Pink Floyd
July-October 1967
Posters & Handbills
Any comments, corrections or additions to this listing would be greatly appreciated.
1a) The Red Shoes Ballroom handbill
Date & Venue: The Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin, Scotland, July 20, 1967
Bands: The Pink Floyd, The Copycats.
Notes: A handbill from the Red Shoes Ballroom in Scotland. The handbill covers dates from July 12th through the 19th, 1967.
Pink Floyd is listed on this handbill for Thursday July 19th, although they ended up playing on Friday July 20, 1967.
1c1) Love in Festival poster
Date & Venue: Alexandra Palace, London, England, July 29, 1967
Bands: Eric Burdon & the Animals, Pink Floyd, Brian Auger-Julie Driscoll & the Trinity, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Creation, Tomorrow, Blossom Toes, Opostolic Intervention, Sam Gopal Dream.
Poster Size: 37 1/2" X 27 1/2"
Printing Information: Printed with the colors red, purple, and turquois on a silver background. Heavy paper.
Notes: A poster for the Love In Festival at the Alexandra Palace in London, England on July 29, 1967.
1c2) Love in Festival handbill
Date & Venue: Alexandra Palace, London, England, July 29, 1967
Bands: Eric Burdon & the Animals, Pink Floyd, Brian Auger-Julie Driscoll & the Trinity, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Creation, Tomorrow, Blossom Toes, Opostolic Intervention, Sam Gopal Dream.
Handbill Size: 10" x 8"
Printing Information: Printed with black ink on pale pink paper.
Notes: A handbill for the Love In Festival at the Alexandra Palace in London, England on July 29, 1967.
1d1) Torquay Town Hall poster
Date & Venue: Town Hall, Torquay, England, July 31, 1967
Bands: Pink Floyd, Gravy Train
Notes: A poster for a cancelled Pink Floyd concert at the Town Hall in Torquay, England on July 31, 1967.
1d2) Torquay Town Hall handbill
Date & Venue: Town Hall, Torquay, England, July 31, 1967
Bands: Pink Floyd, Gravy Train
Notes: A handbill for a cancelled Pink Floyd concert at the Town Hall in Torquay, England on July 31, 1967.
2a) Beat Dance, Skyline Ballroom poster (cancelled show)
Date & Venue: Skyline Ballroom, Hull, England, August 10, 1967
Bands: The Pink Floyd
Notes: A poster for a cancelled Pink Floyd show at the Skyline Ballroom in Hull, England on August 10, 1967.
2b1) 7th National Jazz & Blues Festival poster #1 (Pink Floyd did not play at this show)
Date & Venue: Royal Windsor Racecourse, England, August 11-13, 1967
Bands: The Pink Floyd, and others.
Poster Size: 29 1/2" x 20"
PT: .0093"
Notes: A poster for the Windsor Jazz & Blues Festival at the Royal Windsor Racecourse in Windsor, England, August 11-13, 1967.
Pink Floyd cancelled their appearance at this festival, which was scheduled for August 12, 1967, and were replaced by The Nice (who also were P.P. Arnold's backing band at the festival).
This festival marked the debut appearance of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, and performances by Cream, and the Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
2b2) 7th National Jazz & Blues Festival poster #2 (Pink Floyd did not play at this show)
Date & Venue: Royal Windsor Racecourse, England, August 11-13, 1967
Bands: The Pink Floyd, and others.
Poster Size: 29 15/16" x 19 13/16"
Notes: A second poster (found with two color variations) for the Windsor Jazz & Blues Festival at the Royal Windsor Racecourse in Windsor, England, August 11-13, 1967.
2b2) 7th National Jazz & Blues Festival handbill (Pink Floyd did not play at this show)
Date & Venue: Royal Windsor Racecourse, England, August 11-13, 1967
Bands: The Pink Floyd, and others.
Notes: A handbill for the Windsor Jazz & Blues Festival at the Royal Windsor Racecourse in Windsor, England, August 11-13, 1967.
Pink Floyd cancelled their appearance on August 12, 1967.
2c) Hastings Pier Sunday Club handbill (Pink Floyd show cancelled)
Date & Venue: Pier Ballroom, Hastings, Sussex, England, August 20, 1967
Bands: The Kinks, Dave Dee, Pink Floyd, Tremeloes, Small Faces, The Orange Seaweed.
Handbill Size: 9" x 5 3/4"
Notes: A handbill for the Hastings Pier Sunday Club in the Pier Ballroom in Hastings, Sussex, England from August 6th to September 3, 1967.
