Roburt Posted February 11, 2019 Posted February 11, 2019 There are loads of threads on here that have flyers / ads for 70's NS venues but not too many that deal with the London based clubs in the 60's ... 3
Roburt Posted February 11, 2019 Author Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) A short lived "in" club owned by the boxer, Billy Walker ... Edited February 11, 2019 by Roburt 1
Roburt Posted February 11, 2019 Author Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) Another ... this ones still going ... Edited February 11, 2019 by Roburt 1
Hooker1951 Posted February 11, 2019 Posted February 11, 2019 Rr 2 hours ago, Roburt said: A short lived "in" club owned by the boxer, Billy Walker ... Hi Roburt Billy Walker made a few popcorn records his self besides opening all the baked potatoe fast food outlets he opened one in Wigan circa 1965 66 It was a great time for soul artists and in my opinion was the real Golden Age of Soul most of the artists listed live in London found their way up north to the Working class cities of the midlands North East and North West to leave the path for the start and beginning of NS it was a magic time with magic music and magic Artists, some of them loved it over here that much they never went home and made the UK their base those who did return home kept on coming back they were all in their Prime then, I’d love to have a time machine go back and see them again just like I seen a lot of them the first time that would be Soul Heaven ML
Guest Shufflin Posted February 11, 2019 Posted February 11, 2019 Clyde McPhatter live, *just look at the list of artists*, wow what a time that must have been I wonder what some of the songs they performed were, thank you for posting
Sceneman Posted February 12, 2019 Posted February 12, 2019 there was only 1 the scene club in ham yard and it gets very few mentions ..georgie fame and blue flames was the biggest down there but he never mentions it ,,always the flamingo .but it wasnt a MOD hangout like the scene club .. guy stevens was DJ zoot money and a host of stars inc the who and bo diddley played there ..and the beatles allegedly but i never saw em there 2
Roburt Posted February 12, 2019 Author Posted February 12, 2019 Talkin bout the Flamingo ... plus a pioneering club ...
Sceneman Posted February 12, 2019 Posted February 12, 2019 I MISSED SCREAMING JAY HAWKINS AT THE FLAMINGO WHEN HE APPEARED LIVE ,,JUST DIDNT HAVE THE MONEY TO GET IN AS IT WAS ALL SPENT AT THE SCENE CLUB LAST SATURDAY.. FLAMINGO WAS EXPENSIVE TO GET IN WHEN THEY HAD A LIVE BAND.. I ALSO MISSED MAJOR LANCE AS I WAS BROKE AT THE TIME
Roburt Posted February 12, 2019 Author Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) A few more trailblazers ... I guess the duo of Chuck Jackson & Carla Thomas were a fake line-up as I'm sure they would never have toured together. The Impressions on the same bill were really the Topics. The FAMOUS Birdcage Club was down in Portsmouth (maybe this one took its name from the Portsmouth venue). Edited February 12, 2019 by Roburt
Roburt Posted February 12, 2019 Author Posted February 12, 2019 Yet another mid to late 60's venue ... I believe this had links to the guys involved with the Cue Club & the New All-Star Club ...
Sceneman Posted February 12, 2019 Posted February 12, 2019 DONT FORGET THE RICKY TICK AT WINDSOR ..THEY ALL WENT FROM SOHO TO WINDSOR AND BACK TO PERFORM CRAWDADDY WAS GOOD ON SUNDAYS WITH THE YARDBIRDS AND GREBBELS SUPPORT BAND
Roburt Posted February 12, 2019 Author Posted February 12, 2019 Ads for the Ricky Tick were included in the 2nd post of this thread ...
Sceneman Posted February 12, 2019 Posted February 12, 2019 CUE CLUB HAD A BAD REP AT THE TIME DUE TO STABBINGS AND MURDERS DOWN THERE ..SO AVOIDED IT ROARING 20S COULDNT GET IN EASILY AS MEMBERS ONLY AND ALWAYS TOO BUSY TO GET IN
Sceneman Posted February 12, 2019 Posted February 12, 2019 the club on eel pie island had a good lineup over the years it was operating ..any ads?
