The Saints

1973
AU Brisbane-Chelmer,Chelmer Hall (@ 2 Halsbury Street)
Corinda High - school function

Setlist: I Want You [The Troggs]/ Carol [Chuck Berry].

Photo: Google street view 2024.

Note 1: First time on a stage. Chelmer Hall (now Chelmer Community Centre) is opposite Chelmer railway station.

Note 2: "Encouraged by some school friends, [...], Kuepper took to the stage one night at a school dance and in between brackets by the local top 40 cover band, performed a solo version of The Troggs 'I Want You'. Bailey and Hay, perhaps sensing something more interesting was happening also took to the stage and together they performed an off-the-cuff version of Chuck Berry's 'Carol'; Ed on guitar, Ivor on piano, vocals by Chris. The reaction among friends was positive. Among the others, not so much - the cover band asking them to stop, fearing damage to their gear during the impromptu spectacle. The thrill of performing was immediate and the idea of being in a band suddenly seemed a tangible reality but it was several weeks before the normally reserved Kuepper finally plucked up the nerve to ask both Ivor and Chris if they fancied being in a band. The response was a resounding yes. Rehearsals began in Chris's bedroom, moving in mid '73 to the garage of the Kuepper household in the then outer-Brisbane suburb of Oxley." Liner notes "(I'm) Stranded" Box set (In The Red, US 2024).

1974
AU Brisbane-Oxley,Lawson Street,Ed Kuepper's parents' garage-Rehearsals

Setlist: I'm Waiting For The Man [Velvet Underground]/ Tin Soldier [Small Faces]/ Runaway [Del Shannon/Small Faces]/ Afterglow Of Your Love [Small Faces]/ Ballad of a Thin Man [Bob Dylan]/ I'll Make You Happy [The Easybeats]/ Make Me Laugh [Blue Cheer]/ Season Of The Witch [Donovan]/ Splish Splash [Bobby Darrin]/ Poor Little Fool [Ricky Nelson]/ Keep A-Knocking [Little Richard]/ .

Note 1: Songs mentioned by Ed Kuepper in a interview with David Laing, published in Ugly Things mag #67 (Winter 2024).

Note 2: "We lost a lot of stuff [in the Brisbane January 1974 floods]. The house went underwater. My dad had recorded the band a couple of times on a reel-to reel player that he had. All those tapes were lost". Ed Kuepper, as above.

Mid 1974
AU Brisbane-Oxley,Lawson Street,Ed Kuepper's parents' garage-Rehearsals.

Setlist: Wild About You [Andy James/The Missing Links](1)/ Do The Robot(2)/ One Way Street(1)/ Knock On Wood [Eddie Floyd]/ Erotic Neurotic(1)/ River Deep, Mountain High [Phil Spector/Ike & Tina Tuner]/ Lies(2)/ (I'm) Stranded(1)/ Messin' With The Kid(1).

Note: Rehearsals, recorded by Ed's dad with a mono cassette deck, released on "The Most Primitive Band In The World" album (Hot Records 1995). "(I'm) Stranded" also released on the V/A: "Do The Pop! Redux Part One" 2CD (Shock/Savage Beat!, 2007). Later, in December 1976, these songs (1) are recorded for their debut album; and in February 1977, these songs (2) are recorded for their "This Perfect Day" 12".

Mid 1974
AU Brisbane,University of Queensland-Refectory

Setlist: (I'm) Misunderstood/ .. and more...

Note: Released on "The Most Primitive Band In The World" album (Hot Records 1995). Later, in Sep/Dec 1977, the above song is recorded for their second album, "Eternally Yours".

21-Sep-74
AU Brisbane-Toowong,Returned Services League Hall (@ 65 Sylvan Road)

Poster: Reproduction from "(I'm) Stranded" Box set (In The Red, US 2024)..

Note: "We staged our big debut at a local 'Returned Soldiers Hall', about 150 people turned up, half of who walked out after the first number. Then after the second [number] our drummer walked out and we almost called it 'quits' but we decided to keep playing to the 30 people who were still with us. Before the last number the manager of the hall arrived with cops, turned off the power and told us to "fuck off! The cops told us they would confiscate our equipment if we didn't go, so we went." Ed Kuepper in Sniffin' Glue #4- Punk zine, October 1976.

1974
AU Brisbane-Enoggerra,-

Note 1: "We retired from the music scene for a while and then started off again when we got a new drummer. We booked another hall and the second dance was a bit more successful but we had to stop early again. The hall manager was beaten up because he tried to stop people from pissing in his yard, which was next-door." Ed Kuepper in Sniffin' Glue #4- Punk zine, October 1976.

Note 2: "I answered an ad in the paper, had a good long chat and I think the clincher was that I knew of and played songs by the MC5 late 60s and early 70s. We rehearsed most of the songs from later album "I'm Stranded". I played with them as the Saints, real early. Chris and Ed's girlfriends at the time lived in Rathdonell Street in Milton or Auchenflower. Ed played guitar, Chris sang and Ivor actually played bass. Did 1 gig in Enoggerra somewhere and 2 at the Uni Refectory. It was announced one day at rehearsal that they were definitely going to England. I had recently came from there and didn't want to go back so very shortly after that I resigned. I heard they had trouble finding a drummer so the multi talented Ivor changed to drums and the rest is history." John Sawyer Facebook 06-Oct-24.

1974
AU Brisbane,University of Queensland-Refectory

06-Dec-74
AU Brisbane,University of Queensland-St.Lucia Campus
[with Circus]

Flyer: Reproduction from "(I'm) Stranded" Box set (In The Red, US 2024).

Early 1975
AU Brisbane-St Pauls Terrace,Trades Hall (Headquarters of Communist Party)

Note 1: "This brings us up to the start of '75. We got another drummer, our first date with him was at a 'Communist Party of Australia' [CPA] dance. We thought this might be our first success but our fan-club got a bit over enthusiastic and a fight broke out with the Commies which we got dragged into. By this time we were banned by all the local halls so we broke up." Ed Kuepper in Sniffin' Glue #4 - Punk zine, October 1976. Jeffrey Wegener later (in April 1979) joined Ed Kuepper's Laughing Clowns.

Note 2: "Yeah, we wrangled the [CP's] printing room as rehearsal room. That was via one of Chris's sisters [Margaret, a CPA member], who was going out with some guy who was in the wharfies' [dockworker] Union. [...] We could rehearse at my parent's place, but not every night, so we were always looking for a space where we could just be unencumbered by noise concerns. We just set up on the factory floor, and we're just surrounded by this machinery. We also used their printing press, probably without asking them, to print up our posters. So we'd rehearsed there a few times, and then apparently as payment for that they asked us to play this function —and I think they really regretted it. I remember they had these long tables put together, because people were sitting in the room, and Bailey jumped up on one of the tables and started crawling across, knocking everybody's food out of their way, and being a complete pain in the arse, and doing some kind of a monologue. And this woman called out to him, "You're a sexist pig!" Then he's rolling around on the floor, screaming into the mic, "I'm a sexy pig!" It was probably more pantomime than an actual musical performance. It was quite hilarious. [...] But they didn't have us back." Ed Kuepper interviewed by David Laing, published in Ugly Things mag #67 (Winter 2024).

31-Dec-75
AU Brisbane,Queensland University

Note 1: "After a couple of months we decided to make another go of it, as the Saints. This time, Ivor changed to drums and we got another bass player and played our first really successful dance. It was on New Year's Eve around a swimming pool and the audience was great." Ed Kuepper in Sniffin' Glue #4 - Punk zine, October 1976.

