RE-UPLOAD: Sleepchamber's The Sisters Of Mercy Tapes #10 - Schlachtof, Bremen, Germany - 08.11.1984 (Flac)

Here are 2 versions of this concert.

First is the "Before Darkness" Silver CD wich is incomplete but sounds better, the second is a
tape rip I did recently from the complete concert, sourced in an unknown generation tape, but
sounds very nice also. Thanks to sleepchamber for sending me his collection of tapes to rip and
share.

Before Darkness Silver CD

Notes: First Track "Burn" is listed on the CD cover but it's not on the CD itself.

Lineage: Silver CD -> TLH -> FLAC (Level 8)

Setlist:

(Burn)
01. Heartland
02. Marian
03. Walk Away
04. Body And Soul
05. No Time To Cry
06. Anaconda
(Emma)
(A Rock And A Hard Place)
(Train)
07. Floorshow
08. Alice
09. Body Electric
10. Gimme Shelter
(Knocking On Heaven's Door)
11. Adrenochrome
12. Ghostrider/Sister Ray
 
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Tape Rip - SLEEPCHAMBER TAPES #10

Lineage: Bootleg Tape (unknown Generation) -> Tape Deck -> M-Audio Quattro -> Audacity -> TLH -> Flac (level 8)


Setlist:

01, Burn
02. Heartland
03. Marian
04. Walk Away
05. Body And Soul
06. No Time To Cry
07. Anaconda
08. Emma
09. A Rock And A Hard Place
10. Train
11. Floorshow
12. Alice
13. Body Electric
14. Gimme Shelter
15. Knocking On Heaven's Door
16. Adrenochrome
17. (Audience)
18. Ghostrider/Sister Ray

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Do not convert to lossy formats unless personal use.
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Enjoy.

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Jaap Edenhal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 23.04.1986 (Flac)

Been a while since I posted some Banshees. Very good audience, Thanks to the original uploader on Dime.

Original info File:

The Jaap Edenhal is one of the most depressive venues i've ever
been to. I wouldn't be suprised if they keep cowmarkets there. It's a concrete hall, too high
and full of mobile fences all over. The crowd felt like being treated as cows, and spoilt
the atmosphere totally. Obviously Siouxsie sensed this as well, as she only played 1 encore
which resulted in a loud 'boooo' from the audience after she left the stage.
It's the 3rd SATB show i visited. This is 1 of the 3 dates she did in April on mainland.
The other 2 we're bootlegged as well on vinyl;
"Cities in dust" (Brussels 22/4/86)
"Bisquit Garden" (Cologne 24/4/86)
I bought this recording on cassette from a recordstore in Utrecht that sold various bootlegtapes.
I suppose they got the tapes from the person recording it, so it should be a master copy

Lineage : Master copy - TDK-SA90 > SONY DVDRX970 > DVD+R >
DVD Audio Extractor 4.5.4 (WAV) > Audacity (splitting) > FLAC Frontend > FLAC 8

Tracklist;

01. Cities In Dust
02. Green Fingers
03. The Sweetest Chill
04. Cannons
05. Christine
06. Bring Me The Head Of The Preacher Man
07. Melt!
08. 92°
09. Nightshift
10. This Unrest
11. Pulled To Bits
12. Candyman
13. Painted Bird
14. Arabian Knights
15. Land's End
16. Spellbound

New Model Army - Wacken Open Air, Wacken, Germany - 29.07.2015 (MP4)

From Arte TV website

Setlist:

Stormclouds
States Radio
March in September
No Greater Love
Devil's Bargain
Guessing
Wonderful Way to Go
No Mirror, No Shadow
Angry Planet
Between Dog and Wolf
High
The Hunt
I Love the World

Time: 01:02:26

Ripped by circle

In Extremo - Wacken Open Air, Wacken, Germany - 30.07.2015 (MP4)

From Arte Website

Setlist:
Requiem
Frei zu sein
Zigeunerskat
Erdbeermund
Himmel und Hölle
Vollmond
Feuertaufe
Spielmannsfluch
Omnia Sol Temperat
Liam
Nur ihr allein
Unsichtbar
Sängerkrieg
Ai Vis Lo Lop
Küss mich
Rasend Herz

Time: 01:15:27

Ripped by circle

The Cult - Reading Festival, Reading, UK - 26.08.2001 (Video and Audio)

This was one of these uploads on Dime that you understand imediatly that were going to be banned... and it was. I was able to get it before the ban, and listening to it remembered that I had downloaded from the net a rip of the source webcast video, but it was a decade ago... After searching for it on the mess that are all my hard drives, I finally found it...

