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Here you will find original photos, scans of programme pages, written accounts and reviews.  Maybe sounds and video when I finally find the need to transfer to a provider with more storage space.  Also listings of available recordings, official and unofficial.

Building this site is an ongoing process.  Due to time restrictions, it will never be definitive.  However, in time, I aim to offer a worthwhile resource for research into the subject matter.

All offers of help will be seriously considered.

The Isle of Wight Festival 2004 is on the horizon, bringing the prospect of increased interest in this historic event.  Of particular significance is the news that The Who are to appear.  One of the cornerstone groups of the 1970 festival is to return to the scene of their great triumph.  If I could be there, I would.  I am assembling links to help those who arrive here in their search for background information.

I hope you will return often and delve into the material laid out before you here.  Perhaps you might have something to contribute.  However small or apparently inconsequential, I promise you your involvement will be highly valued.

Rip G : January 2004

Listed below in alphabetical order are the Festivals for which I have sufficient verifiable information.

Note:  Some of the festivals have individual pages devoted to them; others simply consist of a list of bands.  But you will see immediately that the list is nowhere near complete.  This is why I continue to seek information.

Can you help?

BATH Blues Festival : 1969
BATH Festival of Blues & Progressive Music : 1970

BLACKBUSHE AERODROME : 1978

CHARLTON ATHLETIC FC Summer of '74 : 1974

CRYSTAL PALACE 1st Garden Party : 1971
CRYSTAL PALACE 2nd Garden Party : 1971
CRYSTAL PALACE 3rd Garden Party : 1972
CRYSTAL PALACE 4th Garden Party : 1972
CRYSTAL PALACE 5th Garden Party : 1972
CRYSTAL PALACE 6th Garden Party : 1973
CRYSTAL PALACE 7th Garden Party : 1974
CRYSTAL PALACE 8th Garden Party : 1975
CRYSTAL PALACE 9th Garden Party : 1976

GLASTONBURY (Pilton) Festival : 1970
GLASTONBURY Festival : 1971
GLASTONBURY Fayre : 1978
GLASTONBURY Fayre : 1979

ISLE OF WIGHT 1st Festival : 1968
ISLE OF WIGHT 2nd Festival : 1969
ISLE OF WIGHT 3rd Festival : 1970

KNEBWORTH 1 : 1974
KNEBWORTH 2 : 1975
KNEBWORTH 3 : 1976
KNEBWORTH 4 : 1978
KNEBWORTH 5 : 1978
KNEBWORTH 6 & 7 : 1979
KNEBWORTH 8 : 1980

LINCOLN Folk Festival : 1971
LINCOLN Great Western Express : 1972

NATIONAL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL 10 : 1970
NATIONAL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL 11 : 1971
NATIONAL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL 12 : 1972
NATIONAL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL 13 : 1973
NATIONAL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL 14 : 1974
NATIONAL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL 15 : 1975
NATIONAL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL 18 : 1978

WEST WELLOW EXTRAVAGANZA 1 : 1972
WEST WELLOW EXTRAVAGANZA 2 : 1973

YORKSHIRE Folk, Blues & Jazz Festival : 1970

Note:  To include the full span of the significant events, the Seventies are stretched just a little to run from 1968 to 1980.

Return often to check for updates!!

Note 1:  The Archive is a companion - non-competitor - site run by a like-minded obsessive in Australia.  Because he has managed to find access to information which I still seek, and because his site differs in both look and content from mine, I have no hesitation in directing you there.  Also, whereas I have secured permission to reproduce the text and images from Chryssie and Henry Lytton Cobbold's books on the Knebworth pages, The Archive has permission to reproduce exclusive photographs supplied by Henry.  Both sites therefore act together as the definitive source for information on the Knebworth Festivals from 1974 to 1980.

