From the archive, 19 August 1969: Grooving on the sounds

Originally published in the Guardian on 19 August 1969NEW YORK, AUGUST 18There was relief today when a camp-out involving twice the number of forces engaged in the Battle of Gettysberg broke out on the country town of Bethel, New York, and went home.Over 300,000 hippies, rockers, pot people, and soul people converged over the weekend on 600 acres rented out to them for $50,000 by a dairy farmer who believes "we older people have to do more than we have done if the generation gap is to be closed"...

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