© Copyright The Bath Festival 2020 | Website by: The dance at the pavilion WW2 style. They put up corrugated iron fences whereas we, like idiots, trying to be nice to the audience, just built up the perimeter fence – two miles of chain-link fence. and about 20 yards to the right of stage :-) Terry Pratchet, Cornelia Funke and Emma Kirkby with echoes coming back from the Georgian buildings in the background. Liz Pichon and the Tom Gates band at Bath Children’s Literature Festival © But Zeppelin were making it very big in America and we had to have Zeppelin. A DJ played records for early arrivers from the Friday evening and continued to do so between many of the sets until the end. ","body":" Get exclusive\u00a0official\u00a0Led Zeppelin news and announcements. Mahler at Green Park Station But [manager] Peter Grant did push me up to £500 before they’d signed the contract. Led Zeppelin made their first UK festival appearance in 1969 at the Bath Festival of Blues on June 28, 1969. The chamber of commerce thought it was great for Bath because it brought in all this money, but they were worried about that many people descending on the centre – and they were probably right. Western Australia. [{"parent":{"title":"Get on the list! the quality was dire anyway. 2 km across the park from the stage was Bath Town Hall and I always remember Vera Lynn, WW2 themed dance and the Roman Rendezvous Lovely stories of how she was from Bath and her first job was with DC Thompson in Scotland and how she loved writing. BA1 1UA. But things had changed immensely between ’69 and ’70, because of Woodstock. Click here to view the Bath Festival 1969 programme. thanks to our sponsor Neil ! Led Zeppelin and 50 years later Robert Plant Gasoline". It was a horrendous gig for us, we hated it, which is why we never did a multiple-night outdoor event again. And we had it all booked in a day. We were dressed in the uniforms of the times. A new box set has been released by Rock Music Memorabilia to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Bath Festivals, a series of festivals in the UK run by music promoter Freddy Bannister. John Bonham's brother Mick recalls the event in his book, "My Brother John": "On previous occasions I had traveled to gigs on my scooter or on the bus, but this time it would be in style to what had been advertised as 'the Big One'. Sandbags at the door. played mid afternoon - spectacular. The surprise appearance of Paloma Faith. I The historical walks that Kirsten Bowes used to run. By 1970 they’d become, you know, ‘music should be free!’ and we had old Edgar Broughton singing outside – “Out demons out!”. Late evening and the door was opened to let the cool breeze in. It went very well. I thought I read somewhere a few years back that … This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. Nobody, not least the promotors themselves, knew what they had let themselves in for… The highlight was the song for soprano, piano and clarinet “Shepherd on the Rock” performed by Anne Pashley, Thea King and Joel Ryce. FB: We had to grow in size to compete with the Isle of Wight and I’ve always gone in for overkill. Click here to view the Bath Festival 1969 programme. On Saturday June 28, 1969 the inaugural Bath Festival Of Blues took place at the Bath Pavilion Recreation Ground. The following year the festival underwent both a name and a venue change. track :-) Remember, this gig was prior to the album. For that reason, we’re asking for your favourite festival memories! Late evening and the door was opened to let the cool breeze in. Every time I see these world-class authors I think how lucky we are to have this on our doorstep – I don’t even know if my kids realise that not everyone has this opportunity. I had taken a camera with me, so well before Zeppelin was to go on I made my way out into the crowd and towards the front of the stage. expecting Zeppelin My main recollection was Then the Bath Festival Society – who’d been accused of being rather elitist – asked us if we would like to run a festival for the kids on the recreational ground which adjoined the Pavilion. Promoters Freddy and Wendy Bannister tell the tale. It was profitable, it was fun. The surprise appearance of Paloma Faith. PS looking at your Led Zep photo - I was about 10 rows back from the photographer, a few audio recordings have emerged recently, theres still no audio of Watching the band that afternoon one could really notice how that second tour of the States had honed them into a really sharp outfit oozing confidence. Identity cards were our tickets. Vera Lynn came to sing. With the appropriate accents – “Ooh-arhh!” Subsequently we’ve seen some film [of two of the Angels being interviewed at the festival] and one, halfway through, pops his false teeth out and waves them. Big to find a recording of