Floydian Analysis Photo Archive

Posters and Advertisements

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29 April 1967--The famous 14 Hour Technicolour Dream at Alexandria Palace was a benefit for the International Times. Although the concert began on 29 April, the Pink Floyd were the last act to play. They performed as dawn broke on the morning of 30 April.
..as above, newspaper advertisement
28 July 1967--The poster promotes this gig as "CIA UFO". The show was held at the UFO Club at Tottenham Court Road in London.
29 July 1967--Love-In Festival at Alexandria Palace in London
1 October 1967--Saville Theater, London. This poster is a good example of the 1960s poster style, which combined turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau style with psychedelic lettering and colors, as well as optical effects which might be considered psychedelic.
 
26 October 1967--This poster for the Fillmore (later called the Fillmore West) in San Francisco featured three bands on three dates. Because of difficulties in obtaining permits to work in the United States, the Floyd probably had to cancel this gig.
2 November 1967--Another three-date poster including Richie Havens and Big Brother and the Holding Company. This Floyd performance was probably cancelled.
5 November 1967--This black and white three-date poster advertises a Pink Floyd appearance at The Cheetah Club. Earlier on the day of the concert, Syd Barrett gave his legendary interview to the Pat Boone Show in which Boone asked inane questions, and Barrett answered with nothing but an empty stare.
 
9 November 1967--This poster for three dates at the Fillmore and Winterland, both in San Francisco, includes Procol Harum and H.P. Lovecraft. Pink Floyd cancelled the dates because of Syd Barrett's unreliability. The end of Barrett's tenure with Pink Floyd was drawing near.
 
12 November 1967--This brilliant magenta and black poster advertises at appearance at The Cheetah Club in New York City. It was the last date of their first U.S. tour. Although many of the U.S. dates had been cancelled, the Floyd played this gig, and immediately flew to the Netherlands where they would play at the Hippy Happy Fair the next day.
 
16 May 1969--This famous show at the Leeds Town Hall was billed as "The Massed Gadgets of Auximines." The concert featured the Azimuth Coordinator, which allowed sounds to be moved around the hall. It was the second night of The Man/The Journey tour.
12 July 1968--A three-date poster for the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, Michigan.
26 July 1968--The Floyd played two dates (26-27 July) at the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California. This poster also features Jeff Beck and Blue Cheer.
23 August 1968--The Floyd played two nights at the Bank in Torrance, California.
29 April 1970--A poster for the Fillmore West in San Francisco. The poster incorporates a photo from the back of Ummagumma. Earlier on the same day the Floyd recorded a concert for KQED television in San Francisco.
   
 

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