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    Posted: June 27 2020 at 05:22


1975 Concert in Rome: "Music, Struggle & Joy" with Gong, Robert Wyatt and Henry Cow.

Concert free, organized by "Muzak", a music magazine.

On the right, on a black background, there is written: "For the opening of the campaign for the decriminalization of marijuana against hard drugs".

This is prog in Italy, in the seventies.




Edited by jamesbaldwin - June 27 2020 at 05:30
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Nice piece of memorabilia. 
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This concert (and other Italian shows) is covered quite well in Piekut's recent book on Henry Cow.
Thanks for the image. 
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Apparently Wyatt suffered at this concert due to lack of facilities for disabled people; it was one of the reasons behind his decision not to do concerts afterwards.  Daevid Allen would have left Gong by this gig - it was the brief Hillage-led version of the group which eventually resulted in 'Shamal'.  Would have loved to have been there!
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Lorenzo, non so il tuo eta. Sei stato la?
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Lorenzo, non so il tuo eta. Sei stato la?

No, I was born in 1970. But a friend of mine was there and he posted this image on facebook.
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I was 14 at the time - too young to have been allowed to go to such an event. However, I can't help envying the older folks who were able to attend. Those were the daysSmile!
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