New Years Eve 1965

Wolverhampton 7th. January 1966

Walsall Observer: January 7th 1966

A nice way to end the year, this article states that the group changed their name in September when they turned professional. I believe this aticle is misleading in that the group had been billed as The 'N Betweens since November 1964, at least! Another article announced that the group had turned professional on 8th March 1965?

Express & Star: Thurs 30th Dec 1965

Having returned from Germany, The 'N Betweens found themselves everybody's favourite. For our text only readers:

"Impossible Requests Department: German agents rang yesterday to ask if 'N Betweens could appear at one of their clubs for New Years Eve."

The demand was such that they were billed with The Searchers for "The New Year Dance of 1966" only seven days into the year. Directly underneath the above comment was this pre-announcement:

"Big night at the Civic Hall on January 7. The Searchers top the bill at a dance along with the Roulettes, 'N Betweens and the Soul Seekers."

The Astra Agency made quite a showcase of it, five groups in four hours, I would guess at forty five minute sets. I don't know about The Searchers but all the other bands were on the Astra Agency books. Stan Fielding was in attendance on the night. He was a local band leader who, along with Len Rowe and his son Peter Fielding, started Astra in early 1963.

Express & Star: Thursday 13th January 1966

"Best Group of the night, for me, were The 'N Betweens, who have improved tremendously in the last few months."

Stan Fielding was invited up on stage by Chris Curtis to sing with The Searchers. Fielding declined the microphone, choosing to play the drums instead. It's worth pointing out that The Searchers were at the zenith of their career, considered by some to be on par with The Beatles. Chris Curtis was considered by many to be mad as a hatter but most, including John Lennon, indulged him. He was using copious amounts of pharmaceuticals and would leave the band within the next six months.

Strangely enough, Cass Jones was also leaving The 'N Betweens and may have already announced his intention. By March they would be a different band and yet they were still good enough to hide their problems and play well enough to be considered 'best band of the night', clearly a very professional outfit.

Another great find down at Wolverhampton Archives by Chris Selby.

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1965 Gig Ads

Walsall Observer: January 15th 1965

The Sonnets were another Astra group that were being pushed on the same circuit. God alone knows what the Kenny Ball crowd made of The 'N Betweens though?

Walsall Observer: 17th April 1965

Johnny Kidd & The Pirates were well established band although this was their swansong period. Their last single Always And Ever only managed to reach #44 in April '64 but they'd had two Top 20 hits in '63. They were still a credible act for The 'N'-Betweens to be seen with. An interesting variant on the normal misspelling here.

Herald Express: 7th June 1965

The 400 Ballroom was a regular and essential venue. It was part of the Cornish Tour that Astra catered for and would be repeated by The 'N Betweens next year. I think they played regularly throughout the year but we have only found a spring and summer pattern at present.

Torquay Herald & Express: Saturday 3rd July

Steve Brett & The Mavericks were already 'Back by Public Demand'. Noddy and the lads obviously made an impact.

Express & Star: 23rd October 1965

The Blue Flame ad is interesting, this is the opening night gig on Sunday 24th October and it would later be the venue for the Jim Lea audition. It would appear to me that they were making a point, trying to get the spelling home. Three times: one apostrophe, no I and no bloody hyphen. It ain't rocket science!

Express & Star: 29th October 1965

As announced, this is the last gig before Germany. There were no UK performances by The 'N Betweens until December.

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Feel So Fine EP 1965

Barclay EP 70907 Medium

• Feel So Fine
• Take A Heart
• Little Nightingale
• You Don't Believe Me

In late spring of 1965, Barclay, a French label, were looking for talent and held auditions in Birmingham. The respective members of The 'N' Betweens had decided, somewhat rashly, to give up their day jobs but the Astra Agency wasn't quite ready to handle them as a professional band yet. In order to buy some time, Maurice Jones (their manager) decided to ship them off to Germany for a month, a move that had worked wonders for The Beatles a couple of years prior. Unfortunately, they had no passports and it took time to arrange work permits.

In the meantime, the group attended an audition at Le Metro Club in Birmingham, held by Bobby Graham. They played But Not For Me at the audition, which was a Sammy Davis song but, by chance, had been a French #1 hit for Johnny Halliday. Graham was impressed enough to join forces with Jones and sign them up to Barclay Records and arrange a recording session at PYE studios where he produced the four tracks which feature on this EP.

