Between the years 1969 and 1975, many acts performed at the Dagenham Roundhouse venue, which was also known as the Village Blues Club.
| Alphabetic | Date | Alphabetic --> | Act | Date | Support band(s) and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blodwyn Pig | Killing Floor & Yellow Dog. Opening Night – membership 1s (5p) and entry 7s6d (37.5p) | ||||
| Led Zeppelin | Reflection & The Further | ||||
| Terry Reid | Sam Apple Pie | ||||
| Taste (with Rory Gallagher) | [1] | Steamhammer | |||
| Spooky Tooth | |||||
| Savoy Brown | |||||
| Chicken Shack | SWAWRB | ||||
| Fairport Convention | Cancelled Due To Accident | ||||
| Eclection | |||||
| The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation | |||||
| Jethro Tull | The Further | ||||
| Spooky Tooth | The Groundhogs | ||||
| Caravan | |||||
| Brian Auger and the Trinity | |||||
| Family | [2] | SWAWRB. (Some sources incorrectly suggest Friday 4 July)[3] | |||
| Sam Apple Pie | |||||
| Reflection | |||||
| Edgar Broughton Band | |||||
| Blossom Toes | |||||
| Imagination | |||||
| Bakerloo | |||||
| Liverpool Scene | |||||
| Closed for the Isle of Wight Festival | |||||
| Sam Apple Pie | |||||
| Edgar Broughton Band | |||||
| Clouds | King Crimson originally billed?[4] | ||||
| Renaissance | Key | ||||
| Savoy Brown | |||||
| Circus | |||||
| King Crimson[5] | |||||
| Howlin' Wolf | Bent Cement | ||||
| Family were scheduled, but it is believed that this gig was cancelled as Family played again on Tuesday 18 November | |||||
| Graham Bond | |||||
| Soft Machine | Keith Tippett Group, SWAWRB | ||||
| Family | |||||
| Taste | |||||
| Edgar Broughton Band | |||||
| Principal Edwards Magic Theatre | |||||
| Liverpool Scene | |||||
| Deep Purple | |||||
| Closed for Christmas | |||||
| Stone the Crows | |||||
| Tyrannosaurus Rex | SWAWRB | ||||
| Hard Meat | Imagination. (Some sources suggest this was headlined by Colosseum) | ||||
| Steamhammer | Wildmouth | ||||
| Pentangle | |||||
| Edgar Broughton Band | Morning | ||||
| Heavy Jelly | Key | ||||
| Gracious! | Morning | ||||
| Family | Stackridge | ||||
| Sam Apple Pie | Mr. Charlie | ||||
| Fairport Convention | [6] | Surly Bird | |||
| Blodwyn Pig | Valhalla | ||||
| Deep Purple | Rat | ||||
| Taste (with Rory Gallagher) | Sour Milk Sea | ||||
| Tyrannosaurus Rex | Mandragon | ||||
| Procol Harum | Rat[7] | ||||
| Black Widow | Judy Blue Eyes | ||||
| Humble Pie | My Cake | ||||
| Deep Purple | Ipsissimus | ||||
| Mott the Hoople | Killing Floor | ||||
| Savoy Brown | SWAWRB | ||||
| High Tide | Tupelo | ||||
| Free | Wet Paint | ||||
| Taste (with Rory Gallagher) | Gnidrolog | ||||
| If | Growth | ||||
| Edgar Broughton Band | Ben | ||||
| Fairport Convention | Uncle John's Gut | ||||
| Stone the Crows | Sweet Blindness | ||||
| Writing On the Wall | Grizelda | ||||
| Sam Apple Pie | Custers Track | ||||
| Derek and the Dominos | Supertramp | ||||
| Quintessence | National Head Band | ||||
| Black Widow | Principal Edwards | ||||
| Yes | Nosher Brown | ||||
| Closed for the Isle of Wight Festival | |||||
| Free | Storm | ||||
| Tyrannosaurus Rex | Bram Stoker | ||||
| Blodwyn Pig | Howl | ||||
| Family | [8] | Mythica | |||
| The Tony Williams Lifetime (Jack Bruce) | Aardvark | ||||
| Savoy Brown | Tear Gas | ||||
| Mott the Hoople | Nosher Brown | ||||
| Hardin & York | Surly Bird. (Some sources suggest Taste headlined but this may be based solely on a poster) | ||||
