BOB STANLEY & PETE WIGGS PRESENT: INCIDENT AT A FREE FESTIVAL VINYL (NEW/SEALED)
BOB STANLEY & PETE WIGGS PRESENT: INCIDENT AT A FREE FESTIVAL 2LP VINYL (NEW/SEALED)
Product Description
• “Incident At a Free Festival” is a tribute to the mid-afternoon slots at Deeply Vale, Bickershaw, Krumlin, Weeley, and Plumpton – early 70s festivals that don’t get the column inches afforded the Isle of Wight or Glastonbury Fayre, but which would have been rites of passage for thousands of kids. Bands lower down the bill would have been charged with waking up the gentle hippies and appealing to both the greasy bikers and the girls in knee-high boots who wanted to wiggle their hips. And the best way to do that was with volume, riffs and percussion. • Compiled by the venerated Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs of Saint Etienne, this is the heavier side of the early 70s they summarised on the acclaimed “English Weather” collection. There’s an air of menace and illicit thrills among tracks by Andwella, Stack Waddy and Leaf Hound (whose “Growers of Mushroom” album is worth well over £1,000). Bigger names include the rabble-rousing Edgar Broughton Band and kings of the festival freakout, Hawkwind. They are represented by their rare version of ‘Ejection’ • For every mystical Tyrannosaurus Rex performance there was something like Atomic Rooster’s Tomorrow Night or Curved Air’s Back Street Luv to capture the spirit of the day and stir the loins of festival goers; the tracks on “Incident At a Free Festival” were inspired by both Chicago’s percussive wig-outs and the Pink Fairies’ anarchic spirit. The sounds were heavy and frequently funky, with a definite scent of danger. Their message was clear and simple: clap your hands, stamp your feet, hold on to your mind. • So, put on your wellies in your living room, fire up the CD player and enjoy…
Track Listing
1Chasing Shadows - Deep Purple
2One Way Glass - Manfred Mann Chapter Three
3Hold On to Your Mind - Andwella
4Hot Pants - Alan Parker & Alan Hawkshaw
5Do It - Pink Fairies
6Tomorrow Night - Atomic Rooster
7Taken All the Good Things - Stray
8Out Demons Out - Edgar Broughton Band
9For Mad Men Only - May Blitz
10Back Street Luv - Curved Air
11Ejection - Hawkwind
12Meat Pies 'Ave Come But Band's Not 'Ere Yet - Stackwaddy
13Lovely Lady Rock - James Hogg
14Third World - Paladin
15Taking Some Time On - Barclay James Harvest
16Ricochet - Jonesy
17Led Belly - Steve Gray
18Big Boobs Boogie - Slowload
19Freelance Fiend - Leaf Hound
20Confunktion - Dave Richmond
NEW/SEALED DOUBLE VINYL LP
