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« on: April 15, 2007, 06:37:23 PM » |
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I was interviewed by a very nice Spaanish gentleman about my memories of playing at the Marquee Club in Wardour St London. So there's a bit about Fairport and a bit about other bands, but the whole site is very interesting as the old club was demolished in the 90's Anyway it's here if you'd like to have a look http://www.themarqueeclub.net    |
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« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2007, 11:07:09 AM » |
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Thanks for the link. I have walked past the old site in Wardour street many times, trying to imagine what it would have been like to actually see all the great bands that played there.
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« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2007, 01:59:10 PM » |
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Hot & Sweaty, with said sweat running down the walls....literally.
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« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2007, 02:47:36 PM » |
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Hot & Sweaty, with said sweat running down the walls....literally.
...I particularly remember one extra hot evening in the summer of 67 with The Move on stage.Standing on the back of one of the sofas along the wall trying not to slip down along the wall with a bare back. Too warm for a T-shirt, it disappeared in the chaotic crowd .... Ahh, those were the days....  Staffan |
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« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2007, 02:50:46 PM » |
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The people that run the site are really keen to have audience (and artist) memories sent to them, particularly if you remember specific gigs. That's how I got interviewed, by saying how titchy the dressing room was and how sticky the floor was |
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« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2007, 02:56:19 PM » |
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I remember seeing the Moody Blues there in 1969. It was cramped and it was dark.  |
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« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2007, 03:06:37 PM » |
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Shame that so many of those venues are no more ... the Cavern is an obvious miss, but also the Mayfair Ballroom in Newcastle which was demolished only a few years ago ... the starting venue for bands as diverse as Roxy Music, the Animals, Prefab Sprout and even Jimmy Nail! There was a real campaign to save it, but now it's part of another shopping arcade!  Remember walking past the Marquee many times ..... though sadly never saw a gig there. |
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« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2007, 03:12:29 PM » |
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I remember seeing the Moody Blues there in 1969. It was cramped and it was dark. Did you lose any articles of clothing in those warm and steamy conditions, Flower?  |
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« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2007, 03:13:35 PM » |
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Never did get to see a gig at the marquee, queued outside for 5 hours for a Joe Satriani gig once though, eventually the queue diminished to about 20 people in front of me when it was announced that the house was full  So we went on a pub crawl instead  |
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« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2007, 03:14:59 PM » |
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I remember seeing the Moody Blues there in 1969. It was cramped and it was dark. Did you lose any articles of clothing in those warm and steamy conditions, Flower? I couldn't possibly comment |
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« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2007, 05:19:36 PM » |
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Most of the time I wish I was younger - but when it comes to these legendary places like the Marquee I wish I'd been born a couple of years earlier. When I was old enough to afford a journey to London on my own my favourite bands (e.g. Crimson) didn't play at Marquee anymore...
Thanks Judy for your fine contribution on "I talk to the wind"
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« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2007, 05:37:04 PM » |
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Saw numerous heavy rock bands there during the 80's and had the great pleasure of "hanging out" in the dressing room (basically a small cubby hole) with the Lloyd Langton Band..
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« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2007, 05:44:28 PM » |
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Most of the time I wish I was younger - but when it comes to these legendary places like the Marquee I wish I'd been born a couple of years earlier. When I was old enough to afford a journey to London on my own my favourite bands (e.g. Crimson) didn't play at Marquee anymore...
Thanks Judy for your fine contribution on "I talk to the wind"
I agree 100% with those comments ... reckon I was born five years too late. Was too young to see Dylan at the Isle of Wight or the 67 to 71 variations of Fairport and by the time I was allowed down to London alone or with a friend it was time for Marc Bolan and the beginning of glam rock. Would have loved to have caught The Who at the Marquee or The Kinks at Eel Pie Island or somewhere similar in the mid to late 60s and yes, thanks Judy, it was sublime |
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« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2007, 05:46:45 PM » |
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« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2007, 10:55:53 PM » |
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well. not fairport, but I remember as a teenager visiting London with friends (prob 1967 or 68?), we ended up at the Marquee in the evening, the placard announced 'Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac' - never heard of them we said, so went to the pub instead !!! AArrrgh!!
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« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2007, 09:49:41 AM » |
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... reckon I was born five years too late. Was too young to see Dylan at the Isle of Wight or the 67 to 71 variations of Fairport and by the time I was allowed down to London alone or with a friend it was time for Marc Bolan and the beginning of glam rock.
Would have loved to have caught The Who at the Marquee or The Kinks at Eel Pie Island or somewhere similar in the mid to late 60s
You & I must be pretty much the same age as I've had those thoughts you mention for many a year. Distinct jealousy here to those that did! |
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« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2007, 10:48:37 AM » |
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Neither of you give your age, which is possibly telling, but I think Chris is about 5 or 6 years younger than me, she said smugly I feel immensely happy that I was born when I was. I did not live in London for very long but there were plenty of clubs in the provinces, including Mothers in Birmingham that I used to frequently frequent. John Peel said of this club 'People are amazed to hear that for a few years the best club in Britain was in Erdington'. Check out the guest list here http://www.erdington.org/mothers/In fact if you want to check out who played where whenever in the 60's look at this site http://www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/ |
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« Reply #17 on: April 17, 2007, 11:56:07 AM » |
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My jealousy could consist of not entering a London club until 1966.
Much too late. But the London month in 67 was great.
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« Reply #18 on: April 17, 2007, 12:17:43 PM » |
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Great article Jude - you must have some brilliant memories! I was and indeed still am too young to have seen any of these band or visited the venues, but I still play the music regularly. To me, the British music scene of the late sixties/early seventies still sounds as fresh and exciting as ever and is still a huge influence on bands today. Like Sandra, though, I'm happy with my age as it meant I got to see all the Punk bands like The Clash, XTC and The Damned when they were just starting out. |
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« Reply #19 on: April 17, 2007, 01:50:59 PM » |
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Ah, Bridgwit, that's when I got my second (or third, or fourth wind) and even at the ripe old age of 27 I was still young enough to enjoy the punk boom. My first punk gig was at the Parr Hall, Warrington (I did frequent seriously cool places, you see ) in May 1997 seeing the Heartbreakers, the Buzzcocks and Slaughter and the Dogs. We then moved to Oxford and got involved with the likes of John Otway. 'Nough said. |
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