very, very old Glastonbury

[Laura_Babs]

Just been looking on the internet at Glastonbury stuff and found this website:

http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/glasto77.html

The pictures got me really, really excited, just to think that we are all going to be there soon, in that same place.

There's some other cool sights with old Glastonbury photos/stories, but does anyone know of any that I can look at? I love looking at this stuff!

[Laura_Babs]

http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/glastonbury-78mainstage.html - the Pyramid in 1978. Look at the sky above it. Sorry, loving these pics.

[DaveMac]

Wow that's a different Glasto world to the one I'm used to.

Looks much simpler, less organised and people look so happy just chilling.

No Corperates about Glasto in those days

Wish I had managed to get along in '77 when I had the chance

(When I had the hair, clothes and hippy spirit still with me )

Still the very special atmsosphere of Glasto has persisted to this day in a slightly different guise so am looking forward to the 21st century Glasto incarnated in June.

EDIT: The Pyramid stage has got a bit bigger since those days :

Edited May 10, 2009 by DaveMac

[Laura_Babs]

Wow that's a different Glasto world to the one I'm used to.

Looks much simpler, less organised and people look so happy just chilling.

No Corperates about Glasto in those days

Wish I had managed to get along in '77 when I had the chance

(When I had the hair, clothes and hippy spirit still with me )

Still the very special atmsosphere of Glasto has persisted to this day in a slightly different guise so am looking forward to the 21st century Glasto incarnated in June.

EDIT: The Pyramid stage has got a bit bigger since those days:

[ampersand]

id love it if it were still like this. mingling with the cattle

[karlpowell]

Nice find ... makes a good read

[sdaveak47]

Terry Reid Glasto 71 , if you've never seen it your life is about to come permanently improved

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8vBn65wTR0

Edited May 10, 2009 by sdaveak47

[Laura_Babs]

id love it if it were still like this. mingling with the cattle

[Laura_Babs]

Terry Reid Glasto 71 , if you've never seen it your life is about to come permanently improved

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8vBn65wTR0

[Laura_Babs]

Not quite so long ago but here are some more from 1993

http://www.urban75.org/glastonbury/glastonbury1993.html

[DaveMac]

Awesome! I love stuff like that.

Keep posting old stuff everyone...it's great.

Edited May 10, 2009 by DaveMac

[Red_Eye_Jedi]

This is a wonderful thread

Also; the Terry Reid video always puts a smile on my face

[Laura_Babs]

Ok here is a trailer for the Glastonbury Fayre 1972 dvd

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[DaveMac]

Seen that one before. Love it though so thanks for reminding me of it. I am going to do some more Googling and see what I can find!

[alphamaing]

lol! It would be great although probably not too safe for the poor cows.

[pezzypops]

[When Jokers Attack]

some great pics there

[DaveMac]

Ok done a bit more digging about on youtube and found this:

This is very rare footage from the original Glastonbury Fayre Film made of the second Glastonbury gathering in 1971. This festival was inspired by a vision of a Pyramid with Light coming out of it- experienced by one of the organisers.

Prem Rawat (Sat Guru Maharaj ji- Indian title) came to the west for the first time about a week before this event, he was thirteen(13)years old. This was his first public appearance in England. These scenes where taken out of the commercial release of Glastonbury Fayre Film and there is no reference of this young Indian boy in the new Julian Temple Glastonbury Film released 2006.

[talullah]

fantastic clips !

[flibbitybob]

Aww all of this is amazing. Brilliant thread!

I just wish I'd been alive when all those things (the crazy dancing, nakedness in a non-lewd way...) were within the realms of social acceptability... Oh well I suppose Glastonbury is still one of those few places where it is possible to go a bit crazy.

Anyone else really excited about Fairport Convention?

[strudders]

This has made my day, and to be fair it could not have gotten much better.

I am having a few issues with memory at the moment but I have for the last 25 mins been thrown back 23 years to 1986 when I went as a school boy.

It was not anything like the early 70's but it was a different festival to know. I now remember that there did not seem to be millions of tents, there was space and I think that's is what is missing now, space to be yourself and indulge the countryside around you and know you are in a field in Somerset.

I was thinking the other day how would I make it more personable again, not that there's anything wrong with it mind you, but to make it more spacial. I now have my answer, space.........

Great great thread........

[darrenbha]

Space. That would be great strudders

[Laura_Babs]

Had to wait for the F1 to finish to watch these. Love the Pyramid being built clip. Awesome! I love this sort of stuff. Is it really still 6.5 weeks away?!?

[DaveMac]

Last footage from early Glasto I can find ...

'Pink Fairies Marching Drum Band - Glastonbury Festival 1971'

(some footage already shown in previous videos)

also this (which is quite charming )

[scudetto_boy]

Cool pictures & clips-thanks! They've really got me in the mood for the big event!!!