Rome Pop Festival 1968 (Ten Years After, The Nice, Donovan, Pink Floyd, The Band, The Byrds)

The original 16mm footage of 1968 Rome Pop Festival. Including many famous artists. To order 75 min. DVD - [e-mail]
Here can be downloaded a full-resolution file to check the actual quality - www42.zippyshare.com/v/9R4QrB...

[@exitthelemming145]

I've never seen any footage of Keith Emerson singing live with the Nice so this was a real treat.

[@Baltihunter]

Is THAT who it was? He was bloody terrible anyway 👎🏻

[@GuillermoCazenaveOficial]

Emerson singing = Scorpio = punk (Rotten)😂

[@oaktadopbok665]

RIP Keith. We still miss you. Oh, what a lucky man he was.

[@GrocMax]

First for me as well.

[@timandlindamcgough7951]

That’s why Greg Lake sang in ELP

[@marcjacobscontinued9411]

After watching/listening to this I have only one conclusion: Release the whole thing! 🙂

[@martinholmes1369]

Julie Driscol! What a voice & SO under rated. Apart from being the 60's most beautiful babe!

[@1pixman]

I wanted This Wheels on Fire .

[@goldtown6747]

Sandie Shaw? Hello?

[@brahmburgers]

I was an American teenager in Rome in the late 1960's. I saw the Who live, there, and went to discos as often as possible. I also had a R&R band, and one of our tunes was Feel A Whole Lot Better ....by the Byrds. It had double lead vocal and double back-up vocal, with great harmonies. I met Donovan back then. I love Alvin Lee and 10 Years After, .....and I also love Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger's band. Her vocals would drive any song like a locomotive. Thanks for the video.

[@mrJimCharles]

​@@goldtown6747you're saying she was the '60s' most beautiful babe??

[@goldtown6747]

@@mrJimCharles I'm not saying that she was the most beautiful babe of the 1960s. We all know that this was Margaret Rutherford. 😁But Sandie Shaw was a prime contender in the field of female singers and actresses (along with Katherine Ross and the late Francoise Hardy). But that is only my humble and subjective opinion. And I like Julie Driscoll singing "Road to Cairo".

[@beatleographer_10-51]

72 years old and I've never even heard of the Rome Musical Festival. I'm not as cool as I thought I was. 😕

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

ROMA is Hip!!

[@beatleographer_10-51]

@@giulioluzzardi7632 I have a cousin, 50 something, that has lived there his entire life. He told me there is no city cooler than Rome. So many times I was supposed to go visit, but something always got in my way. Due to my health, my chances are gone.

[@user-xw5ib3kn4o]

It’s Rome Musical Festival not as cool as I thought it was, not you.

[@beatleographer_10-51]

@@user-xw5ib3kn4o 👍

[@stooge81]

Nah. You're cool.

[@popfortyfive]

Incredible footage! That's not The Band at 8:08, though. That's "I Giganti" doing their version of Summertime.

[@Jamestele1]

Thank you - I was like "They look similar, but that ain't Robbie or Garth!?"

[@chicklets4ever51]

I thought they looked Italian!

[@harveycan5820]

Something was off yeah...

[@GrocMax]

Definitely NOT Levon on drums, Rick on bass, Richard on piano stage left, or Robbie on guitar.

[@ivescazzola1312]

Certo sono i Giganti cover di Summertime SUPER si vede in primo piano Sergio De Martino

[@Saturday8pm]

Good thing Emerson found Lake! 😃

[@brianfergus839]

Yeah no kidding that vocal is painful to experience 🥴

[@wolfgangdr.dahlke8510]

...and didn't have to sing himself anymore

[@johnsummerhill8323]

The rest is history...

[@GrocMax]

He had Lee Jackson.

[@johncataldo5529]

And Palmer

[@richardtaylor8595]

I would love to see the whole show. This is great.

[@brahmburgers]

I was an American teenager in Rome in the late 1960's. I saw the Who live, there, and went to discos as often as possible. I also had a R&R band, and one of our tunes was Feel A Whole Lot Better ....by the Byrds. It had double lead vocal and double back-up vocal, with great harmonies. I met Donovan back then. I love Alvin Lee and 10 Years After, .....and I also love Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger's band. Her vocals would drive any song like a locomotive. Thanks for the video.

