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DATES |
VENUES |
SET LIST |
NOTES |
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January
1, 1969 |
Graeme Edge
weds Carol Mayers |
Reported in
"Disc and Music Echo" January 11, 1969 |
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January
6-10, 1969 |
The
Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's David Symonds |
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Media appearance
noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
as of May 11, 2016. |
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January
12-31, 1969 |
In the studio
recording On the Threshold of a Dream |
Reported in “Higher
and Higher” #46/47, Spring/Summer 2004, p. 18-27. The article confirms that
the band took January 24 off to play the show at Manchester. |
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January
24 or 27, 1969 |
College
of Commerce, Manchester |
Show
date of January 24, 1969 and venue from an advertisement in "Melody
Maker" January 25, 1969 reported by Val Weston. However, the website www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (as of
May 12, 2016) reports this concert as occurring on January 27, 1968. |
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February
1, 1969 |
Mothers
Club, Birmingham |
Show
date and venue noted in "Disc" January 11, 1969 reported by Val
Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
as of May 12, 2016. |
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February
5, 1969 |
Top
Rank, Leicester |
Show
date and venue and “with The Nice and Fairport Convention” noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of
May 12, 2016 also noted as an upcoming show in "New Musical
Express" of January 18, 1969 as the student's Arts Ball with Bedrocks,
Nice and Fairport Convention, reported by Val Weston. |
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February
6, 1969 |
King's
Hall, Aberystwyth |
Show date and venue noted in "Disc" January 11, 1969
reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of
May 12, 2016. |
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February
7 or 9, 1969 |
TV appearance
on ITV's (UK) "Tom Jones Show" |
Departure |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(as of May 12, 2016) as occurring on February 9, 1969, however www.tv.com/episode
(as of May 12, 2016) reports the date as February 7, 1969. |
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February
8, 1969 |
University
of Southampton, Southampton |
Show date, venue and opening act Pfusiform
(a band comprised of students at the University) noted on a ticket stub,
reported by Marlene Sower. Show date and venue also noted at http://www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
as of May 17, 2016. |
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February
13, 1969 |
Skyline
Ballroom, Hull |
Show
date and venue reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
as of May 12, 2016. |
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February
14, 1969 |
Old
Union, University of Southampton, Southampton Goldsmith's
College, London |
Southampton
show date and venue noted at www.goldenjubilee.soton.ac.uk/1969.htm,
which also noted that the Moodies played to a
capacity crowd. Reported by Val Weston. London
show date, venue, and that the Moody Blues shared the bill with Alan Bown, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera and Deviants reported
at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
as of May 12, 2016. |
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February 15, 1969 |
Liverpool University, Liverpool |
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Show date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of
May 12, 2016. |
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February 18, 1969 |
Recorded
songs for BBC radio’s “Top Gear” aired on February 23 |
Lovely
to See You Never
Comes the Day To
Share Our Love Send Me
No Wine |
Date
and songs noted on the CD set The BBC
Sessions 1967-1970. |
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February
21, 1969 |
University,
Sheffield |
Show
date and venue noted in "Disc", January 11, 1969 reported by Val
Weston. |
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February
22, 1969 |
Brunel
University, Uxbridge |
Show date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of
May 17, 2016. |
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February
23, 1969 |
The Moody
Blues are featured on BBC radio's "Top Gear" |
Lovely
to See You Never
Comes the Day To
Share Our Love Send
Me No Wine |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
as of May 12, 2016. Songs (recorded February 18) noted on the CD set The BBC Sessions 1967-1970. |
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February
24, 1969 |
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February
25, 1969 |
Sheffield University,
Sheffield |
Show date, venue, and that the Moody Blues shared the bill
with Hollies, Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity, and Fairport
Convention reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
as of May 12, 2016. |
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February
26, 1969 |
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February
27, 1969 |
London College Student’s Union, London |
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Show date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of
May 12, 2016. |
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March
1, 1969 |
Manchester Tech
College, Manchester |
Show
date and venue reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
as of May 17, 2016. |
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March
15, 1969 |
Edward
Herbert Building, Loughborough University |
Show date and venue and that the Moodies
shared the bill with Van der Graaf Generator and Legay noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk.
