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The
Tenth National Jazz and Blues Festival.
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Plumpton
Race Track.
Streat.
East Sussex.
6th-9th
Aug 1970.
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Yes.
At
the time, Yes were one of the
few bands that would have tempted me to attend this festival, I thought their
work at this point in their career was excellent and when I saw them at Loughborough
the next year they proved to be a really energetic and dynamic rock band . Later
on, I generally agreed with those critics who thought they were going over the
top in terms of silly lyrics and indulgent solos, ( even though I still have a
fondness for certain songs from their later days ) but in 1970 very little
of this tendency was in evidence and I imagine that this would have been a top
performance by the band when they at their energetic best, as any band with Bill
Bruford and Chris Squire just had to have
been HOT .
There is an audience tape
of this performance , around 30 minutes long , which would have probably been
most of or all their set for a band at the middle to bottom end of the bill. The
stage banter indicates they would have been on in the early evening.
- Jon
Anderson, Bill Bruford, Steve
Howe, Tony Kaye, Chris
Squire
- Astral
Traveller,
- I've
Seen All Good People.
- Clap.
- America.
1970
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Known recordings
of the 1970 Plumpton festival.
With set lists and
recording details if available.
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