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This was not really a ''tour'' as all the concerts happened in the same place - a circus tent on a place between Barerstraße / Gabelsberger Straße / Türkenstraße (which doesn't exist anymore today). The concerts were part of the Munich Theatre Festival.
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[[Dantalian's Chariot]] consisted of three members of [[Zoot Money's Big Roll Band]] with the addition of the new bass player Pat Donaldson.
  
[[Andy Summers]] knew the songs they played from his recording with [[Eberhard Schoener]] prior joining [[The Police]]. [[Sting]] and [[Stewart Copeland]] learned the atmospheric stuff in the few rehearsals between [[1977-10-25]] and [[1977-10-28]] (which took place at ARRI-filmstudios). They also played two Police songs each night, being accompanied by Hansi Ströer. The laser show itself was a bit of a disappointment, because of the difficulties of projecting the laser onto a parachute under the circus top. Eberhard's synthesizers were the only part that was not played live. The rest of the band and the children's choir from Tölz performed live.
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They only existed for about 10 months and only ever released one single [[Madman Running Through The Fields]], as their debut album wasn't properly released by their record company.  
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The band had a spectacular light show as images from two oil-projectors, slides and strobe lights were projected onto the musicians white clothes.
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With little success outside of London the band eventually split when individual members were offered to play in more successfull bands.
  
 
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Revision as of 01:04, 10 June 2010

Between 1967-08-12 - 1968-04-19, Andy Summers took part in the 1967-1968 Dantalian's Chariot performances.

Introduction

Dantalian's Chariot consisted of three members of Zoot Money's Big Roll Band with the addition of the new bass player Pat Donaldson.

They only existed for about 10 months and only ever released one single Madman Running Through The Fields, as their debut album wasn't properly released by their record company.

The band had a spectacular light show as images from two oil-projectors, slides and strobe lights were projected onto the musicians white clothes.

With little success outside of London the band eventually split when individual members were offered to play in more successfull bands.

Tour personnel

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Touring musicians and bandmembers

Road crew and technicians

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Production crew

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Support act(s)

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Timeline

On 1977-10-22 Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland drove from Paris to Munich in a hired car (Eberhard was paying). Sting had to bring Andy's car back to the UK.

On 1977-10-24 (or maybe the day before) Sting flew to Munich as Andy and Stewart persuaded Eberhard Schoener he could use him, too.

Rehearsals began on 1977-10-25 at 11am and took place at ARRI-filmstudios at the Türkenstraße in Munich. They also rehearsed on 1977-10-26. 1977-10-27 and on the day of their first concert on 1977-10-28.

After the series of concerts the band recorded on 1977-11-08 at Munich's Electrola-Studio - recording at 7pm.

It was probably in this period that Andy went to see jazz guitarists Larry Coryell and Philip Catherine at a concert in Munich.

On 1977-11-10 The Police returned to London.

Summary of tour dates

Date Venue Location
1967-08-23 venue England, Germany
1967-11-11 Middle Earth London, England, UK
1967-11-17 Palais des Sports Paris, France
1968-04-19 VENUE ?

Quotations and trivia

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See also

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External links

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References

source: internet, Record Collector - June 2010