompson + Linda Peters folk club The first gigs in the ‘New Hall’ later billed as the ‘Main Hall’…… then became the Large Common Room, the LCR. 05 May 73 06 May 73 08 May 73 18 May 73 21 May 73 29 May 73 05 Jun 73 24 Jun 73 27 Jun 73
Jonathon Kelly Irish Folk Singer + Joan Armatrading LCR Darryl Way’s Wolf LCR John the Fish + Brenda Wootton G block Horsham Golden Earring + Third World War Beast ft. Felix Pappalardi, Cozy Powell, Dave Ball lunchtime gig Noel Murphy G block Horsham Ewan MacColl + Peggy Seger folk club Fairport Convention + Gasworks rag event Theatre Royal from Fanny + Moonstone LCR
85p 40p +vat 33p +vat 44p 33p 33p 75p 75p
1973-1974 Other acts who played this year included: Dave Mason, Dubliners, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, PFM & Isotope, Liverpool Scene
1973 06 Oct 73
East of Eden
+ Bees Make Honey + Horslips
LCR & foyer
the first ‘Fresh In weekend’ for new undergraduate arrivals was staged in University House LCR Bar ‘73
16 Oct 73 19 Oct 73 20 Oct 73 23 Oct 73 29 Oct 73 02 Nov 73 06 Nov 73 10 Nov 73 10 Nov 73 24 Nov 73 29 Nov 73 07 Dec 73
Tony Capstick folk club 33p Sensational Alex Harvey Band + heavy metal kids LCR 70p LCR Disco 11pm-1am 10p Ralph McTell + Paul Brett folk club 75p Grimms ft. Mike McGear, Roger McGough, Neil Innes, John Gorman, Andy Roberts, B Patten, Zoot Money & Band 75p John Martyn + Danny Thompson + le Orme 60p English Tapestry G block Horsham folk club 33p Alain Stivell folk club 50p Caravan Greenslade Country Joe MacDonald & the Fish (of Woodstock Festival fame) Golden Earring -
1974 19 Jan 74 26 Jan 74
An Extravaganza ft the Troggs + the Alfonso Amichee + fire eater + clowns Sutherland Brothers & Quiver + Stickyfingers -
02 Feb 74 09 Feb 74 16 Feb 74 09 Mar 74 16 Mar 74
The Horslips Spencer Davis Group Can Gentle Giant Procol Harum
11 May 74 15 May 74 21 May 74 31 May 74
Roy Harper Premiata Forneria Marconi + Gary Boyle Baby Lemonade and Love with Arthur Lee + Casablanca Captain Beefheart + Henry Cow
£1.20 65p 75p £1.50
14 Jun 74 19 Jun 74
Green Slade + Jaki Whitren George Melly & John Chilton’s Feetwarmers
60p -
?? 26 Oct 74 08 Nov 74 04 Dec 74
Freshers week Thin Lizzy ?? 10CC Steeleye Span Fairport Convention
75p -
+ Robin Trower + Rab Noakes + Starry Eyed and Laughing + Flying Hat Band + Ruby
70p £1.25
1975 1974-1975
Other bands who played but details unconfirmed included: Bert Jansch, Kevin Ayers, JSD Band, Kokomo, Long John Baldry, John Entwhistle’s Ox, Barry Melton, John Mostyn, Chilli Willi, Alvin Lee, Trace
31 Jan 75 07 Feb 75 14 Feb 75 18 Feb 75 21 Feb 75 26 Feb 75 15 Mar 75 24 May 75
Country Joe MacDonald and the Fish John Martyn Dr Feelgood + Kokomo John Renbourne + Jacqui McShee Chick Corea Caravan + Renaissance Curved Air Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
07 Jun 75 10 Jun 75 11 Jun 75 13 Jun 75 19 Jun 75 21 Jun 75
