UFOria

The UFO Club was a famous but shortlived club in London during the 1960s, venue of performances by many of the top bands of the day. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 286 pixelsFull resolution (1734 × 619 pixel, file size: 122 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Low resolution scan of Advertisement placed by the UFO Club, published on the cover of International Times Feb 1967 which is in my possession: The International... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 286 pixelsFull resolution (1734 × 619 pixel, file size: 122 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Low resolution scan of Advertisement placed by the UFO Club, published on the cover of International Times Feb 1967 which is in my possession: The International... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

It was founded by John Hopkins (usually known as "Hoppy") and Joe Boyd in an Irish dancehall called the "Blarney Club" in the basement of 31 Tottenham Court Road, under Berkeley Cinema and opposite the Dominion Theatre. It opened on December 23 1966. Initially the club was advertised as "UFO Presents Night Tripper". This had been because Boyd and Hopkins could not decide on "UFO" or "Night Tripper" as a name for their club.^[1] Eventually they settled on "UFO". For other persons named John Hopkins, see John Hopkins (disambiguation). ... Joe Boyd (born August 5, 1942) is an American record producer. ... Tottenham Court Road looking north with the Euston Tower in the distance Tottenham Court Road is a road in Central London, England, running from St Giles Circus (the junction of Oxford Street and Charing Cross Road) north to Euston Road, near the border of the City of Westminster and the... The Dominion Theatre is a West End theatre situated on Tottenham Court Road close to St Giles Circus and Centre Point Tower, in the London Borough of Camden. ... is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The original arrangement with the Blarney Club was for the last two Fridays of December. Boyd and Hopkins had started the club because they were in need of cash, and they were unsure as to how large a crowd they would attract. But, as Boyd later wrote, "freaks came out of the woodwork from all over the city and we made a profit." ^[1].

The Pink Floyd were booked for the first two Fridays, and then re-engaged as the club carried on into 1967 after its initial success. Initial events combined live music with light shows, avant garde films and slide shows, dance troupes and even "spot the fuzz" competitions as attention from plain clothes police units increased. Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ...

The Pink Floyd's tenure at UFO was short run. As their fame grew they were able to play bigger venues for higher fees. Boyd protested that their increasing fame was largely due to the success of UFO, but the band's management wanted to move on and an agreement was made for just three more Floyd performances at UFO, at an increased fee.

Hopkins and Boyd had to cast around for a new "house band" for UFO. They settled on Soft Machine but also started booking other acts who were attracted by the club's reputation. Amongst them were The Incredible String Band, Arthur Brown, Tomorrow, and Procol Harum, who played there when "A Whiter Shade of Pale" was No 1 in the charts. For the book by William S. Burroughs, see The Soft Machine. ... The iconic cover of the bands 2nd album designed by The Fool The Incredible String Band were (and are) a Scottish acoustic band who way back in the 1960s built a popular following among the British counter culture, and are considered psych folk music pioneers. ... See Arthur Brown for others with the same name. ... Tomorrow (previously known as The In Crowd and before that as Four Plus One) were a 1960s psychedelic rock band. ... Procol Harum is an English rock band, formed in the 1960s, who built a heavy foundation for what would become progressive rock. ... A Whiter Shade of Pale is a song by the British band Procol Harum. ...

Were All Doomed!!!

An advertisement featuring the Flammarion woodcut in the Feb 13–26 issue of The International Times for "UfOria! Festival of Love 10.30 till dawn" [sic] announced "feb.10 — the bonzo dog doodah band • flix–dali–bunuel • ginger johnson african drums" as well as "feb 17 — soft machine • mark boyle projections • movies • food • erogenius 3 + 4". Image File history File links Size of this preview: 454 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (976 × 1288 pixel, file size: 152 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Low resolution scan of Advertisement placed by the UFO Club, published on the cover of International Times April - May 1967 which is in my possession: The... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 454 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (976 × 1288 pixel, file size: 152 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Low resolution scan of Advertisement placed by the UFO Club, published on the cover of International Times April - May 1967 which is in my possession: The... Image and text from page 163 of Latmosphère: météorologie populaire, by Camille Flammarion, 1888. ... The International Times (IT) was an underground paper started in 1966 in the UK, based in central London. ... The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (more often the Bonzo Dog Band or to fans simply the Bonzos) were the brainchild of a British art-school set of the 1960s. ... Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquis of Púbol (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), was a Spanish surrealist painter of Catalan descent born in Figueres, Catalonia (Spain). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the book by William S. Burroughs, see The Soft Machine. ... Mark Boyle (May 11, 1934 - May 4, 2005) was an artist born in Glasgow and known for his work in the cultural UK Underground of the 1960s around the Traverse Theatre, and latterly in the Boyle Family projects. ...