Note 2:  Nothing appears on the British Seventies Rock Festival site until I have located a minimum of two reliable, cross-referencing sources. This site is not simply a reproduction of material I have found elsewhere on the Internet. I do have in my possession information from single sources which awaits verification. If you have specific queries or information about festivals or events which are not listed here, please contact me. We might be able to help each other.

Isle of Wight 1 August 31 to September 1 1968 :

Among those appearing: Blonde on Blonde, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, Fairport Convention, Gary Farr and Andy Leigh, Halcyon Order, Harsh Reality, Hunter's Muskett, Jefferson Airplane, The Mirage, The Move, Orange Bicycle, John Peel (compere), Plastic Penny, The Pretty Things, Smile, Tyrannosaurus Rex

Go to The Archive

Bath Blues Festival June 28 1969 :

Babylon, Blodwyn Pig, Chicken Shack, Clouds, Colosseum, Deep Blues Band, Champion Jack Dupree, Fleetwood Mac, Group Therapy, Roy Harper, Keef Hartley, Led Zeppelin, Liverpool Scene, John Mayall, The Nice, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, Savoy Brown, Taste, Ten Years After

Go to The Archive

Bath June 25 to 28 1970 : The CBS American Invasion:

The Byrds, Canned Heat, Colosseum, Donovan, Fairport Convention, Maynard Ferguson Big Band, Flock, Formerly Fat Harry, Keef Hartley, Hot Tuna, It's A Beautiful Day, Jefferson Airplane, Dr. John, Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Country Joe, The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Santana, Steppenwolf, Johnny Winter, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

10th National Jazz, Blues and Pop Festival, Plumpton Racecourse August 6 to 9 1970 :

On the bill:  Audience, Chris Barber, Trevor Billmuss, Black Sabbath, Burnin' Red Ivanhoe, Caravan, Castle, Chicago Climax Blues Band, Clark Hutchinson, Jon Hisemann's Colosseum, Da Da, Daddy Longlegs, Deep Purple, East Of Eden, Brian Davison's Every Which Way, Family, Fat Mattress, Fotheringay, Fox, Gracious, Granny's 'New' Intentions, Peter Green, The Groundhogs, Hardin Yorke, Hard Meat, Keef Hartley, Incredible String Band, Jackson Heights, Jellybread, Juicy Lucy, Love Affair, Made In Sweden, Magna Carta, Patto, Samuel Purdy, Quatermass, Rare Bird, Turley Richards, Steamhammer, Cat Stevens, The Strawbs, Taste, Van Der Graaf Generator, Wild Angels, Wishbone Ash, Yes

Go to The Archive

The Yorkshire Folk, Blues & Jazz Festival, Krumlin August 14 to 16 1970

Atomic Rooster, Fairport Convention, Georgie Fame, Fotheringay, The Groundhogs, Honey Dew, The Humblebums, Elton John, The Johnstons, Juicy Lucy, JoAnn Kelly, Alexis Korner, Ralph McTell, Zoot Money, Pentangle, The Pretty Things, Alan Price

Go to The Archive

Isle of Wight 3 August 26 to 30 1970 : East Afton Down

Arrival, Joan Baez, Black Widow, David Bromberg, Cactus, Chicago, Leonard Cohen, Miles Davis, Donovan, The Doors, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Fairfield Parlour, Family, Gary Farr, Free, Gilberto Gil, Good News, The Groundhogs, Richie Havens, Hawkwind, Heaven, Jimi Hendrix, Howl, Jethro Tull, Judas Jump, Kris Kristofferson, Lighthouse, Ralph McTell, Melanie, Mighty Baby, Joni Mitchell, Moody Blues, Pentangle, Shawn Phillips, The Pink Fairies, Procol Harum, Redbone, Terry Reid, Andy Roberts Everyone, John Sebastian, Sly and the Family Stone, Kathy Smith, Rosalie Sorrels, Supertramp, Taste, Ten Years After, Tiny Tim, The Voices of East Harlem, Tony Joe White, The Who

Message To Love : Details of the CD and DVD
The First Great Rock Festivals of the Seventies : Details of the Album
Blue Wild Angel - Jimi Hendrix Live at the Isle of Wight : Details of the CD and DVD
The Who Live at the Isle of Wight : Details of the CD
Emerson Lake and Palmer Live at the Isle of Wight : Details of the CD
Taste Live at the Isle of Wight : Details of the CD

The Last Great Festival : Details of the book
Nights In White Satin : Details of the book

Isle of Wight Festival 2004 : Book Now!!

