PLAYING THE FIELD—Rock concert crowd estimated at nearly 30,000 gathers on the huge playing field of Anaheim Stadium to hear 5½-hour performance by four music groups.

Times photos by Doris Jeannette

SERIOUS MOMENT —The face of a clown stands out among solemn faces. Painted faces were evident throughout the crowd.

ANXIOUS MOMENT —Girl in background waits anxiously while Anaheim police officer searches ice chest for alcoholic beverages.

MASS MUSIC

Rock Concert Draws 30,000 Peaceful Fans

By Virgil Kret

Times Staff Writer

ANAHEIM—Nothing like it had ever happened in Anaheim Stadium before—but from the way it turned out it may well happen again.

Nearly 30,000 people heard The Who and other rock bands there Sunday.

Everyone appeared to be happy.

The stadium made money and suffered little, if any, damage. The police had no serious problems and made few arrests. And the audience sat on the grass, baked itself in the sunshine and turned on to the music.

Not bad for a Sunday afternoon when the Angels are on the road.

The all-day concert in the sun, starring The Who, the British rock stars who created the rock opera "Tommy," and featuring Blues Image, Leon Russell and John Sebastian, was one of the first of its kind to be held in a baseball stadium.

The elevated band stand, loaded with amplifying equipment, was constructed on home plate facing the audience that spread across the playing field and took up most of the first deck of bleachers.

Tom Liegler, manager of Anaheim Stadium and Convention Center, said paid admission—at $5 to $5.50 a

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FLORAL HEADGEAR — Rock pianist Leon Russell pauses between performances at the Anaheim rock concert. Russell, who also produces a rock group, was part of a colorful and orderly parade of music performers and fans who crowded stadium's playing field.