The first 24 numbered Bill Graham handbills were originally printed in one color on thin 5 x 7 stock. Numbers 25 through 45, and 48, were originally printed in full color with a plain back, some numbers on thin stock and some on card stock. After BG#45, all were printed on card stock. The color postcard images of Numbers 1 through 45 were printed sometime later, circa 1966-68, for sale to collectors and as souvenirs, and are vintage items although technically they are not "originals" or "first printings." The original monochrome and plain-back handbills are far more valuable and sought after by serious collectors, though in many cases they are far less attractive than the more common color postcards.
"Show backs" are cards that were handed out at the shows. These cards were not designed to be mailed and have a listing of upcoming Bill Graham events on the reverse side. Show backs are generally harder to find than "postcard backs" which have a "place stamp here" back and were designed to be mailed. Most of the later BG cards (post-200 or so) were show backs or mailers only. "Mailers" were sent to people on the original mailing list; these cards typically have a bulk rate stamp and are imprinted with the recipient's name and address on the reverse side. Some mailers are single cards, others are double cards (2 uncut cards printed together). Because the postal service often folded mailers, and because the recipients usually put them up on walls, clean mailers are harder to find than standard Fillmore cards.
BG #1, Jefferson Airplane, 2/4-5/66, Fillmore; yellow and red postcard with image of horse drawn airplane; historic first numbered image of the Bill Graham/Fillmore series. NM card $12.50.
BG #2, Big Brother & the Holding Co., Quicksilver Messenger Service, Great Society, Mystery Trend, others, 3/18-20/66, Fillmore; "Batman" card; a hard card to get card; always popular because the original paper handbill is virtually impossible to find anymore and the card isn't all that easy either. 2 nice NM copies, postcard back $80 each. (*).
No Number, Jefferson Airplane, Family Tree, Quicksilver Messenger Service, 4/1-2/66, Fillmore. This handbill (was never printed as a poster) is sometimes called the "BG 1.5" because the image is substantially similar to the original handbill for BG #1, only in a burnt orange color instead of red, and of course with different dates and supporting acts. Not illustrated in The Art of Rock, but is illustrated in the Art of the Fillmore book. This is a rare handbill and I am offering a very nice VG+ copy (single tiny pinhole in each corner, very slight overall age, very clean) $1,000.
BG #3, Butterfield Blues Band, Jefferson Airplane, 4/16-17/66, Fillmore; early red and orange design by Wes Wilson with head-shaped center, red background, red and orange lettering. NM/NM- card, $12.50.
BG #0, Grass Roots, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Family Tree, 4/22-23/66, Fillmore; always called the "0" which is illogical as it fits in here between 2 and 4. Offered here is an original handbill; approx. 7" x 9,5"; khaki on yellow stock. This handbill has an interesting story behind it. At one time it was generally considered one of the 2 or 3 rarest handbills in the entire BG series. I located a NM one many years ago, happily paid something like $1,000 for it, and showed it off proudly as one of the centerpieces of my BG collection. Well, a few years back somebody turned up a big stash of these, which were dumped on the market by a major dealer, significantly deflating the value. So here'as a very nice NM copy for $250.
BG #4, Jefferson Airplane, Lightning Hopkins, 4/29-30/66; one of my favorite early Wes Wilson posters with classically simple design; B & W 5.5 x 8.5 on thin white paper; never reprinted as a card; exists only as a handbill, NM $195.
BG #5, Jefferson Airplane, Jaywalkers, 5/6-7/66, Fillmore; early image with swirly lettering. Postcard with orange & green colors like the poster; NM $12.50, NM- $10. (*)
BG #9, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Grateful Dead, The Mothers, 6/3-4/66, Fillmore; color card, blue and pale green Wes Wilson design with central mushroom shape with lettering. NM card $12.50.
BG #10, Jefferson Airplane, Great Society, Heavenly Blues Band, 6/16/66, Fillmore; color postcard; red and black lettering in the typical early Wes Wilson style; 2 NM postcards, $12.50 each. (*)
BG #11, The Wailers, Quicksilver Messenger Service, 6/17-18/66, Fillmore; color postcard; red and blue swirly op-art design by Wes Wilson; NM card $12.00.
BG #12, Them, New Tweedy Brothers, 6/23/66, green & pink postcard with amoeba-like block at bottom; bulk rate stamp blocked out on reverse; NM card $12.00
BG #13, Lenny Bruce, Mothers, 6/24-25/66, Fillmore; classic early orange and blue Wes Wilson image with portrait of Lenny Bruce; NM postcard $20. Also have an ORIGINAL PLAIN BACK HANDBILL; 5.5 x 8.5"; black on thin goldenrod stock; ; horizontal crease and a couple of tape stains on the reverse that show trough with a slight bleaching effect on the white paper; also slight tape stain in upper RH corner. Overall it is decent, a bit better than the description makes it sound. In any case, a very scarce original handbill for this popular and historic poster, $400.
BG #14, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother & the Holding Co, Jaywalkers, 7/1/66; Great Society, Sopwith Camel, Charlatans, 7/2/66, Love, Grateful Dead, Group B, 7/3/66, Fillmore; "Independence Ball" design by Wes Wilson; never reprinted either as a poster or a card. Original 5 x 7 handbill, green on white stock, VG+; clean and no pinholes; couple of very light tape pulls on reverse that don't show through, a bit of general age, not quite clean enough to qualify as a NM- copy but a nice VG+, $200.
BG #15, Turtles, Oxford Circle, 7/6/66, Fillmore; Wes Wilson image with Heinrich Kley ripoff of turtles playing musical instruments. NM card $15.00.
BG #16, Mindbenders, Chocolate Watchband, 7/8-9/66, Fillmore; color postcard with brain-type shape in center forming lettering. 2 NM postcards $12.50 each. (*)
BG #18, The Association, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Grassroots, Sopwith Camel, 7/22-23/66, Fillmore; Wes Wilson "flames" design with flame-shaped lettering. NM card $15.00; VG+ card with light stain over top margin area and tape pull on back, $6.00. (*)
BG #20, Them, Sons of Champlin, 7/29-30/66, Fillmore; blue, red-orange, and black cards; nice early Wes Wilson design. 2 NM postcards $12.50 (*)
BG #22, Sam The Sham & the Pharaohs, The Sit-Ins, 8/10/66, Fillmore; blue & red-orange postcard with photo of Sam in full regalia, and typical early Wes Wilson lettering. NM- card, $12.00.
BG #23, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, 8/12-13/66, Fillmore; classic early Wes Wilson image with early photos of the Dead and Airplane and great swirly red lettering on purple background. VG+ card (no pinoles, but corner creases), $12.00.
