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Volume Ten - 1974 - Page Eighteen
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An ad for Ted Nugent’s brother Tom (ha ha) at the Michigan Palace in Detroit on November 16, 1974.
A nice split-fountain effect on this poster by Terry O’Connor for Dr. John at The Brewery in East Lansing, Michigan on November 18, 1974.
An ad for Chances Are in Ann Arbor, Michigan with Freddie King appearing November 18-19, 1974. Upcoming shows by Ten High, Lazaar, Timmie Tours, and Great Lake Express.
Another poster/ad by Kevin Tolman (“kevin”) for WABX-FM radio in Detroit, Michigan, announcing a “Roots of Black Music” series on Tuesday nights, beginning on November 19, 1974.
A spiffy new logo by an unknown artist for the Ann Arbor band Rabbits was unveiled for their show at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 19, 1974.
The defunct Rainbow Room in the Shelby Hotel re-opened as the Savoy Ballroom with a six-night gig by Eddie Harris, beginning on November 19, 1974, with this ad by an unknown artist. The new manager was Lisa Gottlieb who had managed the brief five-month run of the King Pleasure jazz venue in Ann Arbor. Former Rainbow Room MC, Righteous Bob Rudnick, stayed on as the MC for the Savoy. Most intriguingly, the room was remodeled in a 1930’s deco style, with wall murals of blues and jazz artists, painted by Chris Frayne (Ozone).
Poster by Motor City Graphics (Gary Grimshaw and Rich Dorris) for the Savoy Ballroom in Detroit, Michigan, with Eddie Harris, beginning on November 19, 1974, followed by the Persuasions and Jimmy Smith.
An ad for Dooley’s in East Lansing, Michigan, presenting a twelve-night stand by the band Manilla Machine, November 19-30, 1974. The group hailed from the Philippines and might otherwise be another long-forgotten lounge act but for the fact that they travelled widely around the world and released one private pressing album. The liner notes on said album described the group as having a “clean-cut, well costumed, youthful appearance” and that they “create the magic of excitement wherever they appear”. A still-sealed copy of the album sold for $1,000 on eBay in 2015.
The Manilla Machine – Power to the People (1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuQPLp3SlE8
A full-page Casablanca Records ad announcing that T Rex had signed on, becoming label mates with Parliament and KISS. Their US tour included a show at The Brewery in East Lansing, Michigan on November 20, 1974, and opening for ZZ Top at the Michigan Palace in Detroit on the 21st and 22nd.
These would be the final Michigan shows for T Rex, eleven of them in total, with the evolution of the band played out over that time, from the acoustic duo Tyrannosaurus Rex at the Grande Ballroom in 1969, to the glam rock Electric Warrior hit makers on the stage of the Eastown Theater in 1971, through the expanded line-ups and experimental styles over the next three years. Marc Bolan’s untimely and tragic death occurred in September 1977, at age 29.
Poster that likely came with the album "Light of Love", a US-only release that also became their last album released in the US.
The cover of the tour booklet and an example of a ticket for Suzi Quatro’s five-day tour of Japan, November 20-24, 1974.
If our Japanese translator is accurate, this poster/flyer is for an in-store appearance by Suzi Quatro at the opening of a new Yamaha stereo store during her first tour of Japan, November 20-24, 1974.
Poster for the film “Acapulco Gold” in its premier screening in Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 20-26, 1974.
A newspaper ad boldly announcing a show by Donovan at Masonic Auditorium in Detroit, Michigan on November 21, 1974. Apparently this was only the third time that he had performed in Michigan over a space of seven years, so it was probably a big deal for his fans in The Mitten.
An excellent poster by an artist named BAST for Stevie Wonder in San Diego, California on November 21, 1974.
Aerosmith’s fifteenth Michigan show of the year, at the IMA Auditorium in Flint on November 21, 1974. In a post-show review in the Flint Journal newspaper, the writer preferred the opening band, Livonia, Michigan’s Salem Witchcraft.
An ad for Barry White & the Love Unlimited Orchestra at the Toledo Sports Arena in Toledo, Ohio on November 21, 1974, as Bob Bageris’ Bamboo Productions extended across the state line.
