On This Day

[steelmonkey]

Told my kid she would love Rome....asked her to imagine 'Paris if they gave it to the Mexicans'.

[bunkerfan]

25th August


1970 - Emerson, Lake and Palmer made their world debut at Plymouth Guild Hall in Plymouth, England.

In Switzerland 1970







In 1973

JETHRO Tull QUIT

'Retirement forced by critical abuse'

In a shock announcement this week Jethro Tull joined the rapidly-swelling ranks of the "I quit" brigade. Tull manager Terry Ellis, in a statement describing the decision as an "indefinite retirement" from gigs, appears to lump the blame squarely on the shoulders of the Rock Press and their "critical abuse" of the band's work.

With Jethro's 'Passion Play' at No. 1 in the U.S. charts, the band have cancelled all gigs planned after September 29 — final date on the third section of their record-breaking American tour. Future Jethro activities will be centred around a movie to be made of a musical written by Ian Anderson.






In 1978 - The Turin shroud believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ went on display for the first time in 45 years.

[bunkerfan]

I remember this all too well thinking this was the end of Tull.

[JTull 007]

Aug 25, 2016 10:00:20 GMT bunkerfan said:

I remember this all too well thinking this was the end of Tull.

Considering the times, it showed a somewhat clever method of creating a fear that TULL was over.
I sort of laughed it off fairly quickly as an exaggerated rumor, but it created publicity anyway.

My biggest fear was that TULL would never play 'APP' as a complete performance again onstage.
                                                                                Sigh

[bunkerfan]

26th August

In 55 B.C. - Britain was invaded by Roman forces under Julius Caesar




In 1967 - Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" was released as the opening track on the U.S. release of "Are You Experienced."

[bunkerfan]

27th August

In 1967 - Brian Epstein was found dead in his home from an overdose of sleeping pills. Epstein was the manager of the Beatles.




In 1979 - Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed in a boat explosion off the coast of Ireland. The Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility.





In 1992 - John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "A Day In The Life" sold for $87,000 at an auction.

[maddogfagin]

Aug 27, 2016 6:07:12 GMT bunkerfan said:

27th August

In 1967 - Brian Epstein was found dead in his home from an overdose of sleeping pills. Epstein was the manager of the Beatles.

It was a Sunday. We'd got tickets to see The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Saville Theatre in London but it was cancelled as a mark of respect as Brian Epstein had died. There were two concerts that day, the 6pm show went ahead but the 8pm one was cancelled.

[bunkerfan]

Aug 27, 2016 7:40:36 GMT maddogfagin said:

Aug 27, 2016 6:07:12 GMT bunkerfan said:

27th August

In 1967 - Brian Epstein was found dead in his home from an overdose of sleeping pills. Epstein was the manager of the Beatles.

It was a Sunday. We'd got tickets to see The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Saville Theatre in London but it was cancelled as a mark of respect as Brian Epstein had died. There were two concerts that day, the 6pm show went ahead but the 8pm one was cancelled.

What happened to the old saying "The show must go on!"

[bunkerfan]

28th August

1833 - Slavery was banned by the British Parliament throughout the British Empire.





In 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at a civil rights rally in Washington, DC. More than 200,000 people attended.





In 1964 - The Beatles appeared on the cover of "LIFE" magazine.

[bunkerfan]

29th August

In 1886 - In New York City, Chinese Ambassador Li Hung-chang's chef invented chop suey.





In 1964 - Roy Orbison's single "Oh, Pretty Woman" was released. The song was Orbison's second #1 hit in the U.S and his third in the U.K.






In 1967 - The final episode of "The Fugitive" aired.





In 1980 Jethro Tull released 'A' in the UK.

[maddogfagin]

Aug 29, 2016 6:11:07 GMT bunkerfan said:

In 1980 Jethro Tull released 'A' in the UK.

