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General Notes: These shows began December 25, 1965. The Moodies appeared in Murray the K's
(a New York DJ) Christmas Show with Wilson Pickett and many others. This concert was recalled
by Graeme Edge in a radio interview on KRFX (Denver) on September 9,
1994. In an interview with the Village News on May 30, 2017, Graeme
Edge noted that the shows with Wilson Pickett went from Christmas 1965 to
through the new year. At http://villagenews.com/entertainment/june-4-concert-pala-among-50th-anniversary-celebrations-first-moody-blues-album/
(retrieved May 31,
2017). Dates from a poster for these shows, which was posted to Ray
Thomas: Legend of a Mind Facebook page by Alan Long on December 26, 2019
(retrieved December 7, 2020). Ray Thomas noted in a Question & Answer session that these
were the only US shows the Mark 1 (Denny Laine/Clint
Warwick) version of the band played (posted to Ray Thomas: Legend of a Mind
Facebook page February 28, 2017 (reposted December 7, 2020 and retrieved
December 7, 2020). A program from this show is shown at http://www.themoodyblues.co.uk/page108.htm
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DATES |
VENUES |
SET LIST |
NOTES |
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January 1, 1966 |
Fox Theatre, Brooklyn (New York), New York |
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January 2, 1966 |
Fox Theatre, Brooklyn (New York), New York |
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January
10, 1966 |
TV
appearance on “Hullabaloo” (US, Episode 35) |
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Noted in TV guides in the
“Salina Journal” (Salina, KS) p. T6,“The Parsons Sun” (Parsons, KS) p. 12,
and others on January 7, 1966 (retrieved January 14, 2021 via Newspapers.com).
As noted on their first Hullabaloo appearance (March 23, 1965), a regular
feature of Hullabaloo was a segment from London hosted by Brian Epstein, who
was the Moodies’ manager at the time. These
segments were recorded in the UK, so the acts did not travel to the US. However,
it is possible that the Moodies recorded their
appearance before they left the US after their New York shows. This episode was hosted by Leslie Uggams. |
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January 26, 1966 |
Solihull Ice Rink, Solihull |
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“Coventry
Evening Telegraph” January 12, 1966 printed a notice saying the Moody Blues
would play at the ice rink on January 26, and on January 21 printed an ad
repeating the information on the show, saying the band would play for one
night only. Both reported by Val Weston. |
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February
8, 1966 |
TV
appearance on “A Tous Vents” (France) |
I’ll
Go Crazy |
Appearance
and song played noted at https://sites.google.com/site/vintagerocktv/france/a-tous-vents
(retrieved January 9, 2021). |
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February
18, 1966 |
TV
appearance on “Music Hall de France” (France) |
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Noted
at http://www.rockandrollondvd.com/rich_text_285.html (retrieved January 9,
2021). Also appearing were Marianne Faithfull, and Nino Ferrer. |
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March, 1966 |
Single
Bye-Bye Bird / Stop released |
Single
release noted in first "discography issue" of "Higher and
Higher" #4, Winter/Spring 1985, p. 3-5. |
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March 7, 1966 |
TV appearance
on French ORTF1 "Douches écossaises" |
Media
appearance noted at www.petulaclark.net/tv/frenchtv.html,
reported by Joyce Kelley. |
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February
8, 1966 |
TV
appearance on “A Tous Vents” (France) |
I’ll
Go Crazy |
Appearance
and song played noted at https://sites.google.com/site/vintagerocktv/france/a-tous-vents
(retrieved January 9, 2021). |
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March 17,
1966 |
Filmed TV appearance
on Dick Clark's "Where the Action Is" at Royal Albert Hall, London |
Media
appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk,
reported by Jens Pruess. |
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April
- September, 1966 |
Recording
songs for a new album (never released) with Denny Cordell producing |
Sad
Song This is My House (But
Nobody Calls) How Can We Hang On to
a Dream Jago and Jilly We’re Broken I Really Haven’t Got
the Time Red Wine |
Date
and songs recorded noted on the CD set Magnificent Moodies
50th Anniversary Edition. |
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April
3, 1966 |
Wembley Arena, Wembley
(London) |
Record
Star Show from program and ticket, reported by Joyce Kelley. The Program is
shown at http://www.themoodyblues.co.uk/page108.htm
(retrieved April 25, 2016). The Moodies shared the
bill with Manfred Mann, Cliff Richard, The Shadows, Spencer Davis Group, and
many others. |
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April
1966 |
Clint
Warwick leaves the Moodies, and is replaced by Rod
Clark, who played from April to October of 1966. |
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Dates
reported by Steve Jajkowski as stated to him by Rod
Clark |
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May
1, 1966 |
Oasis,
Manchester |
Show
date and venue reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk,
reported by Jens Pruess. |
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May
2, 1966 |
Tiles
Club, London |
Show
date and venue reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk,
reported by Jens Pruess.
