Logo #143: Pink Fairies

Designed for the British psychedelia merchants by Edward Barker in 1977. When I asked journalist and sometime Hawkwind / Pink Fairies member Mick Farren if he had any stories about the band or the pig, he replied rather cryptically, "The real story is about the late Edward Barker..." Like they said to the guy stuck in the pillory: More to come!

Logo #54: Sopwith Camel

Designed by German collage artist Wilfred Sätty for Sopwith Camel's 1972 LP, "The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon." Sätty (April 12, 1939 - January 31, 1982), a contemporary of other San Francisco graphic artists, stands almost unknown today; a brilliant lost artist from those halcyon hippie days. Compare. Contrast. A deeply fascinating memorial site can be found here. This cornerstone (or footnote, depending) of underrated psychedelia was remastered by the band last year; a new album drops in November. But go read up on poor Sätty and cry a little, because in the deathless words of Charles Bukowski, "Somebody said / "Well, shit." / and that's / what it was."