Indulge Promotions — First Event

Catalogue note

Original double-sided flyer for the launch event of Indulge Promotions at Lyncroft Leisure Centre, Cannock, on 18 January 1992. The ten-hour event bills DJ Hype, Stu Allan, Pilgrim, Daz Willot and others, while its reverse explicitly states that it is Indulge's first event and lists a wide Midlands ticket-outlet network. The front uses a striking cartoon-mouse image and the line 'INDULGE can make your children smile from ear... to ear...'.

Advertised programme: Buzz Feelin! (Indulge); Luke (Amnesia); DJ Nuke (Kaos); Daz Willot (Amnesia/Entropy); Pilgrim (Quest); Stu Allan (Manchester); DJ Hype (Indulge).

Graphic-design significance: The front is visually arresting and deliberately provocative: an oversized cartoon mouse head with exaggerated bloodshot eyes sits inside a target-like circle beneath the line 'INDULGE CAN MAKE YOUR CHILDREN SMILE FROM EAR... TO EAR...'. The bright yellow border, spare typography and unsettling parody-like imagery sharply contrast with the dense utilitarian reverse. No designer credit is visible.

Historical context: The event took place at Lyncroft Leisure Centre in Cannock on 18 January 1992 and is explicitly described on the flyer as Indulge Promotions' first event. The booking list shows a regionally networked launch rather than an isolated local party: Daz Willot is printed with Amnesia/Entropy, Pilgrim with Quest, DJ Nuke with Kaos, and Stu Allan with Manchester, while DJ Hype and Buzz Feelin! are presented under the Indulge name. Existing TMR holdings independently document several of these people and organisations elsewhere in the 1992–93 Midlands rave circuit.

Production note: Full-colour front with yellow border and monochrome black reverse on light card/paper stock; exact printing process and stock weight not established.

Condition note: Good to Very Good appearance, ungraded. Light edge/corner wear, minor surface marks and handling, slight local creasing/softness near the upper-right edge, and several small pin/staple-type holes near the lower margin. Strong printing and complete legibility; no major tears or paper loss visible.

Confidence / uncertainty: The exact event date, first-event status, venue, hours, admission, ticket outlets, attractions and performer affiliations are physically verified from the flyer. The full identities of Buzz Feelin!, Luke (Amnesia) and DJ Nuke are unresolved and are preserved only as printed credits. The printed 'DJ Hype — Indulge' credit is linked to the existing TMR DJ Hype authority because the stage name and period context are consistent, but no additional biographical claim is inferred from this object.

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