Request to view

This object can be requested via email from the Prints & Drawings Study Room

The Purple Gang : Granny Takes a Trip

Poster
1967 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Advertisement for a record which became a great favourite at the UFO Club, 'The Purple Gang : Granny Takes a Trip'.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Purple Gang : Granny Takes a Trip (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Offset lithograph poster
Brief description
Psychedelic poster by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat (Michael English and Nigel Waymouth) entitled 'The Purple Gang : Granny Takes a Trip', promoting a single by the Purple Gang on Transatlantic Records. Great Britain, 1967.
Physical description
Advertisement for a record which became a great favourite at the UFO Club, 'The Purple Gang : Granny Takes a Trip'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.7cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Gallery label
"Michael English (born 1942) and Nigel Waymouth (born 1941)
The Purple Gang : Granny Takes a Trip. Poster promoting a single by the Purple Gang on Transatlantic Records.
1967
Offset lithograph
E.1698-1991

This was a very popular record at the UFO. The record company specified only one colour could be used. The title of the song was taken from the King's Road boutique 'Granny Takes a Trip' of which Nigel Waymouth was co-owner."

Text by Julia Bigham
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.1698-1991

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdMarch 2, 2009
Record URL
Download as: JSON