Tim Buckley and Roy Harper at Middle Earth
Poster
1968 (designed)
1968 (designed)
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This poster and artwork were designed by design duo Michael English and Nigel Waymouth, known as Hapshash and the Coloured Coat. In the late 1960s they created psychedelic posters for many of the English bands of the time, and decorated and advertised Nigel Waymouth's King's Road boutique, Granny Takes a Trip. They also designed for concerts held at 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.
Middle Earth was an underground club that followed on from UFO, and was run in the same tradition, featuring performances by bands, music and visuals. Regular bands included Soft Machine, Tomorrow and Tyrannosaurus Rex (Marc Bolan's earlier Hippie incarnation of T. Rex), and other bands who performed include Pink Floyd, The Who, Fairport Convention, Donovan and, as advertised on the poster, Tim Buckley.
Middle Earth was an underground club that followed on from UFO, and was run in the same tradition, featuring performances by bands, music and visuals. Regular bands included Soft Machine, Tomorrow and Tyrannosaurus Rex (Marc Bolan's earlier Hippie incarnation of T. Rex), and other bands who performed include Pink Floyd, The Who, Fairport Convention, Donovan and, as advertised on the poster, Tim Buckley.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Tim Buckley and Roy Harper at Middle Earth (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | S.19B-1978: Screen print on paper
S.19-1978: Line drawing on board, with white gouache. |
| Brief description | Poster and artwork for performances at Middle Earth club, 1968, designed by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat. Michael English collection. |
| Physical description | S.19B-1978: Printed poster on paper. Dark blue drawing on light blue background with a text panel showing dates of a Tim Buckley concert at Middle Earth, below which is a psychedelic segmented circle with a Celtic star & eye with fire symbol in the centre. The background of this circle gradates from red to yellow. Left segment has an image of a woman with stars for hair flying through the air representing night or darkness, with a woman with long flowing hair with the sun with a face behind her, representing day or light on the right. At the bottom are a naked couple making love in long palm fronds, with the words middle earth intertwined. S.19-1978: Artwork for a poster - Donovan At Middle Earth; monochrome drawing on card with a text panel showing dates of a Donovan concert, below which is a psychedelic segmented circle with a Celtic star & eye with fire symbol in the centre. Left segment has an image of a woman with stars for hair flying through the air representing night or darkness, with a woman with long flowing hair with the sun with a face behind her, representing day or light on the right. At the bottom are a naked couple making love in long palm fronds, with the words middle earth intertwined. |
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| Credit line | Given by Michael English |
| Object history | Signed first pressing. |
| Summary | This poster and artwork were designed by design duo Michael English and Nigel Waymouth, known as Hapshash and the Coloured Coat. In the late 1960s they created psychedelic posters for many of the English bands of the time, and decorated and advertised Nigel Waymouth's King's Road boutique, Granny Takes a Trip. They also designed for concerts held at 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. Middle Earth was an underground club that followed on from UFO, and was run in the same tradition, featuring performances by bands, music and visuals. Regular bands included Soft Machine, Tomorrow and Tyrannosaurus Rex (Marc Bolan's earlier Hippie incarnation of T. Rex), and other bands who performed include Pink Floyd, The Who, Fairport Convention, Donovan and, as advertised on the poster, Tim Buckley. |
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| Accession number | S.19&B-1978 |
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| Record created | February 24, 2010 |
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