NEWTON AYCLIFFE, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Category Archives: 1974
YMCA
BATH LANE, STOCKTON-ON-TEES
£30
Sleeper Train to London
We leave Newcastle Central Station on the sleeper train at 2305 hours to travel to London Kings Cross Station.
Jim, Steve, Robin and Pete
Management Discussions
Talks re CUBE ARTIST MANAGEMENT being created for us
Ashington Northern Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Gateshead Technical College
GATESHEAD, COUNTY DURHAM
£50
Supported by SCOTSWOOD
Seaton Burn Social Club
SEATON BURN, NORTHUMBERLAND
£35
Freemans Hall
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£60
Plus:
GEORGE ROWELL BAND
BECKETT
Ashington Cellar Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£25
Teacher Training College
PONTELAND, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
P.A. System has intermittent fault and needs repair.
Viking Ballroom
SEAHOUSES, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Supported by ANACONDA
Seahouses
Pick up Steve, Pete and Robin and all four of us travel together to Seahouses for the Gig.
At the Viking Ballroom we were supported by ANACONDA
Apparently, they wanted to buy some of our equipment.
Birtley Rex
BIRTLEY, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Southern Club
NEWTON AYCLIFFE, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Shotton Comrades Club
SHOTTON COLLIERY, COUNTY DURHAM
£35
Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty
Robin is given a week to try out a Gibson Les Paul Guitar Black Beauty (guitar) belonging to Pete GAGE. If he likes it, the record company will buy it.
Cambridge
Pete and Steve drove to Cambridge to try out a bass rig CLICK “CONTINE READING” for Steve’s story of the trip.
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Van Mildert College
DURHAM CITY
£75
Supported by KIP
Keeping it!
Robin is keeping the Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty
Training again
Jim and Robin take the train to London
Drums and Marshall Stack
Met up with John Woods at the premises of Cube Records in London.
St Mary’s Technical College
BENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£40
Collection time
Steve & Pete travel to London to collect the Gretsch Drum kit and the Marshall Amp and speakers. It had been intended to also collect a Midas P.A system but that proved unsatisfactory.
The Plaza
Began 7 days of rehearsals at The PLAZA, CONSETT
Hiwatt P.A. System
The 800w HiWatt P.A. system arrived but needed to be converted to Low impedance.
Dudley & Wheatslade Social Club
DUDLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND
£35
First gig with the Gretsch Kit.
Ashington Cellar Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£25
Locarno Rehearsals
We began three days of rehearsals to familiarise ourselves with all the new equipment. It was supposed to be seven days but the van broke down and needed a new steering box.
Newcastle Polytechnic
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£50
With DARRYL WAY’S WOLF
Kingsway College
LONDON
£40
With STACKRIDGE
Rehearsals in London
We travel to London for four days of intensive rehearsals.
Birtley Rex
BIRTLEY, COUNTY DURHAM
£40
Ashington Northern Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£40
Steels Club
SUNDERLAND, COUNTY DURHAM
Viking Ballroom
SEAHOUSES, NORTHUMBERLAND
£40
Plus support
Record the Single
We Hire a van and travel to London to rehearse and record the Single.
Seaton Burn Social Club
SEATON BURN, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Locarno Ballroom
SUNDERLAND, COUNTY DURHAM
£40
With HOT CHOCOLATE
New Rehearsal Venue
We begin rehearsals at our recently acquired rehearsal venue. Morrison Busty Social Centre.
First rehearsal today, another rehearsal on 6th June.
Record interviews at the BBC
We have an interview with Jim Gibbons at BBC Radio Newcastle followed by an interview with Graham Langford at BBC Television Studios.
We also met Dave Pritchard who was later to produce a film of us for the BBC.
Crewe College
CREWE, CHESHIRE
£40
With KILBURN AND THE HIGH ROADS
Single Released
GLANCY c/w IN THE CITY RELEASED BY CUBE RECORDS (BUG44)
Heard It On The Radio
Heard GLANCY being played on BBC Radio One by Johnny Walker.
The Turks Head
We met up with Martin Lickert at the Turks Head Hotel in Grey Street, Newcastle.
BBC Interview
Our interview at the BBC studios was broadcast.
Big Flash Car
The BBC film us for LOOK NORTH. Dave Pritchard is the Producer and David Cox is the Cameraman.
We are filmed at various locations including the Quayside and filmed being driven around Newcastle in a “big flash, open topped car”
BBC Film
The film made by the BBC is broadcast on BBC LOOK NORTH. It is shown whilst IN THE CITY and our recorded interview is heard in the background.
On The Road Again
We travel to London to rehearse and record our follow up single.
We intend recording HOPPIN’ MADD, JOKER and MR SUN
Management Meeting
Meeting with our Management.
Backing track for ITV
We record backing tracks for our appearance on the ITV programme, THE GEORDIE SCENE.
The Geordie Scene
We record THE GEORDIE SCENE with THE BAY CITY ROLLERS
Morrison Busty Social Club
MORRISON ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, COUNTY DURHAM
£55
Recording Session
We record DOZY DORA
Teacher Training College
PONTELAND, NORTHUMBERLAND
£35
East Howdon Workmens Club
WALLSEND, NORTHUMBERLAND
£35
Ashington Northern Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£35
Odeon Cinema
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£40
With WISHBONE ASH
Mayfair Ballroom
NEWGATE STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£60
With SANDGATE
Ashington Hirst Premier
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£40
Haltwhistle Workmens Club
HALTWHISTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND
£45
Heads Nook Coach House
BRAMPTON, CARLISLE
£40
Seaton Burn Social Club
SEATON BURN, NORTHUMBERLAND
£35
Freemans Hall
CASTLE LEAZES PRECINCT, BARRACK ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£70
Blue Star Club
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£30
Ashington Technical College
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£60
supported by CYCLE
Bradford College
BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE
£40
Morrison Busty Social Club
MORRISON ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, COUNTY DURHAM
£N/K
New Shildon Workmens Club
SHILDON, COUNTY DURHAM
£N/K
Dudley & Wheatslade Social Club
DUDLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND
£40
The Beehive
CROOK, COUNTY DURHAM
£N/K
Ashington Hirst Premier
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£N/K
Southern Club
NEWTON AYCLIFFE, COUNTY DURHAM
£N/K
West Cornforth Social Club
WEST CORNFORTH, COUNTY DURHAM
£N/K
Hibernian Club
STANLEY, COUNTY DURHAM
£N/K
Caesar’s Palace
BERWICK UPON TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND
£N/K
With CHRIS McCLURE SECTION
Ashington Northern Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£N/K
Senate Club
PETERLEE, COUNTY DURHAM
£N/K