Sold Date: November 19, 2015
Start Date: November 7, 2015
Final Price: $129.95 (USD)
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Glastonbury Fayre ~ ORIGINAL 1972 RARE UK 3 LP SET ~ HAWKWIND / BOLAN/ BOWIE / DEAD! and more.
Catalogue Number: Revelations REV 1/2/3
Original 1972 
Condition: EXC. please see 'Condition Description'

Description:

    Original UK 3/LP set featuring Grateful Dead, Marc Bolan, David Bowie, Edgar Broughton Band, Pink Fairies, Mighty Baby, Pete Townshend, Hawkwind etc
    THREE vinyl LPs featuring EXCLUSIVE tracks donated by the artists -
    Complete with three LP's plus a 6 piece set which includes:
    *Printed poly outer sleeve
    *32 page illustrated booklet
    *Fold-out cut-out Silver Pyramid insert
    *Fold-out cut-out geodesic dome insert.
    *Fold-out track listing insert
    *Amazing fold-out poster sleeve.
    This 3 LP set contains live recordings of the historic 1971 Glastonbury Fayre Festival held at Worthy Farm, Pilton, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset, from Sunday June 20 to     Thursday June 24, 1971 (which significantly included Mid-Summers Day).
    The 3 LP set also contains some material that was recorded elsewhere such as Sunken Rags by Marc Bolan which was recorded at his home.
    The LP is desirable for a variety of reasons – it contains otherwise unreleased material by Marc Bolan, David Bowie and Pete Townshend. In addition, Grateful Dead fans, Hawkwind collectors and Pink Fairies aficionados will seek out this LP
    Side 1 - Dark Star - Grateful Dead [24.06] Empire Pool Wembley, 8 April 1972
    Side 2 - Love Song - Brinsley Schwartz [4.02] Olympic studios / A Blanket In My Meusli - Mighty Baby [16.06] Glastonbury Fayre 25 June 1971 5 a.m.
    Side 3 –Sunken Rags - Marc Bolan [2.36] Marc's Home / Classified - Pete Townshend [3.58] Pete's Home / Supermen - David Bowie [2.44] Trident studios, rare alternate version / Silver Machine & Welcome - Hawkwind [7.28] Roundhouse Chalk Farm 13 Feb 1972 /Sun Music - Skin Alley [5.20] Trident studios
    Side 4 - Glad Stoned Buried Fielding Flash & Fresh Fest Footprints In My Memory - Daevid Allen & Gong [23.00] Glastonbury Fayre 22 June 1971
    Side 5 - Do It - Pink Fairies [3.20] Glastonbury Fayre 24 June 1971 /Uncle Harry's Last Freak-Out - Pink Fairies [19.43] Glastonbury Fayre 24 June 1971
    Side 6 - Out Demons Out - Edgar Broughton Band [20.00] Glastonbury Fayre 24 June 1971

In 1972, the organizers of the Glastonbury Fayre released an amazingly lavish, triple album designed to raise funds for the fair. Only 5,000 copies were pressed up, and although bootlegged version have appeared over the years, the rare originals invariably trade for sizeable sums. Rarity begot misconceptions, not least being that the set was recorded live at Glastonbury itself. Some of it was indeed, including Mighty Baby, both Pink Fairies tracks, the Edgar Broughton Band and Daevid Allen and Gong. Others were indeed recorded live -- like the Grateful Dead's side-long "Dark Star...Bury" extravaganza, and the original, unmixed version of Hawkwind's "Silver Machine" (barely recognizable here as the hit that would soon devour the planet) -- but on other stages: the Dead were captured at Wembley Stadium earlier that year, and Hawkwind at the Roundhouse. Marc Bolan and Pete Townshend delivered more personal offerings, a song each recorded at their respective homes, while other artists delivered unreleased studio recordings. All told, it was a stunning set, and priced at a snip under four pounds, an astounding bargain.

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