This photo was taken around the time they were making the Schemers film.
On first glance, the display of posters featuring some Retro era bands playing gigs, looks authentic, but a closer inspection reveal they are ALL FAKE, except for the Motorhead one middle right.
Here's the lowdown on the duff stuff.

LEFT to RIGHT...

Marryat Hall (Skids) - Friday 4th November 1977 - impossible, support acts Pulsebeat Plus & Waiter Waiter formed in early 1980's.

Bloomers (Rezillos) - Wednesday 12 April 1978 - impossible, Bloomers wasn't in existence yet, the venue was called Samanthas in April 1978.

Bloomers (Associates) - Thursday 18th May 1982 - impossible, Bloomers burnt down in Feb 1980 and didn't reopen. 18th May 1982 was a Tuesday. Fire Engines split up in 1981.

Bloomers (Stax) - Friday 19th December 1980 - impossible, Bloomers burnt down in Feb 1980 and didn't reopen.

Bloomers (Simple Minds) - Friday 21st May 1980 - impossible, Bloomers burnt down in Feb 1980 and didn't reopen. 21st May 1980 was a Wednesday.

The Astoria (Exploited) - Saturday 13 August 1984 - impossible, 13th August 1984 was a Monday.

Bloomers (Skeets Boliver) - Saturday 31st October 1977 - impossible, Bloomers wasn't in existence yet. 31st October 1977 was a Monday.

Teazers - Thursday 25 October 1979 - (Can't see band name so could be ok.)

Caird Hall (Motorhead) - Sunday 2nd November 1980 - Genuine.


