Isle of Wight, 1970 Music Festival, Rare 8MM Footage

[@jcbeasley1]

Fantastic - many thanks. I live on the Island - in Cowes. I was ten at the time and remember so well seeing the hand painted 'hippy' tents when we dropped my older brother off at the festival. We could hear the distant sound of the music from our home, 14 miles away - that is no exaggeration.

[@spinny2010]

Asking a question to an 8 year old comment. At 3:00 minutes there are people sitting on a Tumuli, is that where the golf course at Freshwater is now?

[@andreasklindt7144]

Imagine this: 700000 people gathered together in one place to enjoy the same music - without any kind of internet, smartphones, whatsapp, GPS systems, or google maps! Not even MTV... With our dependency on those technologies in 2017 seeing these images from 1970 seems so much like pure freedom! No phonecall, sms, whatsapp message, facebook post, new youtube video, "urgend need" of posting the newest smartphone picture of the concert on twitter, or what ever could distract you from the moment, from fully enjoy what you actually came all this way for: The music of your favourite bands! Despite all the difficulties and problems of that time, it makes you wonder how much of these new technologies of today you really, what for exacly, and if you shouldn't turn those things of once in while to fully experience special moments.

[@lesliegilbert80]

i went back summer 2017 and i cant excplain, i have to go back again i'm 67 this year and i got chris westerns book last year i called up to see why it was late delivery and his family told me he died when we were on our way home, very sad

[@SniffMyDeadwax]

A. K. Ok Grandad calm down

[@alfsmith4936]

All for Tiny Tim.

[@prebenjaeger]

Funny how the only way to describe modern life is to describe the smartphone

[@nsr4]

Was there for Six Days Got there on the Tuesday Left On the Monday Went down to NewQuay for a Week Never Forget Wonderful Time

[@morriganravenchild6613]

For me the Sat.night/early Sun. morning was the climax. The Who were superb....and Melanie singing as the sun came up these are the most magical experiences of my life,

[@robford9933]

I never realised until recently that so much film of the event existed on KZbin. I'm now watching loads of them, especially the crowd scenes, just on the off-chance I might see my young self. I'm appalled at just how little of the whole weekend I remember. That may not all be down to my age, though :)

[@ralphboyle]

Rob Ford please let us know if you do find footage of yourself. I can't imagine your reaction to finding it.

[@hardcorehouse]

This video helped me with context about a very cool gathering thats always intriguing. Nice counterweight to Woodstock then the heaviness of Altamont. Lucky to have been there

[@flyerphil]

That's not uncommon Rob, I remember the first few hours or less and the rest is a total blur, dense fumes of Jamaican woodbines possibly 🙂

[@aswclassicsiow8588]

Ther is a DVD of the festival showing all the best bits its still avalible in the shops

[@hardcorehouse]

Very cool, both the excellent footage that provides good context to those not there but long intrigued by this special gathering, and the soundtrack! Captures an era as a cultural counterweight to Woodstock and the residue left by Altamont

[@Mancaloriana]

watching this vid cause my dad was there and have kept telling me about it since I was a teen! 😁

[@johnlamb2754]

I bought my ticket,hiked down from Leeds,stayed the whole festival then hiked back.

[@michaelr4063]

The Who’s PA system was used, not Pink Floyd’s. Look at Hendrix, Joni, and all the other band footage and you will clearly see either “WHO” or “THE WHO” stenciled/spray painted all over the stage equipment. If that doesn’t convince you just listen to Pete Townshend’s short speech at the start of The Who’s set; “...same bands.., using our PA system.., same as last year...” The Who were forerunners in top notch LOUD PA systems. They were tired of depending on and then being let down by poor sound systems (such as at Woodstock). Short version is they commissioned their own state of the art PA and took it on the road, and when they weren’t using it, they would rent it out to bands/tours/festivals, it was that good. The Who were pioneers in the field. Get it right, credit where deserved.

