The Moratorium Show

A text poster advertising the speakers, musicians and performers John Kaputin, Tully, Flying Circus, King Harvest, Jean Lewis, Tamam Shud, R.J.Taylor and Ellis D. Fogg at a September 1970 Moratorium event in Sydney. Tully were a group formed in 1968 who provided the backing music for the theatre production , 'Hair'. In 1970 they were described as 'serious musicians, experimenters, pushing the limits'. King Harvest were an American 'soulful pop' group, formed in 1972, which disbanded in the mid 1970s. John Kaputin was a civil rights activist and more recently , the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Papua New Guinea. Taman Shud were an innovative and original Australian music groups of the late 1960s, who played an important role in the development of Australian acid-rock and progressive music. The group existed from 1967 until 1972. The group began as an instrumental band in Newcastle, New South Wales, known as 'The Four Strangers' , changing their name to 'The Sunsets' in 1966. The band moved through 'beat' pop and psychadelia to progressive rock. In 1967 the band changed their name to 'Tamam Shud', a Persian phrase meaning 'the very end' which was taken from the closing words of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. During the late 1960s , they were associated with a number of film and light shows in Sydney and in 1970 featured at Australia's first rock festival, the Pilgramage for Pop. The group disbanded in 1972. Working under the punning pseudonym of Ellis. D. Fogg, Sydney based 'lumino-kinetic artist' and lighting designer Roger Foley ran well known light shows during the late 1960s and 70s. The Ellis. D.Fogg company began in 1967, providing special light shows for concerts, dances, discotheques, university balls, overseas tours, conventions and special events. The show was often a feature in its own right, getting billing on posters. The Moratorium symbol appears in the lower left of the poster.