The 4 track EP was a French release on the Barclay label, No70907 featuring (I believe?) matrix numbers HBLY70907A & HBLY70907B engraved in the run out groove (but I've yet to see one in the flesh).

Feel So Fine was written by Leonard Lee and made popular in the UK by American vocalist Johnny Preston in August 1960. Take A Heart was written by Mickey Dallon and performed by UK artists, The  Sorrows. They reached #21 in the Top 40 in September 1965.

Chris Charlesworth co-incidentally claims in his 'Feel The Noize' book, that the Little Nightingale track is written by Jimmy Page (who would later join Led Zeppelin) a belief that was upheld by Don Powell and therefore perpetuated on later releases. The EP and the subsequent re-release, the Juanita Banana EP, clearly credit Williams though. John Williams was a PYE studio engineer and Jimmy Page was Graham's studio session musician.

This anomaly was explained by Chris Selby's contacts at Led Zeppelin's official site. Little Nightingale was written by John Williams, who had formed a partnership with Jimmy Page in 1965. Williams would write songs and Page would try to get them recorded by the artists that he played session with. Page convinced Bobby Graham to use 2 of their songs for The 'N Betweens session.

You Don't Believe Me was written by Merrell, Graham, May & Jimmy Page. Page talked the group into recording both the tracks after their first session when they recorded four different songs that were not used (available on the Genesis Of Slade CD). When Bobby Graham was asked if Page (who believed he was booked for the studio session) had played on the Barclay sessions, he told Chris Selby that Page had looked in but Hill was good enough.

John Ogden wrote a report about the recording session in the Express & Star on June 24th 1965. The group finally left for Dortmund, Germany at the end of October 1965. They played the 29th October 1965 at the Woolpack in Wolverhampton, it was advertised as...

"The 'N Betweens last night before they leave for Germany"

...and they left next day. The next 'N' Betweens gig appears on 5th December 1965 at Wolverhampton Civic Hall with Zero 5. The 'N' Betweens Feel So Fine EP was released in France during December 1965. It was probably available across the European Continent but not in the UK?

Artwork courtesy of John Haxby. Does anybody have good quality, cover and labels please? A copy of The 'N Betweens EP sold for £360 on Ebay in November 2009. I've yet to see one 'in the flesh', so to speak?

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400 Ballroom 1965

Torquay, June 11th, 1965

In the summer of 1965 The 'N Betweens were already a force to be reckoned with. Playing at the Torquay 400 Ballroom again, back due to public demand, as part of their Cornish Tour.

"From: Mickey P.
Sent: 09 January 2009 21:16
To: tqreflib
Subject: Research

Hi there,

I am interested in searching your newspaper archive for 1965. Since I live in Essex it's not likely that I will be able to get to your library, I was hoping you might have somebody that could look for me. I'm aware that this is unlikely but on the positive side, I do have one date?

I am looking for Steve Brett & The Mavericks at the 400 Ballroom in Torquay on July 9th 1965. They did at least 3 visits in 1965: January, July and September but I don't have dates for the other gigs. Rest assured, when I find out I will be back to harass you.

The N' Betweens or The In-Betweens also played the 400 Ballroom that year, possibly in early June and I would be very happy to find an ad for them too?

Thank you for taking time out to read my email, any help or suggestions very much appreciated?

Michael Parker ;-)

"sodomy non sapiens" "

Herald Express: 7th June 1965 edition

Dear Mr. Parker

Thank you for your recent email.

I have pleasure in sending you the copies you requested.

If you can supply us with dates for the other gigs you mention we will be happy to search our newspaper archive for you.

Yours sincerely,

Caroline Jones
Senior Library Assistant

Torquay Reference Library
Lymington Road
Torquay
TQ1 3DT

Tel : 01803 208305

e mail: tqreflib@torbay.gov.uk

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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow?

Joanne's, Bilston March 9th, 1965

The Skinhead cut must have been a breeze after this treatment. Interesting that Johnny Howells managed to get away with it though. It shows how indispensable he was from the management perspective.

The great thing about this article is that it gives us the date that The 'N Betweens turned professional. After playing Saturday the 5th of March 1965 at Walsall Town Hall with The Litter the band officially turned pro on Monday 8th March 1965.

