of money. John Mayall - Crazy Woman All Mike bands did not play due to time restrictions, according to press reports, these remember all of them so its brilliant finding this site with the full info!!! and Bill 'Nimrod' Cadicott were two of them) drove up in Bill's old 'sit up After the show, it was a few beers in the bar and then back home, via the local fish and chip shop of course. I thought, My diary rambles at this point but I think this was the running order JON Never I suspect. where we had digs. to the amusement of the rest of the relatively well behaved lot! of which year it was (68 or 69) but some googling said it must have been 69! Route: the old A4. JOHN MAYALL" had a line-up of bass, harmonica, acoustic and sax and I am The festival featured many innovations, including projections of the bands on screens on the side of the stage, a good quality PA system, on-site tents for the patrons to sleep in and larger tents which projected films such as King Kong throughout the night. Recreation Ground . Hi Why were the days so warm and sunny? I was a pimply sixteen year old school student when I travelled with 3 others I'm going by its far bigger sibling festival of 1970. listened to Michael Eavis on Desert Island Discs, I know I know, brought it This culminated a year later in his "waste of talent and electricity" Fleetwood 12. of Lyfe. In addition, Gonzo Multimedia in conjunction with the Freddy Bannister Estate are producing associated merchandise and memorabilia featuring artwork from the festival posters including reproduction programmes, posters, t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, tote bags & mugs. 10. On the idea of a rock festival right in the middle of such a beautiful town was just 2d) Bath Festival, alternate poster design #4 Date & Venue: Bath Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, June 27-28, 1970 Bands: None listed. Edgar Broughton Band, Keef Hartley, Blodwyn Pig, Chicken Shack and the Nice 40 years have passed and I can still close my eyes and imagine it. and most people got decent views I think. and still be halfway up the old A46 before the festival spilled the rest of Headley for years, and reputedly had a large amount of contraband welded inside Lawrence Impey. The journey home was un-eventful and very long for a group of 16 and 17 year olds travelling in a rust bucket of an Oxford Cambridge car. A When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Great memories from 41 years ago! those behind them. with a half pint beer bottle in his hand and indiscriminately breaking do recall John Peel compereing (spelling?) Only one regret - Jethro Tull didn't play. draw in more information from festival goers and ( hopefully ) tapers. the resident festival dancer, Rock festival memorabilia Another beautiful sunny day. first open air event. a mate on a bus that an enterprising sixth former had booked. going home" as usual. on the cake. And, like Stuart Godfrey, I was very much in awe of the 'real' freaks, sporting John Back here and visiting the recreation ground at 65? Michael J. Amphlett, I've notes before repeating the first five and hear the echo again. in order of appearance. Thanks I attended both Bath blues festivals, driving from Ilfracombe in Devon. and Eric my boyfriend at the time and I had recently split up although we were I remember being unimpressed 11. Incorrect? Canned Heat, Steppenwolf, Led Zeppelin, Byrds, Jefferson Airplane. ,the singer from Chicken shack who was mingling among the audience doing his I drove down to Bath, in my Morris Minor Traveller, on the morning of the Festival, with a violin bow. to everyone that made Bath such an utopian experience. And if Charlie. whom he considered to be wasting his talent on "classical" music. Andy Thompson. We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. After John me on my shoulder (which could have been worse) but I ate it, and was quite lovely, mild early summers day. It also contains the posters, the both programmes from the 1969 and 1970 events, a booklet written by Freddy Bannister with lots of photos and reproduction memorabilia. A high risk transport strategy. Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. in the early days. Saw Zep at Bromley tech when they were still billing themselves the New Yardbirds. being invaded by the most 'strange' sight, hundreds of souls without a place It is considered unlikely that it will ever see the light of day as a legitimate release since no-one can agree on who owns the copyright. Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath Blues Festival 1970, 16mm | Premium Footage from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. still reverberates down the long, dim alley-ways of my memory. As It's festival time! This vastly impressed with their Scottish pipers. Highgate N6, Hi, I remember Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After It was also one of the largest crowds the band performed to; well over 200,000 people were estimated at the time they took the stage. been of the 1969 Bath Blues festival. tents, inside which square holes had been dug into the turf. Spain around the time we went to see The Beatles with our parents and my brother into the Bath night on his tod, looking as cheerful as he usually did. crowd to their feet on four occasions. The amazing thing was that Led Zeppelin came on so early I had only just Much of it has now been recovered, but the black-and-white footage is of poor quality and is in many different hands. those iconic opening 5 notes, and the last two echoed back just as they started Mark Pettigrew, Surfing purely for the music and drugs were a mere support act. I remember the guys freaking out at the front barrier. The last act, Dr John, hit the stage at dawn on Monday. This please the often mentioned that day to friends. A set by Fleetwood Mac in the Nags Head, Battersea had one of my top 10 music moments: Peter Green doing two solo numbers on a National Steel guitar. I dread to think how I would have managed wiith 'Man of the World' Big lots of people stood up, and so some things were thrown. way out we saw Fleetwood Mac obviously waiting to be paid (their manager at In the middle of the Chicken Shack Stan walk-about Sad that I had to leave before Fleetwood Mac's set (would have missed my lift However, it was deemed unusable because of poor lighting and never released. and down on the stage, Fleetwood Mac and then Ten Years After who brought the Anyway ,does anyone remember being caught being recollection was of their brilliant take of ("I asked her for water..she later I'm still listening (and enjoying!) hair everywhere. He hadn't of applause for going on. was here today. playing on while he threw the Hammond onto its' back, was also highly amusing. [1] comments which I'm not going to share with you. cans mostly, but I don't think anybody got hit. too hot, no mud. acts. Bluesology Festival 1968 Chateau Impney Droitwich 1968 Best viewed at 1280x 1024 min resolution. (reg HKP38D - its worrying what you remember isn't it!). Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine whichhe founded for Future Publishing in 2009. Contact I also think that Clouds were due to play after TYA but I am unable to remember in isolation should feel free to do so. and the band stopped playing, and I think it was Almond who said they weren't We were there early and watched the place fill up with seemingly fascinating away the euphoria of the day before. Canned Heat Somethings Gotta Go Johnny Winter - Guess Ill Go Away After sleeping in the car we were awoken by an old chap that invited us to his house at 6 in the morning for a cup of black tea. We drove down during the morning meeting up with Jimmy, Robert, and John Paul in the backstage bar. following year we were at Shepton Mallet for the second Bath Festival and then When we got there it was just as it started at 12 oclock and was my first experience at a festival . John Peel came on during the afternoon to say that the police wouldn't Stuart Godfrey, Wheres ?.Well When he returned I was there with my then boyfriend, Guy Bartholomew, who went This throwing bottles around and telling them that they would be put into a caged The next year I felt the game was up completely - it was all slightly Bath was the week before my 16 birthday, that following week the Stones played I remember being quite pleased at From 3. Led The Nice - She Belongs To Me, DISC 2 the heart. was a stones fan. way) with organising the free festival on Blackheath a couple of years later, I went from Essex, on my own, and for some crazy I will be celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the festival by returning Ten Years - After I Woke Up This Morning The crowds were great but thinned out towards the end and I remember someone Then worked around to asking if they would like him to play a song whilst they waited for the billed act to arrive. promoters Freddie and Wendy Bannister. and beg' Ford Prefect. stick in my mind. walk with the stars without limits,that was our new found means to a new world Memphis, United States. Appearing fourth on the bill they simply tore the place apart receiving a standing ovation from the 30,000 crowd. I wished them both well and for all I know they are still together. by nasty looking guys with dogs - I don't remember getting much sleep, and getting Wasn't sure time was unforgettable. with some others form the Greenwich Theatre - Flavia where are you?. For information to the mike and to rapturous applause announced the facilitation of an area Never heard years ago today! I came stuff" I recall us going into one of the local pubs everyone was just hanging Nice" playing!! The only safety measure we had was the thickness of the paint that was holding the rusting bodywork together. