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Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene.


Bath Recreation Ground .

June 28th 1969.

We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. 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 !

Flyer courtesy Bob Hewish

Links to other sections of the Bath Festival site are at bottom of each page.

Colosseum.

Keys : Dave Greenslade.

Drums: John Hiseman

Sax : Dick Heckstall Smith

Bass :Tony Reeves

Guitar : James Litherland

© Mike Read .

 

© Melvin Green

© Al Bye

 

Compere John Peel announces Colosseum © Nigel Hall


Photo© Malcolm Strachan

 Colosseum sax player Dick Heckstall Smith blows up a storm at the 1969 Bath Festival. The band were to play a classic set at the 1970 festival, included in the setlist was "A Walk In The Park " .

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© Mike Ware

 

If you have photos, recollections, set lists, newspaper reports  or tapes of the event then Contact us and we'll add them to the site. 

Following the untimely death of Jon Hiseman this book can now be bought at Amazon

Hi,
Thought you might like to know that the above book will be published on next week, on the 20th October through Jon's own publishing company - Temple Music.

It's called "Playing the band..." and covers Jon's life in music spanning four decades, playing with many of Britain's top musicians and relates their experiences at the 1969 and 1970 Bath Festivals (which I have sent you an extract about earlier).

As it's being published independently, we could use all the online promotional help we can get, so if there's any way of you mentioning/posting it as part of your excellent website...we'd be really grateful.


Thank you.

Colin Richardson

A limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be bought online here
Rock festival memorabilia from various festivals can be viewed here

The pages below will eventually feature set lists, band line ups, press reports and recollections of the performances as well as links to other sites on the web as they become available. Thanks to Derek Manuel for his recollections of many of the acts and for prompting me to get the ball rolling after months of prevarication.


Contents
 

If you have photos, recollections, set lists, newspaper reports or tapes of the event then email us and we'll add them to the site. Contact us

Bath 1969 home


Bands in order of appearance.(l to R)

Just Before Dawn.
Colosseum
Roy Harper.
Keef Hartley.
Edgar Broughton
Liverpool Scene. 
Champion Jack Dupree.
Chicken Shack. 
Blodwyn Pig  
The Nice
Led Zeppelin
Principal Edwards Magic Theatre.
Taste

John Mayall


Bands listed below most probably did not perform
 
Babylon 

Group Therapy.

Clouds 

Bath 69 reviews and recording information

8mm Film

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