Note 2: "This was at the Queensland Uni. It was a large pool and we did a show, and it must've been a fundraiser or something for 4ZZZ, and it didn't end up all that well. With the exception of our fan club, who went to most of our shows, and there were maybe twenty of them, the audience responded very badly to the band, and a lot of fighting broke out between the potential Triple Z donors and Saints fans. It was an extreme response. I mean, I'd say that it was one of those nights where Chris... It didn't take much to provoke him. There was probably somebody in the audience that said something, which he took phenomenal exception to it. And it's quite possible that Chris was involved in some fisticuffs. So yeah, it was fairly chaotic. We didn't have a stage —we were set up on the grass beside the pool. The audience was at one with the band, really." Ed Kuepper interviewed by David Laing, published in Ugly Things mag #67 (Winter 2024).

23-Jan-76
AU Brisbane/Sherwood-Indooroopilly,Returned Services League Hall (@ 2 Clewley Street Corinda)
Rock 'N' Roll Dance

Flyer: Photo (courtesy of Donat Tahiraj) of flyer.

Photo 1: Google street view 2024.

Photo 2: Gig photo, Ed Kuepper archives.

Note 1: "[The New Year's Eve] booking got us another, put on by the newly started Queensland FM Radio Station [4ZZZ (as 4ZZ-FM) first went to air on 08-Dec-75], about 500 people turned up, half of who walked out but those who stayed loved it. The guy who booked us was arrested for selling drugs and the guy who took over the station, hated us. So, after a few more moderately successful dates we decided to cut a record ourselves because the record companies didn't want to have anything to do with us." Ed Kuepper in Sniffin' Glue #4 - Punk zine, October 1976.

Note 2: "The dance was busted up by a bodgie gang [i.e. "Rockers"] called the Taringa Boys, who arrived in a fleet of Ford Customlines and unleashed a bloodbath; it was one of the rare occasions in Brisbane that the police were a welcome sight." From "Stranded -Australian Independent Music, 1976-1992 (Revised/Expanded 2021)", a book by Clinton Walker.

Note 3: "We put that on ourselves, we just hired the hall. And the only thing I can really remember was that Chris got knocked out by this guy in the audience. And that ended that show." Ed Kuepper interviewed by David Laing, published in Ugly Things mag #67 (Winter 2024).

13-Feb-76
AU Brisbane,University of Queensland-Relaxation Block
Rock 'N' Roll Dance for Timor-Benefit for East Timor

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: "When The Saints put on a show at Queensland University my excuses to Virginia for not going to their gigs ran out. She and I arrived to find fifty people scattered along the walls of a low-ceilinged room and the band already playing. My impressions of them were hard to coordinate as I'd seen little live music, going to out-of-the-way halls to hear bands play Uriah Heep covers not being my thing, and this was pre-punk. The Saints were loud and their guitarist was bent over his red Gibson SG in a defiant slouch that became his trademark. The singer, curled black hair in his eyes, a troublesome youth, sat intermittently in a chair in front of the small wooden stage with his back to the audience, only going to the microphone to sing. I thought that was cool. We left after half an hour. Outside, Virginia asked me what I thought, and considering the slow tempos of the long songs we'd heard, I said rather feebly that they reminded me of Roxy Music. She huffed. That wasn't the right answer, and soon after she told me they'd recorded a single." From "Grant & I", a book by Robert Forster (Omnibus Press, 2018).

1976
AU Brisbane,Festival Hall
Battle Of The Bands

Photo: Reproduction from "(I'm) Stranded" Box set (In The Red, US 2024).

Note: "I really don't have a clear memory of how we even entered. [...] All I know is that we got into the finals at the Festival Hall, and then came last there. [...] There would have been hundreds of people there. It wouldn't have been a full house. There were more people there than [we] would have played to anywhere else, that's for sure." Ed Kuepper interviewed by David Laing, published in Ugly Things mag #67 (Winter 2024).

xx-xxx-76
AU Brisbane-Bowen Hills,Cloudland Dance Hall
(Friday night residency)

Note 1: Presented by radio 4IP. "I remember The Saints had a residency at Brisbane’s legendary Cloudland Ballroom every Friday night in early 76. I did the MC work as the night was presented by radio 4IP where I worked. The Saints were chaotic, ramshackle, loud and Chris Bailey downed lots of alcohol. Little did I know they were the beginning of Punk Rock. They did a blistering [cover of] "River Deep Mountain High". John Peters Facebook.

Note 2: "Just before the record ["(I’m) Stranded" single] was recorded our bass player [Doug Balmanno] left in highly scandalous circumstances and Kim Bradshaw joined the band. He's the first fourth member who's been enthusiastic about our stuff." Ed Kuepper in Sniffin' Glue #4 - Punk zine, October 1976. Doug Balmanno joined (folk artist) Eric Bogle's band, later in 1980. Bogle became known for his song "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda", covered (among many others) by The Pogues.

11-May-76 (or 12-Jun-76)
AU Brisbane-West End,Bruce Window Electronics (BWE) studio (@ 10 Buchanan Street). Recording their first single, "(I’m) Stranded/No Time" in about 4-6 hours, finishing around midnight. Engineered and produced by Mark Moffatt. Cost around AU$ 250. 25-year-old Moffatt had just returned to Brisbane from a stay in London, where he worked at Top Gear Music (a guitar shop in Denmark Street). Some sources date this session on 11-May-76, others 12-Jun-76. Detailed account of the recording session at mixdownmag.com.au.

Photo: Mark Moffatt at BWE console.

Note 1: "But one afternoon, a drummer and bass player turned up in their transit van and said, “We’d like to make a record.”. When they started playing on that fateful night, Moffatt felt that the guitarist’s [Goldentone] amp wasn’t up to the job. So he plugged in his own Fender Super 60 and turned it up to 10. “And suddenly, bang!”. The 16-track studio had a concrete hallway, which made the record sound even angrier and louder. The next day, Moffatt mixed the single and the B-side. The whole session cost $170. Three months later, the single ["(I’m) Stranded/No Time"] was making headlines in the UK: “Sounds’ Single of This and Every Week”. Mark Moffatt from Themusic.com.au, 06-Sep-24.

Note 2:"When The Saints came in to record, Ed had a 60-watt Vase – a great locally made valve amp – but it was too clean, so he plugged into my Super and that was that; it roared. The combo of two old Jensen 10-inch speakers just about to give out, the Partridge trannie along with Ed’s powerful right hand was pretty much the sound on I’m Stranded. There was a live track that we doubled and I also used a long cement hallway leading to the studio for distant miking. You can hear that panned against the close mic on the solo in No Time. There was also a pair of the fabled Pye compressors in the rack, which I used extensively during the session. Mark Moffatt, from Audiotechnology.com, 19-Jul-11.

Note 3: Window Recording Studios was sold in 1978 and renamed Sunshine Studios. The Go Betweens recorded some early singles at Sunshine (1978-1979). Mark Moffatt died on 06-Sep-24, at age 74, in Nashville (Tennessee, US).

1976
AU Brisbane-Sandgate,Town Hall

Photo: Credit Joe Borkowski.

1976
AU Brisbane-Spring Hill,Queensland Academy of Music-basement of music instrument shop
Battle Of The Bands

Photo: Reproduction from "(I'm) Stranded" Box set (In The Red, US 2024).

Photo 2: Photo reproduction from "(I'm) Stranded" Box set (In The Red, US 2024).

Note 1: " [...]Maybe we got banned because our supporters cheated and double voted or something like that. There was a situation where we got more votes than there were people in the room. [This venue] was tiny. That was in the basement of the Academy of Music. There would have been, you know, like fifty people, maximum. They had all their junk down there. Chairs piled up and stuff like that." Ed Kuepper interviewed by David Laing, published in Ugly Things mag #67 (Winter 2024).

Note 2: Academy of Music in Spring Hill was opened in 1967 by John Morris Snr and Averil Morris.

24-Jul-76
AU Brisbane/Sherwood-Indooroopilly,Returned Services League Hall (@ 2 Clewley Street Corinda)
Rock 'N' Roll Dance

Photo/Flyer: Photo by Joe Borkowski of band (with gig flyer in the back) reproduced in Ugly Things mag #67 (Winter 2024) as part of a large Saints feature by David Laing.