This information is corroborated by a listing of University events noted at www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk
as of May 17, 2016. Reported by Ian. |
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March
22, 1969 |
Aston
University, Birmingham |
Show date and venue noted in “Melody Maker”, March 22, 1969,
reported by Val Weston. Show date and venue also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of
March 17, 2016. |
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March
28, 1969 |
Seymour
Hall Student's Union, London |
Show date and venue from an advertisement in “Melody Maker”, March 22, 1969, reported by Val Weston. The Moody Blues shared the bill with Chicken Shack and Rainbows. Show date, venue and that the Moodies shared the bill with Rainbows, also reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of March 17, 2016. |
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April 2, 1969 |
Recorded
songs for BBC radio’s Tony Brandon’s show, aired April 14-18, 1969 |
So
Deep Within You Lovely
to See You |
Date
and songs noted on the CD set The BBC
Sessions 1967-1970. |
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April
14-18, 1969 |
The Moody Blues
are featured by BBC radio's Tony Brandon |
So
Deep Within You Lovely
to See You |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk. Songs (recorded April 2) noted on the CD
set The BBC Sessions 1967-1970. |
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April,
18, 1969 |
Album On
the Threshold of a Dream is released worldwide |
Month of album release noted
in first “discography issue” of “Higher and Higher” #4, Winter/Spring 1985 p.
5, exact date posted to Official Moody Blues Facebook page, April 18, 2016. |
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April
26, 1969 |
Mothers
Club, Birmingham |
Show
date and venue reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk. |
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April
27, 1969 |
Sadler's
Wells, London |
Dr.
Livingstone, I Presume |
This
was a one-off concert "In Aid of Shelter", which began at 3:00 p.m.
with the Moodies playing for one hour. Show
date, venue and songs played noted in "New Music Express" and
"Disc" both of May 3, 1969, reported by Val Weston. An
ad of unknown origin also gives this date and venue, with the Moody Blues
getting top billing, supported by Indo-Jazz Fusions, John Mayer and Joe Harriott, reported by Val Weston. Also
noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk. |
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April
28 - May 2, 1969 |
The Moody
Blues are featured by BBC radio's Tony Brandon |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk |
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May
10-24, 1969 |
In the studio
recording To Our Children's Children's Children |
To Our
Children's Children's Children was recorded in
blocks on May 10-24, July 11-12, July 29-31, August 8-11, and August 18-19,
1969, as reported in “Higher and Higher” #26/27, Summer 1995, p. 21-29. |
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May
16, 1969 |
TV appearance
on "Twien" |
Never Comes
the Day |
Date, program
name and song played noted on the DVD Nights in White Satin |
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June
2-6, 1969 |
The Moody
Blues are featured by BBC radio's Jimmy Young |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk |
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June 23, 1969 |
Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth |
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Show date with year of 1965 and
venue noted on official Moody Blues Facebook page June 23, 2016. Corrected to 1969 in comments to Facebook
post according to Nigel Ward, according to a ticket for the show (for 10
shillings). |
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June
25, 1969 |
In the studio
recording To Our Children's Children's Children |
To Our
Children's Children's Children was recorded in
blocks on May 10-24, July 11-12, July 29-31, August 8-11, and August 18-19,
1969, as reported in “Higher and Higher” #26/27, Summer 1995, p. 21-29.
June 25 was also noted as a recording date at a different studio, which was
deemed unsuitable, so the remainder of that session was canceled. |
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June
27, 1969 |
TV appearance
on French TV show "Tous En Scene", Le
Kremlin- Bicêtre, Paris |
Ride My
See-Saw |
Media
appearance and set list from a video boot, reported by Gloria Shiraef. |
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June
30 - July 4, 1969 |
The Moody
Blues are featured by BBC radio's Terry Wogan |
Media appearance
noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk |
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July
11-12 and 29-31, 1969 |
In the studio
recording To Our Children's Children's Children |
To Our
Children's Children's Children was recorded in
blocks on May 10-24, July 11-12, July 29-31, August 8-11, and August 18-19,
1969, as reported in “Higher and Higher” #26/27, Summer 1995, p. 21-29. |
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August
3, 1969 |
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The
Moodies were slated to appear at this festival, as
noted in "New Musical Express", May 17, 1969 (reported by Val
Weston) and in a (New Jersey) Star-Ledger Staff online article of August 1,
2004 (reported by Donna Whiting), but canceled, as confirmed by the person
who handled the bookings for the festival. |
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August
7, 1969 |
Van
Dyke's, Plymouth |
Show
date and venue from an advertisement in "Melody Maker", August 9,
1969, reported by Val Weston. The Moodies
were supported by Audience. Show
date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
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August
8-9 and 11, 1969 |
In the studio
recording To Our Children's Children's Children |
To Our
Children's Children's Children was recorded in
blocks on May 10-24, July 11-12, July 29-31, August 8-11, and August 18-19,
1969, as reported in “Higher and Higher” #26/27, Summer 1995, p. 21-29. |
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August
16 (?), 1969 |
Socialist
Rally, venue and city unknown France |
The
Moodies had been invited to play both this date and
Woodstock, and although they appear on some Woodstock promotional posters,
they instead played in France, based on the flip of a coin, reported by Robin
Bean. Although the exact date of this concert is unknown, Woodstock took
place August 15-17, so Saturday, August 16 is an educated guess. |
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August
18-19, 1969 |
In the studio
recording To Our Children’s Children’s Children |
To Our
Children's Children's Children was recorded in
blocks on May 10-24, July 11-12, July 29-31, August 8-11, and August 18-19,
1969, as reported in “Higher and Higher” #26/27, Summer 1995, p. 21-29. |
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August
21-24, 1969 |
venue unknown, Bilzen,
Belgium |
The
Moodies played at a festival which included Soft
Machine, Taste, Deep Purple and Brian Auger & the Trinity. Which day the Moodies performed is unknown. Noted at www.users.skynet.be/bk338984/agendab.html,
reported by Jens Pruess. |
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August
23, 1969 |
TV appearance
on ATV's (UK) "Frankie Howerd Show" |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk |
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August
30, 1969 |
Isle
of Wight Festival |
Dr.
