November 8 Perth Concert Hall
November 10 Melbourne Festival Hall
November 12 Sydney Hordern Pavillion
November 14 Melbourne Festival Hall
November 15 Adelaide Thebarton Theatre
November 17 Sydney Hordern Pavillion
November 19 Brisbane Festival Hall
Suzi Quatro made the first of her many visits to Australia in May 1974. Jands provided sound and lighting for her tour of Australia ann New Zealand.
May 7 Hordern Pavilion Sydney (with Stevie Wright)
May 9 Festival Hall Brisbane (with Railroad Gin)
May 11 Centennial Hall Adelaide (with Band of Light)
May 13 Festival Hall Melbourne (with the La De Das)
May 18 Beatty Park Perth
New Zealand.
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In late December 1973 and early January 1974 Johnny O’Keefe toured Australia with Bill Haley and the Comets, the Coasters, the Drifters and JOK’s young Australian protégé Dennis Knight in what was billed as Australia’s First Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival Show.
December 30 1973 – January 13 1974
December 30 – Randwick Racecourse
8 x JBL 4550 c/w 2 x JBL K130
6 x JBL 2350 Horn + 2480 Driver
4 x JBL 2355 Horn + 2440 Driver
16 x JBL 075 Tweeter
Jands 150w Power Amplifiers
David Mulholland
Vagn Stenvei
All images © Jands Pty Limited. Click to enlarge
Sydney Morning Herald – Dec 16 1973
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Gary Glitter first toured Australia in November 1973. Ariel were the support act.
Status Quo’s breakthrough album ‘Piledriver’ was released in 1972 and foreshadowed a heavier, energetic sound. During the 1970s they became one of the UK’s leading rock bands and toured extensively.
The band first visited Australia, as support act to Slade, in early 1973. They returned, as headliners, later that year and toured again in 1974, 1976 and 1978. Jands supplied sound and lighting for all their tours.
Quo’s more popular songs from this era include Paper Plane (1972), Caroline (1973), Down Down (1975), Rain (1976), Rockin’ All Over the World (1977) and Whatever You Want (1979).
31 August Festival Hall Brisbane
01 September Horden Pavilion Sydney
02 September Festival Hall Melbourne
04 September Apollo Stadium Adelaide
13 November Entertainment Centre Perth
14 November Apollo Stadium Adelaide
17 November Festival Hall Melbourne
20 November Horden Pavilion Sydney
21 November Festival Hall Brisbane
24 November Perth Entertainment Centre
27 November Adelaide Memorial Drive
1 December Melbourne Myer Music Bowl
4 December Sydney Horden Pavilion
7 December Brisbane Festival Hall
18 July Newcastle Civic Centre?
21 July Sydney Horddrn Pavilion
25 July Brisbane Festival Hall
2 August Perth Entertainment Centre
6 August Adelaide Apollo Stadium
11 August Hobart City Hall
15 August Melbourne Festival Hall
This was Status Quo’s first trek to Australia and New Zealand. It would become a regular trip during the 1970s but on this, their first tour, Quo played as support band to the UK glam rockers ‘Slade’. Quo would return to Australia within the year. The support act was Blackfeather.
Jands sound system was put to the test by Slade’s operator who took one look at the mixer and said “I don’t use the meters (or any of the other controls) just push all the faders to the top“. After the first show the DBX160 limiters were moved from the mix position to backstage and set to protect the speaker system!
27 January – Auckland, (NZ) Hamilton Racecourse
28 January – Sydney, Randwick Racecourse
29 January – Brisbane, Lang Park Oval
31 January – Perth, Subiaco Oval
3 February – Adelaide, Wayville Showgrounds
4 February – Melbourne, Showgrounds
The Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival was held over 3 days. between the 6th and 8th of January 1973. It was the first major music festival held in New Zealand and attracted over 18,000 people. The venue, a farm about 3km north of the town centre, was a a natural amphitheatre and a perfect outdoor rock concert venue.
Organised by Australian expat Robert Raymond and New Zealand promoter Barry Coburn, its 54-act bill included many of New Zealand’s top acts including The La De Das and Max Merrit & The Meteors. Co-headliners were UK bands Black Sabbath and Fairport Convention.
Jands provided the sound system and this was one of the first times the company sent equipment outside Australia.
Corben Simpson (NZ)
Black Sabbath (UK)
Fairport Convention (UK)
Blerta (NZ)
Dragon (NZ)
La De Das
Mammal (NZ)
Max Merritt & The Meteors
Split Ends (NZ)
Bulldogs Allstar Goodtime Band (NZ)
Powerhouse (NZ)
Orb
Butler (NZ)
Ticket (NZ)
The headline act was Black Sabbath.
