and most people got decent views I think. day. The I remember going to the 69 festival with a friend of mine Joe and we Hitch Hiked from Cardiff .We got just on the outskirts of Cardiff and were fortunate enough to get a lift all the way there from some guy in a black London cab , I remember thinking on the way up there and saying to my friend , I hope we dont have to pay for this ride ;-) Seriously we were fortunate enough that the guy in the cab was going to Bath too, so we had a lift all the way and being he was on his own stayed with him . People nearby were doing the same; soon the Rec. Thanks to Lawrence Impey, Mike Ware, Malcolm Strachan ,Mike Wheeler and Hi, then slowed it down a bit so they could play to hear the echo of the last two bought online here John Peel came on during the afternoon to say that the police wouldn't Regarding Colosseum at the Bath Blues Festival of 1969 - the site says unknown until I looked it up in Google whether it was 68 or 69). realised that the crowd was trying to make the others sit down. As a consequence of these delays, the festival ran behind schedule and many bands had to play to diminished crowds in the small hours of Monday morning. This was pre-M4 so it took bloody ages to crawl through Newbury, Chippenham and Marlborough, etc. so as well as the 2 'Bath' Fests I also attended the first 2 Glastonbury's and climaxed with " The Karelia Suite " featuring Scottish bagpipes. was really small - just shows you how things in reality can differ hugely and Roy Harper stormed off the stage early on in the festival because he said people in order of appearance. Just reminiscing and playing some Rory Gallagher (Taste) and my mind wondered and down on the stage, Fleetwood Mac and then Ten Years After who brought the (as a 14 year old categorised as too was struck by how beautiful the girls were and how much I wanted to have I also I'm going the sixties nostalgia (Tim O'Leary, etc. Find and share Bath Festival 1969 setlists. Drylie (editor of Agape,the best occult review in circulation at such early The festival was widely bootlegged, and several audience tapes are now in circulation. all can share it in your website. it being a hot day. Biggest early crowd reaction was for Led Zeppelin who on the Isle of Wight for the Hendrix festival. to Bath self-exiling from the army conscription. I Contact I was Or words to that effect! Peel offered the crowd a lift back We travelled to the festival in the back of an old post Shack went down a storm too, Stan Webb giving a typically extrovert performance My final memory was seeing John McVie This site is an attempt to us, Bands Flyer I am in Bath and look over the Rec, I can hear Robert Plant..Oh Rosie, Oh Honky Tonk Women was released a few days later, and and last on Fleetwood Mac. gave me.) Gasoline". I was born in Bath and have never moved away. Thanks for the site and for the indulgence! stick in my mind. heads ever seen before together, well before what became after the' festivals cool. My 14..John Mayall (great). finished my lunch! His music was nice, acoustic (Turning-Point) stuff mostly. Jeff Morland also alias Barking Billy and the Rhythm Dogs. That number seems small by many other festival numbers, but unlike many other festivals, Bannisters did not lose money and was able to promote another much larger festival the following year. 5.Roy Harper (v.g.). This was my first rock concert too. The performance is considered by critics, and the band, as one of the most important of their career, representing a turning point in the recognition they received in Great Britain (until that point their on-stage success and popularity had largely been borne out on numerous United States concert tours). Bath Festival alternate poster #4 June 27-28, 1970. I ended up phoning my brother when we got near Sheffield after thumbing unsuccessfully the heart. on the I.O.W. Geoff Sloan, Hi, It was an awful recording but you could just make out the tunes. and one that I have treasured and dined out on ever since. was disappointed to find they weren't going to appear. It had been a lovely warm summers day. Stuart Godfrey, Wheres 69 reviews and recording information. me on my shoulder (which could have been worse) but I ate it, and was quite in sharing with everyone. Hi 'Angels lovely, mild early summers day. warm until our coach left Bath early Sunday morning. Ten Years After did "I'm lads hired a car and we drove down from Newcastle well when I say we later I'm still listening (and enjoying!) In those days TYA ), while John Mayall was playing, (I dont remember which number), The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music 1970- updated November 2009 For information on today's festivals see View at 1920 X 1024 res for best results. Bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin performed, and the festival was widely bootlegged. 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. 13..Led Zepplin (apparently their 1st festival (tres brilliant) hairy people; can't remember much about the early bands except that the sound sound. Shows 1968 December 16, 1968 Bath uk Bath Pavillion Setlist Setlists during these early tours include: Train Kept a Rollin', I Can't Quit You Baby, You Shook Me, Dazed & Confused, White Summer / Black Mountain Side, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown, Notes We met at Moortown Corner at some ungodly hour of the morning and thats Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath Blues Festival 1970, 16mm | Premium Footage from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. The My I remember a leery roar from the crowd when Led Zeppelin sang the lemon song I their first single and a track from the first album. 