BG#24, Young Rascals, Quicksilver Messenger Service, 8/19-20/66; orange and green cards with Wes Wilson art and photo of Young Rascals. 2 NM postcards, Creative Litho reverse, 1 with West Coast Litho reverse, your choice $12.00 each (*)
BG#25, Great Society, Sopwith Camel, 8/26-27/66, Fillmore; beautiful red and blue image by Wes Wilson with classic photo of a beautiful smiling Grace Slick. NM- postcard $25; 1 NM-/VG+ (very slight upper margin damage), $15.50 (*).
BG #26, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Martha & the Vandellas, others, 9/2-5/66, Fillmore; black & red cards featuring Wes Wilson image of nude; first Wilson nude on a Fillmore poster. NM- card (very sllight corne wear), $14.00.
BG #27, Mothers of Invention, Oxford Circle, 9/9-10/66, blue & orange card by John Myers with photo of mothers; NM card $15.00,
No #, stage play "The Dutchman," by LeRoi Jones, 9/16-17/66, Fillmore; 5.5" x 8.5" handbill; B & W on thin paper with a large "D" containing a listing of the actors and crew for this play, which ran at midnight on the same night as the Byrds (BG #28). Very rare handbill, only the second I've ever had and the first ever offered for sale. This is an item for the serious Fillmore completist. Nice NM-/VG+ condition, $250.
BG #28, Byrds, Wildflower, 9/16-17/66, Fillmore; orange and blue Wes Wilson card with photo of the Byrds; 3 NM postcards $12 each. (*)
BG #29, Jefferson Airplane, Muddy Waters, Butterfield Blues Band, 9/23-10/2, Fillmore & Winterland. The famous "The Sound" image with dancing nude woman; orange background. Color postcard; Creative Litho reverse; NM card $25; also have a West Coast Litho card, VG+; small diagonal crease in upper margin, slight wear in corner, clean but not mint, $12.50. Also have a very nice NM/NM- copy of the scarce original plain back handbill version with lavender instead of dark purple; this is the version Eric King refers to as BG-29-OHB-B. Eric notes in his description that in some copies of this version the background green color bleeds into the lighter green on the figure's lower legs and feet--so it is on this copy. Excellent condition and arguably the most attractive variant of this very famous poster. $75.00 (*)
BG #30, Butterfield Blues Band, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, 10/7-8/66, Winterland; blue, black & red with swirly mandala in center and Wes Wilson lettering; postcard NM $15.00; VG+ (water stain on back, shows through lightly at bottom reverse, not too bad) $8.00. (*)
BG #31, Butterfield Blues Band, Jefferson Airplane, Big Mama Mae Thornton, 10/14-16/66, Fillmore; brown/gold Wes Wilson image with photo of Big Mama in the center. 1 postcard back (no center date) NM- $10. Also have a postcard back with center date, NM- $18.50. (*)
No #, Manitas de Plata, 10/20/66, Fillmore; this was a Bill Graham show although it was not a numbered series item; this version of the handbill is 5 x 7 black on brown stock and shows a photo of the artist playing flamenco guitar; reverse has a newspaper item about him. This is a hard handbill to find and is a necessary addition to the collections of hard-core completists who want to include the un-numbered Fillmore items in their collection. Nice NM- copy $150.
BG #32, Grateful Dead, Lightning Hopkins, Loading Zone, 10/21-22/66, Fillmore; B & W image with classic early photo of Jerry Garcia sans beard. NM postcard $20.
BG #33, Yardbirds, Country Joe & the Fish, 10/23/66, Fillmore; pink and black postcard with classic photo of Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page pre-Led Zeppelin, et al. 2 copies, NM $15.00 each. (*)
BG #34, Captain Beefheart, Chocolate Watchband, Great Pumpkin, 10/28-30/66, Fillmore; beautiful red & blue Wes Wilson design with sort of an Egyptian lady; Wes Wilson credit in white; 2 NM postcards $12.50 each (*). Original plain back handbill, front NM-/VG+; some tape stains on back that don't show through, $18.00 (*).
BG #35, Muddy Waters Blues Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Andrew Staples, 11/4-6/66, Fillmore; red and green Wes Wilson card with photo of Muddy, typical lettering and background; original plain back handbill, 8 copies NM, $57 each. 2 copies with postcard back $12.50 each (*)
BG #36, Bola Sete, Country Joe & the Fish, Buffalo Springfield, 11/11-13/66, Fillmore; green lettering and purple background; typical Wes Wilson design of woman; 1 postcard back NM $12.50, 1 NM- minor corner wear $12.50. (*)
BG #37, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, 12/30-31/67, Fillmore; classic beautiful design for the first Fillmore New Years' Eve show; purple, blue, orange, and silver design by Wes Wilson with side view of a woman's face and the lettering forming the shape of her hair; small hand holding hourglass at one side. ORIGINAL plain back handbill, 5 copies of variant with bluish background; 9 copies of version with purple-blue background; your choice, nice NM, $40 each. Also have 1 copy with a postcard back; $17.50 (*)
BG #38, Grateful Dead, James Cotton Blues Band, Lothar & the Hand People, 11/18-19/66, Fillmore; beautiful Wes Wilson design in black/yellow orange; postcard back; 4 beautiful NM original plain back cards, $45 each. 2 postcard backa $15 each (*)
BG #39, Jefferson Airplane, James Cotton Blues Band, Moby Grape, 11/25-27/66, Fillmore; color wheel printing with pink Aztec-like people in center; as a result of the color wheel effect, the background of each card is different with various combinations of pink, green, blue, yellow, purple bands. Nice NM plain back original color handbill, mostly yellow, $65, or 2 copies NM, mostly blue and lavender, slightly smaller top and bottom margins (trimmed differently) also $65 each . Also have 3 of the postcards (2d printing), NM/NM- $12 each, and one postcard wiht a water stain across the top margin, $5.00. (*)
BG #40, Love, Moby Grape, Lee Michaels, 12/2-4/66, Fillmore; green/blue Wes Wilson image of woman; decent, typical art;. beautiful original plain back handbill, green version, 2 copies $35.00 each. Also have 1 with a postcard back, $12.50. (*)
BG #41, Grateful Dead, Big Mama Thornton, Tim Rose, 12/9-11/66, Fillmore; nice Wes Wilson image featuring central face in purple/blue and orange and yellow lettering and colors. 1 West Coast Litho card back, VG+; clean but has a slight water stain along lower margin outside of image, $10.
BG #42, Jefferson Airplane, Junior Wells, 12/16-18/66, Fillmore; classic turquoise, purple and blue design with center photo of the Airplane and Wes Wilson lettering. 6 beautiful NM plain back handbills; underrated in this pristine condition, $45 each; also have 1 postcard back NM/NM- $12.50 (*).
