Streat. East Sussex.
6th-9th Aug 1970.
The Archive.
updated June 2021
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Streat. East Sussex. 6th-9th Aug 1970. |
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. |
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The early festivals.
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line ups of the first festivals if you follow the links below.
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Festivals 65-83
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