Forgotten about this video (slaps back of hand) from the days of long straggly beards and ladies in black with a stocking over their head.

Very non PC these days, and the youths portraying the band as their younger selves more than likely took the time off school to be in this video. Tut tut.

[bunkerfan]

30th August


In 1797 Mary Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) - Author was born





In 1956 - In Louisianna, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opened.





In 1965 - Bob Dylan's album "Highway 61 Revisited" was released.

[JTull 007]

Aug 30, 2016 6:16:06 GMT bunkerfan said:

30th August
In 1797 Mary Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) - Author was born

   I take great relish in savoring each separate horror!      Happy Birthday Mary

[bunkerfan]

31st August


In 1964 - California officially became the most populated state in America.






In 1976 - A judge ruled that George Harrison was guilty of copying from the song "He’s So Fine" (by the Chiffons).






Blimey! The Chiffons song is only 1 min 50 secs.

[maddogfagin]

1 September

1953 - Buddy Holly and Bob Montgomery auditioned for the radio station KDAV in Lubbock, TX. They were given a half-hour Sunday afternoon show to perform country and bluegrass music.

1972 - David Bowie released "John, I'm only Dancing" in the U.K. The song was not released in the U.S. until 1976.

1995 - Louis Armstrong was honoured on a U.S. postage stamp.

[maddogfagin]

2 September

1666 - The Great Fire of London broke out. The fire burned for three days destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral. Only 6 people were killed.

1938 - The first railroad car to be equipped with fluorescent lighting was put into operation on the New York Central railroad.

1970 - An ad was run in "Melody Maker" by Genesis looking for musicians who were "determined to strive beyond existing stagnant music forms." Phil Collins answered the ad and eventually joined the group.

1978 - George Harrison married Olivia Trinidad Arias. She was a secretary at his Dark Horse record company.

[maddogfagin]

3 September 2016

1189 - England's King Richard I was crowned in Westminster.

1783 - The Revolutionary War between the U.S. and Great Britain ended with the Treaty of Paris.

1967 - In Sweden, motorists stopped driving on the left side of the road and began driving on the right side.

1970 - Rolling Stone magazine reported that the Dave Clark Five had broken up.

         

[maddogfagin]

4 September

476 - Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor of the western Roman Empire, was deposed when Odoacer proclaimed himself King of Italy.

1959 - "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin was banned by a radio station in New York City.

1965 - The Who had their equipment van stolen while purchasing a guard dog at Battersea Dog's Home in England.

1968 - "Street Fighting Man" by the Rolling Stones was banned by several Chicago radio stations in Chicago, IL. Authorities feared it might incite public disorder.

[maddogfagin]

5 September

1698 - Russia's Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards.

1969 - The British commercial television channel, ITV, began broadcasting in colour.

1800 - Following a blockade by Admiral Horatio Nelson, French troops surrendered the Mediterranean island of Malta to Britain.

2003 - In London, magician David Blaine entered a clear plastic box and then suspended by a crane over the banks of the Thames River. He remained there until October 19 surviving only on water.

1986 - Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" won the MTV award for Best Video

[maddogfagin]

6 September

1651 - Charles II famously spent the night hidden in an oak tree at Boscobel after his defeat by Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester.

1907 - The Lusitania set sail from Liverpool for New York on her maiden voyage. She set a record, crossing the Atlantic in five days at an average speed of 23 knots.

1963 - Cilla Black signed a contract with Beatles manager Brian Epstein. She changed her name from White to Black after a misprint in the music paper Mersey Beat.

1982 - Paul McCartney released the single "Tug Of War."

[maddogfagin]

7 September

1533 - The birth of Elizabeth I, daughter of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. She was Queen of England from 1558 to 1603 and was known as the Virgin Queen because she never married, being too shrewd to share power with a foreign monarch.

1895 - The first game of what would become known as rugby league football, was played in England, starting the 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season.