BG #43, Otis Redding, Grateful Dead, Country Joe & the Fish, Johnny Talbot & De Thangs, 12/20-22/66, Fillmore; blue, pink and gray card with typical Wes Wilson lettering and background photo of Otis singing away. Nice original plain back handbill, dark ink, 2 copies, beautiful NM condition, $150 each. Also have 1 NM- with postcard back--the postcard back version is much scarcer than one would suspect, asking $150 for this very nice copy. (*)
BG #44, Young Rascals, Sopwith Camel, The Doors, 1/6-7/67, Fillmore; pink and purple Wes Wilson design; supposedly a better card; NM but slightly off register, $12.00.
BG #45, Grateful Dead, Junior Wells, The Doors, 1/13-14/67, Fillmore; blue lettering; red face on green background; Wes Wilson art. ORIGINAL PLAIN BACK HANDBILL, 2 copies with teeny bits of tape on it; probably removable, $25; 1 copy VG+, only $20 (a bargain); also have 1 card with a postcard back, $15.00. ****I ALSO HAVE ONE COPY OF A VERY RARE VARIANT WITHOUT THE BLUE....JUST RED AND GREEN. EXTRA NICE ITEM FOR THE ADVANCED COLLECTOR $200. (*)
BG #46, Butterfield Blues Band, Charles Lloyd, 1/20-21/67, Fillmore; black and purple card with gold lettering and photo of Butterfield band. 2 NM postcards $12.50; second copy, front clean, tape and tape pull on reverse, $4.50. ( *)
BG #47, Butterfield Blues Band, Charles Lloyd, 1/27-28/67, very bright card in yellow, dark orange, and black with photo of Charles Lloyd in lower center; Wes Wilson design. 1 VG + (front OK, very minor stain along lower margin on reverse, otherwise clean) $9.00; second copy VG+ (teeny tape pull; otherwise clean), $5.00.
BG #48, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Dino Valenti, 2/3-5/67, Fillmore; red background, blue lettering; green & blue central image with distorted human figures; classic Wes Wilson art. NM- West Coast Litho postcard back, $12.50.
No Number, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Service, Country Joe & the Fish, Loading Zone, 2/5/67, Fillmore; benefit (not a Bill Graham show); nice color handbill by Gut; approx 6.5 x 10.75 yellow, blue, red, and pink with scroll-type lettering and "turn on" in the center; for illustration, see The Art of Rock, pl. 2.87; beautiful NM copy; top grade $175.
BG #49, Blues Project, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, 2/10-12/67, Fillmore; blue & turquoise-green design by John H. Myers features image of old bluesman blowing harmonica that blends into the lettering. 4 NM cards $12.50 each; 1 VG; front OK, tape pull on back $5.00. (*)
BG #50, The Blues Project, The Mothers, Canned Heat, 2/17-19/67, Fillmore; another classic Wes Wilson image with orange border typical pink lettering, and flesh colored psychedelic figures in center. NM- $12.50; VG+ card (teeny tape pull in upper LH corner), $8.00, VG (front OK, dark tape and writing on reverse) $5.00.
BG #51, Otis Rush, Grateful Dead, Canned Heat, 2/24-26/67, Fillmore; pink/blue/black Wes Wilson art with nice profile drawing of face surrounded by the usual swirly lettering. NM card, $15.00
BG #52, B.B. King, Moby Grape, Steve Miller, 2/26/67, Fillmore; red, yellow and black card by John Myers; nice image 10 copies NM $12.50 each. (*)
BG #53, Otis Rush, The Mothers of Invention, 3/3-5/67, Fillmore; nice image by Wes Wilson like a stained glass window with image of a man's face; black border and split fountain interior. 1 postcard, West Coast Litho back, slight tape at 2 places on top margin and lower corners, somewhat unobtrusive, otherwise clean, $7.00.
No #, Light-Sound Dimension, Easter Voyage light show with Bill Ham, Bob Fine, Richard Fletcher. 8 1/2" x 11"; red on yellow stock; crude psychedelic design with the lettering in the shape of a cross with red rays radiating out from it; center lettering reminiscent of Wes Wilson's style, but much cruder. VG; multiple small staple holes in corners, diagonal crease on RH side; not too bad overall. $20.
BG #55, Chuck Berry, Grateful Dead, Johnny Talbot & De Thangs, 3/17-18/67, Fillmore/Winterland; light olive background with black lettering; nude woman playing with snake; good Wes Wilson image. Creative Litho postcard back, NM $17.50.
BG #56, Moby Grape, Chambers Bros., The Charlatans, 3/24-26/67, Fillmore/Winterland; tiki-like face with typical Wes Wilson lettering and split fountain lettering; several variants of the card on this one due to the split fountain printing; have 1 NM- copy with pinkish to light blue backgground, a mark in the center that may be an inking irregularity but I'm not absoutely surel, $12; 2 VG/VG- cards with pinkish to pale blue background, $7 each; 2 pale blue to dark blue background, VG $7. All these the lower grade cards have some tape damage, & other wear. (*).
BG #57, Byrds, Moby Grape, Andrew Staples, 3/31-4/1/67, Fillmore/Winterland; black border; orange interior border and lettering; blue background with stylized black drawing of peacock in center; Wes Wilson art. NM- $15.00; second copy VG+/VG, clean but with diagonal crease lower LH corner $10; another copy front VG+ but with significant tape damage on reverse (doesn't show through), $5.00. (*)
BG #58, Chambers Brother, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Sandy Bull, 4/7-9/67, Fillmore; Wes Wilson's classic "Madonna" poster with image of nude woman with halo and outstretched hands. 2 NM cards $15 each (*).
BG #60, Howlin' Wolf, Big Brother & the Holding Co., 4/21-23/67, Fillmore; yellow top & bottom borders, color image of orange nude woman with brick red hair, high-contrast blue-red background lettering; Wes Wilson design, 3 copies NM $12.50; 1 VG+ copy, $10; another copy with the front NM-; reverse has couple of red pencil marks and a minor dark spot, $10. (*)
BG #61, Buffalo Springfield, Steve Miller Band, 4/28-30/66, black border, silver-gray and yellow lettering; yellow lettering variant; 4 copies NM $15.00 each; 1 copy NM- $12.50; 1 copy VF+ on front, tape damage on reverse $7.50 (*)
BG #62, Grateful Dead, Paupers, Collage, 5/5-6/67, swirly lettering, frontal nude drawing of woman holding yin/yang ball, snake with swastika and dollar sign in mouth at bottom; Wes Wilson's swan song to Bill Graham; last of his early posters. Two variants available; as follows: (1) first (monochrome) version, rose-pink color; 3 cards NM/NM- $30 each; (2) first version, pale green to rose-pink split; NM- $30.00. Also have two of the second version brown/yellow/silver cards, $14.00. (*)
BG #63, Jefferson Airplane, The Paupers, 5/12-14/67, Fillmore; medieval looking design by Bonnie Maclean with center photo of Jorma Kaukonen wearing a cross. 3 copies, NM/NM- $15.00 each; 1 copy VG with corner crease $6.00; another one with a clean front but bad tape damage and pull on the reverse, $4.25. (*)
BG #64, Martha & the Vandellas, The Paupers, 5/19-20/67, Fillmore; light olive background; blue filigree and central imago of the group (I think), red-orange lettering. I have always thought this was a tougher card to find; 5 copies NM/NM- $17.50 each. (*)
BG #66, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, The Sparrow (early Steppenwolf), 6/2-3/67, Fillmore; interesting turquoise, yellow, and green card by Bonnie Maclean; looks like a Wes Wilson design until you look at the signature; design of woman in center, etc. 4 copies, NM $12.50 each. (*)
BG #68, The Who, Loading Zone, 6/16-17/67, Fillmore; great orange & purple Bonnie Maclean design with swirling faces; very nice art. 2 NM carda, $25 each. (*)
BG #69, Jefferson Airplane, Gabor Szabo, Jimi Hendrix Experience, 6/20-25/68, Fillmore; classic orange and blue image; very popular early Hendrix card; NM/NM- card, $20.