| Bram Stoker | Nick Pickett. The Edgar Broughton Band were due to headline but were stuck in Germany due to "passport hassles". | ||||
| Quintessence | Howl | ||||
| Fleetwood Mac | [9] | Mandrake | |||
| Fairport Convention | Old Mick | ||||
| Tyrannosaurus Rex | Nick Pickett | ||||
| Stone the Crows | Rocking Chair | ||||
| Pink Floyd | |||||
| Quintessence | Zoe | ||||
| Family | |||||
| Elton John | Siege | ||||
| Stud | Brewer's Droop | ||||
| Colosseum | Karakorum | ||||
| Skid Row | Evolution | ||||
| The Groundhogs | Agapus (Replaced Camelot) | ||||
| Gary Wright | Premonition | ||||
| Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band | |||||
| Yes | Kripple Vision | ||||
| Curved Air | Sweet Thunder | ||||
| Skid Row | Renia | ||||
| Terry Reid | Black Widow | ||||
| Quintessence | Elton John was billed, but this was cancelled on medical advice "due to the pressure of sustained work"[10] | ||||
| Family | Nick Pickett | ||||
| Mott the Hoople | Collusion | ||||
| Edgar Broughton Band | Rocksana | ||||
| Osibisa | 9:30 Fly | ||||
| Fairport Convention | Help Yourself | ||||
| East of Eden | Galloping Eyes | ||||
| Atomic Rooster | Zoo | ||||
| Funkadelic | National Head Band | ||||
| Argent | Patto (Originally Smooth Bitch but they cancelled) | ||||
| Skid Row | Gypsy[11] and Sweet Thunder (Billed as 'Whitsun Festival') | ||||
| Climax Chicago Blues Band | Daddy Longlegs | ||||
| Uriah Heep | UK Tour. Supported by Hot Cottage[12] | ||||
| Stray | Gnome Sweet Gnome | ||||
| Wishbone Ash | Razz | ||||
| Medicine Head | Audience | ||||
| The Groundhogs | Renia | ||||
| Rory Gallagher | Gollum | ||||
| Sam Apple Pie | Nimbo | ||||
| Black Widow | T2 | ||||
| Fairport Convention | I.E. | ||||
| The Grease Band | Third World War | ||||
| Fleetwood Mac | |||||
| Climax Chicago Blues Band | Quiver | ||||
| Uriah Heep | Open Road | ||||
| Curved Air | Jerusalem | ||||
| Mott the Hoople | Titanic | ||||
| Wishbone Ash | Hot Cottage | ||||
| T2 | Jackal. Originally scheduled to be Vinegar Joe | ||||
| Quintessence | Beggars Opera | ||||
| The Velvet Underground | Vinegar Joe | ||||
| Black Widow | Collusion | ||||
| Audience | [13] | Ferry | |||
| Nazareth | Guff | ||||
| Heads Hands & Feet (with Albert Lee) | [14] [15] | Morgan. (Slade's site claim they played here that night, but there are no other references to this.) | |||
| Patto | [16] | Carol Grimes Uncle Dog | |||
| Redbone | One Hand Clapping | ||||
| Sam Apple Pie | |||||
| Osibisa | Universe | ||||
| Uriah Heep | Bullet – The Xmas Party – rescheduled for 29 March 1972 due to power cut | ||||
| The Groundhogs | Grannie. The Genesis Archive suggests that Genesis played this night,[17] but all the evidence is to the contrary. | ||||
| Rory Gallagher | Gravy Train | ||||
| Mott the Hoople | 25 Views Of Worthing | ||||
| The Sutherland Brothers Band | Hawkwind Cancelled[18] | ||||
| UFO | Byzantium | ||||
| Stray | |||||
| Pink Fairies | Tranquillity. Some sources suggest Slade headlined, possibly because it appears on Don Powell's site, but as Slade were in Scotland both the day before and the day after, it seems unlikely. | ||||
| Deep Purple | Spontaneous Combustion | ||||
| Wishbone Ash | Cat Iron | ||||
| Hawkwind | Ragidy Andy | ||||
| Slade | Jackal | ||||
| Heads Hands & Feet | Junkyard Angel | ||||
| Edgar Broughton | Hawkwind,[19] Steve Peregrin Took,[20] Swastika | ||||
| Uriah Heep | [21] | Rescheduled from 18 December 1971 | |||
| Status Quo | Cathedral | ||||