the Zep performance at this earlier Bath festival, So I put together a programme that I thought would draw a lot of people – which it did. If you’d like to help us survive and continue celebrating music and books in the future, please donate to our Crowdfunder #BackBathFestivals here. I saw them again at the 1970 Shepton Mallet Bath Blues Festival, I recorded them, but sadly the tape ended up knackered, the quality was bad and the cross wind made the sound fluctuate. And we didn’t have any toilet facilities for the crowd, we just gave them readmission passes, so they could go out into the town, which was about 200 yards away, and use the public conveniences. Jazz legends brief recollections . The festival featured a line-up of the top American west coast and British bands of the day, including Santana, The Flock, Led Zeppelin (headlining act), Hot Tuna, Country Joe McDonald, Colosseum, Jefferson Airplane (set aborted), The Byrds (acoustic set), The Moody Blues(unabl… As a result, Freddy and Wendy were determined to make the next Bath festival an even bigger, more glittering occasion. Wendy Bannister: We had a trestle-table by each of the gates where we took the money, and that was our security. It became a free festival because they knocked the gates down. routine...Plant was in terrific voice and he looked great - a real I just wish we’d taken photographs! Please try again later. I was at the festival with 3 or 4 mates,sadly I've misplaced the photo of them. Suddenly here were all these young people, sleeping on the roundabouts and things. She was brilliant. WB: The majority were American groups that people in this country just hadn’t seen before – and a lot they haven’t seen since. The sum of £20,000 was the equivalent [then] of the price of a house in Knightsbridge, I can tell you that! Our first time at the festival last year, we enjoyed every second but our favourite moment was seeing Van Morrison perform. A flamboyant, England and Wales company registration number 2008885. Save my name, e-mail and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Vera Lynn came to sing. In fact the only time I went into the stage area in the whole 48 hours was to go and sort the Hell’s Angels out. Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. You can buy the second box set from the Rock Music Memorabilia website for £54.95. bits of film of Zep from the 1969 festival give us more hope that audio Since the 1940s, we’ve been celebrating the joy of music, books and performance in Bath. Recreation Ground . The Archive . Songs performed during this tour include: Train Kept a Rollin', I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed and Confused, White Summer / Black Mountainside, You Shook Me, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown, Click here to view the Bath Festival 1969 programme.(flipbook). An amazing event. FB: The first festival had been fun. But, to be fair, they weren’t the American west coast Angels. The event was well organised with awesome headline acts and iconic artists. Mahler 8 Green Park Station 2000. The second festival was no fun at all. Piotr Anderszewski plays Beethoven That is, until Freddy “discovered this natural amphitheatre” on the grounds of Knebworth, in 1974. A really great experience with amazing atmosphere, highly recommended family event for people of all ages, 5 stars. Paloma Faith Historical walks 17 June 1967. For information Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer, Led Zeppelin onstage at the Bath Festival, 1969, (Image credit: Michael Putland / Getty Images). I’ll give you money.”. The kids in ’69 were so nice, so relaxed. The food choices were varied and even the toilets were kept clean. (Classic Rock) 02 September 2019. Led Zeppelin and 50 years later Robert Plant Seeing Led Zeppelin at the festival in 1969 with my husband to be. A really great experience with amazing atmosphere, highly recommended family event for people of all ages, 5 stars. I just had it in a satchel. Check out the info on Zeppelin at the 1970 bath festival here. The Recreation Ground and Pavilion was in a lovely setting in the centre of Bath and on a warm summer's afternoon I couldn't think of anywhere I would rather be, along with 12,000 other people. “Otherwise,” I said, “I’ve got two or three hundred stewards here,” there were like 40 or 50 Hell’s Angels there, “and I’ve got a team together and we’ll come and sort you out and we’ll sort your bikes out as well, and there’s going to be war here. Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. We had also become very friendly with Bill Thompson, who managed the Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead. My WB: They were simply so enormous by then we knew that they’d bring in all the people.

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