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1968
1967 saw the great arrival of Disco in Tamworth but that excitement doesn’t seem to have continued apace in ’68. There were no more grand openings of new discotheques announced, in fact the Soul City Discotheque at the Prince of Wales, Wilnecote was discontinued on 12th July 1968. There was the appearance of several new DJs and Discos in the town with an interesting craze for variations of the name e.g. Dave Stewart tried Disc-o-Tek, and Jason Roberts, Chris Harris and The Blue Apple all tried Disk-K-Tek. Interesting to see if ’69 sees this continue.
23/03/68
Disk-o-Tek DJ – Dave Stewart
Fazeley Parish Hall
06/04/68
Skyliner Discotheque
Mile Oak Hotel
The Backdenkal Purists
Supported by Bouncing Barry Disco
13/04/68
The Aque Showgroup
Skyliner Discotheque
Mile Oak Hotel
15/04/68
Times Square
Skyliner Discotheque
Mile Oak Hotel
04/05/68
Skyliner Discotheque
Lucy Le Blue
Mile Oak Hotel
11/05/68
Skyliner Discotheque
Non-stop Dancing
The Basin Street Jump Band
Plus DJ session
Mile Oak Hotel
11/05/68
Discotheque
Wood End Youth Centre
11/05/68
Soul City Discotheque
Prince of Wales, Wilnecote
Saturday and Wednesdays 7.30pm
Tamworth Herald – 24/05/68
Soul City Discotheque
Prince of Wales, Wilnecote
Songs from 7.30pm every Friday and Saturday
Tamworth Herald –12/07/68
Soul City Discotheque
Prince of Wales, Wilnecote
Discontinued
16/08/68
The Mo Jos, plus The Vehicle and The Paper Sun
Plus Resident DJ Doc Holliday
Beat Dance at St. Chads Hall
17/08/68
The Uglys (Decca Recording Artistes)
Plus The Blue Apple Disk-K-Tek
Featuring Double Disc Jockeys Paul and Barry
Polesworth Memorial Hall
30/08/68
Beat Dance
The Sound Affair, The Eb and Blues, Doc Holliday DJ
St Chads Hall Lichfield
22/09/68
Scene ’68 – John James and The Swamp
DJ – Geoff Owen
Foseco Sports and Social Club
05/10/68
Top Cats (TV and Pye recording Artistes)
Plus the great Earl Tin Ribs Discotheque
Polesworth Memorial Hall
12/10/68
Beat Dance
J.T. Bullitt plus the great disco sounds
Polesworth Memorial Hall
06/11/68
Discotheque – Doc Holliday DJ
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
16/11/68
The Basin Street Jump Band (direct from the London scene)
Plus Disk-K-Tek Show with Jason Roberts
Polesworth Memorial Hall
23/11/68
The Vehicle
Wilnecote Youth Centre
DJ – Elroy James
06/12/68
Scene ’68 – The Soul Happening
Plus DJ Geoff Owen
Foseco Sports and Social Club
07/12/68
The Sponge
Plus the Chris Harris Disk-K-Tek
Polesworth Memorial Hall
Tamworth Herald – 13/12/68
Sunday Night Discotheque – Double DJ Disco Sound
Wood End Youth Centre
14/12/68
The Pinkertons Assorted Colours
Plus the Chris Harris Disk-K-Tek
Polesworth Memorial Hall
21/12/68
Christmas Beat Dance
Emily Cue and the Dave Stewart Show
Amington Liberal Club