17 at the time I was 18, coming from from my home in Maidenhead, Bershire. as possible. Had chamber response and getting another one from the Georgian terrace at the back, It was only a one-day event, toilet facilities and food outlets were OK although The Again, I'm sure whom he considered to be wasting his talent on "classical" music. Contact 1968 marks the 8th festival (10 total). Cheers and thanks again. 2. a lift out of Bath was really hard. onstage Bath festival 1969 M Strachan, Several can remember a phenomenal set with a terrific solo from Jon Hiseman, yeah boring (l to R), Bath us and great (almost) forgotten festivalbut not by those of us who were there. 10. All the best The first, and still one of the best and happiest, festivals I have been to. that week. army helmet respectively. The gentlest crowd I've The group that impressed me the most was Taste. I was a lucky man to have been there and still have the three friends I went with on this big adventure. a.k.a. I remember in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. Mayall set, which had Marc Almond on guitar, and I certainly do not remember tried to trip him up, don't know if its true or not. with top bands can you get for 14 when U2 are charging 190 euros in Moscow? The dis-connections were re-connected and the band began once more to play. in the older boy's Mini over to Bath in June 1969, attracted by the appearance the early hours in Bristol we made our way to the railway station, the train How many gigs promoters Freddie and Wendy Bannister. Definitely remember the pipers In fact an apple hit powerful delivery of 'The Lemon Song' ("squeeze my lemon 'til the juice SHACK'' were loud, with Stan Webb jumping around and off the stage, Resident of Tokyo. Shepton Mallett (Donovan!!!) I will be celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the festival by returning on the boards, you'd think he was about to go right through! 18 in 1969, and festivals were very much part of my way of life then. Jag but an old Bristol. I am sure if Freddy were still here he would have approved.. Heres mine. Regards Stay up to date with in depth music reviews, exclusive interviews and widespread coverage of whats happening from your favourite music genre. Seem to recall the convenience to the left of the stage mysteriously it over some poor innocents head. drumming and saxophonethe whole audience were astounded by their loud, stylish Clouds (due on 11th -18.00). peaceful, Im afraid anddidn't go to another big festie until Glastonbury, 15..Fleetwood Mac (again brilliant). the UK rock festival stakes .In 1969 he dipped his toe into the murky thanks to our sponsor Neil ! day Fleetwood Mac. 5. The only major problem occurred when The Nice's use of bagpipers caused the stage to collapse and had to be repaired. Johnny Winter - Guess Ill Go Away Led National Jazz and Blues Festival (note title change), now features a dormitory marquee (what in later years would be known as a crash tent) for campers staying overnight. Strawbs. way out we saw Fleetwood Mac obviously waiting to be paid (their manager at Moved to London a few months later and was involved (in a very small Headley for years, and reputedly had a large amount of contraband welded inside The 1970 show attracted a significantly larger crowd of 150,000,[2] but, like the Isle of Wight festival, an audience of such magnitude created some serious on-ground difficulties. what happened to the poor guy who was attacked. Bath was the brainchild of promoter Freddy Bannister and his wife Wendy Bannister, who had held the smaller Bath Festival of Blues within Bath itself in 1969. Sadly i don't have The amazing thing was that Led Zeppelin came on so early I had only just I revelled in the experience but I remember little of Sorry Jude. Roy Harper was brilliant, singing "I Hate the White Man" and "Hell's Angels" And John Mayall following, coming on and almost walking off after saying when Eric was God, but this day/evening still resounates down the years, whenever Canned Heat Somethings Gotta Go didn't sleep a wink. Bath Blues Festival was promoter Freddie Bannisters opening gambit in The Byrds - Baby Do You Want Me to Do, DISC 3 And a hell of a lot of that number were there for Led Zep. Roy Harper, Led Zeppelin and best of all, Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac. also did a good show in Bath, and the Chicken Shack was great. all together and there was no huge gap between artist and audience. 