In a couple of recent posts on this Blog I have been revisiting some of the first gigs that I attended.  As mentioned in this one (“More about 1970s gigs, and a correction”), I have created a list of the first 38 that I went to, from November 1974 to late December 1977. It appears at the end of this piece, along with photos of the tickets from all but one of these shows. I do not intend to extend this list any further, although I have continued to attend live music events in the 44 years since then, right up to a performance last night by Barb Jungr at the George IV on Chiswick High Road.

My attempts to document my early years of gig-going are nothing compared to the work that has gone into this site (raysgigs.com) which lists over 7,000 (and counting) live shows attended by another West Londoner. The year-by-year lists (like this one for 1974) show that he was at the first six gigs that I went to and dozens more in the years afterwards. I don’t believe that we have ever met. There’s news on his site of a forthcoming gig at a pub on Acton High Street that he will be playing at. I should get along there and introduce myself; I know at least one of the other performers. In the meantime, here’s my far less impressive list of gigs attended between 1974 and December 1977.

38 gigs attended, 11-Nov-1974 to 27-Dec-1977

Date	Act(s)	Where	Notes
Mon 11/11/1974	Sparks + Pilot	Hammersmith Odeon
Thu 20/03/1975	10cc + Fancy	Hammersmith Odeon
Sat 06/12/1975	Supertramp + Joan Armatrading	Hammersmith Odeon
Sat 24/01/1976	Dr Feelgood + Roogalator	Hammersmith Odeon
Fri 05/03/1976	Robin Trower + John Miles	Wembley Empire Pool
Sat 21/08/1976	Rolling Stones + 10cc + Lynyrd Skynyrd + Todd Rundgren’s Utopia + Hot Tuna + Don Harrison Band	Knebworth
Tue 07/09/1976	Rainbow	Hammersmith Odeon
Sat 23/10/1976	Peter Frampton + Gary Wright	Wembley Empire Pool
Thu 16/12/1976	Steve Hillage + Nova	Hammersmith Odeon
Wed 19/01/1977	Rory Gallagher	Hammersmith Odeon
Sat 12/02/1977	Jethro Tull + Richard Digance	Hammersmith Odeon
Thu 17/02/1977	Frank Zappa	Hammersmith Odeon
Sat 12/03/1977	Black Sabbath + Nutz	Hammersmith Odeon
Tue 15/03/1977	Black Sabbath + Nutz	Hammersmith Odeon
Wed 16/03/1977	Pink Floyd	Wembley Empire Pool
Fri 20/05/1977	Stranglers + London	Brunel University
Sun 22/05/1977	Judas Priest+ Stateline Band	New Victoria Theatre
Mon 06/06/1977	Klondyke + Nebula + Milk + Woods Band + Krisp + Short Stuff	Chiswick House Grounds	Jubilee Concert: None of these acts, as far as I know, became famous
Tue 07/06/1977	National Health + Simon Townsend Band + Shy + Simon Bury Burnett Band(?) + Lloyd Barclay and the Westminsters + Crosswind(?)+ Clive Harris + John Waters, Graham Ford, Peter Jenkins	Chiswick House Grounds	Jubilee Concert: None of these acts, as far as I know, became famous
Sun 12/06/1977	UFO	Roundhouse
Sat 18/06/1977	Cado Belle	Music Machine
Fri 24/06/1977	Genesis + Richie Havens	Earls Court
Sat 23/07/1977	Crawler + Boxer + Moon	Rainbow	3 Bands for £1, and singles as a freebie
Mon 25/07/1977	George Hatcher Band	Marquee	First trip to the Marquee, to check out George Hatcher before seeing him support Ted Nugent
Wed 17/08/1977	Ted Nugent + George Hatcher Band	Hammersmith Odeon	I wasn’t too old, and it wasn’t too loud
Tue 04/10/1977	Brothers Johnson	Hammersmith Odeon
Wed 05/10/1977	Motors	Marquee
Thu 13/10/1977	Ian Gillan Band + See Note	Rainbow	Billed as “The Sound Spectacular 77 Area Finals featuring Ian Gillan Band and Others
Sun 16/10/1977	Vibrators + 999 + Radiators from Space	Roundhouse
Sat 22/10/1977	Bob Seger	Hammersmith Odeon
Tue 25/10/1977	Yes + Donovan	Wembley Empire Pool
Sat 05/11/1977	Stranglers + Dictators	Roundhouse
Sun 13/11/1977	Rainbow	Rainbow	Rescheduled from Tue 20-Sep-1977, ticket has new date stamped on it
Sun 20/11/1977	Colosseum II	Victoria Palace	Name of the band does not appear on the ticket, I wrote it in pen on the reverse
Sat 26/11/1977	Burlesque + John Cooper Clarke	Nashville
Fri 02/12/1977	Uriah Heep	Hammersmith Odeon
Sat 24/12/1977	Eddie & the Hot Rods + The Only Ones + Stukas	Roundhouse
Tue 27/12/1977	Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias + The Soft Boys	Marquee

Tickets from all but one of them

1977 Gigs 13 to 18, Reverse View