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The 23rd Reading Rock Festival. Richfield
Avenue. August 26-28th 1983. |
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Created December 2007. Updated Sept 2023
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The 23rd Reading Rock Festival. Richfield
Avenue. August 26-28th 1983. |
Setlists and recordings
The BBC recorded a LOT of sets from 1983. Audience recordings seem rare for this year ,almost all the sets out here seem to be sourced from fm. If you know of any sets that exist we have missed please send us details.
Friday
| Pendragon 8-26-83
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Solstice 8-26-83
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| Pallas 8-26-83
Alexander Crum Ewing
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| Man 8-26-83
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Big Country 8-26-83
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The Stranglers 8-26-83
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Saturday
| Heavy Pettin' 8-27-83
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| Lee Aaron 8-27-83
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Anvil 8-27-83
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Suzi Quatro 8-27-83
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| Stevie Ray Vaughan 8-27-83
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Marillion 8-27-83
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| Black Sabbath 8-27-83
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Twelfth Night 8-28-83
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we are looking for cover art for this set , can you help? |
| Ten Years After 8-28-83
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Thin Lizzy 8-28-83
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Just an addendum to Reading '83. I wasn't there but two months later I ran into Phil Lynott on London's King's Road. He was out for the day with his daughter. I asked him how Reading had gone and he said the saddest thing I've ever heard "Ahh y'know - we got through it." He should have been on top of the world and instead the will to live was draining from him, one day at a time. We had a quick drink in the nearest pub (Cadogan Arms, I think) and he gave me directions to a shop I was looking for and that was the last time I saw him. Paul Flynn |
Recordings also exist of the Mamas Boys at Reading 1983, we are looking for setlists and cover art , can you help?
1983 festival
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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
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 .
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Festivals 1965-1990
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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