The Glastonbury 50 book reviews

[Ayrshire Chris]

6 hours ago, Avalon_Fields said:

I’m welcome a documentary, particularly as much archive material as possible.

I still feel the BBC just touches on the festival experience and I’d love to see a film of all significant areas of the site, should be much more interesting and distinctive rather than the usual back to back main stages coverage.

Yes, I’ve got most of  the bbc coverage since 2014 on my sky planner, they do small snippets of the organisation and behind the scenes such as Michael giving a guided tour of the site to local residents etc but there is surely scope for a more in depth documentary for the 50th. 

[Pinhead]

Knight's chippy in the town, referenced in the new book by ME, is apparently the oldest in England.

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/oldest-fish-n-chip-shop-3517370

[Bisque]

Read through 2010 to now last night while the OH was marking books. Great read. People really probably have no clue what goes into making the festival happen.

I’m going to start from beginning now.

[Crazyfool01]

Glastonbury 50 book sells 12,325  copies in 1st week  

 

https://thefestivals.uk/glastonbury-50-bestseller/

[Copperface]

On 11/11/2019 at 8:32 AM, Pinhead said:

Knight's chippy in the town, referenced in the new book by ME, is apparently the oldest in England.

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/oldest-fish-n-chip-shop-3517370

A mere 110 years?

How do they get away with that BS claim?

Plenty round by me started in the 1860s and 1870s.

[Crazyfool01]

2 hours ago, Copperface said:

A mere 110 years?

How do they get away with that BS claim?

Plenty round by me started in the 1860s and 1870s.

Somerset live is a big clue ... full of crap 

[H.M.V]

32 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

Somerset live is a big clue ... full of crap 

Tomorrow's chip paper

[Crazyfool01]

25 minutes ago, H.M.V said:

Tomorrow's chip paper

not sure id even wrap my chips in it ... maybe that tracing paper is a better option  

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

48 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

maybe that tracing paper is a better option  

Just wondering - is that a reference to the Izal that's been mentioned on another thread? 

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

Just wondering - is that a reference to the Izal that's been mentioned on another thread? 

correct  

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Just now, crazyfool1 said:

correct  

Aghh, bingo. I've just had the tiniest bit of a smoke, so my clarity on things had gone awry. However, it was always heading in that direction in any case. The reason for this is the level of stress that I'm currently under, which is what actually led me to have that smoke. All will be revealed in my next post on this thread, which must also serve to thank somebody for their honesty and actions.

[Crazyfool01]

5 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

Aghh, bingo. I've just had the tiniest bit of a smoke, so my clarity on things had gone awry. However, it was always heading in that direction in any case. The reason for this is the level of stress that I'm currently under, which is what actually led me to have that smoke. All will be revealed in my next post on this thread, which must also serve to thank somebody for their honesty and actions.

Things also not clear to me at the moment but that is also for another time  good news on the honesty and actions  

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said:

Things also not clear to me at the moment but that is also for another time  good news on the honesty and actions  

I'm so stressed out right now, it's off the scale. I'm using the time on here to actually give me a bit of time to prepare for tackling the tsunami of shit that has washed up on my plate today.

Anyway, I'm so stressed that I got it wrong - the reasons for the stress will be not found on CHAT, but on the DISCUSSIONS page, under the thread title CONFESSIONS. 

[Pipine]

I've read up to 2015 now, it feels like such a journey, memories of all the festival's I've been to since 97 coming back to me, a little sadness at the few years I missed when my boys were really little.. now I'm even more determined not to miss the 50th.  The book has so many interesting insights into the festival and how its developed.

I am so grateful to Michael and Emily,  they've really put everything into the festival and I hope they know how much it means to us all.

[Crazyfool01]

book talk with Emily with Zoe ball monday from 06:30 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bl5k

[gfa]

Not sure whether this is the best thread to put this in but the book is £15 for today only:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glastonbury-50-Official-Story-Festival/dp/1409183939/ref=gbps_tit_m-8_9b60_f619d0bf?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=43880465-1cbb-4a99-8591-81713c769b60&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=161428031&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=GT1VC24A8YC6NQXK98JH

[thisisthesam]

12 minutes ago, gfa said:

Not sure whether this is the best thread to put this in but the book is £15 for today only:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glastonbury-50-Official-Story-Festival/dp/1409183939/ref=gbps_tit_m-8_9b60_f619d0bf?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=43880465-1cbb-4a99-8591-81713c769b60&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=161428031&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=GT1VC24A8YC6NQXK98JH

Thank you! Got one for my Dad for Christmas

[thisisthesam]

OOI, why didn't they release this after next years festival?

I assume the 50th year is missing in the book? Or will there be a re-issue?

[Crazyfool01]

13 minutes ago, thisisthesam said:

OOI, why didn't they release this after next years festival?

I assume the 50th year is missing in the book? Or will there be a re-issue?

Either that or some kind of documentary might be nice  

[ghostdancer1]

On 11/25/2019 at 11:44 AM, gfa said:

Not sure whether this is the best thread to put this in but the book is £15 for today only:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glastonbury-50-Official-Story-Festival/dp/1409183939/ref=gbps_tit_m-8_9b60_f619d0bf?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=43880465-1cbb-4a99-8591-81713c769b60&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=161428031&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=GT1VC24A8YC6NQXK98JH

down at £16 for the last few days, in case anyone needs Xmas present ideas.

[cdm22]

Signed ones back at Waterstones btw

https://www.waterstones.com/book/glastonbury-50/emily-eavis/michael-eavis/9781785176616

[Crazyfool01]

50 minutes ago, cdm22 said:

Signed ones back at Waterstones btw

https://www.waterstones.com/book/glastonbury-50/emily-eavis/michael-eavis/9781785176616

There’s someone earlier in the thread that wanted a signed one ... so that will be helpful ... will go back and have a look when I’ve finished work  

[danbailey80]

4 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

There’s someone earlier in the thread that wanted a signed one ... so that will be helpful ... will go back and have a look when I’ve finished work  

Was me but I bought a load of unsigned already. There were others I think though. 

[Crazyfool01]

1 hour ago, danbailey80 said:

Was me but I bought a load of unsigned already. There were others I think though. 

Ah yes  cheers saves me looking back through  

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

I was fortunate enough to receive the book as a gift this Christmas. It's a wonderful record of the festival's history and for the first time the realisation hit me that I won't be there in 2020. Even more so than on ticket day this October. What a great book though, if you haven't bought it yet it's so worth it