THIS PAGE CONTAINS A SMALL SELECTION
OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE EARLY SEVENTIES FROM MY OWN COLLECTION.
CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO TAKE YOU TO THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
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
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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
(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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