| Quintessence | John St Field | ||||
| Fairport Convention | Fruupp | ||||
| Good Habit | Capability Brown | ||||
| Stray | Jonesy | ||||
| Barclay James Harvest | Cancelled | ||||
| Dr. John | Holy Roller | ||||
| Brinsley Schwarz | Refugee | ||||
| Argent | Spreadeagle | ||||
| Hawkwind | [22] | Magic Muscle | |||
| Osibisa | Trapeze. Trapeze played first on a stage at the back of the venue. Osibisa then used the main stage at the front of the venue | ||||
| Climax Chicago Blues Band | Malaka | ||||
| Status Quo | Malaka | ||||
| Rory Gallagher | Byzantium | ||||
| Sam Apple Pie | Renia | ||||
| Stackridge | Incredible Hog | ||||
| Atomic Rooster | [23] | Slowhand | |||
| Vinegar Joe | Biggles | ||||
| Man | [24] | String Driven Thing | |||
| Quintessence | Coloured Coat | ||||
| Uriah Heep | Jake Holmes | ||||
| Fruupp | Shame. Skid Row had just split up, so their appearance was cancelled. However, Brush Shiels (from Skid Row) appeared as a guest with Fruupp. | ||||
| Hawkwind | Magic Muscle | ||||
| Pink Fairies | Jonesy | ||||
| Electric Light Orchestra | Rat | ||||
| Roy Wood's Wizzard | Shamelady | ||||
| Status Quo | Incredible Hog | ||||
| Argent | Kite | ||||
| Arthur Browns Kingdom Come | Biggles | ||||
| East of Eden | Refugee. There is some doubt over this gig. | ||||
| Stray | Succubus | ||||
| Fusion Orchestra | [25] | Alias | |||
| Budgie | Zoe (may have been Cargo) | ||||
| Snake Eye | Rat | ||||
| Nazareth | Necromandus | ||||
| Pink Fairies | Springhill | ||||
| Osibisa | Mike Maran | ||||
| Budgie | Shamelady (may have been Cargo) | ||||
| Stackridge | Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra & Gordon Haskell | ||||
| Stray | Slowhand | ||||
| Genesis | Darien Spirit | ||||
| Nazareth | Fat Grapple | ||||
| Status Quo | Steel Peach | ||||
| Focus | Slowhand | ||||
| Vinegar Joe | Rusty Butler | ||||
| Home | Refugee | ||||
| Silverhead | Snow Leopard | ||||
| Man | Finbow | ||||
| Fruupp | Springhill | ||||
| Pink Fairies | Albert | ||||
| Thin Lizzy | Incredible Hog | ||||
| Electric Light Orchestra | Ro Ro | ||||
| Stray | Ro Ro | ||||
| Stealers Wheel | Innomina Pheris ? | ||||
| JSD Band | |||||
| Ellis | Pussy | ||||
| Glencoe | Slowhand | ||||
| Nazareth | Robin Trower | ||||
| Silverhead | Rainbow Railway | ||||
| Arthur Brown | [26] | Albert | |||
| Medicine Head | Pussy | ||||
| Pink Fairies | Fang | ||||
| Marsha Hunt's 22 | Rimmington | ||||
| Stealers Wheel | Regeneration | ||||
| Greenslade | Refugee ? | ||||
| Thin Lizzy | Argus | ||||
| Man | John St. Field | ||||
| Stray | Guff | ||||
| Jack the Lad | Springhill | ||||
| Silverhead | Shamelady | ||||
| Darryl Ways Wolf | Pussy | ||||
| Sam Apple Pie | Mantra | ||||
| Average White Band | James Hogg | ||||
| Closed for Bank Holiday | |||||
| Pink Fairies | All Things New (Was scheduled to be Nazareth)[27] | ||||
| Chicken Shack | Fusion | ||||
| Medicine Head | Steel Peach | ||||
| Edgar Broughton Band | Budlipp Springer | ||||
| Faust | Henry Cow[28] | ||||
| Greenslade | Piggy | ||||
| Man | [29] | Deke Leonard's Iceberg, Vyvyan Morris and John St Field. | |||
| Stray | Contraband | ||||
| Skin Alley | Posters / Melody Maker ads are unclear on this night. | ||||
| Nektar | |||||
| Manfred Mann's Earth Band | Regeneration | ||||
| Silverhead | Vineyard | ||||
| Glencoe | Bitter Harvest | ||||
| Geordie | |||||
| Sensational Alex Harvey Band | Beckett | ||||
| Golden Earring | Moonstone | ||||
| Greenslade | Vineyard | ||||