I never saw a better version, so decided to share it here. Quality is what you would expect from a webcast of 2001 and the audio files are of course lossy sourced, even if they are in Flac.
 
Original Info File:

Recorded live at the Reading Festival on August 26th, 2001.  Source was a webcast so it's a bit thin-sounding but still a great show.



Setlist:

01 LilÕ Devil
02 Rain
03 Rise
04 Take The Power
05 Fire Woman
06 The Witch
07 Breathe
08 Wildflower
09 She Sells Sanctuary
10 Love Removal Machine

Young Marble Giants - Les Bains-Douches, Paris, France - 17.06.1980 (Flac)

Excellent band. I bought their entire discography  couple of days ago and remembered I posted very little stuff from them here, so nothing better than this Soundboard recording. Thanks to the original uploader on Dime.

Original info file:

SBD > Master Tape > ? > CDR > EAC (secure) > FLAC (level 8)
25:23 minutes - Sound: Excellent(-)
Music clear and crisp, but Alison's vocals are ever-so-slightly
muffled.

1. The Man Amplifier  3:05
2. Choci Loni   2:22
3. Radio Silents   1:45
4. Wurlitzer Jukebox   2:31
5. Music For Evenings   2:41
6. Colossal Youth   1:52
7. Salad Days   2:00
8. Ode To Booker T   2:54
9. Include Me Out   1:52
10. Final Day   1:43
11. Cakewalking   2:35

Stuart Moxham
Philip Moxham
Alison Statton

"Either some rough edits or the taper turned the
recorder off and on between songs. No music is missing
but applause is cut off at end of most songs."

Atari Teenage Riot - Berlin Festival, Arena Park, Berlin, Germany - 31.05.2015 (MKV)

Thanks to SBR1Z for sharing this rip on Dime.

Lineage: arte concert vod > flashgot > mkvmerge > .mkv

Video: H264/1280x720p/25fps/2200Kbps
Audio: AAC/2.0/128Kbps

Setlist: unknown

Length: 00:56:32
_____
SBR1Z
2015

Marianne Faithfull - Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, USA - 09.04.1990 (Flac)

Very good recording. Thanks to thee original uploader.

Original Info File:

Marianne Faithfull's show at Tipitina's, New Orleans, as broadcast on FM radio. DJ announcers have been edited out. Surprisingly, and happily, rude words have not been blipped out, even the "c---" in "Why d'ya do it?". The sound is not quite pristine FM, and lacks a bit of clarity, but is still good. The show is an acoustic one, played to an enthusiastic audience, which palpably creates more energy in the performance by Faithfull and her guitarist, Barry Reynolds. Most enjoyable.


Lineage: FM > 2nd generation ( ? ) cassette > M-Audio Transit > CoolEdit > CDWave > FLAC

01 'Intro'
02 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
03 Falling From Grace
04 Strange Weather
05 Tower Of Song
06 Conversation On A Barstool
07 Guilt
08 Blazing Away
09 Sister Morphine
10 When I Find My Life
11 As Tears Go By
12 Why D'Ya Do It?
13 I'll Keep It With Mine
14 The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
15 Times Square
16 Working Class Hero
17 She Moved Through The Fair
18 'Outro'

Portishead - Sudoeste Festival, Zambujeira do Mar, Portugal - 09.08.1998 (Flac)

Liberated Bootleg, sourced on a FM broadcast. Thanks to deadfish for sharing it on Dime.

