The Archive.

Latest Updates - Updated May 9th 2008.

Film footage of Jonathon Kelly in concert is needed as there seems to be nothing in the vaults anywhere, contact his management if you can help.....

To come eventually (as just so much new material has arrived on existing festivals) lots of new posters and reports of mainstream 1980s festivals. Here and Now at Stonehenge 84, new Who at Charlton 74 images, Green Moon and Silver Moon Festivals, Reading Festival 86-90. Donington 1990 , Milton Keynes one day festivals. City Rock Chelmsford 1977 .etc, you can help by sending us more info on these events and any others you attended.

Please note it may take a while for short comments to be added to pages due to the size of the site and the amount of new info that is coming in, be patient , it will be added eventually .

May 2008

Womadelaide 2006 Talvin Singh, LABJACD, Dhol Foundation, Miriam Makeba, Dr L Subramaniam, Paul Kelly, Jimmy Cliff, Scrap Art Music , Musafir Gypsies, Bomba, Clair Bowditch and many more.

Updates to Womadelaide 2008 with more John Butler and Beautiful Girls photos .

Updates to Womadelaide 1992

Womadelaide 1993

Womadelaide 1995 and

Womadelaide 1998

April 2008

Womadelaide 2007 Femi Kuti, Salif Keita, Yasmin Levy, Blue King Brown, Lila Downs, Mahotella Queens, Gotan Project, Fat Freddies Drop, Compagnie Des Quidams, Kronos Quartet, Mariza, The Waifs ,Celenod, Lunasa , Billy Cobham and Hunn Hurr Tu .

March 2008

Womadelaide 2008 John Butler, Mavis Staples, Watussi, The Beautiful Girls, Martin Hayes, Beirut, Idan Raichel, La Compagnie Carabosse, Sharon Jones and the Dapkings, Mamodou and Toumani Diabate, Billy Cobham photos and more to come soon .

Durham Dome Festival 1973

Nottingham "12 Hours of Happiness" Festival July 1969

Polgooth Fayre- updates

Feb 2008

Torpedo Town Free Festival    Memories from 1985

Vines Cross New memories from one of the organisers

Windsor Free Festival 1974 LOTS of new recollections

Glastonbury Festival 1982- 1989 New band photos, Judy Tzuke, Throwing Muses .

Monsters of Rock festival 1988 -Donington- The BIGGIE ! New page with setlists and images.

Festival of Fools Penzance 1980 New page- more info needed

Monsters of Rock festival 1986 -Donington- New page with setlists and images.

Monsters of Rock festival -Donington 1980-84 - updates

Blue Moon.Green Moon and Silver Moon Fayres more updates and articles

Greater London Council free festivals 1984-86 updates and new pages . Damned at Brockwell Park , Final GLC concert 1986

Bilbo and Frodo Baggins Birthday Parties Clyro Court 1988-89

Reading Rock 1983 New recollections and setlists.

Major update to Nostell Priory 1982 with Jethro Tull, Lindisfarne and Marillion photos

Stonehenge Free festival 1980 New Tibetan Ukranian bus and marquee photos.

Blue Moon.Green Moon and Silver Moon festivals Cumbria - new recollections

Tibetan Ukranian Mountain Troupe- new photos of the Troupe in Europe  May 1983 and Stonehenge 1984.

Nostell Priory 1982 Theakstons Music festival, Jethro Tull, Marillion, Ralph McTell, Swarbrick and Nicol, etc. New band photos.

Jan 2008

Cantlin Stone Free Festival Clun Forest 1980-90 some great pix from Herb

Police , U2 Gateshead 1982

Penwith 83 Meatloaf and Chuck Berry

Greater London Council Festivals. 1981-85 .Victoria Park Hackney ,Battersea and Crystal Palace Bowl - need eyewitness accounts and more pix . More info to come soon

Barbeque 67 Spalding new photos and recollections.

Hollywood Festival Details of the Hollywood Boxed set .

Reading 1980 - Many new exclusive photos

Glastonbury CND Festival 1984- new exclusive Photos . Timeline updates to most years apart from 1990 and 1983

Loch Lomond Festival 1980 - many new exclusive photos - Gillan, Krokus Lindisfarne .etc.

