Family, featuring Roger Chapman and Rick Grech and Blossom Toes at the Top Rank Suite Watford 21st February 1969.

There may have been earlier ones, but as they say, if you can remember it, you weren't there.

I do remember this for several reasons

1) The Top Rank in Watford was well known for mindless violence, skinheads, expensive Double Diamond and extremely aggressive bouncers. You had to wear a tie to get in

2) It was introduced by John Peel

3) The Top Rank management and staff had absolutely no idea how to deal with several dozen hippies turning up for a concert, probably because nobody tried to glass anybody

4) A local geezer had raided the local department store (Clements) and taken arm fulls of ties to hand out to those who arrived tieless and wouldn't be allowed in.

5) Both bands were excellent

6) At precicesly 11.30, in the middle of "The Weaver's Answer" all the lights went on, the stage started to revolve and we were "instructed" to leave.

I've had better evenings, to be fair I've had a lot worse, but it has stayed with me ever since.