Lineage: Original Silver->EAC->SHN
SHN > mkw > WAV > FLAC(8) (verified identical with shntool)

Tracklist:

01 Humming
02 Numb
03 Cowboys
04 Mysterons
05 Only You
06 Half Day Closing
07 Over
08 <start cut> Elysium
09 Glory Box
10 Undenied
11 Western Eyes <start of strangers>
12 Sour Times

RE-UPLOAD: Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Los Angeles, California (Radio Underground Session) - 1986 (Flac)

Excellent Pre-FM recording of the Lorries, it's a pity the set is so short, because the band is at it's top and you cannot find a better sound. In FLAC. Thanks to davedecay for sharing this first.

01. Intro
02. Chance
03. Blitz
04. Talk About the Weather
05. Bumper
06. Walking on Your Hands
07. Mezcal Dance
08. Save my Soul
09. Strange Dream
10. Outro

The Sisters of Mercy - Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA, USA - 06.10.1999 (Flac)

Thanks to Krokodyle for sharing in the G101 Forum.

2CDR Audience recording (decent)
Lineage: CDR > EAC > WAV > FLAC
(FLAC files verified by Spek)

Disc 1:
1. Intro and Collision of Comas Sola
2. Ribbons
3. Train/Detonation Boulevard
4. Come Together
5. Amphetamine Logic
6. Giving Ground
7. We Are The Same, Susanne
8. On The Wire/Teachers
9. Temple Of Love
10. Will I Dream
11. Flood I
12. Bei Mir Bist Du Schön
13. Dominion/Mother Russia
14. Summer
15. Romeo Down
16. Flood II

Disc 2:
17. (Crowd Noise)
18. First and Last and Always
18. Vision Thing
19. Something Fast
20. This Corrosion

Cabaret Voltaire - The Concert Hall, Toronto,Canada - 05.05.1985 + UK TV/Radio 1981-86 (Flac)

Excellent compilation of FM broadcasts. Thanks to original uploader.


Original Info File:

Cabaret Voltaire
The Concert Hall,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 5th, 1985
Toronto FM radio broadcast
[FM 1st gen.]

A very good indeed quality FM recording, sourced from a first generation cassette copy of a cassette recording of the original broadcast (presumably by KCLN).

Lineage (tracks 101 - 109):

Traded 1st generation TDK-SA tape -> Aiwa ADF770 3-head dual capstan cassette deck -> SB Extigy soundcard -> CoolEdit pro 2.1 -> WAV -> CD-R


Bonus tracks :-

(FM masters)
(Tracks 201 - 204):-

John Peel session 25/06/1981 (transmission date) :-

Roof Aerial (BBC Radio 1 FM) -> Pioneer TX710 FM tuner -> Pioneer CT300 cassette deck (record) -> TDK-SA (Type II) cassette tape -> Aiwa ADF770 3-head dual capstan cassette deck (play) -> SB Extigy soundcard -> CoolEdit  pro 2.1 -> WAV -> CD-R

(Tracks 205 & 206) :-

Roof Aerial (Channel 4 UK "Switch" show) -> ?? (TV) -> Pioneer CT300 cassette deck (record) -> Memorex (Type I) cassette tape -> Aiwa ADF770 3-head dual capstan cassette deck (play) ->
SB Extigy soundcard -> CoolEdit  pro 2.1 -> WAV -> CD-R

(Tracks 207*, 211 & 212) :-

Roof Aerial (various TV transmissions) -> ?? (TV) -> Pioneer CT300 cassette deck (record) -> TDK-SA (Type II) cassette tape -> Aiwa ADF770 3-head dual capstan cassette deck (play) ->
SB Extigy soundcard -> CoolEdit  pro 2.1 -> WAV -> CD-R


Conversion to FLAC (in all cases) :-

Archived CD-R -> EAC -> WAV -> TLH -> FLAC 8 & .ffp



Setlist (from Toronto 1985 unless otherwise stated) :-

101 - The Crackdown
102 - Sensoria
103 - Animation
104 - Sleepwalking
105 - Ghostalk
106 - Whip (?)
107 - Kino
108 - Do Right
---------------------------------------------------------------------
109 - Toronto KCLN phone interview (1985)

