A first printing concert poster advertising the Magic Mountain Music Festival held on June 3-4, 1967 at the Mt. Tamalpais Outdoor Theatre, just north of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. The all-star show, which took place two weeks before the Monterey Pop Fesitival, is considered to be the first rock festival. It was presented by […]
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A very rare original concert poster advertising the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, in unused mint condition. This is one of a small group of mint condition Monterey Pop posters recently discovered, one of which sold at auction in November 2022 for $30,000. (see second photograph) ‘Monterey Pop’ was arguably the most important music festival […]
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A rare ticket order form/handbill for the June 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Monterey Pop was arguably the most important rock festival ever–the seminal rock event of the “Summer of Love”. If you’ve seen the film, you know the story. Jimi Hendrix smashing and burning his guitar in his first US concert; The Who destroying their […]
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A beautiful, barely played 1966 pressing of Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, with the original uncensored versions of ‘Let Me In’ and ‘Run Around.’ As detailed below, just before this essential album’s release, RCA Records got cold feet about some of the lyrics, and made the band remove one track, ‘Runnin’ Round This World’ and modify […]
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A beautiful near mint first printing of the poster advertising the Northern California Folk Rock Festival held on May 23-25, 1969 at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. The festival featured as headliners The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, as well as the Chambers Brothers, Canned Heat, Spirit, Steve Miller, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, […]
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Three rare collectibles from the 1970 Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music, featuring an incredible lineup with Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention, Jefferson Airplane, Fairport Convention, The Byrds, Santana, Moody Blues, Steppenwolf, Canned Heat, John Mayall, Colosseum, Keef Hartley, and more. First is a double-sided handbill listing all […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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An impossibly rare 10″ promotional ‘Salesman’s Record’ issued in Fall 1967 by Levi Strauss & Co. with nine psychedelic radio spots advertising Levi’s by the Jefferson Airplane, Sopwith Camel and West Coast Natural Gas Co. With the ultra rare picture sleeve with artwork by Stanley Mouse. Wanting to capitalize on the Summer of Love, Levi […]
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A very rare first printing of AOR 3.66, John Van Hamersveld’s classic poster advertising shows by the Jefferson Airplane, Clear Light, Charlie Musslewhite and The Ceyleib People at the Shrine Exhibition Hall in Los Angeles, on Feb 23/24, 1968. These shows were part of the legendary Pinnacle Dance Concert series. The first printing is distinguished […]
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A rare 1967 poster produced by The Jefferson Airplane picturing their manager/San Francisco promoter Bill Graham, and reading across the top “Jefferson Airplane Presents”. By this time, Graham was famous for plastering the Bay Area each week with psychedelic posters promoting his weekly shows at the Fillmore, each reading across the top “Bill Graham Presents.” […]
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A beautiful 11″ x 14″ print of Herb Greene’s 1967 photograph of Jefferson Airplane, used for the cover of their breakthrough second album, Surrealistic Pillow. This is an original hand-printed photograph, made from the original negative. It is in beautiful Near Mint condition, and has been titled, dated and signed by Greene in the […]
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The original contract for the Jefferson Airplane’s two concerts at the Allen Theatre in Cleveland, OH on November 23, 1968, signed on the band’s behalf by founder and vocalist Marty Balin (he signed “Balin” but his legal name, Marty Buchwald is typed on the signature line). The Airplane were at a creative peak, having just […]
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A beautiful Near Mint/Mint to Near Mint censored first pressing of the Jefferson Airplane’s Takes Off, released on RCA Records in 1966. This has the final version of the lyrics, censored, and the black deep groove labels. The sleeve has nearly full shrink wrap and is in NM condition, while the disc is in Mint/Near Mint condition with […]
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A very rare concert program from the Monterey International Pop Festival, held June 16-18, 1967 at the Monterey Fairgrounds. Monterey Pop was arguably the most important rock festival ever–the seminal rock event of the “Summer of Love”. If you’ve seen the film, you know the story. Jimi Hendrix smashing and burning his guitar in his […]
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A rare ticket order form/handbill for the June 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Monterey Pop was arguably the most important rock festival ever–the seminal rock event of the “Summer of Love”. If you’ve seen the film, you know the story. Jimi Hendrix smashing and burning his guitar in his first US concert; The Who destroying their […]
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