This show is
presumed to have been the one filmed for German TV's "Beat Club"
which aired on August 27 (see below), with Rod Clarke
on bass. |
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May
30, 1966 |
The
Pavilion, Bath |
Show
date and venue from a poster, reported by Joyce Kelly. The show was
advertised as "Whit Monday Special" |
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June 1966 |
"Bassist
Clint Warwick quits the Moody Blues. Klaus Voorman
is offered the job but he is also considering an offer to replace Jack Bruce
in Manfred Mann." |
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Noted
on www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved September 25, 2020). As with the report of Rod Clark joining
(July 1966, below), this was a few months out of date. |
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June
15, 1966 |
Bromley
Court Hotel, Bromley |
Show
date and venue reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
Reported by Jens Pruess. |
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June
17, 1966 |
TV
appearance on “Where the Action Is” Episode 2.199 |
Go
Now |
Noted
in TV guides of “The Morning Call” (Paterson, NJ) and “The Record”
(Hackensack, NJ) of June 11, 1966 p. 14 (retrieved January 14, 2021 via
Newspapers.com). Confirmed
on www.imdb.com/
with episode number and song played, with the note “taped in London”
(retrieved January 14, 2021). |
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June
21, 1966 |
Wadham Commemorative Ball, Oxford University, Oxford |
The
Moodies shared the bill with John Bird, Steam
Packet and Icen Colyer
according to an Oxford University student magazine called “Oxymoron”,
reported by Val Weston. |
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June
24, 1966 |
Ram
Jam Club, London |
Show
date and venue reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk.
Reported by Jens Pruess.
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July 1966 |
"It’s
all change on the bass player scene. Jimmy Page has replaced Paul Samwell-Smith in The Yardbirds,
Rod Clarke is the new man for The Moody Blues and Klaus Voorman
decides to join Manfred Mann." |
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Noted
on www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved
September 25, 2020). |
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July
14, 1966 |
Locarno,
Coventry |
Show
date and venue also reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 8, 2016). VH-1 Rock Stars Encyclopedia notes that
this was the first concert with Rod Clarke on bass, after Clint Warwick left
the band, reported by Robin Bean and Pam Hollingshead. However, the video of
the German “Beat Club” show, presumably filmed May 2, and a conversation with
Rod Clarke (see April 1966) indicate that this date is late. |
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July 19, 1966 |
Kinema
Ballroom, Dunfermline |
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Show date and venue reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk and www.kinemagigz.com (retrieved May 8,
2016), which also notes that the Moodies
were supported by The Sole Generation. |
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July
30, 1966 |
Villa
Marina, Douglas, Isle of Man |
Show
date and venue reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk,
(retrieved May 8, 2016). |
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August
6, 1966 |
9-day
tour of Denmark |
Reported
by Robin Bean |
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August 11, 1966 |
Gaumont Theatre,
Bournemouth |
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The Moodies supported The Walker
Brothers, according to a program shown at http://www.themoodyblues.co.uk/page108.htm
(retrieved April 25, 2016). Clint
Warwick is pictured with the band, although the text says, “The replacement
of bass guitarist Clint Warwick by 21-year old London-born Ron Clarke took
place recently, and it is the revised edition of the “Moodys”
that you will be seeing this evening.” |
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August 27,
1966 |
TV appearance
on German TV's "Beat Club" Season 1, Episode 11 |
Bye-Bye Bird |
Performance
filmed at the Tiles Club, (London) presumably the May 2, 1966 show (see
above), with Rod Clarke on bass.
Reported by Jens Pruess. A clip from this performance can be found
on the video/DVD Legend of a Band. Air date noted at
http://www.tv.com/shows/beat-club/episodes/, reported by Joyce Kelley. |
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August
28, 1966 |
TV
appearance on “Musical Hall of France” (France) |
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Noted
in “Higher and Higher” first videography issue #6, Summer 1986, p. 13. Show
title noted as “Music Hall de France” and three separate appearances noted at
www.rockandrollondvd.com
(retrieved January 9, 2021). The first two appearances do not have dates
noted except for “1966”. The first was with Marianne Faithfull, Dalida, and Lulu. The second was with Nino Ferrer. The third was on October 22, 1966 with Alan
Price. |
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September
1966 |
Justin
Hayward solo single I Can't Face the World Without You / I'll Be
Here Tomorrow is released in UK |
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Noted in first "discography issue"
of "Higher and Higher" #4, Winter/Spring 1985, p. 11. |
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September 1966 |
"Disagreements between Eric Burdon and
the other members causes The Animals to split." |
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Noted on www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved
September 25, 2020). However, according
to Justin Hayward in the interview on the DVD An Audience with Justin Hayward at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
he joined the Moody Blues in August 1966. Therefore, whatever source the marmalade-skies
website is quoting seems to be a bit behind the times. In the oft-told (by Justin Hayward) story, he was
replying to an ad in "Melody Maker" for a guitarist. The advertiser turned out to be Eric
Burdon, who, having found the replacement he needed, forwarded the whole bag
full of respondents to the Moodies. As told in the video/DVD Legend of a Band, Hayward's name was
the first out of the bag. In the radio interview "A Moody Blues Special -
On the Threshold of a Dream" which aired sometime in 1973, Graeme Edge
tells a slightly different version of the story, "At the time there was
three groups forming, or re-forming - Eric Burdon was completely reforming
his new Animals, Manfred Mann were looking for a bass player, and we were
looking for a lead guitarist. So we
all clubbed together and put this big ad in the NME [New Musical
Express]. We got the pick of the lead
guitarists, and Manfred Mann got the pick of the bass players, and Eric
formed the Animals out of what was left.
