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Volume Nine - 1973 - Page Fourteen
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An ad for the band Ballin’ Jack, which provides an explanation for the band’s name, opening for War at the Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing, Michigan, October 13, 1973.
Ballin’ Jack – Found A Child (1970)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2sQ5AReoVg
An ad for Rare Earth, Funkadelic, Ohio Players and Leadhead in Baltimore, Maryland on October 14, 1973. The Ohio Players had their first #1 R&B hit earlier in the year with the single “Funky Worm”, featuring the synthesizer work of Junie Morrison, who would later became a member and musical director of Parliament-Funkadelic. You can hear the future of P-Funk, and the source of numerous hip hop samplers, in this song.
Ohio Players – Funky Worm (1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSIb4T5vu9E
Gary Grimshaw poster for the Primo Showbar in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with show dates from October 14-20, 1973. The show by Tim Buckley was his tenth Michigan appearance (long-time readers may recall our story of Buckley’s first Michigan show and his adventures at the Grande Ballroom when the 1967 rebellion broke) and his fourth of seven Michigan shows in 1973.
Tim Buckley – Sweet Surrender (live 1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kfDNvkbtog
(for the folks who were not with us for our original Tim Buckley post long ago, here’s a nice synopsis: http://timbuckley.net/fans/Morton.shtml )
An ad for the Blind Pig in the October 15, 1973 issue of the Ann Arbor SUN newspaper that looks like the work of Chris Frayne.
Photo by Leni Sinclair of guitarist David Fleischer of the band Homegrown with the events calendar in the Ann Arbor SUN Newspaper. The listings include a show by the short-lived band of former MC5 members called Ascension at the Heaven Bar in Detroit on October 15, 1973.
An ad for the Primo Showbar in Ann Arbor, Michigan with show dates starting with Radio King on October 15, 1973.
Following Atlanta, Georgia, and their encounter with Elton John, Iggy & the Stooges returned to the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles, California. They were originally booked for October 17-21, 1973, but ended up being held over for an additional week, replacing Bachman-Turner Overdrive, who had been booked for October 24-28. The scheduled backing band for BTO, the British band Babe Ruth, opened for the Stooges on the added dates.
The reviewer for the LA Free Press, who had gotten miffed at the Stooges during the first week because of the hour-plus wait after the opening set by the Hansen Project and left before the Stooges started, “stuck around this time” with only a half-hour wait after Babe Ruth’s set.
“Surprisingly…Iggy and the boys are quite good at what they do. Which is to make a lot of noise, with Iggy dancing about, flailing his arms and insulting his audience in the time-honored tradition of such marginal acts as Kim Fowley and Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages.
“Like Fowley and Sutch, Iggy (real name: Jim Osterwald (sic)) surrounds himself with high-grade musicians and concentrates on the showmanship aspects of the performance, letting the music take second or third priority. Most of the “better” (a relative term in this context) songs owe more than a little to what Van Morrison was doing with Them, not that it matters. Iggy, who from time to time throws himself into the audience, performs semi-obscene act with the microphone, and screeches inanities, obviously realizes exactly what’s going on; at one point he refers, presumably, to his set as “a tale told by an idiot – full of sound and fury, and signifying less than nothing” (would you imagine someone who calls himself “Iggy Pop” bringing Shakespeare into the discussion?) and asking one particular trendy-looking fan “how many months have you been wearing that glitter on your cheek?”
“Lord knows who the Stooges’ audience is – or why – but at least they’re catered to, with some degree of flair. As for the contempt, at least it’s better than if the group took themselves or their audience at all seriously. Which puts them several cuts above Bowie and any of a number of other glitter-rockers. More power to them, though with luck, we’ll never have to see them again.”
Another ad for Iggy & the Stooges at the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles, California, October 17-21, 1973, being preceded by the Detroit soul group, the Dramatics.
Another ad for Iggy & the Stooges at the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles, California, October 17-21, 1973, with the intended BTO shows that the Stooges took over.
An ad for the Woolies as they began a weekly appearance on Thursday nights at Lizard’s Bar in East Lansing, Michigan, beginning on October 18, 1973, and running through the end of November.
