East of Eden - Gig Archive

                                                  1969

              10.01. "Union Dance", Loughborough University, UK, with Idle Race, Love Sculpture
                         and movie "Yellow Submarine" (NME, Poster)
              12.01. Marquee, London, UK, with  Love Affair (advertised as The House of Lords) (GN)
              15.01. Fishmonger's Arms, Wood Green, London, UK (MM)
              18.01. University College, London, UK (Advert)
              25.01. Marquee, London, UK, with Spice (NME)

              07.02. The Cavern, Liverpool, UK, with Smokestack (Book-The Cavern Club-Spencer Leigh, DL)
              18.02. "Pop Meets Jazz", Aston University, Birmingham, UK, with Chris McGregor (ITA)
              20.02. Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, with Move, Status Quo, Spencer Davis Group, Nashville Teens (NME, Felix)
              26.02. Keynes College, Bristol, UK, with Haeven   (webpage)

              03.03. Vic Rooms Dance, Victoria Rooms, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, with Pink Floyd (Book-Echoes-G.Povey, Poster)
              04.03. "Deram-Personal Appearance Nights", Lyceum, London,UK, with Fortunes, Flirtations, Time Box,
                         N.MacArthur (NME)
              06.03. Brunell University, Acton, London, UK   (FB)
              08.03. LSE, London, UK, with John Lee Hooker, Groundhogs, Synanthesia (MM)
              11.03. Whisky A' Go Go, London, UK (NME, MM)
              16.03. "Sunday Scene", Raith Ballroom, Links Street, Kirkcaldy, UK/Scotland, with: Happy Ever After, The Other Side (DL)
              20.03. The Ritz, Bournemouth, UK, with Inter-State Road Show (Link)
              27.03. Speakeasy, London, UK (TO)
              29.03. The Cavern, Liverpool, UK, with Petrus Booncamp (DL)
              30.03. Whisky A' Go Go, London, UK (MM)

              Personnel: D.Arbus, R.Caines, G.Nicholson, A.Sneddon, B.Appleyard

              05.04. The 69 Club, Royal York Hotel, Ryde, Isle of Wight, UK, with Cherokees (DL, Book-"Isle of Weight rock-A Music Anthology
                          King, Plumbley, Turner-1996)
              08.04. The Roebuck, Tottenham Court Road, London, UK (NME, MM)
              15.04. The Roebuck, Tottenham Court Road, London, UK (NME, MM)
              22.04. The Roebuck, Tottenham Court Road, London, UK (NME, MM)
              24.04. Country Club, Hampstead, UK, with Edgar Broughton Band (NME, MM)
              26.04. Bromley Technical College, Bromley Common, Kent, UK,
                         with Pink Floyd (Book-Echoes-G.Povey, NME, Poster, Beaver)
              27.04. "Part of City Student 69 Festival", Sadler's Wells, London, UK, with Pentangle (NME, MM, ITA, Oz, Beaver)
              29.04. The Roebuck, Tottenham Court Road, London, UK (NME, MM)

                        GIGS IN GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND

              ??.05. Star Club, Hamburg, Germany (2 gigs according G.Nicholson), (NME)
              ??.05. Swiss Tour (4 gigs according G.Nicholson, in: Bazel, Zurich, Berne, Montreux), (NME)
              ??.05. Spectromachie, Basel, Switzerland (first gig - GN)

              03.05. Aston University, Birmingham, UK, with Scaffold (ITA, DL)
              06.05. Klook's Kleek, UK
              09.05. Freakeasy, Fishmonger's Arms, Wood Green, London, UK, with Da Da Lives (MM)
              ??.05. May Ball, Oxford Univesity, UK, with Nice
              20.05. Whiskey a Go-Go, London, UK (NME, MM, TO)
              22.05. Farx Club, Southall, UK  (canceled)  (Contract)
              23.05. The Cavern, Liverpool, UK, with White Summer (DL)
              24.05. School of Economics (LSE) , London, UK, with Howling Wolf, John Dummer  (NME, MM, TO, Poster, Beaver)
              25.05. Roundhouse (in conjunction with the Camden Festival), (07-11 pm),  London, UK
                         with Tyranoseurus Rex, Jody Grind  (TO)