=====================================================================

201 - Black Mask (BBC Radio 1 John Peel session 1981-06-25)
202 - Jazz The Glass (BBC Radio 1 John Peel session 1981-06-25)
203 - Greensbro' (BBC Radio 1 John Peel session 1981-06-25)
204 - Walls Of Jericho (BBC Radio 1 John Peel session 1981-06-25)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
205 - Animation
206 - Just Fascination
207 - Just Fascination (repeat broadcast)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
208 - Big Funk (BBC Radio 1 John Peel session 1984-10-24) *
209 - Sleepwalking (BBC Radio 1 John Peel session 1984-10-24) *
210 - Operative (BBC Radio 1 John Peel session 1984-10-24) *
---------------------------------------------------------------------
211 - I Want You (BBC2 TV "Whistle Test" show 1985-12-17)
212 - Hells Home (BBC2 TV "Whistle Test" show 1985-12-17)


* not included in order to meet DIME requirements :-
officially released on "Radiation" compilation CD, see :-
http://www.discogs.com/Cabaret-Voltaire-Radiation-BBC-Recordings-84-86/master/3601

Tom Waits - The Bottom Line, New York, USA - 22.04.1975 (Flac)

Very Good FM broadcast. Opening for Peter Bergman & Phil Proctor of the Firesign Theatre. Thanks to Pascal for sharing om Dime.

FM>?>CDR>EAC>.WAV>.FLAC

01 - Diamonds On My Windshield
02 - Intro
03 - Better Off Without A Wife
04 - Intro
05 - Semi Suite
06 - Nighthawks At The Diner
07 - Intro
08 - Heart Of Saturday Night
09 - Saturday Night Fish Fry
10 - Intro
11 - Ol' '55
12 - Nighthawk Postcards
13 - San Diego Serenade

Running time: 41:59

This is the complete and best sounding version of this rare show. Great sound!
Please do not convert to mp3 !

NOT FOR SALE - TRADE FREELY

enjoy,
             Pascal  :-)

www.waitswatcher.de.vu

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Caribbean Week, †berseemuseum, Bremen, Germany - 27.06.1980 (Flac)

Very Good FM broadcast. Thanks to the original uploader.


Tracklist:

01 Reality Poem
02 It No Funny
03 Want Fi Go Rave
04 Reggae Fi Peach
05 Inglan Is A Bitch
06 band intro
07 Bass Culture
08 Loraine
09 Di Black Petty Bootswah
10 Sonny«s Lettah
11 Independent Intavensham
12 Two Sides Of Silence
13

min  45:55

FM - Cassette (1. gen) - Audacity - xACT

Support the artists by buying their records.

Marilyn Manson - Rock am Ring, Mendig, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany - 05.06.2015 (720p)

Thanks to the original uploader.

Original Info File:

Lineage: Live Webcast -> FFmpeg -> .ts -> Avidemux 2.6 (cut) -> .mkv (no transcoding)
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280x720 3500 Kbps 25.00 fps
Audio: AAC 192 Kbps 48.0 KHz stereo

Setlist:
Deep Six
Disposable Teens
mOBSCENE
No Reflection
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)(Eurythmics cover)

TRT = 22 mins 47 secs (highlights only)

MediaInfo:
General
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Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 2
File size                                : 615 MiB
Duration                                 : 22mn 47s
Overall bit rate                         : 3 773 Kbps
Writing application                      : Lavf54.63.104
Writing library                          : Lavf54.63.104

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L3.2
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 2 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 22mn 47s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Nominal bit rate                         : 3 584 Kbps
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 25.000 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.156
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : LC
Codec ID                                 : A_AAC
Duration                                 : 22mn 47s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Delay relative to video                  : 11ms
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Boss Hog - Rolling Stone, Milano, Italy - 29.04.2000 (Flac)

Very good FM broadcast. Thanks to AO for taping and sharing on Dime.