A nice poster/ad from the A&R team for the band ZZ Top, touting the attendance of 80,000 fans at their show in Austin, Texas on September 1, 1974. ZZ Top performed six shows in Michigan in 1974, in Detroit, Lansing and Battle Creek, culminating with two shows at the Michigan Palace in Detroit, November 21-22, 1974.
Poster by Crow Quill, and newspaper ad using the same promo photo, for Aerosmith at the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 22, 1974, in their sixteenth Michigan show of the year.
Poster by Hugh Surratt for Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention at the Jenison Field House in East Lansing, Michigan on November 23, 1974. It was Zappa’s seventh Michigan show of the year, also being the 10th year anniversary of the MOI, Zappa will be on the cover of the next issue of CREEM magazine.
The show was live broadcast on the Michigan State University campus radio station, which did not reach far beyond its location, but as these things always happen, bootleg recordings circulated widely, and more recently these recordings have gained some degree of legitimacy, you can buy them on Amazon. This show, in its complete two-hour runtime, has been given the title of “Have a Little Tush”, and it can be heard here:
Frank Zappa & the Mothers – Have a Little Tush (live at Michigan State University (11/23/74)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW7pDqS6mQ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxC9upqSNTY
A DiscReet Records ad for the album “Roxy & Elsewhere” by Frank Zappa and the Mothers with tour dates that have an open date for the November 23, 1974 in East Lansing, Michigan.
Long-time readers may recall the story of Little Carl Carlton, born in Detroit, Michigan, who recorded a couple of singles on the Lando label in 1965 at age twelve, being promoted as yet another pre-teen singer in the city with the name “Little”. In 1968, Carlton moved to Houston, Texas having been signed to the Back Beat record label who released his hit “Competition Ain’t Nothin’” that same year.
He had released a dozen singles, and an album, of sadly over-looked soul classics, when he decided to record a cover version of Robert Knight's 1967 hit "Everlasting Love." "Everlasting Love" is one of only two songs to become a Top 40 hit in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s (the other being "The Way You Do the Things You Do").
Carlton’s version was the most successful US release of the song, peaking at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 23, 1974.
Carl Carlton – Everlasting Love (1974) (Soul Train TV show)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmjLpePIz8o
Full-page poster/ad for the Gregg Allman tour, although not listed, a Michigan show was added for November 24, 1974 at the Masonic Auditorium in Detroit.
Full-page poster/ad for a Dave Mason tour, with two Michigan shows, at the IMA Auditorium in Flint on November 24, 1974, and at the Masonic Auditorium in Detroit the following night, his eighth Michigan show of the year.
Stevie Wonder on the cover of the November 24, 1974 issue of the Rising Up Angry newspaper in Chicago.
A full-page poster/ad for the Italian prog rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi (translation: Award-winning Marconi Bakery), also known as PFM. Greg Lake signed the band to ELO’s Manticore Record label, the album “Cook” was recorded live during a US tour earlier in the year. Their only known Michigan appearance was at the Masonic Auditorium in Detroit on November 25, 1974, opening for Dave Mason.
A full-page Atlantic Records ad for the twenty-first studio album by Aretha Franklin, released on November 25, 1974.
Newspaper ad/flyer for the Savoy, formerly the Rainbow Room, in the Shelby Hotel in Detroit, Michigan, with the schedule commencing with the Persuasions on November 26, 1974, followed by Jimmy Smith and the Hello People.
A Discount Records ad for the new album by The Persuasions, with the artwork from the album cover by illustrator Peter Green, on sale to coincide with the group’s six-night stand at the Savoy in Detroit, Michigan, November 26, 1974 through December 1st.
The (mostly) a cappella group from Brooklyn, New York was “discovered” by Frank Zappa over the telephone. Their producer, David Dashev, phoned Zappa from a New York studio, declaring, “you’ve got to hear this.” Immediately impressed, Zappa flew them out to Los Angeles to record their first album, “Acappella”, released on Zappa’s Straight label in 1970.
Some two dozen albums later, the Persuasions recorded a tribute album to Zappa, called “Frankly A Cappella”, released in 2000, album art work shown in the comments below.
