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Created December 2007
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Reading August 28-30th 1981. |
Photos and Recollections.
Can we get a witness ?
We need more info on this and the other Reading festivals, we are now in the curious situation of having better documentation on some of the earlier festivals, so c'mon headbangers, get yer photos out and fire up whats left of the aging braincells .Send your recollections and scans to us NOW ! !! Contact us
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An English eccentric goes bathing in the Thames © S Vaughan |
Da campsite © Phil Teague |
38 Special sporting various hats © Phil Teague |
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Atomic Rooster © Stephen Vaughan- visit his Flickr site to see more. |
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Phil Teague made these notes regarding the running order of bands and what he thought of them at the 1981 festival.
Fri 28/8/81
Didn't bother with the first few bands, then:
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Lightning
Raiders; Saga; Telephone (all fairly forgettable) Sat
29/8/81 Sun
30/8/81 |
The Enid © Phil Teague |
Good view innit ! This photo nicely illustrates the perils of large festivals, especially if you are of short stature |
The Enid © Stephen Vaughan |
More Enid © Stephen Vaughan |
The rotund photographer ! © Stephen Vaughan |
Bloody Elric again ! © Stephen Vaughan |
Hijinks in the arena between bands © Stephen Vaughan |
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Wishbone Ash © Stephen Vaughan |
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More Wishbone Ash © Stephen Vaughan |
38 Special again © Phil Teague |
The crowd catch a few rays © Phil Teague |
Reading 1981 Pages
Can we get a witness ?
We need more info on this and the other Reading festivals, we are now in the curious situation of having better documentation on some of the earlier festivals, so c'mon headbangers, get yer photos out and fire up whats left of the aging braincells .Send your recollections and scans to us NOW ! !! Contact us
Thanks to photographer Alan Perry for allowing us to use his excellent photos of Reading 1980, you can purchase copies of these pix at his website where he has oodles of top photos of metal bands from the 70s to date.
Reading in the 80s to date- Fat Regs excellent site covers Reading from 1982 onwards
The early festivals.
You can find out the complete
line ups of the first festivals if you follow the links below ,as well as new
information recently received in 2004 .
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Festivals 65-83
Most of these have fairly complete documentation .But new contributions of any sort are always welcome regarding any of the festivals.
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