A rare set of Rolling Stone magazine, issues #1 – 105, bound in a limited edition of seven volumes and gifted by Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner to former Warner Bros. Records president Joe Smith. Wenner and legendary San Francisco Chronicle music critic Ralph J. Gleason launched Rolling Stone with their debut issue on November […]
An original 1968 concert handbill advertising a series of shows featuring Janis Joplin & Big Brother & The Holding Company with Albert King and PG&E at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, as part of the Pinnacle Dance Concert Series. With artwork by the great Victor Moscoso and Rick Griffin, this is a true classic […]
An absolutely flawless first printing concert poster advertising an all-star concert featuring the Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin) at the Hollywood Bowl, September 15, 1967. This poster, designated BG-81 in the Bill Graham poster series, features great psychedelic artwork by Jim Blashfield, and a photograph of […]
A beautiful 1968 concert poster for Big Brother & The Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin), Blue Cheer & Mint Tattoo at L.A.’s Shrine Auditiorium. This 19.5″ x 26.75″ poster by Honeya & Cassandra is part of the Pinnacle Concert Series, and is in Excellent+ condition, with some barely noticeable edge chips along the top border […]
An original drawing by the legendary Stanley Mouse, on the back of a first printing poster for A Gathering of The Tribes for a Human Be-In. Mouse has drawn a large and very ornate, almost unreadable FUCK YOU, and below, very clearly, Souvenier of Haight Ashbury (misspelled,) signing it in pencil Mouse (c) 1967 with […]
A superb hand printed 5″ x 7″ silver gelatin photograph of the Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick and Janis Joplin, by the legendary Jim Marshall. The photograph is in mint condition with the negative number and Marshall’s studio stamp on the reverse. The late Jim Marshall was one of the most highly acclaimed music photographers ever; […]
An extremely rare Press 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 […]
A rare backstage pass and business card 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 […]
An original concert poster from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Monterey Pop was arguably the most important music festival ever, featuring the first US appearance of Jimi Hendrix, as well as Janis Joplin with Big Brother, the Grateful Dead, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding and so many more. This is […]
A beautiful near mint- first printing BG-165 Fillmore Poster advertising Janis Joplin and her band, Savoy Brown and AUM’s March 1969 appearances at the Fillmore West and Winterland in San Francisco, signed by the late, legendary photographer Jim Marshall, who took the photograph on the poster. This is the earliest printing, with the white band […]
A rare poster advertising ‘Grope For Peace,’ a benefit ‘to help a tribal member of the Mystic Research Foundation/Northern California Psychedelic Cattlemen’s Association, Ltd.” (aka the original Family Dog collective members.) This December 26, 1966 show featured Big Brother & The Holding Company (with new lead singer Janis Joplin,) The Charlatans, Congress of Wonders, Final […]
A beautiful Excellent condition first printing of BG-14, the poster advertising a series of concerts with the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Great Society (with Grace Slick, before she joined the Jefferson Airplane,) Charlatans, Love and Sopwith Camel at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. This has got to […]
From the collection of the late Ralph J. Gleason, here is a 3 page handout from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, titled “Notes for the Friendly Media.” Written by Beatles press agent Derek Taylor, who ran the press relations at Monterey Pop, these instructions were given to reporters, and contains all the do’s and dont’s […]