The
Holland Pop Festival in Kralingse Forest was 26, 27 and 28 June 1970, the first
major multi-day music festival in our country. Three days occurred in the area
of Woodstock and the Isle of Wight Festival many famous bands and artists, but
the festival in Rotterdam knew - in the fine tradition of festivals at the time
- a lot of business and organizational problems.
Within
a year of 'Kralingen' movie 'Stamping Ground' premiered. That was almost as much
a worldwide status as the film about Woodstock, with camera work by a young Jan
de Bont. The images he shot of playing at sunrise Pink Floyd are now
legendary. The film is now in a new generation increasing, as evidenced by the
publication of "The Dutch Woodstock", a little tentative titled small box
containing a DVD of "Stamping Ground" and two CDs with recordings made during
the festival.
Went
all the hairs stand up somewhat. In announcing this release Would there be some
sort definitive collection possible with professional recordings? A beautifully
polished 'Stamping Ground', possibly enriched with interesting bonus material
Soft Machine, Santana, Pink Floyd and East of Eden?
Twice
the answer is simply no.
What
this has done English society, dating from 1990 is a double CD bootleg 'Stamping
Ground Festival (on the Italian label Aulica) again delete the mastering. And
those mediocre recordings are themselves already appeared on the legendary
'Kralingen "vinyl bootleg (three plates together fifteen guilders costs') with
shots from the film and additional public recordings. Also the Italian Akarma
label it a few years ago dared to bring this set. Semi-legally on the market
What
was ever available from the Kralingen recordings is not expanded by Gonzo. And
not everything is technically sound, the reason for which many people will buy
this set are the songs of Pink Floyd, which are almost impossible to listen to,
because there are many 'extraction clicks' to be heard. The consequence of a bad
rip of the bootleg CDs listed. Even there is no great attention. A huge
disappointment for those who had high expectations of this set ...
More
than okay, the DVD and packaging. The original festival poster adorns an
appropriate manner, the cover and the booklet contains many memorabilia of the
festival and the film release of "Stamping Ground". That movie is sharp in full
on the DVD and is, for those who have not seen it, the purchase of this set
(around 15 euros) worth. A portrait of the era with lots of sun, grass, smoke,
exposed and transparent pyramids. Carefully polished, the colors are well
improved and strengthened, while the darker images are not artificial
'clarified'.
The
images of Country Joe, Dr.. John, Santana, a good form being The Byrds and the
rugged play of It's A Beautiful Day (undervalued Westcoast psychedelics!) Make
the film remains a fascinating historical document, combined with the images of
the audience and the festival site. And Pink Floyd: ten minutes of
the closing film of the festival and also (at four o'clock in the morning),
represented by fragments of Set The Controls For The Heart Of
The Sun and A Saucerful Of
Secrets .
"The
Dutch Woodstock" is a publication that might be typical for this
time. Everything is possible in the field of semi-legal (re) publications,
research and the mastering of the recordings used not rise above mediocrity and
it does matter. Precisely so if proverbial eye-catcher is a nice set with the
best DVD version of "Stamping Ground" that may be possible. The two CDs stabbing
in all respects thereby embarrassing off, so buy the set not
therefor. Therefore, a somewhat dubious release, with producers much better
could bet on a nicely packaged DVD, rather than rushed documenting a piece of
Dutch history festival. Trumps
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