Bullfrog were formed in September 1969 and gigged extensively through the early 1970’s. Unfortunately we can’t find any details for 1970 but there are entries for subsequent years.
Witton Gilbert
Venue unspecified
The Victory
Rowlands Gill
Freemasons Arms Ballroom
CONSETT
Labour Club
HORDEN
£12
Welfare Hall
FELLING
£12
Civic Hall
CONSETT
£22
With “Yellow”
Central Hall
AMBLE
£18
with “The Sect”
Youth Club
STANLEY
£18
Eldon Square
NEWCASTLE
An impromptu daytime performance on the monument in the Town Centre. CLICK CONTINUE READING FOR IMAGES FROM THE DAY
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Teacher Training College
PONTELAND
£15
Jim’s first Bullfrog gig on Drums
Viking Ballroom
SEAHOUSES, NORTHUMBERLAND
£25
Freemasons Arms Ballroom
CONSETT
£57
Trimdon Social Club
TRIMDON, COUNTY DURHAM
£22
Top Club
CHOPWELL
£20
Manhattan Club
HARTLEPOOL
£20
Ashington Cellar Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£16
Barnard Castle Social Club
BARNARD CASTLE
£20
Viking Ballroom
SEAHOUSES
£25
Club Domino
BEDLINGTON
£18
Seaham Comrades Club
SEAHAM
£25
Kings Head Pub
SHOTLEY BRIDGE
£15
Manhattan Club
HARTLEPOOL
£20
Fishburn Social Club
FISHBURN
£25
Bellingham Town Hall
BELLINGHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND
£15
Ashington Cellar Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£18
Rockcliffe Rugby Club
WHITLEY BAY, NORTHUMBERLAND
£18
Seaton Burn Social Club
SEATON BURN, NORTHUMBERLAND
£18
Seaham Comrades Club
SEAHAM, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Easington Colliery Workmens Club
EASINGTON COLLIERY, COUNTY DURHAM
£14
Teacher Training College
PONTELAND, NORTHUMBERLAND
£15
Lynemouth Social Club
LYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Ashington Hirst Mortimer
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£25
Dudley & District Social Club
DUDLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND
£22
Seaton Burn Social Club
SEATON BURN, NORTHUMBERLAND
£18
Ashington Cellar Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£18
Southern Club
NEWTON AYCLIFFE
£20
Lyceum Ballroom
THE STRAND, LONDON
£5
Publicity event
Argus Butterfly
PETERLEE, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Bottoms Up Club
CONSETT, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
The Bay Hotel
SEABURN, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Ouston Springs Barbecue
OUSTON, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Milvain Club
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NORTHUMBERLAND
£20
Ashington Cellar Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£20
Seaton Burn Social Club
SEATON BURN, NORTHUMBERLAND
£20
Ashington Three Ones
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£20
Birtley Buffs
BIRTLEY, COUNTY DURHAM
£28
Thornley Social Club
THORNLEY
£25
Lynemouth Social Club
LYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Amble Station Disco
AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND
£20
Viking Ballroom
SEAHOUSES, NORTHUMBERLAND
£25
Hartlepool Catholic Club
HARTLEPOOL
£30
Easington Colliery Workmens Club
EASINGTON, COUNTY DURHAM
£14
Seaton Burn Social Club
SEATON BURN, NORTHUMBERLAND
£20
La Ronde Nightclub
BILLINGHAM, COUNTY DURHAM
£22
Bellingham Town Hall
BELLINGHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND
£15
Redcar Jazz Club
REDCAR
£30
Horden Labour Club
HORDEN, PETERLEE
£25
High Pit Social Club
CRAMLINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£20
Mayfair Ballroom
NEWGATE STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£30
With JUCY LUCY and TOEFAT
Wark Village Barbecue
WARK VILLAGE, HEXHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Ashington Cellar Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£20
Birtley Buffs
BIRTLEY, COUNTY DURHAM
£28
Colwell Village Hall
COLWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Freemans Hall
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£30
Top Hat Club
SPENNYMOOR, COUNTY DURHAM
£20
Shiney Row Workmens Club
SHINEY ROW, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Birtley Buffs
BIRTLEY, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Londonderry Hall
SOUTH SHIELDS, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Seaham Labour Club
SEAHAM, COUNTY DURHAM
£15
Ashington Northern Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Seaton Burn Social Club
SEATON BURN, NORTHUMBERLAND
£20
Lynemouth Inn
LYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Viking Ballroom
SEAHOUSES, NORTHUMBERLAND
£25
Teacher Training College
PONTELAND, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Change Is
BATH LANE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£17
Cambo Village Hall
CAMBO, NEAR MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
St Hilda’s Youth Club
SOUTH SHIELDS, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Horden Labour Club
HORDEN, PETERLEE
£25
Annabels Club
SUNDERLAND, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Newton Park Hotel
BENTON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£15
Thornley Social Club
THORNLEY, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Kelloe Workmens Club
FRONT STREET, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Birtley Rex
BIRTLEY, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Southern Club
NEWTON AYCLIFFE, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
The Vestry
FAWCETT STREET, SUNDERLAND
£15
West Cornforth Social Club
WEST CORNFORTH, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Ashington Cellar Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£18
Lynemouth Social Club
LYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Freemasons Arms Ballroom
FRONT STREET, CONSETT, COUNTY DURHAM
£40
Durham Town Hall
DURHAM CITY
£40
Hartlepool Town Hall
HARTLEPOOL
£30
Thornley Social Club
THORNLEY, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Wingate Constitutional Club
WINGATE, COUNTY DURHAM
£20
Ashington Hirst Premier
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£20
Horden Labour Club
HORDEN, PETERLEE
£30
Seaton Burn Social Club
SEATON BURN, NORTHUMBERLAND
£20
Viking Ballroom
SEAHOUSES, NORTHUMBERLAND
£25
Craghead British Legion Club
CRAGHEAD, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
The Ord Arms
COWGATE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£25
Seaham Labour Club
SEAHAM, COUNTY DURHAM
£15
Westrigg Secondary School
N/K
£18
Birtley Rex
BIRTLEY, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
The Blue Star Club
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£22
Southern Club
NEWTON AYCLIFFE, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Wingate Constitutional Club
WINGATE, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Dudley & Wheatslade Social Club
DUDLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Sedgefield Town Hall
SEDGEFIELD, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Locarno Ballroom
SUNDERLAND, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Top Rank Suite
SUNDERLAND, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Newbottle Workmens Club
HOUGHTON LE SPRING, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Radcliffe Social Club
AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
The Nightingale
349 HIGH ROAD, WOOD GREEN, LONDON N22
£0
Publicity event
Treetops Restaurant
BROOMHILL
£30
Consett Vic Club
CONSETT, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Ashington Cellar Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£20
Dudley & Wheatslade Social Club
DUDLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Horden Welfare Club
HORDEN, PETERLEE
£30
Wingate Constitutional Club
WINGATE, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
New Durham Workmens Club
COUNTY DURHAM
£30
West Cornforth Social Club
WEST CORNFORTH, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Bellingham Town Hall
BELLINGHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Farringdon Social Club
FARRINGDON, SUNDERLAND
£30
John Boste Youth Centre
WALKER, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£30
Senate Club
PETERLEE, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Ashington Technical College
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Craghead British Legion Club
CRAGHEAD, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Birtley Rex
BIRTLEY, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Shildon Workmens Club
SHILDON, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Mayfair Ballroom
NEWGATE STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£30
Dudley & Wheatslade Social Club
DUDLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Ushaw Moor Workmens Club
USHAW MOOR, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Southern Club
NEWTON AYCLIFFE, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Wingate & Station Town
WINGATE, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Locarno Ballroom
SUNDERLAND, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Hartlepool British Legion Club
HARTLEPOOL, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Sombrero Disco
CHESTER-LE-STREET, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
St Dominics Hall
BYKER, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£40
Newton Park Hotel
BENTON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£30
Manor Park School
BENTON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£30
Stirling House
SALTWELL, GATESHEAD, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Seaham Comrades Club
SEAHAM, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Teacher Training College
PONTELAND, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Wingate Constitutional Club
WINGATE, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Top Rank Suite
SUNDERLAND, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Viking Ballroom
SEAHOUSES, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Radcliffe Social Club
AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND
£25
Trimdon Grange Social Club
TRIMDON, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Craghead British Legion Club
CRAGHEAD, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Dudley & Wheatslade Social Club
DUDLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
East Howdon Workmens Club
WALLSEND, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Teacher Training College
PONTELAND, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Hartlepool Rovers Quoits Club
HARTLEPOOL, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Ashington Hirst Premier
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Victoria Hotel
WHITLEY BAY, NORTHUMBERLAND
£25
Seaham Comrades Club
SEAHAM, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Thornley Social Club
THORNLEY, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Wingate Constitutional Club
WINGATE, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Trimdon Comrades Club
TRIMDON, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Ashington Cellar Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£25
Seaham Labour Club
SEAHAM, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Dudley & Wheatslade Social Club
DUDLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Wingate Constitutional Club
WINGATE, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Consett Vic Club
CONSETT, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Guildhall
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£50
With BRASS ALLEY
Birtley Rex
BIRTLEY, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
The Tavern
SOUTH SHIELDS, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Ashington Hirst Premier
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Viking Ballroom
SEAHOUSES, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Top Hat Club
SPENNYMOOR, COUNTY DURHAM
£35
Locarno Ballroom
SUNDERLAND, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
With THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND
Wingate Constitutional Club
WINGATE, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Victoria Hotel
WHITLEY BAY, NORTHUMBERLAND
£25
Scotswood Social Club
SCOTSWOOD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£30
Colwell Village Hall
COLWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND
£40
Slypt Disc
WORKINGTON, CUMBRIA
£36
Genesis Club
WESTGATE ROAD, NEXT TO THE BOWLING ALLEY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£35
Seaton Burn Social Club
SEATON BURN, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Guildhall
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£40
Thornley Social Club
THORNLEY, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Trimdon Grange Social Club
TRIMDON, COUNTY DURHAM
£25
Irish Democratic Club
CONSETT, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Norseman Ballroom
AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND
£40
Ashington Cellar Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£25
Wheatley Hill
WHEATLEY HILL, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
John Boste Youth Centre
WALKER, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£30
Wingate Constitutional Club
WINGATE, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Shiney Row Workmens Club
SHINEY ROW, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Freemans Hall
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
£40
With ALEXIS KORNER
YMCA
BATH LANE, STOCKTON-ON-TEES
£30
Ashington Northern Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£30
Senate Club
PETERLEE, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
Alletsa Ballroom
WHITLEY BAY, NORTHUMBERLAND
£40
Bellingham Town Hall
BELLINGHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND
£40
Ashington Cellar Club
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£25
Ashington Technical College
ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND
£50
Acomb Village Hall
ACOMB, NEAR HEXHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND
£40
Freemasons Arms Ballroom
FRONT STREET, CONSETT, COUNTY DURHAM
£50
Viking Ballroom
SEAHOUSES, NORTHUMBERLAND
£35
Dudley & Wheatslade Social Club
DUDLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND
£35
Southern Club
NEWTON AYCLIFFE, COUNTY DURHAM
£30
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