                         Personnel: D.Arbus, R.Caines, G.Nicholson, A.Sneddon, G.Britton

              ??.06. Miner's Welfarc, Merthyr Tydfil, UK, with Man (according to G.Nicholson;
                         but no such information in www.manband-archive.com)
              01.06. Whisky A'Go Go, London, UK  (TO, ITA)
              01.06. Roundhouse, London, UK, with Procol Harum, Jody Grind, Group Therapy (NME, MM)
              02.06. Catacombs, Temple Street, Wolverhampton, UK (DL)
              03.06. Klooks Kleek, London, UK, with Liverpool Scene (TO, MM)
              08.06. Marquee, Londyn, UK, with King Crimson (according to G.Nicholson)
              10.06. Speakeasy, London, UK (NME, Flyer)
              10.06. Cambridge Midsummer Pop Festival, Cambridge, UK, with e.g.: King Crimson, White Trash
                        (East of Eden played in hours: 02:00-02:45) (NME)
              11.06. Blaises, London, UK (Flyer)
              13.06. "Graduation Ball", Polytechnic, Leicester, UK, with Spooky Tooth, Eclection, Yes, Hard Meat, Bachdenkel, JJ.Jackson
Sitar player, Classic guitarist and movie: "Jailhouse rock" (ITA, MM, DL)
              15.06. Jazz Club, Argus Butterfly, York Road, Peterlee, UK, with Gin House (FB, DL)
              15.06. Whisky A' Go Go, London, UK  (MM)
              17.06. Victoria Rooms, Bristol, UK, with Mandrake Paddle Steamer (ITA)
              22.06. Whisky A' Go Go, London, UK (MM)
              25.06. Mothers, Birmingham, UK, with Elysium (DL)
              27.06. Isleworth College, Isleworth, London, UK (MM)
              28.06. "Arts Festival", Sheffield University, Sheffield, UK, with Family  (Ticket, MM)
              29.06. The Pheasantry, King's Road, Chelsea, UK (MM)
              29.06. Whisky A' Go Go, London, UK (MM)
30.06. The Pheasantry, King's Road, Chelsea, UK (MM)

              01.07. Goldsmith's Collage, UK, with King Crimson, Ambrose Slade (GN)
              03.07. Whisky A'Go Go, London, UK (? -supposedly-Portrait)
              04.07. Maidstone College, Maidstone, UK (MM)
              05.07. The Factory, Birmingham, UK (MM, DL)
              06.07. Theatre, Wellington College, Crowthrone, Berkshire, UK, the gig had two parts, first part- Skin Alley and Free,
                         second part - Skin Alley + East of Eden (MM, WCA - big thanks to Caroline!)
              08.07. Speakeasy, London, UK   (NME, Flyer)
              16.07. Quay Club, Exeter, UK
              17.07. Nags Head, High Wycombe, UK
              18.07. London Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK, with  Soft Machine, Circus, Made in Sweden (NME,MM)
              20.07. Le Coq, au Kiosque, Bruxelles, Belgium (Le Soir, www.belgicapress.be)
              21.07. Blaises Club, London, UK  (NME, Flyer, DL )
              24.07. ICA, London, UK, (D.Arbus - solo and  Caravan)
              24.07. Country Club, Hampstead, UK,  (East of Eden's gig)
              25.07. Victoria Ballroom, Chesterfield, UK (?)
              25.07. Tofts, Folkestone, UK (link)
              29.07. Railway Hotel, Bishop's Stortford, UK

              03.08. Whisky A' Go Go, London, UK   (NME, MM)
              04.08. New Friarage Hall, Aylesbury, UK (NME, MM)
              08.08. The 9th National Jazz and Blues Festival, Plumpton Race, Track, Streat
                         East Sussex, UK, (stage: Village, they played four songs, in hours: 08:00-08:45)  with The Village, Junior Eyes (NME, MM)
              12.08. Speakeasy, London, UK (handbill)
              16.08. Y.M.C.A, Kirkcaldy, UK (DL)
              17.08. Whisky A' Go Go, London, UK (MM)
        21.08. Pheasantry, King's Road, Chelsea, London, UK (TO)
              22.08.-24.08. Blizen Festival, Belgium (info taken from MM; the band didn't play - link)
              24.08. Country Club, Hampstead, UK, with Mighty Baby (NME, MM)
              27.08. Speakeasy, London, UK (TO, Flyer)
              28.08. Country Club, Hampstead, UK (MM- error; the band played 24.08)
              28.08. Pheasantry, London, UK (TO)
                   31.08. Whisky A' Go Go, London, UK (NME, MM, TO)

