What was it like to be a student in the 1970’s?
Luckily I kept a diary – although how I found the time amongst all the gigs, bars and occasional lectures baffles me!
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Vintage France: Lyon, St.Etienne/Chambles & Injoux-Genissiat
1978: a bunch of geography students descend on France & Switzerland but this is no ordinary trip – we were visiting some pretty obscure places, ostensibly to learn… A trip in 4 parts.
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AC/DC, Gordon Giltrap, Wishbone Ash, Colosseum II, Split Enz, Stretch… great gigs in 1976; how many do you remember?
From the London college scene to large venues and small clubs – I was at a lot of gigs in ’76. Eric Clapton and Curved Air at Torquay Town Hall; Genesis and Caravan in London; John Martyn and Kevin Coyne at the London School of Economics.
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1977: a day in the life of a student – and I signed up for Leeds!
An account of a day in the life of a student. Not a typical one – I actually attended lectures on this day! I also signed up for Leeds…
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John Otway, sans Wild Willy?! Just John at the Torquay gig; Willy had testicular accident…
21 Dec 77: an evening at the 400 Club in Torquay to enjoy John Otway, beer & friends. But where was Wild Willy Barrett?
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Dave Edmunds’ Rockpile headlining; so who were these men in black bin bags called Ultravox?
26 Feb 77: Dave Edmunds’ Rockpile headlining – and very good – but many were for an answer to the question: who are Ultravox?
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From Caravan to AC/DC in one day
12 May 76: listening to Caravan in the morning and down to the Marquee in the evening for a completely unknown band called AC/DC…
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National Health @ LSE – prog rock, jazz fusion & the Canterbury Scene
I sometimes forget that jazz fusion was big in the 70’s, with Brand X (Phil Collin’s band) being my favourite at the time (and now!)
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Steel Pulse, Graham Parker, The Damned… & the Crazy World of Arthur Brown – live in 1977
Second year at Uni and I was engrossed in Ents (entertainments), beer, music and gigs. No wonder I only scraped through exams!
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It was late; we were huddled in a student flat in London and had no idea we were about to witness The Birth of Punk
In a bedsit in Fitzrovia, London, it was almost midnight and a revolution in music was about to take place…
Colin Anderson 