02-Aug-76/Sep-76
AU Release of "(I’m) Stranded/No Time" single (Fatal records).

Note: Reportedly 530 pressed (at Astor Records in Melbourne and picked up at pressing plant by Ed Kuepper on 02-Aug-76). Never released in picture sleeve.

Review 1: Review of the single, taken from Juke (AU) 25-Sep-76.

Review 2: Review of the single, taken from Sounds (UK) music weekly, 16-Oct-76.

Review 3: Review of the single, taken from Sniffin' Glue #4 (UK), Oct-76.

September 1976
AU Brisbane,No.4 (aka No.2) Petrie Terrace, "Club '76"

Photo: Exterior/interior - then/now.

Note: Chris Bailey moved in to No.4 with his sister Margaret. When she left soon after, Bailey was joined by Ivor Hay. The former shopfront became a new rehearsal space for The Saints. After a glass plate at the front of the house was smashed in protest against the band, Ed Kuepper suggests writing ‘Club 76’ over the boarded up window and using the house for live shows. "Cnr Milton Rd and Petrie Terrace. The location of the infamous Club 76. The Saints self run venue for about 6 months in 1976 . At the time the Qld Police barracks were across the road. It took them a while but they shut it down in the end." Ed Kuepper Facebook.

September 1976
AU Brisbane,TVQ studios @ Mt Cootha
Channel 0 TV

Setlist: Miming to "(I’m) Stranded".

Photo: Screen capture.

Video: Video @ Ed Kuepper's YouTube channel.

Note: Recorded in September, (re)broadcast later (20-Dec-76?).

29-Oct-76
AU Brisbane-Bowen Hills,Cloudland Dance Hall
[with Gentle Art and Mother Goose]

Contract: Reproduction from "(I'm) Stranded" Box set (In The Red, US 2024).

xx-Nov-76
AU Brisbane. Band sign to EMI Records Australia.

Photo: Reproduction from "(I'm) Stranded" Box set (In The Red, US 2024).

01/02-Dec-76
AU Brisbane-West End,Bruce Window Electronic (BWE) studio (@ 10 Buchanan Street). Recording their first album "(I’m) Stranded" in 2 days. Engineered and produced by Rod Coe. Nine songs recorded: One Way Street/ Wild About You [Andy James/Missing Links]/ Messin' With The Kid/ Erotic Neurotic/ Kissin' Cousins [Wise/Starr-Elvis Presley]/ Story Of Love/ Demolition Girl/ Nights In Venice/ Untitled.

Note 1: "When [Rod Coe] was sent by EMI to Brisbane for two days in late 1976 to record and sign a young local band called The Saints, he had no idea he was about to produce one of the all-time iconic Australian albums. "The band weren't really interested in knowing about me," he says. "They were surly, they didn't want to know about anything much. They just wanted to get on with it. They were hard to communicate with. So it was a confronting situation, but once they started playing it was compelling." [..] Coe describes feeling pretty far out of his comfort zone recording The Saints in a demo studio in Brisbane with an inexperienced engineer and rudimentary gear. [...]"Ivor's drums were just an ordinary old kit, nothing was tuned very well. Ed had a nice old Gibson SG but he was playing through an old column PA that was cranked. [...] This sheeting guitar sound was just astonishing. It was through everything, you couldn't get rid of it. It bled into the drums, it bled into the bass, it certainly bled into the vocals. But there was something about it that was just right. I'm quite grateful now when I think back that we didn't actually take them to record at EMI in Sydney. We would have cleaned it up far too much.". from 40 years of punk: The surprising Slim Dusty connection to The Saints' (I'm) Stranded by Alice Keath for Radio National ABC News, 29-Aug-16.

Note 2: "Now suddenly on a major label, that December, the four mates spent two days in a small Brisbane studio with EMI house producer Rod Coe to ostensibly record demos for their debut, but in typical Saints fashion, the results eventually became (I’m) Stranded itself. “Those sessions were 100% meant to be demos,” Kuepper recalls. “EMI here was really not keen on signing the band; it was all instigated from EMI's London office. But EMI had their way of working, and what you did was basically demo some songs, and that's what we did. But when we finished, we just said to Rod Coe, ‘That's the album’. And he said, ‘Okay’. “He took the tapes [back to Sydney] and mixed them, but it wasn’t quite the sound we were chasing at the time, so Chris and I then remixed the whole album [in Sydney in January], which Rod didn't get involved in. " Ed Kuepper from Themusic.com.au, 08-Nov-24.

Note 3: 8 tracks together with the 2 tracks ("(I’m) Stranded/No Time" single) from the May/June sessions are released on their debut album. "Untitled" was released on "Wild About You 1976-1978" 2CD (Raven records, 2000) and "All Times Through Paradise" 4CD (EMI 2004). Disc 2 "(I'm) Stranded (Original 1976 mix)" released as part of the "(I'm) Stranded" Box set (In The Red, US 2024), has the previously unreleased December Rod Coe mix of the album sessions.

10-Dec-76
UK Release of "(I’m) Stranded/No Time" single (Power Exchange Records & Tapes).

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from Sniffin' Glue #5 - Punk zine, November 1976.

Article: Scan of article from Music Week 18-Dec-76.

Review 1: Scan of review from Slash (US) magazine Vol 1. Issue #1 - May 1977, courtesy of Circulationzero.com.

Review 2: Scan of review from Record Mirror 18-Dec-76.

Note: Reportedly selling 16,000+ copies in the UK. The London based black-oriented Power Exchange record label was founded in November 1974 by Americans Paul Robinson and Steve Rowland. Their aim was "to establish a UK soul repertoire company which is not completely dependent on imported product and is to have merchandising muscle from a major such as EMI", which financially assisted them.

23-Dec-76
AU Gold Coast,Miami High School-Great Hall
[support for AC/DC]

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Note 1: "I saw the Saints for the first time in the mid 70s at the Miami Great Hall when they were backing LRB (Little River Band). [Chris Bailey] was on stage singing with the microphone in one hand and a bottle of Whisky in the other. Outrageous at the time and especially when it was in the grounds of Miami State High School." Kevin Rogers Facebook group 'Old Brisbane Album', April 2022. Little River Band were touring the USA in December 1976. Kevin Rogers must have meant AC/DC instead.

Note 2: "Michael Browning [AC/DC manager] was the one that got us the show. He went to quite great lengths to contact us, but when he actually saw the band, he was impressed by the fact that we didn't look like a professional band on stage, and all of our songs sounded the same. [..] I would've thought had he had more foresight he would've seen that we were actually sort of pioneering something. But the thing that always got me was that he didn't like us on the basis that our songs sounded the same-and he managed AC/DC. The jokes write themselves sometimes..." Ed Kuepper in a interview with David Laing, published in Ugly Things mag #68 (Spring 2025).

xx-Jan-77
AU Sydney,EMI Studios 301 (@ 301 Castlereagh Street). Ed Kuepper and Chris Bailey take a few days mixing the 8 tracks recorded in December for their debut album "(I'm) Stranded".

Note: This version of the "(I'm) Stranded" album was released in February 1977 (on EMI records). Around this time English-born Chris Gilbey (EMI Australia, formerly involved with AC/DC) becomes The Saints' manager.

17-Jan-77
AU Initial master/test pressing of the "(I’m) Stranded" album (EMI).

1977
AU Brisbane, a derelict house on Petrie Terrace, and a disused terrace house at Paddington-Lang Park or a nightclub in Fortitude Valley.

Setlist: Video clip for "(I’m) Stranded", directed by Russell Mulcahy.

Photo: Screen captures.

Video: Video @ Ed Kuepper's YouTube channel.

