Pink Floyd
July-August 1970
Posters
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1a) Aachen Pop Festival poster
Date & Venue: Hauptstadion, Soers Sport Park, Aachen, West Germany, July 10-12, 1970
Bands (listed on the poster): Pink Floyd, Taste, Canned Heat, Traffic, Deep Purple, Quintessence, Edgar Broughton, East of Eden, Caravan, Champion Jack Dupree, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Hardin/York, Fairport Convention, Amon Duul II, Keef Hartley, Mungo Jerry.
Bands (that played):
Friday, July 10, 1970: Deep Purple, Free, If, Quintessence, Livin' Blues, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, Golden Earring, Spencer Davis & Alun Davies.
Saturday, July 11, 1970: Edgar Broughton Band, Taste, Keef Hartley, Caravan, Can, Kevin Ayers & the Whole World, Mungo Jerry, Kraftwerk.
Sunday, July 12, 1970: Hardin & York, Amon Duul II, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Krokodil, Raw Material, Champion Jack Dupree, Pink Floyd.
Poster Artist: G. Feuerstein with photo by Fistus Dickmann
Poster Size: 33 7/16" x 23 15/16"
PT: .0044"
Notes: A poster for the Soersfestival 3-day open air festival on July 10-12, 1970.
Approximately 40,000 people attended the festival.
Traffic, Cuby & the Blizzards, and Fairport Convention did not appear. Van der Graaf Generator were also at the festival ready to perform, but were cancelled due to time constraints. Other acts that were invited to play at the festival but did not come were: Ginger Baker's Air Force, Canned Heat, Donovan, Fat Mattress, John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band, John Mayall, Rhinoceros, the Rolling Stones, and Soft Machine.
Pink Floyd performed at the festival on July 12, 1970.
Their setlist consisted of: Astronomy Domine, Green is the Colour & Careful With That Axe Eugene, The Amazing Pudding, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, A Saucerful of Secrets, encore: Interstellar Overdrive.
2a) French Riviera festival poster
Date & Place: French Riviera, Cote d'Azur, France, early August 1970
Bands (listed on poster): Joan Baez, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, etc.
Poster Size: 22 15/16" x 15 1/16"
PT: .0048"
Poster Printing: Imp. AUSSEL Gennevilliers Tel: 793.11.16
Notes: A BYG poster for a planned festival on the French Riviera in early August 1970.
This festival became the Popanalia Festival that was held in Biot, France on August 5, 1970.
This poster says:
Joan Baez
Pink Floyd
Eric Clapton, etc...
Early August
French Riviera
The Morning Rain Doesn't Stop the Pilgrim
2b1) Popanalia Festival poster #1
Date & Venue: Autoroute de L'Esteral, Biot, Cote d'Azur, France, August 5, 1970
Bands (listed on the poster): Joan Baez, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, Soft Machine, Traffic with Stevie Winwood, Balls (Trevor Burton, Denny Laine, Alan White), Spencer Davis, Kevin Ayers, Alan Price, Daevid Allen, Alice, Ame Son, Alan Jack Civilization, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Archie Shepp, Sonny Scharrock, Don Cherry.
Bands (also scheduled to play but not listed on the poster): Arrival, Chris Barber, Edgar Broughton, Champion Jack Dupree, Country Joe, MC5, Rare Bird, Keith Tippett, Voyage.
Bands (that played): Joan Baez, Country Joe, Rare Bird.
Notes: A large poster for the Popanalia Festival held in France on August 5, 1970.
Known as The French Woodstock, this festival was planned to last 36 hours, but poor organization of the festival caused many of the bands to refuse to play. Only 4,000 of the 30,000 festival goers paid the 30 francs to attend the festival, leading to a shortage of money to pay the bands. When the Soft Machine learned that they would not be paid, they refused to play. When the crowd was told of the situation, it rioted, the stage was burned, and equipment destroyed. The remainder of the festival had to be canceled. The French later called this festival "Festival Maudit de Biot" which means the cursed festival of Biot.
Although Pink Floyd is listed on the poster, they did not perform at the festival.
2b2) Popanalia Festival poster #2
Date & Venue: Autoroute de L'Esteral, Biot, Cote d'Azur, France, August 5, 1970
Bands (listed on the poster): Joan Baez, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, Soft Machine, Traffic with Stevie Winwood, Balls (Trevor Burton, Denny Laine, Alan White), Spencer Davis, Kevin Ayers, Alan Price, Daevid Allen, Alice, Ame Son, Alan Jack Civilization, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Archie Shepp, Sonny Scharrock, Don Cherry.
Bands (also scheduled to play but not listed on the poster): Arrival, Chris Barber, Edgar Broughton, Champion Jack Dupree, Country Joe, MC5, Rare Bird, Keith Tippett, Voyage.
Bands (that played): Joan Baez, Country Joe, Rare Bird.
Poster Size: 10 9/16" x 8 1/2"
Notes: A small poster for the Popanalia Festival held in France on August 5, 1970.
Although Pink Floyd is listed on the poster, they did not perform at the festival.
2c) 6th Festival International de Saint-Tropez handbill
Date & Venue: Les Caves du Roy, St. Tropez, France, August 8, 1970
Bands: Pink Floyd
Poster Size: 6 5/8" X 8 1/4"
PT: .0044"
Notes: A handbill for the 6th Festival de Saint-Tropez at Les Caves du Roy in St. Tropez, France on August 8, 1970.
Pink Floyd's set was filmed by ORTF French TV, parts of which were later broadcast on both TV and radio.
Pink Floyd's setlist consisted of: Astronomy Domine, Cymbaline, Atom Heart Mother, The Embryo, Green is the Colour, Careful with that Axe Eugene, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun.
2d) Pop Festival Saint Raphael poster
Date & Venue: Fete de Saint Raphael, Les Arenas, St. Raphael, France, August 8-9, 1970
Bands: Family, Frank Zappa & Hot Rats, Pink Floyd, Iron Butterfly, Deep Purple, Hardin/York, Little Free Rock, Ginger Johnson and His African Drummers, Edgar Broughton Band, Keef Hartley Blues Band, Kevin Ayers & the Whole World, Ekseption, Steamhammer, Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band, Cuby & Blizzards.
Poster Size: 32 7/8" X 23 1/16"
PT: .0051"
Poster Design & Printing: Vertically, along the bottom left edge, it says: "Design Schluter & Schluter, Essen. Imprimerie F. W. Rohden, Essen. Imprime en Allemagne."
Notes: A poster for the Pop Festival Saint Raphael on August 8-9, 1970.
Across the bottom right edge, it says " Management: Konrad Mallison, Essen."
The entire festival was cancelled due to problems with the local authorities.
2e) Heidelberg Open-Air Festival poster
Date & Venue: Thingstatte Amphitheatre, Heidelberg, West Germany, August 29, 1970
Bands: Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Xhol, Edgar Broughton Band, Embryo, Quintessence, Tangerine Dream, Guru Guru Groove, Nosferatu, Missus Beastly, Fashion Pink, Floh de Cologne, Warm Dust, Wedge, and Gila Fuck.
Notes: A poster for the Heidelberg Festival, August 29, 1970.
This festival never took place. It may have been cancelled due to the occurrence of the Isle of Wight Festival at the same time.