BG #70, Chuck Berry, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Steve Miller Band, 6/27-7/2/67, Fillmore; Greg Irons design with man in top hat and cobra snake or something; mainly orange and red with dark lettering and white border; NM- $12.50.
BG #71, Bo Diddley, Big Brother the Holding Co., Quicksilver Messenger Service, 7/4-9/67, Fillmore; black, olive and orange-red: 2 robot like monsters extend a hand. 1 NM card $12.50; 1 double mailer somewhat crudely cut at bottom, filler copy $2.50.
BG #72, Butterfield Blues Band, Roland Kirk Quartet, 7/11-16/67, Fillmore; odd design with blue central face; comets and other space bodies; pale yellow accent color; not especially attractive. 2 copies NM $12,.00; VG+ $8.00. (*)
BG #73, Sam & Dave, James Cotton, Country Joe & the Fish, Loading Zone, 7/18-21/67, Fillmore; Bonnie Maclean design with pink and blue background, tiki or totem pole type central art. 9 NM/NM- cards, $12.50 each. (*)
BG #75, Yardbirds, Doors, James Cotton, Richie Havens, 7/25-30/67, Fillmore; pale green, turquoise, bright orange card; always popular due to the band lineup; nice art too. 3 copies, NM $25.00 each. (*)
BG #76, Muddy Waters, Buffalo Springfield, Richie Havens, 8/1-6/67, Fillmore, Bonnie Maclean, central image of sun with human face, lime green and blue; nice design. 8 NM copies, $20 each. (*).
BG #77, Electric Flag, Moby Grape, Steve Miller, 8/8-13/67, Fillmore; nice red, brown, and black design by Bonnie Maclean with photo of the Electric Flag (Mike Bloomfield et al) in the center; 4 NM copies, $15 each. (*)
BG #78, Count Basie, Chuck Berry, Charles Lloyd, Young Rascals, others 8/15-21/67, bright red background, brown & bright green art by Jim Blashfield; 12 copies NM/NM- $13.00 each. (*)
BG #79, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Cream, South Side Sound System, 8/22-27/67, Fillmore; historic first Cream concerts at the Fillmore; purple, brown and orange Jim Blashfield design with hooded seer waving hands over crystal ball. 7 NM copies; $27.50 each. (*)
BG #80, Cream, Electric Flag, Gary Burton, 8/29-9/3/67, Fillmore; odd Jim Blashfield design with man having bird's head for arm; 1 card NM front, minor water stain reverse RH corner, does not show through, $13.50.
BG #81, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Big Brother & the Holding Co, 9/15/67, Hollywood Bowl; nice Jim Blashfield card; green background with orange/yellow outline of Victorian house and photo of the Airplane in the center; nice. 1 copy , NM on front, water stain on reverse across top LH area--doesn't show through, $12.50.
BG #83, Electric Flag, Mother Earth, LDM Spiritual Band, 9/14-16/67, Fillmore; orange, black with green lettering and design of two odd stylized peacocks or something of that sort; 9 copies, NM $12.50 each; 1 copy NM- on front, minor water stain on reverse lower margin that doesn't show through, $7.50 (*)
BG #86, Donovan, 9/22/67, Cow Palace, S.F.; light orange-red border; yellow and pink and olive-brown floral garland surrounds a very mod and vintage photo of the ole' Electrical Banana himself. 2 cards, 1 is NM on front, slight water stain in lower RH corner of reverse that doesn't show through, $12; second copy NM on front but has a tape pull on the reverse, $8.50. (*)
BG #87, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Grassroots, Mad River, 10/5-7/67, Fillmore; nice Bonnie MacLean design in green, yellow, pale blue, and dark brick red with image of a smiling Mercury with winged cap carrying a message as he flies over a meadow. Harder to find than average, this one is VG/VG+ clean but with light water or liquid stain in lower LH corner, $12.00
BG #88, Jefferson Airplane, Charlatans, Blue Cheer, 10/11-14/67, Fillmore/Winterland; brown background; yellow/purple portraits of the bands; Bonnie Maclean art. 10 NM copies available $15.00 each. (*)
BG ##89-90, uncut double vertical mailer; #89 is Eric Burdon & the Animals, Mother Earth, Hour Glass (early Allman Bros.), 10/19-20/67, Fillmore; black and brick red design by Bonnie Maclean with woman's face, swirls, lettering in her hair; #90 is Pink Floyd, Lee Michaels, Clear Light, 10/26-28/67, Fillmore; nice modish drawing of man in Sgt. Pepper-type uniform. This is "good" double card because of the scarcity of BG #89 as a single handbill; the double card is somewhat easier to find than an uncut single. NM- double mailer with the original mailing list names on the back; $150.
BG #90, Pink Floyd, Lee Michaels, Clear Light, 10/26-28/67, Fillmore; nice modish drawing of man in Sgt. Pepper-type uniform; black background; harvest colors; somewhat scarcer than average; front is NM , minor water stain in lower corner on reverse that doesn't show through, $17.50.
No #, Jefferson Airplane, Mad River, Mother Earth, The Committee, 10/29/67, Fillmore; Proposition P Benefit; great color art by Jim Blashfield; probably his best design, pink border with troll figure, peace sign, falling bombs, red/orange lettering; for illustration, see The Art of Rock, pl. 2.89, scarce card as well as attractive, NM $75.
BG #91, Big Brother & the Holding Co., Pink Floyd, Richie Havens, 11/2-4/67, Fillmore; medieval design with arches that look like a cathedral and haunting female figures at bottom. NM postcard $20; second copy with water stain at lower RH corner reverse, doesn't show through, $16.50. (*)
BG #93, The Doors, Procol Harum, Mt. Rushmore, 11/16-18/67. Fillmore; Jim Blashfield design with orange border, orange/pink stooping figure, yellowish lettering. 2 copies NM (plain back) $25.00 each. 1 postcard back, also $25; second postcard back NM- w. slight stain at reverse botom LH corner that doesn't show through, $18. (*)
BG #94, Donovan, H.P. Lovecraft, Mother Earth, 11/23-25/66, Fillmore/Winterland; "queen of clubs" design like a playing card with a purple background; 2 NM carda $12.50.
