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1970

1970: Texas Revolution
February 1970: Recording begins for Mayo Thompson's first solo album
1970: Thompson forms group Saddlesore *1970: Thompson releases his first solo album Corky's Debt to His Father with Barthelme and others
July 1970: Frederick Barthelme's first book, Rangoon, illustrated by Mayo Thompson is published by Winter House
1970: Texas Revolution releases Thompson's his first solo album Corky's Debt to His Father
1970: Texas Revolution releases Saddlesore's first and last single Old Tom Clark

Rangoon cover art, 1970
Corky's Debt to His Father cover art, 1970
Back cover
Old Tom Clark label, 1970
Ad in Rolling Stone, January 7, 1971

1971

January 7, 1971: Ad in Rolling Stone for Corky's Debt to His Father and Old Tom Clark
Spring 1971: Winter House's projected release date for Mayo Thompson's first book Regular Everything II. (Regular Everything was a chapter of illustrations in Rangoon). The book was never released. In 2015, illustrations from the book were included in Thompson's exhibition 8th Floor.
August 1971: Thompson hosts a radio show on Pacifica KPFT-FM 90.1^[1]

1972

1972: Thompson forms new group The Rockin' Blue Diamonds
May - July 1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds perform each week at The Old Quarter
1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds record a demo for John Fahey's Takoma Records which he does not accept
July 1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds' equipment is stolen
August 3, 1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds perform an acoustic set on the KPFT Free Music Store radio program
1972: Thompson illustrates a William H Gass short story for Fiction

Shows/1972

1973

Thompson visits Greece to record with Manos Hadjidakis; doesn't happen
Thompson becomes an assistant to Robert Rauschenberg along with Christine Kozlov
Writing for Art & Language's "Music-Language" project begins

1974

1974: Robert Rauschenberg in Israel
1974: Done To

1975

September 1975: Mostly About Rauschenberg premieres

1976

May 1976: The Fox 3
June 1976: (Provisional) Art & Language exhibition
June 1976: Corrected Slogans
June 1976: Nine Gross and Conspicuous Errors
October 1976: Art-Language Vol. 3 No. 4
1976 October/November: Filming for And Now for Something Completely Different

1977

April 27, 1977: First screening of Struggle in New York
October 1977: Art-Language Vol. 4 No. 2

1978

May 1978: Mayo Thompson meets Pere Ubu
July 1978: Recording session: "Wives in Orbit", "Yik Yak", "Hurricane Fighter Plane"
Radar Records reissues of The Parable of Arable Land and God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It
October 1978: [[File:|20x20px|link=|]] [[|]] promo and Howdy from Texas the Lone Star State
October 1978: Hurricane Fighter Plane
October 1978: Wives in Orbit
November 1978: UK Ubu Dance Party tour
December 1978: Red Ubu tour

1979

March 1979: Soldier-Talk
1979: Thompson producing The Raincoats featured on South Bank Show S2E02: Rough Trade^[2]
October 1979: Micro-Chips & Fish

1980s

Timeline/1980s

References

[1] ttps://archive.org/details/spacecity03spac_11/page/n31/mode/2up?q=%22mayo+thompson%22