27-Jan-77
AU Reissue of the "(I’m) Stranded/No Time" single (EMI).

xx-Feb-77
AU Move to Sydney @ Berry Street

Note:" The Saints first residence/rehearsal room when we moved to Sydney in early 1977. The original building was a two story block of four flats , we had one quarter which was christened Saintsville from memory." Ed Kuepper Facebook.

xx-Feb-77
AU Sydney,EMI Studio 301 (@ 301 Castlereagh Street). Recording "L-I-E-S" and "Do The Robot". Engineered by Mark Opitz. Produced by Ed Kuepper, Chris Bailey and Rod Coe.

21 or 28-Feb-77
AU Release of the "(I’m) Stranded" album (EMI).

Ad: Scan of advert, from Record Mirror (UK) 09-Apr-77.

Review 1: Scan of Review by Barry Cain, from Record Mirror (UK) 12-Mar-77.

Review 2: Original Review by John Ingham, from Sounds (UK) 12-Mar-77 (collection FTA).

Review 3: Scan of Review by Bill Casey, from Woroni (AU) 26-Apr-77, Journal of the ANU Student's Association, Canberra.

Review 4: Scan of Review by Julie Meldrum, from Canberra Times (AU) 22-Apr-77.

xx-Feb-77
AU Sydney,Chequers

Review: By Anthony O'Grady, from RAM 08-Apr-77, reproduced in Ugly Things mag #68 (Spring 2025).

Note 1: First live shows after moving to Sydney. Friday/Saturday residency.

Note 2: "[...] the four-man group [...] stood up to play at Chequers, their first live gig in several months and the first ever outside of Brisbane. The Saints sound is overpoweringly raw and loud and produced either instant and pounding enthusiasm or outright revulsion. [...] the band lasted only eight minutes before guitarist Ed Kuepper [...] blew all of the fuses in his amplifier. [...] After a five-minute delay [...] a set resumed with a string of songs played at breakneck speed with barely time for a second breath, let alone a drink, between them. [...] Some measure of the frenzy emerged on the second night of their Chequers engagement. Halfway through their version of ‘Kissin’ Cousins’ [...] Kuepper was having feedback problems with a borrowed guitar. Then he broke a string. Bailey kept singing. Kuepper kicked open a guitar case and continued playing while he re-strung the guitar. Feedback riff chords combine with the squeal of a string being stretched to pitch tension. And then it was tuned at full volume to the accompaniment of Bailey's screamed vocals and the continuing pounding beat of bass and drums. This energy and single-mindedness is belied by the group’s off-stage presence. Although the band originated on the mean side of the tracks in Brisbane they are hard and tough minded in a way that sets them apart from what has loosely been called punk rock. They don't sniff glue, and they don't spit in public." From an article by Paul Comrie-Thomson in Rolling Stone Australia 05-May-77.

18-Mar-77
AU Sydney,Bondi Lifesaver Club
[with Cold Chisel]

19-Mar-77
AU Sydney,Bondi Lifesaver Club

Poster: Photo of street poster, via @thesaints73to78.

21-Mar-77
AU Sydney,ABC TV
"Flashez" TV show

Photo: Screen captures.

Note: Broadcast date. Band is interviewed by Kate Kirkpatrick. "Flashez", a national daily teenage show, was presented by pop/rock stars Ray Burgess and Mike Meade. The show ran for 30 minutes, 5 nights a week, from 02-Aug-76 to 02-Dec-77.

26-Mar-77
AU Hurtsville,Civic Centre
[support for The Ritchie Family]

Flyer: Reproduction from "(I'm) Stranded" Box set (In The Red, US 2024).

Note: The Ritchie Family were an American disco group from Philadelphia, touring Australia in March 1977.

02-Apr-77
AU Sydney-Darlinghurst,Oxford Funhouse

Flyer 1: Photo of flyer.

Flyer 2: Photo of flyer.

03-Apr-77
AU Sydney-Paddington,Town Hall
[with Radio Birdman and The Hot Spurs]

Setlist: This Perfect Day/ Run Down/ Erotic Neurotic/ Demolition Girl/ Nights In Venice.

Poster 1: Photo of poster (designed by Warwick Gilbert).

Poster 2: Photo of version of poster (designed by Warwick Gilbert).

Poster 3: Scan of poster, reproduced in "Radio Birdman", a book by Vivien Johnson (1992).

Photo: Screen captures from TV broadcast.

Video: Video shared by Ed Kuepper on his YouTube channel.

Note: Above tracks released on "All Times Through paradise" 4CD box set (EMI, 2004) and the "(I'm) Stranded" Box set (In The Red, US 2024). Video available on "Hymns Of Oblivion" VHS tape (Hoyts Polygram Video, 1990). "This Perfect Day" also broadcast on the "After Dark" music program on Channel 7 TV.

14-Apr-77
UK Release of the "Erotic Neurotic/One Way Street" 7" single (Harvest).

14-Apr-77
AU Sydney-Gore Hill,ABC Studio 221
“The Real Thing” TV show

Setlist: Orstralia/ Lipstick On Your Collar/ River Deep Mountain High/ Runaway/ (I'm) Stranded/ Do The Robot/ Run Down/ One Way Street/ (I'm) Stranded (1)/ Lost And Found/ Kissin' Cousins/ Demolition Girl (2)/ Erotic Neurotic (3)/ Orstralia (4).

Photo: Screen captures from broadcast.

Note: (1) broadcast on 15-Dec-77, (2) broadcast on 22-Feb-78, (3) broadcast on 01-Mar-78 and (4) in Mar-78. The Real Thing was a short-lived ABC TV series, hosted by radio DJ Ron E. Sparks, that showcased live Australian musical performances. The live performances were filmed by the ABC from March to July 1977, some live concerts; others live in the studio. There were 13 episodes (from 01-Dec-77 till xx-Mar-78).

16-Apr-77
AU Canberra,Police Boys' Club
[support for John English, with Stone Rose]

Ad: Scan of ad from The Canberra Times 16-Apr-77.

2x-Apr-77
AU Melbourne-St.Kilda,Beverley Crest Hotel International,Be Bop & Loo Bar

23-Apr-77
AU Melbourne-Richmond,Royal Oak Hotel,Tiger Room

Photo: At Tiger Room. Credit © Rennie Ellis .

Ad: Scan of advert, taken from The Age, 22-Apr-77.

Review: Tiger Room gig reviewed by Allan Webster, taken from Juke (AU) weekly music mag, 14-May-77.

Note: The Saints are performing for the first time in Melbourne, late April 1977. At the Tiger Room gig (photo) Nick Cave attends accompanied by Garry Gray [The Reals/Negatives, later Sacred Cowboys], Phill Calvert [Boys Next Door, later Birthday Party] and Rob Wellington [The Obsessions]. At the Beverley Crest Hotel, Nick Cave attends with Chris Walsh [The Reals/The Negatives, The Fabulous Marquises and The Moodists] and Rob Wellington [later International Exiles and Little Murders].

2x-Apr-77
AU Melbourne-Ferntree,Gully Hotel

Setlist: (a.o.) Runaway [Del Shannon]/ Kissin' Cousins [Wise/Starr-Elvis Presley]/...

Review: Gully Hotel gig reviewed by Janet Austin, taken from Pulp fanzine #1, August 1977.

24-Apr-77
AU Melbourne-Ripponlea,ABC TV
"Countdown" TV show

Setlist: "Erotic Neurotic".

Listing: Scan of listing from TV Guide, The Age 21-Apr-77.

Note 1: Live vocals and alternate lyrics, with a different mix of the music than on the released single version. Others on the show (live or clips) hosted by Mark Holden: Geoff Duff, Cheetah, Skyhooks, John Paul Young, Scandal, Wings and Burton Cummings.

