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1965 – Paul Simon at The Trapdoor, The Botley House, Chesham

In 1965 Paul Simon performed at least 3 times at The Trapdoor Folk Club.

On the first known date in June, the 24th, some 115 enthusiasts saw him perform. He seems to have missed 2 trains so arrived too late, but [] the listened amde enjoyed a performance which the organisrers rated better than his recent London appearances. Particularly interesting was Paul’s visit because so many of the artists have been rendering his songs, and people were anxious to see in person the “Paul Simon everyone was talking about“. (in Buncks Examiner, July 2nd, 1965).

On Juyly 29th he was back by popular demand.

On December 3rd was a birthday concert beacuse the lub exiswted for almosta year. The show as held at High Wycombe Town Hall. On the bill will be the very popular song-writer, Paul Simon, who has been making a big impact in the last year. [in Bucks Examiner November 12, 1965)

1965-06-24 The Trapdoor Folkcluc, Chesham, Botley House
1965-07-29 The Trapdoor Folkcluc, Chesham, Botley House [see advertisement above]
1965-12-03 The Trapdoor, High Wycombe Town Hall

1965: Demo “Build your love”

In 1965 Paul Simon teamed up with writer / composer Mike Hawker to write songs together. Hawker was famous and known for songs like:

  • Helen Shapiro – Walkin’ back to happiness

And one of the songs Simon and Hawker wrote together ended up on Mercury Records in 1965.

On youtube you can hear part of the demo he made for “Build Your Love”:

But so far I have not been able to find more from the collaboration Hawker and Simon. Anyone more information?

1965: Paul Simon in Holland

I knew from the information given to me by Cobi Scheijer in the late ’90s that Paul Simon performed in Holland at the end of 1965, but was it in November or December?

Now it is confirmed by an editorial in CashBox Magazine:

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December 1st 1965: on the day he arrived in Holland he performed in Haarlem (near Amsterdam) in De Waag.

And on the 6th he would appear on Dutch TV as well.

1965 Paul Simon Tape on Auction

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PAUL SIMON LIVE RECORDING 1965. A cassette tape containing approx 39 minutes of a recording made of Paul Simon performing live at Brentwood Folk Club in the summer of 1965. Local radio broadcaster Dennis Rookard made the recording with the permission of Paul Simon, and later in his life made a copy to present to the current vendor on their 40th birthday.

The tracklist runs as follows:

Old Blue,
What Did You Learn at School Today,
George Crumpet,
Daddy’s Taking Us To The Zoo Tomorrow,
Leaves That Are Green,
You Can Tell The World,
Bingo,
Children,
Go Where I Send Thee,
Man of Constant Sorrow,
Autumn to May,
The Sound of Silence.

The recording captures well the atmosphere of the busy club, and is of decent quality considering the technical limitations. The cassette is sold with a hand signed letter sent circa 1996 from Dennis Rookard to the current vendor detailing his gift of the cassette.

It is on auction at a starting price of 700 GBP.

Paul Simon at the Jacquard Club, Mischief Tavern, Fye Bridge Street, Norwich, on August 24 1965.

In the last part of 1965 Paul Simon was playing the English folk-circuit “at full speed”. On August 24 he played at the Jacquard Club in Norwich.

Paul Simon 1965-08-24

Luckily pictures were taken and saved all these years. Read all about it on http://www.edp24.co.uk/features/revealed-the-photographs-that-tell-the-story-of-paul-simon-s-1965-norfolk-gig-1-4805334

 

1964/1965: Paul Simon at The Peanuts Club

In 1964/1965:

Peanuts Club

“Paul Simon sang at the Peanuts a few times, his sweet, earnest voice and American accent seducing his listeners into rapt attention. I remember ‘Scarborough Fair‘ and ‘Hello darkness my old friend’ in particular, both specially coined for us in London, or so it seemed. He also sang at the folk club at the Railway Inn, in Brentwood, Essex, run by Dave McCausland and at the White Swan in Romford’s marketplace, which was run by Vince J. Docherty. I visited both of these on occasion, and knew many of the regulars well -– which included one Kathy Chitty, who sat behind the table at the door of the Brentwood club, a shy elf-girl taking admission money. Paul and Kathy fell in love, as is very well known. He would board the train from Liverpool Street after Peanuts sessions to get homeward bound back to Brentwood, where he lived with the McCausland family for a few months. It was the same one I took to return to Romford, which is on the way.”

Source: https://thepeanutsclub.blogspot.com/

If anyone has more exact dates to these perfomances, please write!