              01.09. Granary Club, Bristol, UK (AR, DL)
            05.09. Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, UK, with Fat Mattress  (webpage)
              06.09. Midnight Court, Lyceum, Trand, London, UK, with Aynsley Dunbar, Clouds, Hardin and York
(MM edition of 6 September, but the date of the gig in ad- 05.09.; error?)

                         GIGS IN GERMANY AND SWITSERLAND

               14.09. Star-Club, Hamburg, Germany, with Cressida, Colosseum (Link + Book "Camon Blane: La Legende du Star
                         Club d'Hambourg" Yves Morinais; DL)
              15.09. Kursaal, Bern, Switzerland, with Countowns, Bluesy-groove, Spectro-child (DL)
              19.09. International Jazz Festival, Zurich, Switzerland (BB)
              20.09. "Super POP 69", Sablier (part of the Montreux Cassino),  Montreux, Switzerland,
                         with Krokodil and displaying of movie called "Magical Mystery Tour" (BB, DL)
              21.09. Pop Pot Club, Olten, Switzerland (exists photos, date - in my opinion)

              25.09. Country Club, Hampstead, UK, with Arthur Brown (NME, MM)
              26.09. from 8-00 pm until 7-30 am 27.09. Progressiv Blues Festival, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, UK
,    (East of Eden -twice in hours: 01:30-02:15 / 04:45-05:30) Glass Menagerie, Grisby Dyke, E.Broughton Band,
                         Fleetwood Mc, Family, Spirit of John Morgan (NME, ITA, DL)
              30.09. 100 Club, UK  (NME, MM)

              02.10. Klooks Kleek, Railway Hotel, London, UK, with Sonja(the Belly Dancer), Eric Leese Organ Duo (Agreement)
              03.10. Salford University, Salford, UK, with Free, Ashkan (link)
              09.-11.10. "Pop and Blues Festival", Gruga Halle, Essen, Germany (the group name was on the poster,
                         the group name wasn't in the programme, the group did not  play in this festival ) (Poster)

                   10.10. "Tous en scene", TV Show, Pars, France,  First gig in France - according to G. Nicholson
                          Other possible dates - check out - Movie, TV, Video (soon)
                          Aired TV in 23.11.1969

              10.10. Sheffield University, UK
              12.10. Club, Kidderminster, UK
              13.10. Club, Wolverhampton, UK
              16.10. Quay Club, Exeter, UK (NME, CD-MP-E)
              17.10. Blues Loft, Nag's Head, London Road, High Wycombe, UK (NME, CD-MP-E, MM)
              18.10. Reading University, Reading, UK (NME, CD-MP-E)
              19.10. Groovesville, Wake Arms, Epping, London, UK (CD-MP-E, IT, MM)
              24.10. Leicester Polytechnic, Leicester, UK, with Family  (NME, CD-MP-E)
              25.10. Victoria Ballroom, Chesterfield, UK (NME, CD-MP-E, DL)
              26.10. Bishop Aukland -not definiteyet  (CD-MP-E) maybe transferred to 29.10.1969
              27.10. New Friarage Hall, Aylesbury,UK   (NME, MM, CD-MP-E)
              28.10. Festival D'Amougies, Belgium, with  Fat Mattres, Soft Machine
              29.10. Speakeasy, London, UK (NME, CD-MP-E)
              29.10. Railway Hotel, Bishop's Stortford, UK  (NME)
              30.10. New Inn Stonehenge Club, Oxford, UK (NME, MM, CD-MP-E)
              31.10. Friscoes, Edinburgh, UK (NME, CD-MP-E)

