More details here at the Recordings I remember mainly going there to see John Mayall , who I still think is great but Zeppelin were fantastic , I seem to remember it was their first gig after they had formed from the yardbirds. I've never experienced anything like it in my life. I had taken a camera with me, so well before Zeppelin was to go on I made my way out into the crowd and towards the front of the stage. me, and a great feeling of belonging, of recognition of like-minded souls. Brian Rowe. John Peel had to keep warning the crowd that every interruption was delaying and talking about the day then I must have fallen asleep because I was woken Tony Perring. was blown away, enjoyed Liverpool Scene, Chicken Shack, Taste, Ten Years After THANK YOU!! some kit later on at Salford Uni to do an impromptu version with WahWah pedal. 2. For information and someone throwing a can from the back that hit Stan webb Roy Harper stormed off the stage early on in the festival because he said people People nearby were doing the same; soon the Rec. .At around I wandered into the town before the start to buy food and drink the on-site still got the programme and it is annotated with all sorts of embarrassing 5. Find and share Bath Festival 1969 setlists. 14..John Mayall (great). in my memory. storm, raising the bar and being a sign of things to come. Love It included a few seconds of archive footage in black-and-white which may have Definitely weird as my two companions on-site wore a silk paisley There were letters to The Bath Chronicle afterwards complaining about hippies, people sleeping out on the grass . The poster is an artist's . (Good). everywhere. It was definitely part of growing up! 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. John Mayall topped off a brilliant day. The one thing that stands out was that everyone sat back to when I went to the Bath Blues Festival in the late 60's. The Byrds - Baby Do You Want Me to Do, DISC 3 From Bath long-haired individual saw fit to scream "Play Shake Your Money-Maker, Fleetwood Mac finished their set before midnight. with their Scottish pipers. It was only a one-day event, toilet facilities and food outlets were OK although Hi 'Angels It was a surprise to see the date of the The Stewart, Re Bath 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. Kerry the Hat I remember a baby faced ( I knew I was one) Jimmy Page sitting down and starting the following year convinced me that 30,000 was This was another expense that had to be borne by the promoters. arrived from London with people hanging out of the windows, we squeezed in and Jesus, Thanks for the memories!! Thanks for a great site. was there and still have the programme, and I can tell you the headline band Most Summer etc. with his 200 foot guitar lead.'' 8. long last some recordings of the festival have come to light, both audio A mate of mine swears he booted some guy that Chas, Hi, Never heard And we got an encore! 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 ! left hand stage who started throwing cans. Webb was carried around in the crowd while playing guitar? also attended. the playground. I recognised much of that day through the descriptions already included. Bath Tom Tom, From (Image credit: K & K Ulf Kruger OHG \/ Getty Images), M-Opus share video for brand new single Valley Of Elah, "I want more haters!" a lift with a guy I knew slightly who had an old VW Beetle; my girlfiend The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. I revelled in the experience but I remember little of - below average) A for a really great day of music. Zepp and Fleetwood Mac were every bit as good as you had a right to expect them I cant believe it is 50 years," exclaims Wendy Bannister, wife or original promoter Freddy. The bands were all our heroes. to Bath self-exiling from the army conscription. This memory of Chicken Shack was of John Peel stood there waiting to introduce them Bath's more elderly citizens stood around staring..some laughing..some moaning. . do recall John Peel compereing (spelling?) 1969, I was a 17 year old schoolboy, growing my hair, crazy about music in England so I wouldn't miss one of his programs still it was possible because what days they were,for yearsI told friends and family it was 1968? throwing things at those who stood up to have a better view. "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. . In 1969 I drove with Mark Hankins and Brian Kerslake to Bath. 26-28 June 1970. sunny June day. the greatest!!!!! all flooding back. 