[2] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loydtQRR4eA

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 == 1970 ==
+*1970: [[Texas Revolution]]
 *February 1970: Recording begins for [[Mayo Thompson]]'s first solo album
-*1970: Thompson releases his first solo album ''[[Corky's Debt to His Father]]''
+*1970: Thompson forms group [[Saddlesore]] *1970: Thompson releases his first solo album ''[[Corky's Debt to His Father]]'' with Barthelme and others
-*1970: Forms group [[Saddlesore]]
+*July 1970: [[Frederick Barthelme]]'s first book, ''[[Rangoon]]'', illustrated by Mayo Thompson is published by Winter House
-*1970: Saddlesore's ''[[Old Tom Clark (single)|Old Tom Clark]]''
+*1970: [[Texas Revolution]] releases Thompson's his first solo album ''[[Corky's Debt to His Father]]''
-*January 7, 1971: Ad in Rolling Stone for ''[[Corky's Debt to His Father]]'' and ''[[Old Tom Clark (single)|Old Tom Clark]]''
+*1970: [[Texas Revolution]] releases Saddlesore's first and last single ''[[Old Tom Clark (single)|Old Tom Clark]]''
 <gallery mode="packed">
+File:Rangoon-front.jpg|''[[Rangoon]]'' cover art, 1970
 File:Corky-front.png|''[[Corky's Debt to His Father]]'' cover art, 1970
 File:Corky-back.jpg|Back cover
 File:Old-Tom-Clark-front.jpg|''[[Old Tom Clark (single)|Old Tom Clark]]'' label, 1970
 File:Corky-Saddlesore-Stone-ad.jpeg|Ad in ''Rolling Stone'', January 7, 1971
 </gallery>
 == 1971 ==
+* January 7, 1971: Ad in Rolling Stone for ''[[Corky's Debt to His Father]]'' and ''[[Old Tom Clark (single)|Old Tom Clark]]''
+* Spring 1971: Winter House's projected release date for [[Mayo Thompson]]'s first book ''Regular Everything II.'' (Regular Everything was a chapter of illustrations in ''[[Rangoon]]''). The book was never released. In 2015, illustrations from the book were included in Thompson's exhibition [[8th Floor|''8th Floor'']].
+* August 1971: Thompson hosts a radio show on Pacifica KPFT-FM 90.1<ref>https://archive.org/details/spacecity03spac_11/page/n31/mode/2up?q=%22mayo+thompson%22</ref>
 == 1972 ==
-*1972: [[The Rockin' Blue Diamonds]]
+*1972: Thompson forms new group [[The Rockin' Blue Diamonds]]
-*1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds record an unsuccessful demo for Takoma Records
+*May - July 1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds perform each week at The Old Quarter
+*1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds record a demo for John Fahey's Takoma Records which he does not accept
+*July 1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds' equipment is stolen
+*August 3, 1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds perform an acoustic set on the KPFT Free Music Store radio program
+*1972: Thompson illustrates a William H Gass short story for ''Fiction''
 [[Shows/1972]]
 == 1973 ==
 *Thompson visits Greece to record with [[Manos Hadjidakis]]; doesn't happen
-*Thompson becomes an assistant to [[Robert Rauschenberg]]
+*Thompson becomes an assistant to [[Robert Rauschenberg]] along with [[Christine Kozlov]]
 *Writing for Art & Language's "Music-Language" project begins
 == 1974 ==
-*{{RLink|Israel}}
+*1974: ''Robert Rauschenberg in Israel''
+*1974: ''[[Done To]]''
 == 1975 ==
-*Premiere of Thompson co-directed film {{RLink|Mostly}}
+*September 1975: ''[[Mostly About Rauschenberg]]'' premieres
 == 1976 ==
+*May 1976: ''[[The Fox No. 3|The Fox 3]]''
 *June 1976: [[(Provisional) Art & Language]] exhibition
 *June 1976: {{RLink|Corrected}}
 *June 1976: {{RLink|Nine}}
+*October 1976: ''[[Art-Language Vol. 3 No. 4]]''
 *1976 October/November: Filming for {{RLink|Now}}
 == 1977 ==
+* April 27, 1977: First screening of ''[[Struggle in New York]]''
+* October 1977: ''[[Art-Language Vol. 4 No. 2]]''
 == 1978 ==
 *May 1978: Mayo Thompson meets Pere Ubu
-*July 1978: Recording session: [[Wives in Orbit]], [[Yik Yak]], [[Hurricane Fighter Plane]]
+*July 1978: Recording session: "[[Wives in Orbit]]", "[[Yik Yak]]", "[[Hurricane Fighter Plane]]"
-*[[Radar Records]] reissues of [[The Parable of Arable Land]] and [[God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It]]
+*[[Radar Records]] reissues of [[The Parable of Arable Land|''The Parable of Arable Land'']] and [[God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It|''God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It'']]
 *October 1978: {{RLink|4}} promo and {{RLink|Howdy}}
 *October 1978: {{RLink|Hurricane}}
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 == 1979 ==
 *March 1979: {{RLink|Soldier}}
+*1979: Thompson producing The Raincoats featured on ''South Bank Show'' S2E02: Rough Trade<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loydtQRR4eA</ref>
 *October 1979: {{RLink|Micro}}