BG #95, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Clear Light, Blue Cheer, 11/30-12/2/67, Fillmore; colorful drawing of guy who looks like one of the 3 Musketeers, 10 copies NM $15.00. (*)
BG #96, The Byrds, Electric Flag, B.B. King, 12/7-9/67, Fillmore/Winterland; beautiful odd watercolor image by Bonnie Maclean with swirling faces, American flag, guitar, a rooster; a personal favorite. 6 NM cards, $20.00 each. (*)
BG #97, Tim Buckley, Chambers Bros., Mothers of Invention, 12/14-16/67, Fillmore/Winterland; odd Mouse Studios design with gray border, center collage with skeleton hand. 2 NM postcards $25 each (*).
BG #98, Buffalo Springfield, Collectors, Hourglass, 12/21-23/67, Fillmore; Kelley-Mouse image with pink/yellow bar background and central photo of huge piece of machinery; NM card, blank back 2 copies, $25 each (*).
BG #99, Doors, Chuck Berry, Big Brother & the Holding Co., Quicksilver Messenger Service, others, 12/26-31/67, Fillmore & Winterland, beautiful color card by Bonnie MacLean with woman holding ornament that looks like a peace sign. NM card $20.00.
BG #100, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother & the Holding Co., Quicksilver Messenger Service Freedom Highway, 12/31/67, Winterland; peace sign with stained glass look to lines, over may of earth; white dove spreading its wings at the top; nice art. NM postcard, $18.
BG #101, Vanilla Fudge, Steve Miller Band, Sunny Terry & Brownie McGhee, 1/4-6/68, Fillmore/Winterland; Lee Conklin's first image; "clasped hands" design in B & W; fantastic image and a little tougher card to find; 2 copies, $25 each. (*)
BG #102, Chambers Brothers, Sunshine Company, Siegel-Schwall, 1/11-13/68, Fillmore; black and white background with alternating checkerboard and swirl patterns, red lettering; 4 NM cards, $12.50 each (*)
BG #103, Butterfield Blues Band, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Ultimate Spinach, 1/18-20/68, Fillmore; green & yellow background with red photo of caped woman; thin lettering; image by Jack Hatfield. NM card, $12.50
BG #104, Big Brother & the Holding Co., Electric Flag, Youngbloods, 1/25-27/68, Fillmore; another Jack Hatfield design; pink-red background with photo of same woman as #103, above, blue sky and star in background; NM card, $15.00.
BG #105, Jimi Hendrix Experience, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Albert King, 2/1-4/68, Fillmore/Winterland; Rick Griffin's famous "flying eyeball" design; perhaps the most famous '60's rock poster image of them all. NM card; one copy only; $325.00.
BG #106, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Arlo Guthrie, Loading Zone, 2/8-20/68, Fillmore; Stanley Mouse's "tavern sign" poster; multiple copies available, 14 NM copies, $12 each; 1 copy NM- on front, minor water stain on reverse, $12.50; 1 VG/VG+ $8.00. (*)
BG #107, Butterfield Blues Band, James Cotton, Albert King; purple & blue Lee Conklin card featuring central image of figure made up of human hands; 8 copies, NM $16.00 each (*)
BG #108, The Who, Cannonball Adderly, Vagrants; 2/22-24/68, Fillmore/Winterland; black and yellow-brown card with Lee Conklin image of flying ears that look like butterflies. Fairly tough card to find these days; NM $45.
BG #109, Cream, Big Black, Loading Zone, 2/29-3/3/68, Fillmore/Winterland; my personal favorite Fillmore poster; beautiful detailed line drawing by Lee Conklin of Clapton et al, with "Cream" flowing in white letters against a pink and blue background and a yellow/orange sun behind. My personal favorite Fillmore image, 2NM cards $35 each (*).
BG #110, Cream, James Cotton Blues Band, Jeremy & the Satyrs, Blood, Sweat & Tears, 3/7-10/68, Winterland; cream colored image with black lettering and rendering of classic tour photo of group; art by Stanley Mouse. 1 postcard; NM- $20, yellow ink a bit dark in 3 spots.
BG #111, Traffic, H.P. Lovecraft, Blue Cheer, Mother Earth, 3/14-16/68, Fillmore & Winterland; blue "fun house" poster by Mouse & Kelley done in imitation of old-style boxing poster with weird surrealistic photo of Kelley, Mouse, Rick Griffin et al in strange surreal fun house setting. VG+$10.
BG #112, Moby Grape, Traffic, Lemon Pipers, Spirit, 3/21-23/69, Fillmore/Winterland; orange background with background line drawings of hundreds of faces by Lee Conklin; white lettering. NM postcard 2 copies, $12.50 each. (*)
BG #113, Country Joe & the Fish, Steppenwolf, Flamin' Groovies, 3/28-30/66, Fillmore; odd yellow and black design with faces, trees; center has a pale blue/green to pale purple split fountain; so-so image, NM $25.
BG #114, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Sons of Champlin, 4/4-6/68, Filllmore/Winterland, yellow/black/pale green design with mustached face at top; fantasy building scene at bottom; 6 copies, NM $15.00 each; 1 copy with some age discoloration at the top VG, $6.00. (*)
BG #115, Big Brother & the Holding Co., Iron Butterfly, Booker T. & the MG's, 4/11-13/68, Fillmore/Winterland, dark sea blue background with psychedelic brick red and light olive lettering; center mandala photos of each member of Big Brother including Janis; 7 copies NM $17.50 each (*)
BG #116, Love, Staple Singers, Roland Kirk, 4/18-20/68, Fillmore/Winterland, white background with large blue center silhouette of psychedelic butterfly; olive lettering. 5 copies, NM $10 each; 1 VG+ copy $8.00. (*)
BG #117, Albert King, Electric Flag, The Collectors, 4/25-27, Fillmore & Winterland, purple and blue design by Mari Tepper with typical childlike male and female figures. 8 copies, NM $15 each. (*)
BG #121, Yardbirds, Cecil Taylor, It's a Beautiful Day, 5/23-25/68, Fillmore; very nice Lee Conklin design with large feet, writhing human figures; dark blue and black background with yellow and white lettering and image; 2 NM show backs $20.00 each. (*)
BG #122, Buffalo Springfield, Chambers Brothers, Richie Havens, 5/29-6/1/68, Fillmore/Winterland, purple and black Lee Conklin image with reclining view of nude woman whose toes all have their own faces, etc. 4 NM show backs $ 20.00; 1 NM-/VG+ show back (spot on reverse) $15.00 (*).