Original Info File:

DAT Master LP 32kHz FM4 FM Broadcast 09th September 2000, recorded by AO

Transfer in February 2012 by AO :
DAT Master LP 32kHz > Sony DTC-ZE700 > Optical SP-DIF Cable >
Sample Rate Converter Soundpool SRC44 (resampling to 44.1kHz) >  Coaxial SP-DIF CABLE >
M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496 Optical In > Cool Edit Pro 2.1 > HDD

45:11min

01 Strawberry
02 Nursery Rhyme
03 Defender
04 Stereolight
05 Dandelion
06 Fear For You
07 Chocolate
08 Itchy & Scratchy
09 Get It While You Wait
10 Trouble
11 Whiteout
12 Monkey
13 Jaguar
14 Beehive

RE-UPLOAD: Dead Can Dance - Woughton Centre, Milton Keynes, uk - 06.10.1984 (Flac)

Another early recording. Thanks to  Josef for sharing it on DIME.

Original Info File:

A recording claiming to be this gig has been available for some time and a copy was recently seeded by Thingol (Dime seed number 216769). However that one has the wrong tracklisting and looks as though it's the Fulham gig, from the night before, minus the last track which was 'Threshold' (see seed number 216893).

Given this confusion it's unclear whether or not a 'proper' recording of Milton Keynes has done the rounds before, although RC was also there and almost certainly taped it.

Anyway, this was a low key gig outside London, supporting the Fall. Unlike Fulham the night before, I don't think it was advertised in the music press. DCD came on really early and mostly played to a small handful of bemused Fall fans.

I recorded this on the same dodgy Sony Professional that I used to tape Dead Can Dance at the Loughborough Hotel back in April 84. It was my mates machine. It plays up slightly for the first song here but not anyway nearly as badly as in Brixton. It barely affects the first song. I'll put a sample in 'comments'.

DCD were also due to support the Fall again at the Lyceum at the end of October but a sign outside the Lyceum said that they weren't playing and had split up. 1984 proved to be a tough year for the band - lots of good press but some really dodgy crowds at some gigs.

Enjoy

Lineage:
Sony Professional > TDK SA90 (M0) > Nak DR2 > Adcom GCA-510 > Audiophile 24/96 (at 24/44.1 > Peak 4LE > dithering > Flac 8 > you.

01 Wild in The Woods
02 East Of Eden
03 Ocean
04 Golden Age
05 Carnival Of Light
06 Trial
07 Passage In Time
08 Flowers of The Sea
09 Childrens Toys
10 Eastern

Front 242 releases free 2-track single + remix contest

Brussels - It's a lovely day today! The Belgian cult electronic act FRONT 242 has announced the imminent release of a free 2-track download single - "Lovely Day (Remastered)"/"Take One (RADICALG Mix)" - via Bandcamp.

The remastered "Lovely Day" track acts as a teaser for the upcoming remastered version of the iconic 1984 album "No Comment" which will showcase the album’s innovative sound in its best audio quality possible today. You will be able to hear the album on vinyl and cd with the improvements or differences permitted by today's audio technology. 

As an extra you'll also get the previously unreleased RADICALG remix of "Take One", but that's not all...

FRONT 242 this time also challenges your creative skills and opens a remix competition by including to this single a remix kit for this classic track “Take One” taken from their cult debut album "Geography". You can find the download link for the remix kit in the PDF that is included in your download as bonus.

FRONT 242 will select their 3 favourite remixes to be inserted in a second free download single which will be released on August 30th! Deadline for the remix submission (in non-mastered WAV 16bit format) is August 15th 2015, you can send your submissions to webmaster@alfa-matrix-store.com using dropbox or wetransfer! Make sure to title your remix by adding your band/artist/DJ name to the WAV file title that you will share with us...

And there is much more to come...

Best greetings,

FRONT 242 e-team

Swans - Open'er Festival, Gdynia, Poland - 03.07.2015 (720p)

Some dropouts during stream but nothing major. Thanks to gracz54 for sharing on Dime.

720p webcast (no transcoding)
h264/aac

Setlist

Frankie M
A Little God In My Hands
The Cloud of Unknowing
Just a Little Boy (For Chester Burnett)
I Forget
Bring the Sun / Black Hole Man

Zola Jesus - Pustervik Theatre, Gothenburg Sweden - 14.03.2015 (Flac)

Very good sound. Thanks to kravad for sharing on Dime.

