Plumpton Race Track.
Streat.
East Sussex.
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Plumpton Race Track. Streat. East Sussex. |
The Who topped the bill on Saturday and quickly established the fact that they are still one of the world's
loudest groups. It's quite possible, that the people in the villages around Plumpton Racecourse could have sat in their living rooms and listened to the group. But the loudness did not disguise the quality of the playing which has increased tremendously. The best part of the act consisted of a good deal of Tommy and this was the first time most people had had a chance to hear it 'live'.All the guitar smashing and mike throwing was included and The Who looked pleased with the way things were going - both musically and visually. The visual bit got even better when a girl in a revealing dress came on stage during Summertime Blues and began cavorting about.
The whole thing tore the audience up. An unqualified hit.
There appears to be at least 40 minutes of this show in existence on tape.Not having heard the tape as yet I can't say if all these songs are present or whether this is the entire set. The quality appears to be excellent , so its one to look out for.
Heaven And Hell
I Can't Explain
Fortune Teller
It's A Boy
1921
Amazing Journey
Pinball Wizard
Substitute
Summertime Blues
Shakin' All Over.
To view a huge number of top quality photos of almost all the bands at the 1969 festival ,( including The Who ) visit Repfoto ( note : you can't and shouldn't copy Roberts photos -support his efforts to give us a record of the festival by buying his prints)
Known
recordings of the 1969 Plumpton festival.
With set lists and recording details if available.
Fortunately , with the advent of smaller tape decks
and batteries, dedicated tapers began to record the bands form the audience.
This is the first Nat Jazz festival that I know of that has tapes in circulation
that can be positively identified .
If you have any more details of tapes of the event then email Contact
email
The early festivals.
You can find out the complete
line ups of the first festivals if you follow the links below, but otherwise
information is fairly limited.
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Festivals 65-83
Most of these have fairly complete documentation .
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