Caz Tricks - Blues Collective
This Group of items relate to the Blues Collective band in Milton Keynes, which was active during the period 1986 to 2016. The items are mostly photographs, posters and newspaper cuttings. Please add Comments to any of these Items if you can identify people, places or dates! A note from Archivist Nigel Hicks: I have tried to arrange the photographs so that ones of the same occasion are listed together, and also to give an approximate chronological order, but as I was not there at the time I have probably made some mistakes – feel free to put things right by submitting Comments.
Extent
About 140 items, mostly photographs, posters and newspaper cuttings.
Contributor
Caz Tricks
Reference number
CTC/003
Records in this Group
A poster for a concert at the Woughton Centre. Caz Tricks says that this mysterious poster was displayed in bus shelters all over MK, for the original launch of the Blues Collective.
A poster for a performance by the Blues Collective at the Gilbert Murray Hall Christmas Ball (in Leicester University). Unknown year.
A poster for another performance by the Blues Collective at the Gilbert Murray Hall Christmas Ball. Unknown year.
A poster for a performance by the Blues Collective at The Pitz at the Woughton Centre. Unknown year.
A page from the Milton Keynes Gazette (Music Scene Around) featuring a couple of stories about The Blues Collective. The first talks about them appearing on Anglia TV’s Wide Angle programme and the second about a concert they will do at Stantonbury Leisure Centre on 23 Dec. The page also has many other upcoming gigs ...
An article from the Milton Keynes Gazette that mentions Blues Collective concerts at Directors on 23 Dec and at Stantonbury Leisure Centre on 31 Dec (Year is not known).
An article from Milton Keynes Citizen’s Go! about a fundraising concert for a Milton Keynes family that The Blues Collective will perform at The Skoolhouse in Fullers Slade.
An article from the Milton Keynes Herald about a fundraising concert for a Milton Keynes family that The Blues Collective will perform at The Skoolhouse in Fullers Slade. The cutting also has a comprehensive Gig Guide.
A page from the Milton Keynes Gazette featuring a couple of stories about the Blues Collective. The first talks about them having performed at the Edinburgh Festival and the other about how their CDs had sold out, but new stocks were available in Wolverton.
A small article from the Milton Keynes Gazette covering a couple of stories about The Blues Collective. The first talks about them appearing on Anglia TV’s Wide Angle programme and the second about a concert they will do at Stantonbury Leisure Centre on 23 Dec.
A page from the Milton Keynes Gazette featuring a couple of articles about The Blues Collective. The first covers them getting ready to perform at the Edinburgh Festival and the other talking about the release of their Hot Hits Vol 1 CD.
A page from the Milton Keynes Citizen that features a small article about the Blues Collective being filmed for Anglia TV’s Wide Angle.
An article from the Milton Keynes Citizen reviewing a concert that the Blues Collective did on New Year’s Eve.
A page from the Milton Keynes Citizen reviewing the concert performed at Stantonbury Leisure Centre recently.
The cover of an issue of Milton Keynes Citizen’s Go! mentioning an article about the Blues Collective. See the next Item in the archive.
An article from Milton Keynes Citizen’s Go! about the origins of the band, a concert that the Blues Collective will perform at Directors on 23 Dec, and also mentions a concert they will perform on New Year’s Eve at Stantonbury Campus.
A page from the Milton Keynes Gazette featuring an article previewing the Bank Holiday Music Festival that mentions a couple of concerts that the Blues Collective are doing. One is at Directors on Fri 28 Aug, and the other at the Willen Bowl on Bank Holiday Mon 31 Aug.
An article from Milton Keynes Scene about the Blues Collective doing a performance at Milton Keynes Theatre as part of an event organised by Living Archive to celebrate local music. Other bands performing include Unit 6, T Bone Boogie Band, Togmore, New Mutants, Peartree Bridge Family, Dancing Counterparts, Blindside, Crow People and Big George.
A page from the Milton Keynes Gazette describing the successful Milton Keynes Summer Festival 92. The article mentions that the Blues Collective performed at Directors.
A newspaper clipping from Milton Keynes Citizen’s Go! about a concert that the Blues Collective will perform at the Winter Gardens as a warmup show for their gigs at the Edinburgh Festival.
The cover of an issue of mknews / MK Leisure featuring the Blues Collective.
An article from mknews / MK Leisure about the Blues Collective topping the bill at a New Year’s Eve music festival at the Pitz. The cutting has details of all the New Years Eve events in Milton Keynes!
The cover of an issue of mknews / MK Leisure featuring the Blues Collective.
A page from MK Leisure about the Milton Keynes Music & Arts Festival 2004 mentioning that the Blues Collective are performing as part of Party in the Park.
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