Roburt Posted February 12, 2019 Author Posted February 12, 2019 Another ad for a top London mod club ... back to 63 ... 1
Sceneman Posted February 13, 2019 Posted February 13, 2019 thanks for that ..guy stevens used to sell R&B imports on Thursday might at the scene club ..god knows where he got such huge amounts of 45s at the time ..lots of sun records and labels from the south ,he was importing in bulk ..we never did find out who sandra was.. a peroxide blond woman who stood in when guy nipped out for a fag and a pee .his booth was stacked with piles of 45s and racks of LPs on the walls.. i never did go much during the week as funds were limited for a young MOD bloke on a small salary to get in to all these clubs .a night at the scene used to take half my wages at the time .. the scene had the best sound system of any soho club of the time ..all the rest were rubbish and cheap and that includes the flamingo and whiskey a gogo 1
Thriller Posted February 13, 2019 Posted February 13, 2019 The Noreik Club junction of Seven Sisters road and Tottenham high road old cinema similar acts to Manor House Had to be careful there ! 1
Sceneman Posted February 14, 2019 Posted February 14, 2019 (edited) other clubs were the kingston jazz cellar the osterley jazz club boathouse kew hammersmith palais ..which had an amazing selection of stars over the years inc the Beatles and the rolling stones but was nigh on impossible to get in when they were ..i cruised in there 1 night midweek and the 3 degrees were on stage and it was normal prices ..they kinda blew ya socks off when live .. El Partido lewisham was a hangout for MODs and jamaicans ..2 floors of live r&B ,blues ,ska and reggae .open all night and very noisy St Marys hall putney was a rockers club that featured the likes of cliff and the shadows ,marty wilde ,and other rockers of that period ..trouble was when the MODs arrived on the scene there was always fights between the 2 factions on a friday night 10 shilllings to get in but we stopped going due to the fights and went to the scene club instead https://www.garagehangover.com/el-partido-lewisham/ Edited February 14, 2019 by sceneman spelling error
Dimples Posted February 14, 2019 Posted February 14, 2019 THE LAST CHANCE SALOON (19 OXFORD STREET, LONDON) Doris Troy - What cha gonna do about it? Temptations - Why you wanna make me blue? Maxine Brown - Oh no! Not my baby! The Larks - The Jerk Marvin Gaye - How sweet it is to be loved by you The Miracles - I gotta dance to keep from crying Ray Barretto - El Watusi Betty Everett - Getting mighty crowded Justine Hines - Rub up push up Oscar Brown Jr. - The Work Song Mary Wells - What's easy for two Roland Alphonso - Pheonix City Four Tops - Baby I need your loving Dixie Cups - Gee baby gee Miracles - That’s what love is made of Velveletes - He was really saying something Donnie Elbert - You can push it or pull it Derek Martin – Daddy Rollin Stone Wilbert Harrison - Let’s work together James Ray - If you gotta make a fool of somebody Temptations - The girl’s alright with me Tony Clark – Ain’t love good ain’t love proud Major Lance - Um um um um um Temptations - The way you do the things you do Sugar Pie deSanto - I don’t wanna fuss Baby Washington – That’s how heartaches are made Gene Chandler - Nothing can stop me Temptations - My girl Supremes - Come see about me Donnie Elbert - Little piece of leather Folkes Brothers – Carolina Anglos - Incense James Brown - Night train Ike and Tina Turner - I can’t believe what you say Beach Boys – Help me Rhonda Chubby Checker – Everything’s wrong Contours - First I look at the purse Chubby Checker - At the discotheque Ad-Libs - The boy from New York City Beach Boys – Don’t worry baby Jimmy Reed - Shame shame shame Deon Jackson - Love makes the world go round The High Keys - Que sera, sera Willie Mabon - Got to have some Ike and Tina Turner - I think it’s gonna work out fine Inez and Charlie Foxx - La dee da I love you Vibrations - My girl sloopy 2
Popular Post Dimples Posted February 14, 2019 Popular Post Posted February 14, 2019 LA DISCOTHEQUE (WARDOUR STREET) 4
Popular Post Dimples Posted February 14, 2019 Popular Post Posted February 14, 2019 THE SCENE CLUB (HAM YARD) 7
Dimples Posted February 14, 2019 Posted February 14, 2019 (edited) TWO I's CAFÉ (OLD COMPTON STREET, SOHO) Edited February 14, 2019 by dimples 2
