Steve Hillage - Free Concert, Hyde Park, London, England (September 18, 1976)

 

Steve Hillage

Free Concert

Hyde Park

London,England

September 18, 1976

SBD

I just picked up this Hillage cd at a local record shop while I was meeting a college buddy who was dropping his son off at university and no it wasn't on the back of a turnip truck. Don't we get old fast. So from college days and record shops to youse guys.

SO the lineage goes silver back & EAV & traders little helper & upload & you...

It's a nice Hillage show,albeit short, but it's live Hillage!!! It sounds like the recording is from the mixing desk as there is separation and the sound moves around so stereo.Oh the Hillage yelling at people to stop fighting is in the Solar Music Suite..

Track list:

1.Hurdy Gurdy Man 6.46

2.Hurdy Gurdy Glissando 12.03

3.Solar Music Suite 19.37

4.All Too Much 9.19

Personnel:

Steve Hillage ( guitar )

Clive Bunker (drums)

Colin Bass (bass)

Christian Boule (guitar)

Phil Hodges (keyboards)

Basil Brooks (synthesiser)

Miquette Giraudy (synthesiser, vocals)

I found the below on a site called "eFestivals.co.uk"...

"A real biggie, and the last concert held in the park for many years. Supposedly 200,000 turned up, mostly to see Queen, whose stock had been rising rapidly , they were well on the way to becoming superstars. Apparently Richard Branson of Virgin records was instrumental in organising the show although the headliners were restricted to an 80 min set due to a curfew. Police threatened to bang up Freddie in the cells if the band came back on after the allotted tiem, thus no encores."

Jeremy Smith writes

This was a really great day out and well organised.

I don't remember much about the music except Supercharge - they were pretty bland and unfunny

Kiki Dee - she had just had this hit with Elton John and she played it but I don't remember much else.

Steve Hillage - I was really into him at the time and thought he played really well. It would have been most of the hippy stuff from fish rising. Queen - OK can't remember much - they were not as good as when I first saw then in 72/73 when they were just starting - I'm sure we had a good sing along.

Anyway one bit I do remember well was that there was a fight during Steve Hillage. He stopped playing and made some speech about how people should be peaceful etc and use positive energies or some hippie bullshit. Of course this didn't work so he yelled out - really loudly - STOP FUCKING

FIGHTING. Jeremy

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