FD #5, Blues Project, Great Society, 4/22-23/66; first show at the Avalon; red, white and blue stars and stripes design by Wes Wilson with Family Dog logo in the center; this is the seldom seen MID-SIZE version of this poster on thin paper; folded once in half as they all are and a brown stain at the fold in the margin that does not intrude into the image; otherwise clean, no pinholes; asking $250.
FD #18, Bo Diddley, Quicksilver Messenger Service, 7/28-30/66, Avalon; "His Master's Voice" with Nipper listening to gramophone emitting the lettering for the bands; cute. 3 first printings available; all on thin paper; #1 is solid VG+; minor pinholes $200; #2 is very thin paper version; VG, cleaner but has 2 light horiz. folds over image. $150; #3 is another on very thin paper, NM- on front but has some tape pulls on the back that don't really show through, $250. (*)
FD #21, Bo Diddley, Big Brother & the Holding Co., 8/12-13/66, Avalon; "Earthquake" poster by Stanley Mouse in blue and red with central photo of people standing in front of collapsed building. This is a FIRST printing; I get a lot of requests for this one. Condition is basically VG/VG+; minor restoration of corner staple holes, slight overall paper age, stain on back that doesn't show through; this one has been restored to basically a VG+ condition, $675.
FD #23, Captain Beefheart, The Charlatans, 8/26-27/66, Avalon; green, yellow & blue "jolly friars" design by Stanley Mouse; first printing; 2 copies available; copy 1 is strong VG+; minor pinholes in corners; otherwise clean $175; copy 2 is basically VG; same as #1 but has some paper age. $125. (*)
FD #29, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Big Brother & the Holding Co, Electric Train, 10/7-8/66, Avalon; Mouse's classic "Girl With Green Hair"; based on famous Alphonse Mucha Art Nouveau posted. Third printing, nice copy for framing instead of an expensive original, $55.
FD #30, Big Brother & the Holding Co., Sir Douglas Quintet, 10/15-16/66, Avalon; beautiful classic Mouse in red and purple on white background with center photo of actress Gloria Swanson. FIRST PRINTING, basically VG+/VG; clean with minor staple holes in the corners and light overall paper discoloration due to age; $295; also have a 3d printing (30-3 at LH corner), NM-/VG+; clean and no pinholes, but a wee bit of light ave and two very small, faint stains in ticket block area looks better than it sounds, $45.
FD #31, Daily Flash, Country Joe & the Fish, 10/20-21/66, Avalon; B & W poster with Stanley Mouse with photo of Edgar Allen Poe; first version with incorrect dates, NM-/VG+ (no pinholes), $275; VG+; 2d version with correct dates, NM- $175. (*).
FD #32, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Sons of Champlin, Blackburn & Snow, 10/28-29/66, Avalon; Victor Moscoso's "chicken" poster; pink and black with chicken on unicycle. Very nice, clean copy, no pinholes, 2 light diagonal creases that are hard to see on front, would grade this a very clean VG+ overall; $350. Slightly lesser copy, tack holes in each corner, pinholes in top and bottom center margins, old tape removed from back corners (doesn't show through), minor general age, good colors, grades VG/VG+ overall, $200. (*)
FD #35, Daily Flash, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Country Joe & the Fish, 11/18-19/66, Mouse poster with blue background, red and white vertical stripes, and center image with old-time engraving of balloon decked out in American flags. Nice NM first printing, $225. Also have a third printing, basically a NM poster that was shrink wrapped too tight at some point, resulting in some minor corner wrinkling so must downgrade it to VG+, asking $25.
FD #37, Buffalo Springfield, Daily Flash, Congress of Wonders, 12/2-3/66, Avalon, San Francisco; pink background with yellow lettering, forming 3 stylized mountains (I think), one for each band, with a dancer on tip. Artwork by Ned Lamont. NM- copy, $150.
FD #38, Big Brother & the Holding Co., Oxford Circle, 12/9-10/66, Avalon; classic Moscoso red, white & blue image with Family Dog Indian with swirling pinwheel eyes. Hard to find in top condition; this one is a beautiful NM copy, would be hard to upgrade, $500.
