What was the FIRST concert you went to?

Rasher was it really as close to the corner as Boots? What was the cinema called? Time dims the memory eh?
We always seemed to end up at the King and Queen scooters all over the place outside.

Howard

The Rolling Stones, 1972, on the Stick Fingers tour, at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. I was 13, and this set the tone for the next 5 years!

Bruce

Reginald Dixon playing in the Blackpool tower ballroom.

I was much too young to appreciate it though

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Originally posted by mtuttleb:
Reginald Dixon playing in the Blackpool tower ballroom.

I was much too young to appreciate it though

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I guess so: Dixon record

Best regards, freundliche Grüße

Stefan

Sorry to everyone about this diversion.
Howard. It was next door. A quick search on Google turned this up. It was The Regent.

Thanks Rasher ah the memories,even an Austin Allegro passing through.Meanwhile back at the thread.......
Found the same link just how many cinemas in Brighton previously.

Howard

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King Crimson, 1973 (Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Cross) -- the "Lark's Tongues" tour.

Made me what I am.

One of the earliest concerts I went to was the Beatles in '63 or '64 somewhere in North London, possibly Finsbury Park. You couldn't hear a thing because of the girls screaming their heads off. I remember my friends and myself were really pissed off over this. We were up in the balcony and you could feel it moving, pretty scary. Can't remember who alse was on the bill.

Also remember seeing PJ Proby ('65?) at the time he was making a big thing of his trousers splitting, he was pretty shite so he needed something to spice his act up.

Andy

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Originally posted by Mark Ellis-Jones:
King Crimson, 1973 (Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Cross) -- the "Lark's Tongues" tour.

Made me what I am.

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Oh, how jealous I am ! They were my heroes, those days...

Best regards, freundliche Grüße

Stefan

Me too. That would have been pretty special.

The Seeds(with Sky Saxon) in Calgary, Alberta in 1966. Absolutely terrible sound system from what I can remember.

Paul

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I had forgotten about the PA speakers

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It's a shame I don't know how to link to external pictures now that we aren't allowed to post directly, otherwise I would show you the MONSTER PA system the Grateful Dead used in the early 70's.

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I would love to see it.

The Ovaltinies at Manchester Palace, late fifties!

Bob

My first was Motorhead in 1986, when I was twelve. It's been downhill since there.

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I would love to see it

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Well that was easy enough

First concert
German band The scorpions in May 1979 at the best venue in Yorkshire, Sheffield City hall.

Best Concert
Then in the August of '79, Led Zeppelin at Knebworth

Be Bop Deluxe, around 1976, aged about 15, Leicester De Montford Hall - brilliant!

Computers are supposed to work on 1's and 0's - in other words "Yes" or "No" - why does mine frequently say "Maybe"?......

Worth the effort Jez!

Don't to be near that lot in a high wind.
Was that an early home design by those wacky Germans?

Howard

It made it's own wind

It was incredibly loud but as sweet as sweet could be. It was said to produce a quality sound a quarter mile away. I was maybe 30 metres - indoors

Electric Light Orchestra, Queens Hotel Westcliff-on-Sea 1972 or 3. PA packed in half way through the second number. After some messing about they got one mic working, did barber shop quartets, told jokes and did solo stuff while the road crew pulled their hair out trying to fix it. When the rig was at last restored, they played until the police arrived some time after midnight. Great fun. That was the first of about 300 gigs. I packed it in in the late 80s.

Cheers

Harry

Rush at the Deeside Leisure Centre Autumn 1980.
Wooden boards over the ice rink so after about 30 mins you lost contact with you feet !

Second was Ian Gillan Band at Victoria Hall, Hanley. Great showman, really engaged the crowd. Wish Rush had.........

regards
Richard S

My first would have been 1983-84 at Autzen stadium in Eugene, Oregon. Oregon Jam concert festival. Saw Taxi, Joan Jett, Journey, Blue Oyster Cult, and Foreigner. Not very memorable, and luckily my musical taste has improved a bit, although I do still have a soft spot for Joan.

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Not very memorable, and luckily my musical taste has improved a bit, although I do still have a soft spot for Joan.

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Then can I recommend Peaches' album, 'Fatherf*****', to you? It contains a fantastic reworking of a Joan Jett classic. I really like the rest of the album too, although I don't know if I could draw any other comparisons between it and Joan Jett.