''Glastonbury Fayre'' is a triple album released in 1972, comprising performances by acts who had appeared at the

Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury Festival (formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place in Pilton, Somerset, England. In addition to contemp ...

in 1971 (see Festival line-up 1971) and others. The album came in a fold-out poster sleeve inside a printed PVC outer sleeve, with a 32-page illustrated booklet, a poster sheet and a fold-out Silver Pyramid, all designed by

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. Although most of the performances are live, not all were recorded at the Festival. The track contributed by Grateful Dead (titled "Dark Star....bury" for this compilation) is a version of " Dark Star" recorded at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London, on 8 April 1972 (during the band's Europe '72 tour). The group was widely rumoured to be due to appear at the Festival but did not. Studio demo recordings were contributed by

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and

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, who did not appear at the event, and by

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, who did. There are some variations in the production of the record set; there are differences in the colours printed on the labels. Copies with lighter green labels with white and red Revelation logo and black lettering represent the first pressing, whilst those with dark green labels with yellow and red Revelation logo and yellow lettering represent the second pressing. The inside of the sleeve of the second pressing stated what Revelation Productions had done with the monies collected from the first pressing. The second pressing did not sell as well as the first and is much harder to find.

Track listing

;Side A: #

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: " Dark Star....bury" – 24:12 ;Side B: #

Brinsley Schwarz Brinsley Schwarz were a 1970s English pub rock band, named after their guitarist Brinsley Schwarz. With Nick Lowe on bass and vocals, keyboardist Bob Andrews and drummer Billy Rankin, the band evolved from the 1960s pop band Kippington Lod ...

: "Love Song" – 4:10 #

Mighty Baby Mighty Baby were an English band formed in January 1969 from the ashes of The Action. They released two albums, ''Mighty Baby'' (which appeared in December 1969, but had been recorded almost a year earlier) and ''A Jug of Love'' (October 1971 ...

: "A Blanket In My Muesli" – 16:00 ;Side C: #

: " Sunken Rags" – 2:29 #

: "Classified" – 3:53 #

: '" Supermen" – 2:44 #

Hawkwind Hawkwind are an English rock band known as one of the earliest space rock groups. Since their formation in November 1969, Hawkwind have gone through many incarnations and have incorporated many different styles into their music, including hard ...

: "

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and

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medley" (recorded at

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, London on 13 February 1972 ) – 7:27 # Skin Alley: "Sun Music" – 4:50 ;Side D: # Daevid Allen and

Gong A gongFrom Indonesian and ms, gong; jv, ꦒꦺꦴꦁ ; zh, c=鑼, p=luó; ja, , dora; km, គង ; th, ฆ้อง ; vi, cồng chiêng; as, কাঁহ is a percussion instrument originating in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Gongs ...

: "Glad Stoned Buried Fielding Flash And Fresh Fest Footprint In My Memory" – 23:10 ;Side E: # Pink Fairies: "Do It" – 4:09 # Pink Fairies: "Uncle Harry's Last Freak-Out" – 19:47 ;Side F: # Edgar Broughton Band: "Out Demons Out" – 20:24 Notes

References

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