THE GIG LIST 67

From the Blues to Wheels of Fire

THE GIG LIST 1967

NOTE: This list is very incomplete and some dates and/or venues probably need correcting. Please contribute any additions or corrections. The support of all Cream fans is appreciated: email me.

Once again the input of collector Bob Elliott is very much appreciated.

1966 1968

1967 Cream go psychaedelic

MONTH	DATE	PLACE	VENUE
January	7th	Windsor, Eng	Ricky Tick, Thames Hotel
	10th	London	BBC Radio 'Saturday Club'
	10th	Soho, London	Marquee Club
	13th	Southampton, Eng	Guildhall
	14th	Coventry, Eng	Coventry Theatre
	15th	Hounslow, Eng	Ricky Tick Club
	16th	London, Eng	BBC Radio 'Monday Monday'
	18th	Stourbridge, Eng	Town Hall
	19th	Leicester, Eng	Granby Hall
	20th	Newcastle, Eng	Club A Go Go
	21st	Southport, Eng	Floral Hall
	24th	Bristol, Eng	Corn Exchange "Chinese R& B Jazz Club"
	26th	London	BBC TV "Top of the Pops"
	28th	Brixton, Eng	Ram Jam Club


February	3rd	Leeds, Eng	Queens Hall 'All Night Rave'
	4th	Ewell, Eng	Technical College
	5th	London	Saville Theatre. Jimi attends
	9th	Salisbury, Eng	City Hall
	10th	Manor House, London	"Bluesville 66" The Manor House
	11th	Matlock, Eng	Baths Pavilion
	15th	Aylesbury, Eng	Assembly Hall (Ricky Tick)
	18th	Folkestone, Eng	Tofts Club
	19th	Wembley, Eng	Starlite Ballroom
	22nd	Bromley, Eng	Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel
	24th	Bremen, Germany	TV 'Beat Club'
	25th	Hamburg, Germany	Star Club
	26th	Kiel, Germany	Star Club
Starlite Ballroom 19th February
March
	1st March	Belfast, Nthn Ireland	Ulster Hall [courtesy John Farnan]
	2nd March	Belfast, Nthn Ireland	Queens University Student's Hall [courtesy John Farnan]
	6th	Copenhagen, Denmark	Falkoner Centret 'Pop Pool'
	7th	Stockholm, Sweden	Konsurthuset (Broadcast)
	8th	Gothenburg, Sweden	Lorensburgs Cirkus
	12th	East Dereham, England	Wellington Club (corrected thanks to Dave Morriss and read his recollections on the Tulip Hall gig below)
	?	Norwich, England	(courtesy Dave Morriss)
		London	"The Lost Studio Sessions"
	21st	Soho, London	Marquee Club
	22nd	New York	Arrive for Murray K Show
	23rd-24th	New York	Rehearsals for Murray K Show
March/April	March 25th- April 2nd Ginger & Jack in dressing room at RKO	New York	RKO Theatre (Murray the K's "Music in the Fifth Dimension Show") 5 shows per day commencing 10.15am (morning, lunch, afternoon, evening and supper) finishing 11.30pm+. Perform 2 songs (I Feel Free, I'm So Glad) then only I'm So Glad, each show.

April	April 4th- 7th	New York	Café Au Go Go ? (guest appearance?) Atlantic Studios recording Disraeli Gears
	9th	Redcar, Eng	Coathams Hotel (Cancelled)
	14th	Newbury, Eng	Ricky Tick
	16th	Wembly, Eng	Empire Pool 'Record Star Show'
	18th	Bristol, Eng	Corn Exchange "Chinese R& B Jazz Club"
	21st	Brighton, Eng	The Dome
	22nd	Hounslow, Eng	Ricky Tick

May	6th	Chipenham, Eng	Royal Agricultural College "Charity Appeal"
		7th, Wembley, England	Empire Pool "NME Poll Winners Concert"
	8-16th	New York	Recording Disraeli Gears
	19th	Bremen, Germany	TV "Beat Club"
	20th	West Berlin	Stadion (club)
	21st	Scala, Germany	Jaguar Club
	22nd	London	Dee Time - Simon Dee Show’ BBC TV
	23rd	Soho, London	Marquee Club
	27th	Oxford, Eng	Pembroke College May Ball
	29th	Spalding, Eng	Tulip Bulb Auction Hall 'Barbecue '67' See below for comments
	30th	London	‘Saturday Club’ BBC ‘Light Programme’ Radio 1

June	1st	Paris	Palais des Sports (2 shows)
	3rd	Brixton, London	Ram Jam Club
	11th	Greenford, Eng	Starlite Ballroom
	?-?	Germany
	30th	Manor House, London	"Bluesville 67" The Manor House