Livingstone, I Presume |
Show date, venue and songs played (although likely not a complete
list, and not in the correct order - the order listed is a guess) noted in
"New Musical Express", September 6, 1969, reported by Steve Davis. The tour program cover is shown at www.themoodyblues.co.uk
as of April 26, 2016. |
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September
5, 1969 |
Playback for
the band of the final mix of To Our Children’s Children’s
Children |
Reported in
“Higher and Higher” #26/27, Summer 1995, p. 21-29. |
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September 16, 1969 |
Ernst-Merck Halle, Hamburg, Germany |
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Concert date
from poster shown at www.themoodyblues.co.uk
as of April 25, 2016 |
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October,
1969 |
The Moody Blues
launch their Threshold label with Timon and Trapeze
being the first to sign on |
Noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk |
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October
21, 1969 |
TV appearance
on BBC's "Monster Music Mash" |
Media appearance
noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk |
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October
31, 1969 |
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Show
date and venue from "New Music Express", October 11, 1969, reported
by Val Weston. "Graeme Edge and Mike Pinder,
of the Moody Blues, were in Hollywood this week meeting with the Press and
making arrangements for their upcoming tours here, commencing with an October
31 appearance at the Inglewood Forum with Jefferson Airplane.
. ." Cancellation
due to delayed visas noted in "New Music Express", November 8,
1969, reported by Val Weston. "The group is now hoping to compensate by
giving a free concert in Los Angeles before returning to Britain on December
1." This free concert became the Elysian Park Love-In on November 1 with
Jefferson Airplane and others. |
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November,
1969 |
Album To
Our Children's Children's Children is released
worldwide |
Album release
noted in first "discography issue" of "Higher and Higher"
#4, Winter/Spring 1985 p. 5 |
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November
1-2, 1969 |
Elysian
Park "Love In", Los Angeles, CA |
Free
concert played with Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna and Wolf Gang. Show date and
other acts noted at www.mv.com/ipusers/owsley/airplane/jabase.txt
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November
1, 1969 |
Golden
Gym, California Western College, San Diego, CA |
Gypsy |
Show
date and venue noted at www.sandiegoconcertarchive.com/concertarchive/11-november.html,
reported by Claudia Bobrow. Although the Moody
Blues also reportedly played Elysian Park in Los Angeles, they could have
also played San Diego, as the two cities are only about 130 miles apart. Show
date, venue and songs played (although the order is uncertain) reported by
Chuck and Carol Bramwell. |
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November
6, 1969 |
TV appearance
on "This is Tom Jones" |
Are You
Sitting Comfortably? |
Noted at www.txhighlands.com/titjepisodes.htm,
reported by Bob Hardy. |
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November
7, 1969 |
Pavilion, British Columbia Student Union, Vancouver, BC |
Concert date
from poster shown at www.themoodyblues.co.uk
as of April 25, 2016. The poster shows
the venue as “BCSU” and the event as “Intro Ball.” The owner of the website
has interpreted this as “Bournemouth College,” but based on the surrounding
dates on the west coast of North America, it has been corrected to British
Columbia. The Moodies
had top billing, supported by Inflatable Toy, Sunday St. Petersburg, and Dave
Fry Disco. |
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November
8 or 9, 1969 |
Agrodome, Vancouver, BC |
The
Moodies were the opening act for Canned Heat. Show date of November 8 reported by Stefan Stanimirov. Show date of November 9 reported at rockprosopography102.blogspot.com
as of May 11, 2016. |
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November
15, 1969 |
Cal
Expo, Sacramento, CA |
The
Moody Blues were top of a bill shared with Country Joe and the Fish, billed
as a "Moratorium Day Gathering" (a protest for war moratorium).
