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The
Knebworth Park Festivals.
"The
Return of Knebworth Fayre ."
June
22nd 1985.
Deep
Purple , Scorpions, Meat Loaf , UFO, Mountain, Blackfoot , Mama's Boys, Alaska.
Recordings
and Setlists .
Although
it appears that audience recordings exist for almost all of the event and BBC
FM recordings exist of substantial portions, its been not all that easy to track
down setlist information for the more minor acts and even some of the top billers
such as the Scorpions. Deep Purple's set has been widely circulated , but that's
about it as far as easy to come by recordings. Cover art seems to be non existent
apart from UFO and Purples set .
The
event was not filmed ( rats !)
Recordings
are presented in the running order of the day , starting from the beginning
of the concert.
Alaska
6-22-85
Knebworth Fayre
Tommy Vance Introduction
A Woman Like You
Schoolgirl
I Really Want to Know
Help Yourself
Soundboard
CD Broadcast on BBC Radio One
20 minutes
Former Whitesnake
luminary Bernie Marsden's relatively short lived band
Rob Hawthorn - Vocals
Bernie Marsden - Guitar
Brian Badhams - Bass
John Marter - Drums
Don Airey - Keyboards
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Mountain
6-22-85
Knebworth Fayre
Tommy Vance Introduction
Why Dontcha
Never in my Life
Theme From an Imaginary Western
Nantucket Slay ride
Guitar Solo / Jam
Mississippi Queen
Soundboard
CD Broadcast on BBC Radio One
20 minutes
Two thirds of the
original lineup ,minus Felix P , photos show Leslie West had thinned
down a tad and was resplendent in matching red coat and trews.
Leslie West - Guitar
/ Vocals
Mark Clarke - Bass
Corky Laing - Drums
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Meatloaf
looking pissed off © Henry Cobbold, Knebworth House
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Meatloaf
6-22-85
Knebworth Fayre
Bad Attitude
Dead Ringer For Love
Midnight at the Lost & Found
Paradise By the Dashboard Light
All Revved Up (and no Place to Go)
Bat Out Of Hell
FM
Mr Loaf
was suffering from a broken leg , but , like the trouper he was, went
on with the gig nevertheless. Some enjoyed his set, most hated it ,
though all agree his backing band were good .... can anyone provide
details regarding the personnel of his band ?
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Mamas
Boys
6-22-85
Knebworth Fayre
All Through the Night
One Last Chance
Guitar Solo
Runaway Dreams
Mama We're All Crazy Now
Straight Forward, No Looking Back
John
McManus - Bass -Vocals
Pat McManus - Guitar -Violin
Tommy McManus - Drums
RIP
Tommy McManus who died in 1994 .
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Blackfoot
6-22-85
Knebworth Fayre
Can't Be
So Bad,
On The Run
Every Man Should Know
Dry County
Wishing Well
Morning Dew<
Gimme Gimme Gimme<
Rattlesnake
Rock'N'Roller<
Train Train
Highway Song
Can
anyone supply band lineup for 1985 ? as long term guitarist Charlie
Hargrett had left by this date.
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U.F.O
6-22-85
Knebworth Fayre
Blinded By the
Light
Heaven's Gate
Wreckless
Love to Love
Night Run
Only You Can Rock Me
Lights Out
Doctor, Doctor
Phil
Mogg - Vocals
Thomas McClendon
Paul Raymond - Guitar / Keyboards
Paul Gray - Bass
Jim Simpson - Drums
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The Scorpions did
not agree for their set to be recorded and broadcast so audience tapes
are the only record of their set .We have not been able to find a full
setlist for their show , or any cover art . Can anyone help ?
The
Scorpions
6-22-85
Knebworth Fayre
Blackout
Coming Home
Big City Nights
Still Loving You
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Deep
Purple
6-22-85
Knebworth Fayre
Highway Star
Nobody's Home
Strange Kind Of Woman (
Gypsy's Kiss
Perfect Strangers
Under The Gun#
Lazy
Knocking At Your Back Door
Difficult to Cure
Space Truckin'
Encores:
Woman From Tokyo
#
Speed King
Black Night
Smoke On The Water
#
Donates track left off CD releases
Ritchie
Blackmore: guitar
Ian Gillan :vocals
Roger Glover :bass guitar
Jon Lord :organ, keyboards
Ian Paice :drums
The
concert was broadcast on the BBC , bootlegged , traded, then officially
released in a truncated form as apparently the beeb lost two of the
tracks ( yeah ?) . You can find out more about this by visiting the
links below.
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Purple
at Knebworth links
(
external sites )
George
Starostin's Review
Brian
McPherson's pages
on Knebworth 85
Deep
Purple Net Collection
of images.
Charlie's
Deep Purple site has some nice pics of crowd and band onstage .
Highway
Star
More
info about this concert can also be found at the Knebworth
House site and at Rip
Gooch's site, which contains substantial portions of text from the now
defunct book Knebworth Rock Festivals, by Chryssie Lytton Cobbold .
Contents.
Can
we get a witness ?
We
have been endeavouring to collect as many recordings of the artists that featured
at these concerts as possible, so we can effectively review the performances,
provide set lists and band line-ups. The intention is to also display as many
personal histories of the festival as possible.
If you
can contribute in any way, with tapes, reviews , photos or personal histories,
please Contact
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