Sutherland Brothers & Quiver + Paradise Mike Harding folk club BeBop Deluxe Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias + Neutrons rag event Magic Lantern + Trotto + Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra Tom Caxton + disco 9pm-1am
St Andrews Hall
70p 40p 60p 50p 20p
The LCR had a new system of moveable stage blocks and extra plug sockets installed as the latest acts were now bringing more coloured, flashing lights with them. The LCR bar was fitted out for functions and the student staff were paid 56p an hour. A UK student got an annual grant of £605 to pay for term time living expenses, while a room in Norfolk Terrace cost about £4.14 a week to rent. ?? Oct 75 08 Oct 75 11 Oct 75 14 Oct 75 18 Oct 75 22 Oct 75 29 Oct 75
Argent Soft Machine Van Der Graaf Generator Decameron + Steve Ashley + Fungus Streetwalkers (ex Family) + Squeasy Fairport Convention Ace ft Paul Carrack + Hobo
18 Nov 75 21 Nov 75 25 Nov 75 28 Nov 75 05 Dec 75
Jake Thackeray Richard & Linda Thompson + Spud Richard Digance + Silly Wizard Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias + Zorch Gentle Giant
folk club
folk club folk club
80p 70p 75p 50p 80p 65p 70p £1
1976 04 Jan 76 21 Jan 76 27 Jan 76 30 Jan 76
Cajun Moon Kursaal Flyers Electric Hedgehog Pie Be-Bop-Deluxe
06 Feb 76 14 Feb 76 17 Feb 76 21 Feb 76 24 Feb 76 25 Feb 76 28 Feb 76
Ronnie Laine A Band Called O Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra Renaissance Five Hand Reel Boxer Alan Price
postponed for 5 days due to illness + John St Field + Joanna Carlin folk club + Bob Pegg ceilidh
06 Mar 76 05 May 76 15 May 76 20 May 76
Colosseum 2 Gentle Giant Caravan Sounds & Marlboro Disco
ft Gary Moore, Don Airey, Jon Hiseman + Solution 90p £1 ft. Strapps live 40p
05 Jun 76 12 Jun 76 11-13 Jun 76 18 Jun 76 26 Jun 76
Curved Air + Druid John Martyn + Deaf School UEA Folk Festival Weekend Kevin Ayers + Fastbuck George Melly & John Chilton Feetwarmers
02 Oct 76 03 Oct 76 08 Oct 76 14 Oct 76 19 Oct 76 30 Oct 76
Alan Price + Lamplight Five Hand Reel Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias + 30 Years On Sutherland Brothers & Quiver + Moon Richard Digance Kursaal Flyers + Burlesque
10 Nov 76 13 Nov 76 17 Nov 76 24 Nov 76 27 Nov 76
Roger McGough The Damned Man Split Enz City Boy
03 Dec 76
Sex Pistols + The Damned + The Heartbreakers + The Clash
+ Eddie and the Hot Rods folk club + Doctors of Madness
+ Krazy Kats
+ Brian Patten + disco + Alcatraz
70p 80p 65p 80p 80p 60p 50p 70p 65p 60p £1
£1 80p £2.10 80p £1
Freshers ceilidh folk club poetry Keswick Hall SU K-Block
£1.25 80p 80p £1 65p 80p 70p 70p £1.30 £1 75p £1.25
CANCELLED by University following the infamous Bill Grundy interview with the Sex Pistols swearing on national TV the day before, the national press and academia went wild. The cancellation costs nearly bankrupted the Students Union.
