Growing up in Windsor during the mid to late 70’s and being too young to go into Pubs initially the two venues for music events that were most local to me were Bracknell Sports Centre, which relied in getting a list as it was outside the town centre and Slough College which was much easier to attend as it was close to the train and bus stations and even if we missed the last one it was just a couple of miles to walk which we ended up doing a few times.
I have already mentioned in previous blogs some of the gigs that I attended their including Nutz, Judas Priest, Liverpool Express and National Health. Looking through my Gig Diary a number of the bands I saw at Slough College are fairly obscure and didn’t amount to much, so I thought I would cover the bands I saw there in 1977.
Charlie plus support NW10 & A1 - 5th March 1977, admission £1.00
Charlie were a rock band with an AOR feel who released nine albums and supported bands like The Who, Doobie Brothers and The Kinks and had some minor hits in the States, and appeared on The Old Grey Whistle Test. I brought their Fantasy Girls album which In played to death and still sounds fresh today. Support was NW10 who released one EP and A1 who were a local band I saw a couple of times.
Cado Belle plus support A1- 13th May 1977, admission £1.00 & 13th May 1978, £1.50 plus support Scratch
Cado Bell were a Funky Soul band from Scotland and although definitely not the type of music I listened to at the time I must of really enjoyed them as I went back to see them the following year. They featured singer Maggie Reilly who co wrote and sang of various hits with Mike Oldfield including Moon Shadow and keyboardist Colin Tully who wrote the soundtrack to the Film Gregory’s Girl. Support band fwas Scratch who went on to be John Otway’s backing band.
The Rage plus support Open Sore – 5th November 1977, admission 70p
This was the first Punk gig I went to and was suppose to be The Adverts who cancelled instead we saw The Rage. They only lasted a few months, with members going on to join The Adverts, Killing Joke, The White Cats and many more. Support was Open Sore from Slough who performed a number of times on the London Punk circuit. I remember somebody crowd surfed whilst the audience spat on them and they seemed to love it.
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