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Cambridge Free Festival.Coldham's Common. 12th/13th June 1971. Terry Reid, Audience, Graham Bond, Cochise, Armada (no show due to illness), Blonde On Blonde, Bram Stoker, Forevermore, Gordon Giltrap, Gracious, Hackensack, May Blitz, Paul Brett's Sage, Raw Material, Slade, UFO . |
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Regarding Cambridge, I can't even remember who I went with. All I remember is, we were only there for one of the days and for once the weather was warm, dry and sunny, it was a small-time event and the atmosphere was totally laid back. I think the festival was held on the same site they used for the better-known Folk Festivals and the crowd was pretty small, hundreds rather than thousands. There were two stages, a covered main stage, the roof of which you can just see in the background of the Cochise pictures, and a small low stage where my shots were taken. People were sitting on the grass right up to the front of the platform which was only about 2 feet high and when the bands finished their sets they just stepped off the front into the crowd. I photographed Cochise and Hackensack because they were the bands who most impressed me and because it was such an intimate set-up you were unbelievably close to the action. Everything else is just a blur.