In the traditional manner, their management cooked up a publicity stunt to get them into the paper and into the public consciousness. It has always been a big point of debate. Pop Stars on the TV with their "poofter hair do's", messing around with their hair, getting it 'set'. Now that the group were professional, their hair has to be professionally coiffed in a Ladies Hairdressing salon.

Midland Beat: July 1965

Hair seems to be a constant in the career of the group but at least this one is a Gents Stylist and he's proud of them.

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The 'N Betweens 1965

October, 1964

Taken outside Wolverhampton Civic Centre. The Jimmy Saville lookalike in the centre is Mick Marson (he is still sensitive about it apparently) and the others are, left John Howells (back) and Dave 'Cass' Jones. and right, Dave Hill (back) and Don Powell. The first known gig as The 'N Betweens happened on the 8th November 1964 when they played at The Ship and Rainbow in Wolverhampton. Our Historian is researching at every opportunity though and it's quite possible that an earlier date might turn up?

On Jan 30th 1965, The 'N Betweens took part in the final leg of a Staffordshire 'Battle Of The Bands' competition. There were nine groups, each representing their district, and each got to perform two songs. The 'N Betweens performed Lover, Not A Fighter (a Lazy Lester song made popular by the Kinks) and Twilight Time (Platters). Their performance won them the title "Champions Of The County" giving them a rather impressive start to the year.

"The band practised regulary at St. Giles Youth Club in Willenhall. A coach load of us went to a Battle of the Bands somewhere in Staffordshire once to cheer them on and during the interval some of us went to their dressing room to say hello and I remember strumming away at Dave’s guitar. 

My father-in-law tried to book them to play at our wedding reception, but unfortunately they had another booking that night."
Geoff Pearson 21st. July 2010 Express & Star.com

The band had picked up a 'Blues Night' residency at The Plaza in Kings Heath, Birmingham, every Monday night and the rest of the week was usually booked too. After a group discussion, the guys came to the conclusion it was a good idea to give up the day jobs. At that time Dave Hill had an office job with Tarmac.

"When I was about 16 years old the Beatles made it and everybody was trying to grow their hair. We couldn't have long hair at work so I used to keep my stage clothes in the drawer of my office desk and I had flares with bells on. I'd hop in the van and go straight to the gigs until one day somebody saw me and said 

'Isn't that the boy from the buying office.... he's a flipping yob!' 

Well, it wasn't really on at Tarmac. So they basically said I gotta cut my hair and tidy up my act or leave. My Dad said 'What do you think?' and I said 'Well, I'm good at this.'....

...years later, after we were famous, I used to see my ex-colleagues going into work at Tarmac. I thought it was quite a shame as that they were doing the same daily routine – I was lucky, my career had given me the world."
Dave Hill

Unfortunately they failed to include their manager in the discussion. Maurice Jones was not a happy man, the Astra agency were not ready to bill The 'N Betweens as a professional act at that point and it gave them a headache. In return Astra gave them a haircut?

The 'N Betweens turned professional on Monday 8th March 1965. The agency decided to send them to Germany but there were a lot of bookings to honour and passports & work permits to arrange.

The group had some healthy bookings lined up in 1965. They had played with the Moody Blues at Christmas and performed at a Blues review with Georgie Fame, Zoot Money, Alexis Korner but later that year they would play with The Fourmost, The Merseybeats, The Hollies and The Yardbirds.

The Fourmost had released three singles (two penned by John Lennon) and had a Top Ten hit with A Little Loving which reached #6 in '64. They were managed by Brian Epstein and played The Cavern before The Beatles. The Merseybeats were also an Epstein group and had two hit singles with I Think Of You earning them a gold disc in '64. The Hollies had three Top Ten hits in '65, Yes I Will released in January and I'm Alive released in May reaching the much coveted #1 spot. These were prestigious bookings, support spots that would be good for The 'N Betweens ever-growing reputation.