Poster for Pink Floyd at the CIA-UFO club, July 28, 1967, by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat

Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, consisting of Michael English and Nigel Waymouth, designed psychedelic posters to advertise events. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ... is the 209th day of the year (210th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Poster for Pink Floyd at the CIA-UFO club, July 28, 1967, by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat Hapshash and the Coloured Coat were a British graphics team consisting of Michael English and Nigel Waymouth in the 1960s, producing psychedelic posters. ...

The UFO Club’s success was its downfall — being too small to accommodate the increasing number of visitors. The crunch came in June 1967, when Hopkins was imprisoned for drug offences. Police pressure on the club increased in the following weeks, and the landlords revoked the lease. The club moved into The Roundhouse for a few months but, despite the building being almost derelict, the rent was exorbitant. If a big name such as Jeff Beck was playing, UFO broke even, but the club usually lost money. In October 1967 the UFO Club at the Roundhouse folded.^{[citation needed]} A landlord, is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called the tenant. ... The Roundhouse was built in 1847 as a turntable engine shed for the London and Birmingham Railway at Chalk Farm (near Camden Town), in London, England. ... Geoffrey Arnold (Jeff) Beck (born June 24, 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, Greater London) is an English rock guitarist. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ...

UFO Club billings

• Dec 23/30: Freakout under Berkeley Cinema; Warhol movies; Pink Floyd sounds; Anger movies; Heating warm; IT god
• Jan 13: Pink Floyd; Marilyn Monroe movie; The Sun Trolley; Technicolor strobe; Fiveacre slides; Karate
• Jan 20: Pink Floyd; Anger movie
• Jan 27: AMM Music; Pink Floyd; Five Acre Light; Flight of the Aerogenius Chpt 1; International Times; IT Girl Beauty Contest
• Feb 3: Soft Machine; Brown's Poetry; Flight of the Aerogenius Chpt 2; Bruce Connor Movies
• Feb 10: Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band; Ginger Johnson; Bank Dick WC Fields
• Feb 17: Soft Machine; Indian Music; Disney Cartoons; Mark Boyle Feature Movie
• Feb 24: Pink Floyd; Brothers Grimm
• Mar 3: Soft Machine
• Mar 10: Pink Floyd
• Mar 17: St Patrick's day off
• Mar 24: Soft Machine
• Mar 31: Crazy World of Arthur Brown; Pink Alberts; 'spot the fuzz contest'
• Apr 7: Soft Machine
• Apr 14: Arthur Brown; Social Deviants; Special: the fuzz
• Apr 21: Pink Floyd
• Apr 28: The Smoke
• (Apr 29/30: 14-Hour Technicolor Dream at the Alexandra Palace)
• May 5: Soft Machine; Arthur Brown
• May 12: Graham Bond Organisation; Procol Harum
• May 19: Tomorrow; Arthur Brown; The People Show
• May 26: The Move
• Jun 2: Pink Floyd
• Jun 9: Procol Harum; The Smoke
• Jun 16: Crazy World of Arthur Brown; Soft Machine; The People Blues Band 4.30am
• Jun 23: Liverpool Love Festival
• Jun 30: Tomorrow; The Knack
• Jul 7: Denny Laine; Pretty Things
• Jul 14: Arthur Brown; Alexis Korner; Victor Brox
• Jul 21: Tomorrow; Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
• Jul 28: CIA v UFO; Pink Floyd; Fairport Convention
• Aug 4: Eric Burdon; Family
• Aug 11: Tomorrow
• Aug 18: Arthur Brown; Incredible String Band
• Sep 1/2: UFO Festival: Pink Floyd; Soft Machine; The Move; Arthur Brown; Tomorrow; Denny Laine
• Sep 8: Eric Burdon & The New Animals; Aynsley Dunbar
• Sep 15: Soft Machine; Family
• Sep 22: Dantalion's Chariot w Zoot Money & His Light Show; The Social Deviants; The Exploding Galaxy
• Sep 29: Jeff Beck; Ten Years After; Mark Boyle's New Sensual Laboratory; Contessa Veronica

Berlin

There was also a UFO Club in Berlin started in 1988 by the electronic music label Interfisch. UFO was the original centre of Berlin house and techno music, but due to financial problems that club closed in 1990. This article is about the capital of Germany. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ...

After UFO closed, Interfisch's head, Dimitri Hegemann and some investors in the club found the new space in East Berlin. This was advantageous timing, as it was only a few months before Germany unified. The vaults under the Wertheim department store proved to be the perfect location for a new club, and Tresor quickly became the place to be in Berlin This article is about the 1990 German reunification. ... Tresor (German for safe or vault) is an underground techno nightclub and record label. ...

References

Further reading

• Boyd, Joe, White Bicyles - Making Music in the 1960s, Serpent's Tail. 2006. ISBN 1-85242-910-0

• Miles, Barry: In the Sixties. (London 2002)

• Green, Jonathon: Days in the Life: Voices from the English Underground, 1961-71 (London 1998)