1976 Des Moines, Iowa (pics)

MacMan · #1 05-11-2008, 12:13 PM

Iowa State Fair Grounds

MacMan · #2 05-11-2008, 12:15 PM

More Iowa State Fair Grounds

trackaghost · #3 05-11-2008, 04:58 PM

MacMan, have I told you lately that I love you?
Those are awesome, the 1978 pics you posted too.
Also, if you don't mind me asking, where are the photos in your sig from?

Sanne2 · #4 05-11-2008, 05:12 PM

OMG, keep 'em coming please, this stuff is amazing!

Madelow · #5 05-11-2008, 07:56 PM

Hello MacMan-- Thanks for the great pictures! I didn't make it to the Iowa State show, although I attended the Tusk Tour performance at the UNI-Dome, Dec 1, 1979. Snsational shots! Thanks again. Best always, Madelow

David · #6 05-11-2008, 09:24 PM

Peter, stupendous. Thank you so much for all the hard work tracking down these beauties.

vivfox · #7 05-11-2008, 10:06 PM

Extremely rare, beautiful pics!!

soul_drifter333 · #8 05-12-2008, 08:18 AM

Simply Amazing!

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dnightshade · #9 05-12-2008, 08:54 AM

These are fantastic!!! Thanks for sharing.

wolfontherun · #10 05-12-2008, 01:15 PM

Wow cool pics. She didn't wear alot of makeup if any back then. And I did not realize that she wore the bat wings back then either.

Sanne2 · #11 05-13-2008, 04:20 AM

These might be from the same concert, I've been organizing my '75/'76 pics but there are fare few dated pictures so I'm busy comparing dresses, hats, earrings, hairstyles etc.
So these could be from the same concert, but I'm sure they aren't from Summerjam '76 (which was 2 days before Des Moines), Day On The Green or the Santa Barbara concert.

michelej1 · #12 05-13-2008, 08:23 AM

Her face was a great deal fuller then. You can definitely tell how much weight she started to lose in the next years.

Michele

David · #13 05-13-2008, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanne2

These might be from the same concert, I've been organizing my '75/'76 pics but there are fare few dated pictures so I'm busy comparing dresses, hats, earrings, hairstyles etc.
So these could be from the same concert, but I'm sure they aren't from Summerjam '76 (which was 2 days before Des Moines), Day On The Green or the Santa Barbara concert.

All the shots below quite probably come from the same show. I bought the four color shots through the old Penguin Photo Gallery. The story was that Torri (formerly Lidden), a Ledgie, bought them from a guy who told her he took them at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale in 1975. In those photos where you can see the stage backdrop (#1, #4, #5, #6, #8), it's the same backdrop -- large square stones placed alternatingly concave & convex, & a solid overhang. (Perhaps Torri, if she's still around, can confirm the info about where she got the photos.)

Based on the band's dress, I don't think this show was in 1975. I think it was in 1976. Although the band played in Illinois (Carbondale & Bloomington) in September 1975, that time period is too early for 1) Stevie's updated Rhiannon garb, & 2) Christine's Combo Pianet (in September 1975, Chris would have been playing the older folding-lid model, the Pianet N). If we had some gearheads on this board, they might be able to tell us something about the amp stack, & whether Fleetwood Mac went out with the same amps in 1975 & 1976.

On June 26, 1976, they played Peoria, Illinois, & so could very possibly have played Southern Illinois University around that time. The period jibes with what we see in the photos (which are clickable).