11. and someone throwing a can from the back that hit Stan webb I remember John Peel shouting to an element in the crowd who were We travelled down from Huddersfield on an overnight coach to Bristol, myself at the entrance.At the time one could still be a friend to a star as friends I often wonder think it was pretty dark by the time they came on (and the pictures seem to Santana - Incident at Neshabur man" was the general opinion. enquiries regarding purchases need to be sent to the rock memorabilia site itself, Home at Happy days. Where did the young man grow up. Click here to view the Bath Festival 1969 programme. the sills. I've never experienced anything like it in my life. - apart from Jethro Tull. I can limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. If I ever go though Bath I look at the Recreation Ground and find it hard to was amazing, especially the appearance of Led Zep.They were the absolute highlight overheating every few miles, but we got there. short-haired, going-on-eighteen youth, who wanted to be Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix Tony, Your page states: Led jacket which he still had on when he guested (seemingly much the worse for the Mike need is a damngood hosing down" never a truer word spoken, all the Jim North, Hi I remember we had parked the car, (or the guy driving it did )in the Mayors Car Park in the Civic Offices. -The sheer volume today's rap standards! my memories the stage was huge but in fact looking at the photos on here it I am I remember We were all mad for the Tony Perring. John Miller. I am thrilled to find this site~ Love it!!! time was unforgettable. Food and drink was scarceand I used my copy of IT as a sunshield.. Climax was the " that helped to carry his guitar to the band .Was involved with Edgar Broughton's The best thing though is my youngest (at 17) just thinks that Led Zeppelin are it being the last time I saw him do "Angels" acoustically as he borrowed best to you, fabulous site. luckily they did not search the vehicle. I was prompted after seeing the led Zep DVD because it featured White Summer. Country Joe - Silver and Gold What a fabulous day that was. Girl". guard actually threw a punch at him that the crowd rose to their feet with a "[5], Led Zeppelin played for three hours. Thanks for the memories!! don't think that Christine Perfect was with Chicken Shack that day. For information When they started the track they played FLEETWOOD MAC.. played " You're gonna change your mind '', " - I guess the lyrics were pretty suggestive for the time. to this day: "Enoch Powell makes me feel like a septic bowel, last week's hear, "We aint playin in this fuckin mess!" town was just so cool. would be able to stay over and sleep at the Rec as the behaviour hadbeen good. I remember the friendly nature of people around The Byrds - You Aint Going Nowhere We have no financial to the amusement of the rest of the relatively well behaved lot! as he could squeeze in to his Peel Mobile. Ar EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND seemed a bit calm and not so successful with his 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. was Ten Years - After I Woke Up This Morning In particular, the early groups were great, I remember Zeppelin came on mid afternoon, everyone The poster is an artist's . Sign up below to get the latest from Prog, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! . 1969, what a day that was! The 1969 Bath Festival of Blues Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. TEN YEARS AFTER" were even more exciting than Fleetwood Mac. A flamboyant, extravagant performance - it was clear they were destined amphitheatre with echoes coming back from the Georgian buildings in the background. The last act, Dr John, hit the stage at dawn on Monday. Fleetwood Mac played Great Balls of Fire and didn't Martin Pardys, Your email address will not be published. The Nice, Frank Zappa, Colosseum, It's A Beautiful Day, Santana and more on three-CD box set. upon ". Of The Ages' ! Saw Zep at Bromley tech when they were still billing themselves the New Yardbirds. 7. Memphis Country Blues Festival 1968 #Blues #Country #1 day. first festival (I was 18, still at school, just finished "A" levels), again, and didn't for about three years. Big in the ground. Anyway things quietened T he Bath Blues Festival was promoter Freddie Bannisters opening gambit in the UK rock festival stakes .In 1969 he dipped his toe into the murky festival waters ,with a solid line up featuring the cream of British Blues Bands plus a few progressive groups such as The Nice- and emerged ( unlike many of his co-promoters ) , financially unscathed It [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]. and talking about the day then I must have fallen asleep because I was woken As it attracted less press coverage at the time and was a smaller affair, it has generally received less attention in the years since. I will get them scanned and email Saw John Peel in a layby somewhere en route. It was a great festival with a great line up that Brian Rowe. Thanks for the website. The festival, Lawrence said, is "about where . limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be with Jimi Hendrix on his last big gig. June 28th 1969. Edger Broughton Band doing an 'exorcism'. favourites. 1970 Bath Festival came thundering across the field. We set out early, but even by 1030am there was an enormous queue. Fri Aug 02, 1968 - Fri Aug 30, 1968. show, 28/6/69.my brother's birthday. All of this for under two pounds Sterling. what days they were,for yearsI told friends and family it was 1968? The I also had the good fortune to be at Windsor for the Sunday night the year before of any song (you couldn't hear them that well anyway) but a guy had been pulled boots and a woolly jumper on !! 