East of Eden - Gig Archive

                                             1972

         **.** Resident group -1972, tuesday, Marquee, London, UK
                       (with Chicken Shack and  Vinegar Joe)

             22.01. Clochester Tech College, Clochester, Essex, UK (Link)

             23.01.-04.02. A Planned Australian and New Zealand tour, but cancelled

                        Personnel: D.Arbus, J.Allen, D.Jack, G.Watt-Roy

             04. / 05.02. (all-nighter) London Lyceum, London, UK, with Curved Air, Stackridge, Audience (NME, Sounds)
             19.02. Epsom Baths, UK, with Capability Brown (NME, MM)

             ??.02 or 03. Dublin, Ireland (Sounds, 08.03.1972)

             03.03. "Arts Ball", Winter Gardens, Blackpool, UK, with Atomic Rooster, Bob Kerrs Whoopee Band (NME)
             04.03. Keele University, Keele, UK, with Home (NME)
             11.03. Chelsea College, London, UK, with Raw Material, Silverhead (NME, RM, Advert)
             12.03."Concert in aid of Fine Tubes Plymouth workers, who have been on strike for 90 weeks"
                   Town Hall, Camden, UK, with Jake Thackery, Bobby Cambell, Alex Glasgow (Beaver)
             17.03. Cameron Hall, Royal Holloway College, Egham, UK (MM, NME)
       19.03."Wexford Festival of Living Music", The Abbey Cinema, Wexford, UK, with Planxty and movie:
                        Easy rider, Yellow Submarine, Let it be   (Link) (DL)
             23.03. Glamorgan Polytechnic, Pontypridd, UK/Wales, with Raving Rupert (FB-Peter Ellis link)(DL)
             25.03. Kingham Hall "Hydrospace", Watford, UK, with Clear Blue Sky (NME, MM)
             26.03. "Implosion", Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, UK, with Manfred Mann Earthband, Stackridge,
                        M.Greenwood, J.Kelly   (NME, TO)

             03.04. Marquee, London, UK, with Shacklock (NME, MM)
             15.04. Forest Tech College, Waltham, UK (NME)
             19.04. Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle, UK, with: Beckett, Brass Alley, Duster Benett   (Link) (DL)
             28.04. Red Lion, Leytonston, UK (NME, Sounds)
             29.04. Keele University, with Audience

         04.05. Malcolms, Hull, UK (DL)

                        Personnel: D.Arbus, J.Allen, M.Fisher, G.Watt-Roy

                        CONCERTS IN FRANCE

             06.05. Pop Festival,  L'Olympia, Paris, France,,
                        Pop Festival - 02.05-Soft Machine, 01.05.- Doors, 03-04.05.-Grateful Dead, Magma
                        (06.05. L'Olympia - Martin Fisher's stage debut)   (POP2000)
             07.05. Lille, France

             11.05. Granary Club, Bristol, UK, with Crimson Earth   (AR, DL)
             14.05. Wake Arms, Epping, UK (NME)
             19.05. "Summer Ball", Grossetste College, Bishop, UK, with Ginger, Mike Cole Jazz Band  (Link)
             20.05. The Sports Centre, Bracknell, UK, z Dozy, Beaky, Mich, Tich, 25 Views of Worthing (DL)
             21.05. Greyhound, Croydon, UK, with Byzantium  (NME)
             22.05. "2nd British Rock Meeting", 20.05-22.05, Insel Grun, Germersheim, Pfalz, (It was planned to be in Mannheim, but it
                        was changed), Germany, with Pink Floyd, Faces, Kinks, Family, R.Gallagher, Atomic Rooster (Poster)
             26.05. BBC, Top of the Pops, London, UK

             ??/05. lub 06. Cloggs, Birmingham, UK (???) (DL)

             02.06. Civic Hall, Thurrock, UK, with Barabbas (NME)
             03.06. The Playhouse, Harlow, UK, with Barabbas  (NME, DL)

             11.06. Jaahalli, Helsinki, Finland, with Slade, Wigwam, Pough Rogefeldt & Nature, Kalavala

             15.06. The Winter Gardens, Grimsby, UK, with Flying Hat Band (DL)
             16.06. Edge Hill Collage Rag Ball, Liverpool, UK, with Skin Alley, Chariot, MC 5    (NME, MM,  TO)
   17.06. The Aquarius Club, High Street, Lincoln, UK (DL)

             02.07. Lyceum, London, UK, with Pretty Things, Bullfrog (DL)
             03.07. Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, UK, with: Gypsy (DL)
             13.07. The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK, with Wardog (DL)
             15.07. Memorial Hall, Barry, UK/Wales, with Necromandus (NME) or Taurus (FB-Peter Ellis- link)
             16.07. Round House, London, UK, with Quiver,L.Lewis, Aubrey Small, Roguestar (NME, TO)
             25.07. Marquee, London, UK, with Babe Ruth (NME, Sounds)
             28.07. Medway College, Maidstone, UK (NME)
             29.07. Guidhall, Cambridge, UK (NME, MM)
             31.07. Cooks Ferry Inn, London (Edmonton), UK (NME, MM)

             01.08. The Hive, Bournemouth, UK (NME)
             04.08. Kings Cross Cinema, London, UK, with Beggars Opera (NME) (tracks: Roll over Beethoven, Wonderfull feeling) (Maxipop)
             04.08. Midnight Court, Lyceum, London, UK, with Beggars Opera (TO)