[@user-ji1gz3hv4d]

This was a 4 evening event… March 4-7, 1968. I attended three of four nights and was attending international high school in Rome (my father worked at the U.S. embassy). While the video shows some small clips it missed some major bands ( while including The Band, who were not there as someone has noted). Missing were Buffy Sainte Marie, Traffic, Fairpoint Convention, The Move ( which later became ELO), The Soft Machine and four or five other groups.

[@martinvanderplas5815]

FairpoRt Convention...

[@petefeenstra1640]

Yeah as mentioned above, FAMILY!

[@rcw66]

We need to see that Fairport Convention set!!!

[@CarlDraper]

*cough it's on Pirate Bay *cough*

[@ronnieforey2068]

"powerful memories built inside you". Lucky man,,,woman,,,,,, lucky......how bout the Beatles at cobohall?

[@ArkyMalarkey]

This has got to be the weirdest collection of pop snippets I’ve ever seen: The Association’s sterile college pop, Alvin Lee’s perm, Keith Emerson’s attempt at singing, Donovan’s fling with jazz, The Band doing Gershwin and the FOH engineer desperately fighting feedback. That backline looks awesome though, and those Vox UL amps are rare as hen’s teeth.

[@thomasfoss9963]

And, they're all on one 10 minute video!!! Your's for only $9.95!!!!!

[@graysonharrisful]

That was brutal! And quite possibly the worst job of editing I've ever seen! Wow!

[@burtramone765]

That was ''a Band', but certainly not ''The Band''.

[@ArkyMalarkey]

@@burtramone765: You’re right. I was thrown off by the bassist, who sort of resembled Rick Danko, and I guess whoever put up this video made the same mistake. I went and googled the original festival line-up and there wasn’t a ‘The Band’ to be found. Phew, narrow escape for the boys…

[@burtramone765]

@@ArkyMalarkey Some dago band called ''I Giganti'.

[@thomassmith8721]

A time capsule. Besides the great footage of the bands/artists and the music, there's all the vintage instruments, equipment, clothes, and hair styles. A blast from the past. What an awesome festival. A treat to see this video. Ty

[@jeffryhammel3035]

Yeah. Talk about a wide variety of music!

[@doctorbohr1585]

.....and some nuns.

[@markboller4313]

Wow...this is like a pre-woodstock festival.❤❤❤

[@daisywrabbit]

1:45 rare footage indeed. Alvin Lee of Ten Years After hair is in a short-lived transitional phase that is not often seen. It’s still curly from the ill-advised fro , but getting longer, becoming the iconic mullet. ⚡️✨🎸✨⚡️

[@scarborosasquatchstation1403]

@daisywrabbit: Cool... Alvin with the tight curl permed hair now going frizzy...! 🤔😉🎸🎶🎶🎶

[@brianfergus839]

“the obligat’ry Hendrix perm”

[@VonL]

@@brianfergus839yep that was his poorly documented Jimi tribute phase. Never previously noticed the Jimi ‘stache. His mum was a hairdresser. Dunno who did Clapton’s Jimi perm.

[@scott-in-dfw3005]

And Big Red doesn't have any stickers yet!

[@dr.krinkleweldon5934]

Clapton had the afro too a la Cream starting out

[@spinmancorner7543]

Now I know why Keith Emerson wasn’t allowed to sing while performing in ELP…

[@greg-warsaw4708]

Yep! With all he accomplished on keyboards, let's not demand him to also sing. The world is a better place if he doesn't :-)

[@nom8er]

🤭

[@OohMyHead]

Thank goodness for Greg Lake

[@fabrikk60]

He didn't sing with The Nice either - except for that one song.

[@Lucamathmos56]

At 8:13 not The Band, but Italian group I Giganti while performs their version of "Summertime"

[@orion3511]

Was just about to ask. The Byrds didn't look like that in 68 either?

[@steevburgess2627]

Great footage. Donovan was sublime

[@HIT_IT_RIGHT]

The great Harold McNair on flute!

[@stevecharman8420]

I hope they turned up Captain Beefheart's vocals at some stage of their performance.

[@rodoza66]

Surprised that FZ didn't make an appearance :)

[@edd7812]

Captain Beefheart almost looked like the precursor to Devo

[@davidnorth3411]

I remember as a young boy watching a live group in a backyard jam , it was 1971 and everyone was so into the music ,my first concert I guess you’d say but it was noise to me . The Byrds were so in tune to their sound at an early onset . I attribute that to the formation around bluegrass notes in the roots of American style , well voiced and spot on lyrical tones . They were at the epicenter , we so much long for that style of musicianship .

