ISLE OF WIGHT 1970 EVENING STANDARD FESTIVAL FUNBOOK
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ORIGINAL EVENING STANDARD FESTIVAL FUN BOOK FOR THE CLASSIC ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL OF 1970.
COVER FEATURES PETE TOWNSHEND OF THE WHO LEAP-FROGGING RUPERT BEAR (A REFERENCE TO THE OZ SCHOOLKIDS' ISSUE AND TRIAL?)
THIS EVENING STANDARD "POP SPECIAL" WAS SOLD AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL 1970 AS AN UNOFFICIAL PROGRAMME. THE EVENING STANDARD IS A LONDON BASED EVENING PAPER SERVING LONDON AND SOUTHERN ENGLAND. FUN BOOK IS SAME TABLOID SIZE BUT MAKES EXTENSIVE USE OF FULL COLOUR PAGES
COLOUR COVER (PETE TOWNSHEND AND RUPERT BEAR) FULL PAGE COLOUR PICTURES OF JIMI HENDRIX, TINY TIM, FREE, MOODY BLUES.
GREAT GENERAL COVERAGE INCLUDES VARIOUS ARTICLES ABOUT THE FESTIVAL ITSELF, SITE MAP, USEFUL INFO FOR THE FESTIVAL GOER AND A PROGRAMME (ILLUSTRATED). GIVING FULL LISTING OF ALL ARTISTS INCLUDING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY PRECEEDING THE MAIN FESTIVAL WEEKEND.
THOSE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS (IF YOU WERE THERE) WERE FAR MORE RELAXED AND LESS CROWDED THAN THE WEEKEND AND PRODUCED GREAT PERFORMANCES FROM KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, REDBONE, GROUNDHOGS, TONY JOE WHITE, ETC.
ALL MAIN FESTIVAL ARTISTS ARE COVERED WITH INDIVIDUAL WRITE-UPS AND PHOTOS.
MEASURES 16" x 13" AND, FOR WHAT IS BASICALLY A 35 YEAR OLD NEWSPAPER, IS IN REMARKABLY GOOD CONDITION. MINOR FAULTS INCLUDE A FOLD ACROSS THE MIDDLE, SMALL WRINKLES, FOLDS AND A COUPLE OF MINOR TEARS. CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS NEWSPRINT, THERE IS VERY LITTLE FADING AND COLOUR PICTURES REMAIN SHARP (AND OCCASIONALLY PSYCHEDELIC).
A REMARKABLY RARE SURVIVING PIECE OF MEMORABILIA FROM A LEGENDARY EVENT THAT WILL APPEAL TO MUSIC FANS OF ALL AGES AND, WITH THE TOWNSHEND COVER, WILL ALSO APPEAL TO THE WHO FANS.
JUST ONE OF THE WHO ITEMS THAT I AM CURRENTLY OFFERING ON EBAY INCLUDING PETE TOWNSHEND'S SET LIST AND PLECTRUM FROM THE 2006 LIVE AT LEEDS CONCERT.
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