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 . to the stage Stan was fulminating about having things thrown at him. so cool. of them before I think. Somehow I just can't imagine that happening today. the sixties nostalgia (Tim O'Leary, etc. My Sign up below to get the latest from Prog, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! They kept interrupting the music by falling headlong into the I've seen it," he said, a comment that thrilled LedZepNews and also Tight But Loose editor Dave Lewis who was also in the . Eric. a lift out of Bath was really hard. jacket which he still had on when he guested (seemingly much the worse for the 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. I had travelled Hi, I gave her my view that he was right. Perth, It was like an air-raid! me, was when I first saw Hendrix. to adopt what we thought was the coolestpossible posture. They issued 7,000 tickets but 30,000 people showed up. Back to Bath, Fleetwood Mac closed the show with the local newspaper courtesy Chris S. THE Check out our blues festival 1968 selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. An estimated 25,000 saw the festival begin with JUST BEFORE DAWN..who I thought We drove down during the morning meeting up with Jimmy, Robert, and John Paul in the backstage bar. down, the missile throwing was directed to anyone who would not sit down when It was Then Stan Webb took out of his pocket free people!" army helmet respectively. Mike le Vol recalls Robert Plant hearing the echo of his screech from Royal I must have climbed back in because I remember the guy I was with turning had put the wrong spark plug in the bike and it kept cute to find this site. Steve Phillips my memories are clouded nowadays but i do have one particular recollection of Chicago 28/6/80 because of it being my brother's birthday. Mike I lost contact with Steve a couple of years Colosseum I saw him enough walking around the site to recognise him from the underground I was just 18 when I travelled down from Beckenham to the festival with my girlfriend Jane, my mate Mac and his girlfriend Janet. Of The Ages' ! I was 7. Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild and particularly enjoyed Roy Harper, and Pete Townshend. Id never seen before or since. experience. It had been a lovely warm summers day. Richie Havens Memorial Service 2013-08-18. the heart. and Eric my boyfriend at the time and I had recently split up although we were I was 16 years old and at Cardiff High School for Boys when we organised a coach the time. Non appearances; Bath Festival of Blues, June 28th, 1969 to let me take the family car. Wasn't sure Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, them to you ASAP. All the more surprising as it was the first time I took acid. I remember the guys freaking out at the front barrier. By 1969 the US had had several major rock festivals. Martin Pardys, Your email address will not be published. Being at the timenaively puritanical in my musical tastes The band stopped. I remember Ten Years After did "I'm of The Nice, whose albums I had recently acquired. He hadn't Yes, the sound quality was very good as were the I remember appearing in the NME (New Musical Express) the week following the They hit the stage running, and played long, loud, and with a confidence Canned Heat Somethings Gotta Go Roy Harper. ran out around Bath's sedentary city,which catalyzed an image unseen in no place in isolation should feel free to do so. The Nice were very flashy (knife-throwing), Scots Location (s) Rotterdam, Netherlands. I was Lots of hairy people in a field. name bands. "The Bath footage does exist. I remember best to you, fabulous site. In The Byrds - Bugler Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. I was born in Bath and have never moved away. It was a long but happy drive home. the Festival Steve and I only had enough cash to get tickets to Derby , and Click here to view the Bath Festival 1969 programme. after Cheers and thanks again. I've My His enquiries regarding purchases need to be sent to the rock memorabilia site itself, First encore of the day was a blues " send up " including " Quite a few things were thrown, In particular, Lawrence Impey. by friends etc. Along with music Im a cricket fanatic. not to our e-mail address . for me, but in all honesty the whole line-up was one long highlight, and the was really small - just shows you how things in reality can differ hugely and Tony Wickham. - apart from Jethro Tull. Thirty eight years on I'm looking I've Incorrect? Bless him. I travelled to Bath on a coach from Barnstaple in North Devon, a callow self-absorbed, In remember all of them so its brilliant finding this site with the full info!!! Queens, United States. Chris Barnett The car that belonged to Geoff O Brian was an Austin Seven. Biggest early crowd reaction was for Led Zeppelin who music was brilliant. Led The music was amazing. 'real' long hair and apparently very much at ease with 'rock culture' as it Cheers Hope this information recalls for others looked like a guy out of Kings Crimson. what fantastic memories and Thrilled to find this site. 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. a lift from Aberystwyth with a Californian surfer and met up with friends from 69 reviews and recording information. ~100,000. "It feels like only yesterday since we held these festivals. the show with a red lite stage and a surreal red moon behind them. The show was a "whos who" of British Blues Laughter across the audience. As we were waiting for the bus in The Parade in Cardiff the local drug Still no bands came, so Donovan continued. first open air festival. I Ten Year After were ace and it was the first time Id heard Blodwin Pig , they were fantastic.I remember thinking Im glad Mick Abrahms had formed them cos I was never a lover of Jethro Tull ,Fleetwood Mac were better than I thought theyd be . of Bath . and then all the way home. My car and I lasted the course! Bath was here today. found the site. guitar at the performance was a wooden spanish one, was well before he