[@godot-whatyouvebeenwaitingfor]

The Nice did an album where one side consisted of a Bob Dylan cover, She Belongs To Me. The title is shouted out at the start and then it is all instrumental. It was live from USA I believe and they were introduced as "A most distinguished group from England, The Nice". When Bob played the Isle of Wight in 1968, it was so popular they added a free concert the evening before it opened. Nice were on there and Emerson had a great time playing two upright pianos facing each other as he played both, rocking them back and forth till they nearly fell.over; terrific fun..

[@RegCostello]

Tantalising glimpses. I only wish the whole thing was available!

[@fabrikk60]

It is available. You have to buy it on a DVD.

[@mrswimmyboy]

Wow. Keith Emerson as lead vocalist...

[@Formula-602]

Glad he didnt keep singing

[@lavallee1963]

He sings also Happy Freuds from the nice...good song.

[@HIT_IT_RIGHT]

Doing not their normal stuff...

[@piplee1439]

@@Formula-602indeed….. terrible. Rip

[@lenini056]

@@Formula-602 To be fair, sounds very punk.

[@MrMjp58]

Incredible, high definition footage.

[@XavierKatzone]

🤣

[@kiethblack3870]

I never thought I'd see The Byrds play 'Mr. Spaceman' in any visual format. Least of all the Roman Colosseum???? And I thought seeing Barbara Feldman drumming along with The Electric Prunes on The Mike Douglas Show was weird. (!!)

[@friendlier]

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[@friendlier]

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[@Saturday8pm]

Keep searching … you’ll find another rarity. Gene Clark’s brief return was caught for TV. I think there’s two or three vids of some lineup doing the song. ✌️

[@rodoza66]

Well, they were lip syncing. Archival nonetheless...

[@perrysams7772]

Agent 99. Always cool, I'd like to see that.

[@reinefiske5855]

Thanks for this.. We stared a concept to record every show on this small U.S tour on a cassette player and this was the only one that lasted but I’ve never heard it ever since/ the tape deck broke down anyway..

[@georgefromgreece4119]

Donovan always touching and not afraid to experiment.

[@lizf617]

thank for Greg!

[@subaru7233]

Wonderful footage, thanks. Brings back memories of festivals in the US around that time.

[@user-bv8qt6nt3h]

Fabulous stuff all of it. Chris Newman Southampton 🇬🇧 UK

[@jamesphillips496]

I'm 72 what an awesome find this us!

[@RaulMacias-i9x]

This classic along with Demon Queen, Blessed Wild Apple Girl and Ill Starred Man were originally scheduled to be included on the 'A Beard Of Stars album but were withdrawn after Steve "Peregrine" Took's departure in 1969.

[@FarRite5921]

Thanks for putting this up! WIsh it was longer!

[@solaroberto7435]

PEACE&LOVE

[@jameskennedy721]

Donovan at the time of his amazing first live album .

[@jimimurti]

Clear and nice footage, starting with ambient Rome shots.

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love this music!!

[@milagrosguadarrama1618]

Stunning view...¡¡¡ YEAH...

[@theodorus45]

Never heard of this festival ,great to see !

[@martynhanson]

Yes, Keith Emerson did sing on a couple of what I call 'knockabout funny' tracks for the Nice. This is another thing that ELP copied off them in the form of Jeremy Bender, Are you ready Eddy, The Sheriff and Benny the bouncer. These tracks were used in both bands to lighten the mood on an album and they worked in that context. Although Keith didn't sing on the ELP ones they served their purpose for both bands.

[@fabrikk60]

Those songs are tributes to the English "music hall" entertainment of older generations. North Americans couldn't relate.

[@stevenwood6486]

Best of lists are subjective at best. To each their own. MY no. 1 drummer didn't make THIS list and I can live with it. They're still my GOAT. 😊

[@rodp4960]

Band playing Summertime isn't The Band, but I Giganti, good Italian band between Beat and Pop/Rock

[@mattskustomkreations]

Samurai? Those getups! Will have to look into those guys.

[@HIT_IT_RIGHT]

WOW !!! GREAT STUFF.

[@BoyanGeorgiev666]

This is freaking amazing!!!

[@thomasmazur6916]

Nice

[@ebomberebomber2329]

merci pour la video on peut lavoir complet vive le rock

[@jdevine42]

WOOOOWWW...Alvin Lee so young...Keith EMerson singing...

