Editing Hammersmith Apollo (section)

===1970s===
* The photo booklet that forms part of [[The Who]]'s ''[[Quadrophenia]]'' album features pictures of the venue (particularly within the centre spread;) the photos of the main character (Jimmy) waiting, kneeling beside his GS Scooter outside the venue as the members of the band take their groupies to a limo were taken during a photo shoot.
* On 28 October 1972, the "Giants of Jazz", a group consisting of jazz musicians [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Kai Winding]], [[Sonny Stitt]], [[Thelonious Monk]], [[Al McKibbon]] and [[Art Blakey]] – played two concerts at the Hammersmith at 6:30 and 9:30 P.M.
* In July 1973, [[David Bowie]] performed his final concert as [[David Bowie#Ziggy Stardust|Ziggy Stardust]] at the venue. The concert was filmed by American documentary filmmaker [[D. A. Pennebaker]], who intercut scenes of fans outside the venue, Bowie in the dressing room, with the concert footage. The film was not released until 1979, and is now available on DVD as ''[[Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (film)|Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars]]''.
* In December 1974, [[Elton John]] played a televised Christmas concert for the BBC's ''[[Old Grey Whistle Test]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=YouTube video of Elton John Christmas concert|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYRwhsItUbE| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620010910/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYRwhsItUbE&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=20 June 2013 | url-status=dead|publisher=YouTube|access-date=15 February 2013}}</ref>
* In November and December 1975, [[Queen (band)|Queen]] performed several shows at the Hammersmith Odeon during the [[A Night at the Opera Tour|''A Night at the Opera'' Tour]]. The show of 24 December was broadcast by the BBC and released in 2015 on CD, Vinyl and DVD/Blu-ray as ''[[A Night at the Odeon – Hammersmith 1975]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hammersmith Odeon, London, England Concert Setlists {{!}} setlist.fm|url=https://www.setlist.fm/venue/hammersmith-odeon-london-england-13d6059d.html?|access-date=25 April 2021|website=www.setlist.fm}}</ref>
* On April 14th 1976 Steve Harley and the Cockney Rebels recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon. Some performances are available on their "The Best Years Of Our Lives" triple album.
* On 15–16 May 1976, [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] made their first UK appearances, supported by UK rockers Stray; tickets sold out in 2 hours for their two-night stay.
* Genesis featured in a 6-night run, 09-14 June 1976, making the UK debut of their "A Trick of the Tail" tour. This was the band's first post-Peter Gabriel album and tour, with Phil Collins stepping out from behind his drum kit to front the vocals. Bill Bruford, formerly of YES, stepped in on drums for this tour before giving way to Chester Thompson on subsequent tours.
* In 1976, much of [[Thin Lizzy]]'s live album ''[[Live and Dangerous]]'' was recorded at the Hammersmith on the Johnny The Fox Tour. Again in 1981, Lynott and his gang appeared in the venue for the recording of the BBC's ''In Concert''. The disc are released as a part of the Box Set ''At The BBC'', in 2011. Some of this tracks also appeared in the deluxe editions of ''[[Chinatown (Thin Lizzy album)|Chinatown]]'' and ''[[Thunder and Lightning (album)|Thunder and Lightning]]''. Finally, the double live album ''Life/Live'' was recorded in the venue in 1981 and 1983, with the participation of guitarists [[Eric Bell]], [[Brian Robertson (guitarist)|Brian Robertson]] and [[Gary Moore]]. The guitarist [[Snowy White]] participated on three tracks recorded in 1981 in the same venue.
* The progressive rock band [[Camel (band)|Camel]] recorded some tracks in 1976 for the release of a future live album. The album was released in 1978, and is called ''A Live Record''. The entire concert was released and made part of the deluxe edition of ''Moonmadness''. The same concert was broadcast by the BBC and released in DVD format. The DVD was called ''Moondances''.
* In November 1977, [[The Tubes (band)|The Tubes]] played 10 shows and recorded the live double album ''[[What Do You Want from Live]]'' at the Hammersmith. The album was released in February 1978.
* In 1978, [[Black Sabbath]], with [[Ozzy Osbourne]] still a member, held concerts celebrating 10 years of career in the venue. The opening band was [[Van Halen]]. The concert was recorded and released on video and later on DVD, with the name ''Never Say Die: A Decade of Black Sabbath''. In 30–31 December 1981, the band now with Dio recorded their concerts at this venue. The gig was released on disc and vinyl in 2007, and later as part of the Deluxe edition of ''Mob Rules''. In 1994 the show in Apollo was recorded and released one year later titled ''Cross Purposes Live''.
* On 24 February 1978, [[The Sweet|Sweet]] played their first concert at Hammersmith Odeon. It was to be their last British show featuring singer [[Brian Connolly]].
* On 20 February 1978, [[Rush (band)|Rush]] recorded 11 tracks from their "[[A Farewell to Kings]]" tour, including tracks from all of their first five albums. These tracks were not released at the time. They were included as a bonus disc on their 10 November 1998 release of ''[[Different Stages Live]]'' which included recordings from both their 1994 ''[[Counterparts (Rush album)|Counterparts]]'' and 1997 ''[[Test for Echo]]'' tours.
* [[Whitesnake]] recorded tracks for their live album ''[[Live...in the Heart of the City]]'' on 23 November 1978. The album also included tracks that were later recorded (also at the Hammersmith Odeon) on 23 and 24 June 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogcritics.org/music/article/whitesnake-live-in-the-heart-of/|title=Whitesnake – Live... In The Heart of the City – Blogcritics Music|publisher=Blogcritics.org|date=18 August 2002|access-date=14 October 2012}}</ref> Years later, David Coverdale and this gang appears in Hammersmith for the recorded of ''Live... In the Still of the Night'' album and DVD set.
* The albums ''[[461 Ocean Boulevard]]'' and ''[[Slowhand]]'' of the guitarist [[Eric Clapton]] were reissued in double CD deluxe format accompanied with a live album recorded at the venue, depicting tours of 1974 and 1976.
* [[Frank Zappa]] recorded parts of his 1979 album ''[[Sheik Yerbouti]]'' and parts of his 1981 album ''[[Tinsel Town Rebellion]]'' at the venue. Zappa's triple album ''[[Hammersmith Odeon (album)|Hammersmith Odeon]]'', recorded in 1978, was released posthumously in 2010 by the Zappa Family Trust.
* [[Kate Bush]] also performed the same year, and released a [[Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (Kate Bush album)|live video]] and [[On Stage (EP)|record EP]] of her 1979 concerts.
* On 13–15 December 1979, [[Cliff Richard]] played at the Hammersmith Odeon during the Rock'n'Roll Juvenile Tour.
* In December 1979, [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[the Clash]], [[Elvis Costello]], [[the Who]], [[the Pretenders]] and [[Paul McCartney and Wings]] and many more artists played several nights. The Hammersmith Odeon hosted the four-night [[Concerts for the People of Kampuchea]], a [[benefit concert]] to raise money for Cambodian victims of the dictator [[Pol Pot]], of which Queen played the first night. [[Paul McCartney]] and [[Kurt Waldheim]] organised the event.
* [[The Police]] played three shows at Hammersmith Odeon in late 1979 promoting their [[Reggatta de Blanc]] album (1979-09-22, 1979-09-23 and 1979-12-18).