Melody Maker Poll Awards Concert
The Oval , Kennington .
September 30th
1972.
Wishbone Ash, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Genesis, Argent , Focus ,Jack Bruce, Fudd .
Last update September 2011, new recollections .
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Melody Maker Poll Awards Concert The Oval , Kennington . September 30th 1972. Wishbone Ash, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Genesis, Argent , Focus ,Jack Bruce, Fudd . |
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I say, I say ,I say,whats orl this then ? Its a bleeding smoking Tarkus at the Oval in 1972 innit ! © David Buckley |
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Genesis-Oval 1972 © C Cooper |
Following the conspicuous lack of success of the concert with Zappa and Hawkwind on the 16th , the Foulk brothers held another one day festival at the cricket ground. However, this time they were more successful , although whether this made up for the losses incurred on the 16th is unlikely , as this appears to have been the last concert held at the ground . Perhaps the breaking of the 10pm curfew on the 16th and the bonfires the crowd lit on the pitch put the cricket club officials off rock concerts for good ...... |
Hosting the Melody Maker poll winners would appear to have been a wise move as ELP were huge at the time and Genesis and Focus were on the cusp of making the big time. 18,000 turned up , which , whilst nowhere near the turnout for The Who in 1971, was a far healthier audience than the 6,000 on the 16th.
On the other hand, who the hell remembers FUDD , what award did they win ?
Fudd , who no one can remember playing but who WERE there nevertheless - and heres proof positive ! © David Buckley |
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