[@Alanoffer]

I ploughed through this to see he band who weren’t on it

[@Jamestele1]

That little segment of the Byrds made my day.

[@TheAltonEllis]

Amazing to see Doug Dillard performing with them! Such a fruitful and wonderful time for The Byrds…

[@burtramone765]

No Crosby, Mcguinn must have already dumped him from the Band.

[@andrewhudson8966]

@@burtramone765was that Gram Parsons on the right?

[@burtramone765]

@@andrewhudson8966 lt may very well be Gram Parsons , however with the sunglasses on , l thought it might actually be Gene Clark on one of his on/off returns to the Band. Also the song Mr. Spaceman is more to do with the psychedelic period of The Byrds. Gram was more to do with the cosmic country sound they later had. l suspect it is Gram strumming along on this mimed clip , to a song he wasn't originally involved with.

[@brahmburgers]

Yea, and I love that song, Hey Mister Spaceman!

[@wimweender1306]

better days better music ❤

[@saikousikikan]

ミッキーカーチスとサムライ、日本人だけど初めて見た。ありがとう。

[@rooftopcat1785]

I have the albums, and i have two copies of the webb sessions, i can still hear it on magnavox counsole, ya know the big wood furniture piece with a stereo inside, zenith was sneaky like that with a 5 watt tube amp what a warm sound to match the music playing, a tramp shining, the yard went on forever, then later in 71 my boy, but glenn also sang webb too, and he had a voice. The 1960s, as a young boy, was a great place to be. My old Converse sneakers smell like the Mohawk River from exploring fishing swimming. And the yard went 👉 forever.

[@shanedyer3230]

Holy shit. Keith Emerson singing. I had heard of The Nice, but I had no idea.

[@thommyh.4492]

Just a few seconds of a song. I feel fooled.

[@hkb1467]

Fun - thanks!

[@victorwong9622]

The Association. Segue to TEN YEARS AFTER???!! Then Keith Emerson on vocals?? What the…

[@rooftopcat1785]

The orchestra was right on time, close to the album. A TRAMP SHINING

[@missyounorm33]

This is awe full.

[@LordGreystoke]

Wonder how much footage of this concert festival actually still exists? Quality sure looks good from these snippets. Wonder why more hasn't been commercially released!

[@Saturday8pm]

Apparently the entirety. ✌️

[@fabrikk60]

Didn't you watch it till the end? It tells you how to buy the whole show on DVD. This clip is just meant as a promo advert for the DVD.

[@hollywoodjoe123]

hello to all from Hollywood Joe

[@RichardCook-on3gf]

Love TYA.

[@Mr01081960]

Quando a Roma veniva gente seria suonare

[@manoftheworld1000]

"Rome Pop Festival"? Never heard of it - and I remember the very first Isle of Wight Festival feat. Arthur Brown and Jefferson Airplane, also in 1968.

[@donnrutherford7059]

The Byrds what can you say So good but just how good all these years later

[@arvidsmith1038]

Donovan is Magickal !!

[@aaarauz1]

Alvin with a hendrix perm!!! Thank F*ck he snapped out of that!!!!!

[@neilgordon8145]

The Nice playing over the intro shots of Rome

[@claudioconti5593]

I migliori anni musicali

[@rbell3109]

The Association

[@mrJimCharles]

If the Traffic part were in it I'd buy it lol!!

[@lencampa9049]

Zappa would of fitted perfect in this. DVD need to get THIS video😮

[@77Yasic]

The Association, The Band, The Byrds интересны здесь.

[@ripetomato9629]

Where's this been all this time.

[@solaroberto7435]

Ten Years After !!!

[@calichamber]

Keith Emerson singing!

[@salto1350]

niceee

[@ted149]

An incredible snapshot of the ‘progressive’ music of the time. Great to watch, but my, how far we’ve come since these early experimental days.

[@burtramone765]

Yeah, backwards.

[@fabrikk60]

@@burtramone765 True. Streaming is basically singles in a juke box. The art of making proper albums is extinct.

[@natsix4857]

Great times 🎉❤😊

[@Formula-602]

HBD..Nick Mason!….

[@Formula-602]

Turned 80 yesterday!

[@garyfrankel475]

Has anyone ordered/received the full 75 min DVD that is mentioned by the source above?

[@rodoza66]

Would like to know the same. How much and how is the quality?

[@dr.krinkleweldon5934]

Looks like David Bowie borrowed his look from Julie Driscoll

[@cree8vision]

I hope there are full length videos of these performances.