No #, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother & the Holding Co., 12/27/1966, Lick-Wilmerding School benefit, 13"x 2"; somewhat crudely screened in black and yellow on khaki colored card stock, shows image of two dancers in bright yello against a black background with the words "Trip the light fantastic." and band/ show info at the bottom. Has two torn corners; upper LH has a 1" jagged piece missing roughly along the corner diagonal; lower LH has a smaller piece missing, maybe 1/4" x 3/4" along the LH margin. Minor pinholing in other 2 corners. Unusual poster, asking $275.
FD #44, Miller Blues Band, Lee Michaels, Congress of Wonders, 1/20-21/67, Avalon; odd atypical Moscoso poster with center mandala image of man pouring out jug of liquid; nice NM 2d printing, $44.00.
FD #45, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, 1/27-28/67, Avalon; gold background with green and red image of woman with flowing hair standing beside a jug or amphora or something; has sort of a Biblical look to it; beautiful image by Stanley Mouse. FIRST PRINTING of this rare and popular poster (with gold ink background). VG+ clean with minor tack holes in each corner, the holes have been professionally restored and are now hard to see, $900.
FD #46, Country Joe & the Fish, Sparrow, Kaleidoscope, 2/3-4/67, Avalon; "Dance of the 5 moons"; beautiful poster by Victor Moscoso with blue background & green moon figures surrounded by orange lettering--nice early image. 1 NM/NM- copy, appears to be 3d printing based on paper thickness, per Eric King's book, $50.
FD #47, Miller Blues Band, Lee Michaels, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, 2/10-11/67, Avalon; Sphinxdance poster by Moscoso with sphinx head, orange background. First printing with blue sphinx image, beautiful NM copy $250.
FD #51, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Steve Miller Blues Band, Daily Flash, 3/10-11/67, Avalon; Victor Moscoso's "Peacock Dance" poster with pink, blue & green peacock against dark background; first printing with red logo; NM $135; second copy NM on front, reverse VG+ (from removal of some "archival" tape...) $85.00; 3d copy, VG+ (tack holes in upper corners, otherwise clean), $75.00 (*)
FD ## 63, 77, 71, SET OF THE 3 CHARLATANS POSTERS: FD #63, Charlatans, Salvation Army Band, Blue Cheer, 5/26-28/66, Avalon; Rick Griffin image with brown border and photo of Mike Wilhelm and Dan Hicks; FD #67, Charlatans, 13th Floor Elevators, 6/22-25/67, Avalon; 2d poster of the Charlatans trio with the lettering "RLA", brown image by Rick Griffin, with Herb Greene photo; FD #71, Charlatans, Youngbloods, Other Half, 7/13-16/67, Avalon, third and final image in the "Charlatans" series, spells out "TANS" with photo of Richard Olsen. When lined up together, these form a complete set or series with all members of the band. I have two FULL SETS of these 3 posters, all second printings (vintage 60s printings) so they are much more reasonably priced than a full set of first printings would be, for those inclined to frame up a set; condition is NM-; some of them have very minor defects on the reverse edge from removal of some supposedly "archival" tape--images are clean, colors bold. Asking $225 per set, don't want to break them up, they should go fast like this. (*)
FD #65, Big Brother & the Holding Co., Canned Heat, 6/8-11/67, Avalon; color Rick Griffin "Magic Show" image, second printing with yellow border and background, NM $50.
FD #72, Big Brother & the Holding Co., Mount Rushmore, Canned Heat, Mother Earth, 7/20-23/67, Avalon; Dennis Nolan image with goldish ink background; red center circle and drawings of each band member including Janis Joplin, one in each corner and one in the center. Popular image, this is the first printing with the slightly metallic brown background ink; condition is VG+/VG; clean overall but a piece of tape was removed from each corner and that has slightly lightened the color where the tape was removed. Otherwise clean. $57.50.
FD #95, Jim Kweskin, Sons of Champlin, 12/8-10/67, Avalon; half of the "rainbow" poster (see # D-13 below); great color image by Rick Griffin and Victor Moscoso; front NM, back has some slight edge scuffing on one side from removal of "archival" tape. $65.
FD #96, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Charlatans, Congress of Wonders, 12/15-17/67, Avalon; classic Kelley/Mouse image with purple background, Word "Dance" in pink and blue at top, center photo of an old-time couple dancing, and delicate, intricate lettering in the style of Mouse's 1966 work. NM- poster $70.
