Gigography 1972

Jan 
16 The Bull, East Sheen, London S.W. 14: "Sounds Of The 70s" (Peel mentions the forthcoming gig on his 14 January 1972 show)
Feb
24 Malcolm's Disco, Hull: Medicine Head 
Mar
5 The Bull, East Sheen, London S.W. 14: ""Sounds Of The 70s" with John Peel and resident DJ Tony Simon" (advertised here but clashes with gig below)
5 Sunderland Top Rank: Faces (mentioned on show of 07 March 1972)
23 Royal Albert Hall: Leonard Cohen Disc & Music Echo column, 1972-04-01, republished in Olivetti Chronicles (p. 30-41). Peel mentions the gig was two days before the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest. For more details of the Cohen gig see here. Earlier the same day, Peel attended a reception for Captain Beefheart at the Speakeasy in London.
27 Royal Albert Hall: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (message to Discussion section of the Gigography 1970s page) Peel can be heard introducing Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band at the Royal Albert Hall in London on March 27, 1972- there's an extant audience recording of the show: "This is something that I've been waiting for for six years, and I hope it means as much to you as it does to me. Captain Beefheart!" 
Apr
3 Aldermaston: JP introduces Hawkwind, Steve Took, Graham Bond, Pete Brown, Adrian Mitchell, and Adrian Henri. Part of annual CND march on Easter Monday. 
5 Newcastle City Hall: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band 
May
3 The Northover, Bromley: Tony Simon 
4 Marquee Club, London: JSD Band In the sleevenotes to the album JSD Band (1972), Peel writes of seeing the band at the Marquee "in early summer" of that year. The venue's website gives three JSD gigs during 1972, two in March and one on May 4, so the latter date seems the most likely date when Peel saw them.
26-29 "Great Western Express" festival, Bardney, Lincolnshire: Rory Gallagher, Wishbone Ash, Roxy Music, Strawbs, Stone The Crows, Faces, Genesis, Status Quo, Don McLean, Humble Pie, Sha Na Na, Joe Cocker, Lindisfarne, Average White Band, Slade, Monty Python, Beach Boys and others 
July
15 Wealdstone Football Stadium: Stone The Crows, Atomic Rooster, Smith Perkins Smith, Patto, Walrus, Flesh 
Aug
11-13 Reading Festival: (Peel, MC) Faces, Curved Air, Genesis, ELO, Status Quo, Mungo Jerry, Edgar Broughton, Wizzard, Matching Mole, etc 
Sept
2 Crystal Palace Bowl Garden Party V: Yes, Capability Brown, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Lindisfarne, Wright's Wonderwheel 
16 "Buxton Pop Festival", Derbyshire: (Peel, MC) Slade, Steppenwolf, Curved Air, Family, John Kay Band, Uriah Heep, Wizzard, Wishbone Ash, Vinegar Joe, Wild Angels, Glencoe, Sunshine, Cold Comfort Farm 
23 "Great Western Express", Grangemouth Stadium, Grangemouth, Scotland: (Peel, MC) Beck Bogart Appice, Status Quo, Steeleye Span, Lindisfarne, Everly Brothers, Beggars Opera, Average White Band, Sunshine, Billy Connolly, Chris McClure Section 
30 "Melody Maker Poll Concert", The Oval, London: (Peel, DJ) Wishbone Ash, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Argent, Focus, Jack Bruce, Fudd 
Oct
4 Bumpers all-night club, W.1, benefit concert for Release: Quintessence, Quiver, Global Village Trucking Company, Lol Coxhill, John Peel, Bishop Big Boppers, Smith, Perkins and Smith, Bitch, The White Panther Street Band, Bridget St. John, Pisces, Tír na nÓg and others 
Dec
3 Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Benefit for the Spastic Society: Soft Machine, Medicine Head, Ron Geesin, Ivor Cutler 
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