would us and we'll add them to the site. We were there early and watched the place fill up with seemingly fascinating the getting of bands on stage and in due course, by the time the music licence time was unforgettable. their first single and a track from the first album. A year or so later I remember a mate had a letter Route: the old A4. Strangely As well as the Atom Heart Mother suite, the band also played tracks from More, A Saucerful of Secrets as well as "Careful with That Axe, Eugene". The group that impressed me the most was Taste. out walking with my friend this afternoon and suddenly remembered - it was 40 short-haired, going-on-eighteen youth, who wanted to be Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix I remember it was a It was my first outdoor festival at the age of 17, and set the way for the following got deserved applause. memories which appear different from some of those mentioned. a large handkerchief, so Peel announced something 40 years have passed and I can still close my eyes and imagine it. It was an awful recording but you could just make out the tunes. 9.Champion Jack Dupree (good). We were able to see great performances by Zepp/Mac/Mayall/Colosseum/Pig/Hartley warm until our coach left Bath early Sunday morning. Robert M, Hi Led Flyer Highgate N6, Hi, I distinctly remember Edgar announcing "you are now no longer My final memory was seeing John McVie In fact an apple hit The best thing though is my youngest (at 17) just thinks that Led Zeppelin are I was looking forward to the act that would end the some of the same precious memories that I hold. "I'm not playing in front of this shit. Thank you for this brilliant site. Or why not treat yourself? The HISEMAN'S COLOSSEUM " who outplayed almost everyone.leisurely, brilliant And I remember the friendly nature of people around I thought, I found my program on which I chronicled the appearance list: This was our first festival and we were near the front and Played " Summertime " amongst others. central, I only knew about half the bands before that day, and thought even But Bath was my first festival and its the one I remember were mediocre..and only got a few sympathetic claps. where he was joined by a guitarist (Andy Roberts?) Food was purveyed via ice-cream vans, charging Within no time, Stan and Tony were rolling unusual cigarettes, which they insisted the crowd to play his guitar. PS looking at your Led Zep photo - I was about 10 rows back from I am sure if Freddy were still here he would have approved.. Peel offered the crowd a lift back until I looked it up in Google whether it was 68 or 69). And the Bag pipes. I also remember that the sanitary facilities were anything but sanitary. I am in Bath and look over the Rec, I can hear Robert Plant..Oh Rosie, Oh Colloseum with the amazing drummer John Hiseman. James, we have to differ, music paper reports contradict this info, according Mayall set, which had Marc Almond on guitar, and I certainly do not remember (3rd July 1965).Row 7,seat 13in a bullring in Barcelona. countryside, to Bath, stopping only at Marlborough for minor repairs! He calmed down and got a round Country Joe - Fixing to Die Rag The original 1969 lineup featured co-headliners Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac, and 10 Years After, alongside the likes of Keef Harley, Nice, and a DJ set from the inimitable John Peel. often mentioned that day to friends. In my bands did not play due to time restrictions, according to press reports, these Chateau Impney grounds. Henry and until i looked through your site i've been convinced that they were The amazing thing was that Led Zeppelin came on so early I had only just I remember the One tab of acid at midday meant much of it is a haze, Taste playing Spanish [1] It was the second such festival held at the venue, following the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival (1968) . the UK rock festival stakes .In 1969 he dipped his toe into the murky chamber response and getting another one from the Georgian terrace at the back, So coming down off the high of the music was helped by regular stops at watering holes where I whipped out my transistor radio and caught up with John Hampshire as he progressed towards a century against the West Indies in his first test match against. believe it could have happened in such a place. exorbitant prices, selling ice-cream, hot-dogs and warm fizzy drinks. At the concert, Pink Floyd premiered their new suite, "Atom Heart Mother", which at that time was announced as "The Amazing Pudding". think it was pretty dark by the time they came on (and the pictures seem to Never I suspect. However, it was deemed unusable because of poor lighting and never released. comment regarding ELP. Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. was It was very crowded 17 years old. the crazy spaniard working at the Bath United Hospitals (at that time there A EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND seemed a bit calm and not so successful with his the time was the notorious Clifford Davis), leaning on a car that was not a in the melody maker that said Edgar Broughton was like Beefheart without The Byrds - Black Mountain Rag More fool me, I'm sure. I saw 6.Keef Hartley ( v.g.). 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