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Fri 10 Oct 2006REVOLVERA secret history of the old Ball game by Brian BoydON APRIL 1st, 1976, a show opened in London's Her Majesty's Theatre. Called A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Shock) it is remembered now only as a curio. But there is enough evidence to suggest that this nonmusical event changed the music world forever.