Masters Apprentices: 'Mod' dance |
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| Title : | Masters Apprentices: 'Mod' dance |
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| Creator : | Longley, Graham | ||
| Date of creation : | ca.1965-1968 | ||
| Format : | Poster | ||
| Dimensions : | 380 x 250 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Donated by : | Graham Longley |
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| Description : |
Due to a recent influx of English migrants, Adelaide was ahead of bigger cities Melbourne and Sydney when it came to adopting the new 'mod' look and sound being created in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. Two main youth culture groups were prevalent in Britain during this period. Mods wore suits, rode Italian scooters, and listened to rhythm and blues, soul and ska music and often followed pop groups like The Who and Small Faces. In contrast, rockers rode motorbikes, wore leather jackets, and favoured rock 'n' roll music.
This poster was created by Blackwood High School students to promote a 'mod' dance on Saturday 17 December 1965, at which the Masters Apprentices played. As was the practice at the time, the band played more than one show that night, later travelling across town to the Octagon Theatre in Elizabeth. The money raised by the Blackwood High School dance was supposed to go towards a swimming pool - but the pool was never built. The State Library is keen to know who created this poster - so if you are, or know, one of the students who worked on it, please contact the Collection Specialist team at the State Library of South Australia. |
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| Related names : | Masters Apprentices (Musical group) |
| Coverage year : | 1965 |
| Period : | 1946-1979 |
| Region : | Adelaide metropolitan area |
| Further reading : | Day, David and Parker, Tim. SA great it's our music 1956-1986, Glandore, S. Aust.: D. Day and T. Parker, 1987 Keays, Jim. His master's voice, St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1999 'Living in a Masters dream' and 'From Mustangs to the Stones', Extra Extra, July-October, 2001 Masters Apprentices. Now that it's over [sound recording]: best of Master's Apprentices, Sydney: EMI, [1974] |
| Internet links : | Masters Apprentices Official website
Masters Apprentices' Memorabilia Treasures Wall, State Library of South Australia Milesago 'The #1 website for Australasian music and popular culture 1964-1975' Newsfilm online see 1960s: Mods and Rockers |
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