[@jonblackers4339]

appearantly they want you to cough up

[@bgbstrm2352]

Look description. There's a 75-min DVD.

[@suzannelawson9215]

First time I have ever seen Donovan perform in a concert and not playing his guitar.

[@user-xg8fr1de8x]

La Música es un tiempo pero es tan linda i preciosa kc se escucha en el tiempo

[@calliopivogiatzis2235]

Many years ago,i heard a rare Pink Floyd song in FM radio. It came out during this time period and was about 6-7 minutes long and featured an upbeat,renissance sounding organ melody and a middle 8 trippy guitar solo. The singer was probably Rick Wright because the words were close to his lyrical style,telling of someone reminiscing about a past love affair with movements still flowing in his mind. This was,i believe a post Syd song. If anyone thinks they know this song title,drop in your ideas. Thanks!

[@calliopivogiatzis2235]

FYI, college stations back in th 80s and early 90s were known for playing vintage treasures!. I don't have a clue back in 1992 what bootleg comp they dug up this Pink Floyd song from but soon,hopefully,we can get the definitive title!🖖🖖🖖

[@deleeuw13]

Summer '68?

[@calliopivogiatzis2235]

No,sorry wish I knew more Think of the renussance,classical,waltz music but with a dreamy,psychedelic pop sound. That's what this song was plus it's a rare studio cut. I don't know if that helps

[@deleeuw13]

@@calliopivogiatzis2235 Hmm difficult. I was thinkin about maybe Remember a Day, Paintbox, The Scarecrow, Carefull with that axe Eugene, or See Saw? But i guess it's something rarer.....

[@calliopivogiatzis2235]

Here,I can give you what I REALLY thought were the BEST guesses from some folks so far: 1.A saucerfull of secrets, pt.4 2.Egor I Opizoinevshie 3.Roger's boogie? 4.Behold the temple of light 5. 370 Roman yards as a possible lp where this song can be foound

[@atelierbentoche]

intéressant programme

[@quarkyman1]

Max Verstappen on the bongos with Donovan.😂

[@fritzthedog007]

Blimey...The Nice sounded really modern in a 2000s sort of way. Looked it too.

[@user-wo6ld3vy3w]

Wowww!! Entonces !🫠

[@lucaciarcianelli9879]

Avevo 11anni ma ricordo di averlo letto sul Messaggero, primo LP comprato Atom Hearth Mother....

[@danielacarlotti5360]

Anche per me quello è stato il primo LP

[@FarRite5921]

oh i wish this was the whole concert ...

[@darrell6800]

Lets see it all

[@gmantv2011]

The group towards the end id’ed as THE BAND is NOT THE BAND. It may be a band, but not THE Band.

[@perrysams7772]

"II Gianti" is who-- an Italian band.

[@FF-so3su]

Better days

[@miyaone]

Mickey Curtis and The Samurai Tetsu Yamauchi on bass!

[@perrysar5954]

Who's that woman belting out Save Me...FANTASTIC!

[@harveycan5820]

Julie Driscoll... She was the highlight for me!

[@neilgordon8145]

Best know for "This Wheels on Fire" with Brian Augers Trinity

[@user-ik1ut9tz5s]

she's Julie Driscoll, for year with Brian Auger

[@MrKelleyzinho]

Roger McGuinn in 1968 looked exactly like Stephen Malkmus from Pavement

[@simonchampion3220]

McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Kevin Kelley, Doug Dillard and Gram Parsons… a very interim Byrds.

[@marks.3303]

I've seen two complete songs from the Association from this festival on KZbin (performing Dylan's One Too Many Mornings and Terry Kirkman's Everything that Touches You). I haven't seen anything else from the other bands, other than the Byrds miming a song from 1966 from the David Crosby era, except with Gram Parsons and for some reason Doug Dillard (who was never a member of the Byrds). Weird.

[@celsoescobar9630]

Excellent footages ! Too bad they are only snippets... Where are the complete Ten Years After, The Nice and Pink Floyd ones ?

[@mauriciob.velazquez7356]

This is not fair, it's not a full concert of a muzik festival but more of tidbits or freesamplings of some of the greatest muzicianz @ that moment in time. Is there a FULL version of this, somewhere somehow, please let me know. If COMPLETE, this would be an AMAZING event to WATCH in full!!! length length

[@rupe53]

did you watch the video? It's an advertisement for buying the full show.