from Philip Rees Roberts
Friday 7th January
Friday 14th January The O'Boogie Brothers
Saturday 15th January The Anti Disco Disco
Friday 21st January
Saturday 22nd January Roogalator
Friday 28th January Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers
Generation X
unknown date The Damned
(according to Julian Cope in Head On but not according to http://www.whiterabbitskgs.co.uk/ which seems to know what it is talking about. But any excuse to play The Damned is good with me.)
Just to put things in context, here's the Top of the Pops, Supersonic and Old Grey Whistle Test line ups for January 1977. Don't forget this was all the pop and rock music you could see on tv back then. Look out for Deaf School on Supersonic.
Thursday 6th January 1977
Top of the Pops (BBC1)
Host: David Jensen
Sheer Elegance Dance the night away
10cc The things we do for love (promo)
Tina Charles Dr Love
Smokie Living next door to Alice
Gladys Night & the Pips Nobody but you
Jethro Tull Ring out those Solstice bells
David Soul Don't give up on us (Legs & Co)
Drifters You're more than a number in my little red book (promo)
Clodagh Rogers Save me
Boney M Daddy Cool
Donna Summer - chat with host -
Johnny Mathis When a child is born
Abba Money, money, money (play out record)
Saturday 8th January 1977
Supersonic (LWT)
The Hollies Daddy don't mind
The Hollies Dragging my heels
Mud Somebody
Phoenix Easy
Andy Fairweather Low Bebop and holler
Flintlock
Brotherhood of Man
an aside:
Sunday 9th January
Liverpool Empire Genesis
In April 1975 I'd been to my first gig - Genesis with Peter Gabriel at the Empire. It was excellent. So when tickets for the first post-Gabriel Genesis tour went on sale roundabout October 1976 me & My Mate Dave got tickets for the Liverpool show the following January.
Punk happened pretty quickly. NME and Sounds might have articles about Punk but there were no records, there were hardly any Peel sessions. Hard to be a punk in a provincial town when you'd never heard a punk band. But then in October the Pistols signed with EMI and at the end of the month Neat, Neat, Neat by the Damned was released. Stuff started happening. The Sex Pistols went on Bill Grundy's show on 1st December and the rest is history.
Consequently by January 9th me & My Mate Dave were not all that interested in seeing Genesis - but we went anyway. Phil Collins had started doing the singing so they had the great Chester Thompson in on drums. He was the drummer on Frank Zappa's Roxy & Elsewhere which was pretty cool. We were loitering in Lime St on that Sunday afternoon and saw this bunch of guys walking towards us. Obviously we recognised them, and being 15 year old scouse kids, totally ignored Messsrs Collins, Rutherford, Banks and Hackett. Instead we bounded over (well, maybe not bounded) and said to Chester Thompson "hey mister, didn't you useta be in Frank Zappa's band?"
Tuesday 11th January 1977
Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC2)
Ace Rock & Roll Singer
Ace You're all that I needed
Daryl Hall & John Oates Back Together Again
Daryl Hall & John Oates Rich Girl
Roy Carr interview
Free The Stealer (promo)
Graham Parker & the Rumour That's what they all say (promo)
Boston Rock & Roll Band (promo)
Thin Lizzy Rocky (The Odeon, Hammersmith)
Thursday 13th January 1977
Top of the Pops (BBC1)
Host: David Hamilton
Gallagher & Lyle Every little teardrop
Barry Biggs Sideshow
Rose Royce Car Wash (Legs & Co)
David Parton Isn't she lovely
Julie Covington Don't cry for me Argentina (stills of Eva Peron)
Status Quo Wild side of life (promo)
Liverpool Express Every man must have a dream
Pussycat Smile
David Soul Don't give up on us (promo)
Stevie Wonder I wish (play out)
Saturday 15th January 1977
Supersonic (LWT)
Gary Glitter
Deaf School Taxi
Deaf School What a way to end it all
Jessie Green Flip
Jessie Green Nice & Slow
John Miles Manhattan Skyline
John Miles Music Man
Tuesday 18th January 1977
Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC2)
Larry Coryell's The Eleventh House in concert
Thursday 20th January 1977
Top of the Pops (BBC2)
Host: Noel Edmonds
Slade Gypsy Road Hog
Donna Summer Winter Melody (promo)
10c The things we do for love
Jesse Green Flip
Elvis Presley Suspicion (Legs & Co)
Drifters You're more than a number (promo)
Leo Sayer When I need you
Thin Lizzy Don't believe a word
Gary Glitter It takes all night long
Silver Convention Everybody's talking about love
David Soul Don't give up on us (promo)
Boney M Daddy Cool (play out)
Saturday 22nd January 1977
Supersonic (LWT)
Ace How Long
Ace You're all that I need
Dodgers Don't it always get you down
Eddie & the Hot Rods All I need is money
Eddie & the Hot Rods Teenage Depression
Liverpool Express Every man must have a dream
Slik Don't take your love away
Tuesday 25th January 1977
Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC2)
Leon Redbone Mr Jellyroll Baker
Leon Redbone I Ain't got nobody
SAHB without Alex Pick it up & kick it
SAHB without Alex Smouldering
Dory Previn Brando (promo)
Emmylou Harris Pancho & Lefty (Townes van Zandt cover)
Rick Wakeman White Rock (film clip)
Thursday 27th January 1977
Top of the Pops (BBC1)
Host: Tony Blackburn
The Brothers Sing Me
David Parton Isn't she lovely
Eagles New kid in town (Leggs & Co)
Barry Briggs Sideshow
Status Quo Wild Side of Life
Mr Big Romeo
Julie Covington Don't cry for me Argentina
Andy Fairweather Low BeBop & Holler
Moments Jack in a Box (promo)
New Seekers I want to go back
David Soul Don't give up on us (promo)
Rose Royce Car Wash (play out)
the unwitting cause of punk rock
Saturday 29th January 1977
Supersonic (LWT)
Mr Big Romeo
Andy Fairweather Low Be Bop & Holler
Real Thing You'll never know what you're missing
Real Thing Hallelujah Man
Leo Sayer When I need you
Leo Sayer You make me feel like dancing
Scrounger Our love
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