| Pink Fairies | Piggy | ||||
| Cockney Rebel | Fancy | ||||
| Gypsy | Super Vole | ||||
| Stray | Vineyard | ||||
| Fruupp | Magill or Mcgill ?? | ||||
| Barclay James Harvest | [30] | Support act: Regeneration. Set included: Summer Soldier; Medicine Man; She Said; One Hundred Thousand Smiles Out; Galadriel; After The Day; Crazy (Over You); Mocking Bird; Dark Now My Sky | |||
| Wild Turkey | Mother Sun | ||||
| Can | |||||
| Babe Ruth | |||||
| Nektar | |||||
| Sensational Alex Harvey Band. | Wooden Lion. There is some doubt over this gig, as it does not appear on the official SAHB list, and SAHB were in Scotland both the day before and the day after. | ||||
| Snafu | Guff | ||||
| Cockney Rebel | |||||
| Fusion Orchestra | All Things New | ||||
| Queen | Nutz | ||||
| Thin Lizzy | Panache | ||||
| Manfred Mann's Earth Band | Janus | ||||
| Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance | Rab Noakes | ||||
| Greenslade | Gravy Train | ||||
| Stray | Pandemonium | ||||
| Mantra | Refugee Cancelled | ||||
| Snafu | Poser | ||||
| Horslips | Dizzy | ||||
| Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) | Paisley | ||||
| Blodwyn Pig | Budlipp Springer | ||||
| The Groundhogs | Vineyard | ||||
| Alquin | Regeneration | ||||
| Barclay James Harvest | Rare Bird. Incorrectly recorded in the source as 6/8. Possibly a US source? | ||||
| Silverhead | Scum of the Earth | ||||
| Magma | |||||
| Babe Ruth | Mike Storey | ||||
| Cockney Rebel | Be Bop Deluxe | ||||
| Nektar | A Band Called O | ||||
| Sutherland Brothers & Quiver | Slowhand | ||||
| Snafu | Greep | ||||
| Strider | Percy | ||||
| Budgie | Regeneration | ||||
| Edgar Broughton Band | Cathedral | ||||
| Stray | Janus | ||||
| Man | Al Matthews | ||||
| Sam Apple Pie | National Flag (may have been Helter Skelter) | ||||
| Greenslade | Million Dollar Band | ||||
| Heavy Metal Kids | |||||
| Nutz | Yellow Bird | ||||
| Gong | Vandella | ||||
| Can | [31] | U.K. Tour; unissued recording; set list;Gomorrha | |||
| Budgie | Earthrise | ||||
| Osibisa | Clemen Pull | ||||
| Manfred Mann's Earth Band | Jackie Lynton's Grande | ||||
| Thin Lizzy | Janus | ||||
| Fruupp | David McWilliams | ||||
| JSD Band | Million Dollar Band | ||||
| Nektar | John St. Field | ||||
| Ace | Asylum | ||||
| Stray | Janus | ||||
| The Groundhogs | Regeneration | ||||
| Greenslade | Sorrel | ||||
| Heavy Metal Kids | Asylum | ||||
| Ace | Earthrise | ||||
| Nutz | Gasworks | ||||
| Lindisfarne | Clemen Pull | ||||
| Snafu | Cruiser | ||||
| Dog Soldier | Cancelled | ||||
| Edgar Broughton Band | Still Life | ||||
| A Band Called O | All Things New | ||||
| Budgie | Lee Kosmin Band | ||||
| Sutherland Brothers & Quiver | Clemen Pull | ||||
| Fruupp | Double Sausage Band | ||||
| Dr. Feelgood | Slippery Sam.There is some doubt over this gig, as it does not appear on the official Dr Feelgood list, and the Naughty Rhythms Tour, with Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers and Kokomo as support, finished the previous day. | ||||
| Stray | Regeneration | ||||
| The Groundhogs | Panache & Good Thinking | ||||
| Alvin Lee & Company | Janus | ||||
| Osibisa | Clemen Pull | ||||
| Nutz | Oasis | ||||
| Jackie Lynton's Grande | Krakatoa | ||||
| Rory Gallagher | [32] | Roland | |||
| Snafu | Badge | ||||
| Budgie | Borzoi | ||||
| Hatfield and the North | Superchild | ||||
| Kokomo | Lee Kosmin Band | ||||
| Heavy Metal Kids | Sorrel | ||||
| Sassafras | Stonehenge | ||||