The Persuasions – I Just Want to Sing with Mu Friends (1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7F9CXOMPdg
A full-page record company ad, with an illustration by MAD magazine artist Jack Davis, of lambs laying down on Broadway, promoting the sixth studio album by the British prog rock band Genesis. The tour in support of the album brought the band to the Masonic Auditorium in Detroit, Michigan on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1974, and the link below is an audio recording of that show.
Genesis – Live in Detroit, Michigan (11/28/74)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZQEU4PDyhw
A poster with Brownsville Station and the James Gang opening for Joe Cocker in Macon, Georgia on November 28, 1974.
A full-page Warner Bros. Records ad for the ninth studio album by Deep Purple, published at the time of their November 29, 1974 show at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan.
“Stormbringer” was the final Deep Purple album and subsequent tour to feature guitarist Ritchie Blackmore who disliked the funky direction the band was taking (as the ad states, “surprising new music”. The album cover featured a 1927 photo by Lucille Handberg of a tornado that was also used for the covers of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew in 1970 and Siouxsie and the Banshees' album Tinderbox in 1986.
A full-page MGM Records ad for the New York band Elf, on a national tour with their close friends Deep Purple, including a show in Detroit, Michigan on November 29, 1974. Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover produced all three of their studio albums, and Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore will go even a step further, conscripting the entire band into his new group Rainbow when he leaves Deep Purple in 1975, later dismissing the band, all except for Elf vocalist Ronnie James Dio.
Newspaper ads and the concert database list Deep Purple as being supported by the Electric Light Orchestra at their November 29, 1974 show at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, is it possible that the promoter mistook ELF as ELO?
An ad for the Chambers Brothers at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan on November 29, 1974 in what seems to be their last known Michigan show. They performed 18 times in Michigan, starting in 1964 when they were in their original Jug Band phase, playing coffee houses and folk music clubs in and around Los Angeles, California, in Detroit they played six shows at the Retort in the Mt. Royal Hotel.
They returned three years later, with four shows at the Grande Ballroom, two in September and two in December of 1967, over which time their first studio album “The Time Has Come” was released.
In August 1972, when they opened for B.B. King and Curtis Mayfield at Cobo Arena in Detroit, guitarist Steve Hunter was likely part of the Chambers Brothers touring group, having joined them after leaving Detroit with Mitch Ryder.
They stopped recording new material after their 8th album was released in 1975, but continued to do shows sporadically, while pursuing individual pursuits. Although they would never have another hit as successful as “Time Has Come Today”, songs like “Love, Peace & Happiness” stand on their own.
But, we know you came here to hear “Time Has Come Today” and although we previously posted the eleven-minute album track, we got a few more; getting campy on The Ed Sullivan Show on January 12, 1969, a screaming live version at the Fillmore East in NYC from a 1969 broadcast of the German TV show "Swing In", and a 1986 performance from “A Night at the Fillmore 20th Anniversary” show.
Chambers Brothers – Love, Peace & Happiness (1970)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBj_GnFo8wM
Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today (The Ed Sullivan Show 1/12/69)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLlown9_G3w
Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today (German TV) (Live at Fillmore East) (1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsBwBct0_5U
Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today (live Fillmore 20th Anniversary) (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I4S61Do-Qs
The December 1974 issue of CREEM magazine with Frank Zappa on the cover, about to cut the cake celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Mothers of Invention. It was also a peak year for Michigan shows by the band, appearing no less than seven times in the state, the most in any calendar year.
This issue also featured the Ray Manzarek story that had the picture of Iggy onstage with Manzarek performing the Jim Morrison memorial set at the Whisky a Go Go in July, and the picture of The Phantom with Iggy and Manzarek.
A full-page Casablanca Records ad in the December 1974 issue of CREEM magazine for the fifth studio album by the band Fanny. It was their first album to include guitarist Patti Quatro, their first on the Casablanca label, and the final album that the band would release.
It included the song “Butter Boy”, written by bassist Jean Millington about her brief romantic fling with David Bowie, which became their biggest hit, but by the time that it peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1975, the band had already broken up.
Fanny – Butter Boy (1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnbvE8emgPs
Diana Ross on the cover of the December 1974 issue of Ciao 2001 (Hello 2001) magazine, Italy’s longest running music publication, spanning twenty-five years, from 1969 through 1994, with over 1,200 issues.