Show date, venue and supporting acts noted on a poster or handbill, reported
by Bob Hardy. Bob also reports that there was an unlisted opening act called
AUM, which was a power trio featuring Carlos Santana's cousin Wayne on guitar
and vocals. Although there is no year listed on the poster, Bob supplied the
year for the show, and described the venue as a big concrete box with no
seats. |
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November ?, 1969 |
Fountain
Street Church, Grand Rapids, MI |
Show
date and venue noted in a "Grand Rapids Press" article by John Sinkevics on November 17, 2003, which noted, "At
that time, only two years after release of their first album, band members
had asked about experiencing an American Thanksgiving firsthand, so the
Fountain Club youth group that sponsored the Fountain Street Church concert
arranged preshow dinners with some East Grand Rapids families." Article
reported by Phil Ohmer, who also reports that the Moodies mentioned that it was the first time they had
performed in a church. |
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date unknown, 1969 |
Gym
at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY |
Legend
of a Mind |
Year
and venue noted in an article from the WUSB FM Program Guide, Fall 1985, reprinted
at web.archive.org/web/20050219204003/http://wusb.fm/archive/articles/ConcertMemories.htm,
reported by Joyce Kelley. "Incredible moments remain from these days at
Stony Brook: ... Timothy Leary materializing on stage to join The Moody Blues
for "The Legend of a Mind,"..." |
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November
30, 1969 |
Festival,
West Palm Beach, FL |
Festival
date and city noted at www.timeisonourside.com/guests.html,
reported by Val Weston. Other performers at the festival were the Rolling
Stones, Ten Years After, King Crimson, Spooky Tooth, The Band, Janis Joplin,
Iron Butterfly, Steppenwolf and The Chamber Brothers. |
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December
5, 1969 |
Odeon,
Newcastle |
Gypsy |
General Tour Notes: The Moodies toured
the UK in December 1969 with Trapeze and Timon as
opening acts, reported in "Higher and Higher" #23, Fall 1994 p.28. The tour program is shown at http://www.themoodyblues.co.uk/page108.htm
as of April 26, 2016. Tour
dates and venues noted in "New Music Express", November 8, 1969
reported by Val Weston. Tour
date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk Set
list from the December 12 show, which was recorded and released as the
"live" portion of Caught Live +5 |
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December
6, 1969 |
Odeon,
Manchester |
See
General Tour Notes for December 5. |
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December
7, 1969 |
Usher
Hall, Edinburgh |
See
General Tour Notes for December 5. Show
date and venue noted in "New Music Express", December 13, 1969,
reported by Val Weston. "It was the first-ever Sunday night pop concert
Edinburgh Corporation had allowed in their beloved hall. Not even in the
Beatles and Stones era would they permit the doors to be opened on the
Sabbath. If the Moodies and the crowd kept the
thing nice and orderly, other Sunday concerts would follow. Well, we can look
forward to more Sunday sessions. The Moodies
behaved themselves (what else do the City Fathers expect?) and the 2,420 fans
who packed the house offered not the slightest hint of trouble." The
songs noted in the article were "Gypsy", "Legend of a
King" (sic), "Dr. Livingston, I Presume", "Sunset"
and "... a three-part excerpt, comprising two songs and a poem from Threshold
of a Dream”. |
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December
11, 1969 |
Colston Hall, Bristol |
See
General Tour Notes for December 5. |
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December
12, 1969 |
Royal
Albert Hall, London |
See
General Tour Notes for December 5. |
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December
13, 1969 |
Gaumont, Southampton |
See
General Tour Notes for December 5. |
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December
14, 1969 |
Odeon,
Birmingham |
See
General Tour Notes for December 5. |
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December
17, 1969 |
"Christmas
at the BBC", Royal Albert Hall, London |
Gypsy The
Sunset Never
Comes the Day Are
You Sitting Comfortably? The
Dream Have
You Heard? Nights
in White Satin Legend
of a Mind |
This show was
broadcast live on the BBC and included Timon. Date and set list from the CD set The BBC Sessions 1967-1970. |
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