[@francishuddy9462]

I am visiting the Isle of Wight next weekend (June, 2022), so got interested in the original Isle of Wight festivals, around 1970. (I was born in 1967). This is an excellent little documentary, the archive film is amazing. I never realised that up to 700,000 attended the original festival. In comparison, Glastonbury is but an upstart imitation ... 👍

[@jlc515]

1970...Wight...Peace and Music...🦋🌻🌷🌿

[@Dawnflude]

Thanks for sharing. I remember the Hill for those who believed music should be free. The double fence around the perimeter with the guard dogs in. The wind was in the wrong direction so PA was too quiet so they brought in the biggest PA in the country 5000 watts, I think it was The Who's. WEM speakers. Locals left us trays of water outside their houses. The ferry's coming over rammed with weekend hippies and cars

[@hardcorehouse]

Thanks for sharing. Ive always been intrigued by this festival; this film helped give me context

[@antrygis1]

Great jam to go along with this stark footage of the legendary Isle of Wight. I read Hendrix went on at 2 A.M.

[@paulfrancis8399]

I stayed awake to see him. In my view, it was not his best set but was an immense privilege to see such a legend.

[@vickihives9580]

I love these classic super 8 mm films. They are the greatest of all-time!

[@terencemcculloch3294]

Might have been just standard 8mm not super 8, just saying.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Great footage of an amazing event… the main thing I remember about it was the glorious weather… which was quite unusual for an English rock festival! Great soundtrack btw… never heard of Wo Fat before, but that track is superb!

[@TheDutchGuy]

Here is a link to the work of Wo Fat; open.spotify.com/artist/5QUsinW1AjeDsT6tQdeTb0?si=dTSP_oh4TtqO9pxyy4pREw

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

@@TheDutchGuy thanks! :-)

[@fggrdhnni9005]

This song and this version of it are like holy shit yes

[@TheDutchGuy]

"Runnin' the Voodoo Down" by Wo Fat open.spotify.com/album/4VkpamkkuacMsKOyrFYfWQ?si=NNdj3zh-Ri-SwpGbwO6Eag

[@nrw34260]

I was there in 70 and 69 for Dylan. Great times. We were 20ft from the stage.

[@alexgallardo9149]

Isle of wight the british woodstock

[@paulfrancis8399]

Yup, the crowd was larger than Woodstock at around 600,000. Counting ticket sales was meaningless as several hundred thousand were on the overlooking hill. One of the most enjoyable weeks in my life :)

[@Rob-fn1lm]

Who is the band playing the soundtrack to this trip back in time

[@TheDutchGuy]

"Runnin' the Voodoo Down" by Wo Fat open.spotify.com/album/4VkpamkkuacMsKOyrFYfWQ?si=_ch3lsnSQnukLwzQhX-1MQ

[@aswclassicsiow8588]

I was there left school that year aged 15, went dad dropped me off every morning, but not allowed to stay at night so was picked every evening but saw the best of it and a 3 day ticket cost £3.00p

[@rod9050]

Who is the background wailing guitar

[@TheDutchGuy]

You mean the music? It's the song "Runnin' the Voodoo Down" by Wo Fat

[@OffOrbitSound]

👍🤟🚀

[@markroberts5507]

Amazing footage....Who's the music by...?

[@TheDutchGuy]

"Runnin' the Voodoo Down" by Wo Fat, It comes from the KZbin music library.

[@denizgenckul5812]

@@TheDutchGuy sounds like tool

[@TheDutchGuy]

@@denizgenckul5812 Tool? let me look them up..

[@TheDutchGuy]

​@@denizgenckul5812 They sure have the same sound!

[@TheDutchGuy]

Here you got some more Wo Fat; open.spotify.com/artist/5QUsinW1AjeDsT6tQdeTb0?si=s69_G0QNTWKHUCrJzqWjuw

[@JohnLee-zn7zb]

Whose the soundtrack?

[@TheDutchGuy]

"Runnin' the Voodoo Down" by Wo Fat.

[@andym28]

Sounds like heavier than sabbath band called wo fat?

[@nickburse]

King Bong 🦍

[@jamesb.9155]

It looked like not very ecological heaps of rubbish were left behind? Is that right?

[@TheDutchGuy]

They cleaned it up ;)

[@jamesb.9155]

@@TheDutchGuy And who were 'they'?

[@TheDutchGuy]

Mankind, I don’t know there names.. Some of the rubbish found is now in museums or on eBay, But most of the trash was collected by people who got paid for it.. Some needed the job to get of the island after the festival..

[@scottlyle28]

What a mess!!! I thought hippies loved the earth

[@spinny2010]

The island is still full of litter bugs. And they ain't hippies.

[@hardcorehouse]

Thats what youre thinking about? Boring! Pssst messes go with festivals

[@СоколовАндрей-т9х]

Сколько бездельников!!