Original Info File:

Source: Webcast Audio Recording
Taper: kravad

Lineage: Sveriges Radio Webcast Audio (192kbps AAC) -> FRE:AC (Wav 16bit/44khz) -> Izotope RX2 (Pop/Click Check/Removal) -> CD Wave Editor (Tracksplits) -> Traders Little Helper (Flac Level 8/SBE Fix)

01.Taiga.
02.Dangerous days.
03.Dust.
04.In your nature.
05.Hunger.
06.Sea talk.
07.Lawless.
08.Nail.
09.Long way down.
10.Hollow.
11.Night.
12.Skin.
13.Vessel.

Total playing time: 58 minutes 22 seconds.

Recording notes: Zola Jesus playing live at Pustervik Theatre Sweden 2015.
Complete show.
All dj talk and jingles were successfully removed.
I made this into FLAC just because i wanted the individual tracks for easy listening and according to DIMEFAQ allowed.
Enjoy!

http://www.zolajesus.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zola_Jesus
https://www.facebook.com/zolajesusofficial

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Tom Waits - BBC Studios, London, UK - 26.07.1979 (Flac)

Thanks to powerfan for sharing on Dime.

Original Info File:

This LP is entitled "Never Talk to Strangers".  There is no info about the publishing company and the only additional info on the LP reads, "TOM 79". Here is the LP without pop or click removal/EQing/or other remastering. If you want, feel free to remove the pops/clicks or remaster this show, and reupload a fresh copy!
On the cover of LP, it says this performance was on July 27th, 1979, but I believe that date is inacurate. According to tomwaitslibrary.com, as well as etree, this performance was actually on July 26, 1979, so that is the date I am going with. Lastly, I just want to say that this show has a phenomenal live version of Kentucky Avenue. Enjoy!

Setlist (SIDE 1):
With a Suitcase
I Never Talk To Strangers
Step Right Up
On the Nickel
Red Shoes By The Drugstore

Setlist (SIDE 2):
Burma Shave
Kentucky Avenue
Small Change
Closing Time (fades out)

Lineage: SBD > Bootleg Vinyl LP "Never Talk To Strangers" (TOM 79)
Transfer: Pro-ject 1 Xpression III Turntable > Yahmaha RX-496 > RCA Stereo Cable > Roland R-09 (44.1 / 16) > WAV > Audacity (for normalize) > WAV > Nero WaveEditor > WAV > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC (sb's aligned, level 8)

All audio is in Stereo, 44.1 kHz, and 16 bit.

Uploaded and transferred by Powerfan
http://db.etree.org/powerman%205000

**DO NOT SELL THIS RECORDING**
**DO NOT CONVERT TO MP3**
---------------------------------------

Lilpanda notes:  wav files were de-clicked and re-eq'd to boost treble.  No speed changes or noise reduction was applied.

Festivals Britannia - Documentary (576p)

Continuing the critically acclaimed Britannia music series for BBC Four, this documentary tells the story of the emergence and evolution of the British music festival through the mavericks, dreamers and dropouts who have produced, enjoyed and sometimes fought for them over the last 50 years.

The film traces the ebb and flow of British festival culture from jazz beginnings at Beaulieu in the late 50s through to the Isle of Wight festivals at the end of the 60s, early Glastonbury and one-off commercial festivals like 1972's Bickershaw, the free festivals of the 70s and 80s and on through the extended rave at Castlemorton in 1992 to the contemporary resurgence in festivals like Glastonbury, Isle of Wight and Reading in the last decade.

Sam Bridger's film explores the central tension between the people's desire to come together, dance to the music and build temporary communities and the desire of the state, the councils and the locals to police these often unruly gatherings.

At the heart of the documentary is an ongoing argument about British freedom and shifts in the political, musical and cultural landscape set to a wonderful soundtrack of 50 years of great popular music which takes in trad jazz, Traffic, Roy Harper, the Grateful Dead, Hawkwind, Orbital and much more.

Featuring rare archive and interviews with Michael Eavis, Richard Thompson, Acker Bilk, Terry Reid, the Levellers, Billy Bragg, John Giddings, Melvin Benn, Roy Harper, Nik Turner, Peter Jenner, Orbital, amongst others.