Butterfield Blues Band, Jefferson Airplane, Muddy Waters, 9/25-10/2/66, Fillmore & Winterland; 3" promotional button for the BG-29 ("The Sound") shows, black early psychedelic style lettering on pale yellow background; for illustration, see The Art of Rock, pl. 2.53. Very cool, scarce promotional button for this early Fillmore show. Guaranteed original; some eBay seller in the UK has been offering reproductions but this one is the real thing, nice NM- condition $150.

Blues Brothers, 1978, original 1.5" white promotional button for one of their early LPs with famous outline images of Belushi and Aykroyd with Blues Brothers hats and shades; later used as a logo for Aykroyd's House of Blues. Highly collectible, totally cool button, $25.

Van Halen, world tour 1984; nice 3" souvenir pinback tour button; color with screaming eagle against a background globe holding up lettering saying "Van Halen" and a banner at the top that reads "tour of the world". Nice, original tour button; $8.00.

Grateful Dead, Branford Marsalis, Rebirth, New Years' Eve, 1990-91, Oakland Coliseum, nice little button for this event; says "Happy New Year" across the top, then lists bands and venue; 17" across; have one copy that's goldenrod and a second copy that's bright pink; your choice, $10 each. (*)

The Beatles, 1995, Capitol records promotional buttons for the Beatles Anthology LP release; black and white 1.5" size buttons are half black, half white with a famous Beatles line on the top and the Beatles logo at the bottom. Nice little Beatles promotional items, have four different ones, all in NM condition, cool items $5.00 each (quantities available indicated in parentheses):

• "Why Don't We Do It In the Road?" (quantity available).
• "Listen, Do You Want to Know A Secret?" (2).
• "I'd Love To Turn You On" (4).
• "A Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes" (1 only).

Rolling Stones, 6/22-25/75, New York, 2.25" button for tour, sponsored by WPLJ radio; very attractive button with flying eagle tour logo, give dates of NY gig. $25.

Rolling Stones, 6/75, Philadelphia, 2.25" button, identical to NY button listed immediately above but sponsored by WIBG radio, Philly. Another nice item specific to a particular stones gig. $25.

Rolling Stones, 11/4-5/89, Oakland Coliseum; nice 2.25" red, blue & black button on white background with B & W photo of the Stones and words "Steel Wheels Tour '89." Nice event-specific button; 4 available, NM $10.50 each. (*)

Led Zeppelin, 8/6/77, Buffalo, NY; tour button for this gig, 3" black pinback button with white and blue lettering; very nice item unique to this particular gig; nice condition; 2 of these available, $30.

Muse Concert for a Non-Nuclear Future, Madison Square Garden, NY, 9/19-22/79; 2.5" round button with brown lettering and statue of liberty and listing of artists, who included Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, Bonnie Raitt, Doobie Brothers, Graham Nash, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Tosh, James Taylor. Nice unusual button, $20.

The Who, 1982 Tour, 3" button with caption "Schlitz Rocks America" and Schlitz logo. Yay Schlitz!!! Congratulations for getting your name on the button TWICE while the performers only rate a single mention. Somebody at Schlitz or their ad agency probably got a promotion for this brilliant publicity coup! Long Live Rock and Roll! $7.00.

Allman Bros. Band, promotional or souvenir jewelry items in shape of a mushroom with band logo, most likely late 70's-early '80's; mushroom approximately 1.5" high; neat vintage promo item. Have 2 of them, 1 silver colored metal on neck chain in original envelope; 1 silver colored pin on original card; your choice $20.

David Bowie, "David Bowie Tonight" metal/enamel pins, 1984 copyright date on back, blue shield-shaped pin with white enamel lettering "David Bowie" on silver metal; nice pins; copyright Bowie and Capitol Recording Co., 2 available, both in original packaging, $10 each; nice promotional item. (*)

Rod Stewart, World Tour 1978-79; rectangular pin approximately 1" by 3/4"; made of gold colored metal with red enamel and facsimile signature. Pin back. $6.00.

Rolling Stones, "Tattoo You" pin; nicely made, features Stones lips logo with a dagger through it and words "tattoo you" on scroll across the front; enamel and silver colored metal. Dates from the time of the LP of same name. Small version about 3/4" long, $12.50.

Radio Station KTIM, San Rafael, CA; circa 1980-81, set of 4 buttons, 1.5" for various promotions by this local Marin County radio station; this was the popular FM station in those days; they sponsored lots of local events, had live shows, etc., and were generally a very visible and listenable part of the county. These buttons have the KTIM logo, and various bright colors, one just has the logo; a second says "I heard Keith Sykes on KTIM," a third says "I heard Graham Parker on KTIM," and a fourth is a Christmas button with the words "Good Radio Yule 1981." The set for $10; hard to get now; a nice bit of nostalgia for Marin County residents.

"Take a Hippie to Lunch" button; 1.25" button with black block letters on yellow background; original vintage item shrinkwrapped & with the original cardboard backing it was packed in. Probably old stock from a headshop or something. I have 5 of these left, asking $5 each; great item. (*)