A beautiful original large-size concert poster advertising the Woodstock Festival of Music and Art/An Aquarian Exposition (popularly known as “Woodstock”,) held August 15, 16 and 17, 1969 in White Lake, New York. We obtained this poster directly from Woodstock promoter Michael Lang, who signed it at our request in the lower left corner. Lang’s accompanying […]
A beautiful original large-size concert poster advertising the Woodstock Festival of Music and Art/An Aquarian Exposition (popularly known as “Woodstock”,) held August 15, 16 and 17, 1969 in White Lake, New York. We obtained this poster directly from Woodstock promoter Michael Lang, who signed it at our request in the lower left corner. Lang’s accompanying […]
Four 10” audio tapes, comprising the ‘live’ mixing session for the Grateful Dead’s 1968 single “Dark Star/Born Cross-Eyed.” These remarkable and previously undocumented tapes contain nearly two hours of alternate versions of both songs. In the pre-digital era, songs were mixed ‘live’—an engineer played back the multi-track master tape, and the artist and/or producer adjusted […]
An original concert poster advertising the Trans Continental Pop Festival’s two June 1970 dates at the CNE Grandstand in Toronto, Canada. Performers included the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Traffic, Ten Years Aftere, Delaney & Bonnie, Mountain and Buddy Guy. From Wikipedia: The Trans Continental Pop Festival was staged in three Canadian cities: Toronto, […]
A scarce 1972 promotional poster issued by Warner Bros. Records for the Grateful Dead’s triple live album Europe ’72. Artists Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelly created the album cover artwork, with this poster reproducing a variation on the back cover’s “Truckin’ Fool” smashing an ice cream cone against his forehead. Airborne drops of ice cream […]
An unused backstage pass and complementary ticket for the Grateful Dead’s last show with Jerry Garcia. On Sunday, July 9, 1995 The Grateful Dead performed at Soldier Field in Chicago, with The Band opening the show. This was final show of the Dead’s tour, and the Dead’s last ever concert to feature Jerry Garcia, who […]
Jerry Garcia’s personal acetates of the Grateful Dead’s 1971 self-titled double album, better known as Skull and Roses. These acetates were sold by Garcia’s widow, Deborah Koons Garcia, at a Bonhams auction of Garcia’s personal property. Wikipedia notes the album, “Although published without a title, it is generally known by the names Skull and Roses […]
Jerry Garcia’s personal test pressings of the Grateful Dead’s 1972 live triple album, Europe ’72. These test pressings were sold by Garcia’s widow, Deborah Koons Garcia, at a Bonhams auction of Garcia’s personal property. Wikipedia notes the album, recorded during the band’s 1972 tour of Western Europe “was expensive and logistically complicated, and the band’s […]
A beautiful handmade beaded leather guitar strap, owned and used by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. We purchased this and another of Garcia’s guitar straps in a single lot at a Bonham’s auction of Jerry Garcia’s personal property, consigned by his widow Deborah Koons Garcia. The strap features fourteen beaded butterflies, each unique in […]
Jerry Garcia’s personal acetate of his 1974 second solo Album, Garcia (aka Complements). We acquired this acetate at a Bonham’s auction of Jerry Garcia’s personal property, consigned by his widow Deborah Koons Garcia. Garcia titled both his 1971 debut album and this, his 1974 second solo album, Garcia. The second album soon became known as […]
A copy of Jerry Garcia’s 1974 album Garcia (aka Complements), signed on the back cover by the Grateful Dead guitar legend. This album was signed for a woman who ran the Dead’s San Rafael office. Garcia titled both his 1971 debut album and this, his 1974 second solo album, Garcia. The second album soon became […]
An original ‘Press’ backstage pass for the 1969 Woodstock Festival (short for the Woodstock Music & Art Fair – An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace and Music.) The story of the Woodstock Festival and the artists who performed is familiar to any fan of 60’s rock– the rain, the mud, the crowd of 500,000 watching Jimi Hendrix, […]
A C.F. Martin Co. leather guitar strap, owned and used by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. We purchased two of Garcia’s guitar straps in a single lot at a Bonham’s auction of Jerry Garcia’s personal property, consigned by his widow Deborah Koons Garcia. The off-white strap measures 43.5″ end to end, and is in […]
Jerry Garcia’s personal test pressing of the 1972 remix of the Grateful Dead’s classic album Aoxomoxoa, with his handwritten notations. The original Aoxomoxoa was released by Warner Bros. Records in 1969, but in 1971 Garcia and Phil Lesh remixed the album, with their new mix replacing the original. This is one of two test pressings […]
An extremely clean example of the Grateful Dead’s 1969 Japanese single “Good Morning, Little School Girl/The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion” with fold-open picture sleeve/lyric insert. The single grades NM and looks possibly unplayed, while the insert is NM- with a faint bit of handling. The first copy we’ve had, and one you’ll never need […]
A very rare “collector’s edition” of the Jerry Garcia Band with Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman’s”Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound.” This 6 CD box set, issued in a long-sold-out edition of 750, includes a signed limited edition silkscreen by Stanley Mouse, is housed in an ingeniously designed custom built box/frame that can be hung […]