02 - Lincoln Festival 1972

Lincoln Festival 1972

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Questo Festival è comunemente indicato come il Festival di Lincoln, ma si trovava a una certa distanza da Lincoln, Regno Unito. In realtà è stato più vicino a una città chiamata Bardney ed è stato davvero chiamato Il Festival Bardney. Si trovava nei pressi dell’antico monastero medievale di Tupholme Abbey.

Come si può vedere, i Genesis dovevano suonare Lunedi il 29, ma sono stati spostati Domenica 28 per qualche motivo. Questo è il motivo per cui la data viene erroneamente indicata come il 29 in alcune pubblicazioni.

Un rarissimo manifesto del festival. La carta è molto sottile e potrebbe essere stata danneggiata dalle piogge di quei giorni...

The Great Western Festival - the festival they couldn't stop takes place next weekend at Tupholme Hall, Bardney, ten miles from the centre of Lincoln. It has been fraught with difficulties from the word go and even now Great Western are under court restrictions. Originally the Great Western company announced their intention to hold a festival at Canterbury this weekend many months ago. Local feeling ran high and an alternative site had to be found and local feeling ran high everywhere. It wasn't until last week that the last rumblings in the courts died down and the organizers were obliged to give an undertaking that the festival would not be conducted in such a way as to cause a nuisance. Thus the onus is on Great Western to prove to the country that they can hold a well organised event: the outcome of the Night Assemblies Bill fiasco and future legislation depends very much on what happens next weekend.

On the eve of the biggest festival to be held in Britain for two years, the organisers made a desperate appeal to fans to behave sensibly. If the fans cause a nuisance, the organisers of the Great Western Express, at Tupholme, near Lincoln this weekend, face possible imprisonment ' and it may be the end of festivals in this country. Stern measures have been taken by the High Court to protect the local residents. If things go wrong, actor Staniey Baker and backer Lord Harlech together with chief booke; John Martin, may end up in jail ‘'The court has slapped an injunction on three points: congestion of roados, trespassing, and noise. if any of these occur, we face a maximum prison sentenced six months," Martin told the MM this week. " But we are going ahead with the festival."

Latest additions to the festival are Wishbone Ash, Atomnic Rooster, Status Quo and Curtis Muldoon, but it became evident this week that Sly Stone will not be appearing despite contracts having been exchanged. The Beach Boys will take over Sly's bill topping spot on Sunday.

MAIN STAGE. FRIDAY: Rory Galligher, Alexis Korner, Doctor Ross, Buddy Miles and Carlos Santana.

SATURDAY: Nazareth, Locomotive G. T., Ry Cooder, Heads, Hands and Foet, Roxy Music, Steve Goodman, The Persuaslons, Stone The Crows, Helen Reddy, The Strawbs, The Faces.

SUNDAY: Natural Acoustic Band, Brewers Droop, Spencer Davis, Incredible String Band, Lindisfarne, Beach Boys, Average White Band Slade, Monty Python, Sly and the Family Stone MONDAY: Vlanar Joe, Jackson He4hts, Genesis, Sutherland Brothers Wishbone Ash, Atomic Rooster, Don McLean, Sha Na Na, Humble Pie, Joe Cocker.

GIANTS OF TOMORROW TENT. SATURDAY: Buduie Sunrise, Walrus, Skin Alley, Tea and Sympathy Mark Ashton, Capability Brown.

SUNDAY: Bitch Byzantium, Akido, Sleaze Band Jonesy, Smith, PerWns and Smith Patto.

MONDAY: Demick and Armstrong, Gnidrolog Spreadeagle, Morgan Magic Carpet, Mohatina Cane Jeeves, Jade Warrior, Curtis Muldoon.

FOLK TENT. FRIDAY: Al Matthews Derek Brimstone, C. O B., Silvo and Moses.

SATURDAY: Hamish Imiach, Harvey Andrews Bridget St lohn, Colin Scot, JSD Band.

SUNDAY: Mick Softly Anne Briggs, Boys of the Lough.

Host on Friday is Bob Harris, while John Peel takes over for Saturday Sunday and Monday. At various intervals there wili be appearances by Viv Stanshall and Legs Larry Smith.

The Great Western Festival the festival they couldn't stop takes place next weekend at Tupholme Hall, Bardney, ten miles from the centre of Lincoln. It has been fraught with difficulties from the word go and even now Great Western are under court restrictions. Originally the Great Western company announced their intention to hold a festival at Canterbury this weekend many months ago.

