JH x70 Marquee 90 Wardour Street W1F 0UB

The Marquee Club originally stood on Oxford Street but, on 13 March 1964, moved to 90 Wardour Street in the heart of Soho's artistic community. Here it stayed until the mid-eighties.

It has since been resurrected (and died again) in both Islington and Leicester Square.

In 1967 The Experience played two real gigs at the Marquee on 24 January and 24 October; sadly no recordings exist. However, on 2 March, they also filmed two takes each of "Hey Joe" and "Purple Haze" for German TV's Beat Club. They were introduced by Dave Lee Travis, then a mainstay on the BBC's new and ever so trendy Radio 1. The black and white footage has been shown on television many times and has appeared, in part, in commercial videos. (See Look Over Yonder.) Now trendy loft apartments. The old Marquee entrance is now the back door of the apartments. The old Marquee stage area has become a restaurant, while the tapas bar next door has many famous names carved into its frontage, including Jimi Hendrix.


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