| Barclay James Harvest | Charity show – Barclay James Harvest was billed but did not appear | ||||
| Thin Lizzy | [33] | Good Thinking | |||
| Dr. Feelgood | Grandma Moses | ||||
| A Band Called O | Necromancer | ||||
| Closed | Curved Air cancelled | ||||
| Stray | Oasis | ||||
| Kursaal Flyers | Juggler | ||||
| Mama Bear | Wally & Pardon Me Sir were originally scheduled | ||||
| Nutz | Krakatoa | ||||
| Snafu | Razorbacks | ||||
| Judas Priest | Benefit | ||||
| Motörhead | Cock Sparrow | ||||
| Closed for Bank Holiday | |||||
| Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers | Stirling | ||||
| Gonzalez | Dennis Connolly Band | ||||
| UFO | Clemen Pull | ||||
| Babe Ruth | Easy | ||||
| Pink Fairies | Pardon Me Sir | ||||
| Be Bop Deluxe | Necromancer | ||||
| Zzebra | |||||
| A Band Called O | Steve Walker Band | ||||
| Sassafras | Mean Streak | ||||
| Thin Lizzy | [34] | Handbag | |||
| Sailor | Easy. The final night at the Village. The poster appeared with the following text on it: "We regret that due to objections from the G.L.C. the club will be closed after this Saturday because of complaints from local residents regarding the noise. We hope the club will be ready to re-open very shortly. Please watch MM for full details of re-opening. If you would like to help with a petition please write to the Roundhouse." The venue eventually reopened nearly 37 years later. | ||||
| Stray | Del Bromhams's Blues Devils / Steve Kelly (Reunion I).[35] [36] [37] [38] | ||||
| The Big Blues Jam (Jon Amor/Pete Gage/Mark Barrett/Dave Doherty & Friends) | Jon Amor (Reunion II).[39] | ||||
| The Pink Torpedoes (Pete Gage/Paul Hartshorn/Pete Lowrey/Dave Raeburn) | Steve Kelly (Reunion III).[40] | ||||
| Stray | Blues Devils / Del Bromham (Reunion IV)[41] | ||||
| Son of Man & the All Stars Band | The band featured George Jones (Son of Micky Jones) along with Bob Richards on drums who were both with MAN and they were joined by several members of SASSAFRAS (Reunion V)[42] | ||||
| Martin Turner plays the music of Wishbone Ash | Steve Kelly (Reunion VI)[43] | ||||
| Son of Man with Deke Leonard | Steve Kelly (Reunion VII)[44] Due to the temporary closure of the Roundhouse,[45] this was held at Dagenham Trades Hall | ||||
| John Coghlan's Quo | Jon Amor & Joel Fisk. (Reunion VIII)[46] Due to the temporary closure of the Roundhouse, this was held at Dagenham Trades Hall | ||||
| Son of Man with Deke Leonard | The Green Ray. (Reunion IX)[47] Due to the temporary closure of the Roundhouse, this was held at Dagenham Trades Hall. | ||||
| Dr. Feelgood | Del Bromham. (Reunion X)[48] This marks the return of the Village Blues Club to its original home. | ||||
| Stray | Ken Pustelnik's Groundhogs. (Reunion XI)[49] | ||||
| Son of Man with special guest Alan "Tweke" Lewis | The Green Ray and Rostock. (Reunion XII)[50] | ||||
| Atomic Rooster featuring Pete French and Steve Bolton | Landmarq. (Reunion XIII) 50th Anniversary | ||||
| Martin Turner plays the music of Wishbone Ash | (Reunion XIIII). Cancelled due to COVID-19.[51] |
Much of the information above otherwise unreferenced is collated from published pictures of posters, tickets etc.[52]
In addition to the above, the bands below played but no dates can be confirmed:
Elder Kindred
Walrus (c.1971)
The bands below are rumoured to have played, but no evidence can be found:
Don Cherry
Leo Sayer (possibly 6 July 1974)
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