Re: February 9-10, 1968 The Chambers BrothersActually the exact date was "February 2-4, 1968" and also on the bill: The First BorneNew gig: February 6-11, 1968: H.P. Thanks for picking this up. Among groups playing the trauma in late '67 through the first half of '68 were Tim Buckley, Clear Light, Charles Lloyd, Buddy Rich, and the Mothers. Just wondering! The building at 421 N. 7th St., constructed in 1916, began as a switchgear plant for General Electric. As far as your wondering if any of the headliners ever played at the be-ins at Belmont Plateau, I can attest to the fact that Blue Cheer did in fact play the weekend they appeared which you list as May 1-3, 1968.The reason I am sure of this is I saw them play at The Factory and then went to the be-in the next day where the Bass Player,appearing to have ingested some of Owsley's Blue Cheer, proceeded to ram my shin with his bass guitar case and obliviously keep on walking, leaving me writhing in pain. Was Todd Rundgren replaced by Leroy Radcliffe (later in Modern Lovers and Chartbusters), or was there someone in between? Robert, I just checked and its not in the Blogger Spam filter, so I don't know where it is. So it would be a good place for a club, I guess.The street that the Second Fret was on is named "Sansom Street" (not "Samson").22nd and Arch, where the Trauma and the Electric Factory were, is near Logan Square, not Rittenhouse Square. They soon hired Larry Magid to book all of the shows. Re: February 16-17, 1968....At this time, Woody’s Truck Stop NOT featured teenage phenom guitarist Todd Rundgren (he left one year before on May 7, 1967). âFans can make their suggestions until September 30, 2018 by visiting NorthSeventhPhilly.com. What was the Philadelphia Arena like?!? He dismisses the "if you can remember the 60's, you weren't really there" mantra out of hand. Please suggest any affordable venue. That's amazing man!!!! moody Blues, Moby Grape (without Spence), Big brother & Holding Co. before 300 people. Oh well. If you can recapture the diatribe, I am looking forward to it.Maybe Blogger is trying to recreate the experience of forgetting the 60s because you were really there? They opened for Iron Butterfly in May 1969. Contact Michael McNally for more information. The original "Electric Factory" venue was a concert venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a converted tire warehouse at 22nd and Arch Streets, which opened in 1968, and was originally called the "Electric Factory and Flea Market." Most bands sounded really bad in there.The Mandala overcame it but they had a custom sound system. Or, maybe it was just a concert on the square that resembled a Be-In. Philadelphia's Electric Factory is no more — at least not in name. Can someone help correct my memory regarding the "Be-Ins". I saw the Chambers Brothers at the opening of the Electric Factory. BESbswy. âFans can make their suggestions until September 30, 2018 by visiting, As Electric Factory gets renamed, a look at other iconic Philly places that have changed names, Electric Factory turns 50: How the concert business was created in Philadelphia, Bob Dylan, Weezer and other acts announced for new concert venue, The Met, who gave the original venue a shoutout at a Wells Fargo Center show Tuesday night. Review: DâAngelo & Friends do Verzuz, a soulful salve in a pandemic winter, Julien Bakerâs new album has a grand, full-band sound and bracing honesty | Review, Lee Daniels talks about âU.S. Ben Franklin painted on a wall inside the original Electric Factory. And being part of that, that was special. Your tickets will arrive before the event. Courtesy of Larry Magid. Location. For 50 years, the brand name Electric Factory has been an integral part of the Philadelphia music scene. The Delaware Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company is a closed 468 MW coal-fired power plant along the Delaware River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. View The Electric Factory's upcoming event schedule and profile - Philadelphia, PA. It was my very first Electric Factory concert. Re: April 12-14, 1968 Cream/Woody’s Truck StopCream canceled, and played the next week. Luckily I am not that spaced out. They were looking for Heroin. We changed the world. "If you're upstairs get a spot by the railing early. Very heavy psychedelic decoration and blacklights. It was first redeveloped as a music venue … Left Philly a long time ago so just looking back. It's more like a shuffling of the deck, with different names being attached to familiar players. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. Corry there is a lot of confusion in some sources around the net because Wikipedia and others claim that Leroy Radcliffe of The Modern Lovers previous play with Woody's Truck Stop and/or previous play with Todd Rundgren. As Dylan wrote, I'll check back to see if "my memory serves me well". Answering this years later. Discovered the link to the first part of the series. Sorry guys very uncool. "But if it only happened in San Francisco, it would have been an aberration. Saw Blood, Sweat, and Tears (David Clayton Thomas version) at the Kaleidoscope. now i know it was friday november 1,1968. also,moby grape(my fav band of all time) i now know i saw them on either friday october 4th or the 5th. I updated the post. In its short history a virtual Who’s Who in rock played at the unique club. He has a nondisclosure agreement about the dollar figure in the deal, but joked that "I got more than $100 for it â and less than $100 million.". The Trauma was probably smaller than electric factory yeah? There was a flight to England on April 16 (arriving April 17 with Daily Sketch photographic evidence). I believe it opened in the Spring of 1968. Saw Hendrix there in '67. Hotels near Electric Factory: (0.22 mi) Stay Alfred at 509 Vine (0.69 mi) Kimpton Hotel Monaco Philadelphia (0.60 mi) Hampton Inn Philadelphia Center City - Convention Center (0.77 mi) Best Western Plus Independence Park Hotel (0.74 mi) Loews Philadelphia Hotel; View all hotels near Electric Factory on Tripadvisor A future Chartbuster anyway. "Manayunk" is a Lenape name that is said to mean "where we go to drink". A week rarely goes by, he says, without someone telling him stories about a memorable show at the Factory. "Usually the first one," that was only open for three years. First it was the club at 22nd and Arch that was open from 1968 to 1971 and was Philly headquarters for counterculture-era acts from Jimi Hendrix and the Who to Elton John, who gave the original venue a shoutout at a Wells Fargo Center show Tuesday night. For 50 years, the brand name Electric Factory has been an integral part of the Philadelphia music scene. Also appeared at The Kaleidoscope in Manayunk The Electric Prunes and Rhinocerus. About Electric Factory. I just typed a diatribe of experiences here, a short while ago, & published it! The original Electric Factory opened on the outskirts of Center City at 22nd and Arch Streets on Feb. 2, 1968. It was a sparse crowd if memory serves. I saw the opening for Billy Joel mat the au GoGo circa early 70's. I just finished reading T. Morgan's autobiographical "Confessions of a Teenage Disc Jockey." Touring With Leah Senior Franklin Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA Sat, October 23, 2021 | Doors 07:30 PM, Show: 08:30 PM All Ages Buy Tickets. Upvote 10 Downvote. I am eagerly looking for wedding venue and every venue is very expensive. I'm trying to determine if Bloomfield actually performed with the band (if they did the show). Lihat 959 foto dan 116 tips dari 10550 pengunjung ke Electric Factory. Show on Map. Procol also played EF on June 20, 1970. Given what a big city Philadelphia is, it's surprising how hard it is to find information about the Electric Factory in the sixties. That was followed by the Phily dates (April 12-14) which I am certain were not cancelled and rescheduled. Electric Factory Concerts is a Philadelphia-based concert promotion firm, affiliated with the former Electric Factory venue in that city. I seem to recall a Be-In taking place in Rittenhouse Square in either 68 or 69? The Electric Factory, 2201 Arch Street The Electric Factory, a former tire warehouse, opened in early 1968 at 2201 Arch. I have amended the Moby Grape entries on chickenonaunicycle.com for Boston to put the band in Philly on those nights and the Boston dates with Woody's Truck Stop move back to being unknown October dates. The venue's name has to change because of a legal technicality. Lights Electric Factory Philadelphia, Pa October 8, 2017 DerekBrad.com. 421 N. 7th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123. I remember the Kaleidoscope as an old movie theatre with coaches used as seats. Other groups to play there early on were HP Lovecraft and Small Faces. February 2-4, 1968 Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA (1st Grand Opening. The first performers, on February 2, 1968, were the Chambers Brothers. "It's always the same places and people in the Philadelphia concert business," said Sean Agnew, who owns the independent booking company R5 Productions, and is ownership partners with Bowery Presents at Union Transfer and the Boot & Saddle on South Broad. I hope you find it. Note that the October date at Miami stadium was an afternoon show with Terry Reid. I was forever a Cream fan after that amazing night. Procal Harum also definitely played