Film
Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii
1972
UK Quad (30" x 40") Single Sided, Printed in England by W.E.Berry Ltd. Bradford
UK / British
Very Fine Plus / Originally Folded (as issued)
David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett
Adrian Maben
“More Than a Movie! An Explosive Cinema Concert !”
“Pink Floyd Live in Pompeii”… The country of origin poster offered here is from first year of release 1972 for this outstanding rock documentary. film which features the legendary band performing in the ancient Roman amphitheatre, interspersed with interview clips with the band members…“Most people think of us as a very drug oriented group. Of course we’re not. You can trust us”. It is genuinely very scarce with the exceptional example offered here being presented in excellent original unrestored folded (as issued) condition. The poster design presents some nice psychedelic influenced artwork & represents an extremely desirable and collectable piece of rock music and film memorabilia that rarely comes to market in this high grade condition.
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An ancient city nowadays wiped out: Pompei, a major British band from the seventies, Pink Floyd. Apparently, there’s none link between the two quoted names. You can barely imagine, the “Dark Side of the Moon“‘s creator to give a concert in this magic and sole scenery. However, this is what happened in October 1971 and the result is astonishing. There’s no spectators but the music impresses, is at its full swing. Moreover, you are under the impression that the members of the band surpass themselves musically and they give the best they can. Adrian Maben succeeds skilfully the marriage between the sound and the picture and it creates an entrancing climate. I think about the static shots of different places in Pompei with “Echoes” (probable the best song Pink Floyd has ever written) in the background. However, his making appears to be paradoxical: it can be both creative and ingenious: Waters’ scream in “careful with that axe Eugene is compared with a volcano erupting. On the other hand, it’s a pity that he favours a bit too often slow travelings and the same precise shots of the band’s members during their performance. It can give birth to weariness. Nevertheless, “Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii“ is also a well-regulated movie thanks to the sequences that take place in the Abbey Road Studios. You see interviews of the band and this one at work, recording their masterpiece “dark side of the moon”, THE album that will reveal them to the general public and probably their last collective album before Roger Waters‘ seizure of power. If you wish to know how your favourite album was recorded, the movie will deliver it to you… The movie isn’t without humour (Nick Mason‘s preference for an apple pie without crust) and a dog is baying at the moon during “Mademoiselle nobs”. In short, “Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii” will delight any Pink Floyd fan.
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Mint
A poster that has never been used or displayed and may show the most minor signs of age and wear. The poster should have no holes or tears.
Near Mint
A generally unused poster with fresh, saturated colors. May have minimal tears at folds. Has no significant holes, no paper loss, may have minor tears along edges, may have fine pin holes.
Very Fine
A poster with bright colour and crisp overall appearance. It may have very general signs of use including slight fold separation and fold wear. It may have pin holes or very minor tears. This is the highest grade allowed for a poster that has been restored either on linen or on paper.
Fine
A poster with good colors and overall clean appearance. It may have minor tears small paper loss and minor stains. It may have some fold seperation.
Good
An average poster with overall fresh color. May have tears, minor paper loss, minor hazing. Paper may be brittle due to age, may have minor stains. May have a small amount of writing in an unobtrusive place. May have medium or major restoration.
Fair
A poster with faded colors and brittle paper, showing significant signs of use. May have tears and paper loss. May have tape, writing, stains in image area. In need of restoration or had major restoration.
Poor
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LOBBY CARD
11 x 14″ printed on heavy stock paper. Used as display in theatre lobbies. Originally made in sets of eight. Some sets have a title card, which contains credits and artwork, essentially a mini-poster. The remaining seven cards are coloured photographic credits and poster artwork showing different scenes from the movie.
WINDOW CARD
14 x 22″ printed on heavy stock paper with the top 4-6 inches usually left blank for the local cinema owner to fill in the cinema and the date it was due to play. Largely discontinued during the 1970’s.
HALF SHEET
22 x 28″ printed on heavy stock paper. The image displayed is normally a smaller version of the main poster, although some do have different artworks and sometimes come in two versions.
INSERT
14 x 36″ printed on heavy stock paper. Inserts usually have the same artwork as a one sheet. Popular with collectors since they are smaller and easier to frame. Normally come tri folded or rolled.
STYLE Y/FORTY BY SIXTY
40 x 60″ printed on heavy stock paper. Rare since they were primarily used for major motion pictures only. Designed to be used outside the theatre, on an easel, normally at a drive-in movie theatre.
ONE-SHEET
27 x 41″ printed on paper. This is the most common size of poster, intended to be displayed in a glass “marquee” case. It is the most sought after size by collectors. Since the 1980’s most posters are sent to the theatre rolled and maybe slightly smaller measuring 27″ by 40″ and with the advent of backlit light boxes a growing number of modern movie posters are available double-sided and the more traditional single-sided.
THREE-SHEET
41 x 81″ printed on paper. These were printed on two or three separate sheets designed to overlap, few survive. Used for larger advertising spaces, normally posted on walls, perfect for huge movie theatres the drive-in, where people could see them from a distance. From the 1970’s on, three-sheets were sometimes printed in one piece and issued as “international” versions to be used abroad.
BRITISH QUAD
30 x 40″ Most common poster size used in the UK. British Quads are horizontal and may have different artwork to the US one sheet. Like a US one sheet they normally come in two versions. Like a US one sheet they are usually supplied single-sided or more commonly now as a double sided poster.
BRITISH ONE-SHEET
27 X 40″, printed on paper. Very rarely used size.
ITALIAN LOCANDINA
13 x 28″ six inches shorter than the US insert, very nice size to frame. Italian poster illustrators are some of the best in the industry.
ITALIAN PHOTOBUSTA
18 x 26″ Glossy, high quality, used as lobby cards in Italy. Size may vary, either vertical or horizontal format. There are also double Photobusta or mini Photobusta.
2-FOGLIO (DUE)
(DUE): 39 x 55″ This is the standard poster size used in Italy. Italian poster illustrators are some of the best in the industry.
4-FOGLIO
(QUATTRO) 55 x 79″ Very large Italian poster printed in two pieces, often contains very beautiful artwork.
FRENCH
47 x 63″ (GRANDE) or 24 x 33″ (PETITE) French movie posters normally come with different artwork to either the US or the UK. Like the Italian’s some of the artwork is extrememly beautiful.
