Nambassa Festival (1980)

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Documentary. Film of the second Nambassa Festival, January 1979.

Directors: Philip Howe and Dale Farnsworth

Performers include Split Enz. "Highlights include Split Enz in harlequin attire, singing 'You and me we can do whatever we please'." (NZ Film 1912-96)

Citizen Band also played, but they aren't listed in the music credits for the film in NZ Film 1912-96.

Soundtrack

A double album, book and feature film were released after the event:-

LP Stetson 2SLRP12, "Festival Music", 1979 (NZ)

Split Enz
- Frenzy (Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner)
- I See Red (Tim Finn)
- Bold As Brass (Tim Finn, Rob Gillies)
also includes:- Bamboo, Flight 77, Sam Ford's Verandah Band, Living Force, Schtung.

On the front cover is a live photo of Tim Finn and Nigel Griggs

Notes

In Stranger Than Fiction (pp159-162) there is an account of the mysterious fire one night in a rehearsal hall. The band had set up all their equipment there two days before the festival. The next day they returned to the hall to find everything had gone - including the metal frame of Eddie's keyboards. After frantic phone calls etc they managed to borrow enough gear to go on stage as planned.

The book is: Nambassa: A New Direction, edited by Colin Broadley and Judith Jones, A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1979.

Classification

GY (General exhibition: recommended as more suitable for persons 13 years of age and over - NZ)

Classification links - Aus, NZ, UK, US

Links

Nambassa (Wikipedia) - photo: Split Enz at Nambassa January 1979

Nambassa - 25 year commemorative website, under construction, due late 2006. Still under construction, February 2009.

Reference Number: Film: F4178 (New Zealand Film Archive advanced search)

The festival took place at Waihi.

Sources of information

Discography of New Zealand Popular Music 1958-1987 - Don Macnaughtan; Disc; NZ Film; Stranded In Paradise; Stranger Than Fiction

Page compiled by carolyn
Last updated 8th February, 2009.