"The most common gig was a dance... at a Youth Club like St. Giles in Willenhall. That venue became one of the most famous and I still have no idea how John Squires used to be able to book so many top groups to play for him and the club. He was one of the biggest fans and champions of The 'N Betweens."
Barry Hodgson 'manager' of Rockin' Rustlers

John Squires was a local man who ran the St. Giles Youth Club. He was heavily involved with the church and organised many of the concerts in the St. Giles name. Although this sounds amateur in today's environment, during the Sixties and in The Black Country, live music was catered for by the church. Youth Clubs and Church Halls were just as likely to host live music as the local Town Hall, Public Baths or Public House's, well known bands as well as local 'wannabe's. Squires was responsible for many of The 'N Betweens bookings throughout 1964-'66 and he also ran their original fan club.

"It was John Squires who gave us our first booking supporting The Hollies"
John Howells

It is said that Squires claimed to be somewhat hurt that after a couple of years of nurturing, The 'N Betweens dropped him. Having turned professional and got themselves a record deal they changed from the youth club to a church hall in Wednesbury for rehearsals, where the vicar there, known as Holy Joe, got the publicity and Squires was forgotten about. Howells certainly never forgot him but unfortunately, John Squires is no longer around to ask, as he passed away around 1992.

The 'N Betweens: 1965 Fan Club Memorabilia

The first recording by The 'N Betweens as John Howells, Mick Marson, Dave Hill, Dave 'Cass' Jones & Don Powell, to be made in a 'proper' studio was actually commissioned by the French Barclay label. Sometime around May they attended an audition held by Bobby Graham. The group auditioned at the Le Metro (nice French connection there) in Birmingham and Graham was impressed enough to sign them up to Barclay Records and arrange a recording session at PYE Studios. He did insist on managing the group jointly with Maurice Jones though. When Graham was asked if Jimmy Page (who was Graham's studio session guitarist) had played on the Barclay sessions, he told Chris Selby:

"Dave Hill was a good guitarist and Johnny Howells vocals were excellent. Jimmy Page looked in during the session in case he was needed but Hill had been good enough."

John Ogden in the Express & Star on June 24th 1965:

"The 'N Betweens have put down four raving tracks for the Barclay company from France. The tracks have a typical 'N Betweens sound with a hard driving bluesy beat."

The four tracks which John Ogden had witnessed being recorded were not the four tracks which the company released as an EP by the 'In-Betweens'. He had been in the studios during the making of I Wish You Would, Can Your Monkey Do The Dog? , Ooh Poo Pa Doo and Respectable which were the four, hard, driving, bluesy numbers. This EP was pressed only on a single acetate (according to John Howells) which has long since, gone missing. Howells does have a recording of it though and this was the source for the tracks featured on The Genesis Of Slade compilation.

By July 1965, Midland Beat considered The 'N Betweens one of Wolverhampton's most rated groups. With high hopes for their 'Little Nightingale' single produced by Bobby Graham for the Barclay label, they had fan clubs overseas as well as in their Carole Williams run home town. I guess the Little Nightingale single is The In-Betweens EP although it seems strange that a track from the flip side is quoted. There's no mention of Little Nightingale as a single anywhere else except for The Hills 'Juanita Banana EP' where it is Side 2 track 2.

I think it's safe to assume that all involved had high hopes for The 'N Betweens immediate future. The agency, the management, the fan club and the press were all riding the wave expecting great things to happen.

It don't get much better than that, how can they fail?

An article in the Express & Star, later that year, suggested that the group were to record further tracks for Graham but nothing has yet been found. It does show, once again, how much was involved and subsequently, how much was at stake for the group and all connected at this point in their career.

Express & Star, September 30th 1965

The group finally left for Dortmund, Germany at the end of October 1965. They played the 29th October 1965 at the Woolpack in Wolverhampton, it was advertised as...

"The 'N Betweens last night before they leave for Germany"

...and they left next day. The next 'N' Betweens gig in the UK appears on 5th December 1965 at Wolverhampton Civic Hall with Zero 5.

John Howells and Don Powell Off on the M6 to Liverpool to collect the passports for their first trip to Europe. The Commer van, which carried the group and their equipment across the continent to Dortmund in Germany, was as much a requisite for a live group as their instruments. The group left from Harwich on a ferry bound for Ostend, Holland and it was on this trip that Hill and Powell met up with Holder.

St Peters Fountain, Wolverhampton

Howells recalls leaving Ostend on the road through Belgium and on to Dortmund. Come midnight, they were lost somewhere in Germany.

