Complete
Confirmed events are indicated by a ♫Date | Valid | Event | Comments | |
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Jan | 6 | ♫ | Mike Cotton Sound Human Instincts |
Adm. 6/6 |
7 | ♫ | Simon Dupree & the Big Sound John The Soul Reasons |
Adm. 8/- | |
12 | ♫ | Wrestling | ||
13 | ♫ | Herbie Goins & the Nightimers The Satin Dolls The All Night Workers |
Adm. 7/6 | |
14 | ♫ | Mud Mulligan's Bog Boss Band plus supporting groups |
Adm. 8/- | |
20 | ♫ | Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band Force Four |
Adm. 10/- | |
21 | ♫ | Jimmy McGriff Organ Trio See Saw Soul Set Penny Blacks |
Adm. 8/6 | |
26 | ♫ | Wrestling | ||
27 | ♫ | James Royal Set The Army |
Adm. 6/6 | |
28 | ♫ | Dave Berry & the Cruisers The Cresters The Tonics |
Adm. 8/6 | |
Feb | 3 | ♫ | Ronnie Jones & the Bluejays Fleur De Lys |
Adm. 6/6 |
4 | ♫ | Maxine Brown with the Q-Set plus supporting groups |
Adm. 10/- | |
9 | ♫ | Wrestling | ||
10 | ♫ | Amboy Dukes Rick 'n' Beckers |
Adm. 6/6 | |
11 | ♫ | Cat Stevens Nite People Beat Syndicate |
Adm. 10/- | |
17 | ♫ | The Gass plus supporting group |
Adm. 6/6 | |
18 | ♫ | Pink Floyd The Equals Two of Each |
Adm. 8/6 Floyd did two 45 minute sets and were paid £75 Yes that is correct. Seventy Five Pounds |
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23 | ♫ | Wrestling | ||
24 | ♫ | Edwin Starr The Unchained |
Adm. 7/6 | |
25 | ♫ | Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich The Black Watch The Gas Company |
Adm. 12/6 | |
Mar | 3 | ♫ | Jimmy Cliff & the Sound System The Rick 'n' Beckers |
Adm. 6/6 |
4 | ♫ | The Who David Essex & Mood Indigo The Hush |
Adm. 12/6 | |
9 | ♫ | Wrestling | ||
10 | ♫ | Lee Dorsey The Voyd |
Adm 10/- | |
11 | ♫ | The Quiet Five The Way of Life The Essex Five |
Adm 8/- | |
17 | ♫ | The Original Drifters The Love Affair |
Adm. 10/- | |
18 | ♫ | The Checkmates The Wind of Change The Smoke |
Adm. 8/- | |
23 | ♫ | Women's Wrestling | Adm. 12/6 | |
24 | ♫ | Good Friday - No Dance | ||
25 | ♫ | The Troggs The Penny Blacks The Zam Band |
Adm. 10/- | |
31 | ♫ | Ben E King Kool Combination |
Adm. 10/- | |
Apr | 1 | ♫ | The New Vaudiville Band (sic) The Symbols The Atoms |
Adm. 8/6 |
6 | ♫ | Wrestling | ||
7 | ♫ | Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band Stacey's Circle |
Adm. 12.6 | |
8 | ♫ | Normie Rowe & the Playboys Steve Derbyshire & the Yum Yum Band The Morality |
Adm. 7/6 | |
14 | ♫ | Bo Diddley Him and the Others Admission 8/6 |
BO DIDDLEY - The Originator Web A Celebration of his Unique Contribution to Popular Music. |
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15 | ♫ | Mary Wells Apex R&B All Stars Night Train |
Adm. 10/- | |
20 | ♫ | Wrestling | ||
21 | ♫ | Alan Price Set Gates of Eden |
Adm. 8/6 | |
22 | ♫ | Long John Baldry New Show The Cresters The Tender Trap |
Adm. 8/6 | |
28 | ♫ | The Soul Sisters Barry Noble & the Sapphires |
Adm. 7/6 | |
29 | ♫ | Madeline Bell & the Echoes The Lemon Line The Hush |
Adm. 7/6 | |
May | 4 | ♫ | Wrestling | |