The festival was also notable as the very first gig for Dragon (sans Marc Hunter), one of the first major concert appearances by Split Enz.
“Todd (Hunter) … gathered some friends and fellow performers for an appearance at the Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival. They wrote original songs for their set list, and someone pulled the name “Dragon” out of an I Ching book. Their performance at the Ngaruawahia Music Festival led to a better gig, a few weeks performing at the Occidental Hotel in Auckland.”
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“Corben performed at the 1973 Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival. He was the opening act and grabbed the headlines with a naked romp.”
http://www.sergent.com.au/corbensimpson.html
In the early 1970s cigarette company Philip Morris (Australia) sponsored a series of daytime concerts in Sydney. The Alpine Sound concerts were held in Hyde Park, at Manly beach, Lane Cove National Park and other outdoor locations during the summers of 1972 and 1973. The shows featured many popular singers included Mary Jane Boyd, Ted Mulry, Bobbi Marchini any Micky Leyton who were backed by the 32 member Alpine Sound orchestra. Well known composer and band leader Sven Liebeck conducted the orchestra.
Jands provided a four way speaker system consisting of W bins for sub-bass, JBL 4550s, JBL 90° and 60° horns with 2480 and 2440 drivers and JBL 075 tweeters.
The FOH mixer was the second large format console designed and built by Jands, to cope with the orchestra it was suplemented with a six channel sub-mixer that was later produced in small quantities for re-sale.
Jands crew for these shows included Philip Storey, Howard Page, David Mulholland, Paul Mulholland, Eric Robinson and Ed Robinson. Freelance engineer Spencer Lee mixed for some concerts.
The Rock Isle Mulwala Festival was held over the Easter weekend (31 March – 2 April 1972) and featured local bands including: Russell Morris, Lobby Loyde, Leo De Castro and Friends, Country Radio, Chain, Carson, Taman Shud and The Aztecs. The festival also featured, Canned Heat and Steven Stills band Manassas, with Chris Hilman.
2 x Jands Hurler c/w 4 x JBL 2225
1 x JBL 4550 c/w 2 x JBL K130
2 x Jands 4580 c/w 2 x JBL K120
2 x JBL 2350 90 Horn with 2480 Driver
2 x JBL 2355 60 Horn with 2440 Driver
1 x JBL 2360 Long Throw Horn with 2480 Driver
2 x HF enclosures each with 2 x JBL 2402
2 x HF enclosures each with 2 x JBL 2405
24 x Jands 150w Power Amplifiers
Howard Page, Phillip Storey, David Mulholland, Eric Robinson, Paul Mulholland, Edward Robinson, Andrew Batchelor.
This was Led Zeppelin’s only Australian tour. Portions of the Sydney Showground concert were filmed for GTK and appears in the “Down Under” segment of the Led Zeppelin DVD released in 2003.
By David D. Bryant
The Led Zeppelin concert at the showgrounds last Sunday must rate as one of the best ever held in Sydney – but, if the crowd had not stormed the fences, it could have been the worst.
The official attendence figure was 27,000 but senior police officers at the concert estimated the crowd at “at least 30,000”. According to showground officials the three stands used last Sunday have a maximum capacity of 25,000 – so whatever way you look at it the ground was dangerously overcrowded.
Despite the fact that there were no seats left at mid-day and no standing room by 1.30pm., people were still coming through the gates at 2.30pm. The overcrowding that existed before the fences were stormed must never be allowed to occur again because next time someone could be killed in the crush. Once capacity is reached the gates should be closed.
2 x RCA W Bin c/w 2 x JBL K140
2 x JBL 4550 c/w 2 x JBL K130
2 x JBL 2350 Horn + 2480 Driver
2 x JBL 2355 Horn + 2440 Driver
2 x JBL 2356 Horn + 2480 Driver
8 x JBL 2402
12 x Jands 150w Power Amplifiers
Philip Storey
Eric Robinson
Paul Mulholland
David Mulholland
16 February – Perth – Subiaco Oval
19 February – Adelaide – Memorial Drive
20 February – Melbourne – Kooyong Tennis Courts
27 February – Sydney – RAS Showground
29 February – Brisbane – Festival Hall
1. Black Dog
2. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
3. Going To California
4. Heartbreaker
5. Immigrant Song
6. Since I’ve Been Loving You
7. Stairway To Heaven
8. Tangerine
9. That’s The Way
ABC – Led Zeppelin pics uncovered after thirty years
Wikepedia – Led Zeppelin Australasian Tour 1972
LedZeppelin.com