Barrett Chronology: 1946 - 1966

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1946

January

6 - Roger Keith Barrett born in Cambridge


1962

Geoff Mott & The Mottoes
(Syd Barrett, Geoff Mott, Roger Waters, Tony Sainty, Clive Welham)

March

11 - Friends Meeting House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England


1963

Those Without
(Syd Barrett, Steve Pyle, Alan Sizer, Smudge)

June

16 - Congregational Church Youth Club, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

September

12 - Cheshunt College Lodge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England


1964

The Spectrum Five
(Syd Barrett, Bob Klose, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright)

May

2, 3 - Beat City, Oxford Street, London, England

Autumn

?? - Camberwell School of Art, Camberwell, London, England

The Hollerin' Blues
(Barney Barnes, Syd Barrett, Pete Glass, Steve Pyle, Ken Waterson)

July

?? - Masonic Hall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
?? - Victoria Road Congregational Church Hall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
?? - Footlights Club, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Leonard's Lodgers
(Syd Barrett, Bob Klose, Mike Leonard, Nick Mason, Roger Waters)

Winter 1964


1965

The Pink Floyd Blues Band/The Tea Set/The Pink Floyd
(Syd Barrett, Bob Klose, Chris Dennis, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright)

February

?? - Countdown Club, Palace Gate, Kensington, London, England

May

22 - Summer Dance, Homerton College, Cambridge, England

June

26 - Melody Maker National Beat Contest, Wimbledon Palais, London
Beat Contest, The Country Club, Belsize Park, London, England

??

?? - Byam Shaw School of Art, Campden Hill, Notting Hill Gate, London, England
?? - Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, England


1966

The Pink Floyd
(Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright)

January

30 - Marquee Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London, England (Giant Mystery Happening)

February

27 - Marquee Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London, England (Spontaneous Underground)

March

11 - University of Essex, Colchester, England (Rag Ball)
13 - Marquee Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London, England (Spontaneous Underground)
27 - Marquee Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London, England (Spontaneous Underground)

April

7 - Marquee Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London, England (Spontaneous Underground)

September

30 - All Saints Church Hall, Powis Gardens, London, England (London Free School Celebration Dance)

October

14 - All Saints Church Hall, Powis Gardens, London, England (London Free School's Sound/Light Workshop)
15 - Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England (International Times Launch Party "All Night Rave")
21 - All Saints Church Hall, Powis Gardens, London, England (London Free School's Sound/Light Workshop)
23 - All Saints Church Hall, Powis Gardens, London, England (London Free School's Sound/Light Workshop)
29 - All Saints Church Hall, Powis Gardens, London, England (London Free School's Sound/Light Workshop)
31 - Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England

November

4 - All Saints Church Hall, Powis Gardens, London, England (London Free School's Sound/Light Workshop)
5 - Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire and Five Acres Nudist Colony, Bricket Wood, Watford, Hertfordshire, England
8 - All Saints Church Hall, Powis Gardens, London, England (London Free School's Sound/Light Workshop)
11 - All Saints Church Hall, Powis Gardens, London, England (London Free School's Sound/Light Workshop)
15 - All Saints Church Hall, Powis Gardens, London, England (London Free School's Sound/Light Workshop)
18 - Hornsey College of Art, London, England (Philadelic Music for Simian Hominids)
19 - Technical College, Canterbury, Kent, England
22 - All Saints Church Hall, Powis Gardens, London, England (London Free School's Sound/Light Workshop)
29 - All Saints Church Hall, Powis Gardens, London, England (London Free School's Sound/Light Workshop)

December

3 - Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England (Psychedelia vs. Ian Smith, benefit in aid of Zimbabwe)
9 - Marquee Club, Wardour Street, Soho, England
12 - Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, England (You're Joking? charity concert)
22 - The Marquee Club, London, England
23 - UFO Club, Tottenham Court Road, London (opening of UFO "UFO Presents Night Tripper") and Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England
24 - UFO Club, Tottenham Court Road, London, England
29 - Marquee Club, Soho, London, England
30 - UFO Club, Tottenham Court Road, London, England (UFO Presents Night Tripper)
31 - Cambridge Technical College, Cambridgeshire and The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England (New Year's Eve All Night Rave)


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