BG ## 121-122, uncut double mailer; #121 is Yardbirds, Cecil Taylor, It's a Beautiful Day, 5/23-25/68, Fillmore; very nice Lee Conklin design with large feet, writhing human figures; dark blue and black background with yellow and white lettering and image; #122 is Buffalo Springfield, Chambers Brothers, Richie Havens, 5/29-6/1/68, Fillmore/Winterland, purple and black Lee Conklin image with reclining view of nude woman whose toes all have their own faces, etc. NM-/VG+ vertical mailer with original mailing list address on back, $40.
Uncut double mailer, #123, Mothers of Invention, B.B. King, Booker T & the MG's, 6/6-8/68, Fillmore/Winterland; Bob Fried design with black background, rainbows at bottom; mostly orange and red lettering; #124 is Big Brother & the Holding Co., Crazy World of Arthur Brown, 6/13-15/68, Fillmore/Winterland, Bob Fried design, black background, orange lettering against blue border, central image of strange looking person with old aviator goggles; NM- vertical mailer with original mailing list address on back $37.
BG #124, Big Brother & the Holding Co., Crazy World of Arthur Brown, 6/13-15/68, Fillmore/Winterland, Bob Fried design, black background, orange lettering against blue border, central image of strange looking person with old aviator goggles, 1 card back also $20.
BG #125, Chambers Brothers, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Sly the Family Stone, It's A Beautiful Day, 6/18-23/68, Fillmore; blue, red and black Lee Conklin design with typical writhing lettering, faces, you name it; bright, attention-getting Conklin design. NM postcard $15.00
BG #126, Albert King, Ten Years After, Canned Heat, Loading Zone, Dan Hicks, 6/27-30/68, Fillmore; another Lee Conklin design with red background and blue/black hills that are also faces and other anatomical parts; half-man, half-motorcycle figures lurk in the hills; another neat and imaginative Conklin design. 7 NM/NM- show backs, $15.00 each; 1 postcard back, also $15. (*)
BG #127, Creedence Clearwater, Steppenwolf, It's a Beautiful Day, Butterfield Blues Band, Ten Years After, 6/2-4/68, Fillmore; still another Lee Conklin design, blue & green background; floral scene with reclining figure, lotsa the usual Conklin images. 9 NM show backs, $18.00 each 1 postcard back $15 (*).
BG #128, Electric Flag, Blue Cheer, Ike & Tina Turner, Buddy Guy, Freddy King, 7/9-13/68, Fillmore; "Blues Bash" flesh and pink background with two blue animals butting heads; their antlers intertwining to form part of the show; other Conklin images, 3 NM show back cards $16.00. 1 postcard back $15 (*)
BG #129, Big Brother & the Holding Co., Richie Havens, Illinois Speed Press, Sly & the Family Stone, Jeff Beck Group, 7/16-21/68, Fillmore West, another Conklin design, harvest brown colors, 2 large pink globes with tiny eyes, lots of small figures in the background. NM postcard back $15.
BG ##131-132, uncut double mailer; #131 is Butterfield Blues Band, Santana, Iron Butterfly, Canned Heat, Initial Shock, 7/30-8/4/68, Fillmore West; neat, harder to find Conklin card with two hands pointing at each other and optical illusion fingers in center (point your fingers and cross your eyes and you'll understand where the image came from...); #132 is Chambers Brothers, Charlatans, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Blood, Sweat & Tears, 8/6-11/68, Fillmore West; another Conklin design featuring purple moon, stars and strange tree made of human figures, blowing in the wind. NM- vertical mailer with original mailing list name on back, $40.
BG#132, Chambers Brothers, Charlatans, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Blood, Sweat & Tears, 8/6-11/68, Fillmore West; another Conklin design featuring purple moon, stars and strange tree made of human figures, blowing in the wind....another better Conklin image, NM card $16.
BG #135, Chuck Berry, Steve Miller, 9/5-7/68, Fillmore West; great B & W Lee Conklin design with moose and skulls; 6 NM cards; 1 show back; balance "place stamp here" backs with show info on RH side, $ 17.50 each. (*)
BG #136, Big Brother & the Holding Co., Santana, Chicago Transit Authority, 9/12-14/68, Fillmore West; classic Rick Griffin "heart & torch" design; now back in stock; 1 postcard back ("place stamp here" only), nice dark blue NM $45.
BG #138, Super Session (Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Friends), It's a Beautiful Day, Loading Zone, 9/26-28/68, Fillmore West; another Lee Conklin image with writhing images all over the place; pink border, cream/blue/black art. 4 NM show backs, $17.50 each. (*)
BG #142, Jefferson Airplane, Ballet Afro-Haiti, A.B. Skhy, 10/24-26/68, Fillmore West; elaborate Lee Conklin image with black background and typical lettering in red, central image of woman with airplane body and "motorcycle centaurs" in gold; 1 NM postcard back card $20
BG #144, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Grateful Dead, Linn County, 11/7-10/68, Fillmore West; classic blue/silver-gray/red Lee Conklin design with melting face and snakes wrapped around skull with bat wings (like a staff of Hermes). Very cool card; I have 4 show backs, nice NM, $25.00 each. 1 postcard back, also $25. (*)
BG #145, Ten Years After, Country Weather, Sun Ra, 11/14-17/68, red, blue, and silver-gray poster by Lee Conklin with tree-shaped figure and the entwined branches of the tree forming the lettering; well executed but very hard to read; nice NM card, $15.00
BG #146, Moody Blues, Chicago Transit Authority, Frumious Bandersnatch, 11/21-24/68, Fillmore West; Kelley/Griffin design with silly comic-strip type character waving a board with a nail in it. 4 NM show backs, $20 each. (*)
BG #147, It's A Beautiful Day, Deep Purple, Cold Blood, 11/28-12/1/68, Fillmore West; black & yellow card by Kelley designed to look like Abba-Zaba candy bar wrapper with some kind of a gorilla-like thing in the center. 7 NM show backs, $15.00 each. 1 NM postcard back $12.
BG #148, Jeff Beck Group, Spirit, Sweetwater, 12/5-8/68, Fillmore West; purple and black checkerboard border; red background; lettering formed from Lee Conklin figures, 4 show backs, NM $12.00 each. (*)
BG ##148-149, uncut double mailer; #148 is Jeff Beck Group, Spirit, Sweetwater, 12/5-8/68, Fillmore West; purple and black checkerboard border; red background; lettering formed from Lee Conklin figures; #149 is Country Joe & the Fish, Terry Reid, Sea Train, 12/12-15/68, Fillmore West; horizontally-oriented Lee Conklin design with a dark red border purple shadowing on the lettering, and a center image that can only be described as a drawing of several nude female creatures with animal heads--one an elephant, one a tiger, one vaguely resembling a lion, etc bathing in a pool of orange liquid; the surrounding rocks, trees etc, are of course composed of the usual intricately drawn human figures. Uncut double horizontal mailer with name on back; VG; the usual horizontal crease across the image from being folded while being mailed; otherwise clean, $28.50.