Pink Floyd is listed for August 20th, but this show was cancelled.
3a1) Fifth Dimension poster
Date & Venue: 5th Dimension, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, September 27, 1967
Bands: The Pink Floyd, and others.
Poster Artist: Hapshash and the Coloured Coat
Poster Size: 29 15/16" x 19 15/16"
Printing Information: Silkscreen with blue illustrations and gold patterns overprinted on a pink / red background.
Notes: A poster for the Fifth Dimension Club in Leicester, England. Pink Floyd is listed on the poster on September 27, 1967.
Along the bottom edge of the poster, it reads:
"PRINTED BY TSR OA118 © 1967 OSIRIS AGENCY LTD. 90 WESTBOURNE TERRACE W.2. HAPSHASH & THE COLOURED COAT."
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3a2) Original artwork:
Artwork size: 29 1/4" x 20 1/2"
Note: This is the original concert poster artwork master drawing in pencil by Michael English.
Michael English wrote about this art work: "'Normally, the structural design of our work was created on layout paper and then traced out onto the final artwork card. That layout was then invariably discarded as waste. However the 5th Dimension poster was so complex that it required a great deal more preparatory work. This meant the creation of a master drawing on cartridge paper whose more robust nature allowed us the freedom to erase and re-draw the various parts of the design until we were satisfied with it. That done, a final tracing was then made from it on layout paper which was then transferred to the card. The complex maze like pattern that comprises the central theme of this poster was intended to give the impression of a window or doorway into a fifth dimension. The flickering effect of the colours together with the pattern creates a mesmerising experience that was supposed to draw the observer into another space. Under the influence of LSD, of course, the effect would have been much more dramatic."
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3a3) Second Printing:
Poster Size: 30 3/4" x 20 15/16"
PT: .006"
Printing Information: The paper is white with vivid golds and blues.
Note: An second printing of the poster.
The publication/credit line is much smaller, is at the top edge of the border, and only takes up about one quarter of the wider gold border of the poster.
4a1) Saville poster
Date & Venue: Saville Theater, London, England, October 1, 1967
Bands: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Cryin' Shames, The Pink Floyd, Tomorrow, The Incredible String Band, The Fairport Convention.
Poster Artist: Hapshash and the Coloured Coat
Poster Size: 29 13/16" x 19 7/16"
PT: .0057"
Printing Information: offset lithograph on uncoated stock.
Reference Number: OAS 3
Notes: A silkscreen poster for the Saville Theater in London, England, with listings for October 1 & 8, 1967.
This was the third of three Saville Theater posters by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat. Hapshash was commissioned by Brian Epstein s NEMS Enterprises to do posters for a series of Sunday Night concerts at his newly acquired venue, the Saville Theater in London. A favorite record which English and Waymouth liked to play while working, the Velvet Underground s "Venus In Furs," inspired the image of the girl with the whip on the poster.
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4a2) San Francisco Art Lab reprint:
Poster Size: 34 15/16" x 22 1/2"
Paper Thickness: .0171"
Notes: A poster reprint by the San Francisco Art Lab in 2000 on fine art quality cardstock. This reprint was overseen by the artists, Michael English and Nigel Waymouth. Roger Bernhardt was the printer.
This was a limited edition reprint of 250 that was signed and numbered by the artist(s).
The first 75 copies of this reprint were signed in pencil by both Michael English and Nigel Waymouth in the bottom white border:
After English passed away in 2009, these posters were signed by just Nigel Waymouth:
4b) Top Rank Brighton Suite handbill
Date & Venue: Top Rank, Brighton, East Sussex, England, October 6, 1967
Bands: Pink Floyd.
Notes: A handbill for the Pink Floyd show at the Top Rank Brighton Suite in Brighton, East Sussex, England on October 6th.
This was also the night of the "Miss Teenage Brighton" contest.
4c1) The Pavilion, Bath handbill
Date & Venue: The Pavilion, Bath, England, October 23, 1967
Bands: Vanilla Fudge, The Move, Pink Floyd, the Small Faces.
Notes: A handbill for The Pavilion in Bath, England from October 9th through October 30th.
Pink Floyd is listed for October 23, 1967.
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4c2) Freddie Bannister reprint.
Handbill Size: 8 1/16" x 4 15/16"
PT: .004"
Notes: A 2019 reprint of this handbill by Freddie Bannister.