A Bell Records ad/tour poster for Barry Manilow with shows at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan, October 18-20, 1973. Although clearly promoting Manilow as a solo artist, it mentions he was touring as a performer, but also as the arranger-conductor for Bette Midler. “Catch Him with Bette Midler!”, so we are assuming this was the second Michigan appearance for both of them, as we earlier documented Midler’s January 20, 1973 show, also at the Masonic Temple.
Before Midler and Manilow met, Manilow was recording as Featherbed with a group of studio musicians at Bell Records. They were produced by Tony Orlando, who also co-wrote the song “Could It Be Magic” with music that Manilow based on Choplin’s Prelude in C Minor, Opus 28, Number 20. Manilow disliked the up-tempo, bubblegum pop feel of the Orlando-produced Featherbed version, so he re-recorded it in a slower tempo and with new string arrangements and new verses for his debut solo album.
Barry Manilow – Could It Be Magic (1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D24RnmDzq6U
Volume Nine - 1973 - continues - HERE
A store ad for Tim Buckley’s eighth album “Sefronia” to coincide with Buckley’s appearance at the Primo Showbar in Ann Arbor on October 14, 1973.
An ad for the movie “Jesus Christ Superstar” in the October 15, 1973 issue of the Ann Arbor SUN newspaper.
Poster/flyer by Gary Grimshaw for Gil Evans at King Pleasure in Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 18-20, 1973.
An ad for the King Pleasure jazz club in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with the list of shows for October 18, 1973 through November 3rd. In only the second engagement for the club, they brought Gil Evans in what appears to be his only Michigan shows. Next, they had guitarist Larry Coryell who was debuting his new band 11th House. And then, there was Mose Allison.
Mose Allison had last performed in Michigan in 1966, with a stint at Baker’s Keyboard Lounge in Detroit, but he made up for it in 1973 with at least seven shows in the state, from a late-March gig at Limbo’s in Detroit, to these two shows at King Pleasure.
Mose Allison – Your Mind is on Vacation (live 1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nofN1N7CbjY
Ad by the mystery artist “G” for the First Birthday Party for the Goodman Ballroom in East Lansing, Michigan, October 13, 1973, with three bands, “maybe more”.
Explosive ad by Hugh Surratt for War with Ballin’ Jack at the Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing, Michigan, October 13, 1973.
A second ad, by an unknown artist, for War with at the Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing, October 13, 1973.
Michigan residents would have had four chances to make use of this 1973 “Official War Bond” which entitled the bearer to a one dollar discount upon the purchase of two tickets to any Eric Burdon and War concert.
The band’s four Michigan appearances that year were Grand Valley State University in Allendale in February, two shows at the Pine Knob Music Theater in Clarkston in June, and Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing, October 13, 1973.
A flyer using the image from a 1968 Carl Lundgren poster for Jeff Beck at the Grande Ballroom, appropriated here for Bachman Turner Overdrive, in their first Michigan appearance, at the Michigan Palace in Detroit, Michigan, October 12-13, 1973.
Spirit was the opener and there is also mention of Tim Buckley with Roy Buchannan on October 19.
A rather striking poster/ad by an unknown artist for Spirit at the Michigan Palace in Detroit, with the first Michigan appearance by Bachman-Turner Overdrive on October 12-13, 1973, with the face of Spirit drummer Ed Cassidy.
Record company ad for Mott the Hoople, with announcement of their show at Masonic Auditorium in Detroit, Michigan, October 12, 1973.
Poster/ad signed by an unknown artist, “Maov”(?) for Bonnie Raitt at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 13, 1973.
Poster by Amy Horowitz for Bonnie Raitt at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 13, 1973.
Newspaper ad for the second Michigan appearance by Aerosmith, opening for Mott the Hoople at Masonic Auditorium in Detroit on October 12, 1973. Aerosmith will perform an incredible fifteen times in Michigan in 1974, and the promoters will finally get the name right.
Poster by David Fair for Sweet Mama Shake Up at the Louis Armstrong Theatre at the Grand Valley State Colleges, near Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 8, 1973.
Poster by an unknown artist for the James Cotton Blues Band at the Stables in East Lansing, Michigan, October 8-13, 1973.