BG #150, Santana, Grass Roots, Pacific Gas & Electric, 12/19-22/68, Fillmore West; later Wes Wilson design, totally unlike his earlier efforts, blue background with silver-gray face. 2 copies; 4 NM/NM- show backs, $15.00. (*)
BG #152, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, 12/31/68, Winterland; classic full color Lee Conklin image with baby emerging from hole in top of skull. 1 NM postcard back, minimal rubbing $20.00.
BG #153, Vanilla Fudge, Richie Havens, Youngbloods, Cold Blood, 12/31/68, Fillmore West; green background with Lee Conklin image of bodies falling through hourglass like grains of sand; 1 NM copy with very light rubbing that is common on these cards, $15
BG #154, Grateful Dead, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Spirit, 1/2-4/69, Fillmore West; olive background, red door opens to reveal the prow of the Queen Mary; NM postcard $15
BG #155, Country Joe & the Fish, Led Zeppelin, Taj Mahal, 1/9-11/69, Fillmore West; black, white, and red card with Randy Tuten image featuring block lettering and front view of old automobile; important early Zeppelin show; NM- card with very tiny crease in upper LH corner, $30
BG #160, Santana, Collectors, Melanie, 2/13-16/69, Fillmore West; nice card by Greg Irons with yellow background, black/orange urban drawing in center with photo of original Santana band at top. NM postcard $12.50.
BG #161, The Move, Cold Blood, Albert King, 2/20-2/23/69, Fillmore West, odd Greg Irons design with pink-red background and sort of a mandala shape with four faces, one on each side, sharing a common circular mouth in the center, with black lettering top and bottom against a yellow background. Attractive, typically quirky Greg Irons design. NM postcard $13.50
BG #162, Grateful Dead, Pentangle, Sir Douglas Quintet, 3/27-3/2/69, Fillmore West; hard-to-see photos of band in sort of a "flame" background with bright orange "flame" lettering; Lee Conklin image. NM postcard $35
BG #163, Spirit, Ten Years After, Country Weather, 3/6-9/69, Fillmore West; orange/purple/pink Lee Conklin design with chair with arms that look like human arms and legs that look like human legs; great image. NM postcard, $15
BG ##162-163, uncut double mailer; #162 is Grateful Dead, Pentangle, Sir Douglas Quintet, 3/27-3/2/69, Fillmore West; hard-to-see photos of band in sort of a "flame" background with bright orange "flame" lettering; Lee Conklin image #163 is Spirit, Ten Years After, Country Weather, 3/6-9/69, Fillmore West; orange/purple/pink Lee Conklin design with chair with arms that look like human arms and legs that look like human legs; great image. Uncut double horizontal mailer with mailing list name on back; the usual horizontal crease across the cards from being mailed; otherwise clean; $30.
BG #164, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jethro Tull, 3/13-16/69, Fillmore West; odd Randy Tuten design with sort of a monument pointing into a psychedelic sky; red background and white lettering; NM postcard $22.50
BG #165, Janis Joplin, Savoy Brown, Aum, 3/30-23/69, Fillmore West/Winterland; Randy Tuten's class Janis poster with color photo of smiling Janis at a microphone surrounded by circle of color like an old-time jukebox; green lettering; black background. NM postcard $35.
BG #166, Butterfield Blues Band, Mike Bloomfield & Friends, 3/27-4/3, Fillmore West; nicely colored Greg Irons design with vague guitar shape and mirror-image lettering; NM postcard $15.00.
BG #168, Jeff Beck Group, Aynsley Dunbar, Zephyr, 4/10-13/68, Fillmore West, cool Randy Tuten design with grey background, red lettering and collage of train, zeppelin, and other assorted stuff. NM postcard, $20.00
BG #169, The Band, Sons of Champlin, Ace of Cups, 4/17-19/69, Winterland; black and white background photo of The Band, with red and yellow lettering by Randy Tuten. Second printing, NM postcard $25
BG #171, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead Mongo Santamaria, Cold Blood, Elvin Bishop Group, 5/1-4/69, Fillmore/Winterland; slate blue background with central image of man reaching his hands up to the sky; old time airplane flying over; very nice lettering; one of the better Randy Tuten designs; NM postcard $22.50
BG #172, Albert King, It's a Beautiful Day, 5/8-10/68, Fillmore West brown colored border melts into a column and then a blob like semi-human figure; purple, red, and turquoise background. Artist?--Lee Conklin, of course. NM postcard $15.
BG ##178-179, uncut double mailer; #178 is The Who, Santana, Woody Herman, Ike & Tina Turner, Blues Image, others, 6/17-22/69, Fillmore West; David Singer's first Fillmore poster, collage with armless Greco-Roman statue; #179 is Iron Butterfly, Cold Blood, Sanpaku, 6/24-26/69; Spirit, Lee Michaels, Pyewacket, 6/27-29/67, Fillmore; the second David Singer design with a dark blue border area and center collage of Christ on the cross in an auto junkyard, with a red/orange sunset behind. Uncut double mailer with mailing list name on back; one horiz cross across image (unfortunately common on mailed cards), otherwise clean, VG/VG+ $28.
BG ##180-181, uncut double mailer; #180 is Johnny Winter, Lonnie Mack, Rockin' Foo, 7/1-3/69; Eric Burdon & His Band, It's A Beautiful Day, Taj Mahal, 7/4-6/69, Fillmore West; David Singer collage design with a field of tulips and two lips (get it?) in the center collage; #181 is B.B. King, Aum, The Frost, 7/7-9/69, Santana, Taj Mahal, Flamin' Groovies, 7/11-13/69, Fillmore West; David Singer collage card with dark purple background and center collage of face of statue looking out window at war scene outside. Mailing list card with name on back; VG+; quite clean overall but with a light crease at bottom center; other slight age; $35.
BG ##189-190, uncut double mailer; #189 is Ten Years After, Terry Reid, Spirit, Barkays, Savoy Brown, Womb, 8/29-31/69, Fillmore West; very nice David Singer collage with white background, contrasting black lettering, center photo of Michaelangelo's David (2 of them actually) standing on the moon. #190 is Santana, Sea Train, Yusef Lateef, 9/4-7/69, Fillmore; last poster in the original David Singer design series; dark yellow border with center collage of man picking crystal ball off a lawn. Original mailing list card with name on back, slight scuff in RH margin area, otherwise clean, VG+ overall, $35.00.