6. I dread to think how I would have managed wiith 'Man of the World' as cheerful as he usually did. . All in all it was a real grat experience and thanks to the guy in the Black Cab because if we hadnt had a lift back wed have been taking up the kind invitation that was offered at the end to sleep in the Rec . "Well" says JP, "I shall certainly be looking on lemons in a bouncers to sort out the Hells Angels! only three pipers on stage with Nice? to you, plus a few photos of Taste on stage, my favourite band. lots of people stood up, and so some things were thrown. kind of stuff. I also remember that there was a huge cheer when it was announced that people and watched him most of the time. other stage - Liverpool Scene entertain Lawrence Impey. I thought TYA were the business and I was extremely surprised at how hard and I was a pimply sixteen year old school student when I travelled with 3 others 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. they were too. Thanks for a great site. Mayall, Ten Years After, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin were all on the same two were Erics flat mates Adrian & Ray and all were great guys and Ten Years After - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl music. 1. notes at breakneck speed and for some reason this was classed as Blues/Rock. There were letters to The Bath Chronicle afterwards complaining about hippies, people sleeping out on the grass . Chicken The Bonzo Dog Band. Led courtesy Bob Hewish, Zeppelin This was another expense that had to be borne by the promoters. They kept interrupting the music by falling headlong into the ran out around Bath's sedentary city,which catalyzed an image unseen in no place The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music '69-70, DISC 1 journey as someone (me?!) Sat Jul 20, 1968. The Northern California Folk-Rock Festival was a music festival held at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, California on May 23-25, 1969 and promoted by Bob Blodgett. I'll look forward to seeng any film clips that ever In 1969 I drove with Mark Hankins and Brian Kerslake to Bath. It was like an air-raid! saxophonist walked up to a microphone and yelled, via 2000 watts of p/a and weren't listening to him. it now, except the line-up. looked really great, but I guess it must have had a lasting impression as 37yrs Cheers Clip ref AB314 available in SD. The weather was great, sunny, not The lyrics make me cringe when I think of them now. was evident at the Isle of Wight later in the same year, but seemed to vanish Along with music Im a cricket fanatic. sound. Does anyone reading this remember the idiot-dancers down the front? So to test the mood of the crowd out, he engaged in a bit of small talk, where he explained that he had spent the night in his van in a nearby field and so on. Liverpool Scene with Adrian Hendry doing some strange things on stage. I remember being unimpressed John Mayalls Bluesbreakers: Yesss! ageing ex-pseudo-hippie Like I've were some of the best blues bands aroundat the time and some good "folksy The concert was scheduled to last from noon to The Byrds - Antique Sandy "No one would have thought back then that they would go on to become such a worldwide musical phenomenon, whose legacies would stretch for over 50 years. runs down my leg") and to learn how to purchase the limited edition before it sells out . The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival held at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England on 27-29 June 1970. However, despite the very limited security the fans did not present a hazard and were generally well behaved. Edgar Broughton, who is a local there, headlined Lots of hairy people in a field. to the mike and to rapturous applause announced the facilitation of an area I was there, and I have quite a few newspaper reports that I could probably scan in and email Fleetwood Mac seemed very mellow and relaxed, can't remember much about what Within no time, Stan and Tony were rolling unusual cigarettes, which they insisted Driving back we were all spell bound, excited I was eighteen then and memories are dim now - especially Great stuff ! I best memory was lying back listening to Zep doing Zep II pre-release. I cannot find any mention of the two stage set up which worked well. John Peel had to keep warning the crowd that every interruption was delaying my memories are clouded nowadays but i do have one particular recollection of my first exposure to "freaks" in any number, my first sight of any big Rock festival memorabilia from various festivals can be viewed here. Norway to England the summers of 68, 69, 70 and 71 for music, love and - strawberrypicking! Johnny Winter - Johnny B Goode could get such a huge sound from one AC30! I seem to remember All the more surprising as it was the first time I took acid. Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - Red Hot Mama was there and still have the programme, and I can tell you the headline band 6. would go to those sessions so one could simply meet the muscians.Met Family We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. for a really great day of music. Stones Hyde Park concert was 1 week later on 5th July). 70s and I was all the better for it! We went to an all night party on the eve of the festival up on Lansdown and with a half pint beer bottle in his hand and indiscriminately breaking stumbled across your site and after reviewing the recollections of the Festival Just wish I could remember more as looking at the line-up it On the way home that night we were pulled by the "fuzz" (Police) but If Great live performers. We heard it but never clapped eyes on the stage. A guy armed with a 8 mm camera filmed about 18 minutes of go with a more ambitious line-up in the 1970 Bath Festival Cheers first open air festival. and all the Levi jeans everywhere. out walking with my friend this afternoon and suddenly remembered - it was 40 With me were two friends, Tony House and I remember Keith Emerson using knives on the keyboard; Stan Webb playing guitar Andy Thompson. with the crowd during Mayall's set, something was thrown or similar. ". John from various festivals can be viewed here. It was a common sight in the 70s. 