A full-page Motown Records ad for the second single from Marvin Gaye’s album "Let's Get It On", called “Come Get to This”, released on October 11, 1973. Gaye performed the song on the “Soul Train” TV show in 1974, and you can view it here:
Marvin Gaye - Come Get to This (Soul Train TV show 1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7lrKoDZxD8
Gary Grimshaw poster, another of his few photo-collages, for the Gala Opening of a New Jazz Club, King Pleasure in Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 11-13, 1973.
A full-page Polydor Records ad for the 12th studio album by John Mayall, coinciding with his 22nd Michigan appearance, at Masonic Auditorium in Detroit on October 10, 1973.
Ad for Teenage Lust, from New York City at The Brewery in East Lansing, Michigan, October 7, 1973, with quite the ringing endorsements:
“Shocking!”, “They’re Beautiful”, “Outrageous!”, “All 8 of ‘em from New York”, “Wierdos!”(sic), “New York’s Hottest Underground Band – Listen!”, “Disgusting!”, “Aww – At Yer Age You Oughta Be Ready To Taste Life!”, and “Don’t Take Your Mother To Hear – Shock Rock!”.
Poster for Teenage Lust, from New York City at The Brewery in East Lansing, Michigan, October 7, 1973.
A collection of ads from the October 7, 1973 issue of the Joint Issue newspaper in East Lansing, Michigan. An unknown artist for the Elderly Instruments ad, although the style looks familiar, likewise an unknown artist for the Vino Fest ’73 at the Olde World restaurant. The ad for bed covers at the Garden of Earthly Delights is signed by an unknown artist, “Sam” Parrish, who looks to be influenced by Dennis Preston with the little men in conversation, and finally a coupon by Preston for the Pillow Place store.
Close-up of the Dennis Preston coupon for the Pillow Place from the October 7, 1973 issue of the Joint Issue newspaper in East Lansing, Michigan.
Another nice poster from the folks that were organizing the shows for the Grand Valley State Colleges near Grand Rapids, Michigan, for George Carlin and Kenny Rankin, October 6, 1973.
A rare movie poster by Dennis Preston for the Old Time Movie Series at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, October 7, 1973.
Rainbow Graphics handbill for the Primo Showbar in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with show dates from October 7-14, 1973.
Poster for Richard’s in Atlanta, Georgia, with Iggy & the Stooges appearing October 8-13, 1973. It was at one of these shows that Elton John popped up on stage dressed in a gorilla suit, scaring the crap out of the band (see comments below). Elton had performed in Detroit just three days prior.
The NYC band Teenage Lust remained in Michigan for shows in Ann Arbor and East Lansing following their show with the Stooges at the Michigan Palace in Detroit. They ended up following the Stooges’ booking at Richard’s with a six-night booking there of their own.
Further showing how the all the acts crisscrossed while touring, the New York Dolls and Tim Buckley had both played Michigan shows before their appearances at Richard’s.
The Georgia shows are the source of one of the better sounding recordings out of the mountain of recordings made during this tour. It was later released as a bonus CD in a deluxe edition re-issue of “Raw Power”.
Iggy & the Stooges – Live in Atlanta, Georgia (1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAfKiwOjkA4
Iggy – Richards – 10-08-73
http://downonpdl.blogspot.com/2010/04/freddi-meets-iggy-pop-and-photos-from.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAfKiwOjkA4
https://creativeloafing.com/content-150605-HIGH-FREQUENCIES--Iggy-Pop
The third poster by an unknown artist for Iggy & the Stooges at the Michigan Palace in Detroit, Michigan, October 5-6, 1973. The after-party at the Detroit Hilton is one of legend, check out this version of events by Teenage Lust’s Harold C. Black:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/harold-c-black/lustful-tales-lustfully-told-lustology-iggy-and-i/2774120753497/
The album “Metallica K.O. was released in 1976 and was purported to be the recording of the Stooges final show in February 1974 at the Michigan Palace in Detroit. It was later realized that album actually had the first half of the October 1973 show and that only the second half was from the final 1974 show. A double-album version was subsequently released, called “Metallic 2X K.O. that had close to the full show for both dates.
