A very rare handbill advertising October, 1966 shows by The Byrds at New York’s Village Gate. This was the band’s first club appearance in New York, and the Village Gate’s first booking of a rock band (they were primarily a jazz folk & blues club.) The Byrds had played New York only one time earlier, […]
A historic 1967 management contract for The Byrds and The Jet Set, their previous incarnation. This 10 page document is signed by the original lineup–David Crosby, Jim McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Michael Clarke, and Gene Clark (who signs using his legal name Harold Clark.) This document unravels the Byrds and Jet Set’s original management contracts with […]
A very rare set of autographs of The Byrds, signed by the original lineup–Jim McGuinn, Gene Clarke, David Crosby, Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke. These were signed for 16 Magazine editor Gloria Stavers, who would have band sign on plain white sheets of paper so she could reproduce them in the magazine, sometimes over the […]
A setlist for a Crosby, Stills & Nash concert during their 1983 tour, handwritten by Graham Nash on the back of a xeroxed setlist for a different show. We acquired this from CSN’s longtime road manager, Mac Holbert, who writes in his letter of authenticity that it likely dates from their Universal Amphitheatre (Los Angeles) […]
An original program sold at the legendary Monterey Pop Festival, Monterey Fairgrounds, June 16-18, 1967. This perfect bound book is filled with full color ads, illustrations, photographs, and much editorial about the concert from the most important rock festival ever. Full pages are devoted to Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, Jefferson Airplane, The Who, Simon & […]
A rare movie poster for the film “Stamping Ground”, a documentary film made at the 1970 Holland Festival of Music, and featuring Pink Floyd, The Byrds, T.Rex, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Al Stewart, Canned Heat, Family, It’s A Beautiful Day, Country Joe, Dr. John and the Flock. 16 3/4″ x 26″ with art by John Van […]
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 […]
A rare boxing-style concert poster advertising a 1970 concert by The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers at Drew University in New Jersey. This is the only poster we’ve ever seen with both The Byrds and Burritos; this was just after Gram Parsons left the latter band, and a few years after his tenure with […]
European private press 2 X LP’s. Side A- London, Hammersmith Odeon, Sept ’77 Side B- London, Hammersmith Odeon, Sept ’77 Side C- London, Hammersmith Odeon, Sept ’77 Side D- Studio (’64-’70) and “Willin” from an English concert ’70.
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 scarce poster for the Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign benefit ‘SRO for RFK’ featuring The Byrds, Sonny & Cher, Mahalia Jackson and Roosevelt Grier at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on May 24, 1968. This was one of the few Byrds shows to feature Gram Parsons in the lineup, and took place two weeks […]
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 […]