french_disko Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Pink Floyd also played Nairn the day afterElgin. Here's a few dates in July 1967 - 20 - Top of the Pops, BBC TV and The Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin, Scotland21 - Ballerina Ballroom, Nairn, Scotland22 - The Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland23 - Cosmopolitan Ballroom, Carlisle, Cumbria, England (radio broadcast)24 - The Maryland, Glasgow, Scotland25 - Greenock Palladium, Lanarkshire, Scotland27 - Top of the Pops, BBC TVhttp://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PFArchives/tourdate.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Weirdly, Cream (with Clapton obviously) played at The Two Red Shoes in July 1967 as well - July 2 - 'Saville Theatre' Central London, England (2 shows) (with the Jeff Beck Group and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers) July - Inverness, Scotland ('in a cinema') July - 'Locarno' Glasgow, Scotland July - 'Two Red Shoes' Elgin, Scotland July - 'Beach Ballroom' Aberdeen, Scotland July 12 - 'Floral Hall' Southport, England July 14 - 'Joe Loss Show' BBC Radio 1, London, Englandhttp://www.jackbruce.com/tours0.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammer Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 OK folks I have the answer!It was opposite the Newmarket Bar i.e. down below another old stompin ground The Venue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Laura@TMB Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 OK folks I have the answer!It was opposite the Newmarket Bar i.e. down below another old stompin ground The Venue Smart arse Anyway, what's there now? Is it beside Burtons? Been so long since I've been home. I remember the Venue though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted September 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Jammer, do you mean you have the answer to my original query, ie where was La Dolce Vita?If so, well done! How do you know, did you go to it or did you ask a Seventies clubber? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammer Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Jammer' date=' do you mean you have the answer to my original query, ie where was La Dolce Vita?If so, well done! How do you know, did you go to it or did you ask a Seventies clubber?[/quote']Er yes..42 ..er meaning of life ...er...no.that is the answer to your questionIt was a mates old man who relayed the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Laura@TMB Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 Spotted this today:-http://www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=149664&command=displayContent&sourceNode=149490&contentPK=15019813&folderPk=85696Nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammer Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 Spotted this today:-http://www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=149664&command=displayContent&sourceNode=149490&contentPK=15019813&folderPk=85696Nice one Interesting, I'd not heard anything about this. Elgin has nothing approaching a decent small venue.Just a minor quibble with the article"Just months before the release of their chart-topping single From Me To You, The Beatles performed there on five consecutive nights in January 1963."They only played once (3rd January)... I think the writer is confusing the fact it was a 5 date tour of Scotland. And it's actually mentioned by Ringo in the Anthology book. Not a very pleasing memory for him as the audience were shite...no change there then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseyBoi Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 The red shoes or whatever it was called was a video rental shop throughout the 90's not sure what it is now tho....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neubeatz Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 Yes, show my age here, The Two Red Shoes, my old boy played guitar and piano in the resident band for years, 7 nights a week, I'm sure it was owned by italian exile, Albert Bonici, I think he also had "The Lido" (no not fucking lie doh,) or fingers in it's pie f'sho, there wasn't even a word "disco" in those days. Then my old boy got a gig in Germany, so bye bye moray.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted August 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Ah, interesting. Well spotted Laura. PS after a long absence, I'll be up and in the Moorings avec la girlfriend on Thursday night! xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/360/Elgin_-_the_very_definition_of_civilisation.htmlYou know it's true. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Marlin Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/360/Elgin_-_the_very_definition_of_civilisation.htmlYou know it's true. xxI think Elgin would be a good place to live. It has almost everything i'd need in somewhere to live, except somewhere to work. Where does everyone in Elgin work? there doesn't seem to be any major employers or industries, yet everyone seems to have a job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Plenty of offices for legal firms, banks and finance houses, and the Forestry Commission is a big local employer I would imagine. On top of all the usual teachers, policemen, shop assistants and so on.Its a great town, bit rough oin a Saturday night but has a good town centre and is surrounded by amazing countryside. A cosy Inverness. Or a more vibrant Banff perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseyBoi Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Plus they have multiple factorys walkers,baxters and has a selection of Whisky Distilleries in surrounding areas aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Laura@TMB Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Well, indeed, it must be true if it's in the Northern Scot! Other local employers would of course be the service industries, distilleries, farming, fishing and not forgetting the two rather large air force bases nearby. My parents still live in Elgin and love it. When I was a teenager I couldn't wait to get away but I think for many people, living in a particular place makes them forget just what their home town or city has to offer, and they look for the negatives rather than to the positives, if you get my gist. As an aside Marillionboy, dunno if you saw the following (scroll down to 3rd last para). I see you love a particular Moray coast town so much that you've changed your name for the sake of it http://www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=149235&command=displayContent&sourceNode=149218&contentPK=15092852&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearchLxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Argh! They really are muppets at the P&J aren't they! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougfast Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 my dad use tell me stories of how loads of bands etc all played elgin before they got big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammer Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 I think Elgin would be a good place to live. It has almost everything i'd need in somewhere to live' date=' except somewhere to work. Where does everyone in Elgin work? there doesn't seem to be any major employers or industries, yet everyone seems to have a job.[/quote']Well I live in Elgin and I work in Inverness...it's a long trek but I'm nae rich enough to buy a hoose there. ho hum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Laura@TMB Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Argh! They really are muppets at the P&J aren't they!I take it that was a no then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 It's where I'm from, still could be worse, imagine if I was mistakenly referred to as Simon Fochabers or Simon Shotts, or even worse Simon Dundee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 OK folks I have the answer!It was opposite the Newmarket Bar i.e. down below another old stompin ground The Venue Incidentally, never asked, was it a venue or just a bar/club? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammer Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 my dad use tell me stories of how loads of bands etc all played elgin before they got big.The Beatles' date=' Cream, The Pink Floyd to name but three who played the mighty Moray metropolis...but then bands used to play everywhere back thenIncidentally, never asked, was it a venue or just a bar/club?To be honest...nae idea. Bar/Club I would think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougfast Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 meatloaf was the one he always banged on about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammer Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 meatloaf was the one he always banged on aboutMince pie mair like...Never heard that one before...but stranger things have happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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