Sceneman Posted February 14, 2019 Posted February 14, 2019 oops forgot the last chance ..we piled in there on a sunday morning when the scene club closed notice the grand piano with grafitti in the scene club on which eric burdon used to jump up and down on //phew rare photos in the scene club as few had a handy camera at the time to take photos unlike now 2
Dimples Posted February 14, 2019 Posted February 14, 2019 16 minutes ago, sceneman said: oops forgot the last chance ..we piled in there on a sunday morning when the scene club closed notice the grand piano with grafitti in the scene club on which eric burdon used to jump up and down on //phew rare photos in the scene club as few had a handy camera at the time to take photos unlike now Please do tell us more about The Scene Club. Very few is written about it. Even pics are hard to come by.
Roburt Posted February 15, 2019 Author Posted February 15, 2019 A few more ads for 60's London soul venues (including another for the Scene) ...
Sceneman Posted February 16, 2019 Posted February 16, 2019 On 14/02/2019 at 17:54, dimples said: Please do tell us more about The Scene Club. Very few is written about it. Even pics are hard to come by. heres a video i made before the area of ham yard was redeveloped with a hotel there now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJtTUf25ULA some good comments by old members of the club ..i used to see members of the R stones dancing on the floor during the week !! when they were not working somewhere ! i believe the actual club area is inside a nearby hotel where theres a cocktail bar on the site also see paul andersons book named ''mods a new religion'' for all the stuff about the scene club and the times scene club was killed off by police drug raids and i forgot the Pontiac club in putney where i did a DJ spell at the time 3
Popular Post Sceneman Posted February 16, 2019 Popular Post Posted February 16, 2019 heres a piccy of my old club card issued in august 1963 ..scene only lasted a few years but they were good years ..theres a photo of me in a parka being dragged out by cops during a drug raid on the front of a sunday paper and subsequent appearance at Bow street magistrates court on a charge of being in possession of ampethamines 6
Dimples Posted February 16, 2019 Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) Daily Mirror (December 7th, 1964). Police ride at The Scene Club. "The Police stopped the action down at The Scene two hours ago. It was a quick decisive sortie halfway through a Jimmy Smith solo" Edited February 16, 2019 by dimples 2
Popular Post Dimples Posted February 18, 2019 Popular Post Posted February 18, 2019 Cassius Clay outside The Flamingo Club 3 1
Popular Post Dimples Posted February 18, 2019 Popular Post Posted February 18, 2019 (edited) SCENE CLUB a-go-go! 1st The Animals gig in London. Edited February 18, 2019 by dimples 5
Sceneman Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 i was there when that was recorded ..a spotty faced eric used to give it 100% and more ,,hes very subdued these days ..maybe burnt out from yelling ''big boss man'' at full blast thanks for those clips well done 1
Popular Post Dimples Posted February 18, 2019 Popular Post Posted February 18, 2019 Outside TILES CLUB (Oxford Street) 5 1
Sceneman Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 (edited) when cops raided the scene club ,on numerous occasion, they used to come charging down the stairs blowing on police whistles like the keystone cops and the lights suddenly went on and the music stopped ,pretty hilarious looking back on it as the pill pushers were outside in ham yard or at the coffee anne .the mods allnight coffee bar or the freight train coffee bar ..never seen any pics of the freight train the mods hangout where you could score some blues ..20 for a quid in a brown paper envelope there was some very young girls down there at the time of 15 and 16 ..their parents must have been worried where they were Edited February 18, 2019 by sceneman
Roburt Posted February 18, 2019 Author Posted February 18, 2019 (edited) More related pics / ads from me ... seems the Fantastics were everywhere back then (though they had to leave the UK & play gigs in Europe for 6 months when their UK work visa ran out) ... Edited February 18, 2019 by Roburt 3
Jim Elliott Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 This is the best thread Ive ever seen on here. Superb. 2
Roburt Posted February 18, 2019 Author Posted February 18, 2019 A record label associated with the Cue Club ... a B & C label ...
