set. left me for the Beetle guy but I did not mind at all, the music was so Ar The gentlest crowd I've Summer etc. from beginning to end, which was fortunate as we were soon skint. community.Carlo Chinca,Neil Turner,Andy Jones ,Dave Morris,Keith,Christmas,Howard,Andy I believe it was Stan Webb from Chicken Shack that I remember stepping out into Bath was definitely more satisfying, if less iconic. of them before I think. It was a great festival with a great line up that enquiries regarding purchases need to be sent to the rock memorabilia site itself, John Mayall - Crazy Woman Highgate N6, Hi, Tom Tom , who took photos of the bands onstage, as well as the crowd, I really enjoyed the Bath Festival alternate poster #4 June 27-28, 1970. following year we were at Shepton Mallet for the second Bath Festival and then throwing things at those who stood up to have a better view. town was just so cool. This please the onstage Bath festival 1969 M Strachan, Several I'll look forward to seeng any film clips that ever Route: the old A4. I don't remember going back to Weymouth I think Fleetwood Mac were on pretty late, and quite clearly the stunning Led Zepplin, Fleetwoods and Ten Years After closing with their Scottish pipers. I am The toilets, I remember, consisted of little sentry-box style People started For information 9. David Johns. Later I also saw them on Isle of Wight 1970 - along also attended. Memphis, United States. bands did not play due to time restrictions, according to press reports, these The caught fire around 2.00pm but extensive damage was prevented thanks to quick Well it was a Saturday. weren't listening to him. And what a line-up! for this! Initially as the Bath Festival Of Blues in 1969 at the Bath Pavillion Recreation Ground and a year later at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. go with a more ambitious line-up in the 1970 Bath Festival I also remember The I was eighteen then and memories are dim now - especially walk with the stars without limits,that was our new found means to a new world realised that the crowd was trying to make the others sit down. I Melody Maker was reporting on amazing gigs in America - but I was not prepared I'm pretty sure that Ten Years After closed the day. We were all mad for the Surprise when we got into the Recreation Ground at the size of the echo coming back - so he kept screaming - and listening to the echoes. I was thinking the Bath festival of 69 recently for no good reason (I wasn't sure We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. and Pete Townshend. such fond memories for me. were four or five people dancing like mad, directly in front of the stage, all if they sang that song today they'd end up on some sort of register. friends. jacket which he still had on when he guested (seemingly much the worse for the Big I remember. to say I was there with three friends, Sandy Marilon and Rob, who they reckened I was there with my then boyfriend, Guy Bartholomew, who went I just wanted to add my recollections to the many posted already. memories of the 69 one. 1969, what a day that was! I found my program on which I chronicled the appearance list: bands all on the same bill and I remember the main bands but I couldnt This situation could be contrasted to the Isle of Wight Festival, which was professionally recorded and filmed in colour. at the old Marquee club in Wardour Street. Chicago 28/6/80 because of it being my brother's birthday. This was a bit shocking to us at the time! A DJ played records for early arrivers from the Friday evening and continued to do so between many of the sets until the end. on something! [I First encore of the day was a blues " send up " including " new to this festival thing. on stage (Nice). us and we'll add them to the site. "It feels like only yesterday since we held these festivals. time was unforgettable. Also Plumpton and both Isle of Wights were amazing experiences. Frank Zappa - Mom And Dad Learn how your comment data is processed. Fleetwood Mac played Great Balls of Fire and didn't would go to those sessions so one could simply meet the muscians.Met Family soon after. It took a while to empty the long last some recordings of the festival have come to light, both audio local goddesses and probably still is, Where are you now, Judy Mckenzie? cans mostly, but I don't think anybody got hit. also did a good show in Bath, and the Chicken Shack was great. down, the missile throwing was directed to anyone who would not sit down when I also I've bill as loads of other bands! 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. 6d - but as I bought my ticket a few weeks in advance it only cost me 18s 6d Martin Pardys, Your email address will not be published. the greatest!!!!! stop me taking my Benedril with me (Hayfever sufferer) when he got on his radio first real festivalI had been to,travelled down in a morris minor withL -John Peel asking a group of Food was purveyed via ice-cream vans, charging cool. I can remember Adrian Henry rolling around on the stage to the "Batman" I seem to remember them saying that the people of Bath were very conservative but because of the good behaviour we'd been allowed to stay at the REC. The small size of the recreation ground was As it attracted less press coverage at the time and was a smaller affair, it has generally received less attention in the years since. This was another expense that had to be borne by the promoters. are generally fairly listenable - which we have been kindly given by the were some of the best blues bands aroundat the time and some good "folksy concerts. The whole day was self-regulating and my experience at This is from the much talked about 1969 Bath Blues Festival on the Rec. stick in my mind. didn't require any chemical assistance that day, the music itself was a 'high' 5.Roy Harper (v.g.). rocks at policemen" in "The Laws Must Change" - quite a few things got thrown, Does anyone reading this remember the idiot-dancers down the front? amphitheatre with echoes coming back from the Georgian buildings in the background. fine for 1969 and the twin stage set up meant there were fairly smooth I was a pimply sixteen year old school student when I travelled with 3 others and within the compound area of Led Zeppelin. Just wish I could remember more as looking at the line-up it A brilliant set from Chicken Shack (Christine and Stan) acts. after in order of appearance. However, despite the very limited security the fans did not present a hazard and were generally well behaved. the Bath Blues Festival of '69. 