FD #97, Siegel-Schwall, Blue Cheer, Soul Survivors, 12/21-23/67, Avalon; ugly collage with background photo of Yosemite Nat'l Park, moon, dressed-up cat, snarling black panther. Real meaningful. NM $40.
FD #98, Jim Kweskin, Country Joe & the Fish, Lee Michaels, Blue Cheer, 12/28-30/67, Avalon; oversize long poster by Bob Schnepf featuring photo of nude woman in frog stance; green border, purple center with figure and lettering in orange and yellow. This and the next poster are harder to find in clean condition than some people realize. Because they are oversize, the majority of them tend to have dinged and damaged ends, corners and so on. 2 NM- copies (front NM, reverse has insignificant marks from removal of "archival" tape), $85; 1 VG+ copy with very teeny pinholes (literally, pin size) in upper corners, $62.50. (*)
FD #99, Blue Cheer, Country Joe & the Fish, Flamin' Groovies, Mad River, Mt. Rushmore, 12/31/67, Avalon; oversize long poster by Bob Schnepf, bright green background, pink and purple circular lettering, center photo of nude woman in forest. See comments re FD #98 above. Strong VG+ with very teeny pinholes (literally, pin size) in upper corners, $62.50.
FD #100, Youngbloods, Ace of Cups, 1/5-7/66, Avalon; nice color tree/mushroom cloud with photos of the Youngbloods in the center, 2 copies, NM $40 each (*).
FD #111, Siegel/Schwall, Kaleidoscope, Savage Resurrection, 3/22-24/68, Avalon; brightly colored art by San Andreas fault with red, pink background, face in blue dots,. palm trees and reclining woman at bottom in yellow and green; decent art. VG+ copy, light general age, slightly "used" look but not bad,$20.
FD #112, Jeremy Steig & the Satyrs, Sons of Champlin, Fourth Way, 3/29-31/68, Avalon; brick red background with cherubs in front. NM $27.50.
FD #115, Steppenwolf, Charlie Musselwhite, Indian Head Band, the Fourth Way, 4/19-21/68, Avalon; beautiful design by Bob Fried with yellow border, green background, center face with hair area like sky with stars, pink center background; hard to describe but very well executed. NM $55.
FD #116, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Charlatans, It's A Beautiful Day, 4/26-28/68, Avalon; Kelley's "It's A Gas" poster with photo of a bunch of men wearing gas masks; great colors. NM $60.
FD #123, Frumious Bandersnatch, Buddy Guy, Clear Light, 6/14-15/68, Avalon; unattractive B & W poster with photo of woman superimposed over mandala. NM $25.
FD #127, Steve Miller Band, Howlin' Wolf, Conqueroo, 7/12-14/68, Avalon; blue, pink, and black photo of bare trees/winter scene superimposed over nude couple making out; western-style typeset lettering. VG+; no pinholes, but minor wrinkling and a bit of overall general age, $25.
FD #130, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Howlin Wolf, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, 7/26-28/68, Avalon, B & W poster featuring a negative-image photo of a hippie dude havin' a smoke. 4 NM copies, $45 each. (*)
FD #138, Steve Miller Band, Muddy Waters, A.B. Sky Blues Band, 9/20-22/68, Avalon; B & W horizontal image with distorted photo of face, slightly off centered, a lot of white in the background. NM $40.
FD #D-11, The Other Half, Sons of Champlin, 11/10-11/67, Denver, CO; Stanley Mouse poster with central portrait of Alfred E. Newman flanked by a mushroom on one side and a mushroom cloud on the other. NM $60, 1 VG+ (tape stains in corners), $27.50.
FD #D-13, Jim Kweskin, Solid Muldoon, 12/1-2/67; Denver, CO; the other half of the "rainbow" posters (FD #95 is the SF half); beautiful Griffin/Moscoso image. NM $50.
Original Artwork by famous rock and roll/psychedelic artists
Posters--Bill Graham and Miscellaneous Fillmore Auditorium
Posters--Miscellaneous California (1960's and early '70's)
Posters--Miscellaneous Non-California (1960's and early '70's)
Posters --More Recent Stuff (late 1970's to the present)
Handbills--Bill Graham and Miscellaneous Fillmore Auditorium
Handbills--Family Dog and Related
Handbills--Miscellaneous California (1960's and early '70's)
Handbills--Miscellaneous Non-California (1960's and early '70's)