1968

01 JAN 1968 England, London, Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly
02 JAN 1968 England, London, Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly
03 JAN 1968 England, London, Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly
04 JAN 1968 England, London, Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly
05 JAN 1968 England, London, Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly
06 JAN 1968 England, London, Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly
(All six dates above featured 3 shows at 10:30, 11:30, 1:30)

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20 JAN 1968 TV BROADCAST (France) Bouton Rouge, England, London, Speakeasy

  1. How Many More Years (You’re Gonna Wreck My Life)

05 FEB 1968 BBC SESSION Symonds on Sunday, England, London, BBC Paris Cinema, Lower Regent Street
Broadcast 12 FEB 1968

  1. Winter
  2. Me My Friend
  3. See Through Windows

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10 FEB 1968 TV BROADCAST (France) Bouton Rouge, England, London, Speakeasy

  1. Me My Friend

14 MAR 1968 England, London, Middle Earth
A benefit ball

15 MAR 1968 England, London, Middle Earth

06 APR 1968 England, London, Middle Earth

16 APR 1968 BBC SESSION Top Gear, England, London, BBC Studio 1, 201 Piccadilly
Broadcast 21 APR 1968

  1. See Through Windows
  2. Hey Mr. Policeman
  3. 3x Time
  4. Old Songs New Songs

16 APR 1968 England, Hampstead, Klooks Kleet

07 MAY 1968 Italy, Rome, Piper Club, 1st International European Pop Festival

10 MAY 1968 England, London, Middle Earth
w/ The Action, Juniors Eyes

11 JUN 1968 England, London, Marquee


21 JUN 1968 England, near Hull, Burton Constable Hall, Midsummer Night’s Dream
w/ Geno Washington, The Move, Marmalade, Fairport Convention, Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, Spooky Tooth, Tramline, Savoy Brown Blues Band, Baron Richtofen, C.G Morris.

29 JUN 1968 England, London, Middle Earth

05 JUL 1968 SINGLE RELEASE

  1. Me My Friend
  2. Hey Mr. Policeman


06 JUL 1968 England, Bedforshire, Woburn Music Festival
1⁄4 inch reel-to-reel master soundboard tape recording exists and was auctioned at Christie’s for £48,050
Setlist included:

  1. Me My Friend
  2. Old Songs New Songs/How Many More Years (You Gonna Wreck My Life)
  3. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
  4. Hey Mr. Policeman
  5. Observations From A Hill
  6. Peace Of Mind
  7. See Through Windows

w/ Jimi Hendrix Experience, Geno Washington, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Little Women, New Formula

Charlie Whitney: “Chappo was manic. He was just lost in it as he always was, and Jim really tore into it.”
Roger Chapman: “Well I remember we seriously had it away. They were waiting for Hendrix, and we had followed Geno, and we were very nervous but it was a big crowd and we came into the gig on the back of a lot of dates, so I suppose although we were nervous we were also quietly confident. In a sense we were in the forefront of the whole new scene. And on the day our nerves were due to wanting to get on stage, as there was a constant delay. We were in the same musically eclectic bag as everyone else, but it worked well for us. It was a great gig.”

09 JUL 1968 England, London, Marquee

10 JUL 1968 England, Surrey, Toby Jug

11 JUL 1968 BBC SESSION Symonds, England, London, BBC Paris Cinema, Lower Regent Street
Broadcast 22 JUL 1968

  1. Hey Mr. Policeman
  2. Me My Friend
  3. Processions
  4. Emotions


16 JUL 1968 England, London, Royal Albert Hall
opening for Tim Hardin

17 JUL 1968 England, Portsmouth, Guild Hall
w/ Traffic, Spooky Tooth

18 JUL 1968 England, Leicester, De Montford Hall
opening for Tim Hardin

19 JUL 1968 ALBUM RELEASEMusic In A Doll’s House (#35, UK)

19 JUL 1968 Wales, Cardiff, Sophia Gardens Pavilion
opening for Tim Hardin

20 JUL 1968 England, Leeds, Victoria Town Hall
opening for Tim Hardin

26 JUL 1968 England, Manchester, Free Trade Hall
opening for Tim Hardin

28 JUL 1968 England, Sunderland, Empire Theatre
opening for Tim Hardin

29 JUL 1968 BBC SESSION Top Gear, England, London, BBC Studio 1, 201 Piccadilly
Broadcast 04 AUG 1968

  1. Processions
  2. The Weaver’s Answer
  3. Me My Friend
  4. 3x Time
  5. Old Songs New Songs

An English group on an American label who are highly confident of their creative powers, which they prove with a Dave Mason produced selection of toyland ‘n’ soul compositions – as near as a label you can get with such an original team.
-Melody Maker, August 1968

03 AUG 1968 England, London, Middle Earth, Roundhouse
w/ Spooky Tooth, Blonde On Blonde, Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments

09 AUG 1968 England, London, Roundhouse Freakshow

Live At Hyde Park

24 AUG 1968 England, London, Hyde Park
Free concert with Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years After, Fairport Convention, Roy Harper, Eclection

Charlie Whitney: “Chappo just went for it, giving everything physically for the crowd. I think he fell off stage at one point”

