The Spectrum - the first show ever

-Buru-
-Buru- Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 1,292
edited November 2009 in Given To Fly (live)
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!
:)
I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream...
If I knew where it was I would take you there.

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  • Brain of JFK
    Brain of JFK Posts: 238
    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!
    96: 10-2 Hartford
    03: 7-11 Mansfield 3
    04: 9-28 Boston 1
    08: 6-28 Mansfield 1
    09: 10-30 Philly 3, 10-31 Philly 4
    10: 5-15 Hartford, 5-17 Boston
    11: 9-3 Alpine Valley, 9-4 Alpine Valley
    13: 10-15 Worcester 1, 10-16 Worcester 2, 10-25 Hartford
    16: 4-29 Philly 2, 5-1 MSG 1, 8-5 Fenway 1, 8-7 Fenway 2
    18: 9-2 Fenway 1, 9-4 Fenway 2
    21: 9-26 Ohana
    22: 5-6 LA, 5-7 LA, 5-16 Fresno
    EV SOLO: 8-2-08 Boston 2, 6-8-09 Albany 1, 6-15-11 Providence, 6-16-11 Boston, 6-18-11 Hartford, 11-1-12 Las Vegas
    Tres Mts: 3-27-11 Boston
  • -Buru-
    -Buru- Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 1,292
    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. 8-)
    I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream...
    If I knew where it was I would take you there.

  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    my first pj show was at the spectrum in 03, if that counts for anything.
    http://db.etree.org/PearlJamaholic
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    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....
    :mrgreen:
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • -Buru-
    -Buru- Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 1,292
    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. 8-)

    I never was at the Spectrum, I wish I had been though.
    I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream...
    If I knew where it was I would take you there.

  • -Buru-
    -Buru- Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 1,292
    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....
    :mrgreen:

    Yes, he was there, I think for the same 2 nights that you were there too!
    Too bad you missed each other.
    I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream...
    If I knew where it was I would take you there.

  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,320
    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
    Brain of JFK Posts: 238
    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...
    96: 10-2 Hartford
    03: 7-11 Mansfield 3
    04: 9-28 Boston 1
    08: 6-28 Mansfield 1
    09: 10-30 Philly 3, 10-31 Philly 4
    10: 5-15 Hartford, 5-17 Boston
    11: 9-3 Alpine Valley, 9-4 Alpine Valley
    13: 10-15 Worcester 1, 10-16 Worcester 2, 10-25 Hartford
    16: 4-29 Philly 2, 5-1 MSG 1, 8-5 Fenway 1, 8-7 Fenway 2
    18: 9-2 Fenway 1, 9-4 Fenway 2
    21: 9-26 Ohana
    22: 5-6 LA, 5-7 LA, 5-16 Fresno
    EV SOLO: 8-2-08 Boston 2, 6-8-09 Albany 1, 6-15-11 Providence, 6-16-11 Boston, 6-18-11 Hartford, 11-1-12 Las Vegas
    Tres Mts: 3-27-11 Boston
  • -Buru-
    -Buru- Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 1,292
    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. 8-)
    I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream...
    If I knew where it was I would take you there.

  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
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    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • washed in black
    washed in black Posts: 900
    I've only been to five shows at the Spectrum... all of them Pearl Jam...
    2003 Spectrum, Camden 2, Holmdel 2004 Reading, PA 2005 Philly 2006 Hartford, Camden 1&2, E. Rutherford 1&2 2008 Camden 1&2, MSG 1&2  2009 Spectrum 1,2,3,4  2010 Hartford, Newark, MSG 1&2 2013 Wrigley, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn 1&2, Philly 1&2,  Baltimore 2014 Leeds, Cincinnati  2015 GCF  2016 Sunrise, Miami, Hampton, Philly 1&2, MSG 1&2, Fenway 1&2  2017 RHoF Induction 2018 Seattle 1&2 Fenway 1&2 2021 Sea Hear Now 2022 Hamilton, Toronto, MSG, Camden 2023 Indy 2024 Indy, MSG 1&2, Philly 1&2, Baltimore

  • -Buru-
    -Buru- Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 1,292
    BinFrog wrote:
    Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie!

    Who's Charlie?
    :!:
    I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream...
    If I knew where it was I would take you there.

  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    -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.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,320
    -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. 8-)

    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> :lol:
  • -Buru-
    -Buru- Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 1,292
    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!
    I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream...
    If I knew where it was I would take you there.

  • -Buru-
    -Buru- Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 1,292
    anyone else?
    I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream...
    If I knew where it was I would take you there.

  • Rotten Joe
    Rotten Joe Posts: 32
    I have been to 68 spectrum gigs,unoffical,but damn close,the first being Ozzy/Motley Crue January 84.
  • -Buru-
    -Buru- Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 1,292
    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!! 8-)
    I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream...
    If I knew where it was I would take you there.

  • BoltOfLightnin'
    BoltOfLightnin' South Jersey/Florida Posts: 719
    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.
    No time to be void or save up on life...you've got to spend it all.
  • wall05
    wall05 Posts: 304
    My first concert ever was Incubus at the spectrum in 2002
    2008 - Camden, NJ 1
    2009 - Philadelphia, PA x4
    2010 - Newark, NJ, New York City, NY x2
    2012 - Philadelphia, PA
    2013 - Chicago, IL, Philadelphia, PA x2, Hartford, CT
    2016 - Philadelphia, PA x2, New York City, NY 2, Fenway 2

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