Local feeling ran high and an alternative site had to be found and local feeling ran high everywhere.

It wasn't until last week that the last rumblings in the courts died down and the organizers were obliged to give an undertaking that the festival would not be conducted in such a we, as to cause a nuisance. Thus the onus is on Great Western to prove to the country that they can hold a well organised event: the outcome of the Night Assemblies Bill fiasco and future legislation depends very much on what happens next weekend.

Great Western have pledged to hold an enjoyable event. Their bill is vast, and their resources seem endless. At the last count, 34 bands were due to appear on the main stage, while 20 will appear in the "Giants of Tomorrow " marquee, and 13 folk artists in the folk tent. But even the best laid plans can go astray and if every act mentioned appears Great Western will have done remarkably well. The Faces, Joe Cocker and the Beach Boys are bound to attract the most interest.

And with groups like Rory Gallagher Groundhogs, Buddy Miles, Ry Cooder, Lindisfarne, the Incredibles, Sha Na Na and Humble Pie also on the bill, the music should be excellent. The bill is large but the main stage will close down promptly at midnight each night, according to John Martin, the chief booker for the event. It has never been the organisers intention to have the main acts parading on and off stage from Friday night until Monday without a break.

For insomniacs there will be a film shown in the main arena after midnight and other, smaller, musical sessions in marquees. On top of that the organisers promise poets, street theatre players and, perhaps, a circus act or two in the environmental arena. In the mornings between l0 am. and l p.m. there will be outdoor folk singing in a tent if wet and the "Giants of Tomorrow " will follow in the same tent. Security will probably be pretty strict. The Great Western company have brought in the security corps, from the NJF Festivals which took place at Plumpton two and three years ago.

British Rail will be running special trains from Kings Cross and Liverpool street stations to Lincoln with a shuttle service from there to Bardney.

The "Sleep Dri" sleeping bags advertised on the poster above

If talking of a racehorse one would say it's "looking good in its coat, has been galloping well, and is thoroughly wound up for the big one"; in music something similar can be said of Genesis. There couldn't be a better "buzz" about a Derby favourite.

Individually diffident, almost shy, the five men of Genesis Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett collectively raise a profile in performance almost frightening in its attack and intensity. Their music could be said to lie somewhere between that of the Moody Blues and King Crimson, though different from either one. Echoes and evocations, no more: The separateness of Genesis has been preserved through three years of careful development, including longish periods "off the road" to beat writing and line-up problems.

Singer Peter Gabriel, bassist 12 string player Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks who presides over Hammond, Mellotron and piano, were together at Charterhouse School, where the group began. After an initial (and highly promising) swing round the clubs and colleges, Genesis paused to take stock a year ago.

As a result, Steve Hackett was acquired on guitar, and has proved to be every bit as fluent and inventive as the group had hoped. Phil Collins, a one-time Artful Dodger in the London production of "Oliver" (and as ebullient a person as that might suggest), came in on drums. Since then, Phil has established himself in gigging and recording circles as one of the finest young drummers around, tasteful and able to drive or support the complex writing for which Genesis are noted; listen to his work in such numbers as "Giant Hogweed" or "Musical Box." The group's first Charisma album "Trespass" in the autumn of 1970 had a fine critical success, and began to build for them a solid following. It also, remarkably, had a great success in Belgium and Italy. The second "Nursery Cryme," out last October, broadened and consolidated that European success, extended it to America and, without any great fuss, has settled down in Britain as one of Charisma's "best sellers." Just now, too, the group has released only its second single in two years, "Happy The Man," a number familiar to their following for some time past.

An eye-catching feature of Genesis is the powerful, very individual singing of Peter Gabriel. An apparently straight, almost romantic delivery lures you to relax then without warning he garrottes you from behind with a line of incredible savagery, eyes flashing, voice heavily loaded. His timing and quick switching of targets have the flair of a good actor. But he also has an offbeat sense of humor. He leavens the performance with introductory stories of his own writing, stories in the "Mad" magazine dimension.

Indeed, there is a cinematic quality to Genesis which few groups have. There is more to them than music, but the music is not less than fine. One senses plot and sub-plot, swift changes of mood; lyric used as honey for what turns out to be a bear-trap, and when silence returns their songs leave a rainbow of euphoria or a ring of menace. Genesis begin a national tour with Lindisfarne late September, release a new album in October, and will be touring the United States from mid-November.

Undoubtedly a group arriving at the level or recognition they have long deserved.