++ The front panel of the Space Ritual tour programme/poster ++
Just as he did for Ian Dury & The Blockheads and Elvis Costello and the Attractions half-a-decade later, Barney Bubbles produced a fold-out programme/poster for Hawkwind’s 1972 Space Ritual tour.
++ Opened out to reveal this portrait of saxophonist Nik Turner and the start of Robert Calvert’s essay ++
As well as Bubbles’ striking illustrations and graphics, the exercise included photography of the group’s main members and an entertaining if rambling sci-fi/semi-fictional account of the group’s activities by poet, lyricist and performer Robert Calvert.
++ Unfolded the poster measures 56 x 39 cm ++
Calvert, Bubbles and other contributors such as writer Michael Moorcock received tips of the hat in the credits.
A new addition to the Barney Bubbles Shop is the 1964 design for Twickenham Tech art school r&b group The Muleskinners, whose line-up included the late, great Ian McLagan of the Small Faces and The Faces.
