September 30th 1972

“went to Oval pop festival – E.L.P + Focus absolutely brilliant. W.A. not bad. Argent, Genesis - shit / Cort 9.47 /
So what – 36 years later – can I remember of my first ever rock gig?
Actually – and maybe surprisingly – this Oval gig was my one and ONLY rock “festival”, but very much my induction into [...]

An Aside (IX)

Part 2….

Can Keith Emerson sit with his legs ANY further apart in the pic on Page 5?

An Aside (VIII)

Part 1 of scans of the official concert programme in advance of my memories (hah!) about my big day at the Oval….

 
 
Yes, you CAN ask “Who the hell were Fudd?”
All will be revealed come my concert day post…..

An Aside (VII)

Behold the concert poster – scanned from my personal (framed and on my office wall) collection….

Tickets £1.00!
The mention of Harlequin Record Shops as ticket sellers reminded me that they used to advertise very heavily in the back pages of all the music papers. I believe – but can’t be 100% certain – they were eventually bought out by [...]

September 16th 1972

“went up trevs for afternoon – bor’d Meddle, Argus, If 2 / City 2, Spurs 1″
City spank Tottenham whilst I apparently purloin three more albums to commit to tape…
Pink Floyd’s Meddle was the band’s 1971 precursor to “Dark Side of the Moon“. It includes amongst its 6 cuts the fantastic freefall 24-minute opus, “Echoes“, which is an ambitious [...]

February 16th 1972

“Recieved letter about postponement”
I’m pretty certain this relates to our school half-term getting postponed, as I seem to remember schools being concerned that if they had to close during the power cuts, there was the risk they might never re-open.
However, this is not the primary subject for today’s entry. (Neither is my poor spelling of the word [...]