RARE BOWIE, BOLAN, HAWKWIND ON GLASTONBURY FAYRE 1971 TRIPLE LP SET

FROM THE 1973 TRIPLE LP SET -
6. Supermen - David Bowie [2.44] Trident studios, rare alternate version

7. Silver Machine & Welcome - Hawkwind [7.28] Roundhouse Chalk Farm 13 Feb 1972

4. Sunken Rags - Marc Bolan [2.36] Marc's Home -

Originally released in 1972 as a fund-raiser to help pay off the costs of the 1971 Glastonbury Fayre, with a limited run of 5000 copies, here it is back again in all it's magnificence. If this is, as some have claimed a bootleg, then it is the most amazing and incredible bootleg that I have ever come across.
This triple LP set comes complete with all it's original inserts; the cut-out pyramid, 32 page booklet on the festival, fold-out track listing, poster featuring all the artists and a second poster featuring the Triacon Sphere (whatever that is), whilst the album sleeve unfolds into a giant double sided poster, and the whole lot is housed in a printed plastic outer sleeve - all of it beautifully reproduced.
As for the music, there have been grumbles that it has all been dubbed off an original vinyl copy resulting in poor sound quality. Not true. The sound is excellent throughout; although naturally the quality of the live recordings does vary somewhat - the Pink Fairies describe their contribution as `rustic'!
They are one of four acts recorded at the 1971 Glastonbury Fayre, the others being Mighty Baby, Gong, and the Edgar Broughton Band. The remaining artist contributions come from other live recordings or studio outings.
There are long jam sessions from the Grateful Dead, Gong and Pink Fairies, whilst the Marc Bolan and Pete Townshend tracks are both home demos. Other studio recordings come from David Bowie, Brinsley Schwarz and Skin Alley.
My advice is grab this album whilst it's still around - original copies now change hands for up to £250!
All in all both the music and the packaging represent a fascinating insight into the hippie/counter culture movement of the early 70's; it's all a very far cry from the multi-million pound family/media friendly Glastonbury Festival of today.

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GLASTONBURY FAYRE Revelations - A Musical Anthology (VERY Rare original 1972 12-track limited edition triple LP set including otherwise unreleased rare live & studio material by Grateful Dead, Marc Bolan, David Bowie, Pete Townshend, Hawkwind, etc. with original PVC outer printed bag, fold out sleeve & with ALL inserts in fantastic MINT condition & uncut [silver pyramid, dome, 32-page booklet] - Complete! REV1/2/3)
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Tracklisting / Additional Info: Tracklisting :

1. Dark Star - Grateful Dead [24.06] Empire Pool Wembley, 8 April 1972

2. Love Song - Brinsley Schwartz [4.02] Olympic studios
3. A Blanket In My Meusli - Mighty Baby [16.06] Glastonbury Fayre 25 June 1971 5 a.m.

4. Sunken Rags - Marc Bolan [2.36] Marc's Home
5. Classified - Pete Townshend [3.58] Peter's Home
6. Supermen - David Bowie [2.44] Trident studios, rare alternate version
7. Silver Machine & Welcome - Hawkwind [7.28] Roundhouse Chalk Farm 13 Feb 1972
8. Sun Music - Skin Alley [5.20] Trident studios

9. Glad Stoned Buried Fielding Flash & Fresh Fest Footprints In My Memory - Daevid Allen & Gong [23.00] Glastonbury Fayre 22 June 1971
10. Do It - Pink Fairies [3.20] Glastonbury Fayre 24 June 1971
11. Uncle Harry's Last Freak-Out - Pink Fairies [19.43] Glastonbury Fayre 24 June 1971

12. Out Demons Out - Edgar Broughton Band [20.00] Glastonbury Fayre 24 June 1971

This fantastic triple LP set was issued to fund raise for the Glastonbury Festival.
It has never been reissued & has never been officially available on CD.
Many of the tracks on this set have yet to be re-released elsewhere in any format.

Contents :-

THREE vinyl LPs featuring EXCLUSIVE tracks donated by the artists
A Superb 32 page illustrated booklet
A Fold-out cut-out Silver Pyramid insert
A Fold-out cut-out geodesic dome insert.
A Fold-out tracklisting insert.
Amazing huge fold-out poster sleeve.
Outer custom printed PVC bag

This is COMPLETE. Apart from a couple of nicks in the edges of the PVC bag, it is also MINT. A stunning copy & without doubt the best you will ever find.

Glastonbury Fayre was held at Worthy Farm, Pilton, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset, from Sunday June 20 to Thursday June 24, 1971 encompassing Midsummers Day.

There was no monetary profit - it was free.

It had been planned by Andrew Kerr (Randolph Churchill's PA for many years) and Arabella Churchill who felt all other festivals at the time were over commercialised. It was paid for by the few who supported the ideal so the entrance was free and took a medieval tradition of music, dance, poetry, theatre, lights and spontaneous entertainment. It was in this year that the first "pyramid" stage was constructed out of scaffolding and expanded metal covered with plastic sheeting, built on a site above the Glastonbury-Stonehenge ley line.

Pyramids - Well, you probably know about them.
Geodesic Domes were the brainchild of R. Buckminster Fuller & are a subject in themselves!