Pilton Festival, Glastonbury September 19 & 20 1970

Amazing Blondel, Ian Anderson, Duster Bennett, Keith Christmas, Wayne Fontana, Roy Harper, Quintessence, Sam Apple Pie, Stackridge, Steamhammer, Al Stewart, Tyrannosaurus Rex

Go to The Archive

Crystal Palace 1st Garden Party at The Bowl May 17 1971 :

The Faces, Mountain, Pink Floyd, Quiver

Glastonbury 2nd Festival June 20 to 24 1971

Joan Baez, David Bowie, Edgar Broughton Band, Brinsley Schwartz, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Fairport Convention, Family, Gong, Hawkwind, Linda Lewis, Melanie, Mighty Baby, Pink Fairies, Quintessence, Terry Reid, Skin Alley, Traffic

Go to The Archive

11th National Jazz, Blues and Rock Festival, Reading June 25 to 27 1971 :

Armada, Demich Armstrong, Audience, Bell & Arc, Arthur Brown, Clark-Hutchinson, Clouds, C.M.J., Colosseum, Colonel Bagshot, Country Joe, East Of Eden, Rory Gallagher, Peter Hammill, Hardin & York, Jon Hiseman, Al Kooper, Lindisfarne, Ian Mathews, Gillian McPherson, Ralph McTell, Medicine Head, Osibisa, Percussion Band, Terry Reid, Rennaissance, Sha Na Na, Steel Mill, Storyteller, Stray, Van Der Graf Generator, Vinegar Joe, Warm Dust, Wishbone Ash, Pete York

Go to The Archive

Lincoln Folk Festival July 24 1971
            A One Day Concert of Traditional & Contemporary Folk Music

The Byrds, Sandy Denny, Dion, Tim Hardin, Incredible String Band, Buffie Sainte Marie, Ralph McTell, Pentangle, Tom Paxton, Steeleye Span, Dave Swarbrick and Martin Carthy, James Taylor, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee

Crystal Palace 2nd Garden Party September 31 1971 :

Fairport Convention, Rory Gallagher, Hookfoot, Elton John, Tir Na Nog, Yes

Go to The Archive

Great Western Express Spring Bank Holiday Festival
May 26 to 29 1972 : Lincoln

Akido, Harvey Andrews, Mark Ashton, Atomic Rooster, Average White Band, The Beach Boys, Bitch, Boys of the Lough, Brewers Droop, Anne Briggs, Derek Brimstone, Budgie, Byzantium, Capability Brown, C.O.B., Joe Cocker, Spencer Davis, Demmick and Armstrong, The Faces, Focus, Rory Gallagher, Genesis, Gnidrolog, Good Habit, Heads Hands and Feet, Humble Pie, Incredible String Band, Jackson Heights, Hamish Imlach, Jade Warrior, Jonesy, J.S.D. Band, Jonathan Kelly, Alexis Korner, Lindisfarne, Locomotive GT, Magic Carpet, Mahatma Kane Jeeves, Don McLean, Buddy Miles, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Morgan, Curtis Maldoon, Al Matthews, Natural Acoustic Band, Nazareth, Patto, Persuasions, Helen Reddy, Doctor Ross, Roxy Music, Colin Scott, Sha Na Na, Silvo and Moses, Skin Alley, Slade, Sleaze Band, Smith Perkins and Smith, Mick Softley, Spreadeagle, Bridget St. John, Status Quo, Stone the Crows, The Strawbs, Sunrise, Sutherland Brothers, Tea and Sympathy, Vinegar Joe, Walrus, Wishone Ash

Crystal Palace 3rd Garden Party June 3 1972 :

The Beach Boys, Joe Cocker and The Chris Stainton All Stars, Richie Havens, Melanie, Sha Na Na

Go to The Archive

Backstage Photos - including The Beach Boys!

