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reading festival line-up 1976

Friday 27th Aug

Stallion <--- unknown to me (tho kat knows em)
Roy St John <---unknown to me
U Roy <--- 1 x toastin reggae great
Supercharge <-- "funky" hard rock w.big fat bald singer, i saw em once (poss at an oxford ball -- they were RUB)
Mighty Diamonds <-- lovely reggae harmony trio
Mallard <-- capt.beefheart'\s magic band AFTER THEY DUMPED B'HEART (think called mallard bcz of some "walks like a duck" concept)
Gong <--- speak no ill my first FAVOURITE BAND, scruffy-hippy space-wail silliness in re pothead pixie/flying teapot/radio gnome concept, GRATE sax/flute player called (oh dear) bloomdido bad de grass (his "flute salad" is sampled for awesome dirtysex raptrack "OOCHIE WALLY")

Saturday 28th Aug

Nick Pickett <--- unknown to me
Eddie & The Hot Rods <--- proto-punkers who i disapprove of, the zutons of their time
Moon <--- reason i arrived on their wbesite in the frirst place
Pat Travers Band journeyman guitar-hero band that i can't remember anything about
Jon Hiseman's Colosseum heavy prog based round hiseman's drum virtuosity (colosseum II proggier and heavier but no singer i think)
Sadista Sisters <--- scissor sisters' mums (i have no idea: thought i remembered em but was thinkin of SADISTIC MIKA BAND)
Manfred Mann well-known pop name on way down judging by bill-placing
Van Der Graaf Generatorpeter hammill is the most emo man in music history, very raw long semi-improv songs feat.elec violin and organ bass pedal throb (j.lydon 1 x big fan)
Phil Manzaneraroxy's guitarist who i love in roxy but always found arid outside
Camelmimsy-folk prog-oid of no memorable account
Rory Gallagherirish blues guitarist famous for endlessly touring and countless live LPs, militantly unpretentious (DENIMS!) and died sadly young, i have a soft spot for RG as my best pal at school admired him terribly

Sunday 29th Aug

Howard Bragen <--- no clue
Aft <--- haha awesome name but no clue
The Enidfolky pomp rockers and festival-hos, punks HATED em bcz they were "right wing" tho what this meant in content terms i dunno (their encore was "land of hope and glory" i think so maybe that) <--- most interested to know the carmodian line
A Band Called 'O' arty hard rock with nasty sexual bent
BackDoorvirtuoso blues trio based round BASS PLAYER HERO colin something (i owned a record by them once)
Sassafras delighted to discover they're WELSH, recall the name but knew nothing about them
Brand Xphil collins's JAZZ ROCK EXTRAVAGANZA, had black player(s) which made em daring/scary for quotidian festival fans
AC/DC <--- surely early in AC/DC's rise; 76 is the year of tipping-point between founder generation (sab, zep, deep and his purps) and second gen (priest!)
Sutherland Bros & Quiver <-- soft rockers, actually a "good news for all our readers" combo of the Brothers with a band called Quiver; not sure i've ever heard a note
Ted Nugent <-- getting into his stride
Black Oak ArkansasBOA were big big big briefly, pioneers of the "southern boogie" wing of big metal

ok i met up with dave q to branestorm his book idea a bit -- BEST ROCK BOOK EVAH! i shall say no more -- and one question he dun arsked = nme's bands-to-watch of 176, who the fak were MOON? well the above is a trace of moon i discovered -- the only clue in fact, but this list sent such a wave of OMG me at 15 thru me that i had to share! i shall annotate it shortly: till then younger respondents can amuse us/selves comments describin the bands listed (w/o googlin) [now updated and annotated]