Loch Lomond Festival 1979 - new recollections.

Harlow Free concerts- new info on 1981 shows

Heavy Metal Holocaust 1981 Photos and FWS report and more information 9th Jan 2008

Harlow Free festivals - poster for 1981 concerts in the Park

Vines Cross New memories and a photo !

The Who Stranglers, AC/DC, Nils Lofgren- Wembley 1979 - Many exclusive photos of the Who , Festival welfare report on the vile scrumpy that poisoned hundreds.

Crosby Stills Nash and Young Wembley 1974

Hyde Park Free Concert. 5-31-75 Exclusive pix of Don McLean onstage .

Rock On The Tyne 1981 Gateshead Stadium 8-29th 30th 1981 ,Elvis Costello, Rory Gallagher, U2, Ian Dury, etc. 1982 festival pages to come soon .

Nostell Priory 1984 - The commercial festival. Van Morrison, Pretenders, Marillion, The Band

Nostell Priory 1982 Theakstons Music festival, Jethro Tull, Marillion, Ralph McTell, Swarbrick and Nicol, etc.

Deep Purple Knebworth 1985- Our New Year present to Purple fans , a tribute to one of the wettest festies of the decade- lotsa photos but we need more recollections.

December 2008

Reading 1973 New photo of Stackridge and recording info

Reading Rock 1983

Reading Rock 1982 New page with setlists and some pix, we need recollections for 1981-83 ( and beyond !)

Reading Rock 1981 New page with many photos

Reading Rock 1979 New photos, memories

Rivington Pike ( North Country Fair )1976-78 New photos and memories

Review of Deeply Vale DVD

Led Zeppelin Knebworth 1979 More new photos of Zep. stage and crowd , exclusive technical info from a stagecrew member, Utopia setlists for both shows

Genesis Knebworth 1978 Even more Genesis photos , setlist updates and more

Hyde Park free concert 9-12-70 new info and photo

Oregon- Many new setlists 1974-2006

Glastonbury Fayre 1971- new documents

Donington 1983-1984-1985 - Monsters of Rock pages.

Vines Cross Free Festival 1983

Knebworth 1980 New pages from Knebworth 1980 -recordings, photos and FWS reports.

Nostell Priory 1984- Free festival area photos

Stonehenge 1982 New Photos

Glastonbury 1982 New Photos

Port Meadow New Age Fayre Oxford 1986

Ribblehead Free festival 1987-91

Torpedo Town Free Festival incomplete page as we are still collecting info but there are nice photos of Ozrics by Baz and Roy Harper from Steve Tomalin also newsletters from 1986 !

Stonehenge 1985- more stills from the Battle Of The Beanfield and rare photos of people making their way to the Stones on foot .

Krumlin recollections

More Wally info

Cambridge Free Festival 1971

Great Western Express Bardney Lincoln 1972- new recollections and photographs

Formby Point Free Festival 1987 seven nice photos of this obscure event sent in by Herb

Northern Carnival Against Missiles 1981 - lots of pix donated by Chris Hewitt of OZIT records

Northern Carnival Against Racism 1978 - lots of pix donated by Chris Hewitt of OZIT records

"Jesus "at Reading and Speakers Corner   We all remember him, almost as much a legend in his own luchtime as was the infamous "Wally " - although Jesus was more easilly identifiable. Well 'Jesus ', the emaciated long haired dancer/messiah /nude entity who was a feature of most 70s festivals now has his very own page ....

Massive photo update on the 1974 Reading Festival Photos of Thin Lizzy, Bj Harvest, Procul Harum, HM Kidz, JSD Band, Steve Harley - many crowd pix

Windsor Free Festival 1973 - many great new photos of bands and crowd and new comments .

National Jazz and Blues Festival Reading 1973- New photos - big update, photos of Alex Harvey, Faces.