And we got Justin out of that - pulled him out of a hat. Talent like Justin straight out of a hat - hoo-hoo!" |
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September
3, 1966 |
Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, The Netherlands) |
Tenbury Wells show date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk,
reported by Jens Pruess. Utrecht
show date reported as a concert review in "Kink" (a Dutch
magazine), October 1, 1966, reported by Val Weston. The accompanying photo
shows Rod Clarke, Ray Thomas and Denny Laine on
stage, but it is unknown whether Denny and Rod played the show or if the new
Hayward/Lodge lineup was in place. Obviously
the Moodies could not have played both Utrecht and Tenbury Wells in the same day. Since the Utrecht concert
was reported as a review, it seems most likely. |
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September
4, 1966 |
The
Black Prince, Bexley, UK |
Show
date and venue reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 8, 2016). |
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September 14, 1966 |
The Flamingo, Sussex |
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Show date and venue reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved
May 8, 2016). |
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September 15, 1966 |
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September 16, 1966 |
Midnight City, Birmingham |
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Show date and venue reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved
May 8, 2016). |
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September 21, 1966 |
The Flamingo, Sussex |
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Show date and venue reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved
May 8, 2016). |
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September
28, 1966 |
The
Flamingo, Sussex |
With
Justin Hayward and John Lodge replacing Denny Laine
and Rod Clarke. Noted in "Melody Maker", September 24, 1966,
reported by Robin Bean. Show date and venue also reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 8, 2016). |
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October 1966 |
"Vocalist/guitarist Denny Laine
quits The Moody Blues. The group promptly split-up." |
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Noted on www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved
September 25, 2020). However,
according to Justin Hayward in the interview on the DVD An Audience with Justin Hayward at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
he joined the Moody Blues in August 1966. Therefore, whatever
source the marmalade-skies website is quoting seems to be a bit behind the
times, both according to Hayward and the September 28 show noted above. |
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October
12, 1966 |
"NEMS
Enterprises (Brian Epstein) admits the Moody Blues have splitted
[sic] up" |
Noted at www.dmbeatles.com/,
reported by Joyce Kelley. |
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October
21, 1966 |
Free Enterprise III (cross-channel ferry) Single
Boulevard de la Madelaine / This Is My House
released |
“The Moody Blues play aboard the
new cross channel ferry Free Enterprise III” reported on www.marmalade-skies.co.uk
(retrieved May 8, 2016). Single
release noted at www.skidmore.edu/~gthompso/britrock/60brchro/60brch66.html,
reported by Joyce Kelley |
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October
22, 1966 |
TV
appearance on “Music Hall of France” (France) |
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Show
title and three separate appearances noted at www.rockandrollondvd.com
(retrieved January 9, 2021). The first two appearances do not have dates
noted except for “1966”. The first was with Marianne Faithfull, Dalida, and Lulu. The second was with Nino Ferrer. The third was on October 22, 1966 with Alan
Price. |
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November 1996 |
"The Moody Blues quickly re-form with new
members Justin Hayward (guitar) and John Lodge (bass). Lodge is an old
Birmingham friend of the group while Hayward is recommended to the Moodies by Eric Burdon." |
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Noted on
www.marmalade-skies.co.uk (retrieved May 8, 2016). However, according to Justin Hayward in
the interview on the DVD An Audience
with Justin Hayward at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he joined the
Moody Blues in August 1966. Therefore, whatever source the
marmalade-skies website is quoting seems to be a bit late in the reporting of
Hayward’s and Lodge’s joining, both according to Hayward and the September 28
show noted above. |
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November
5, 1966 |
Belgium
and "on the continent" |
Press
release reported by Robin Bean. In
the radio interview "Special of the Week" which aired in November
1978, Graeme Edge recalls that the band skipped out of England ahead of the
bill collectors to spend about 3 months in Mucron,
Belgium, and another 6 months in Paris working on their stage show before
returning to England. |
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December
18, 1966 |
TV
appearance on “A Tous Vents” (France) |
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Noted at https://sites.google.com/site/vintagerocktv/france/a-tous-vents
(retrieved January 9, 2021). |
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December
31, 1966 |
TV
appearance on Tom Jones Special (Belgium) |
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Reported on IMDB.com (retrieved
July 19, 2020). |
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