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Thread #127533 Message #2847371
Posted By: GUEST, Sminky
23-Feb-10 - 04:15 AM
Thread Name: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
Sminky - wow, what a lineup! What year was that?
August 1971. It was originally going to be a fund-raiser for Clacton Round Table, and they planned for 10,000. Then Isle of Wight was cancelled, so all eyes turned to Weeley.
They hastily re-organised and upped the capacity to 100,000. Nobody knows how many actually turned up - they tore the fencing down and declared it a free concert - estimates vary between 120,000 and 200,000.
I was a hardened rock freak in those days, but I can still remember Anne Briggs' voice........