Folk Blues Festival 1965
Blues Folk Festival poster
Blues Folk Festival poster
Taste poster from Mothers Vibration Society
Mothers t shirt
Harvest Records Launch Night Invite (1969): Invite for Harvest Records launch shindig at Mothers.
Pages from Birmingham Central Library archives.
Dennis Wheatley novel
Rhythm & Blues All Stars LP (1966)
Led Zeppelin flyer from a gig at Birmingham Town Hall on Friday 13th of June, 1969. The other bands on that night were Liverpool Scene & Blodwyn Pig.
One of two records called BRUM BEAT released in 1964.
The Levi Set Blues Group Band business card (1965-67). The band were managed by Norman Hood who would later go on to be involved with Judas Priest as well as other bands.
Champion Jack Dupree on stage at Henry's Blues House, upstairs at The Crown, Hill Street, Birmingham.
To the Devil a Daughter - Dennis Wheatley (1968)
Harry Barber's memories of Music Machine are more detailed than Ozzy's account on page 49 of the autobiography I Am Ozzy.
Gig advert from Birmingham Mail, Saturday 23rd November 1968
The Rare Breed advert
Photographs from Henry’s Blueshouse (1968-72)
The Kinks ' You Really Got Me' 7" single (1964). Credited by many as being one of the first 'heavy metal' songs.
Not all the biographies mention that after Mythology disappeared in a puff of smoke sometime in the first half of 1968, Tony Iommi was involved in a band called Velvett Fogg. The band would eventually record an album with Tony’s cousin on guitar. Very .
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Flyer for a gig at The Pokey Hole blues club, Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK on 1st August 1969
Strange Conflict – Dennis Wheatley (1965). Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath was influenced by Wheatley's works.
Dont Know if this will interest you,Iwas in a band called Titus Oates, bluesy band doing the circuit in Brum in the late sixties, we used to do the same gigs as Black Sabath. Lots of people remember us and the best gig we did was the Alhambra back of new st, other members were Dave Fear on Drums Ron Braid Vocals John Hankin on bass and me on guitar Met Robert Plant etc
Melody Maker (1969) - The Blues still dominated the front pages up until the late 60's.
Midnight City membership card