The Spectrum - the first show ever

-Buru-

I wasn't sure where to post this... but I settled for the Live forum.

I was reading something Bob (who's_pearljam) had posted a few days back, in which he commented that he had seen the first show ever in the Spectrum, which was the Quaker City Jazz festival in 1967 in which Flip Wilson was the main attraction - and also the last, with Pearl Jam. (and those amazing shows which I was not lucky enough to witness)

Which got me thinking, there are probably not too many that have experienced both the very beginning and the end of the Spectrum. Since there are many years in between, different generations in music. And to have seen both, seems like quite an admirable thing, or remarkable at least.

So, the question is, has anyone here attended the first show in the Spectrum, or knows of someone who did, an aunt, uncle, mom, etc... I thought it would be interesting to find out. Or maybe this is just me being nostalgic... it was worth asking, either way.

So .... if anyone was there for the first show, or knows someone who was, please come forward, and tell us all about it!

Brain of JFK

Doubt you'll find anyone here who was at the Spectrum's first show, but I can tell you that my personal first rock show was there. Paul McCartney and Wings, 5/12 or 5/14, 1976. I can still picture the pyrotechnics for Live and Let Die!

-Buru-

Brain of JFK wrote:

Doubt you'll find anyone here who was at the Spectrum's first show, but I can tell you that my personal first rock show was there. Paul McCartney and Wings, 5/12 or 5/14, 1976. I can still picture the pyrotechnics for Live and Let Die!

Yes, I don't have much hopes of finding anyone here that attended the first show (except Bob, who was in the previous version of this forum) - but maybe someone knows someone who did.

It is pretty cool that the first rock show you attended was at The Spectrum, that alone must make that place special for you.

PearlJamaholic

my first pj show was at the spectrum in 03, if that counts for anything.

decides2dream

i have no history or connection with the spectrum, the 10.30 and 10.31 shows were the only time i've been there. i'm a neuw yawkka as you know.

however, just had to jump in and say, BOB was there?! damnnit. i have not seen/heard from that man in ooohhhhh so long, would've LOVED to have seen him! bummer.


carry on....

-Buru-

PearlJamaholic wrote:

my first pj show was at the spectrum in 03, if that counts for anything.

yep, you can take this thread wherever you want to.

I never was at the Spectrum, I wish I had been though.

-Buru-

decides2dream wrote:

i have no history or connection with the spectrum, the 10.30 and 10.31 shows were the only time i've been there. i'm a neuw yawkka as you know.

however, just had to jump in and say, BOB was there?! damnnit. i have not seen/heard from that man in ooohhhhh so long, would've LOVED to have seen him! bummer.


carry on....

Yes, he was there, I think for the same 2 nights that you were there too!
Too bad you missed each other.

cutz

I asked my friend, who went with me for the 27th & 31 st shows, if he went to the first show EVER at the Spectrum? NO, he didn't. He said his first show ther was, The Rolling Stones in 1969!!!

My first show ther was, The Cars in 1979.

Brain of JFK

I was at that Cars show, too! Took my girlfriend and then she dumped me right afterwards. So glad I'm not a teenager anymore...

-Buru-

cutz wrote:

I asked my friend, who went with me for the 27th & 31 st shows, if he went to the first show EVER at the Spectrum? NO, he didn't. He said his first show ther was, The Rolling Stones in 1969!!!

My first show ther was, The Cars in 1979.

Still, that is pretty impressive! The Stones in 1969!!

and your history with the Spectrum goes a long way back too.

BinFrog

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washed in black

I've only been to five shows at the Spectrum... all of them Pearl Jam...

-Buru-

BinFrog wrote:

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Who's Charlie?
:!:

BinFrog

-Buru- wrote:

Who's Charlie?

The 89 year old guy Eddie brought out on stage at the last show who had been at the Spectrum since the beginning and saw pretty much everything.

cutz

-Buru- wrote:

cutz wrote:

I asked my friend, who went with me for the 27th & 31 st shows, if he went to the first show EVER at the Spectrum? NO, he didn't. He said his first show ther was, The Rolling Stones in 1969!!!

My first show ther was, The Cars in 1979.

Still, that is pretty impressive! The Stones in 1969!!

and your history with the Spectrum goes a long way back too.