12th National Jazz, Blues and Rock Festival, Reading June 1972 :

Brewer's Droop, Edgar Broughton, Cottonwood, Curved Air, Electric Light Orchestra, The Faces, Focus, Genesis, If, Jo'burg Hawk, Jericho, Johnathan Kelly, Linda Lewis, Magma, Mahatma Kane Jeeves, Man, Matching Mole, Gillian McPherson, Mungo Jerry, Nazareth, Johnny Otis R&B Show, Shuggie Otis and The Three Tons Of Joy, Quintessence, Solid Gold Cadillac, Stackridge, Status Quo, Steamhammer, Alan Stivell, String Driven Thing, Stray, Sutherland Brothers and Quiver, Ten Years After, Roy Wood's Wizard

Go to The Archive

Crystal Palace 4th Garden Party July 29 1972 :

Arlo Guthrie, Loggins and Messina, Osibisa, Roxy Music, Stone The Crows, Edgar Winter

Go to The Archive

Crystal Palace 5th Garden Party September 2 1972

Dawn, Lindisfarne, Mahavishnu Orcehstra, Gary Wright's Wonderwheel, Yes

Go to The Archive

13th National Jazz, Blues and Rock Festival, Reading August 1973 :

Alquin, Aerosmith, Ange, Chris Barber, Andy Bown, Roy Buchanan, Capability Brown, Commander Cody, Spencer Davis, Lesley Duncan, Dave Ellis, Embryo, The Faces, Georgie Fame, Fumble, Rory Gallagher, Genesis, Greenslade, Clair Hammill, Tim Hardin, Steve Harley, Lex Harvey, Jon Hiseman, Jimmie Horowitz Orchestra, Jack The Lad, Lindisfarne, Mahatma, John Martyn, Medicine Head, George Melly, P.F.M., Quaddrille, Riff-Raff. Stackridge, Status Quo, Stray Dog, Strider, Tasavalian Presidentti, Danny Thompson, Richard and Linda Thompson, A.J. Webber

Go to The Archive

Crystal Palace 6th Garden Party September 15 1973 :

Backdoor, Beck, Bogart and Appice, Golden Earring, Lou Reed, The Section, James Taylor, Tony Joe White

Go to The Archive

Charlton Athletic FC Summer of '74 May 18 1974 :

Bad Company, Maggie Bell, Lindisfarne, Montrose, Lou Reed, The Who

Go to The Archive

14th National Jazz, Blues and Rock Festival, Reading June 1974 :

Harvey Andrews, Barclay James Harvest, Beckett, Camel, Chapman & Whitney, Chilli Willi, Kevin Coyne, Esperanto, Gary Farr, Focus, Fumble, Greenslade, Alex Harvey, Heavy Metal Kids, Hustler, Jack The Lad, J.S.D. Band, Long John Baldry, Johnny Mars, George Melly, G.T. Moore, Nutz, Pretty Things, Procol Harum, Strider, Sutherland Brothers and Quiver, 10cc, Thin Lizzy, Trapeze, Winkies

Go to The Archive

Knebworth 1 July 20 1974 : Bucolic Frolic:

Allman Brothers Band, Tim Buckley, Doobie Brothers, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Van Morrison Show

Crystal Palace 7th Garden Party July 27 1974 :

Gryphon, Procol Harum, Leo Sayer, Rick Wakeman with The London Symphony Orcehstra and The English Chamber Choir, Wally, The Winkies

