Obsession — At The Park, Wormelow: June–July 1992 Programme

Catalogue note

Original double-sided 1992 Obsession club flyer for The Park, Wormelow near Hereford, announcing four Fridays 19 and 26 June and 3 and 10 July. Its bright futuristic two-face and neon-grid cover announces a new Chapter III Promotions operation formed by former Fantazia team members, and the back lists Ratpack, Ratty, Easygroove, Donovan Smith, Ellis Dee, Lomas and Top Buzz with resident XSD and Ramjack. A full location map, £6 entry with included membership, printed 1,500 capacity claim, coach booking, advertised effects and music/MC/chillout support make this a rare-in-documentary-detail early series programme. Borosix independently dates the matching flyer 19 June–10 July 1992, and Ratpack's original-period Obsession set is indexed for 19 June; a previous Fantazia venue promotion in May documents promoter continuity. The organisers' exact founding date and competing accounts of the Fantazia split remain unresolved.

Advertised programme: Friday 19 June: Ratpack; Ratty; XSD; Ramjack. Friday 26 June: Easy-Groove; Donovan Smith; XSD; Ramjack; MC Jack Horner (printed adjacent to Easy-Groove). Friday 3 July: Ellis Dee; Lomas; XSD; Ramjack. Friday 10 July: Top Buzz; Donovan Smith; XSD; Ramjack. Additional undated/general MC billing: Robbi Dee (likely existing Robbie Dee) and second name difficult to resolve; 'mc's Robbi Dee, Denys no Menys' approximate printed reading, not asserted canonical identities. Chillout-area support: MILF, PSI, SUBOPTIC, MUTLEY & ONO.

Graphic-design significance: Distinctive 1992 synthetic-future 'Experience the Future' design: two facing white-lavender sculptural heads, saturated pink glowing sky/portal, repeated blue horizontal illuminated slits, and magenta wireframe/digital floor. Reverse functional four-date timetable, detailed transport map and technical-amenities hierarchy. Sophisticated era-specific futuristic imagery contrasts with basic regional club and mail-out logistics. Neither illustrator/designer nor image provenance verified; Michel Tcherevkoff attribution to another dated Obsession design not assigned to this one.

Historical context: Original front claims 'From the original music/promotions crew of Fantazia who have now left to form Chapter III promotions' while reverse unusually says 'CHAPTER III promotions EST.1989 PRESENT'. Specialist Borosix history and DJ Mag both report that Fantazia associate Gideon Dawson established Obsession/Chapter III following the May 1992 Fantazia Summertime ticket dispute; accounts conflict on voluntary departure versus dismissal. Phatmedia archives a previous Fantazia promotion at the same Park venue 22 May 1992. This June–July programme marks the early new promoter period, and MixesDB indexes an exact 19 June Obsession Ratpack tape. The catalogue links existing Obsession authority, previously connected to TMR-000591 Summer Dance Fest 92 in August, without merging events. 1992 and following early 1993 original tapes sustain the club's documentary/music history.

Production note: Full-colour image on front; dark monochrome typography and map on white reverse. Process, ink technologies and paper stock not verified.

Condition note: Very Good photographic assessment: saturated, vivid front image, intact fairly flat sheet, slight perimeter/corner handling and tiny surface spots, clear and legible densely printed reverse with modest edge/corner wear. No conspicuous large tears, adhesive, punctures, losses or heavy folds seen. Not Mint; unmeasured and unhandled.

Confidence / uncertainty: Date four Friday dates printed but year supplied from a specialist catalogue of original flyers and independent 1992 Obsession tapes. Founding 'EST.1989' text not reconciled with the new-company 1992 claim; do not convert this into verified company founding date. Fantazia accounts of Gideon Dawson departure remain disputed. Promoter and venue physically printed; 'capacity 1500' and promised visual/equipment features are claims not proof. A 10 July Ratty tape is indexed elsewhere while print bills Top Buzz / Donovan Smith; retain rather than replace line-up. Graphics authorship/dimensions/print run/attendance/actual set lists not inferred.

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