Melody Maker Poll Concert
The Oval , Kennington .
9-30-72.
Wishbone Ash, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Genesis, Argent , Focus ,Jack Bruce.
Last update Dec 2004, new info.
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Melody Maker Poll Concert The Oval , Kennington . 9-30-72. Wishbone Ash, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Genesis, Argent , Focus ,Jack Bruce. |
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Genesis-Oval 1972 © C Cooper |
Following the conspicuous lack of success of the concert with Zappa and Hawkwind on the 16th , the Foulk brothers held another one day festival at the cricket ground. However, this time they were more successful , although whether this made up for the losses incurred on the 16th is unlikely , as this appears to have been the last concert held at the ground . Perhaps the breaking of the 10pm curfew on the 16th and the bonfires the crowd lit on the pitch put the cricket club officials off rock concerts for good ...... |
Hosting the Melody Maker poll winners would appear to have been a wise move as ELP were huge at the time and Genesis and Focus were on the cusp of making the big time. 18,000 turned up , which , whilst nowhere near the turnout for The Who in 1971, was a far healthier audience than the 6,000 on the 16th.
On the other hand, who the hell remembers FUDD , what award did they win ?
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this one, “FUDD”, whoever they may have been, did not appear, but
in between Argent and ELP, there was a set by Jack Bruce, together with Jan
Akkerman and Perre Van Der Linden from Focus, who did indeed open the show.
I mainly remember a storming version of “Powerhouse Sod”, which
Bruce seems to have played in every incarnation / line-up in which I saw him.
The only version I’ve seen committed to vinyl is on the West Bruce &
Laing “Live’n’Kickin” album.
Cheers,
Pete the Pick
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