BG #195, Country Joe & the Fish, Blodwyn Pig, 10/9-12/69, Fillmore West; green & red Randy Tuten design with statue of man on horse; show back. 3 copies, show backs NM $16.50 each. (*)
BG #196, Joe Cocker and the Grease Band, Little Richard, The Move; 10/16-19/69, Fillmore West; nice black and brick red design by Randy Tuten featuring collage with woman's face and hands emerging from her hair; Greek statue; nice lettering. Nice card, 4 NM show back copies, $20 each. (*)
BG #200, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Cold Blood, Joy of Cooking, Lamb, 11/13-16/69, Winterland; red background with individual B & W photos of each band member; black & blue lettering; Randy Tuten design. NM card $25.
BG #201, Rolling Stones, 11/9/69, Oakland Coliseum, silver & black poster by Randy Tuten with vintage photo of the Stones looking like bad boys; NM $25.00.
BG #209, Santana, Its A Beautiful Day, Elvin Bishop Band at Fillmore West; Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Sons, Hot Tuna at Winterland; 12/31/69; double sized card with image by Bonnie MacLean Graham, with a watercolor image of the earth with a large peace sign superimposed on the top; portraits of two hippie looking guys at the left, and a dove at the top; very nice, attractive image; NM-/VG+ mailing list card with name on back, minor light discoloration in RH margin, otherwise clean; nice condition for a mailed card, $25.00.
BG ##217- 218, uncut double mailer; #217 is Country Joe & the Fish, #218 is Delaney & Bonnie with Eric Clapton, blue/gray, cream and brown cards by Singer; #217 has a photo of a soldier with a dove over his gun; #218 shows a graveyard. Original mailer with name on back; VG+; two pinholes one top and one bottom center; no fold; otherwise clean, $40.
BG #221, Butterfield Blues Band, Savoy Brown, Keith Relf' Renaissance, 3/5-8/70, Fillmore West; striking David Singer card with background photo of sea and clouds in orange and yellow; purple photo of huge statue of Jesus like it is rising from the sea. First time in awhile I've had this one; VG+; vertical crease in RH of image, card # written on back in ink, $15.
BG ##220-221, uncut double mailer; #220 Jack Bruce & Friends, Johnny Winter, Mountain, 2/26-3/1/70, Fillmore/Winterland, David Singer Card with blue hand holding flower with eyes in the petals; #221, Butterfield Blues Band, Savoy Brown, Keith Relf' Renaissance, 3/5-8/70, Fillmore West; striking David Singer card with background photo of sea and clouds in orange and yellow; purple photo of huge statue of Jesus like it is rising from the sea. Uncut double mailer with name on back; a little rubbing on the front of the #221, otherwise clean; VG+ overall, $35.
BG ##223-224, uncut double mailer; #223 is Ten Years After, Cactus, Sea Train, Buddy Rich, 3/12-17/70, David Singer collage with arm showing tendon/muscle structure, butterfly, sun peeking through cloud; #224 is It's A Beautiful Day, Chuck Berry, Loading Zone, 3/19-22/70, Fillmore West; David Singer card with angular lettering, center collage of Mona Lisa and some other photos, one rotten apple (?); uncut double mailer with original mailing list name on back; NM-/VG+; minor age, $30.
BG ##235-236, uncut double mailer; #235 is B.B. King, Albert King, Mendelbaum. 5/21-24/70, Fillmore West; David Singe collage with old engraving of nude mother and children sitting astride giant sleeping cat; #236 is Country Joe & the Fish, Blues Image, Silver Metre, 5/28-30/70, Fillmore West, David Singer lettering around the borders, central drawing of a wood nymph playing a harp in the forest, surrounded by forest animals. Copy colors on these cards vary from blue to yellow due to split fountain printing; these are deep yellow with no hint of blue; original double mailer with mailing list name on back; VG+ overall, no pinholes, 1/2" corner crease on #236, otherwise basically clean, $28.50.
BG ##251, 252, uncut double mailer; #251 is Van Morrison, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Jerry Hahn Brotherhood, 10/8-11/70, yellow background; image of old black minstrel troupe; top lettering virtually illegible; #252 is Leon Russell, Miles Davis, Seatrain, 10/15-18/70, Fillmore West; color design by Norman Orr with image of baby dressed as Uncle Sam in the classic "wants you" pose, odd images abound as is typical for this artist's work; uncut mailer with original mailing list name on back; NM-/VG+; clean but for one teeny scuff mark on RH side of #251 card, $30.
BG #253, Bo Diddley, Lightning Hopkins, New York R & R ensemble, 10/22-25/70, Fillmore West; powerful David Singer image with black background, yellow lettering, and central collage featuring nautilus; script at bottom also mentions upcoming Pink Floyd show. NM $17.50.
BG #259, Savoy Brown, Sea Train, Ry Cooder, Humble Pie, 12/3-6/70, Fillmore West; nice David Singer design with gray border, black lettering, center collage with sunset in background and statute of Jesus with arms outstretched reaching out of the desert towards a silver dollar in the sky. NM $18.00.
BG #260, Lee Michaels, Albert King, Atlee, 12/10-13/70, Fillmore West; nice later David Singer design with yellow background, black lettering, and center collage of man walking through desert with strange object above him in the sky. NM $17.50.
BG #265, Spirit, Elvin Bishop Group, Kwane & the Kwanditos, 1/7-10/71, Fillmore West; Norman Orr design with pyramids and cartoon character. 4 copies NM $15.00 each (*)
BG #267, Spencer Davis, Taj Mahal, Fox, 1/21-24/71, Fillmore; right half of the Milky Way in red against red-black background with drawing of Grecian female figure in center, orange-red lettering by David Singer against a silver/black background, NM $15.00.
BG #276, John Mayall, Sha Na Na, Grand Funk, Dave Mason, Johnny Winter, J. Geils Band (various shows), 4/9-18/71, Fillmore West & Winterland (various shows); version without crossed-out gig; so-so double size card with couple of bluejays, vaguely art-deco shapes in back. NM card $28.
BG #278, Mike Bloomfield with Chicago Slim, Bola Sete, Ten Years After, Cactus, others, 4/29-5/1/71, Fillmore West/Winterland; Randy Tuten design featuring photos of circus freaks with pretty girls. NM $15.00.
BG #282, Cold Blood, Joy of Cooking, Sweathog, 5/27-30/71, Fillmore West; Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, 5/28-29/71, Winterland; B & W design by Randy Tuten with image of zebra at top. NM card $15.00.
FE#7, Jimi Hendrix Experience, 7/10/68, Fillmore East, NY; orange, purple op-art design with stylized central drawing of Jimi, Noel, and Mitch. This is the real thing, original, not the recent reprint; scarce and desirable card; 1 copy only, NM-, $285.00.
Original Artwork by famous rock and roll/psychedelic artists
Posters--Bill Graham and Miscellaneous Fillmore Auditorium
Posters--Family Dog and Related
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--Family Dog and Related
Handbills--Miscellaneous California (1960's and early '70's)
Handbills--Miscellaneous Non-California (1960's and early '70's)