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lollipop · Feb 14, 2009

For Valentines Day.

lollipop · Feb 14, 2009

And just a personal indulgence, (please forgive me)

for my Mum, who I miss and I love.

Marley Farley · Feb 14, 2009

:thmb: Heard this one again today... 1st time for a few years I had forgotten about it.... Brings back memories of travelling to work by train to Bath every day, the 1st Bath Blues Festival..... :yho:The 60s & very early 70s were good years...... :D Amongst my music tastes which are varied, there has always been room for Ska & later Reggea music in my life.....:D Remember this.? Did you used to go dancing on a Friday or Saturday night too.?:hehe:

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strongylodon · Feb 14, 2009

Marley did you go to the Bath Festival in '70, I did .
As I remember there was a festival in Rotterdam the same weekend and many American bands came over to do both.
Led Zeppelin, Donovan, Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, Steppenwolf, Flock, The Byrds, Fairports, Zappa and It's A Beautiful Day, were only part of the line up.:gnthb:

Marley Farley · Feb 14, 2009

:gnthb: Oh yes Srongy you bet & I went to the very first Pilton too....:dh::yho:Rember this..??

The musicians that took part in the 1970 festival included :
Formerly Fat Harry
Joe Jammer
Donovan
Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa)
Santana
The Flock
Hot Tuna
Country Joe McDonald
Jefferson Airplane (set abandoned due to rain)
The Byrds
Moody Blues (did not play, again due to rain)
Dr. John
Canned Heat
It's A Beautiful Day
Steppenwolf
Johnny Winter
John Mayall
Pink Floyd
Fairport Convention
Keef Hartley Band
Led Zeppelin (Sunday Night headliners)

Some of the biggest names in rock played to 150,000 people over 3 days and nights. You would think it would up there,high in the public conscience, like the Isle of Wight and Knebworth festivals. Somehow, the fates contrived to bury this, the biggest festival in Britain to date, in mystery and controversy. Two film companies recorded the events but then disappeared, the organisers ripped off even by their own security staff, some of whom may have stolen large numbers of receipts, and hired tents vanished with the crowd. Fred Bannister,while not exactly losing a fortune on this event, is reported to have made as little as a Â£1000 (Mojo magazine thinks it was rather more, see quote below), and we have all been deprived of some great historical documents.
There are , amazingly, some surviving audience tapes that have been circulated, and Fred has a number of them that he has used to compile a record of the event as part of a limited run of original printed material. More recently, a 28 minute video of Pink Floyd's set ,including the first ever public rendition of Atom Heart Mother has been added to a commemorative set of PF appearances at both the 1968 and 1970 festivals.

"On the first day, it provided employment to the likes of Formerly Fat Harry, Keef Hartley, Maynard Ferguson's Big Band, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, It's A Beautiful Day, Steppenwolf, Johnny Winter and Pink Floyd. On the Sunday, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers did the early-morning shift, followed by Canned Heat, Joe Jammer (who fitted in everywhere when hands failed to show on time), Donovan, Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention, Santana, Flock, Led Zeppelin, Hot Tuna, a Fish-less Country Joe, Jefferson Airplane, whose act was curtailed by rain, The Byrds, who played an acoustic set in order not to chance electrocution, and Dr John.
The Moody Blues should have played but were prevented from doing so by the downpour, which narked them somewhat as they'd paid Â£500 for a helicopter to get to the site on time. According to reliable reports, the event was documented on 35mm film, though no one has ever seen the results apart from a Fairport snippet which seemingly formed part of an educational programme in the early '70s.
Among the 200,000 visitors to the event was a certain Michael Eavis, who crawled through a hedge to gain entrance and became so impressed by the vibes that he immediately headed back to Pilton, near Glastonbury, to launch a festival of his own, one that starred Marc Bolan, cost just Â£1 per ticket and had the added incentive of all the free milk you could drink!
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shiney · Feb 15, 2009

Marley and Strongy, I don't remember seeing you both there :hehe:. I certainly remember the mud as well as the music :lollol:

I went to the Big Sur Folk Festival in September '69 but I never appeared on the film they made of it. Shame on them :rotfl:

Freddy · Feb 15, 2009

Hi folks. I too went to Pilton, but the year after, '71. As I remember, it was a great weekend with fab weather, no rain at all !! I remember there was this one act, Magic Michael, he played a guitar wearing absolutely nothing. To this day I still don't understand what that was about. Ah well, maybe I'm not 'groovy' enough BTW, some great names there in that list, Marley :thumb:

Marley Farley · Feb 15, 2009

:wink: Big Sur California Shiney neat...!! That was too far for me then...:D Did do Isle of White though in 69 as well..:D

:thmb: Yes also did 71 at Pilton Freddy, but that was my last... Great line up.. I remember Pink Fairies.. Fairport Convention.... Quintessence.. Traffic... Arthur Brown... Family... Oh yes & David Bowie.... :thmb: Damned good line up, damned good time....!!!:D :thmb: :thmb:

:lollol:Don't remember your nude guitarist Freddy, but it was a very nudist year if I remember rightly after the sun came out...!!!! :lollol: I remember our tent was near the "Post Office" tent.....:hehe: Did you go to Reading after that..??? I didn't but had some friends who did & they had a horrid time, so I am glad I enjoyed it all when I did..... :D

Freddy · Feb 15, 2009

Hi Marley. Thanks for reminding me who was there :thumb: Now you mention it, there was SOME rain and as you say, there was a little nudity going on Remember 'Let's Work Together' ? :D I didn't do Reading, in fact, Pilton was pretty much my only festival experience. Went to quite a few gigs/one-day type thingies though. Ahh, the good old days eh ? :D

shiney · Feb 15, 2009

This isn't a song but it might interest a few people (probably very few)

The song Mr Bojangles has been recorded by well over 50 performers including Sammy Davis Jr, Nina Simone, John Denver, Neil Diamond, Harry Nillson and Robbie Williams.

It was a true story about Bill "Bojangles" Robinson who is acknowledged to be one of the best tap dancers ever.

Here is a clip from a 1935 film with him and Shirley Temple.

If you don't like tap then you will hate it :hehe:

jjordie · Feb 15, 2009

Like it Shiney!

What about this one? :D

shiney · Feb 15, 2009

Plenty of Soul in that jjordie :gnthb:

jjordie · Feb 17, 2009

Can't say this is a great song but I had a good laugh :hehe:

nathan7 · Feb 17, 2009

Fantastic that was Shiney it is one of my favourite songs, I like the Neil Diamond version very much :thmb:

Boghopper · Mar 2, 2009

Just heard this on the radio in the car and was reminded of what a brillaint, understated song it is with an amazing production. thoguth you all might enjoy it.

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