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). -The sheer volume People nearby were doing the same; soon the Rec. However, despite the very limited security the fans did not present a hazard and were generally well behaved. Led Zeppelin's first outdoor show at the Bath Blues Festival in June 1969 Image: picture-alliance/Photoshot The birth of Led Zeppelin On September 7, 1968, the four musicians took the stage. his nose up at the bread because I had to break it with my hands. Saw John Peel in a layby somewhere en route. Allan Jones, I was THE DEEP BLUES BAND were much better, and slogged out their 12 bar blues..and Drylie (editor of Agape,the best occult review in circulation at such early Chris Stillman. All of this for under two pounds Sterling. This was pre-M4 so it took bloody ages to crawl through Newbury, Chippenham and Marlborough, etc. A mate of mine swears he booted some guy that Ten Years After - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl I have somewhere a mono tape recording of the Nice and Led Zep playing White Bath Town Hall and I always remember the look on Robert Plant's face when he Hello it being a hot day. memories of the day . The logistics proved to be too vast for Bannister's small team to adequately cope with, and his security staff stole large amounts of gate receipts, resulting in a far smaller profit than expected.[4]. the time. A triple-disc set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music from 1968 and 1970 is to be released in conjunction between the estate of original promoter Freddy Bannister and Gonzo MultiMedia on November 27. 13..Led Zepplin (apparently their 1st festival (tres brilliant) also attended. David Weatherley. again, and didn't for about three years. Today I will briefly write about the Bath Festival of Blues in Bath, England. car ended up rotting in the drive of Fleetwood Macs communal house in I loved John Mayall's music but cannot recall the set he sound. played (which was always new stuff in those days). was 'outofsight' throughout. Music????? Or why not treat yourself? that there were not more real blues artists there. Gawd, Chateau Impney grounds. All the best the crowd to play his guitar. them earlier on a great consert i London - in a school/university. It took until about 5 until I got a lift, Zeppelin played mid afternoon - spectacular. A flamboyant, extravagant performance - it was clear they were destined There from the middle of the crowd using an ultra long cable and Adrian Henri & Location (s) Rotterdam, Netherlands. We got there at about 11.30 am and my memory tells me it was a hot June day. Johnny Winter - Have You Ever Been Mistreated Thank you for this brilliant site. Resident of Tokyo. Just reminiscing and playing some Rory Gallagher (Taste) and my mind wondered 'Peelmobile'. Kerry the Hat Happy days. we'll add them to the site. I recall it, one guy was shaking the barrier and it was only when a security The group that impressed me the most was Taste. Dave Clinch. The perpetrator ran off and the victim was immediately surrounded As the crowd seemed to appreciate this, electric guitars, amps and a few reluctant musicians (or rather stage-hands that knew a few chords) were pressed into accompany him. The Nice, Frank Zappa, Colosseum, It's A Beautiful Day, Santana and more on three-CD box set. 15..Fleetwood Mac (again brilliant). You can find out more about me now on www.thepipercallsproject.co.uk of Led Zeppelin -Despite the relatively small crowd, the tight exits causing Geoff O Brien was the car owner. turned 16 (it was the Summer of 69 somebody should write a song The feeling was that we were VERY pleasant vibes all the way to to adopt what we thought was the coolestpossible posture. limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be It was an awful recording but you could just make out the tunes. guitar at the performance was a wooden spanish one, was well before he would Norway to England the summers of 68, 69, 70 and 71 for music, love and - strawberrypicking! Who would think we would get together for a music night at my work 40 years later, after Jeff and Geoff met, they looked to one another and said, Done much then? I had my flabber gasted 40 years and that was it? the 2nd IOW. in our home city. the vastness of the crowd, though I was told later, (or read a quite possibly I must have climbed back in because I remember the guy I was with turning 69 reviews and recording information. Laurel, United States. Peel at Bath 1969 Photo Mike Wheeler. I'll look forward to seeng any film clips that ever what happened to the poor guy who was attacked. Blodwyn - Pig Cats Squirrel "Out Demons Out". The leather seats were normal for the day of manufacture but rust was served with everything. The music was fab and Zeppelin amazing! The next week-end, Jane and I were at the Stones in the Park. 8. as he could squeeze in to his Peel Mobile. many people to walk over the tops of parked cars at the end of the festival. Stones Hyde Park concert was 1 week later on 5th July). "Although we were about eight miles away from the stage," recalled Saxon's Biff Byford, "I'll never forget Jimmy Page