E1 Festival Rock & Roll
1/2 inch open-reel videotape Black & White Sound c1970 33:05
Summary: A black-and-white handheld video of the E1 Festival (YEAR UNKNOWN, 6th Festival), filmed by Basement Project, featuring two bands playing popular Pop, Blues and Rock’n’Roll songs across their performances. The E1 Festival was a community run event that took place throughout the 1970s on vacant land in Stepney, East London. Originally set up to raise money for the Junior Football League, it was a weekend long event of music, performing arts, stalls, and activities for people of all ages.
Title number: 21178
LSA ID: LSA/27874
Description: A black-and-white handheld video initially shows a male band performing popular songs, featuring 6 members including a bassist, guitarist, drummer, percussionist, saxophonist and lead singer. They play songs including ‘Roll Over Beethoven’ (1956) by Chuck Berry, ‘Charlie Brown’ (1956) by The Coasters, ‘Lucille’ (1957) by Little Richard, ‘The Book of Love’ (1957) by The Monotones and ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ (1956) by Elvis Presley. The camera initially films from the ground, then shows the audience and the singers from the stage itself. Crowds are both sitting on the grass, and standing. The camera zooms in on the stage banner that reads ‘ Bigland Holiday Camp: The 6th E1 Festival’.
The next part of the video features a female band composed of four singers wearing satin dresses. They can be heard singing songs including ‘This Could Be the Start of Something Big’ (1956) by Eydie Gormé, Steve Lawrence, ‘Got to Get You Into My Life’ (1966) by The Beatles. The audience is large, with maybe around 100 people, composed of a racially diverse audience who wave at the camera.
Credits: Basement Project (Producer)
Keywords: E1 Festival; Rock'n'Roll; Live Music; 1960s Music
Locations: Stepney, East London
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