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Stevie Wonder on the cover of the December 1974 issue of Crawdaddy magazine.
The announcement of an upcoming contest based around Guy Peelaert’s “Rock Dreams” book in the December 1974 issue of CREEM magazine.
A pair of full-page illustrations by Kevin Tolman in the December 1974 issue of CREEM magazine.
Two more Suzi Quatro Japanese artifacts.
A collection of unused tickets for Sly & the Family Stone at the Michigan Palace in Detroit on November 14, 1974. Not that they would have been of much use because, yes, once again, the show was cancelled.
The following letter is from the Detroit Free Press’ “Action Line” column, a public help feature created by Free Press editor Tom Wark, By the way, within three months of the column’s introduction, the Free Press surpassed the rival Detroit News in circulation. Editors from around the world came to Detroit to observe the Free Press “Action Line” before launching their own versions of the column, which eventually became a staple of U.S. newspapers in the 1960s and ‘70s.
“My two children and their friend have been waiting weeks for an $18 refund from the Michigan Palace for the Sly and the Family Stone concert. My daughter sent the three ticket stubs to the theater. Can you get the kids’ money back? – G.A., Southfield”
The Action Line response was:
“Palace promoter Steve Glantz dropped $18 refund in mail to you after Action Line’s call. Glantz said he had no record of stubs at box office, took Action Line’s word. Glantz said everything is cleared up after chaotic two night performance by Sly. Controversial performer missed plane from Los Angeles, finally landed at Metro several hours late for first night’s show, while anxious audience waited in cold building. Promoter escorted four limousines full of musicians from airport, but one with part of band got lost. Concert goers were offered belated refund or chance to hear concert next night.”
So, there was a Sly & the Family Stone show at the Michigan Palace on November 15, 1974. It was somewhere around their 20th Michigan appearance and the last one with anything close to the original line-up. Highlights among those were their first appearances, at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit in March 1968, opening for the Fugs and the MC5, and a six-night residency at Grandmother’s in East Lansing in November 1968.
The band broke up shortly after the 1974 tour, during which Sly married Kathy Silva on stage at a sold-out performance at Madison Square Garden in New York City on June 5th.
Sly also made an unusual amount of TV appearances in 1974, appearing on ABC In Concert, Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, his one, and only, appearance on Soul Train, and at least twice on the Mike Douglas Show, in July with the full band and in November on his own, in a jam with Richard Pryor on drums.
Two songs from the July Mike Douglas Show are linked below, and they are good examples of why, despite all the erratic behavior and all the cancelled dates, in the end it was worth it and why Bootsy Collins said, “The most talented musician I know is Sly Stone”.
Check out the woman who jumps out of her chair with a Pete Townsend windmill arm move at the 3:56 mark in this one:
Sly & the Family Stone – Stand (Mike Douglas live TV show July 1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iddx5ceYlUs&pp=QAA%3D
In this one, Sly’s bride of about one month, Kathy Silva, comes on stage to dance with him (before he carries her off):
Sly & the Family Stone – Dance to the Music (Mike Douglas live TV show July 1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am04NZL8pA4
Although the Dogs returned to Michigan for at least two shows in late October, by November 15, 1974, they were back in New York City again, appearing at the Coventry, and were still there for a November 20th show at Club 82.
A full-page MCA Records ad/poster for the 1974 Elton John Tour, with two nights in Detroit, Michigan, although a third was added as he performed at the Olympia Stadium November 13-15, 1974.
A full-page MCA Records’ ad/poster for the Elton John single “The Bitch is Back”, published near the time of Elton John’s three night stand at the Olympia Stadium, November 13-15, 1974. It was typically a final encore for the shows on this tour. The link below is a live performance from 1974, with the song played a bit faster and a bit livelier than the studio version.
Elton John – The Bitch is Back (1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a7dN8ZYBUI
Ads for Weather Report at Chances Are in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 10, 1974, the band’s fourth Michigan show of the year, their ninth overall. The night before, they performed at The Brewery in Lansing.
An ad for the new Bimbo’s in Ypsilanti, Michigan on November 15, 1974, with MC and DJ Stanley the Mad Hatter.