1977 20 Jan 77 22 Jan 77 29 Jan 77
Jim Capaldi Stan Tracey Kevin Coyne
04 Feb 77 16 Feb 77 25 Feb 77
Racing Cars Roy Harper The Damned
04 Mar 77 10 Mar 77 11 Mar 77 18 Mar 77
Frankie Miller + Seahorse Manzello Band + Disco Jack Bruce & Simon Philips (Ex Cream) Jon Owen Band + Disco
06 May 77 ?? May 77 13 May 77 20 May 77 26 May 77
Kangaroo Alley + Disco Alex Atterson + Hamburger Kevin Ayers + Paul Brett Ronnie Lane’s Slim Chance + Sparrow The Stranglers
Jazz Club + Hank Wangford Country Roadshow Band + Rumble Strips + Albion Dance Band + Slaughter and the Dogs
70p 75p £1.30 £1.30 75p
80p Jazz In Barn 30p £1.20 K Block 40p Folk Club St Andrews Hall
35p 35p £1 £1 £1.25
04 Jun 77 Bert Jansch + Danny Thompson 80p 07 Jun 77 Martin Carthy Folk club 65p 10-12 Jun 77 Nor-Folk Festival Hugh Rippon, Jim Youngs, Flowers & Frolics £1.30 16 Jun 77 John Stevens Away + Overdraft Jazz Soc 18 Jun 77 John Peel Disco 50p 25 Jun 77 Free Summer Festival in the Square 11-9pm Ruby Joe, Cousin David, Meals, Kangaroo Alley, Rhythm Method, Rumblestrips, Jack Plug & the Inputs, Veins of Flame, Widows Pique, Charlie Scudamore In September 1977 the Union employed its first full time Entertainments Officer, Ian Richmond, who relied on a team of student volunteers to stage events
1977 29 Sept 77 30 Sept 77
Theatre production in LCR Undergraduation LCR Disco
Disco in K Block Ceildh in K Block
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01 Oct 77 02 Oct 77 14 Oct 77 18 Oct 77
Edgar Broughton band + the Motors Heron + Alex Atterson folk club Phil Manzanera (ex. Roxy Music) £1.10 Live Stiff Tour: Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Wreckless Eric & the New Rockets, Nick Lowe’s Last Chicken in the Shop, Larry Wallis & Psychedelic Rowdies £1.25
04 Nov 77 08 Nov 77 12 Nov 77 19 Nov 77 25 Nov 77 27 Nov 77 30 Nov 77
Steve Gibbons Band Alan Hull’s Radiator Tyla Gang Colosseum II ft. Gary Moore & Jon Hiseman Wilko Johnson George Melly & John Chiltons Feetwarmers Five Hand Reel folk club event
£1.20 free £1.10 £1 -
03 Dec 77
Roogalator
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In Dec 77 an Entertainments report was made to Students council stating that Ents had made a surplus of £300 this term, that Folk club was in decline, but the Jazz club remained very popular. They also debated whether to allow any bookings for the new trend of ‘punk bands’, Their conclusion… ‘There would be a need for extra stewards to stop the audience encroaching on the stage’. Squeeze , 1978 Jools Holland on Piano
Squeeze 1978 (Jools Holland on piano)
1978 20 Jan 04 Feb 09 Feb 15 Feb
Jim Capaldi Racing Cars Steel Pulse June Tabor
08 Mar 09 Mar 21 Apr
Generation X feat. Billy Idol (cancelled for Top of the Pops) Gang of Four at K Block Wreckless Eric + The Tourists (Annie Lennox)
Folk Club
£1 £1.30 90p 80p £1.10 80p £1
1978 04 May 06 May 25 May 26 May 30 May 31 May
Squeeze including Jools Holland Graham Parker and The Rumour Racing Cars + High Heels The Only Ones Fred Wedlock Here and Now
at K Block at K Block
£2.20 £1.20 75p £1 free
13 Jun Ian Dury and the Blockheads £4 Ian Dury & the Blockheads was the first time a band came with an articulated lorry full of equipment and required three-phase power (not just 13 Amp sockets). This involved disconnecting the pottery kiln upstairs in Union House and cabling through the floor. 19 Jun