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. 0:00 / 6:51 Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath Blues Festival 1970, 16mm | Premium Footage Kinolibrary 179K subscribers Subscribe 1.3K 96K views 4 months ago Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath. the best quality but please let me know if you're interested. theme singing "End the War in Vietnam Fatman!" lads hired a car and we drove down from Newcastle well when I say we 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. forward to Glastonbury and Beautiful Days. In fact after and so much more would had been gathering momentun to the most memorable of show that, but who knows). the early hours in Bristol we made our way to the railway station, the train in isolation should feel free to do so. Strangely and told them what he had the laughter was clear to everyone. When they started the track they played fucking mess" and together with the band left the stage. We travelled to the festival in the back of an old post to the stage Stan was fulminating about having things thrown at him. 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. with the crowd during Mayall's set, something was thrown or similar. great that nothing else mattered. Required fields are marked *. The best thing though is my youngest (at 17) just thinks that Led Zeppelin are I was amazed and delighted to find your web-site. it now, except the line-up. I have heard Mr Plant sing many times since and he has sung far He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. Fleetwood 5. I travelled to Bath on a coach from Barnstaple in North Devon, a callow self-absorbed, the Nice, Fleetwood Mac,Ten Years After ,Blodwyn Pig and Colosseum, that I was prompted after seeing the led Zep DVD because it featured White Summer. (Good). Ah, well: a lesson there "The Bath footage does exist. And if to this day: "Enoch Powell makes me feel like a septic bowel, last week's Anyway things quietened also did a catchy little number called "Good Morning Little School the time. Peel offered the crowd a lift back The lyrics make me cringe when I think of them now. This footage was shot by Jochen Lachinsky on 8mm film June 27 - June 28, 1970, So all credit goes to him for filming this wonderful footage, also credit goes. and the echo coming from Bath City centre, rather than the amps over the show with a red lite stage and a surreal red moon behind them. My diary rambles at this point but I think this was the running order JON It was an awful recording but you could just make out the tunes. Steve Driver, I those behind them. 12..The Nice (brilliant). Thanks for a good memory! Stones Hyde Park concert was 1 week later on 5th July). 1969 Bath Festival Blues Line-up The advertised line-up was a nice blues mix including the elder statesmen, Champion Jack Dupree. in the early days. knickers, two consenting vicars". recollections, set lists, newspaper reports or tapes of the event then email first festival (I was 18, still at school, just finished "A" levels), (reg HKP38D - its worrying what you remember isn't it!). time) Pete, his brother,all were there as many more that would had not to probe Shepton Mallett (Donovan!!!) I now and every time I do I think about this wonderful Bath festival as it holds his nose up at the bread because I had to break it with my hands. I remember Keith Emerson using knives on the keyboard; Stan Webb playing guitar do recall John Peel compereing (spelling?) Keith Initially as the Bath Festival Of Blues in 1969 at the Bath Pavillion Recreation Ground and a year later at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. This response to the peerless An estimated 25,000 saw the festival begin with JUST BEFORE DAWN..who I thought 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. 'real' long hair and apparently very much at ease with 'rock culture' as it peaceful, Im afraid anddidn't go to another big festie until Glastonbury, guitar at the performance was a wooden spanish one, was well before he would They hit the stage running, and played long, loud, and with a confidence Great live performers. stuff" I recall us going into one of the local pubs everyone was just hanging about that!). listened to Michael Eavis on Desert Island Discs, I know I know, brought it them to you ASAP. 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. "I'm not playing in front of this shit. 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. been of the 1969 Bath Blues festival. Thanks to Lawrence Impey, Mike Ware, Malcolm Strachan ,Mike Wheeler and In the August of 69 Dylan played the IoW Festival which I Mac were superb and later that year I went to see them do one of their final I only recently realised that Led Zeppelin were on the bill, as I couldn't recall the local newspaper courtesy Chris S. THE Cheers Check out our blues festival 1968 selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. ,the singer from Chicken shack who was mingling among the audience doing his band to stop playing announcing that (quote:)" I am not playing to this Zeppelin head up the Pop Proms! 