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Original color 20 x 30 promotional poster for the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music, held at the Bath & West Showground in Shepton Mallet, England, on June 27 and 28, 1970. Featuring a psychedelic illustration of a woman floating above a flower-covered landscape, the poster announces the two-day festival and bears the printer’s mark “Impact: Windsor 68379” along the lower edge. The festival brought together a large roster of British and American acts, including Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, the Moody Blues, Jefferson Airplane, the Byrds, Santana, Canned Heat, John Mayall, Johnny Winter, Fairport Convention, and others. Rolled and in very good to fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds and some edgewear, which includes creasing, short tears, and dampstaining. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks.
The festival followed the inaugural Bath Festival of Blues held the previous year and moved the event to the Bath & West Showground. Pink Floyd performed on June 27, presenting the work then known as ‘The Amazing Pudding,’ later titled ‘Atom Heart Mother,’ with the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and John Alldis Choir. Led Zeppelin, who had appeared further down the bill at the 1969 festival, returned as headliners on June 28. Their set opened with the newly written ‘Immigrant Song’ and included ‘Since I’ve Been Loving You’ and ‘That’s the Way,’ all three of which would appear on Led Zeppelin III when it was released later that year. The festival’s later stages were disrupted: Jefferson Airplane’s set was cut short, the Moody Blues were unable to perform, and the Byrds and Dr. John performed acoustically.