July	1st	Forest Gate, London	Upper Cut
	2nd	London	Saville Theatre (2 shows)
		London	IBC Studios recording"Wheels of Fire"
	12th	Southport, Eng	Floral Hall
	14th	London, Eng	BBC Radio 1 "Joe Loss Show"
	14th	London	UFO Club Cream never performed here - the date is based on a counterfeit poster
	??	Glasgow, Scotland	The Locarno Ballroom
	??	Elgin, Scotland	Two Red Shoes
	??	Aberdeen, Scotland	Beach Ballroom

August	13th	Windsor, Eng	The 7th Annual Jazz & Blues Festival
		London	IBC Studios recording"Wheels of Fire"
	15th	Torquay	Town Hall "Explosion '67"
	17th	London	Speakeasy (introduced by Frank Zappa)
	20th	Redcar, Eng	Coathams Hotel "Redcar Jazz Club" (replacement for 9th April)
US Tour	21st	Leave for USA
	22,23,24,25, 27,29,30,31	San Francisco	Fillmore (2 shows each night)

	Jack on harp at the Fillmore
September	1,2,3	San Francisco	Fillmore (2 shows each night)
	4,5,6	Los Angeles	Whiskey A Go Go
	8th	Boston	Cross Town Bus Club
	9th	Waltham, Mass	Brandeis University - This date is wrong, I have found out after all these years. Uni was on vacation on this date. Actual date for this gig and the bootleg is ???????
	10th-16th	Boston, Mass	Psychadelic Supermarket (2 shows each night)
		New York	Atlantic Studios "Wheels of Fire"
	22nd	Long Beach, Long Island NY	Action House
	23rd	New York	Village Theatre (2 shows)
	24th	Long Beach, Long Island NY	Action House
	26th-30th	New York	Café Au Go Go
	30th	New York	Village Theatre (Early Show)

October	1, 3-8	New York	Cafe Au Go Go
		New York	Atlantic Studios "Wheels of Fire"
	11th-12th	Ann Arbour, Michigan	The 5th Dimension Club
	13-15th	Detroit	Grande Ballroom
	19th	Belfast, Nthn Ireland	Romano's Ballroom (postponed till 2nd Nov)
	24th	London	‘Top Gear’ BBC Radio 1
	26th	Glasgow	Magoos
	27th	Edinburgh, Scotland	Capital
	29th	London	Saville Theatre

November	1st	Bromley, Eng	"Bal Tabarin"
	2nd	Belfast, Nthn Ireland	Romano's Ballroom [courtesy John Farnan]
	6th	Streatham, Eng	Silver Blades Ice Rink
	10th	Copenhagen	"Toppot/Ny Adelgade - Press Conference
	11th	Gladsaxe, Denmark	"TV-Byen" Lipsync TV
	11th	Olfborg, Denmark	"Hit Club" Vejgaard Hallen
	12th	Copenhagen	Falkoner Centret (2 shows)
	13th?	Helsinki, Finland	Recorded for Finish TV (lipsync) (courtesy Olli Oksala)
	13th	Helsinki, Finland	Kulttuuritalo (2 shows) (courtesy Tapani Taka )
	14th	Stockholm, Sweden	Konserthuset
	15th	Gothenburg, Sweden	Lorensburg Cirkus (2 shows)
	16th	Oslo, Sweden	? (scheduled but maybe didn't take place)
	17th	Jonkoping, Sweden	Rigoletto (record attendance of over 3,000)
	18th	Orebro, Sweden	Idrottshuset (courtesy Bengt Skogberg)
	23rd	Newcastle, Eng	Club A Go Go
	24th	Morecombe, Eng	Marine Ballroom, Central Pier
	25th	London	BBC TV "Twice a Fornight"
	28th	London	Marquee Club

December	1st	Brighton, Eng	Top Rank
	2nd	London	BBC Radio "Happening Sunday"
	??	London	Revolution Club
	11th	Leave for New York
	12-15th	New York	Atlantic Studios recording for "Wheels of Fire"
	20th	Chicago	Private performance at a Debutante's Ball
	22nd-23rd	Detroit	Grande Ballroom
	24th	London	Arrive back from US after stopover in N.Y.

1968

The Barbecue 67 concert was horrendous. It was basically a large shed and the promoters had massively oversold the number of tickets. They cleared off and left it to the bands to perform in impossible conditions and the police to manage the crowd. It was crammed and stiffling. Jimi valiantly struggled to keep his guitar in tune and amps functioning. Cream as second top billing would have suffered the same.

A great bill though and check the price!

"I saw them again at the Tulip Shed in Spalding some weeks later, Eric introduced Hendrix after the Cream set. Jimi had trouble tuning up and also had amp problems and the crowd were baying for Eric to tune his guitar for him. It was one of Hendrix's early gigs. I can't remember much of Cream's performance, such a huge crowd and lousy sound and I was young and fancy free..." (Dave Morriss)

Jimi looks happy, don't he!

16th March 1998, Corrected 10th Nov 1999, Updated 21st August 2005