Culture Clash? Pop in a royal park

Fifty years ago, the Rolling Stones gave a concert in Hyde
Park that turned into a memorial to founding member Brian
Jones. It was an event that passed into legend. But back in 1968,
when Peter Jenner, manager of Pink Floyd, wrote to the
authorities asking for permission to hold a concert in Hyde Park,
he received a negative reply, which he described as ‘crusty’.


So how did it come to pass that a whole series of pop concerts
was held in this royal park between 1968 and 1969? Find out in
this talk with Contemporary Records Specialist Mark Dunton.