A busy day getting various threads up and started.
So this is a new one.
Watford Town Hall is where I attended my first gig and during that year (aged 17) started going to more and more. The Town Hall is just a large municipal hall with an elevated stage and a small balcony of no architectural note. I'm sure the acoustics were poor but with the heavy amplification that did not seem to matter
The first was Pentangle supported by Steeleye Span, although I cannot find the date. Thinking back on that gig now, both groups were full of folk royalty and still going strong now. sat in the balcony I recall.
Second was the third ever gig by Emerson Lake and Palmer (Thursday 24th September 1970), having missed Emerson in his Nice days. It was his cavorting with his Hammond and the weird sounds he obtained out of it, and of course a very precious and early Moog synthesizer.
The third was King Crimson, (Thursday 15th July 1971) and quite stunning I recall. Jamie Muir the percussionist wheeling a long metal chain link 'rope' above his head and just skimming the line of cymbals he had around his kit. Then of course there was Robert Fripp on guitar.
NP 'Heard Then Stirring' by Fleet Foxes from Fleet Foxes
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