Woodstock - As it happened full recording to be broadcast 50 years on

[Cooter]

Not Glasto but worth a big shout on this forum for obvious reasons and definitely worth a listen.

Happy 50th Woodstock!

https://www.nme.com/news/music/philadelphia-radio-station-broadcast-full-woodstock-recording-exactly-50-years-later-2536779

 

 

 

[The Nal]

Really enjoyed this

 

[Cooter]

About to kick off at 10.07pm....

 

https://xpn.org/player/player.php?MediaID=77af76dd-cb65-4dee-a8a9-bcb747cb4aa2&categoryGuid=c747c304-8a34-4649-8b76-e05462b8923d

[CaledonianGonzo]

Bob Stanley listens to the lot:

'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/15/woodstock-50th-anniversary-box-set-38-discs?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

[Hugh Jass]

On 8/10/2019 at 11:47 AM, The Nal said:

Really enjoyed this

 

Watched this last night, enjoyed it. Pretty cool how ramshackle and thrown together it all was.

[Hugh Jass]

Biggest shock was discovering Wavy Gravy was a real person.

[Cooter]

On 8/16/2019 at 5:39 AM, CaledonianGonzo said:

Bob Stanley listens to the lot:

'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/15/woodstock-50th-anniversary-box-set-38-discs?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

Crkey! Now if I had £600 hanging around...

[MrZigster]

On 8/18/2019 at 10:05 AM, Hugh Jass said:

Watched this last night, enjoyed it. Pretty cool how ramshackle and thrown together it all was.

Also watched last night. Very enjoyable.

[Matt87]

Weren't there plans to host another this year to celebrate 50 years? Obviously never came to fruition. 

[Hugh Jass]

1 minute ago, Matt87 said:

Weren't there plans to host another this year to celebrate 50 years? Obviously never came to fruition. 

A few people did try to get a festival going but it ended in multiple lawsuits and infamy. The story is pretty interesting...

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/woodstock-50-disaster-872320/

[Quark]

31 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

A few people did try to get a festival going but it ended in multiple lawsuits and infamy. The story is pretty interesting...

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/woodstock-50-disaster-872320/

Wow. What an absolute clusterfuck

[Matt87]

38 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

A few people did try to get a festival going but it ended in multiple lawsuits and infamy. The story is pretty interesting...

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/woodstock-50-disaster-872320/

Makes you appreciative how smoothly Glastonbury runs, from the outside anyway.  

[Quark]

10 minutes ago, Matt87 said:

Makes you appreciative how smoothly Glastonbury runs, from the outside anyway.  

Indeed. When Glastonbury was selling tickets for 2019, Woodstock hadn't even sorted its financial partner.

Say what you like about whether Glastonbury has changed for the better or worse over the years, at least it still happens

Edited August 20, 2019 by Quark

[The Nal]

That Michael Lang lad really has a big miss ratio with festivals. Got away with Woodstock 69, just, was heavily involved in Altamont, did Woodstock 99 which was a disaster and now this shambles in 2019. 

[Mr. B]

On 8/18/2019 at 12:05 PM, Hugh Jass said:

Watched this last night, enjoyed it. Pretty cool how ramshackle and thrown together it all was.

Where did you folk watch this? 

[Hugh Jass]

Just now, Mr. B said:

Where did you folk watch this? 

It’s on the BBC iPlayer.

[Mr. B]

3 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

It’s on the BBC iPlayer.

Oh fab - thanks!

[Troop Dogg]

I watched the BBC 4 documentary a few days ago. While the music looked pretty good, it just seemed that the whole thing was most likely a pretty awful event to have been at. Not nearly enough food, water, sanitation, place to sleep, terrible sound system, no provision for bad weather. Makes you really appreciate what we have at Glasto.

[Hugh Jass]

2 hours ago, Troop Dogg said:

I watched the BBC 4 documentary a few days ago. While the music looked pretty good, it just seemed that the whole thing was most likely a pretty awful event to have been at. Not nearly enough food, water, sanitation, place to sleep, terrible sound system, no provision for bad weather. Makes you really appreciate what we have at Glasto.

I've often wondered whether I'd have enjoyed it had I been there. When you look at the crowd shots hardly anyone looks like they're actually having fun.

Admittedly most people look absolutely gillespied which is a factor.

[Quark]

1 minute ago, Hugh Jass said:

I've often wondered whether I'd have enjoyed it had I been there. When you look at the crowd shots hardly anyone looks like they're actually having fun.

Admittedly most people look absolutely gillespied which is a factor.

Definitely. I would guess that a large proportion of people who complain about Glastonbury and festivals in general being too gentrified or cleaned up would have absolutely HATED the state of Woodstock. Include myself in that too!

[Hugh Jass]

2 minutes ago, Quark said:

Definitely. I would guess that a large proportion of people who complain about Glastonbury and festivals in general being too gentrified or cleaned up would have absolutely HATED the state of Woodstock. Include myself in that too!

The only way through it is to drop so much acid that everything else just melts away.

[Hugh Jass]

That said, from what I can work out thousands and thousands of people just parked themselves in front of the stage and didn’t move for five days. They even slept there.

The origins of the chair and blanket brigade right there.

[The Nal]

14 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

That said, from what I can work out thousands and thousands of people just parked themselves in front of the stage and didn’t move for five days. They even slept there.

The origins of the chair and blanket brigade right there.

Probably talked a lot when the bands were on too. The c**ts.