When I was 16 I started going to this pub in Blackfriars Road called "The King's Head" This place was famous amongst hippies & rockers from all over London for playing continuous "spaced out" music at high volume with full psychedelic, liquid light shows on all the interior walls of the pub. The place used to get packed solid every Friday and Saturday night. All the walls were plain whitewash so as to maximise the lighting effects. The music was fantastic ranging from Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come through Blue Cheer, High Tide, The Pink Faries, Hendrix, T2, Pretty Things! Friday night at "The King's Head" was where the weekend began. At closing time we would cross the road and jump on a 63 bus to King's Cross cinema for the Midnight to Six rock show, to see acts such as Hawkwind, The Pink Faries, MC5, The Pretty Things, Status Quo, Patto, The Stooges, Skid Row, JSD Band, Cockney Rebel, Kilburn & The High Roads! We would usually drift off in the morning to some cool pad such as the famous Larkhall Rise in Clapham where we would chill/crash out for a while, listening to more sounds and jamming with guitars before continuing our weekend boogey non-stop taking in another all-niter at The Lyceum followed by a lunchtime session at The Tally Ho in Kentish Town with live music from the likes of "Quiver" before finishing at The Roumdhouse on Sunday night! Then back to work Monday morning and that long wait 'til payday on Friday when it would all begin again! If there were funds available then few weekday gigs at The Marquee or Tally Ho didn't go amiss! Oh for those bygone years between 1971 to 1974,
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