Richfield Avenue.  Reading  August 24-26th 1973.

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Photogallery Five

All photos © Peter Kelly to whom we extend our thanks !

Hi! Thought I'd give the old brain cells a rattle and come up with some memories of the Reading '73 Festival, as well as resurrecting a few photos I took at the time. I believe we only took in the Sunday show, as I have no recollection of the acts on Friday or Saturday. The highlight of the day for me was gatecrashing the backstage area, conning the security blokes that I was a rock journalist with ZigZag Magazine! I can remember talking to Long John Baldry, (who wasn't on the bill), and Spencer Davis, (who was). At some stage I came across Bob Harris and the French group Ange, as the photos attest. The surly Frenchmen were not too impressed by this half-cut Welsh "hippy" trying to photo them just before they went on stage....the snaps bear that out!!! The acts that stand out from that far distant day are a white suited Tim Hardin, George Melly(!), and Genesis. Though not a big fan of theirs, they were certainly better than most of the "prog rock" on show! Good Times!

Peter Kelly 

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The early festivals.

You can find out the complete line ups of the first festivals if you follow the links below .

1961

1962

1963

1964

Festivals 1965-1990

Most of these have fairly complete documentation .But new contributions of any sort are always welcome regarding any of the festivals.

Richmond 1965	Windsor 1966	Windsor 1967	Sunbury 1968	Plumpton 1969
Plumpton 1970	Reading 1971	Reading 1972	Reading 1973	Reading 1974
Reading 1975.	Reading 1976	Reading 1977	Reading 1978	Reading 1979
Reading 1980	Reading 1981	Reading 1982	Reading 1983	Reading 1984/5
Reading 1986	Reading 1987	Reading 1988	Reading 1989	Reading 1990

 

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