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An original concert poster for the band X at the Starry Night concert hall in Portland, Oregon on Friday, February 3, 1984.
Condition: Fair, numerous pin/staple holes to poster (50+); some creasing, surface dents and a .75" closed tear/hole at top right.
Item #1163
An original concert poster for the Wipers at the 13th Precinct club in Portland, Oregon on February 18, 1983. Also a relatively early Mike King of Crash America poster design.
Condition: Fair, numerous pin/staple holes to poster (100+); a few surface dents.
Item #1162
An original concert poster for the Dead Kennedys, Poison Idea and Crucifucks at Pine Street Theatre in Portland, Oregon on October 16, 1984. Printed in orange and black ink on yellow paper stock.
Condition: Fair, numerous pin/staple holes to poster (50+); some edge nicks/tears and soft creasing to poster; a 1" chunk is missing at bottom left corner.
Item #1160
An original concert poster for Black Flag plus the Meat Puppets and Portland band The Jackals at the Portland State University Ballroom on Saturday, April 28, 1984. With the Pettibon "My War" album imagery. The album was released right around the concert date.
Condition: Fair/Good, numerous pin/staple holes to poster (100 or more likely from being on a bulletin board); some small edge tears and some creasing to poster; residue/grease spot in top right.
Item #1159
An original weekly concert flyer for Black Flag at the On Broadway club in San Francisco, and featuring the Raymond Pettibon scissors imagery from their "Everything Went Black" album from 1982. Also advertises a May 28 concert by the Minutemen and a June 10 concert with 7 Seconds, Social Unrest and others. With cribbed Pettibon images/flyers from other concerts down the right side.
Condition: Near Fine, light dogear to one corner.
Item #1158
An original concert flyer for Public Image, Ltd. with the Mutants and Pompeii 99 at the Hollywood Palladium on June 10, 1983. Also an early Goldenvoice poster, which promoted its first concert in 1981.
Condition: Near Fine, a few soft creases and surface dimples to flyer.
Item #1155
An original concert flyer for Public Image, Ltd. (featuring Johnny Lydon, Keith Levene and Wobble) at the Greek Theater in Berkeley on May 10, 1980.
Condition: Fine.
Item #1154
An original concert flyer for the the Dead Kennedys at the Farm in San Francisco on May 24, 1985. Also appearing: Subhumans U.K., Frightwig, Scream, The Breze!, and Sea Hags.
Condition: Fine.
Item #1153
The second printing of Victor Moscoso's Big Brother and the Holding Company "Neon Rose #3" poster, advertising the band's January 17-22, 1967 appearances at the Matrix Club in San Francisco. In 1966, Moscoso started his own company, Neon Rose, to produce his own posters, giving him more artistic control. Moscoso is considered one of the "Big 5" of Bay Area psychedelic poster artists. The photo on the poster (by Lisa Bachelis) is the first published complete group photo of the band including Janis Joplin.
Condition: Very Good, some minor edge.....
Item #1152
An original first printing handbill of Rick Griffin's famous and extremely rare "Hawaiian Aoxomoxoa" handbill promoting three canceled Grateful Dead Concerts at the Honolulu International Center/Exhibit Hall that were to occur on July 25-27, 1969. From a collection of psychedelic handbills and postcards that have been in storage for years, and collected by a music industry veteran and record producer. Authenticity can further be confirmed by the back, showing the faint bleed-through and patina of the oil-based printing inks used at the time. It's a Beautiful Day was also scheduled.....
Item #1151
The original concert postcard for the Byrds, Joe Cocker and His Grease Band, and Pacific Gas and Electric for four nights at the Fillmore West in San Francisco: June 12-15, 1969. The back of the card, printed in reddish-pink ink, features info on other concerts and events of the coming summer including The Who, BB King, Santana, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull and more. Design by Randy Tuten.
Condition: Near Fine, although "#177" is written in red pen on the back (see image).
Item #1148
The postcard for the Chamber Brothers and Iron Butterly at the famed Avalon Ballroom for two nights: April 28 & 29, 1967. Chet Helms was manager of Big Brother and the Holding Company, which famously added Janis Joplin as its singer for a period. Helms formed Family Dog Productions, and began producing concerts at the Fillmore Auditorium in SF alongside a young Bill Graham. Helms and Family Dog hired a group of young artists to design the graphics for their posters and handbills, which became the standard by which all psychedelic.....
Item #1147
The postcard for The Doors, Lothar and the Hand People, and Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band at The Family Dog in Denver (1601 West Evans Street), the rock club that presented many psychedelic bands during the short period it was open in 1967-1968. These concerts on September 29 & 30, 1967 occurred during the first month the club was open. Chet Helms was manager of Big Brother and the Holding Company, which famously added Janis Joplin as its singer for a period. Helms formed Family Dog Productions, and began producing.....
Item #1146
The postcard for Buffalo Springfield and Eight Penny Matter at The Family Dog in Denver (1601 West Evans Street), the rock club that presented many psychedelic bands during the short period it was open in 1967-1968. These concerts were on October 6 & 7, 1967. Chet Helms was manager of Big Brother and the Holding Company, which famously added Janis Joplin as its singer for a period. Helms formed Family Dog Productions, and began producing concerts at the Fillmore Auditorium (SF) alongside a young Bill Graham. Helms and Family Dog hired.....