The Spectrum Nov. 14, 1970. Seeing the Allmans as a surprise substitute band must have been something. The link below provides additional information concerning the Kaleidoscope in Manayunk. Must have been late 1967. Oops - I just answered my own question. Electric Factory - 22 & Arch Street. (Magid said he didn't realize that the Electric Factory name would be finished when he sold the club, and only realized it Tuesday.). We are located at : 421 N. 7th St., Philadelphia PA 19125. ( David Swanson / Staff Photographer ). Electric Factory is available for Private Parties and Corporate Functions. They were unforgettable. Visit Electric Factory, Philadelphia for Night life activities. Want to know what's going on in Philly? A Dead gig where I complimented Bob Wier for a great concert while peeing side by side in the men's room. Electric Factory Concerts â which was owned by Magid and Adam's uncle, Herb Spivak (who founded it along with his brothers Jerry and Allen) before being swallowed up in various mergers and acquisitions in the 1990s â eventually became part of the global enterprise Live Nation. I remember seeing The Moody Blues and Janis among many others. Great times. The Electric Factory, 2201 Arch Street The Electric Factory, a former tire warehouse, opened in early 1968 at 2201 Arch. I would have loved to have been there...born too late haha. Electric Factory turns 50: How the concert business was created in Philadelphia. Sam and Colby. A crazy Mothers gig. First it was the club at 22nd and Arch that was open from 1968 to 1971 and was Philly headquarters for counterculture-era acts from Jimi Hendrix and the Who to Elton John, who gave the original venue a shoutout at a Wells Fargo Center show Tuesday night . The Cream at Thee Image (with The Blues Image) is almost certainly April 11 (99% sure, and we do have a photograph to demonstrate they played there). This beloved Jersey Shore cover band all got COVID-19. "We will be doing some improvements," he says, "but we would have done them anyway. But I was a regular to both the Truama and especially the Electric Factory. Lights Electric Factory Philadelphia, Pa October 8, 2017 DerekBrad.com. Woody's Truck Stop was also on the bill for those evenings. Saw The Doors at The Arena on 46th + Market streets.Mandrake Memorial opened.Forget the date. Willie Nelson sings Sinatra again, still gorgeously | Album review. The best things to do this weekend: Drive-in at Navy Yard, Women's history month, First Sunday, Holi, and more. hidoes any one know when moby grape or procol harum played the factory?thanksjim. The confusion about this fact is because the guitarist that replaced Todd in Woody's Truck Stop is called Radcliffe too....but Greg Radcliffe not Leroy. The end of the Electric Factory in name is significant less in the ways it will shape the future than on how it marks a neat 50-year stopping point of an era that began when the original Factory opened in February 1968. Get the The Who Setlist of the concert at Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA, USA on October 19, 1969 from the Tommy Tour and other The Who Setlists for free on setlist.fm! I saw Johnathan Richman and The Modern Lovers "Mark 2" in April 1976, with LeRoy Radcliffe (and Dave Robinson), and i cherished the idea that there was a former member of Woody's Truck Stop in the group (plus a future Car). Rage on The Stage. A half century ago in a converted Philadelphia tire factory, Larry Magid was busy inventing the concert industry. NBC Philadelphia July 27, 2011. Can someone help correct my memory regarding the "Be-Ins". On Wednesday, Magid, who turns 76 next week, said he and Spivak decided to sell to Bowery Presents because "you just know when it's time." That's because Magid and his business partner Adam Spivak have sold the 2,700-capacity venue to Bowery Presents, the club business division of AEG Presents, the Los Angeles-based concert company that owns the Keswick Theatre in Glenside and books shows at the Mann Center for Performing Arts. The original Electric Factory was a modest concert venue setup in an old tire warehouse at 22nd & Arch in downtown Philly. It seems that the Kaleidoscope was considerably later than I had been led to believe, and it co-existed with the Electric Factory. Here is their set list from another source - http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-who/1969/electric-factory-philadelphia-pa-3bd61488.html, I remember being at the Factory in late 1966 or early '67. I don't remember the Cream date, but the show I went to started very late. They played with Rhinoceros.http://timbuckley.net/concert_reviews/kaleidoscope-1969.shtml.
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