Hapshash and the Colored Coat

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Hapshash and the Colored Coat is what the illustrator Michael English (1943–2009) and designer Nigel Waymouth (* 1941) called their collaboration in the second half of the 1960s, which resulted in pioneering psychedelic posters and two music albums .

history

In December 1966, English and Waymouth were commissioned by Joe Boyd and John "Hoppy" Hopkins , the operators of the UFO Club , to design advertising posters for the new club. At the time, English was working for the underground magazine International Times , among other things , and Waymouth was co-owner of the trendy Granny Takes a Trip (GTT) boutique , where hip “Swinging London” dressed up.

First they worked together under the name “Cosmic Colors”, then as “Jacob and the Colored Coat”, from March 1967 then as “Hapshash and the Colored Coat”. The project broke up towards the end of the decade.

poster

In addition to working for the UFO Club, they designed posters for Oz Magazine , Middle Earth Club , Pink Floyd , The 5th Dimension , The Move , The Crazy World of Arthur Brown , Soft Machine , the Incredible String Band and others.

The screen prints were very popular and were sold in popular boutiques on Carnaby Street , for example . Even today, the original prints fetch top prices and are exhibited in museums (many in the Victoria and Albert Museum ).

music

Hapshash and the Colored Coat also released two psychedelic albums, Featuring the Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids (1967) and Nigel Waymouth with Mike Batt and Tony McPhee Western Flier (1969). The former is said to have influenced Amon Düül and the Rolling Stones , among others , the latter was created during the dissolution phase of Hapshash and the Colored Coat.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Michael English . The Guardian, October 1, 2009 (English)
  2. ↑ Jimi Hendrix poster by Hapshash and the Colored Coat auctioned for US $ 72,000. Bonhams, May 14, 2008 (English)
  3. ↑ Review on Allmusic (English)