Item #1145
The postcard for Quicksilver Messenger Service, Kaleidoscope and Charley Musselwhite at the famed Avalon Ballroom for three nights: January 12-14, 1968. Chet Helms was manager of Big Brother and the Holding Company, which famously added Janis Joplin as its singer for a period. Helms formed Family Dog Productions, and began producing concerts at the Fillmore Auditorium alongside a young Bill Graham. Helms and Family Dog hired a group of young artists to design the graphics for their posters and handbills, which became the standard by which all psychedelic concert posters.....
Item #1144
The postcard for Quicksilver Messenger Service, Sons of Champlin and Taj Mahal & the Blue Flames at the famed Avalon Ballroom for three nights: October 27-29, 1967. Chet Helms was manager of Big Brother and the Holding Company, which famously added Janis Joplin as its singer for a period. Helms formed Family Dog Productions, and began producing concerts at the Fillmore Auditorium alongside a young Bill Graham. Helms and Family Dog hired a group of young artists to design the graphics for their posters and handbills, which became the standard.....
Item #1143
The postcard for the Steve Miller Blues Band, the Daily Flash and the Doors at the famed Avalon Ballroom for four nights: June 1-4, 1967. Chet Helms was manager of Big Brother and the Holding Company, which famously added Janis Joplin as its singer for a period. Helms formed Family Dog Productions, and began producing concerts at the Fillmore Auditorium alongside a young Bill Graham. Helms and Family Dog hired a group of young artists to design the graphics for their posters and handbills, which became the standard by which.....
Item #1142
The Spring 1976 issue of General Idea's heady and design saavy FILE Magazine (also called FILE Megazine), a special edition covering New York City with gossip and features by Les Levine, writing by Kathy Acker, NY's ten best dressed, photo stories by Marcia Resnick, Marcel Just, Mac Adams, John Wille and more.
Condition: Very Good, light edgewear; some dimpled indents to covers; light reader's creasing along spine; in a custom-made protective mylar jacket.
Item #1128
The Spring 1977 issue of General Idea's heady and design saavy FILE Magazine (also called FILE Megazine), with features and articles on Luigi Ontani, Walter Pfeiffer, Katherina Sieverding, Marcel Just, Alex Silber, David Buchan, Tom Sherman, an Alfred Jarry shadow play, a section on books by artists (including Mr. Peanut), and more.
Condition: Very Good-, some edgewear and reader's creasing along spine; some scuffing and dimpled creasing to covers; 1" tear to page 6; in a custom-made protective mylar jacket.
Item #1127
The Summer 1978 issue of General Idea's heady and design saavy FILE Magazine (also called FILE Megazine), focusing almost exclusively on General Idea's 10th Anniversary, and of course the Miss General Idea 1984 Pavillion. Tons of GI history, photos, graphics, posturing, and ideas.
Condition: Near Fine, light edgewear; in a custom-made protective mylar jacket.
Item #1126
The Fall 1981 issue of General Idea's heady and design saavy FILE Magazine (also called FILE Megazine), with features on the "Re-Materialization of the Art Object" including Matt Mullican (6 pages of graphics), Ken Dollar, Susan Hiller, a Tina Turner self-portrait and more. This issue's "BZZZ" gossip section appears to be in Arabic, except for the bold-faced names. The Luciano Bartolini insert is not present.
Condition: Very Good, light edgewear and slight corner bumps; lacking the Luciano Bartolini insert; in a custom-made protective mylar jacket.
Item #1125
The "Special $ucce$$" issue of General Idea's heady and design saavy FILE Magazine (also called FILE Megazine), including an interview with Andy Warhol on money, William Burroughs, a spread on the 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion, cash flow tips, Tom Dean and more. The Robert Fripp flexi-disc is not present.
Condition: Very Good, light edgewear; lacking the Robert Fripp flexi-disc; in a custom-made protective mylar jacket.
Item #1124
The "Global Downtown" issue of General Idea's heady and design saavy FILE Magazine (also called FILE Megazine), with this issue exploring the "ists, isms, and posts of today's Neo-design aesthetic at work within this (new) Global Downtown". Articles and features include Kim Gordon, Klaus Nomi, Jimmy de Sana, Tom Dean, Paul Oberst and more.
Condition: Very Good, light edgewear and tiny corner bumps; some dimpled creases to covers; in a custom-made protective mylar jacket.
Item #1123
The X-Ray Sex issue of General Idea's heady and design saavy FILE Magazine (also called FILE Megazine) with features on Pierre Molinier, Cindy Sherman, Salvador Dali, Les Krims, Boyd McDonald, and more.
Condition: Very Good+, light edgewear; 2" crease to lower corner of front cover; tiny corner crease to pages at top right; in a custom-made protective mylar jacket.
Item #1122
In October of 2004, Tom Sachs and Van Neistat toured the Alps by motorcycle and made this publication documenting their journey with hand-drawn maps and appendices listing various information, including a calendar, crashes, expenses, dinner seating and exhibition charts, travel restrictions, and their meals, ranked. Signed in an edition of only 25 copies, this #6 of 25. Color copied onto heavy paper stock. In a custom-made protective mylar jacket.
Condition: Near Fine.
Item #1113
