Saturday, September 2, 2023

Popgala '73, Sporthal de Vliegermolen, Voorburg, Netherlands, 3-10-1973, Part 1: Supersister & Slade

First off, note the title, because it might be confusing. The Popgala '73 festival took place over two days, March 9th and 10th, in 1973. I just posted three albums from March 9th. So this is "Part 1" of the albums from March 10th, while it is also the fourth album overall.

By 1973, glam rock was all the rage, especially in Britain and the rest of the Europe. It seems the festival was represented with Slade and Gary Glitter, but none of the audio from the Gary Glitter set appears to have survived, as I mentioned previously. However, it appears the full Slade set did survive, even though a couple of the songs weren't played on TV at the time.

However, first, there's one song by another band: Supersister. I had never heard about them before, but they were a Dutch prog rock band. Furthermore, it seems they were highly acclaimed, with some prog rock fans saying they were the best such band from continental Europe. That was especially true in the early 1970s, when they released their best albums. You can read more about them at Wikipedia:

Supersister (Dutch band) - Wikipedia

Unfortunately, only one song from their performance has survived, and that is an excerpt from an instrumental. But it's a sizeable one at seven minutes long. (The album version, which came out in 1972, is 21 minutes long.)

That means the vast majority of this album consists of Slade's performance. The band already had three Number One hits in Britain by this time, and their fourth Number One, "Cum On Feel the Noize," was released the same month as this concert. This appears to have been the very first time it was played in concert.

This album is 40 minutes long.

054 Exerpt from Pudding en Gisteren Music for Ballet [Instrumental] (Supersister)
055 talk (Slade)
056 Coz I Luv You (Slade)
057 talk (Slade)
058 Take Me Bak 'Ome (Slade)
059 talk (Slade)
060 Goodbye T' Jane (Slade)
061 Move Over (Slade)
062 talk (Slade)
063 Cum On Feel the Noise (Slade)
064 talk (Slade)
065 Get Down with It (Slade)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15645474/Popgla73_04_SuprsistrSlde.zip.html

The cover photo of the lead singer of Slade, Noddy Holder, is from this exact concert.

3 comments:

  1. Thanks for including the track by Supersister. They are an absolutely amazing band. Unbelievable musicians. It's a crime that they are not more well-known.

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  2. i CAN'T GET THIS EXCEPT AS A .EXE FILE FULL OF VIRUSES.

    SORT IT OUT.

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    1. If that's happening, you're not doing it right. I would like to explain, but I don't see the problem since I have an ad blocker plug in. I highly, highly recommend one of those in general. Maybe someone else can explain?

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