5 | ♫ | Jimmy James & the Vagabonds The Hubbubs |
Adm. 8/6 | |
6 | ♫ | The Mack Sound Two of Each The New Jump Band |
Adm. 8/6 | |
12 | ♫ | The Amboy Dukes The Don Brewer Band |
Adm. 7/6 | |
13 | ♫ | The Move The Wind of Change The Associates |
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18 | ♫ | Wrestling | ||
19 | ♫ | Chris Farlowe & the Thunderbirds The Crew ADDED ATTRACTION Fashion Show by Shalets |
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20 | ♫ | The Warm Sound The Washington DCs The Sneakers |
Adm. 7/6 | |
22 | ♫ | SPECIAL Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band Back by Public Demand The Penny Blacks |
Adm. 10/- | |
26 | ♫ | Zoot Money's Big Roll Band The New Jump Band |
Adm. 8/6 | |
27 | ♫ | The Gass plus supporting groups |
Adm. 7/6 | |
Jun | 2 | ♫ | The American Chiffons with Blues Incorporated Druce Coupe |
Adm. 8/6 |
♫ | Dianne Ferraz with The Checkmates The Symbols The All Night Workers |
Adm. 7/6 | ||
9 | ♫ | The Allen Bown Set The Geoff Curtis Set |
Adm. 8/6 | |
10 | ♫ | John Lee Hooker plus supporting groups |
Adm. 10/- | |
16 | ♫ | Sonny Childe & the TNT The Mud |
Adm. 7/6 | |
17 | ♫ | Tony Knights Chessmen The Apex R&B All Stars The Gods |
Adm. 7/6 | |
23 | ♫ | The Herd The Mike Stuart Span |
Adm. 7/6 | |
24 | ♫ | The Shevels (sic) The Cresters The Associates |
Adm. 7/6 | |
30 | ♫ | O'Hara's Playboys plus supporting groups |
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Jul | 1 | ♫ | Tiles Big Band | Adm 7/6 |
7 | ♫ | Freddie Mack and the Mack Sound The Shell Shock Show |
Adm 7/6 | |
8 | ♫ | Tony Rivers & the Castaways plus supporting groups |
Adm. 7/6 | |
14 | ♫ | The Long John Baldry Show & Syn Added attraction Shalet Fashion Show |
Adm. 7/6 | |
15 | ♫ | Carl Douglas Set plus supporting groups Pool now open 9am - 7pm |
Adm. 7/6 | |
21 | ♫ | The Human Instinct The Gods |
Adm. 6/6 | |
22 | ♫ | Richard Kent Style Bobby Johnson & the Mighty Atoms One in a Million |
Adm. 7/6 | |
28 | ♫ | The Nitepeople The Shell Shock Show |
Adm. 6/6 | |
29 | ♫ | St Louis Union The Lemon Line The Pride and Passion |
Adm. 7/6 | |
Aug | 4 | ♫ | Erroll Daniel & the JJ Sound plus supporting groups |
Adm. 6/6 |
5 | ♫ | The Bee Gees Two of Each 5th Dynasty |
Adm. 8/6 | |
11 | ♫ | The Gass Craig King Midnight Train |
Adm. 6/6 | |
12 | ♫ | The Small Faces East Village Other The Outer Limits |
Adm. 10/- | |
18 | ♫ | The Mike Cotton Sound The Goodtime Losers |
Adm. 6/6 | |
19 | ♫ | Jeff Beck Group The Washington DCs The Sneakers |
Line up Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Micky Waller Adm. 8/6 Jeff Beck did two 30 minute sets and were paid £115 |
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25 | ♫ | T.H.E. Cat Soul Show with U.S. Flattop Richard Henry's Tales of the City |
Adm. 6/6 | |
26 | ♫ | The Move The Hand The Extreme |
Adm. 10/- | |
Sep | 1 | ♫ | From America The Fabulous Temptations |
Adm. 8/6 |
2 | ♫ | Simon Dupree & the Big Sound plus supporting groups |
Adm. 8/6 | |
8 | ♫ | James & Bobby Purify The Yum Yum Band Jo Jo Gun (sic) |