Note 2: Broadcast date. "Countdown", was a national weekly music show, hosted by Ian 'Molly' Meldrum, which aired on Sundays from 08-Nov-74 to 19-Jul-87.

xx-Apr-77
US Release of "(I’m) Stranded/No Time" single (Sire).

xx-May-77
AU Sydney,Bondi Lifesaver Club
[with Rose Tattoo]

xx-May-77
AU Sydney,Bondi Lifesaver Club
[support for Rose Tattoo]

11-May-77
AU Sydney,University,Holme Building Refectory
[with Johnny Dole and The Scabs]

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

14-May-77
AU Sydney-Darlinghurst,Oxford Funhouse

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

16-May-77
AU Release of the "Erotic Neurotic/One Way Street" 7" single (EMI).

xx-May-77
UK Release of the "(I’m) Stranded" album (Harvest).

Review 1: Scan of review from Music Week 15-May-77.

Review 2: Scan of review from Slash (US) magazine Vol 1. Issue #3 - August 1977, courtesy of Circulationzero.com.

28-May-77
AU The band move to London (UK). Ed Kuepper finds a basement flat in one of the Gardnor Mansions on Church Row, Hampstead.

05-Jun-77
UK London-Camden,Roundhouse @ Chalk Farm
[support for The Ramones and Talking Heads]

Ad: Original ad from Melody Maker 21-May-77.

Handbill: Scan of handbill.

Review: Photo of review of show by Tony Parsons, NME 02-Jul-77.

Note 1: First UK gig. "Our first show in London was at the Roundhouse, supporting the Ramones, which was packed. We went into our first set and two songs in my amp blew up, it became a difficult thing for us to handle. Bailey got abusive, the audience got abusive. I walked off stage and it wasn't one of the greatest debuts." Ed Kuepper interviewed for "Prehistoric Sounds" Vol.1, Issue #1, 1994 by Ian McFarlane.

Note 2: "Yeah, my amp just blew up. There might've been a broken string or two too, a few little mishaps. When your amp goes, it's sort of hard to carry on, but it got fixed and we continued. We did finish the set, but it was a really big crowd by any standards that we were used to, so it was hard to know how to deal with it." Ed Kuepper in a interview with David Laing, published in Ugly Things mag #69 (Summer 2025).

Note 3: Bank holiday weekend for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee.

06-Jun-77
UK London-Camden,Roundhouse (@ Chalk Farm)
[support for The Ramones and Talking Heads]

Setlist: Do The Robot/ Run Down/ I'm Stranded/ One Way Street/ Demolition Girl/ Nights In Venice/ Wild About You [Andy James/Missing Links]/ Kissin' Cousins/ Orstalia/ (I'm) Misunderstood/ This Perfect Day/ Erotic Neurotic.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Review: Original review of show by Caroline Coon, Melody Maker 11-Jun-77. "[...] indeed, a lot of people laughed off their weak performance, since it was the first time they'd played before more than 200 people."

Note: Second UK gig. Released on the "Cabaret At The Roundhouse, Live 1977" bootleg CD (2006), sourced from an audience tape.

10-Jun-77
UK London,Marquee Club (@ 90 Wardour Street)
[with The Stukas & DJ Ian Fleming]

Ad 1: Original ad from Melody Maker 11-Jun-77.

Ad 2: Scan of advert from UK mag.

Review: Scan of review, taken from Record Mirror 18-Jun-77.

Note: Third UK gig.

11-Jun-77
UK Scunthorpe,Priory Hotel

Note: May have been cancelled.

xx-Jun-77
UK London-Highbury,Wessex Studios,recording/mixing "This Perfect Day". Engineered by Bill Price.
Produced by Ed Kuepper and Chris Bailey.

16-Jun-77
UK London-Camden,Dingwalls

Ad: Original ad from Melody Maker 18-Jun-77.

Note: First UK tour.

17-Jun-77
UK Leighton Buzzard,Bossard Hall

18-Jun-77
UK Dunstable,California Ballroom

Ad: Scan of ad from UK mag.

Note: First UK tour.

19-Jun-77
UK London-Croydon,Fox at The Greyhound

Ad: Original ad from Melody Maker 18-Jun-77.

Note 1: First UK tour. "Australia's New Wave heroes..."

Note 2: "One time we were playing at the Croydon Greyhound, which holds about 600. It was packed with about 400 and about 30 or so punks jumped on stage and started pogoing around , almost took over, but we kept playing. It coulda turned into an ugly scene, but we took control again". Ivor Hay, interview from Pulp fanzine #2, 1977.

20-Jun-77
UK London,The Nashville Room
[with 999]

21-Jun-77
UK London,The Nashville Room
[with 999]

Ad: Original ad from NME 18-Jun-77.

Photo: Scan of photo from UK fanzine, circa October, 1977. Text refers to the "One Two Three Four" EP (released 14-Oct-77).

Review: Scan of review from Slash (US) magazine Vol 1. Issue #3 - August 1977, courtesy of Circulationzero.com.

Note: First UK tour.

22-Jun-77
UK London-Twickenham,Fox at The Winning Post

Ad: Original ad from Melody Maker 18-Jun-77.

Note: First UK tour.

23-Jun-77
UK London-Islington,Hope & Anchor Club

Ad: Original ad from NME 25-Jun-77.

Note 1: First UK tour.

Note 2: Chris fights with a heckler who kept grabbing his tie. "Chris Bailey [...], left the mike and jumped into the front row fracas to lay one on a heckler who'd been bugging him all through the group's set..." NME 09-Jul-77.

24-Jun-77
UK London-Covent Garden,The Roxy
[with Bethnal and Neo]

25-Jun-77
UK London-Covent Garden,The Roxy
[with Tubeway Army and Mean Street]

Ad 1: Original ad from NME 18-Jun-77.

Ad 2: Scan of advert, reproduced in Paul Marko's "The Roxy London WC2" book.

Note: Replacing the two Rock Garden gigs that got cancelled.

25-Jun-77
UK Record Mirror article

Article: Scan of article.

27-Jun-77
UK BBC Radio Newcastle,Dick Godfrey's "Bedrock" show
[with The Stranglers, Lamplight, Albion Country band]

Note: "Bedrock" was a rock and local music programme that ran on BBC Radio Newcastle from 1974-1984. Created and originally produced by Dick Godfrey, until Ian Penman took over.

27-Jun-77
FR Paris,Le Nashville club

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Le Nashville was at the back of the famous Olympia theatre. It changed its name to Rose Bonbon in 1978 (which closed early 1985). Concert organised by (Albert) Koski/ (Christophe) Cauchoix Productions. From 1975-1980 KCP operated the large former slaughterhouse Pavillon de Paris inviting rock groups who otherwise would have skipped France on their tours: Alice Cooper (16-Sep-75), Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, The Who and Roxy Music (02-Jun-80) and many more.

29-Jun-77
UK Plymouth,Woods Leasure Centre
(2 sets)

30-Jun-77
UK Penzance,Winter Gardens

Article: Scan of article (part 2), taken from Sounds 16-Jul-77, courtesy of Stephan.

01-Jul-77
UK Release of the "This Perfect Day/L.I.E.S" 7" single (Harvest) and "This Perfect Day// L.I.E.S/ Do The Robot" 12" single (Harvest).

Review 1: Scan of review, taken from Record Mirror 16-Jul-77.

Review 2: Scan of review, taken from NME (UK) 23-Jul-77, courtesy of Stephan.

Review 3: Scan of review from Slash (US) magazine Vol 1. Issue #4 - September 1977, courtesy of Circulationzero.com.

02-Jul-77
UK Dudley,JB Club

03-Jul-77
UK Manchester,The Electric Circus

Flyer: Scan of flyer, sourced from the Manchester Digital Music Archive.

Photo: Photo, credit by Kevin Cummins, sourced from the Manchester Digital Music Archive.

04-Jul-77
UK Doncaster,The Outlook Club

06-Jul-77
UK Swindon,The Affair Club

Ad: Scan of ad from UK mag.