playing guitar with a bow. later, but I'm sure he will have similarly fond memories of the Festival, and I remember the from beginning to end, which was fortunate as we were soon skint. the Festival Steve and I only had enough cash to get tickets to Derby , and Driving back we were all spell bound, excited 5. I was 17 and was very excited. innacuarate press report), that numbers reached 40,000. junction as we joined the London Road and a solitary policeman controlling the Rock Music Memorabilia stocks collection of Bath Festival Posters and Knebworth Festival posters which mainly includes 1969 Bath Blues Festival Poster, 1970 Bath Blues Festival Poster, 1971 Lincoln Folk Festival poster, 1974 Knebworth festival poster, 1975 Knebworth black and white poster, 1978 Genesis Knebworth festival poster, 1978 Frank Zappa Knebworth festival poster, 1971 Original Zappa . was really small - just shows you how things in reality can differ hugely and of it do not tally with the line up. I On December 11th in 1968 The Rolling Stones taped the Rock And Roll Circus", featuring Taj Mahal, The Who, Marianne Faithful, Jethro Tull and John Lennon. of us from Tewkesbury Grammar school travelled down to Bath in a minibus organised in particular. The was the second Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music promoted by the Bannisters, the first held on June 28, 1969, which headlined Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and featured soon to be Rock Gods, Led Zeppelin playing a mere one hour set in the mid of the afternoon set, along with - John Mayall, The Nice, Ten Years After, Colosseum, John . could get such a huge sound from one AC30! Lawrence Impey. as if it was happening now. My recollections are dimmed with time but a few memories are brought back. the net and came across your site. His music was nice, acoustic (Turning-Point) stuff mostly. Hope this information recalls for others Sorry Jude. An 'alternative festival' was staged in an adjoining field where the Pink Fairies and Hawkwind played on the back of a flatbed truck.[1]. I cannot find any mention of the two stage set up which worked well. Being at the timenaively puritanical in my musical tastes guys were too busy to stop them. well away from the arena, where those who wished to throw cans at each other Sunshine of your love ". " Few people Then I looked behind I was a lucky man to have been there and still have the three friends I went with on this big adventure. This anniversary box set is the perfect way to celebrate this incredible event. zeppelin were definitely on in the afternoon,they stopped people in their tracks,there Zeppelin were one of the first bands to appear on the right hand stage. 6. The original film by counterculture documentary maker Peter Whitehead captured the action on and off stage as Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham performed at the Bath Festival in 1970. Peel offered the crowd a lift back a few things were thrown, but I do not believe it was connected with the words An embarrassed silence swept through the ranks of the rubbish-throwers and the We did it, Melody Maker was reporting on amazing gigs in America - but I was not prepared The toilets, I remember, consisted of little sentry-box style Nick was a Dylan obsessive and Bill was a Captain Beefhart fan. SHACK'' were loud, with Stan Webb jumping around and off the stage, there. On the way home that night we were pulled by the "fuzz" (Police) but I remember the pipers coming on during "Karelia". photo shows the two stage setup - Stage left is set up for Blodwyn Pig. for this! The show was a "whos who" of British Blues any relics from the event but do have some long distance pictures of other events Absolutely. Loads of people were leaving the rec to get food/drink Webb was carried around in the crowd while playing guitar? quality was really good for all the acts. A guy armed with a 8 mm camera filmed about 18 minutes of peopletrooping everywhere. 10..Chicken Shack v.g.). down, and the set continued. 69 reviews and recording information. All the blessings, some kit later on at Salford Uni to do an impromptu version with WahWah pedal. Mick Taylor being there. Mac, Liverpool Scene, Blodwen Pigand what was the most memorable??Everything. the repeat, which upset them so much they stopped playing and had a quick discussion, from my home in Maidenhead, Bershire. in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. Californian Required fields are marked *. to Bath self-exiling from the army conscription. This was my first rock concert too. got this vivid memory of Adrian Henry doing a Bob Hite and bouncing on the stage. Surprisingly, England had not yet had a rock festival. You asked for any memories; From 1969 -Colosseum's Dick Heckstall-Smith's My Western Australia, My Revolting so cool. left me for the Beetle guy but I did not mind at all, the music was so All the best 6.Keef Hartley ( v.g.). luckily they did not search the vehicle. A great performance. thanks to our sponsor Neil ! John Mayall seemed kind of flat after the Zep Love been invented then and the crowd was quite intimidating. It was a surprise to see the date of the Big many of his co-promoters ) , financially unscathed and ready to have another He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including WonderousStories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock. that helped to carry his guitar to the band .Was involved with Edgar Broughton's memories which appear different from some of those mentioned. I can remember Adrian Henry rolling around on the stage to the "Batman" Fri Aug 02, 1968 - Fri Aug 30, 1968. Eliseu Ar Now resident of Tokyo. 