Here, as best we can construct it, are the tracks from October 6, 1973:
Iggy & the Stooges – Raw Power (live 10/6/73)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKYSZiZCKxA
Iggy & the Stooges – Head On (live 10/6/73)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdQZlLFNffc
Iggy & the Stooges – Gimme Danger (live 10/6/73)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfoPgS3W3Dw
Iggy & the Stooges – Search & Destroy (live 10/6/73)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb4NPLOQ5_E
Iggy & the Stooges – Heavy Liquid (live 10/6/73)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfkUgQhpn5c
Iggy & the Stooges – Open Up and Bleed (live 10/6/73)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA8ciYkF4S8
An ad for Elton John at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan, showing his catalog of albums. Oddly, his new album is not being advertised, “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” was officially released on the same day as this concert, October 5, 1973.
A full-page MCA Records ad for the seventh studio album by Elton John, “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”, released on the same day as his sixth Michigan show, at Cobo Arena in Detroit on October 5, 1973.
Elton John – Love Lies Bleeding (1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n603wAouaZU
Dennis Preston poster for John Hammond at the McDonel Kiva in East Lansing, Michigan, October 6, 1973, in conjunction with the Marriah Folk & Blues Coffee House.
Up next, after the New York Dolls, since Dr. Leo Speer took over operations at the Michigan Palace, was the return of Iggy & the Stooges for two nights, October 5-6, 1973. We’re fortunate to have not just one, but three nice posters for these shows, the other two are coming up, all three by an unknown artist.
All three of the posters list the UK prog band, Public Foot the Roman, but we believe that our friends from NYC, Teenage Lust, were the show openers.
The Michigan Palace seemed better suited for the Stooges than the somewhat more sedate Ford Auditorium where they had made their return after the two-year break back in March, and the seven months of adventures from New York City to Hollywood, California, had sharpened the band with a set of mostly new material.
The second of three posters by an unknown artist “db” for Iggy & the Stooges at the Michigan Palace in Detroit, Michigan, October 5-6, 1973. Poster designed by “db” and includes a news clip on Iggy’s visit to a Detroit radio station. “whirling through the studio in the nude”.
Newspaper ads for the Mike Quatro Jam Band with Sopwith Camel in a six-night engagement at the Smiling Dog Saloon in Cleveland, Ohio, October 2-7, 1973.
Illustration by mystery artist “G” for a meeting of the Michigan Student Environmental Confederation in East Lansing, Michigan, October 3, 1973.
Poster/ad for the Detroit Emeralds’ second UK tour, October 4-28, 1973.
A full-page photo of Alice Cooper in the October 1973 issue of the Canadian music magazine Beetle.
Dennis Preston poster for Heaven in Clarkston, Michigan, for the month of October 1973. Another Jerry Patlow Production, maybe the last for the club, with Frijid Pink and Dog Breath on October 1, Detroit and Straight Light on October 8, Ascension and Stretch Thomas on October 15, Whiz Kids and Ten High on October 22, and Frost and Rumor on October 29.
Dennis Preston poster for Buddy Guy and Junior Wells at The Stables in East Lansing, Michigan, October 1-6, 1973.
A full-page Capitol Records ad for Grand Funk’s “We’re An American Band” album in the October 1973 issue of CREEM magazine.
Photos of Pink Floyd by John Bilecky in the October 1973 issue of CREEM magazine. Bilecky also shot the issue’s cover photo of the garbage can.
Illustration by Wayne Saylor for the “Guitar Break” special section in the October 1973 issue of CREEM magazine.
The October 1973 issue of CREEM featured the magazine’s “1st Annual Guitar Break”, an expanded section dedicated to of technical aspects of the instrument and other ancillary equipment. The section’s lead-in page was a full-page graphic, shown in the middle of the top row for the first issue, with the lead-in pages for next four Guitar Break issues also shown.
Just as her #1 singles were completely unknown within the United States, Suzi Quatro’s status as a poster star was also a non-US phenomena. She appeared on the cover and/or the inset poster of Bravo, the largest German language teen magazine, at least four times between August and October 1973. She was also awarded the magazine’s Gold Bravo Award for best female singer in 1973 (and repeated the feat in 1974 as well).
Suzi Quatro – Daytona Demon (1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WacdSnbZpU