Note: First UK tour, continued.

07-Jul-77
UK Birmingham,Rebecca's

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Listing: Scan of listing from Record Mirror 09-Jul-77.

08-Jul-77
UK Sunderland,Seaburn Hall

Listing: Original listing from NME 09-Jul-77.

09-Jul-77
UK Liverpool,Eric's

Calendar: Scan of calendar, sourced from thenewcornpoppy.blogspot.

11-Jul-77
UK Edinburgh,Tiffany's
[with The Sale]

Ad: Scan of ad, sourced from The Edinburgh Gig Archive.

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

13-Jul-77
UK London,Marquee Club (@ 90 Wardour Street)
[with DJ Ian Fleming]

Ad: Original ad from NME 09-Jul-77.

14-Jul-77
UK London,BBC TV Studios
"Top Of The Pops" music show

Setlist: (miming to) "This Perfect Day".

Photo: Screen capture.

Note: TOTP 14-Jul-77 was hosted by David Jensen. Real Thing -Love’s Such A Wonderful Thing (live)/ Rita Coolidge -We're All Alone (promo clip)/ The Saints -This Perfect Day (live/miming)/ Commodores -Easy (Legs & Co)/ Dave Edmunds -I Knew The Bride (re-recording)/ Jigsaw -If I Have To Go Away/ Supertramp -Give A Little Bit (live film clip)/ Cilla Black - I Wanted To Call It Off (live)/ The Sex Pistols -Pretty Vacant (promo clip)/ Kenny Rogers -chat with host/ Hot Chocolate -So You Win Again number one (repeat 7th July 1977).

15-Jul-77
NL Amsterdam,Paradiso-Kleine Zaal
[with Cake]

Setlist: (a.o.) One Way Street/ Demolition Girl/ Erotic Neurotic/ Kissin' Cousins/ (I'm) Stranded/...

Review: Scan of review, taken from NRC Handelsblad 16-Jul-77. "Although the major record companies all believe they have some hot irons in the fire, not all Punk and New Wave groups are suitable for consumption. For example, last night the Australian group The Saints played at the Paradiso and, as their name suggested, they were certainly no sweethearts. The group lacks the glamour of the British Punks, they remain somewhat rough sheep farmers, but musically they are moving in [the Punk/New Wave] direction, although a slight American Ramones influence can also be discerned. The Saints played according to the old rock-format with a drummer (Ivor Hay), bass player (Kym Bradshaw), guitarist (Ed Kuepper) and a singer (Chris Bailey). The latter two also write most of the songs. The group has not yet found a recognizable style and they also lacked the sharpness in execution that the debut LP "I'm Stranded" has. The performance was by no means sensational [...]. In the frantic hunt for speed records, songs such as "One Way Street", "Demolition Girl", "Erotic Neurotic", "Kissin' Cousins" followed each other rapidly (as well as) the single "Stranded", which was reprized in the encore for lack of other songs. Their set sounded too monotonous and too inaccurate to label The Saints as a promising offshoot of the Punk lineage. They were rather unexceptional." (translated from Dutch)

Ad: Scan of advert, taken from De Volkskrant 14-Jul-77.

Note 1: First concert on the continent.

Note 2: "I got really seasick on the ferry. I was just absolutely just wiped out. And luckily [we stayed at a] fairly posh hotel [...]. It was at the Marriott. I just slept the next day and then woke up and got room service and got a couple of really nice Dutch hamburgers. It took a day to get over my seasickness [...] .[We played a] really fairly tight [live set]." Ed Kuepper in a interview with David Laing, published in Ugly Things mag #69 (Summer 2025).

16-Jul-77
UK Birmingham,Barbarella's

Setlist: Do The Robot/ Run Down/ One Way Street/ Lipstick On Your Collar/ Demolition Girl/ Nights In Venice/ Runaway [Del Shannon]/ Wild About You [Andy James/Missing Links]/ River Deep Mountain High [Phil Spector/Ike & Tina Tuner]/ Erotic Neurotic/ Orstralia/ Kissin' Cousins/ (I'm) Stranded/ This Perfect Day.

Photo: Photo of exterior credit David Newton.

Note 1: See also 22-Jul-77 entry. NME 16-Jul-77 listing shows Deaf School at Barbarella's on the 16th. According to recollections of Paddy @ Birmingham Music Archive he saw the Saints Barbarella's on the 16th of July and the 8th of October. On the other hand, how easy would it have been to return from Amsterdam after their gig on the 15th?

Note 2: Barbarella's, opened in 1972 was initially a disco venue that turned into a live rock venue, and became legendary by hosting punk bands in 1975/76. It closed in August 1979.

17-Jul-77
UK Birmingham,Digbeth Rag Market,Britain's Burning festival
[with The Clash, Cherry Vanilla, The Slits, Tom Robinson Band, Subway Sect, Stinky Toys, Snatch, and Shag Nasty]

Ad: Original page-sized ad from NME 09-Jul-77.

Note: The local council managed to shut the festival down within a couple of days of its start. The Clash came anyway and played at Barbarella's. Original article from NME 16-Jul-77 and scan of article from Record Mirror 23-Jul-77.

20-Jul-77
UK London-Twickenham,The Winning Post

21-Jul-77
UK Paisley,Silver Thread

22-Jul-77
UK Retford,Porterhouse
[with The Boomtown Rats]

Listing: Scan of listing from Record Mirror 16-Jul-77.

22-Jul-77
UK Birmingham,Barbarella's
[with The Cortinas]

Setlist: Do The Robot/ Run Down/ One Way Street/ Lipstick On Your Collar/ Demolition Girl/ Nights In Venice/ Runaway [Del Shannon]/ Wild About You [Andy James/Missing Links]/ River Deep Mountain High [Phil Spector/Ike & Tina Tuner]/ Erotic Neurotic/ Orstralia/ Kissin' Cousins/ (I'm) Stranded/ This Perfect Day.

Photo: Photo of exterior credit David Newton.

Note: Could have happened on the 16th. The Record Mirror issue from 23-Jul-77 does not lists any gigs at Barbarella's for the 22nd. Was this The Saints' second gig (after supporting Boomtown Rats @ Retford, 90 miles from Birmingham) of the day? An audio recording with date '22-Jul-77' exists.

23-Jul-77
UK Birmingham,Barbarella's

Note: Saints gig likely cancelled. Record Mirror 23-Jul-77 lists 'O' Band for this day.

24-Jul-77
UK London-Hammersmith Odeon
[support for The Jam, with The Boys]

Setlist: (a.o.) Do The Robot/ Lipstick On Your Collar/...

Poster: Photo of poster.

Review: Scan of review, taken from Record Mirror 30-Jul-77.

Note 1: Last date of tour.

Note 2: "It was sabotage. I mean it wasn't equipment failures, it was monitors not working, PA cutting out. It was clear that someone was just fucking around with it because there were times when one side of the PA would shut down and then the other, as if someone was just sort of playing with the faders or some-thing. I dunno, it was a really shitty show and the Jam's crew were real dickheads." Ed Kuepper in a interview with David Laing, published in Ugly Things mag #69 (Summer 2025).

xx-Jul-77
UK London-Oxford Circus,Air Studios,recording 4 tracks. Two covers, "Lipstick On Your Collar" [Lewis/Goehring] and "River Deep Mountain High" [Phil Spector/Ike & Tina Tuner] and 2 re-recordings of two cuts from their debut album "One Way Street" and "Demolition Girl" for the "One Two Three Four" EP. Engineered by Bill Price [who also worked with The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Pete Townshend, etc..]. Mixed by Chris Bailey. Produced by Ed Kuepper and Chris Bailey.

xx-Jul-77
UK London. Kym Bradshaw (bass) leaves the band. On the "One Two Three Four" EP it was Ed Kuepper who did all the bass playing.

xx-Aug-77
AU Brisbane,Pulp fanzine #2 (November/December 1977).

