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June 21-23rd 1985 Aswad
, Big Sound Authority, Poison Girls, Roger Chapman,The Colour Field,
Boomtown Rats, Style Council, Madness, Joe Cocker, Microdisney, Ian
Dury and the Blockheads,Misty in Roots, Midnight Oil |
An early advert for the festival circa April 85. Many additions were made to this lineup later on. The Thompson Twins cancelled due to illness and were replaced by Madness |
"a contact lens has been reported missing, could you look out for it ? ".
Alexi Sayle addresses the mud spattered audience.
Timeline
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Saturday 22nd June 1985
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Sunday 23rd June 1985
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New Model Army © Oliver Gaspard Although not advertised , they played on the mainstage on Saturday morning |
Mud, mud and more mud © Dave Kotula -visit his flickr site to see many more great Glastonbury pix |
It rained , it bucketed it down on the Thursday night , when some bands played on an open air stage and by Friday morning the site was awash, a veritable sea of mud- a great British festival tradition ! Still the festival prevailed and managed to run fairly smoothly depite the lousy conditions, the bands made it onto the stage , although it continued to rain for most of the weekend and many punters packed up and went home early . Michael Eavis was philosophical "We’ve had the mud bath and proved we can still cope with the conditions," he quoth damply. However ,rain was to plague the festival on other occasions over the years and poor drainage was to cause many a festival goer to regret camping , as outlying portions of the site were prone to flooding even into the new millenium . |
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Despite this crappy weather , Glastonbury was the festival that just kept on growing ! In 1985 Worthy farm was busting at the seams as the activities and audiences grew simultaneously . The decision was made to purchase the neighbouring Cockmill farm , which expanded the available land by 100 acres. £100,000 was raised for CND and local charities. A downside of the muddy conditions was that a few bands were on the receiving end of mud clots that were lobbed at them by intolerant punters, most notably The Pogues and Bob Geldorf . 40,000 soggy punters attended , at 16 quid a head. |
Mud, mud and toilets © Dave Kotula |
Photo © Ely online |
Once more , the farm tractors were called out to rescue bogged cars- a grand old Glastonbury festival tradition © Nigel |
Recordings.
Those sons of fun, the BBC were in attendance, and a number of recordings are in circulation, in fact the Beeb appear to be giving a few of these sessions a run on BBC 6 - although they are only playing parts of each set.
Midnight Oil BBC FM Glastonbury Festival UK 6-22-85
62:38 A boot of this was going for the ridiculous sum of 1000 dollars recently - totally absurd ! |
Hugh Masekela BBC RADIO I LIVE
IN CONCERT
Hugh Masekela (tp, flhrn, vcl) with Barney Rachabane (sax); Bheki Mseleku (key); John Selolwane (g, vcl); Banjo Mosele (g); Aubrey Oaki (b); Mopati Tsienyane (d); Francis Fuster (perc); unknown (perc, vcl); Sonti Mndebele, Stella Khumalo (vcl). |
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Ian Dury & The Blockheads BBC Transcription Service recording 6-22- 85
55 minutes |
The Pogues 6-21-85
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James were also recorded- from the audience ! |
Conditions that would try the patience of even the most hardened festival attendeee. Photo © Ely online |
The Blues
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Boomtown Rats- Boomtown Rats In Concert (Rare 1985 original UK BBC Transcription Service radio library LP, recorded live in concert at the Glastonbury Festival.