"As we drove up to a snack bar on a plaza another van approached from the other end. 'Oy, yo lot, what you doin 'ere?' Inside the van was Steve Brett & The Mavericks including Noddy Holder. We had played together on several occassions and had a high regard for each other. They were off to Frankfurt."
John Howells

What John didn't know was that Hill & Powell already knew Holder quite well, Powell rated him as a vocalist and thought he was wasted on backup vocals. Hill was still being sold on the idea because he hadn't had much to do with him. They were not happy about The 'N Betweens though and they discussed this with Holder. They were considering putting a new group together.

It appears several things were becoming serious issues within The 'N Betweens. First of all, the other guys had got themselves steady girlfriends and had started skipping rehearsals. This irked Hill and Powell because they had steered clear of relationships and kept their love lives strictly on a casual basis. Another aggravation for Hill was the Mod trend which had bitten Marson.

"I hated all that Mod business. I wasn't a Who fan, I didn't like scooters and I didn't like short haired pillocks in Parka jackets. The Stones were good but I didn't get the rest?"
Dave Hill

Ironic statement for a guy who would become a Skinhead in three years time but at the time, it was a problem.

"I had a drink with them on the ferry and they told me they were not happy with their band and wanted to split from the rest. They asked if I was interested in joining them and I said I'd think about it."
Noddy Holder

The band forged on and eventually arrived at the Habenera Club in Dortmund where they were met by Frau Tillenger who owned an old farm house about 12 outside the town. The hours were long and hard in Germany and the group had to revive some classics from their old set as the germans were still into Rock 'N' Roll. Howells describes the 'time-warp' which the German music scene seemed to be in when they went out:

"The audition was organised by Astra. I think we were one of several groups being auditioned by German Club managers.

We were asked to play The Walk, a Jimmy McCracken number, and luckily we had just learnt it so we must have sounded pretty good and got the spot. To us, a spell in Germany could only be beneficial to the group."

"At that time we ate, slept and lived the group and the music. Germany was to be part of the learning process. The strange thing was when we got out to the clubs we had to play Chuck Berry and rock stuff which we felt we had grown out of some time before. The Blues or R&B had no real place in the German clubs. It was like playing 1963 in 1965."

"The one mistake we made in Germany was that we did not take the opportunity to learn a load of new stuff while we were there. As a result we probably went a bit stale although we became a much tighter outfit."

"I do remember that everything we played in Germany seemed so fast. We cranked everything up and just let rip. When we got back it took us a little bit of time to slow down again. I remember playing the Civic and the kids who had listened to us before we went out to Germany couldn't believe how fast we were playing. We had to slow down.”

Cass Jones confirms the 'time-warp' that the group discovered:

"In Germany it was as if the Germans had discovered the Beatles and therefore expected us to do a lot of Beatles stuff, especially the early stuff. We used to play Love Me Do, Anna, From Me To You and No Reply. I think we made a pretty good job of most of the numbers. We had most of them well sussed.”

"We played mostly in Dortmund to audiences with an average age of about twenty five. Although the long stints on stage were particularly long, they did help us to tighten up as a unit. We did one session for some German OAPs. We had to switch everything off because the amplification was deafening them. We became a group comprising drums and tambourine for that session.”

By the end of November they were glad to be heading for home. their next booking was to be the Civic Hall, which was like their second home. There were also plenty more bookings and a message from Bobby Graham to return to PYE Studios to record another four tracks.

The released record, incorrectly titled as The In-Betweens, comprised four tracks on an EP featuring Feel So Fine, Take A Heart, Little Nightingale (often said to be written by Jimmy Page, it was not) and You Don’t Believe Me.

Apparently Bobby Graham who was the A&R man for Barclay France, the recording session felt that the four numbers which were released by Barclay were more 'acceptable' to the French record-buying public. The 'N' Betweens' Feel So Fine EP was released in late December 1965. It was only available in France and South America, not in the UK?

Later the next year, two of The 'N' Betweens' tracks, Take A Heart and Little Nightingale, found themselves on a sampler re-issue. They were on the flipside of two tracks by a band called The Hills. The Juanita Banana EP was released in France in early 1966. It was also available across most of the European Continent but not in the UK?

It should have been the best moment of the bands career except for the fact that they were coming apart at the seams. The Agency knew nothing of this though and so it was business as usual. The 'N Betweens have had a great year. They turned professional, got a contract, recorded and released a record and have returned from a stint in Germany that has honed their skills to a point where they are better than they have ever been.

