Sunbury 72
For better or worse, Sunbury '72 is now widely regarded as the archetypal Australian rock festival, and is often referred to as "Aussie Woodstock".
The 70’s was a period in Australian Rock Music when the industry’s top acts could all be seen at the annual Sunbury Music Festival. On each Australia Day Weekend from 1972-1975, crowds of 35,000 or more would camp at the picturesque site 30 minutes from Melbourne, anticipating a full rocking off their socks from Australia’s own rock’n’roll icons. But the very first Sunbury, an all Australian affair, is the most fondly remembered by those that made the pilgrimage. Where else could you see Chain, Lobby Loyde and Max Merritt on the same bill, and Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs giving ‘Most People I Know Think That I’m Crazy’ its debut? Post Woodstock and long before The Big Day Out, Sunbury was an event not to be missed. This film serves as a reminder of that first festival in 1972, and captures the spirit of Sunbury’s ethos, “to have a good time”. So join your host Molly Meldrum, dressed in the style of the times, sit back, relax, crank up the volume, and stroll down memory lane to Sunbury.
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English
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Australia