Yea, my friend has seen some concerts in his day. He actually saw JIMI HENDRIX and JANIS JOPLIN.

Yea, i go back too. My first event ther was seeing the Harlem Globtrotters, but i forget what year that was>

-Buru-

BinFrog wrote:

-Buru- wrote:

Who's Charlie?

The 89 year old guy Eddie brought out on stage at the last show who had been at the Spectrum since the beginning and saw pretty much everything.

I didn't know that!

-Buru-

anyone else?

Rotten Joe

I have been to 68 spectrum gigs,unoffical,but damn close,the first being Ozzy/Motley Crue January 84.

-Buru-

Rotten Joe wrote:

I have been to 68 spectrum gigs,unoffical,but damn close,the first being Ozzy/Motley Crue January 84.

that's a lot of gigs!!

BoltOfLightnin'

My mom's first concert was the Doors at the Spectrum in 1970...she still has the ticket stub! My first event there was likely a Flyers game, but my husband and I attended our first concert together there in 1988 - David Lee Roth. My first concert ever was also in '88 - Pink Floyd at JFK Stadium, and I attended the last concert there (tho I hear there was another event after it) - The Grateful Dead in 1989.

wall05

My first concert ever was Incubus at the spectrum in 2002

-Buru-

BoltOfLightenin wrote:

My mom's first concert was the Doors at the Spectrum in 1970...she still has the ticket stub! My first event there was likely a Flyers game, but my husband and I attended our first concert together there in 1988 - David Lee Roth. My first concert ever was also in '88 - Pink Floyd at JFK Stadium, and I attended the last concert there (tho I hear there was another event after it) - The Grateful Dead in 1989.

Congrats to your mom for keeping that ticket stub.
I keep mine also, but I am much too disorganized, so I have them in different boxes, and drawers and nooks, so that I don't even know what I have, and what I have lost... :roll:

Would have loved to see Pink Floyd.

Blind3

My first Spectrum show was the 11/25/69 Stones show. I still have the ticket stub, lost as a book mark somewhere, but i believe my ticket cost a whopping , to a 10 year old with a small allowance it was anyway, $5.50 . I inadvertently told a friend it was a Who show. I did see The Who, Pink Floyd , and The Troggs , but that was 07/24/68 at JFK Stadium. I did see The Who in 70, 71, 73, and 75 at The Spectrum. Sad that , of all three stadiums I grew up with , all will be gone once The Spectrum comes down. I guess that is progress ?

spearhead

My friend's husband went to what he says was the first ever rock concert at the Spectrum ... Janis Joplin and Vanilla Fudge were the two groups he mentioned that played that night!

There was a guy who posted here earlier that said he went to one of the Philly shows with his mom who had seen Elvis perform there.

wall05

Here is a list of (almost) every concert ever at the Spectrum.

http://www.rememberthespectrum.com/300/Concerts.asp


That is one hell of a list!!!!

HollisBrown

My first show at the Spectrum was Bob Dylan and The Band, 1974.

jester59388

Looks like they need to update the Pearl Jam entry on that Spectrum list!

-Buru-

HollisBrown wrote:

My first show at the Spectrum was Bob Dylan and The Band, 1974.

Very cool.

lukinforredmosquitos

I'm pretty sure that my 1st concert @ the spectrum was family values tour in 1998. My 1st event was flyers vs st louis blue's. I was so young i don;t know what year it was

eeriepadave

My first time at the Spectrum I'm pretty sure was a WWF (WWE) event in '86 seeing Hulk Hogan against Paul Orndorff in a steel cage Next one was Hogan vs Kamaal and I remember Kamala's entrance music being real loud.

First sporting event was a Sixers game against Indiana. One thing I definately rememebr from that was seeing a rat on the stairs by our seats.

First concert there I think was Korn or STP in the late 90's

-Buru-

eeriepadave wrote:

My first time at the Spectrum I'm pretty sure was a WWF (WWE) event in '86 seeing Hulk Hogan against Paul Orndorff in a steel cage Next one was Hogan vs Kamaal and I remember Kamala's entrance music being real loud.

First sporting event was a Sixers game against Indiana. One thing I definately rememebr from that was seeing a rat on the stairs by our seats.

First concert there I think was Korn or STP in the late 90's

Seriously, the WWF? For some reason this is hilarious to me

Don't hate them rats. They don't compare... :P