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Last update Dec 2004 .

The first Knebworth Rock festival: 7-20-74

Photo courtesy Of Henry Cobbold.

Knebworth 74 , held on 20th July 1974 ,  was advertised as the " Bucolic Frolic "  and was the first of the mega one day events held at Knebworth Park during the 1970s. It was unfortunately for me the only one I attended, but it also had one of the better line-ups with Tim Buckley, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band , Mahavishnu Orchestra, Van Morrison, The Doobie Brothers and The Allman Brothers.

   These pages are designed to serve as a memorial to the festival and include details of performances, band personnel, set lists, availability of recordings and where possible,  photographs of the performers, site, audience and stage .

Thanks to David Paterson for providing a copy of the program and to Joseph Kolmanski , Bazza and Henry Cobbold for permission to use their photographs of the event .

There Must Be A Better Way

The abridged Knebworth commemorative set There Must Be A Better Way is now available at £75, plus postage- it contains the following:

The flyers, programmes and tickets from 3 of the following festivals:
1974 Allman Brothers, Tim Buckley, Alex Harvey
1975 Pink Floyd Steve Miller Captain Beefheart
1978 Genesis - Jefferson Airplane
1978 Frank Zappa, The Tubes, Peter Gabriel
1979 Led Zeppelin, New Barbarians
A boxed set of 30 photographs from the festivals.
A video containing Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rolling Stones, Genesis and Led Zeppelin in either PAL or NTSC
A hard backed book with all the behind the scene stories.

and as a SPECIAL FREE GIFT to anyone purchasing the set we give 5 live CDs from Knebworth plus a Rolling Stones DVD
 
You may read an impartial review here

You may pay in instalments if you wish. After the initial payment of £25, plus postage the set is sent to you and you are then charged three monthly instalments of £25.
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NB : The Archive has no commercial ties with Freddy Bannister , we receive no benefits from the sale of these products . This link is provided as an indication of the availablity of these products and is not a recommendation by us as to their quality or content .

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Band reviews  which also contain recording details, set list and band line up info as well as links to each artist where available..


We have been endeavoring to collect as many tapes of the artists that featured at the 74 bash , 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 from the Music press, photos or personal histories, Contact email

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