25 AUG 1968 England, London, Middle Earth, Roundhouse

31 AUG 1968 England, North Yorkshire, Tees Pop ‘68

01-02 SEP 1968 England, Worcestershire, Chateau Impney Grounds, Bank Holiday Bluesology Festival
w/ The Move, Fleetwood Mac, Duster Bennett, the Freddie Mac Show, Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds, Wynder K Frog, Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band, Cliff Bennett, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Jasper Stubbs, The Passion Forest, The Breakthrough, Skip Bifferty

Ian Hill: ”…the band that totally blew me away came on Family from the start they were awesome (it was the first time we had seen them live) I remember Roger Chapman swinging the mike stand around and also swirling round his head the microphone and he let out the lead till it was touching the sides of the tent,he would also throw it out into the crowd and pull it back at the last moment before it hit someone.I think also he hit one of the overhead lights with the mike stand and it came down. The most vivid recollection I have of the whole event was when Charlie Whitney started “See Through Windows” I remember he went to the back of the stage in front of his speaker and got his guitar to feedback he then walked about the stage in a circle changing the pitch as he moved, at the time never seen anything like it,been a big fan ever since and still go to see him today what a voice.Well that’s my memory of the event but if I get the wife to hit me on the head with a plank I might remember more (or less)!”

03 SEP 1968 BBC SESSION Saturday Club, England, London, BBC Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue
Broadcast 07 SEP 1968

  1. See Through Windows
  2. The Weaver’s Answer
  3. The Breeze


04 SEP 1968 England, London, Country Club, Haverstock Hill
w/ Junior’s Eyes

07 SEP 1968 England, Birmingham, Mothers

17 SEP 1968 England, London, Marquee
w/ East of Eden

18 SEP 1968 England, Middlesex, Eel Pie Island
w/ Downliner’s Sect, Transcendental Aurora, Jeff Dexter

29 SEP 1968 Germany, Essen, Essener Songtage 1968

Family is new. They are recognized not so much as just another pop sound, but as a valid art form in much the same way as artists admired by Family – Traffic, Dylan and Joe Cocker.

You think of Family and it’s introverted, it’s knowing too much and not being hassled by it. It’s indifference and closeness, it’s sex and the honor of men. It’s some evil and somebody holding everything together. It’s power and money and humor. It’s loyalty and the only thing worth holding out for after the camp and the image are put to rest in unknown hours. Family is the beginning and the end.

-CashBox advertisement for Music In A Doll’s House, Nov 30, 1968

05 OCT 1968 England, London, University College

08 OCT 1968 England, Hampstead, Klooks Kleet

15 OCT 1968 England, London, Royal Albert Hall
w/ Joe Cocker, Taste, Spencer Davis, Jethro Tull, July, Roy Harper, Spooky Tooth, Julie Felix

18 OCT 1968 England, London, Marquee

22 OCT 1968 England, London, Marquee

25 OCT 1968 England, Leicester, Granby Halls
w/ The Who, Joe Cocker, Spring, Legay

27 OCT 1968 England, Hampstead, Country Club, Haverstock Hill

Recording at Paris Theatre

31 OCT 1968 BBC SESSION Radio One Club, England, London, BBC Paris Cinema, Lower Regent Street
Broadcast 03 DEC 1968

  1. Observations From A Hill
  2. The Weaver’s Answer
  3. How Hi The Li
  4. Dim
  5. Second Generation Woman
Recording at Paris Theatre

1 NOV 1968 BBC SESSION Radio One Club, England, London, BBC Paris Cinema, Lower Regent Street
live radio broadcast including:

  1. Second Generation Woman
  2. The Breeze
  3. Peace Of Mind

11 NOV 1968 BBC SESSION Top Gear, England, London, BBC Studio 1, 201 Piccadilly
Broadcast 24 NOV 1968

  1. Second Generation Woman
  2. Observations From A Hill
  3. Dim
  4. How Hi The Li
  5. Hometown


NOV 1968 SINGLE RELEASE  (RS 23315)

  1. Second Generation Woman
  2. Hometown

15 NOV 1968 England, Cambridge, Cambridge University, Students Union
w/ Principal Edwards Magic Theater

16 NOV 1968 England, London, School of Economics

17 NOV 1968 England, Birmingham, Mothers, Erdington

19 NOV 1968 England, Hampstead, Klooks Kleet

26 NOV 1968 England, Wood Green, Fishmonger’s Arms

03 DEC 1968 England, London, Marquee

07 DEC 1968 England, London, The Polytechnic
w/ The Village

09 DEC 1968 BBC SESSION Symonds, England, London, BBC Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue
Broadcast 16 DEC 1968

  1. How Hi The Li
  2. Second Generation Woman
  3. Observations From A Hill
  4. Dim

19 DEC 1968 England, London, Royal Albert Hall
w/ Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & Trinity, Bonzo Dog Band

20 DEC 1968 England, London, The Hornsey Wood Tavern, Bluesville ‘68
w/ The Village

24 DEC 1968 England, Birmingham, Mothers

28 DEC 1968 TV BROADCAST (France) Point Chaud, France

  1. Old Songs, New Songs