Sceneman Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 (edited) https://www.rickytick.com/photos.asp Another fondly-remembered hang-out was the ‘Coffee Ann’ that catered almost exclusively for the music club-goers. Situated down some steep steps in the basement of a warehouse in Whitcombe Street, it was known for staying open into the early hours of the morning but was rarely, if ever, open during the day. ‘Les Enfants Terrible’ at 93 Dean Street was another expresso café venue that featured live music and was mainly frequented by many French students. Edited February 18, 2019 by sceneman
Dimples Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 "HOME OF THE BLUES" Soul magazine and TILES CLUB had some kind of relation between them. 3
Guest Soulatthedale Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 What a brilliant and interesting thread, thank you. it must have been a fantastic time back then.
macca Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 A thoroughly enjoyable read, thanks! Always been convinced I was born 10-15 years too late! 1
Jkpnefc Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 Ad-Lib Club Only know this because the resident band there cut a 45 7 Leicester Place, W1, once the home of the Ad Lib club March 27, 1965. When the lift door opened onto the Ad Lib club on the top floor of 7 Leicester Place, W1, another door opened onto a whole new world of possibilities for pop music. John Lennon and George Harrison were tripping on LSD for the first time. The two Beatles, along with their partners, had been for dinner at the Bayswater home of a dentist friend. After they had eaten they repaired to the drawing room where, without their knowledge, four acid-laced sugar cubes were dropped into their coffees. When the drug – and the fear – took hold they quickly fled in George’s brand new Mini. ‘Our host seemed to turn into a demon, we were all terrified,’ recalled Cynthia Lennon. ‘We knew it was something evil. We had to get out of the house.’ They decided to head for the Ad Lib, then the hangout for pop-stars such as the Stones and The Kinks, fashion designers Mary Quant and Jean Muir and actresses Hayley Mills and Julie Christie; it was even visited on occasion by Princess Margaret. The music policy was exclusively black American soul and blues records and the door policy was even stricter. Although the Ad Lib was the crucible of Britain’s peace ’n’ love movement, its time in the sun was short-lived. In November of the following year – by which time it had already been dropped by the Swinging London set in favour of The Scotch Of St James in Mason’s Yard or The Bag O’Nails in Kingly Street – the Ad Lib was mocked during John’s knowing appearance on Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s ‘Not Only… But Also’ when he played the doorman of ‘London’s most fashionable lavatory spot’, the Ad Lav club, in reality the underground public toilets in Broadwick Street.
Dimples Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Outside and inside THE MARQUEE CLUB around 1965 1
Dimples Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 When THE SCENE CLUB became THE NEW SCENE CLUB in 1965. 1
Sceneman Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) unfortunately the new scene club was rubbish and didnt last long as guy stevens had moved on and the best sound system had been ripped out and replaced with a bad stereo system..it was painted garish white inside instead of black matt it was shocking inside i doubt it lasted 2 weeks and the area was infested with muggers on hard drugs and not the sort of place you wanted to hang around ..it was a black period for soho with some mod stragglers sporting mullet haircuts and dirty clothes still hanging around and the pill pushers had left the area .most likely the cop raids had had a bad effect on what was a great place to do some clubbing ..even though the flamingo kept going for many more years to come Edited February 20, 2019 by sceneman addon 2
Sceneman Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 some club cards yes there was a london cavern club as well 1
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