The Electric Prunes
Concerts & Performances - 1968

Above : The Electric Prunes line-up that toured Europe at the tail-end of 1967

January 7th, 1968

Venue : Guest appearence on the French TV show 'Le Petit Dimanche Illustre' where they performed 'You Never Had It Better' and 'Captain Glory'

January 14th, 1968

Venue : Guest appearence on the French TV show 'Dim Dam Dom' where they performed 'Great Banana Hoax' and 'Long Day's Flight'. The show was recorded during the band's European Tour in late 1967

Above : The Electric Prunes on the 'Dim Dam Dom' Show in early 1968

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Click here to see pictures of the Electric Prunes watching The Nice perform 'Azrael' on the 'Baton Rouge' show!

January 18th, 1968

Venue : The Civic Auditorium, Chehalis, Washington, USA

Other Acts : The Lyte

   

Advertised in : Daily Chronicle, January 12th, 16th & 18th, 1968

February 23rd, 1968

Venue : Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1855 Main Street, Santa Monica, California, USA

Other Acts : Cream; Steppenwolf; Penny Nichols

Reported in : The LA Times

Above : Advert in the Los Angeles Free Press (Vol 5, #7 February 16th-22nd, 1968) for the above concert

Above : Ticket for the 1968 concert at the Santa Monic Civic in support of Cream and Steppenwolf

March 1st - March 3rd, 1968

Venue : The Skool, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Advertised in : Chicago Tribune : March 1st, 1968 - "THE ELECTRIC PRUNES - Rock group plays nightly through Sunday In The Skool 862 N. State St. You must be 21."

Reported in : Chicago Tribune : March 4th, 1968 - "THE ELECTRIC PRUNES, here in Chicago at the Skool on North State Street, have caused much favorable comment, especially from the exponents of the underground sound."

March 8th, 1968

Venue : Grande Ballroom, Detroit, USA

Other Acts : Thyme (The Who appeared on 9th March, 1968)

Above : Handbill from the above concert

Above : The Electric Prunes on stage at the Grande Ballroom in March 1968
(courtesy : Linda Vermeulen)

March 22nd - March 24th, 1968

Venue : The Aerodrome, Schenectady, New York, USA

Other Acts : The Aerodrome (house band - name same as venue)

Above : Poster for the Electric Prunes concert at the Aerodrome - March 22nd to March 24th 1968

Above : Advert for the Aerodrome concert in the Schenectady Gazette (21st March 1968)

April 12th, 1968

Venue : French TV premiers The Electric Prunes appearing in a promo film singing songs from 'Mass in F Minor'. The film covered all 6 songs from the LP and was recorded in January 1968 while the band were in France on their European Tour

Above : The Electric Prunes in the 'Mass in F Minor' film promo

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April 12th, 1968

Above : Hemisfair poster from 1968

Venue : Hemisfair '68, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Above : The Electric Prunes on stage at The Hemisfair in early '68
James Lowe (left), Mike Gannon seated on the speaker and Mark Tulin on keyboards (far right)
(Photo courtesy : Randy Niendorff)

Above : Advert for the concert in the San Antonio Express (7th April 1968)

August 28th, 1968

Venue : Dodgers Stadium, Los Angeles, USA

Other Acts : Spooky Tooth (originally advertised as the Turtles)

Above : Advert in the Independent (Pasadena, California) (August 28th, 1968) for the above concert

Click here for articles on the Teen Night at Dodger Stadium (August 1968)

September 5th, 1968

Venue : St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, 615 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, USA

Article advertising the Electric Prunes performing 'Mass in F Minor' following a ceremony by Bishop Bloy

Click here for articles on the 'Mass in F Minor' live performance at St Paul's Cathedral (September 1968)

According to Richard Whetstone, the single time that 'Mass in F Minor' was performed live by the new Electric Prunes (Richard Whetstone, Brett Wade, Mark Kincaid and John Herron) was on the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral (LA), on September 5th, 1968, accompanined by the street noise of Figueroa and 6th Street.

December 26th, 1968

Venue : KYA presents The San Francisco Holiday Rock Festival, Cow Palace, San Francisco, USA

Other Acts : Steppenwolf, Canned Heat, The New Buffalo Springfield, The Spencer Davis Group, Blue Cheer, Three Dog Night, Santana

Above : Advert and ticket booking form for the KYA Holiday Rock Festival in San Francisco in the San Mateo Times on 13th December 1968

Above : Advert for the KYA Holiday Rock Festival in San Francisco

 

Above : Adverts for the KYA Holiday Rock Festival in San Francisco in the San Mateo Times on 20th December 1968 (left) and 26th December 1968 (right)