National Jazz and Blues Festival Reading 1972- New photos -

National Jazz and Blues Festival Reading 1971- New photos

Pink Floyd Hyde Park Free Concert 1970 stills of crowd, Edgar Broughton, Floyd and stage taken from 8mm film

New images of Led Zeppelin, Santana , Canned Heat , Zappa and Donovan at Bath 1970 - taken from 8mm film

Reading Rock 1980 Photos - About 10 new pix of various bands spread across all pages.

Reading Rock 1979 minor updates . Recollections and recording info

Reading Rock 1978 minor updates. Recollections and recording info

Crystal Palace Garden Party 1971

Oregon Setlists

Krumlin Festival 1970 new recollections

Bickershaw New recollections

Watchfield Free Festival Photos

Windsor Free Festival 1973 Photos and recollections

Windsor Free festival 1974 Photos and recollections

Stonehenge free Festival new photos of the 1975 Festival

Inglestone ( Avon ) Free Festival 1980

Inglestone Common ( Avon ) Free Festival 1989

New photos Bath 1970 more here

Review of Bickershaw DVD

Glastonbury Festival 1989 new photos of travellers field and stage

Elephant Fayre 1986- New photos

Avon Free Festival 1989- Inglestone Common

Elephant Fayre site plans and timelines 1985-1986

Stonehenge free Festival new photos of the 1979 Festival

Travellers vehicles at Treworgey and from 1986--2007 .

Treworgey Tree Fayre -many new photos of the site before and after the festival

Elephant Fayre 1983- new photos

Monsters Of Rock .Castle Donington 1980-82 the first three of the decade, big photo of the stage from 1980 and the usual bits and pieces. Recollections needed .

Bickershaw Festival 1972 new photos and recollections short review of new DVD.

Great Western Express 1972 New recollections and pix.

Elephant Fayre 1984-86- new posters

New photos and article Stonehenge 1982

New photos Stonehenge 1984

Isle of Wight 1970- updated copies of Freek Press - we now seem to have a complete set !

Amougies 1969 external link to nice set of pix of Colosseum and other bands

Isle Of Wight 1970- external link to 29 nice ( but small) photos of the festival mostly from Desolation row .

Hollywood Music Festival 1970 new info on film footage of the Grateful Dead and recollections

Phun City Six new photos from the Mick Farren inspired extravagonzo of 1970,photos of bands and new recollections.

Resurrected - the lost 8mm Bath stills 1970- didn't even realise they were missing till I checked the link today... oops....

Stonehenge Free festival 1984- site maps and newsletter

Bath Festival 1970- New photos of Pink Fairies, many great new crowd shots

Smokey Bears Picnic 1980-81 Photos and posters from the infamous Smoke In's at Hyde Park

Greenham Common photos 1981

Elephant Fayre photos 1982

Elephant Fayre recollections-85-86

Glastonbury Festival 1985 new photos showing more mud! Recollections about the mud !

Glastonbury Festival 1982- new photos and recollections added

Glastonbury Festival 1984- new page on the 84 bash with two photos of John Martyn onstage -BUT we need more photos of 83 and 84 !

Glastonbury Festival 1983- new photo on the 83 page - BUT we need more photos of 83 and 84 !

Stonehenge Free Festival 1981 lots of new big photos , 1980-82 page has been split into two to accomodate the new material

Stonehenge Free Festival 1984- new Nik Turner and Hawkwind pix

Hyde Park Concert 6-29-74 Kevin Coyne Band stills.

Glastonbury Festival 1981   First Glastonbury of the 80s - more new pictures of Mother Gong and other acts

Edinburgh Rock Festival Ingliston 1979

Loch Lomond Rock Festival 1979-80

Psilocybin Free festival 1979-1980 new recollections to accompany our recent photo update

Cissbury Ring Free festival 1980- new recollections to go with our recent photo update

Bickershaw Festival DVD news  At last , 100 minutes of footage from the famous mudbath of the North !

The semi - legendary Treworgey Tree Fayre 1989- one of the last major UK free festivals of the 80s

The Who ,Parkhead -Glasgow 1976 Excellent new photos of the crowd .

