AleisterCrowley wrote:Going very O/T, but The Stranglers at Battersea Park (Sep '78?) is near the top of my 'wish I'd been there' gigs list.I was only 13 at the time so not much chance
I take it you've seen the vid of that concert posted on Youtube - quite something Late '78 was the first of many times I saw them play*, though IIRC the first 3-4 times were all at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park. One time I recall being puzzled how the vast fire curtain across the stage was full of holes - apparently Sham69 had played the previous week and the fans had thrown bottles through it.
Speaking of 'Wish I was there' an American colleague of mine in the 90s went to Woodstock - the original - and again he'd he circa 13-14 at the time. And coincidentally making a Hendrix-connection another old friend of mine had been at the eponymous Isle of Wight festival of 1970.
* v similar age to you FWIW.