Note: Ed Kuepper and Ivor Hay are interviewed by Clinton Walker, while on holiday for a week in Australia. Ed Kuepper cleared his flat in Sydney and stored all his stuff at his parents' house in Brisbane.

xx-Aug-77
AU Sydney,ABC TV
"Flashez" TV show

Note: Ed Kuepper and Ivor Hay are interviewed by Ray Burgess, while on holiday in Australia.

29-Aug-77
AU Release of the "This Perfect Day// L.I.E.S 7" single (EMI).

xx-Sep-77
UK London-Camden,Roundhouse Studios,recordings for their second album, initially titled "International Robots" (later "Eternally Yours"). Tracks recorded: Orstralia/ Lost And Found/ The Ballad (aka Memories Are Made Of This)/ This Perfect Day/ Run Down/ Minor Aversion/ Champagne Misery/ Private Affair/ No, You're Product/ New Centre Of The Universe/ River Deep, Mountain High/ Untitled/ (I'm) Misunderstood/ Do The Robot. "International Robots"-sessions, later released on the "All Times Through Paradise" 4CD box (EMI,2004).

xx-Sep-77
US Release of the "(I’m) Stranded" album (Sire).

Ad 1: Scan of ad from Billboard 01-Oct-77.

Ad 2: Scan of advert.

Review 1: Review from Gloucester County Times 30-Sep-77.

Review 2: Review from The Arizona Republic 09-Oct-77.

Review 3: Review from The Boston Globe 30-Oct-77.

Review 4: Review from Nevada State Journal 06-Nov-77.

Note: Came out as part of a four-record "New Wave" Sire records release campaign. "Blank Generation" released on 26-Aug-77, "'77" released on 16-Sep-77.

xx-Oct-77
UK London-Highbury,Wessex Studios,recording/mixing the "Know Your Product/Run Down" single. Engineered by Mark Dearnley. Produced by Ed Kuepper and Chris Bailey.

05-Oct-77
UK London-Camden,Music Machine (@ 1 Camden High Street)
[with Wayne County and the Electric Chairs]

Photo: Screen capture.

Ad: Original advert from NME 08-Oct-77.

Review 1: Scan of review from Record Mirror 15-Oct-77.

Review 2: Scan of review from Sounds Oct-77, courtesy of Stephan.

Video: Video @ Ed Kuepper's YouTube channel.

Note: Video footage from the gig is used as promo-clip for the "Lipstick On Your Collar" single/ "One Two Three Four" EP.

06-Oct-77
UK Wellington,Town House

Listing: Scan of listing for October tour, from Record Mirror 08-Oct-77.

07-Oct-77
UK Birmingham,Barbarellas

Listing: Scan of listing from Record Mirror 08-Oct-77.

08-Oct-77
UK Birmingham,Barbarellas

Listing: Scan of listing from Record Mirror 08-Oct-77.

14-Oct-77
UK Release of the "One Two Three Four" EP (Harvest).

Note: The EP has 4 songs: Lipstick On Your Collar/One Way Street//Demolition Girl/River Deep Mountain High.

Review 1: Scan of review from Slash (US) magazine Vol 1. Issue #10 - May 1978, courtesy of Circulationzero.com.

Review 2: Scan of review from Record Mirror 15-Oct-77.

13-Oct-77
UK Rotherham,Windmill

14-Oct-77
UK Cardiff,Top Rank Suite

Ad: Scan of full page ad, taken from the NME 15-Oct-77.

Note: Start of second tour of the UK, within the same year.

15-Oct-77
UK Leeds,Queens Hall
[support for The Stranglers, with The Drones, Penetration and The Automatics]

Ad: Original ad from NME 08-Oct-77.

Note: Second tour of the UK, within the same year.

18-Oct-77
UK Plymouth,The Woods

20-Oct-77
UK Coventry,Mr. George's

21-Oct-77
UK Redditch,Tracy's

22-Oct-77
UK Halifax,The Good Mood Club

24-Oct-77
UK Middlesbrough,Rock Garden
[with Blitzkrieg Bop]

26-Oct-77
UK Doncaster,The Outlook Club
[with The Adverts and The Rage]

27-Oct-77
UK Edinburgh-Falkirk,The Manique
[with The Adverts and The Rage]

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Second tour of the UK, within the same year.

25-Oct-77
UK London-Highbury,Wessex Studios,first mixing of the "International Robots/Eternally Yours" album. Engineered by Bill Price. Produced by Ed Kuepper and Chris Bailey.

28-Oct-77
UK Edinburgh,Clouds Club
[with The Adverts and The Rage]

Ad: Scan of ad.

Poster: Photo of poster.

29-Oct-77
UK Aberdeen,Aberdeen University
[with The Adverts and The Rage]

Listing: Scan of listing from Record Mirror (UK) 29-Oct-77.

30-Oct-77
UK Glasgow,University of Strathclyde
[with The Adverts and The Rage]

31-Oct-77
UK London,Marquee Club @ 90 Wardour street
[with Sore Throat and DJ Ian Fleming]

01-Nov-77
UK London,Marquee Club @ 90 Wardour street
[with DJ Ian Fleming]

Ad: Scan of ad.

02-Nov-77
UK Brighton,Top Rank
[with The Adverts and The Rage]

03-Nov-77
UK Barnstaple,Chequers
[with The Adverts and The Rage]

04-Nov-77
UK Reading,Top Rank
[with The Adverts and The Rage]

Note: Continuing the tour with The Adverts and The Rage.

04-Nov-77
UK London,-

Photo: Screen capture from video.

Note: Chris Bailey is filmed for Australian's ABC TV "Countdown" music show. Interview by Ian 'Molly' Meldrum.

05-Nov-77
UK Slough,Slough College
[with The Adverts and The Rage]

06-Nov-77
UK Shrewsbury,Tiffany's
[with The Adverts and The Rage]

08-Nov-77
UK Cardiff,Top Rank
[with The Adverts and The Rage]

11-Nov-77
UK Middlesbrough,Town Hall
[with The Adverts and The Rage]

12-Nov-77
UK Hull,University of Hull
[with The Adverts and The Rage]

13-Nov-77
UK Middlesbrough,Town Hall
[with The Adverts and The Rage]

Note: Continuing the tour with The Adverts and The Rage.

14-Nov-77
AU Release of the "Lipstick On Your Collar (aka One Two Three Four)" EP (EMI).

26-Nov-77
UK London-Islington,Hope & Anchor Club
[with The Stranglers, 999, XTX, Tom Robinson Band, Only Ones, X-Ray-Spex,...]
Front Row Festival

Setlist: Do The Robot/ Lost And Found/ Lipstick On Your Collar/ River Deep Mountain High/ Untitled/ Run Down/ This Perfect Day/ Messin' With The Kid/ Orstralia/ Night In Venice/ (I'm) Stranded/ Demolition Girl/ One Way Street.

Ad 1: Original ad from NME 26-Nov-77.

Ad 2: Scan of ad from Hope & Anchor fanzine.

Review: Scan of review from Record Mirror 03-Dec-77.

Note: Month long festival from 22-Nov/22-Dec-77. Above tracks released on "All Times Through Paradise" 4CD box set (EMI, 2004), "This Perfect Day" bootleg LP (Loch Cardhu, 2005) and as Disc IV of "(I'm) Stranded" 4LP Box (In The Red, US 2024).

27-Nov-77
UK London,Marquee Club (@ 90 Wardour street)

Setlist: Lost And Found.

Photo 1: Screen capture.

Photo 2: Scan from booklet with "All Times Through paradise" 4CD box set.

Article: Scan of article from Record Mirror (UK) 03-Dec-77.

Video: Video @ Ed Kuepper's YouTube channel.

