Hardcore Heaven — The Impact Records Album Launch Extravaganza
Stevenage Ice Arena · 6 September 1996 · Impact Records album launch · PEZ artwork
6 September 1996 · 8pm–7am
Original double-sided flyer for Hardcore Heaven’s Impact Records Album Launch Extravaganza at Stevenage Ice Arena on Friday 6 September 1996. The front carries the event’s elaborate sci-fi Hardcore Heaven artwork; the reverse combines a nationwide official ticket-outlet directory with an Impact Records merchandise catalogue and order form for Hardcore Heaven clothing, tape packs, videos, posters and accessories.
Read the catalogue note →- Event
- Hardcore Heaven — The Impact Records Album Launch Extravaganza · 6 September 1996 · 8pm–7am · £18 advance + £1.50 booking fee
- Promoter
- Impact Records
- Venue
- Stevenage Ice Arena
- Location
- Roaring Meg Retail Park, Stevenage, Herts.
- Advertised hours
- 8pm–7am
- Original admission / price
- £18 advance + £1.50 booking fee
- Format
- Double-sided colour event flyer with merchandise catalogue/order form and extensive ticket-outlet directory
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Original / reproduction
- Appears consistent with a contemporary original promotional flyer; no evidence of later reproduction identified from the supplied object.
- Condition
- Good+ appearance — ungraded archival ephemera.
- Completeness
- Complete double-sided flyer as photographed, including the printed merchandise/order-form section. No detachable ticket or separate insert is evidenced. The order form remains present and uncompleted in the supplied photograph.
- Event relationship
- Hardcore Heaven — The Impact Records Album Launch Extravaganza · 1996-09-06
- Venue relationship
- Browse Stevenage Ice Arena objects
Catalogue note
Original double-sided flyer for Hardcore Heaven’s Impact Records Album Launch Extravaganza at Stevenage Ice Arena on Friday 6 September 1996. The front carries the event’s elaborate sci-fi Hardcore Heaven artwork; the reverse combines a nationwide official ticket-outlet directory with an Impact Records merchandise catalogue and order form for Hardcore Heaven clothing, tape packs, videos, posters and accessories. Specialist evidence confirms that a 12-cassette pack was recorded at this exact event, preserving sets by performers including HMS, Slipmatt, Druid, Hixxy/Vinylgroover, 3-Dom/Dolphin, Force & Styles/Ramos, Dougal, Vibes, Seduction, Sy, Alex Hazzard/Marie Chantel and M-Zone.
Advertised programme: Arena One — Emotion; Ramos; Force & Styles; Vibes; Dougal; Vinyl Groover; Seduction; Hixxy; Sy; Slipmatt. MCs: Magika; Matrix; Stixman; Freestyle; Marley. Arena Two — Marie Chantel; M-Zone; Dolphin; 3-Dom; The Producer; Scorpio; Mastery B; Alex Hazzard; HMS; Squidgy B; Easy.
Graphic-design significance: Large-format sci-fi/fantasy Hardcore Heaven front artwork with airbrushed female cyborg figure, metallic logos and saturated gradient typography. Specialist flyer archive attributes the design to PEZ.
Historical context: The object promotes the 6 September 1996 Stevenage Ice Arena event as the Impact Records Album Launch Extravaganza. Its reverse extends beyond event advertising into a large national ticket-outlet directory and an Impact Records merchandise catalogue/order form for Hardcore Heaven jackets, record bag, tape packs, videos, posters and car sticker, documenting the commercial ecosystem around mid-1990s happy-hardcore events.
Condition note: Visible horizontal fold across the front at approximately mid-height, additional light vertical/handling creases, edge and corner wear, and small surface marks. Printing remains bright and fully legible in the supplied photographs.
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Event details are drawn from the held object and the qualified catalogue research above. A printed bill establishes an advertised booking, not confirmation that a performer appeared.
Why this object matters
The Impact album launch, intact mail-order section and credited PEZ image make an outstanding document of the happy-hardcore event/record economy. This is a substantial companion to the earlier Sanctuary launch sheet, but merchandise density and surviving recording references are shared across the collection and do not alone warrant Gold.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Historical context
The object promotes the 6 September 1996 Stevenage Ice Arena event as the Impact Records Album Launch Extravaganza. Its reverse extends beyond event advertising into a large national ticket-outlet directory and an Impact Records merchandise catalogue/order form for Hardcore Heaven jackets, record bag, tape packs, videos, posters and car sticker, documenting the commercial ecosystem around mid-1990s happy-hardcore events.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.9 / 10.
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Recorded contributions · 3
- DJ SeductionPerformerCatalogue credit
Performer credit: Arena One — Emotion; Ramos; Force & Styles; Vibes; Dougal; Vinyl Groover; Seduction; Hixxy; Sy; Slipmatt. MCs: Magika; Matrix; Stixman; Freestyle; Marley. Arena Two — Marie Chantel; M-Zone; Dolphin; 3-Dom; The Producer; Scorpio; Mastery B; Alex Hazzard; HMS; Squidgy B; Easy. Original catalogue credit
Find other objects with this contribution → - DougalPerformerCatalogue credit
Performer credit: Arena One — Emotion; Ramos; Force & Styles; Vibes; Dougal; Vinyl Groover; Seduction; Hixxy; Sy; Slipmatt. MCs: Magika; Matrix; Stixman; Freestyle; Marley. Arena Two — Marie Chantel; M-Zone; Dolphin; 3-Dom; The Producer; Scorpio; Mastery B; Alex Hazzard; HMS; Squidgy B; Easy. Original catalogue credit
Find other objects with this contribution → - HixxyPerformerCatalogue credit
Performer credit: Arena One — Emotion; Ramos; Force & Styles; Vibes; Dougal; Vinyl Groover; Seduction; Hixxy; Sy; Slipmatt. MCs: Magika; Matrix; Stixman; Freestyle; Marley. Arena Two — Marie Chantel; M-Zone; Dolphin; 3-Dom; The Producer; Scorpio; Mastery B; Alex Hazzard; HMS; Squidgy B; Easy. Original catalogue credit
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