             11.08. According to Maxipop magazine, the band played gig in Belgium (Maxipop)
             13.08. (12.08-13.08) "Free Kick Festival 72", Ostend, Belgium, with Reinaissance, Mr Albert Show,
                       Flight, Freckle Face.  (East of Eden's line-up: Allen, Arbus, Fisher, Watt-Roy. The Event
                       reviewed  in NME  - 19.08.1972) (L'.H.B)  (Link)

             17.08. Malcolms, Hull, UK (DL)
             18.08. City Hall, Salisbury, UK (NME)
             19.08. King's Cross Cinema, London, UK

                        CONCERTS IN SWITZERLAND (3 days)

             25.08. Volkshause, Zurich, Switzerland, with Trust  (DL, Poster)
             26.08. Kursaal, Berne, Switzerland, with Roxys  (DL)
             27.08. ?? / ?? , Switzerland
             ??.08. During stay in Switzerland, the band recorded a T.V program (Maxipop)

             30.08. Marquay, Torquay Town Hall, UK, + movie "J.Hendrix-Live at Berkley" (NME, Ticket, Poster)
             31.08. The Garden, Penzance (Cornwall), UK (DL)

             02.09. Winter Gardens, Weston-super-Mare, UK (DL)
             05.09. Marquee, London, UK, with Spontaneous Combustion  (NME, MF, TO)
             16.09. Aquarius, Lincoln, UK (DL)
             19.09. Greyhound, Fulham, Londyn, UK (NME)
             22.09. Devizes Corn Exchange, Wiltshire, UK  (Link)
             23.09. Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
             28.09. St.George's Hall, Liverpool, UK, with Renaissance (NME)

       01.10. George Hotel, Burslem, UK (DL)
             07.10. Cambridge College of Arts and Technology (by Tech Students Union), CCAT Theatre, Collier Road, Cambridge, UK,
            with Home   (DL)
             11.10. Festival, Czechoslovakia - they were to play there but according to M.Fisher, the band never been in Czechoslovakia
             12.10. Hard Rock, Manchester, UK

                        CONCERTS IN GERMANY

             13.10. Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany, with Epitaph *  (Ticket)
             15.10. Sound, Berlin, Germany * (Ticket)

             21.10. Village Roundhouse, Dagenham, UK, with Refugee (MM, NME)
             25.10. Big Brother, Greenford, UK, with Zeus (MM, NME)
             27.10. University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, with Capability Brown (NME)
             28.10. "Karnival Klimax Dance", Nottingham University, UK, z Scaffold, Flash (DL)
             29.10. Barbarella's Itd, Birmingham, UK (DL)

             03.11. RG Institute, Aberdeen, UK (NME)
             04.11. Strathelyde University, Glasgow, UK, with  Sunshine, M.Mann (NME)

                        THE HARVESTMOBILE TOUR (THMT)
                                    Harvest Records first British Tour
                                                    check - link

             05.11. THMT, Sundown (Mile End Road), Londyn,  UK,
                         with Babe Ruth, K.Ayers, Wizzard, Spontaneous Combustion, E.Broughton Band*
                        (The Concert was recorded by Harvest - NME)
                        (tracks: Roll over Beethoven, Boogie-woogie Flue, Jig-a-Jig , Route 66) (Maxipop)
             10.11. Regency Disco, Ilkeston, UK, (East of Eden played instead Heads, Hands and Feets, which was disbanded) (DL)
             11.11. Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, UK, with Roxy Music i Rainmaker (Ticket+Autographs, DL)
             12.11. THMT, Hard Rock, Manchester, UK, with K.Ayersem, Wizzard,
                        Spontaneous Combustion* (NME, MM,  Ticket, Advert)
             13.11. THMT, Top Rank, Plymouth, UK, with  Babe Ruth, Spontaneous Combustion* (NME)
             14.11. THMT, Flamingo Ballroom, Redruth, UK, with Babe Ruth, Spontaneous Combustion* (NME,Poster)
             15.11. THMT, Top Rank, Bristol, UK, with Babe Ruth, Spontaneous Combustion* (NME, DL)

             17.11. Patty Club, Swansea, UK (NME)
             18.11. City Hall, Saint Albans, UK, with  Sensational Alex Harvey Band (NME)
             18.11. University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (Campus-St.newspapers) (?)
             19.11. Greyhound, Fulham, London, UK  (NME)

                        CONCERTS IN BELGIUM

             23.11. Theatre Royal, Mons, Belgium, with Supersister (L'.H.B, POP2000)  (Link)
             24.11. Trocadero, Liege, Belgium (L'.H.B)   (Link)

             27.11. Top Rank Suite, Reading, UK, with Curved Air-not played! (DL)
             28.11. Brighton, UK, with Kevin Ayers

             01.12. West Cumberland College, owe Hall, Workington, UK, with  Supertramp, Judas Priest (NME, Poster)
             02.12. THMT, Queen Margaret's Union, Glasgow, with Babe Ruth, Spontaneous Combustion* (NME)
             03.12. THMT, White Elephant, Edinburgh, UK, with  Babe Ruth, Spontaneous Combustion* (NME)
             11.12. "Star Attraction", Golden Diamond Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, UK (DL)
             14.12. Scarborough Intercon, UK, with  MPrincipal Edwards Magic Theatre (NME)
             23.12. Stoneground, Manchester, UK, with Good Habit (Flyer)
             28.12. "A.A.Mandy's Christmas Party", Royal Naval Club, Coventry, UK, with Silk Disco (DL)
             28.12. Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, UK, with Barnabus (DL)
             29.12. King's Cross Cinema, London, UK (NME)