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Unknown Band play Windsor Free festival Monday 26th August 1973 © Vin Miles


 The second Windsor festival was just a little larger than 1972, (about 1500 or so I'd say). People spilled out from the woods and were camping in the fields on either side. Hawkwind were playing. The sun shone. " Jane

   The festival had its fair share of busts and hassles, but it was not broken up by the police and despite the relatively small numbers , it gave those who attended some valuable experience in howto outsmart the police .This would of course have rankled and probably helped sow the seeds for the nasty confrontations that took place in 1974...........

Recordings during Windsor 73 ...recorded by Ralph Stephenson & Bill Dwyer, edited and preserved by John 'Hoppy' Hopkins

  • Recording One:
  • 00: After two people were busted, others chased after the Police van.
    Someone laid down in front of the van but the Police drive on, injuring him.
    A crowd rocked the van and the Police got out. Ubi Dwyer calls for peace and calm.
  • 2m: Recording of two songs at end of bands set. The first is 12 bar blues.
  • 7m25: last track is 'Doctor Doctor' (not the song of the same name by UFO). Who is the band?
  • 13m40: Irish music 2 violins
  • 14m20: space rock track - bass drums, organ, sax, overhead helicopter. Who? Maybe 'Ace'.
  • 22m: Sid Rawles calls for a people's parliament
  • 23m: flute, bass, accoustic guitar, spanish guitar.
  • 27m Global Village TC ? 'A little planet on the outskirts of the sun'
  • Recording Two:
  • 00: Sid Rawles, Ubi Dwyer
  • 1m: Unknown Band with riffing sax
  • 5m: 'Let your love be stronger'
  • 8m20: Stage annoncement 'Park Commission provide bags for rubbish'
  • 9m: Laid back blues track 'Heard about the people sitting in a park' melds with 'highlife' near end
  • (11m: noisy plane passes, RAF saying fek you lot.)
  • 17m30: 'We're all gonna start a revolution'
  • 25m30: Very brief - one question interview with Ubi Dwyer

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