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Fifth Dimension, Leicester

Poster
1967 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This poster was designed by Michael English. In the late 1960s, sometimes with Nigel Waymouth as Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, he created psychedelic posters for many of the English bands of the time, and decorated and advertised Nigel Weymouth's King's Road boutique, Granny Takes a Trip. He also designed for concerts held at the UFO club and Saville Theatre, and for underground magazine Oz. Their influences came from the decorative and eroticised designs of Art Nouveau, combined with the melting rainbow colours of LSD visions and pop art inspirations from the post-war media; traces of Disney, horror movie monsters and comic book characters and can often be seen hiding amongst the images.

5th Dimension was a Leicester psychedelic club in the late 1960s. Many big psych-rock acts played, and although the club no longer exists, the esteemed name has occasionally been revived for psychedelic club nights held in Leicester today.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFifth Dimension, Leicester (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Screen print on paper.
Brief description
Poster for Fifth Dimension at Leicester, designed by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat. Michael English collection
Physical description
Poster for Fifth Dimension, Leicester. Pink background with blue mystical illustrations, and gold pattern overprinted. Typography at top with venue details, and listings at bottom.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76cm
  • Width: 50.6cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 5Th DIMENSION / Leicester
  • SEPT15 - JOYCE BOND SHOW - TEN YEARS AFTER / SEPT 16 - THE FAMILY - THE MEAD / SEPT 20 - CHRIS FARLOWE / SEPT 22 - THE AMBOY DUKES - THE WILD FLOWERS / SEPT 23 - HERBIE GOINS - THE WILD FLOWERS / SEPT 27 - PINK FLOYD / SEPT 29 - RAY KING SOUL BAND - EYES OF BLUE / SEPT 30 - AMEN CORNER - ATTACK
  • PRINTED BY T.S.R. OA118/© 1967 OSIRIS AGENCY LTD. 90 WESTBOURNE TERRACE W.2./HAPSHASH 7 THE COLOURED COAT
Credit line
Given by Michael English
Summary
This poster was designed by Michael English. In the late 1960s, sometimes with Nigel Waymouth as Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, he created psychedelic posters for many of the English bands of the time, and decorated and advertised Nigel Weymouth's King's Road boutique, Granny Takes a Trip. He also designed for concerts held at the UFO club and Saville Theatre, and for underground magazine Oz. Their influences came from the decorative and eroticised designs of Art Nouveau, combined with the melting rainbow colours of LSD visions and pop art inspirations from the post-war media; traces of Disney, horror movie monsters and comic book characters and can often be seen hiding amongst the images.

5th Dimension was a Leicester psychedelic club in the late 1960s. Many big psych-rock acts played, and although the club no longer exists, the esteemed name has occasionally been revived for psychedelic club nights held in Leicester today.
Collection
Accession number
S.24-1978

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Record createdFebruary 24, 2010
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