GLASTONBURY FAYRE REVELATIONS 1972 x3 LPs NR MINT David Bowie, Grateful Dead etc

	£		42
	$		55

GLASTONBURY FAYRE  3 LPs WITH LARGE POSTER.

David Bowie, Grateful Dead, Gong, Marc Bolan, Pete Townshend, Skin Alley, Mighty Baby, Brinsley Schwarz, Hawkwind , Pink Fairies , Edgar Broughton.

NOW 40 YEARS OLD THESE RECORDS ARE LIKE NEW, NEAR MINT CONDITION, VERY GLOSSY. THE POSTER IS IN GREAT CONDITION WITH NO SPLITS & NO SIGN THAT ITS BEEN HANGING ON ANYONES WALL. SEE PICS. THIS SET INCLUDES JUST THE 3 RECORDS & POSTER...THE PVC SLEEVE & 32 BOOKLET HAVE SADLY LONG BEEN LOST.

I'M OPEN TO 'REALISTIC' OFFERS.

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In 1972, the organizers of the Glastonbury Fayre released an amazingly lavish, triple album set to raise funds for the fair. Only 5,000 copies were pressed up, and although bootlegged version have appeared over the years, the rare originals invariably traded for sizeable sums. Rarity begot misconceptions, not least being that the set was recorded live at Glastonbury itself. Some of it was indeed, including Mighty Baby, both Pink Fairies tracks, the Edgar Broughton Band and Daevid Allen and Gong. Others were indeed recorded live -- like the Grateful Dead's side-long "Dark Star...Bury" extravaganza, and the original, unmixed version of Hawkwind's "Silver Machine" (barely recognizable here as the hit that would soon devour the planet) -- but on other stages: the Dead were captured at Wembley Stadium earlier that year, and Hawkwind at the Roundhouse. Marc Bolan and Pete Townshend handed over more personal offerings, a song each recorded at their respective homes, while other artists delivered unreleased studio recordings. All told, it was a stunning set, and priced at a snip under four pounds, an astounding bargain. The Akarma label has lovingly remastered the albums for CD release, reproducing both the original artwork and the sumptuous, 32-page booklet, which attempted to convey in words and photos the feel, excitement and joie de vivre of the festival in its infancy. You won't get the poster, cut-out pyramid, and geodesic dome, though, but you do get a DVD of Glastonbury Fayre -- The Movie, Peter Neal's 87-minute, rarely shown documentary of the 1971 festival. Intense interest in the film can be explained only by it being rarely seen, for David Bowie's non-appearance, its mediocre camera work (surprisingly courtesy of Nicolas Roeg), and dodgy sound does not a great movie make. Still there's lots of gratuitous mud bathing, a soul-ripping number from Family, a riveting one from Quintessence, and a storming performance from Traffic. Now this long sought-after set and desperately scoured-for film are legitimately available, so fans can finally see and hear it all as it was meant to be. The past brought vividly back to life. [A CD-only version of the festival was also released.]

WIKIPEDIA LINK BELOW.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Fayre_%28album%29

Glastonbury Fayre is a triple album released in 1972, comprising performances by acts who had appeared at the Glastonbury Festival in 1971 (see Festival line-up 1971). The album came in a foldout poster sleeve in a printed PVC outer sleeve, with a 32 page illustrated booklet, a poster sheet and a foldout Silver Pyramid, all designed by Barney Bubbles.

Although the performances are live, not all of the performances were actually recorded at the Festival. The track contributed by the Grateful Dead (titled "Dark Star....bury" for this compilation) is a version of Dark Star recorded at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London on April 8, 1972. during the band's Europe '72 tour.

There are some variations in the production of the record set, there are differences in the colours printed on the labels, some copies have dark green labels with yellow and red and lighter green labels with white and red Revelation logo; some have yellow lettering and others black writing Later pressings have stated what Revelation Productions had done with the monies collected from earlier pressings.

Track listing

1. The Grateful Dead: "Dark Star....bury" – 24:12

1. Brinsley Schwarz: "Love Song" – 4:10
2. Mighty Baby: "A Blanket In My Muesli" – 16:00

1. Marc Bolan: "Sunken Rags" – 2:29
2. Pete Townshend: "Classified" – 3:53
3. David Bowie: '"Supermen" – 2:44
4. Hawkwind: "Silver Machine and Welcome to the Future medley" (recorded at The Roundhouse, London on 13 February 1972 ) – 7:27
5. Skin Alley: "Sun Music" – 4:50

1. Daevid Allen and Gong: "Glad Stoned Buried Fielding Flash And Fresh Fest Footprint In My Memory" – 23:10

1. Pink Fairies: "Do It" – 4:09
2. Pink Fairies: "Uncle Harry's Last Freak-Out" – 19:47

1. Edgar Broughton Band: "Out Demons Out" – 20:24

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