1929 - Britain won the prestigious Schneider Trophy for air speed. The winner was Flying Officer Waghorn.

1986 - Michael Nesmith joined the other original Monkees on stage for the first time since the band disbanded. 

[maddogfagin]

8 September

1157 - King Richard I (the Lion Heart) was born.

1760 - British troops under Jeffrey Amherst defeated the French in the Battle of Montreal. After the loss, the French surrendered their arms throughout Canada.

1968 - Tennis player Virginia Wade beat Billie Jean King to win the US Open.

1972 - Mott The Hoople released "All The Young Dudes."

[bunkerfan]

9th September


In 1850 - California became the 31st state to join the union.



In 1941 - Otis Redding was born. His hit "(Sitting on) The Dock of the Bay" was recorded three days before he was killed in a plane crash in 1967.



In 1979 - Tracy Austin, at 16, became the youngest player to win the U.S. Open women’s tennis title.

[bunkerfan]

10th September

In1940 - In Britain, Buckingham Palace was hit by German bomb.





In 1955 - "Gunsmoke" premiered on CBS






In 1990 Jethro tull played at Olympia Gim São Paulo, Brazil

Thanks to Remy for the video

[bunkerfan]

11th September


In 1609 - Explorer Henry Hudson sailed into New York harbour and discovered Manhattan Island and the Hudson River




In 1974 - "Little House On The Prairie" made its television debut.



In 1999 Jethro Tull played at The Auditorium Theatre Chicago, Il. USA

Set list

Support: Vyktoria Pratt Keating
Steel Monkey, For A Thousand Mothers, Serenade To A Cuckoo (Cameras), Spiral, Nothing Is Easy, Jeffrey Goes To Leicester Square, Fat Man, Nothing @ All/Wicked Windows, A New Day Yesterday (w. flute solo, incl. Kelpie, & guitar solo), Barre Instrumental, Dot Com, Bourée, Hunting Girl (Phones), Hunt By Numbers, Flying Dutchman (intro)/My God, Passion Jig, Locomotive Breath, Aquadiddley/Aqualung/Living In The Past/Dogs In The Midwinter (inst.)/Dambusters March/Cheerio
Apparently sold-out for weeks in advance.


In 2001 - In the U.S., four airliners were hijacked and were intentionally crashed. Two airliners hit the World Trade Center, which collapsed shortly after, in New York City, NY. One airliner hit the Pentagon in Arlington, VA. Another airliner crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. About 3,000 people were killed.

[bunkerfan]

12th September

In 1953 - U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier.



In 1966 - The Monkees TV show premiered on NBC.



In 2007 Jethro Tull were in Concert at The Amager Bio København, Denmark

[bunkerfan]

13th September

In 1916 Roald Dahl was born.




In 1957 The Mousetrap became Britain's longest running play, reaching its 1,998th performance.

And it's still going.



In 1974 - The first episode of "The Rockford Files" aired on NBC.

[bunkerfan]

14th September

In 1950 Paul Kossoff (Free) was born




In 1964 The British daily newspaper, the Daily Herald, ceased publication and was replaced by the Sun.



In 1990 Jethro tull played the second of 2 nights at Canecão Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

[bunkerfan]

15th September

In 1859 Isambard Kingdom Brunel died. "God bless Isambard!"




In 1928 - Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic penicillin in the mold Penicillium notatum. "And Penicillin raised the dead."



Did you spot the Ian Anderson link?

In 1949 - "The Lone Ranger" premiered on ABC. Clayton Moore was the Lone Ranger and Jay Silverheels was Tonto.

[bunkerfan]

16th September

In 1915 The opening of Britain’s first Women’s Institute, (regularly referred to as simply the WI) at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Anglesey, Wales. You can all practice saying that place name. If only The Duck was here!




In 1963 - "The Outer Limits" premiered on ABC-TV.



In
1977 - Marc Bolan (T. Rex) died in a car accident at the age of 29.