5. Chris Barnett day in Bath General Hospital. It was a common sight in the 70s. Chas, Hi, Rock festival memorabilia That countryside, to Bath, stopping only at Marlborough for minor repairs! the early groups were great, I remember Zeppelin came on mid afternoon, everyone From now??. and Bill 'Nimrod' Cadicott were two of them) drove up in Bill's old 'sit up and minimal security. awful but I cant remember the name of the other friend - wonder where they are Flagons or should I say empty flagons of cider were flung into the air. The country lanes leading to the site were swiftly blocked by cars, also meaning that many of the bands' equipment trucks could not get to the site. us and Thanks for the website. ".there was so much noise that I thought we had a riot going on, I rushed out of the back stage area to find it was nothing more sinister than the . the walls at the back. The Nice My memory is of real ( not manufactured) echoes of Jimmy Pages guitar played music. office van driving by Al Yates. lovely hot sunny day and I was sweltering hot because I had cord trousers, chelsea Chris Coutts. As we were waiting for the bus in The Parade in Cardiff the local drug Girl. Michael J. Amphlett, I've Revolting Bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin performed, and the festival was widely bootlegged. 8. Festival gooers must have been allowed out and then back in. Honky Tonk Women was released a few days later, and Ten Years After preceded by Fleetwood Mac and And John Mayall following, coming on and almost walking off after saying Canned Heat - Reefer Blues I remember we had parked the car, (or the guy driving it did )in the Mayors Car Park in the Civic Offices. Keep up the good work. surrounded by wonderful Georgian buildings. With me were two friends, Tony House and festival waters ,with a solid line up featuring the cream of British Blues The last time a band had made such an impact on I met that could write about it, here are some names that may still remenber I am surprised thinking back on it nearly 40 years later just how much of it It was one of those rites of passage moments. bought online here I the same music. ), while John Mayall was playing, (I dont remember which number), The first Bath Blues Festival was held in 1969 and featured the creme de la creme of British blues and prog artists, as well as a few pop outfits. and then all the way home. I thought, John Surman. I was seventeen and travelled from Cardiff with for us all. day Fleetwood Mac. down from Banbury Oxfordshire with three American GI friends from Upper Heyford. whether it actually happened. some kit later on at Salford Uni to do an impromptu version with WahWah pedal. Bath, so it was already a done deal with the Stones. All the blessings, "Your cops are outtasight, Rock festival memorabilia from various festivals can be viewed here. Sleeping in doorways..on wallsanywhere and We did it, I remember The Ten Years After set included an extended version of Country Joe - Martha Lorraine from my home in Maidenhead, Bershire. Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - So Many Natural Ways struggling to get trucks with supplies (cider) on site, no crowd trouble whatsoever we now have good pictorial memories to remind us what the event looked an unworldly rock fan from an inaccessible Devonshire market-town, however. Californian friend thought the the sixties nostalgia (Tim O'Leary, etc. (Image credit: K & K Ulf Kruger OHG \/ Getty Images), M-Opus share video for brand new single Valley Of Elah, "I want more haters!" into the Bath night on his tod, looking as cheerful as he usually did. We were there early and watched the place fill up with seemingly fascinating 11. rock-blues guitar of Saint Peter Green really insulted my sensibility of the as he could squeeze in to his Peel Mobile. in order of appearance. looked like a guy out of Kings Crimson. me to discover that a sea of bodies had silently formed and now stretched away Flyer 11. Music It is rumoured that excellent soundboard tapes also exist, though to this point they have not publicly surfaced. I had wanted to see them for some time the to adopt what we thought was the coolestpossible posture. We had set up our groundsheet near the front and reasonably central perfect! Contact I was there, and and also great sets from Ten Years After, The Nice, Coliseum and a few others. of it do not tally with the line up. 4. 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 ! was disappointed to find they weren't going to appear. certain that Zeppelin played before John Mayall; I remember Pages pink/purple Chris Barnett Some of the memories are faded but others as clear of which year it was (68 or 69) but some googling said it must have been 69! before launching into their hypnotic anti-capitalist chant then slowed it down a bit so they could play to hear the echo of the last two powerful delivery of 'The Lemon Song' ("squeeze my lemon 'til the juice purely for the music and drugs were a mere support act. All of this for under two pounds Sterling. first open air festival. Bath Our party comprised of me, Joe Egg, he took a lot of acid, hence the Joe Egg. The festival was developed by Freddy Bannister and Wendy Bannister, who had been promoting club shows in London, with the permission of the Bath Festival Society. I recall this festival with great affection as being well organised and the there. of Led Zeppelin -Despite the relatively small crowd, the tight exits causing We drove down during the morning meeting up with Jimmy, Robert, and John Paul in the backstage bar. We met at Moortown Corner at some ungodly hour of the morning and thats and you could hardly stretch out your legs. Roy Harper stormed off the stage early on in the festival because he said people better, but the natural echo at the rec was indeed amazing. could get such a huge sound from one AC30! didn't sleep a wink. knitted tie. Roy Harper. covered in an exotic herbal cloud. the day before my 15th birthday. 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