Adm. 8/6 | |
9 | ♫ | The Troggs The Magic Lanterns The Associates |
Adm. 10/- | |
15 | ♫ | The Tremeloes The Inspiration The Daisy Chain |
Adm. 10/- | |
16 | ♫ | The Symbols The H.T. The Crisis |
Adm. 8/- | |
22 | ♫ | Maxine Brown The Human Instinct |
Adm. 7/6 | |
23 | ♫ | Jimmy James & the Vagabonds The Crew The Gentle Madness |
Adm. 10/- | |
29 | ♫ | Amen Corner featuring Andy Fairweatherlow The All Night Workers Jo Jo Gunne |
Adm. 7/6 | |
30 | ♫ | Long John Baldry Doctor Marigold's Prescription 5th Dynasty |
Adm. 8/- | |
Oct | 6 | ♫ | Stevie Wonder Modes Mode The Flash Bakks |
Adm. 15/- |
7 | ♫ | Del Shannon The H.T. The Eyes |
Adm. 10/- | |
13 | ♫ | The Soul Sisters The Crew |
Adm. 7/6 | |
14 | ♫ | Georgie Fame The Army Four Point Five |
Adm. 12/6 | |
20 | ♫ | The Original Drifters The Gentle Madness The Urchins |
Adm. 7/6 | |
21 | ♫ | Junior Walker & the All Stars The Inspiration The Associates |
Adm. 12/- | |
27 | ♫ | Clyde McPhatter The Gentle Madness The Pack |
Adm. | |
28 | ♫ | Jimi Hendrix Modes Mode Canal St Philharmonic |
Fee for performance £800 Adm. £1 Hendrix did one 50 Minute set and was paid £750 |
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Nov | 3 | ♫ | The Human Instinct The Plastic Dreamboat The Track |
Adm. 6/6 |
4 | ♫ | Georgie Fame Tiles Man-E-Go Band Apex R&B All Stars |
Adm. 12/6 | |
10 | ♫ | Jimmy James and the Vagabonds Deadly Nightshades The System |
Adm. 10/- | |
11 | ♫ | The Symbols Jo Jo Gunn (sic) 5th Dynasty |
Adm. 7/6 | |
17 | ♫ | The Fabulous Temptations plus supporting groups |
Adm. 7/6 | |
18 | ♫ | The Moody Blues plus supporting groups |
Adm. 8/- | |
24 | ♫ | The Shevells The Crew Jo Jo Gunn (sic) |
Adm. 6/6 | |
25 | ♫ | John Walker & the Techniques Sue & Sonny The Urchins Plagal Cadence |
Adm. 10/- | |
Dec | 1 | ♫ | The Crazy World of Arthur Brown plus supporting groups |
Adm. 7/6 |
2 | ♫ | Dave Berry & the Cruisers plus supporting groups |
Adm. 8/6 | |
8 | ♫ | The Flowerpot Men plus supporting groups |
Adm. 8/- | |
9 | ♫ | Unit 4 Plus 2 plus supporting groups |
Adm. 7/6 | |
15 | ♫ | The American Vibrations plus supporting groups |
Adm. 7/6 | |
16 | ♫ | Jimmy James & the Vagabonds plus supporting groups |
Adm. 10/- | |
22 | ♫ | The Washington DCs Two of Each The Doves |
Adm. 7/6 | |
29 | ♫ | The Symbols plus supporting groups |
Adm. 7/6 | |
30 | ♫ | Tiles Man-E-Go Band plus supporting groups |
Adm. 10/- | |
A quote in the Luton News
for November says: The decor at the California is undergoing a change, with a modernisation of the foyer, better panelling, and "psychedelic" lighting. "We never close," said Mrs. E. W. Green. "Many teenagers even come from London to our dances - probably around 300 and 400 on Saturday nights. Our customers are very loyal and stable." According to Carl Edwardes who was DJ in 1968, the "Psychedelic lighting" consisted of a dozen or so coloured strip lights on the ceiling. Now funnily enough, I seem to remember those. |
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