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Alan re: Dortmund Habenera 1965,
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You can also find me on Facebook or several Slade forums. 

Mickey P. ;-)

Much borrowed from the excellent 2002 online book by Keith Farley. 'N Between Times: an Oral History of the Wolverhampton Group Scene of the 1960s. It's certainly worth a read. Other sources are The Genesis Of Slade sleeve-notes (thanks to John Howells & John Haxby), Feel The Noize and Who's Crazee Now! My undying gratitude to Chris Selby who supplied much advice, research and media and also Dave Kemp who, thankfully, listened and, more importantly, repeated what he'd heard..

The 'N Betweens 

1964Sun 8th November - Ship & Rainbow, Wolverhampton(with The Little People)
Sat 28th November - Three Men In A Boat

Sun 29th November -Ship & Rainbow (with The Paramounts)

Fri 4th December -  Casino Club Walsall (with Zoot Money)
Sat 5th December - Town Hall,Walsall (with The Sonnets)

Sun 13th December - Ship & Rainbow,Wolverhampton (with The Spencer Davis Group)
Thurs 17th December - Baths Willenhall-Billed as The Vendors with Bo Street Runners/The Spartans

Sun 20th December - Ship & Rainbow,Wolverhampton (with Alexis Korner)

Sat 26th December - Casino Club.Walsall( with The Moody Blues)
Mon 28th December - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton (with The Marauders)

1965

Sun 3rd January - Ship & Rainbow,Wolverhampton (with Clayton Squares)

Sat 9th January - Walsall Town Hall(with Lee Castle & the Barns)
Sun 10th January -  Ship & Rainbow, Wolverhampton
Wed 13th Januaary -  Civic Hall, Wolverhampton (Two performances 6.30pm and 9.00pm with Georgie Fame, Zoot Money, Alexis Korner and The Soulseekers)
 Fri 15th January - Walsall Town Hall(with Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen and The Sonnets)
Wed 20th January -  Ship & Rainbow, Wolverhampton
Fri 22nd January -  Bilston Youth Club, Bilston
Sat 30th January -  Rising Brook School, Stafford
Mon 22nd February - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton (with Phil Ryan & the Crescents)
Tues 23rd February - Woolpack, Wolverhampton
Sat 6th March - Walsall Town Hall (with The Litter)
Fri 12th March - 400 Ballroom ,Torquay
Sun 14th March - Rollerdrome, Wolverhampton
Mon 15th March - Bilston Youth Club, Bilston (with The Subjects and The Earl King Three)
Fri 26th March - Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton (with George E. Washington and The Tempos)
Thurs 1st April - Apollo Hotel,Bulwell ,Nottingham
Tues 6th April - Woolpack, Wolverhampton
Sun 11th April - Ship & Rainbow, Wolverhampton
Mon 12th April - The Place,Hanley, Stoke on Trent
Tues 13th April - Willenhall Baths (with Spencer Davis/Derek Day & The Trekkers /The Spectres)
Sat 17th April - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton (with The Martells)
Mon 19th April - Walsall Town Hall(with Simon Scott & the Leroys and Johnny Kidd & the Pirates)
Mon 26th April -Crown Hotel,Birmingham
Thurs 29th April - Ship & Rainbow
Fri 30th April - Tyburn House ,Birmingham
Thurs 6th May - Queens Hotel,Birmingham

Sun 9th May - Le Metro Club, Birmingham (with The Measles)
Mon 10th May - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton (with The Wayfarers)
Fri 14th May - Civic Hall,Wolverhampton (with The Matchmakers)
Sun 16th May - The Golden Torch,Tunstall,Stoke on Trent
Tues 18th May - The Woolpack,Wolverhampton

Sun 23rd May -  Ship & Rainbow(with Alexis Korner)
Mon 24th May - Queens Head ,Erdington

Thurs 27th May - Apollo Hotel,Burslem,Stoke on Trent
Fri 28th May - Quarry Club,Upper Gornal
Sun 29th May - Memorial Park, Willenhall
Wed 2nd June - Ellowes Inn,Lower Gornal
Fri 4th June - Bushbury Arms, Wolverhampton (with The Woden)
Mon 7th June - The Majestic,Wellington (With The Sonnets)
Fri 11th June - The Golden Torch,Tunstall,Stoke on Trent
Fri 11th June - Greenaways,Baddley Green,Stoke on Trent