Glastonbury Festival 1990 at last, we've nearly completed the whole decade . Only 1984 to do .two :)

Glastonbury Festival 1989 new page on the 89 festy, with new photos ,setlists

Glastonbury Festival 1987 new page on the 87 event, with new photos ,setlists and recollections

Glastonbury Festival 1986 new page on the 86 weekend, with new photos ,setlists and recollections

Tibetan Ukranian Mountain Troupe A message from the esteemed TUMT sage Razvan !

Glastonbury Fayre 1979 - New photos Peter Gabriel and Steve Hillage

Glastonbury Fayre 1971- New photos and link to external photogallery

Glastonbury Festival 1982 new pages

Photo of site and stage Stonehenge Free festival 1975

National Jazz and Blues festival 1965. Many new pix of Graham Bond, Moody Blues, Steampacket , T Bones, Animals and Georgie Fame

Elephant Fayre 1984-86    Huge swag of photos of the 84 and 86 festival , updates on 84-85

Windsor Free Festival 1974 - photos of police action

Yes, Gryphon and Ace - Stoke on Trent 1975- photos

News about film footage of 9-20-69 Hyde Park Concert- Soft Machine, Edgar Broughton, etc

Ashton Court Free Festival 1980 photos of Nik Turners Inner City Unit

Elephant Fayre 1981-83 - many new photos.We do need reports and pix for 1984-86

The lost Hyde park concert -sometime in 1968- Roy Harper, Action and others - excellent pix .

Glastonbury Fayre 1979- large update with many photos of Mother Gong, Sphynx and the site

Polgooth Fayre 1979 - photos and poster

Ashton Court Free Festival 1978-79 Photos of Steve Hillage and Here and Now

Stonehenge Free festival- new photos from 1980

Stonehenge Free festival- new photos from 1979

Jan 2007

Seasalter Free festival 1976- new photos

Stonehenge Free festival- new photos from 1984 and improved site navigation in general (I hope )

Elephant Fayre 1981 St Germans Cornwall -New . 82-86 to come soon !

Isle Of Wight 1970-New photographs of site and stage

Reading Rock festival 1980 : new recollections and photos. #

Blenheim Palace festival 1967 New

Midsummer Nights Dream . Burton Constable Hall Nr Hull 1968 New

International Love In Alexandra Palace 1967 New

Magical Mystery Tour - Roundhouse 1968 New

Festival of the Flower Children Woburn 1967 extensive photo and info updates

Medicine Ball Caravan .Canterbury 1970 New

Jerry Garcia At The Bickershaw festival 1972

Bath festival of Blues 1969 memoirs

Nov 2006

Many new photos of the Blind Faith concert in Hyde Park 1969

More Photos from the 1970 Isle of Wight festival

We are particularly pleased to have established links with a major archives of professional photographs taken by Robert Ellis of Repfoto and Alan Perry . Many of the latest additions include photos from these archives, which are well worth a visit and are being constantly updated.

# Indicates Repfofo images used with permission

Sept 2006

Windsor Free festival recollections

Bath 1970: new photos of Fairport, The Flock and Maynard Ferguson

Camden Fringe Festival 1968 :Setlist and eyewitness reports of Jefferson Airplane , Fairport

Reading 1977 photos

Reading 1978 photo , advert and recollections

Reading 1975 photos and backstage recollections of Robin Trower, McLaughlin and Fripp

Knebworth 74 recollections

Knebworth 8-4-79 new photos

Watchfield free festival 1975 -photos of Strife and Fever .

June 2006

Knebworth 8-11-79 many new photos

Bath Festival of Blues 69-new Zeppelin and crowd photos, info on Deep Blues Band

New band photos Charlton 74

May 2006

New photos from Stonehenge 1984

New photos from Stonehenge 1978

New recollections about Bill Ubi Dwyer

New photos Glastonbury Fayre 1979

Gong :Photos from Stoke On Trent 1975

New band photos and recollections Charlton 76 #

Sept 2005

Isle Of Wight festival 1968, report from the drummer of Smile

Knebworth concerts 1979 - big update- new photos

Crystal Palace Garden Party photos Jeff Beck, Rory Gallagher #