Updated December 2011, new photos of the Pye Recording crew and Miles Davis's engineer Stan Tonkel and producer Teo Macero

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Band performances, setlists and Audio-Visual recordings.

Check out the links below for more information on these aspects of the festival.

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Contents
1970 festival menu

• Site map. (new 1-10-02)
Isle of Wight 1970 homepage
• Press Program items (new 1-10-02)
• Official Program (New 9-16-03)
• Personal recollections of the festival-updated with new photos June 2009
• Other attendees recollections (updated Dec 2011)
• Information about band performances , personnel. set lists and recordings (updated December 2011)
• Site Photos (updated May 2009 )
Col Underhill's Photos of the festival-New June 2009
• The Film
• IOW posters, passes and tickets
• 1970 festival page with rare pix.
• The battle to prevent the festival.
• The Artist
The Pye Recording crew New pix July 2010

The Underground press- NB: opinions expressed in these articles do not represent our opinions of the organisers or any other people involved in the running of the festival, it is possible that they may be innaccurate in some details or facts.

• Friends Article ; Richard Nevilles review- A Race Of Bloody Masochists.
• Friends Article ; Anarchists, White Panthers ,Desolation Hill, The Angels
• Friends Article : The Police, Drugs, Food.
• Friends Article : Freek Press, The Beach , Community Aid ,Money.
• Friends Article : The Concerts, the Music.
• Friends Article : Guerilla Medicine , The straight press.
• Friends Article : Hawkwind and PInk Fairies.
• Friends Article : Rupert finds d...s at IOW
• Freek press No 1 - 8 -updated August 2007- new copies and updates
• Site photos Updated July 2009 - new pics pages 2-4
• Fairfield Parlour- Let the World Wash In

• IOW article

Reports from the "Straight "press

• August 27th 1970

• August 29th 1970

• August 30th 1970

• September 1st 1970

External links

• Memoirs of a Blacklisted Journalist- great backstage IOW 70 account
• Excellent collection of photos of artists and site
• Extensive personal memoirs by Loris Valvona - well worth a read -added Jan 2012

The White Panthers

• Dr Robin Farquharson

1968 Isle of Wight festival

1969 Isle of Wight festival

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