Here we go again! The second volume of The Island Book of Records is being finalized as we speak. This volume covers the Island Records releases of 1969-70.
What a busy coupe of years it was! Besides man walking on the moon, Concorde took off for the first time, The Female Eunuch was published and Carry on Camping was the most popular film.. Prince Charles became Prince of Wales, and The Isle of Wight festival was born with Free, Keith Emerson and in 1970 Jimi Hendrix headlined. another music festiva got a lot of publicity at the time, Woodstock, but it didn’t have the larger 600,000 audience that Isle of Wight did. who knew?
