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The first Knebworth Rock festival: 7-20-74

Knebworth 74

   Was 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 , Nigel Barton ,Tony Brigg, 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 £59:99, 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 The Bannisters 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.
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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 .

Contents .

• You can read my complete review of the entire festival here
• Reviews by other festival attendees
• Photos of the stage, the crowd and the festival site , kindly provided by Knebworth House.
• Front and back pages of the program-includes site map.

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

• Tim Buckley.
• Alex Harvey Band
• Mahavishnu Orchestra.
• Van Morrison.
• Doobie Brothers.
• Allman Brothers

Can we get a witness ?

We have been endeavouring to collect as many recordings of the artists that featured at these concerts as possible, so we can effectively review the performances, provide set lists and band line-ups. Any info displayed on these pages or which is sent to us for review remains the copyright of the contributor and the Archive makes NO PROFIT from its use. The intention is to also display as many personal histories of the festival as possible for the benefit of readers of the site and we welcome all written contributions, no matter how long or short.

If you can contribute in any way, with tapes, reviews , photos or personal histories, please Contact us.

Knebworth Concerts 1974-86

Knebworth links

• Limited edition reprints of the Knebworth festivals are available here
• Memorabilia from various early British rock Festivals can be seen here
• Original '76 posters and '79 tickets
• The Knebworth House festival pages

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