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« Reply #20 on: May 27, 2008, 12:24:01 PM » |
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« Reply #22 on: May 28, 2008, 06:08:43 PM » |
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Must be one of the first festival appearances. Rather interesting Sunday.
I wouldn´t get there* until two years later to watch Fotheringay start off things, midday in heat and blazing sun on Plumpton racecourse!
*National Jazz (Pop, Ballads) & Blues Festival
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« Reply #23 on: May 29, 2008, 11:47:13 AM » |
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That NJF clipping reminds me of a story doing the rounds back then that the PA there was so powerful that when The Nice hit the opening chords of "America", the pressure generated by the main speaker stacks blew a roadie off the front of the stage. Probably apocryphal, but you never know...
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« Reply #24 on: May 29, 2008, 11:49:11 AM » |
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This thread is reminding of how much I kick myself for throwing things like concert ticket stubs and old programmes away
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« Reply #25 on: May 29, 2008, 12:01:46 PM » |
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This thread is reminding of how much I kick myself for throwing things like concert ticket stubs and old programmes away
Indeed, JBM has (or had, must ask him if he still has it) a scrap book bursting with ticket stubs, the first being Deep Purple at the DeMontfort Hall in 1971, 30p IIRC. I also had dozens of wrist bands and ticket stubs going back to the early eighties, unfortunately I parted company from them in a hasty exit from a relationship  |
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« Reply #26 on: May 29, 2008, 12:08:03 PM » |
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Funny you should that Goaty, most of my memorablia went when my marriage ended. |
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« Reply #27 on: May 29, 2008, 12:50:24 PM » |
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Never thrown one away yet.
My first stub is Genesis April 1975 Colston Hall Bristiol.
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« Reply #28 on: May 29, 2008, 01:20:59 PM » |
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I must thank my parents for having a large attic in their house. When I finally fetched all my old stuff in the 80´s,it survived in my own house and a 2nd marriage. But to some extent it´s genetic. My father was a squirrel* too!  * a swedish expression to label a person who saves most things that come in their way. "It might come in handy". |
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« Reply #29 on: May 29, 2008, 01:23:11 PM » |
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That NJF clipping reminds me of a story doing the rounds back then that the PA there was so powerful that when The Nice hit the opening chords of "America", the pressure generated by the main speaker stacks blew a roadie off the front of the stage. Probably apocryphal, but you never know...
Indeed, a true story. I believe the victim was Charlie Watkins head of WEM amplifiers who were doing the pa. |
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« Reply #30 on: May 29, 2008, 02:28:22 PM » |
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That NJF clipping reminds me of a story doing the rounds back then that the PA there was so powerful that when The Nice hit the opening chords of "America", the pressure generated by the main speaker stacks blew a roadie off the front of the stage. Probably apocryphal, but you never know...
Indeed, a true story. I believe the victim was Charlie Watkins head of WEM amplifiers who were doing the pa. I'm having trouble finding a source for this. One would think this story would appear amid the many stories found in the history page on the Charlie Watkins website, but no mention is made of this. Is the source that convinced you of the story's veracity available on the web? |
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« Reply #31 on: May 29, 2008, 03:50:57 PM » |
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That NJF clipping reminds me of a story doing the rounds back then that the PA there was so powerful that when The Nice hit the opening chords of "America", the pressure generated by the main speaker stacks blew a roadie off the front of the stage. Probably apocryphal, but you never know...
Indeed, a true story. I believe the victim was Charlie Watkins head of WEM amplifiers who were doing the pa. I'm having trouble finding a source for this. One would think this story would appear amid the many stories found in the history page on the Charlie Watkins website, but no mention is made of this. Is the source that convinced you of the story's veracity available on the web? Couldn't say. I'm relying on own (admittedly fallible) memory. I seem to remember it appearing in either Melody Maker or NME, at the time, along with the unpleasantness (seating or barriers collapsing) that occurred during the Arthur Brown set. The details you mention all accord with my own recollection; same festival, band & song. I stand to be corrected as the tale may yet prove to be a (sub)urban myth. |
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« Reply #32 on: May 30, 2008, 08:48:40 AM » |
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A minor classic. Melody Maker, March 1, 1969
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« Reply #33 on: May 31, 2008, 09:27:42 PM » |
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« Reply #34 on: June 02, 2008, 04:04:53 PM » |
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Interesting to see that these flyers advertise "The Fairport Convention". Was the "The" ever really part of their name - it's not even on the first CD?
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« Reply #35 on: June 02, 2008, 04:09:13 PM » |
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Interesting to see that these flyers advertise "The Fairport Convention". Was the "The" ever really part of their name - it's not even on the first CD?
Not as far as I remember! I think promoters/clubs were so used bands having 'The' in front of their names, they just assumed there was one...  |
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« Reply #36 on: June 02, 2008, 04:23:03 PM » |
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Remember watching programmes about the music scene of THE late sixties and have seen acts including The Led Zeppelin, The Pink Floyd etc...
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« Reply #37 on: June 02, 2008, 05:25:41 PM » |
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Remember watching programmes about the music scene of THE late sixties and have seen acts including The Led Zeppelin, The Pink Floyd etc...
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« Reply #38 on: June 02, 2008, 05:36:38 PM » |
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Even as late as the 80s I remember George Michael's ensemble being introduced as "The Wham!"
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« Reply #39 on: June 02, 2008, 05:38:13 PM » |
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Interesting to see that these flyers advertise "The Fairport Convention". Was the "The" ever really part of their name - it's not even on the first CD?
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