Pink Floyd German concert posters (1972)
Secondary information on the Munich poster is set in Helvetica schmalhalbfett. This concert didn’t take place at the mentioned location, but was moved to the Sporthalle in Böblingen.
Alpine Black is an obese display face that originated at Photoscript in London about 1970. In 1972, it was reproduced in the fourth volume of the Swiss Lettera alphabet book series, making it more widely available.
The same year, Eri Foerster used it for a series of concert posters by Pink Floyd. Printed in black, they advertised shows played in Germany, organized by Mama Concerts.
The band photograph by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis featured previously on the gatefold of the 1971 album Meddle.
In addition to the posters shown here, the series also includes similar ones for Hamburg (November 12), Düsseldorf (Nov. 14), Böblingen (Nov. 15), Frankfurt (Nov. 16 and 17), all of which can be seen at The Pink Floyd Archives. The poster design with Alpine Black was referenced for the cover of a bootleg recording of the show in Böblingen.
![The show in Berlin’s Deutschlandhalle took place half a year before the others, on May 18. Secondary information is here set in [or rather close copy, , see comments].](https://original.fontsinuse.com/fontsinuse.com/use-images/145/145420/145420.jpeg)
The show in Berlin’s Deutschlandhalle took place half a year before the others, on May 18. Secondary information is here set in Kabel [or rather Monotype close copy, Sans Serif, see comments].
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That’s Sans Serif Extrabold, not Kabel.
Thanks, Bryson! It did strike me as a little wonky, but I failed to double check.