The Members
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16 Sept
Anti-Nazi League & Rock Against Racism Concert ft. Misty, Patrik Fitzgerald, 90 Degrees Inclusive & Menace
£1.50
04 Oct 07 Oct 20 Oct 01 Nov 08 Nov 10 Nov 17 Nov 18 Nov 22 Nov 29 Nov
Wilko Johnson Solid Senders + Fischer Z Rockpile: Dave Edmunds & Nick Lowe, Terry Williams, Bill Bremner The Pirates Hi Tension Frankie Miller Billy Cobham Chas and Dave at K Block Here and Now the Barn Black Slate Barbara Thompson Jazz Club
£1.20 £2.10 £1.10 £1.50 -
02 Dec 06 Dec
Pere Ubu Fairport Convention
£1.10 £1.60
+ Human League
1979 Industrial disputes by University Porters who unlocked and provided security for the building led to the cancellation of gigs by Magazine, XTC and Richard Thompson in Jan. 09 Feb 22 Feb
Punishment of Luxury John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett
22 Apr 27 Apr
Slade Soft Boys
01 May 04 May 05 May 09 May 12 May 19 May 23 May 25 May 30 May 31 May
Blondie cancelled UEA for Top of the Pops tv appearance The Thought Police + Capitalist Music at K Block Rachel Sweet + Lew Lewis Immigrant (anti apartheid benefit) Michael Chapman + the Opposition Ceilidh ft John Spires & Ketts Oak Band Secret Affair + Purple Hearts Racing Cars + High Heels at K Block Fred Wedlock Eric Bristow (Darts exhibition)
+ Capitalist Music
Nick Rayns is employed as a full time Entertainments Officer in June
at K Block
at K Block
80p £1 50p 60p £1.20 £1 £1 £1 £1 £1.20 £1 -
1979 06 Jun Fischer Z + the Clynics at K Block 80p 8/9/10 Jun The ‘Free Festival’ Weekend Friday : Pinpoint + High Heels in K Block Saturday in the Square: the Pirates + Capitalist Music. LCR: Ronnie Scott Quartet Sunday in the LCR: the Smirks + China Street One of Nick’s earliest regrets was he turned down the offer of ‘the Police’ to play in the square and instead confirmed the rhythm and blues combo ‘the Pirates’… faux pas 15 Jun 20 Jun 22/24 Jun 23 Jun 28 Jun
Those Four (Beatles Tribute) Gordon Giltrap Folk Festival John Peel Roadshow Son Seals Blues Band from Chicago
80p £1.90
03 Oct 04 Oct 04 Oct 05 Oct 06 Oct 07 Oct 11 Oct 13 Oct 19 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct
Climax Blues Band + Metro Fred Wedlock + Mrs Ackroyd Secret Affair + Squire at K Block Ents Disco in LCR 50p a Ceildh in K Block Slade + Def Leppard American Blues Legends Big Bear Records tour Lew Lewis at K Block Peter Casson Hypnotist Lene Lovich + Jane Aire + The Meteors The Quads at K Block The Specials, Madness & The Selecter (Two Tone Tour)
£1.25 £1.60
03 Nov 06 Nov 07 Nov 11 Nov 15 Nov 17 Nov 20 Nov 21 Nov 27 Nov 30 Nov
The Skids The Jags + Deaf Aids at K Block John Martyn The Tourists (Annie Lennox) The Yachts at K Block Ronnie Scott John Miles Samson + Nicky Moore Band at K Block John Cooper Clarke poet + the Out + the Freshies at K Block The Cure + the Associates + The Passions (Fiction Records Tour)
£1.50 £1.60 50p £1.25 £1.50 £1.80 £1 £1.50 £1.30
02 Dec 05 Dec 07 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec
John Peel Disco Roadshow Simple Minds + the Portraits Dr Feelgood The Piranhas Rockpile feat. Dave Edmunds & Nick Lowe + UB40
£1 £1.25 £2.25 free £3?
at K Block at K Block
£2.50? £2.50? £1.20 85p £1.75 £1.25 £1.75