              01.11. Norwood Technical Collage, UK  (NME, MM, CD-MP-E)
              02.11. Nottingham University, UK  (CD-MP-E)
              03.11. Star Hotel, Croydon, London,  UK, with  Smiley  (NME, MM, CD-MP-E, Poster)
              05.11. Paris (Baptist Mills ???)  (CD-MP-E)
              07.11. City of Leicester College of Education, Scraptoft, Leicester, UK, with Juicy Lucy(?) or Third Ear Band and Forest
(2 gigs in one day)  (CD-MP-E, DL)
              07.11. Loughborough College, UK, (2 gigs in one day) (DL)
              08.11. Clochester Unversity of Essex, UK, with Caravan, Eclection (NME, CD-MP-E) (Link)
              09.11. Brighton, UK  (CD-MP-E)
              10.11. ???  (Elm Lee ???)   (CD-MP-E)
              11.11  Blow-up, Munchen, Germany  (CD-MP-E)
              12.11. Blow-up, Munchen, Germany  (CD-MP-E)
              13.11. Blow-up, Munchen, Germany  (CD-MP-E)
              14.11. Blow-up, Munchen, Germany  (CD-MP-E)
              15.11. Blow-up, Munchen, Germany  (CD-MP-E)
              16.11. Clouds, Derby, UK
              17.11. ??? (Beybrowh???)  (CD-MP-E)
              21.11. Harrowfield Youth Centre, UK (NME, CD-MP-E)
              22.11. Magic Village, Manchester, UK (NME, CD-MP-E)
                   23.11. Farx, Southall, London, UK  (NME, MM)
              23.11. "Tous en scene" TV, France, aired in TV
              24.11. Electric Garden, Glasgow, UK (NME, CD-MP-E)
              25.11. Cosmo Club, Carlisle, UK
              26.11. Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, UK (NME, CD-MP-E)
              28.11. "RCS Carnival", Royal College of Science, London, UK, with Battered Ornaments (NME, CD-MP-E, Felix)
              29.11. New Cross, South East London College, UK, with Village  (NME, MM)
              30.11. Kingstone Hotel, Kingstone, UK, with Gracious and Crab Nebula Lights  (NME, MM, ITA)

              01.12. Skyline Ballroom, Hull, UK, with Aarvark, Sam Apple Pie (CD-MP-E, DL)
              03.12. Blues Loft, Nag's Head, London Road, High Wycombe, UK
              04.12. Country Club, Belisize Park, London, UK, with Hawkwind (MM)
              05.12. "Midnight Rag Rave", Lyceum, London, UK (00:00-07:00 am), with Family, Zoot Money
                         Edgar Broughton Band, Atomic Rooster, Spirit of John Morgan, Steamhammer (MM)
              05.12. Loughton Collage, London, UK, (08 pm) with Blue Vein with Madison Lights     (NME, MM, ITA)
              06.12. Afan Festival of Progressive Music, Afan Lido, Port Talbot, UK, with  Pink Floyd
                         Pentagle, Sam Apple Pie, Solid State, Daddy Long Legs  (NME, MM)
              09.12. 100 Club, Londyn, UK (ITA, MM)
              11.12. Waltham Forest Tech. College, UK, with  Manfred Mann Chapter III, Keef Hartley (NME, MM)
              12.12. Cambridge, UK
              15.12. Lady Verney High School, High Wycombe, UK
              16.12. Arts College Ball, Clouds Club, Derby, London Road, UK, with Charge, Max Cannon (ITA)
              18.12. Addison Centre, Bedford, UK (NME, MM)
              19.12. Clochester, UK (NME, MM)
              20.12. Greyhound, Londyn, UK (Flyer)
              21.12. Groovesville, Wake Arms, Epping, UK   (NME, MM)
              22.12. The Star Hotel, London Road, Croydon, UK, with Junk Shop Rock Band, Lights-Mass Spectrometer Lightshow
                         (NME, MM)
25.12. East Berks Collage, UK (FB, Dave Knight)
              27.12. Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcs, UK, with Free (Poster, MM)
              28.12. Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK, with  Bonzo Dog (NME, MM) (According to Ron Caines -interview- link-
                         Keith Moon /The Who sat in on congas at an East of Eden gig)
              30.12. Speakeasy, London, UK  (Advert)