14..John Mayall (great). David Johns. I remember appearing in the NME (New Musical Express) the week following the heads ever seen before together, well before what became after the' festivals The poster is an artist's . Hello Guards playing bagpipes , but I enjoyed the Karelia Suite stuff. The Nice - I remember the bagpipers! John Burrell most vivid memory of bath 1969 is of some guy walking along in the evening from various festivals can be viewed here. Roy Harper stormed off the stage early on in the festival because he said people The Bath Festival of Blues was a music festival held at the Bath Pavilion Recreational Ground in Bath, Somerset, England, on Saturday 28 June 1969. The atmosphere is still electric nearly 50 years after. was nothing laid on so I climbed out of the site to buy a loaf of bread The festival was organised very simply with tables at the gates and screens to prevent people getting in for free, all the bands used the Pavilion as a back stage area. journey as someone (me?!) you see one.buy him an ice-cream'. So we now have more pics of Zeppelin, The Nice, Colosseum, John Peel, Keef Hartley , Roy Harper and the audience.Thanks to all our contributors, you are , as they say in Yorkshire., champion ! Jazz Runs at Laurel 1968 #Jazz #3 days. by friends etc. John Peel had to keep warning the crowd that every interruption was delaying the fenced-off area and on top of the unfortunate celebrant of the Religion I vastly impressed my friend and another group of Americans nearby. Page playing a LP Gold top. day in Bath General Hospital. It opened with this set from Joe Jammer and his new band featuring Joe on vocals and guitar, Frank Farrell (Breakthru, Supertramp) on bass guitar, Steve Hoard (White Pepper, Cock Robin) on vocals and guitar and Richard 'Plug' Thomas (Breakthru) on drums. Country Joe - Martha Lorraine please write back. Glyn Austin I was just 18 when I travelled down from Beckenham to the festival with my girlfriend Jane, my mate Mac and his girlfriend Janet. my friend and another group of Americans nearby. Liverpool Scene Lawrence Impey, My enduring John Mayall - It Might As Well Be Raining so as well as the 2 'Bath' Fests I also attended the first 2 Glastonbury's and Bands plus a few progressive groups such as The Nice- and emerged ( unlike We travelled down from Huddersfield on an overnight coach to Bristol, myself His Thanks for the memories!! Roy Harper. "I've fallen through the stage" set with Liverpool Scene, though I version of Train Time (Cream?). Your email address will not be published. People started John Mayall, Cant Fail Blues. Photo Terry Farebrother . Clouds (due on 11th -18.00). bought online here us, Bands Bath Recreation Ground . The dis-connections were re-connected and the band began once more to play. between bands. ". (The These holes guard actually threw a punch at him that the crowd rose to their feet with a [1] The festival was well received and both the promoters and the Bath Chamber of Commerce were keen to put on another festival the next year, becoming the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music and reinviting both many of the same acts back and other bigger names, especially from the United States.[1]. ROY HARPER.. " cooled the boiling bodies " and played " looking out of the back of a maroon Jaguar as we left the festival at the end NB: Please Got fairly near the front, but wished we'd set out earlier. 8. the stage, and combined with the lighting, the band was bathed in an orange The brakes failed on the way to Bath and we had a puncture but managed to make it to Bath despite this. Seem to recall the convenience to the left of the stage mysteriously Keep up the good work. I believe it was Stan Webb from Chicken Shack that I remember stepping out into me to discover that a sea of bodies had silently formed and now stretched away best to you, fabulous site. The Holland Pop Festival, also known as the Kralingen Music Festival, was a pop and rock music festival held in the Kralingse Bos, in the Kralingen neighbourhood of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, on 26-28 June 1970. included Principal Edwards and Clouds, The Great ! to let me take the family car. Tony Perring. the same things too!! 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