Donnington '81

[Dave Greenhalgh]

Laj Waldner wrote:
>
> Mark P Lee wrote:
>
> > This caught me eye...
> >
> > >  I believe that BOC were in dispute with the organisers/promoter re.
> > marketing. Hence
> > >their absence from souvineers for that occasion. The photo was, as someone
> > else said , a
> > >good oppourtunity for a staged outburst. The 'new wave' comment was I
> > suspect not Eric's
> > >at all (or if it was a quote, it was also 'staged') at that time SOUNDS
> > was in it's HM
> >
> > >phase, unlike a couple of years before, so it stacked up with it's policy
> > of the time.
> > >1981 of course.
> > >It is unclear to me anyway, what the effect of Albert's departure was at
> > this time but
> > >BOC's placing on this bill still mystifies me, it being essentially a
> > 'boogie' bill, and
> > >their placing after Slade particularly unfortunate.
> >
> > As I recall the promoters were MCP and the dispute as I heard it was aimed
> > initially at the way that the organisers were being "dictated to by one
> > group of
> > artisits" (AC/DC), IIRC it was AC/DC who had the ultimate control over the
> > levels
> > of sound produced by everyone else... Noddy Holder actually hinted at this
> > during
> > the set by Slade and was overheard having a dig backstage afterwards ( I
> > managed
> > to snaff a ticket off one of the organisers for 81 thru 85 ). I didn't
> > witness the
> > incident above but staged or not it expressed some of the feelings felt by
> > more
> > than just BOC on the day.  I remember BOC's set and although not one of the
> > best by any stretch it was as good as could be expected under the
> > circumstances
> > I thought, roadie on drums etc, anyway it was the first time I saw 'em
> > live. !!
> >
> > Mark.
> >
> > Gleefully giggling his way along the humpbacked highway of life...
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Please reply to
> >
> >                 mark at esparto.demon.co.uk
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Does anybody still remember the bands that played this tour, and in what order?
> Just curious.
>
> Laj.

Wish I could!  All I remember was the food stalls being upended one by
one by a group of denimed teens,  the fact that the Slade set was
superb,  the BOC set pleasantly surprising given I had never seen them
before,  and that I got bored in AC/DC's set and went off to spend the
night under a hedge.  Ah, youth,  where are you now.

DaveG