The legendary Van Dike Club, Plymouth, produced a classic line of venue posters from the late 60's progressive bands through to the punk in the late 1970's . Posters from this era are gaining ever more value by the year and this rarity from the club in 1970 showing 3 months of weekly gigs will set you back £395 (Record Collector Mag).
Through this printed ephemera there's a fascinating insight into the UK rock culture of a decade some 40+ years ago. The list here proving the year had a thriving progressive rock scene. While some bands like Humble Pie, Free and Yes went on to major success the others were the backbone to the college circuit for the next few years.
Here's one of the lesser known groups Skin Alley, although they did gather a wider audience by the track "Living In Sin" from their first album appearing on the 1970 CBS budget sampler double album 'Fill Your Head With Rock', by 1974 the group had disbanded.
Founder Thomas Crimble was the first to move on in 1970 playing bass with Hawkwind and organising the Glastonbury Festival.