Sat 12th June - 400 Club Torquay
Mon 14th June - 400 Club,Torquay
Tues 15th June - 400 Club,Torquay
Wed 16th June - 400 Club,Torquay
Thurs 17th June - 400 Club,Torquay
Fri 18th June - 400 Club,Torquay
Sun 20th June - Le Metro Club, Birmingham
Mon 21st June - The Golden Torch,Tunstall,Stoke on Trent

Wed 23rd June - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton (with Spencer Davis)

Fri 25th June - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton (with The Misphits)
Mon 28th June - The Place,Hanley,Stoke on Trent
Sun 4th July - Ship & Rainbow, Wolverhampton (with The Boston Dexters)
Fri 9th July - Quarry Club.Upper Gornal
Mon 12th July - Newlands Hotel,Coventry,Coventry
Tues 13th July - Walsgrave Hotel,Coventry
Wed 14th July - Parkstone Club,Coventry (with Johnny Kidd & The Pirates)
Thurs 15th July - Heath Hotel,Foleshill,Coventry

Sun 25th July - Le Metro Club,Birmingham
Fri 30th July - Ship & Rainbow,Wolverhampton
Tues 3rd August - Woolpack,Wolverhampton
Sat 7th August - Walsall Town Hall (with Ides of March)
Mon 9th August - The Place,Hanley,Stoke on Trent
Sat 14th August - Town Hall,Hawick (with The Avengers)

Sat 21st August - Le Metro Club,Birmingham
Sun 22nd August - Le Metro Club,Birmingham
Sun 22nd August - West End Club ,Coalville,Leicester
Mon 23rd August - Queen Head,Erdington
Tues 24th August - Wheel of Worfield,Wolverhampton
Tues 31st August - The Woolpack,Wolverhampton

Sun 5th September - Ship & Rainbow (with The Crawdaddies)

Thurs 9th September -  Ship & Rainbow, Wolverhampton
Sat 11th September - Co-Op Hall,Worcester (with The Kino)
Wed 15th September - Walsgrave Hotel,Coventry
Fri 24th September - Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton,
Tues 5th October - Woolpac ,Wolverhampton
Sat 9th October - Civic Hall,Wolverhampton (with The Misphits)
Sun 10th October - Hen & Chickens,Langley
Mon 18th October -Civic Hall,Wolverhampton
Thurs 21st October - Willenhall Baths (with Sound Incorporated/ Les Jondours)

Sat 23rd October -  Blue Flame Club, Wolverhampton (with Tommy Burton)
Mon 25th October - Willenhall Bath
Fri 29th October - Woolpack, Wolverhampton
Mon 6th December -Civic Hall, Wolverhampton (with Zero Five)
Wed 8th December - Casino Club,Walsall
Thurs 9th December -Golden Torch,Tunstall,Stoke on Trent
Fri 10th December - Harold Clowes Hall,Bentilee,Stoke on Trent
Sat 11th December - Willenhall Baths (with The Sabres)
Wed 12th December - Silver Blade,Birmingham
Fri 17th December - Harold Clowes Hall,Bentilee,Stoke on Trent
Sun 19th December - Lefric Hotel,Coventry
Tues 21st December - Woolpack, Wolverhampton
Thurs 23rd December -  Ship & Rainbow, Wolverhampton
Fri 24th December - Civic Hall, Brierley Hill
Wed 29th December -Wulfrun Hall,Wolverhampton (with Zuider Zee)
Fri 31st December - Mossley Y C ,Bloxwich (with The Sound Tracks)

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Sources

Holder. Noddy   Who's Crazee Now?

Ebury Press,  1999   ISBN: 0-09-187503-X (p. ?)

Charlesworth, Chris.   Slade: Feel The Noize!

Omnibus Press, 1984.   ISBN 0-7119-0538-X  ; (pp. ?-?) 

Bennett, Roger  "Staffordshire Groups Do Battle"

Midland Beat:  January 1965 (Page 17)

Ogden, John  "Let's Hope It Isn't For France Only"

Wolverhampton Express & Star:  Thursday, 24th June 1965 (Newspaper; p.? )

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