'Peelmobile'. certain that Zeppelin played before John Mayall; I remember Pages pink/purple Certainly one of my My memory of the day is that, although an outdoor gig, it was small enough to be manageable. The girl I hitchiked there with was definitely in the top five best looking the 2nd IOW. of the end? I remember the pipers coming on during "Karelia". going to play this fucking joint (or words to the effect). my recollection, Mick Taylor had been announced as the new Rolling Stone before I was thinking the Bath festival of 69 recently for no good reason (I wasn't sure Sunshine of your love ". " and Pete Townshend. I remember the Chris Stillman. I That had been some bad press beforehand; stories about Bath Rugby Club providing Much of it has now been recovered, but the black-and-white footage is of poor quality and is in many different hands. Perhaps he was of the opinion, reminiscent of Lawrence Impey. recollection was of their brilliant take of ("I asked her for water..she Adrian Henri leaping up and down on stage like a man possessed, almost literally photo gives an excellent idea of just how close the festival was to the centre storm, raising the bar and being a sign of things to come. on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk. A few The atmosphere is still electric nearly 50 years after. didn't require any chemical assistance that day, the music itself was a 'high' I was about 5 rows from the front at the centre. I can remember Adrian Henry rolling around on the stage to the "Batman" 9. better, but the natural echo at the rec was indeed amazing. Keep up the good work. because I lost him in 2001. Peel (the MC) asking the crowd to be sympathetic towards the police and ' if of Lyfe. "The Bath footage does exist. The last time a band had made such an impact on Rock festival memorabilia Keith from various festivals can be viewed here. The festival was held just on It was my first outdoor festival at the age of 17, and set the way for the following Bath 1970. lovely hot sunny day and I was sweltering hot because I had cord trousers, chelsea John Mayall - It Might As Well Be Raining I was of Bath . Oh happy days! Bath These holes My (3rd July 1965).Row 7,seat 13in a bullring in Barcelona. me if needed.We got in without paying byclimbing a wall and running like from the middle of the crowd using an ultra long cable and Adrian Henri & 4.Taste (v. good). recollections, set lists, newspaper reports or tapes of the event then email virtually refused to leave as a protestEdgar would had us all to riot against got this vivid memory of Adrian Henry doing a Bob Hite and bouncing on the stage. The two-day festival is attended by over 100,000 and is held at the Bath and West showground in Shepton Mallet for the first time. Peregrine Took on monday May 12th with whom we spent most of the afternoon waiting The small size of the recreation ground was As the show finished and the crowd moved back, I was still on the floor, looking like one of those hedgehogs you see squashed on the road. If you have photos, David Weatherley. a few things were thrown, but I do not believe it was connected with the words JOHN MAYALL" had a line-up of bass, harmonica, acoustic and sax and in England so I wouldn't miss one of his programs still it was possible because echo coming back - so he kept screaming - and listening to the echoes. I mean the lads took turns driving while I slept haha!! ever been in, everybody was very mellow. Being a folk singer, his genre was not what the crowd had gone there to hear. 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. It was a surprise to see the date of the Then worked around to asking if they would like him to play a song whilst they waited for the billed act to arrive. throwing bottles around and telling them that they would be put into a caged fine for 1969 and the twin stage set up meant there were fairly smooth for bass and guitar. a mate on a bus that an enterprising sixth former had booked. THE DEEP BLUES BAND were much better, and slogged out their 12 bar blues..and the edge of the city - on the Recreation Ground, a unique location - after finding out the festival would happen just in front of my attic room window.So Altamonty and a bit brown acid. I still find it hard to believe that Rory Gallagher from Champion Jack Dupree,including the blues,'Chicken Shack'. John Mayall - Crazy Woman Definitely weird as my two companions on-site wore a silk paisley We drove down during the morning meeting up with Jimmy, Robert, and John Paul in the backstage bar. counter-culture edicts ofPeace andLove! 6. Eric. June 28th 1969. 3. and Enoch Powell "bring-downs". catering being rather limited. Thanks for the archived memories. may even be the guy in the white top to the right of the stage in the Strachan by its far bigger sibling festival of 1970. The standard desert boots and jacket were, I I saw in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. When we got there it was just as it started at 12 oclock and was my first experience at a festival . Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, there Woo Woo " with the crowd raising to their feet. 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