What do all the fake posters have in common?
GROUCHO RECORD SHOP.
It states on them all (except the Caird Hall poster) that tickets are available from Groucho record shop - but there's no mention of Bruce's record shop or any other genuine ticket outlet.
The ones with Groucho on are all completely meaningless.
So they are background props, not real posters.
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​Dundee funksters, Rokotto, playing a couple of home gigs at the same venue, but when under different names.
The Palais ad is dated March 1976.
The Palais was then transformed into Samanthas - that ad dated March 1977.
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A snap of local act, I Tokk, on stage at Cloisters circa 1986.
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​A gig for rock band, The Onyx, at Thrums Bar, King Street, in Nov 1969.
This was the band Edwyn Collins tried to join when he was a school kid - but no joy!
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​​Lovegun were one of the band's who were with the Gemini agency in the Seagate.
Their Aberdeen gig ad is dated March 1970.
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2 typical kind of adverts for mobile discos dating from July 1980.
​Citation and Jet.
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​Appearing to be like an act from Spain, the El Tossa Three had a gig at the Silver Tassie in November 1969.
Their name is actually taken from a type of jute (Tossa Jute).
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At the Silver Tassie, 3 years later, a home gig for Jim Wilkie, and on this occasion, presenting his trio.
July 1972.
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The Grip were on tour in November 1982, and these are 3 of the Scottish dates involved, including a gig at the Rollerama.
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​Johnny Hudson & The Hi-Four were one of the acts on the bill when The Ronettes played at the Caird Hall in January 1964.
After the gig next day, a news report about a fight on stage!
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​I did a piece on Retro Dundee mentioning that Thynglchyme were once on Opportunity Knocks in 1971, but didn't put up a photo.
So here they are in June 1971.
They were a kind of manufactured act, in that, they were all playing in separate groups - then their manager, Jim Smart, plucked out one member from each band to form Thynglchyme.
The guys were not interested in "doing their own thing", they just wanted to be a commercial pop act.
However, appearing on Opportunity Knocks didn't lead to anything happen for them in the pop charts.
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​A gig for local new wave act, Megazones, at the Kettledrum in March 1981.
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​A photo of The Ferguson Play Group taken at the Rendezvous, Union Street, in 1962.
George Ferguson was the musician, vocalist Eve Graham (Perth lass), used to sing for at the Rendezvous in the early 60's.
She then went to live in London in the mid 60's, joined the New Seekers a few years later and had a worldwide smash hit with "...Teach The World To Sing".
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​Bob Barty was a regular around the Dundee pubs for many years, but on this occasion at the Ballinard in March 1976, he was presenting his act as Bobby Barty's Flying Circus.
It was a lunchtime session, so probably lots of spam on the menu!
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​A gig for The Blush at Oasis in October 1981.
Cranked Up doing the disco - so an evening of alternative pop & new wave.
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​2 solo acts performing at the Robin Hood in November 1969.
Friday had Jimmy Mathers, a guy who played the local pubs for a long while.
Saturday had Tommy Reilly.
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​A gig for Badge down at the city Leisure Centre in March 1976.
Venus Ultra doing the disco biz.
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​Local jazz legend, Jimmy Deuchar, with one of his regular Sunday jazz sessions along at the Sands in February 1981.
These lunchtime meet-ups usually ended up as jam sessions, with anyone from the crowd welcome to join in.
On one occasion, a pianist from America was in the crowd and so took the band up on the offer to jam with them.
He turned out to be the father of jazzy superstars, the Brecker Brothers!
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​Punky new wave band, Quick Spurts, once had a double-page spread in Fife fanzine, Kingdom Come.
Photos, potted history and a future gig date at Ardler Community Centre, all part of the article which appeared in June 1978.
A few months later, they get another mention, only this time it's an announcement that the band had split up!
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Deepwater Disco started up in 1974 and ended in 1983.
The name Deepwater was taken from a track by Grapefruit, which was also used to make the Deepwater jingle.
Although main man, DJ Brian Wilson, had a residency at Tech College Students Union (aka Bowlin' Alley), he would often take Deepwater Disco out on the road, midweek and holidays, and one such stint was at the Golden Pheasant in March 1977.
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​In February 1983, St Andrews put on a 4 day music festival.
The first of these evenings events had an all-Dundee line-up.
Acts were Swing Club - AAGA - Scott Gowans.
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This is a typical kind of gig The Poor Souls would have - this one at the Masonic Hall, Crieff, in September 1965.
However, this show was not your typical night out with the band, because during their performance, and incident happened in which main man, Doug Martin, ended up later, being fined for assault!
Their van was also vandalised after the gig.
No encore that night then!
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A promotional photo for Wichita, a band who had a residency at The Palais, 1972-74.
They played Fridays & Saturdays, which meant they could also play elsewhere on Sunday's and through the week - for example, Liverpool was one of the other cities often on their gig rota. The ad is from 1972.
In 1971, they were another band from Dundee who made it onto Opportunity Knocks.
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​There was a programme broadcast on STV on 7 April 1965 called "Pops Of The Scots".
It was a documentary taking a look at what was happening in the Scottish beat scene.
Dundee's Teenbeats were one of the bands featured.
The other acts were The Senate, The Poets and The Golden Crusaders.
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​A gig for Dundee prog-rockers, Colossus, at the legendary Glasgow Apollo.
Sharing the stage with Def Leppard and Magnum on 19 April 1980.
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​At The Hubara in May 1971 there was live entertainment with the Lyall Duncan Quartet.
Over the weekend they also had a disco featuring Dundee's very own go-go girl.
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​This ad appeared in the local press week after week for years in the mid 70's to 80's period.
It's for local soul outfit, Susan Childe & The Flamingoes, at the Barracuda.
This particular one is dated July 1980.
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​A scary double night out for those brave enough to step into Tiffany's for their Halloween Ball in October 1977.
Live music provided by McDonald's Farm.
Wildcat Roadshow supplying the extras.
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​Vintage movies managed to influence a couple of Dundee bands, decades later.
August 1948 had the film "Forever Amber" on at the King's.
Then in the early 70's, local act, Forever Amber cropped up on the scene.
January 1952 had the movie "Meet Danny Wilson" on at the Gaumont.
​3 decades later in the mid 80's, Dundee band, Danny Wilson appeared on the scene.
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One Sunday evening in November 1969, DFC supporters club had the Tony Vincent Trio providing the entertainment.
Tony, of course, had been singing all the way through the 60's decade by then.
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