Go to The Archive

Crystal Palace 8th Garden Party June 7 1975 :

The Jack Bruce Band with Carla Bley and Mick Taylor, John Cale, Billy Cobham, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Steeleye Span

Go to The Archive

Knebworth 2 July 5 1975 :

Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Graham Chapman and Monty Python's Flying Pops Circus, Roy Harper and Trigger, Linda Lewis, Steve Miller Band, Pink Floyd

15th National Jazz, Blues and Rock Festival, Reading August 22 to 24 1975 :

Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias, Joan Armatrading, Babe Ruth, Caravan, Climax Blues Band, Dr. Feelgood, Hawkwind, Heavy Metal Kids, Judas Priest, Kokomo, Kursaal Flyers, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Alan Stivell, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Lou Reed, Snafu, Soft Machine, Stella, String Driven Thing, Supertramp, Thin Lizzy, Robin Trower, U.F.O., Wally, Wishbone Ash, Yes, Zzebra

Go to The Archive

Crystal Palace 9th Garden Party July 31 1976 :

Eric Clapton and Guests

Go to The Archive

Knebworth 3 August 21 1976 : Knebworth Fair:

Don Harrison Band, Hot Tuna, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rolling Stones, Todd Rundgren's Utopia, 10cc

Special Events: Lindbergh High Fire Dive, Blondini's Dynamite Coffin, Jensen Escapologist, Battle of the Dinosaurs and Scheduled Aerial Displays by the Red Devils and others

Knebworth 4 June 24 1978 : A Midsummer Night's Dream

Atlanta Rhythm Section, Brand X, Devo, Genesis, Jefferson Starship, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Glastonbury 3rd Festival June 28 to July 8 1978

Hawkwind

Go to The Archive

Blackbushe Aerodrome July 15 1978 :

Joan Armatrading, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Lake, Merger, Graham Parker and the Rumour

Reading Rock '78 August 25 to 27 1978 : 18th National Jazz, Blues and Rock Festival:

After The Fire, Albion Band, Automatics, Bethnal, The Business, Chelsea, Jenny Darren, Foreigner, Ian Gillan Band, Gruppo Sportivo, Paul Inder, Greg Khin Band, Jam, Lindisfarne, Motors, New Hearts, Next, Nutz, John Otway, Pacific Eardrum, Penetration, Pirates, Radio Stars, Tom Robinson Band, Sham 69, Patti Smith, Speed O Metors, Squeeze, Spirit, Status Quo, Ultravox

Knebworth 5 September 9 1978 : Oh God Not Another Boring Old Knebworth:

The Boomtown Rats, Peter Gabriel, Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders, Rockpile, The Tubes, Frank Zappa

Glastonbury Fayre June 20 to 23 1979

Footsbarn Theatre, Peter Gabriel, Gong, Roy Harper, Alex Harvey, Hawkwind, Nona Hendryx, Steve Hillage, John Martyn, The Only Ones, Tom Robinson, Sky, Sphinx, UK Subs

Go to The Archive

Knebworth 6 & 7 August 4 & 11 1979 :

Chas & Dave, The New Commander Cody Band, Fairport Convention, Led Zeppelin, The New Barbarians, Todd Rundgren's Utopia, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Dukes

Knebworth 8 June 20 1980 :

The Beach Boys, The Blues Band, Elkie Brookes, Lindisfarne, Mike Oldfield, Santana

The West Wellow Extravaganza 1972 :

The one that worked!
Details being sought.

The 2nd West Wellow Extravaganza June 23 to 24 1973

The one that didn't work!
Scheduled to appear: Blind Badger, Charley's World Premier, Clancy, Luke The Puke, Megatun Flea, Peach, Peregrine Gem, Quaestor Xyropedes, The Amazing Alan T. Ramshaw, Rushwood, Twin Head

Last update April 23 2004

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