1977 Eric's, Mathew Street, Liverpool

Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Liverpool Eric's 1977

Liverpool Eric's ad from Deaf School programme, March, April 1977

11th February    Little Bob Story

10th March        The Heartbreakers + Cherry Vanilla + The Police

11th March        Darts 

12th March        Rockpile

18th March        Buzzcocks (SD-LTT) or Bert Jansch (flyer) take your pick

19th March        Frankie Miller

25th March        Silly Wizard

26th March        Wayne County

1st April            Generation X

2nd April           Plummet Airlines

4th April           The Western Kirby Cowboy*

5th April           The Western Kirby Cowboy

6th April           The Western Kirby Cowboy

8th April           Roogalator

9th April           Tyla Gang

13th April         Jazz night with Chris McGregor's Blue Notes + Kenny Shaw + Will Gaines

15th April         Wayne County

16th April         Gorillas

20th April         Jazz night

21st April          John Cale + Count Bishops + The Boys

22nd April         Little Bob Story

23rd April         The Pirates

27th April         Jazz night

29th April         Plummet Airlines

30th April         The Jam

*During the Everyman Theatre's thirteenth season, the extensive rebuilding project forced the company out and into a year of touring - playing in school gymnasiums, pubs, and working men's clubs throughout the Merseyside area. One of the Everyman Company's most popular shows was The Western Kirkby Cowboy (a Merseyside version of Shane Connaughton's Western Coyney Cowboy), starring Bob Mason as Billy Longbottom - a council tenant in the titular West Kirkby who fantasises about an idealised life in the hard deserts of the American Old West. The play opened at Eric's (later to become the centre of Liverpool's punk scene) and toured around Merseyside.

Liverpool Eric's ad from Last Trumpet, April, May 1977

5th May               The Clash

6th May               Wayne County & the Electric Chairs

7th May               The Heartbreakers

11th May              Jazz night Johnny Griffin + Carmel Jones + Joe Palin Trio

12th May             Private hire 

13th May             The Stranglers

14th May             Siouxsie & the Banshees (SD-LTT) Blondie (flyer) Albert Dock (flyer)

19th May             Ramones + Talking Heads + Boomtown Rats

20th May             Alberto Y Los Paranoias

21st May              Bert Jansch

25th May             Jazz night Red Brass

27th May             Generation X

28th May             The Damned

Liverpool Eric's flyer, May 1977 (edited)

1st June        Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia

Liverpool Eric's flyer, July, August 1977

6th July                   Liverpool Jam

8th July                   The Darts

9th July                   The Saints

12th July                  'Sleak' = Alberto y los Trios Paranoias

13th July                  'Sleak' = Alberto y los Trios Paranoias

14th July                  'Sleak' = Alberto y los Trios Paranoias

15th July                  'Sleak' = Alberto y los Trios Paranoias

16th July                  The Jam    (or The Spitfire Boys) + Radio Blank)

18th July                  Deaf School

19th July                  Deaf School

20th July                  Liverpool Jam

21st July                  The Thursday Bop (at last)

22nd July                  Spitfire Boys

23rd July                  The Vibrators

27th July                  Liverpool Jam

28th July                 The Thursday Bop

30th July                  Elvis Costello & the Attractions 

2nd August1977  elvis costello and the attractions

2nd August               Private hire - Granada TV, So It Goes,  Elvis Costello & the Attractions
                                                    broadcaast 3rd December 1977 

3rd August                Liverpool Jam

4th August               The Thursday Bop

5th August               "Murder at Eric's" = Everyman Theatre Company

6th August               Buzzcocks        (or Stanley Clarke)

10th August             Liverpool Jam

11th August             The Thursday Bop

12th August              Flying Saucers

13th August             The Table + XTC
19th August             The Movies

20th August             The Slits + The Prefects + The Spitfire Boys

22nd August             Slaughter & the Dogs + Wire + Breeder + Johnny Moped

        August             X-Ray Spex + Warsaw (+ matinee show)
26th August             John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett

27th August             Generation X + Big in Japan
28th August             Private hire - Beatles Convention

29th August             Private hire - Beatles Convention

Liverpool Eric's flyer, Liverpool Jam, 1977

Liverpool Eric's flyer, Thursday Bop, 1977

Liverpool Eric's flyer, September 1977

2nd September        Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers

3rd September         Buzzcocks + The Worst + Rage

7th September        Pacific Eardrum

16th September       The Adverts + Only Ones

17th September       999 + The Rage

23rd September       Ultravox!   

24th September       The Motors   

25th September       Sad Cafe  

30th September       Slits

Liverpool Eric's flyer, October, November 1977

1st October     Alternative TV + Amazorblades
2nd October    Billy Boy Arnold + The Moondogs
7th October    Tom Robinson Band
8th October    Cherry Vanilla + Killjoys
9th October     Kursaal Flyers
14th October   Radio Stars + The Skunks
15th October   Lurkers + Depressions + (Adam and) The Ants
16th October   Fabulous Poodles

17th October   29th & Dearborn
18th October   John Martyn
19th October   John Martyn
21st October   Boomtown Rats
22nd October   Clash + The Toilets
26th October   Heartbreakers + Slaughter & the Dogs
28th October   X-Ray Spex
29th October   Eater + The Crabs
30th October   The Pirates

Liverpool Eric's flyer, November 1977

4th November       Sham 69

5th November       Darts + The Moondogs

6th November       Darts

10th November     Gordon Giltrap

11th November     Split Enz

12th November     Split Enz

13th November     Nancy Boys

14th November     Wilko

16th November     Colosseum

18th November     Buzzcocks  + The Fall + The Toilets

19th November     Rezillos

20th November     5 Hand Reel + Krysia Kocjan

21st November      Third World

23rd November      Wayne County & the Electric Chairs

25th November     John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett

26th November     XTC

Liverpool Eric's flyer, December 1977

1st December       Theatre Wardrobe + The Warm Jets + Hugo Dines Band

2nd December      Greg Kihn

3rd December       Ultravox!

4th December       Amazorblades

9th December       Boys of the Lough

10th December     The Clash

11th December     Ian Dury + Deke Leonard's Iceberg

16th December     Howard Devoto's Magazine + John Cooper Clarke
17th December     Penetration + The Fall
18th December     Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias
20th December     film show
21st December     The Pirates
23rd December     Roogalator
24th December     Sausages from Mars + Radio Doom + Fast Breeder


I should credit all the sites that I found these on, but being a poor archaeologist I didn't keep records.  I've been collecting them for a while so they're just there on my hard drive.  A whole bunch came from BombedOut.   The Liverpool Band Posters group on Facebook was another major resource, as was the Erics77 facebook group.  Google helped.  And a few of them are from my attic.  Some filled in dates are from Bill Sykes excellent book about Roger Eagle "Sit Down - Listen To This"