THIS PAGE CONTAINS A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS
FROM THE EARLY SEVENTIES FROM MY OWN COLLECTION. CLICK ON THE LINK
BELOW TO TAKE YOU TO THE DIFFERENT BANDS.
JUDAS PRIEST
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A COUPLE OF
TINY COLOUR SHOTS OF PRIEST IN - I THINK - WALSALL IN THE EARLY
SEVENTIES
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MANAGEMENT
AND AGENCY CONTRACT BETWEEN PACTMOORE LIMITED (T/A TRAMP ENTERTAINMENTS)
AND JUDAS PRIEST, DATED JANUARY 19th 1973. CONTRACT IS SIGNED
BY KEN DOWNING, ALLAN ATKINS, CHRIS CAMPBELL AND IAN HILL. WITNESS
IS THE LEGENDARY 'LUKE'
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A
MINT RED LABEL FACTORY SAMPLE OF 'SAD WINGS OF DESTINY' FROM
1976
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NICE - IF SOMEWHAT POSED - PUBLICITY SHOT FOR
PRIEST - JOHN HINCH ON DRUMS.......VIEW
SOME INTERESTING (IF OCCASIONALLY INACCURATE)
STUFF HERE
(USE BACK BUTTON TO RETURN)
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NECROMANDUS
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NECROMANDUS
WERE THE GREAT 'VERTIGO BAND WHO NEVER WERE'. IN THE RECORD
COLLECTOR ISSUE OF OCTOBER 2005, UNDER THE HEADLINE 'THE NEXT
BLACK SABBATH?' THEY WERE CALLED A BAND WITH A 'GREAT IMAGE,
HEAVY SOUND AND GREAT CONNECTIONS' 'A HOT UP-AND-COMING NEW
BAND' THEIR DEBUT ALBUM WAS NEVER RELEASED, AND THE BAND WERE
CONSIGNED TO HISTORY.
ON
THE 30th MARCH, 1973, THEIR AGENT, NORMAN HOOD, WENT WITH
THEM TO A GIG AT THE CASINO CLUB IN BLACKPOOL, AND STUCK AN
ORDINARY CASSETTE RECORDER UNDER HIS CHAIR TO TAPE THE GIG.
THE RESULTANT RECORDING WAS STORED AWAY IN HIS LOFT FOR THE
NEXT 32 YEARS, UNTIL IN EARLY 2005 AUDIO ARCHIVES BOSS PETE
SARFAS HEARD ABOUT IT. THE QUALITY OF THE TAPE SURPRISED EVERYONE,
AND WAS SO GOOD THAT WITH A LITTLE TWEAKING IT HAS PRODUCED
THAT RAREST OF COMMODITIES - A TRUE LIVE RECORDING OF ONE
OF HISTORYS FORGOTTEN GIANTS.
PESTER
YOUR RECORD STORE - THIS NEEDS TO BE HEARD....AND LISTEN OUT
FOR LEGENDARY SINGER, THE LATE BILL BRANCH, CALLING OUT TO
NORMAN DURING THE SET!
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NECROMANDUS OREXIS
OF DEATH PLUS..
AACD 051
BUY
IT HERE
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NECROMANDUS
(Managed by TONY IOMMI) PUBLICITY PHOTOGRAPH.....VIEW
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FLYING HAT BAND
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HENRYS BLUESHOUSE
HENRYS WAS THE PREMIER BLUES CLUB IN BIRMINGHAM
FOR MANY YEARS, PLAYING HOST TO MOST OF THE PROGRESSIVE ROCK AND BLUES
BANDS ON THE CIRCUIT. THERE ARE NOT MANY PHOTOGRAPHS AROUND FROM THOSE
DAYS (ALTHOUGH THE FLYING HAT BAND SHOTS ON
THIS PAGE WERE TAKEN AT HENRYS) BUT I DID SNAP A FEW OF THE BLUESMEN
THAT VISITED...
LEGENDARY BLUESMAN REVEREND
GARY DAVIS AT HENRYS, SUPPORTED BY STEVE RYE
(EX-GROUNDHOGS) ON HARMONICA. SIMON PRAGER AND STEVE
RYE ALSO DID A SET. VIEW1......VIEW2
THE GREAT CHAMPION JACK DUPREE
WAS A WONDERFUL SHOWMAN ......VIEW.....(INCIDENTALLY,
THE GUY PEERING OUT FROM BENEATH A CYMBAL ON THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND
PHOTO IS THE LEGENDARY JIM SIMPSON)
BREWERS DROOP
WITH THEIR UNIQUE BRAND OF ALCOHOLIC ROCK.......VIEW
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BLACK SABBATH
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NOT MANY SABBATH
PHOTOS, I'M AFRAID, BUT THESE AWFUL SNAPS WERE TAKEN AT A LIVE
GIG (MANCHESTER I THINK) FROM BACKSTAGE.YOU CAN JUST ABOUT MAKE
TONY AND BILL OUT ON A COUPLE. THE GIRLS IN THE FOREGROUND WERE
GIRLFRIENDS OF THE BAND
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