Note: The Saints are filmed at the club for an episode of the TV series "Return of the Saint", Episode 1.9 "The Arrangement", which aired on the BBC TV 05-Nov-78.

04-Dec-77
UK London-Camden,Roundhouse (@ Chalk Farm)
[support for Generation X, with The Lurkers and The Valves]

Poster: Photo of poster.

Ad: Original advert from NME 26-Nov-77.

Review: Scan of review from Record Mirror 10-Dec-77.

xx-Dec-77
UK London-Highbury,Wessex Studios, further recording and mixing for the "Eternally Yours" album. Engineered by Bill Price. Produced by Ed Kuepper and Chris Bailey.

xx-Jan-78
UK London,recruiting brass players for live gigs.

27-Jan-78
UK London,Marquee Club (@ 90 Wardour street)

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from Record Mirror 28-Jan-78.

Review: Scan of review, taken from Record Mirror 04-Feb-78.

Note: Performing with three brass players (dressed in tuxedos, with bow ties), two saxes and a trumpet.

28-Jan-78
UK Wolverhampton,Polytechnic

30-Jan-78
UK Blackpool,Jenkinson's Bar

Note: May have been cancelled.

03-Feb-78
UK/FR Release of the "Know Your Product / Run Down" single (Harvest).

05-Feb-78
UK London,Nashville Room

Ad: Scan of ad.

xx-Mar-78
UK London. Band sign to Harvest/EMI Records Great Britain. Mark Rye is their A&R guy.

Article: Scan of article from Music Week 25-Mar-78.

10-Mar-78
UK/AU Release of the "Eternally Yours" album release (Harvest).

Review 1: Scan of review, taken from Record Mirror 18-Mar-78.

Review 2: Scan of review, taken from Sydney Morning Herald 29-May-78.

Review 3: Scan of review, taken from Music Week 01-Apr-78.

06-Mar-78
UK Plymouth,Castaways

09-Mar-78
UK Port Talbot,Troubadour

10-Mar-78
UK Northhampton,County Cricket Ground

11-Mar-78
UK Wakefield,Unity Hall

13-Mar-78
UK Blackpool,Jenkinson's Bar

15-Mar-78
UK Birmingham,Barbarella's

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from Record Mirror (UK) 04-Mar-78.

Note: Performing with three brass players (dressed in tuxedos, with bow ties), two saxes and a trumpet. At Wakefield they performed in front of an audience of around 150.

16-Mar-78
UK Swansea,Circles

17-Mar-78
UK Treeforest,Glamorgan Polytechnic of Wales

Ad: Scan of ad from Sounds 18-Mar-78.

Note: Performing with three brass players (dressed in tuxedos, with bow ties), two saxes and a trumpet.

18-Mar-78
UK Bishops Stortford,Triad Leasure Center
[with The Jolt]

Ad: Original ad from NME 18-Mar-78.

Note: Performing with three brass players (dressed in tuxedos, with bow ties), two saxes and a trumpet.

22-Mar-78
UK Reading,Bones Club

Ad: Scan of advert for the "Eternally Yours" album.

Note: Performing with three brass players (dressed in tuxedos, with bow ties), two saxes and a trumpet.

25-Mar-78
UK Manchester,Rafters
[with The Snyde]

Poster: Scan of poster.

26-Mar-78
UK London,Marquee Club (@ 90 Wardour Street)

03-Apr-78
AU Release of the "Know Your Product / Run Down" single (Harvest).

Review: Scan of review, taken from Sydney Morning Herald 09-Apr-78.

04-Apr-78
AU Melbourne-Ripponlea,ABC TV
"Countdown" TV show

Setlist: Broadcast of "Know Your Product" video clip.

Photo: Screen capture.

Video: Video @ Ed Kuepper's YouTube channel.

Note : Recording date. "Countdown", was a national weekly music show, hosted by Ian 'Molly' Meldrum, which aired on Sundays from 08-Nov-74 to 19-Jul-87.

06-Apr-78
UK London,The Nashville
[with The Front]

Ad: Original ad from NME 08-Apr-78.

Note: Performing with brass players (dressed in tuxedos, with bow ties), two saxes and a trumpet.

08-Apr-78
UK Liverpool,Eric's

Calendar: Scan of calendar, sourced from liverpoolerics.blogspot.com.

Note: Performing with brass players (dressed in tuxedos, with bow ties), two saxes and a trumpet.

10-Apr-78
UK Edinburgh,Tiffany's
[with The Torpedoes]

Ad: Scan of ad.

Review: Scan of review, taken from Record Mirror 22-Apr-78.

Note: Performing with brass players (dressed in tuxedos, with bow ties), two saxes and a trumpet.

11-Apr-78
UK London-Camden,Dingwalls

Ad: Original ad from NME 08-Apr-78.

Note: Performing with brass players (dressed in tuxedos, with bow ties), two saxes and a trumpet.

15-Apr-78
FR Lyon,Salle des fêtes de la Croix-Rousse
[with Safety Zone]

Ticket: Scan of ticket, courtesy of Serge @ Stevie Dixon.com.

17-Apr-78
FR Paris,Bus Palladium

Article: Scan of article, taken from Annie Aime Les Sucettes #5 (FR) (April 1978). Courtesy of Stephan.

Ad: Scan of advert, taken from Feeling #3, March 1978.

Apr/May-78
UK London-Highbury,Wessex Studios,recording/mixing the "Prehistoric Sounds" album. Engineered by Bill Price, with Jeremy Spencer Green. Produced by Ed Kuepper and Chris Bailey. Additional brass players: Roger Cawkwell (sax), Paul Nieman (trombone), Martin Bruce (trumpet) and Martin Dover (trumpet).

xx-Jun-78
US Release of the "Eternally Yours" album (Sire).

Review 1: Scan of review, from Omaha World-Herald 27-Jun-78.

Review 2: Scan of review, from Nevada State Journal 09-Jul-78.

Review 3: Scan of review, from Times Record 13-Jul-78.

Review 4: Scan of review, from The Berkeley Gazette 21-Jul-78.

Review 5: Scan of review, from The Morning Call 05-Aug-78.

Review 6: Scan of review from Slash (US) magazine Vol 1. Issue #12 - August 1978, courtesy of Circulationzero.com.

Review 7: Scan of review, from The Los Angeles Times 05-Nov-78.

11-Aug-78
UK Release of the "Security/All Times Through Paradise" single (Harvest).

08-Sep-78
UK Release of the "Prehistoric Sounds" album (Harvest).

Ad: Scan of ad from Music Week 09-Sep-78.

Press release: Photo of press release.

Review 1: Scan of review, from Sounds 23-Sep-78.

Review 2: Scan of review, from Record Mirror 23-Sep-78.

Review 3: Original review, from NME 30-Sep-78.

Review 4: Scan of review, from Bedfordshire on Sunday 01-Oct-78.

Review 5: Scan of review, from The Bromsgrove Messenger 13-Oct-78.

Review 6: Scan of review, from South Wales Argus 14-Oct-78.

Review 7: Scan of review, from The Bolton News 17-Oct-78.

Review 8: Scan of review, from Worcester News 27-Oct-78.

Review 9: Scan of review, from Consett Guardian-Chronicle 02-Nov-78.

Review 10: Scan of review, from The Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette 04-Nov-78.

09-Oct-78
AU Release of the "Security/All Times Through Paradise" single (Harvest).

17-Oct-78
UK London,the original Saints split up.

Bailey retains the name The Saints, Kuepper returns to Brisbane before Christmas and forms The Laughing Clowns, Alisdair Ward remains in the UK joining The Damned and Ivor Hay returns to Brisbane on 19-Oct-78 and forms The Hitmen.

Article: Scan of article, taken from NME (UK) 21-Oct-78. Courtesy of Stephan.

xx-Feb-79
AU Release of the "Prehistoric Sounds" album (Harvest).

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