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The Nice Posted on August 8, 2017 by NiceNickDecember 23, 2018

The Nice were formed in 1967 and were Keith Emerson’s first band as a creative leader. Along with guitarist Davy O’List, bassist Lee Jackson and drummer Brian “Blinky” Davison they released a series of superb albums before splitting in 1970 when Emerson left to form ELP.

Despite the huge success of ELP, a number of us feel that the Nice were a more honest band, where music came before spectacle. This site is an attempt to gather together the various strands of The Nice’s history.

There’s also a facebook group devoted to the band, with lots of discussions..

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Another gig

The Nice Posted on November 2, 2021 by NiceNickNovember 2, 2021

Thanks to Tonny Steenhagan for this 1968 date which we didn’t have

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The Nice Posted on May 31, 2021 by nickniceMay 31, 2021
24/01/70 – Leeds Poly
08/12/67 – Las Vegas, Denmark
11/01/69 – Gladsaxe Teen Club

11/10/69 – Essen programme back
12/10/69 – Concertgebouw Amsterdam
13-10-69 -Dunstable

Thanks to Tonny Steenhagen for these, which he came across during his research for Deep Purple.

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Keith sings!

The Nice Posted on May 6, 2021 by nickniceMay 6, 2021

Videos keep appearing and this is a rare one, from 1968 with Keith on lead vocals. It captures the sense of fun (and danger) that the first line up had.

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scrapbooks unearthed

The Nice Posted on April 26, 2021 by nickniceApril 26, 2021

An ageing Nice fan has found his old scrapbooks and I hope to be meeting up and digitising them at some point. He says the mice have gnawed at some of his tickets 😉



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The Nice 1969

The Nice Posted on December 26, 2019 by NiceNickDecember 26, 2019
27/01/69 Sheffield
27/01/69 Sheffield
27/01/69 Sheffield

Does anyone have any photos?

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ne pics

The Nice Posted on December 23, 2019 by NiceNickDecember 23, 2019

A couple of nice photos found by Mark Macdonald

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Ars Longa advert

The Nice Posted on December 19, 2019 by NiceNickDecember 19, 2019

From the Rolling Stone April 69

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Flyer from Preston 1970

The Nice Posted on December 19, 2019 by NiceNickDecember 19, 2019

21/03/70 Supported by the Vertigo band Gracious – only four more gigs before they split ;(

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Ticket from Caird Hall, Dundee 1969

The Nice Posted on December 19, 2019 by NiceNickDecember 19, 2019

Bryan Parker‎ said on FB:”The Nice were the first band that I saw in concert at the Caird Hall in Dundee, Scotland in 1969. By that time the band was a trio. My enduring memories as a 15 year old are Keith throwing his Hammond organ around, sticking daggers in it and near the end of the show Keith bounded up the orchestra seating and played “I do like to be by the sea side” on the halls organ. The cost of the ticket was nearly a weeks wage from my job delivering milk before I went to school.”

Caird Hall, Dundee1969

 

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Switched-On Symphony!

The Nice Posted on December 14, 2019 by NiceNickDecember 14, 2019

Keyboard supremo & Emo fanatic Tom Szakaly has discovered a recording of part of The ‘Switched On Symphony‘ TV event on March 14th 1970 with Zubin Mehta and the NICE.The group performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta and broadcast on television. The show featured a number of artists jamming together, including Jethro Tull, Jerry Goodman (later of the Mahavishnu Orchestra) and Santana. Some amazing sounds, it would be great to find a decent quality recording or even the film.

One scene in the show has the 104-strong symphony orchestra under Mehta’s baton joining the Nice in a pop-concert version of ‘America’ from West Side Story. There was Mehta and his men in their ‘penguin suits’ and organist Keith Emerson and his group perched precariously in opera-type balconies behind velvet curtains in front. They were a strange combination, the traditional musicians and Emerson — a dazzling figure in a skin-tight silver costume that made him look like a cartoon-strip spaceman.

This show (one of the final few to be played by the band) may well be where Emerson first heard Ginastera’s “Toccata”, later to feature on an ELP album. There are a few lines about the show in this book, although it says ELP played it 😉

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