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Soft Machine - VOLUME TWO (UK Probe promo poster)
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Re: Soft Machine - VOLUME TWO (UK Probe promo poster)
Oct 19, 2013, 16:02
Deepinder Cheema wrote:
Speculation. If you look at the back of IT there were one or 2 poster companies like Splash posters a guy called Pete Townsend selling silksceen posters for the freak market, somebody with access to silk screen could well be splashing out on this poster in the light of the 3rd LP, also Arts Labs were emerging and they regularly made silk screen posters for gigs, just like at Aston University, Birmingham Teacher Training College, and Mothers Club in Erdington who made posters just of bands just to sell as well as gig posters. Also there is nothing to stop a Soft Machine fan to make this poster whilst on an Arts Course. Unless you have evidence that it was linked to the band and management then a missing corner of your poster is not proof that there could have been some credit line writ upon. Now I do know Daevid Allen designed a Soft Machine poster in 1966 for a gig in Deptford. I have a picture somewhere. I know it is him, because it could not be anyone else.


Usually gig posters have *gig* information. You are correct that's it's speculative on my part...absolutely. And you also could well be correct that one of these poster companies made the poster.

We'll likely never know unless another one comes into the collector circles. Moreover, I've never seen non-gig, non-promo materials of this sort for any other band in this tier at this time...say, a Family or a Nice (both of which were more successful than the Softs) or the like.

Either way, it's a very crisp design and image. And, with the proper white matte around the edges, should look quite lovely - and consistent with the decor I have. Unless someone could ask Robert Wyatt or Mike Ratledge, I suppose we'll never know...it's pretty neat though.
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