Pure X — Part 8: Back With A Vengeance

Catalogue note

Original double-sided flyer for Pure X Part 8, “Back With A Vengeance,” at The Sanctuary Warehouse, Milton Keynes, on 23 September 1995. Arena 1 advertises Mickey Finn, Grooverider, Jumping Jack Frost, Slipmatt, Randall, Hype, Kenny Ken, Sy, Dr S. Gachet, Ray Keith and G.E. Real; Arena 2 lists Brian Gee, Ron, Darren Jay, Devious D, Andy C, S.S., Roni Size, XT-C, Gappa G and Penfold, with MCs across both rooms. The reverse is unusually explicit about promoter history: after earlier Pure X/Hysteria collaborations, it announces this as a 100% Pure X event with no connection to Hysteria. It also documents two arenas, 80K F2 sound, lasers, video screens, projections, UVs, backdrops, dancers, merchandise, chill-out provision, licensed bar, security, food, car parking and a national ticket network.

Advertised programme: Physical flyer credits Pure X as presenter and prints the full two-arena DJ/MC programme. Exact-event specialist documentation identifies designer RcS. The flyer itself states that Pure X was “back on their own” with “no connection whatsoever with Hysteria”; this is preserved as a printed contemporary claim. Printed ‘BRIAN GEE’ is retained in the object record; specialist recordings of this exact event identify Bryan Gee, supporting that attribution but not silently rewriting the printed form.

Historical context: Pure X had previously co-promoted major events with Hysteria, including Part 7 / The Eighth Wonder of the World on 21 January 1995. The reverse of this flyer explicitly frames Part 8 as Pure X returning independently. Specialist event archives identify this exact 23 September 1995 Sanctuary event as Pure X “Back With A Vengeance,” and surviving commercial/archive recordings document sets from performers including Bryan Gee, DJ Hype, Randall, Mickey Finn, Ray Keith, DJ Ron and Dr S Gachet. This surviving audio materially strengthens the flyer’s value as a pointer into the event’s sound as well as its printed promotion.

Condition note: Strong colour and legibility on both sides. Visible central horizontal fold, light edge and corner wear, scattered surface scuffing/handling marks and small local creases. No major tears or material loss are visible in the supplied photographs.

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