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9-18-76.


Queen , Kiki Dee, Supercharge, Steve Hillage.

Jeremy Smith writes

This was a really great day out and well organised.
I don't remember much about the music except Supercharge - they were pretty bland and unfunny
Kiki Dee - she had just had this hit with Elton John and she played it but I don't remember much else.
Steve Hillage - I was really into him at the time and thought he played really well. It would have been most of the hippy stuff from fish rising.
Queen - OK can't remember much - they were not as good as when I first saw then in 72/73 when they were just starting - I'm sure we had a good sing along
Anyway one bit I do remember well was that there was a fight during Steve Hillage. He stopped playing and made some speech about how people should be peaceful etc and use positive energies or some hippie bullshit. Of course this didn't work so he yelled out - really loudly - STOP FUCKING FIGHTING
Jeremy

With regard to memories of the Hyde Park '76 concert I was Director of the UK Frisbee Assn at the time and Virgin had asked me to distribute Frisbee's with Steve Hillage stickers on. The great thing about this was that I was put up one of the towers, (to be honest I can't remember which of the ones it was) which was great. Raised above the crowd not only was the view and sound superb but this meant that I had complete privacy which was great as this meant there was no paranoia needing to look over my shoulder as I prepared my roll ups. Did Peter Tosh play at that concert? I know Virgin had provided me with "Legalise It" t-shirts as his album of the same name had just been released but can't remember if he was part of that concert.

I loved looking through the site - brought back great (and sometimes not so great) memories of those times. I took my son & daughter to Glastonbury this year - wow the changes from '72! Has anyone mentioned to you the Trowbridge Pump House concerts?

With best wishes,
Jeremy Way

Photo courtesy ©J . Way 1976 , taken from the tower .

    The performance by Queen was filmed professionally and is in wide circulation amongst fans. The other performances are not available as far as I can ascertain at the moment , apart from Steve Hillage . Please don't bother to mail me as to where you can find this show as I don't have a copy.

Steve Hillage Band

Setlist

  • Hurdy Gurdy Man
  • Hurdy Gurdy Glissando
  • Solar Music Suite
  • All Too Much

Thanks to Chris Cambridge for the set list

Personnel

Steve Hillage ( guitar ) Clive Bunker (drums), Colin Bass (bass), Christian Boule (guitar), Phil Hodges (keyboards), Basil Brooks (synthesiser) and Miquette Giraudy (synthesiser, vocals) -live debut at the Hyde Park Free Concert.

Queen

Bohemian Rhapsody

Ogre Battle

Sweet Lady

White Queen

Flick Of The Wrist

You're My Best Friend

Bohemian Rhapsody

Killer Queen

The March Of The Black Queen

Bring Back That Leroy Brown

Brighton Rock

Son And Daughter

'39

You Take My Breath Away

The Prophet's Song

Death On Two Legs

Stone Cold Crazy

Keep Yourself Alive

Liar

In The Lap Of The Gods

 

   These pages are a celebration of the Hyde park concerts. The highs , the lows, the good uns and the bad uns . I'll try to provide whatever info there is available on each event , recordings availability, photos, reviews, etc. and hopefully , you will want to add your memories here too.
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