Alan Freed Show, 4/22/60, Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh, PA; original unused ticket. Ticket is black on pink stock, complete, unused and in near mint condition .See illustration. Alan Freed was one of the first radio DJs to play rock and roll music in the 1950s. Later he put together annual package tours featuring, if I remember right, artists such as Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and many others. I don't know offhand who played his 1960 tour but it is probably easy to research as programs for the show list the artists in question. Freed was implicated in the so-called "payola" scandals not long after this show and died in poverty. A great, historic item for collectors of rock and roll memorabilia. Several copies available, $25 each (*)

Louis Armstrong, 4/27/61, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, original unused ticket; ticket is black on gray stock and is unsused and in near mint condition; see illustration. Great vintage item for one of the most famous and influential jazz musicians of all time. See illustration.. Several copies available; all NM $15 each, good price! (*)

Santana, Ballin; Jack, Kimberley, 3/6/70, University of Nevada Gym, Reno, NV; unused image ticket, red on white stock with Lee Conklin image from Santana's first album; nice early vintage Santana image ticket, $20.

Coyote (Hookers') Ball, 10/29/76, Hilton Hotel, Continental Ballroom, San Francisco; scarce original tickets for a very early incarnation of this legendary San Francisco event; tickets are approx. 3.5" x 5.5" on banknote paper with an engraved background like a banknote, with the event name and logo overprinted in black. I have 2 tickets, one has a green background with a missing piece at the side, overall condition VG-/G+, $20; the other has an orange background and is in somewhat better condition, VG $30. Scarce and unusual; click on the link for illustrations.

Thunder & Lightning (Nick Gravenites and John Cipollina), Zero, 11/29/86(?), Italian Athletic Club, Larkspur (not sure about the year, could be anywhere from 1982-1986 period), first annual Harvest Moom Ball. B & W image tickets for this show (poster is very hard to find, see recent posters section). Very local Marin show presented by Artista and California Homegrowers. Alton Kelley designed it and the art is really cool. For image, click here. First time I've ever seen these tickets. Neat item for John Cipollina fans or Kelley/Mouse collectors, 2 copies, NM $10. each ( *)

Original Fillmore Image Tickets (images similar to the corresponding posters, but sometimes different colors): I don't usually carry many of these, but here's a selection for those of you who may be interested. If they catch on, maybe I'll list some more in the future. All are NM unless noted otherwise:

• BG #101 (Vanilla Fudge/Conklin hands), Friday (red) $22.
• BG #101 (Vanilla Fudge/Conklin hands). Saturday (black) $25.
• BG #171 (Airplane/Dead), Friday (red) $25.
• BG #171 (Airplane/Dead), Saturday (full color) $30.

Grateful Dead, 10/17/90, Essen Grughalle, Germany; beautiful large size unused ticket with the Rick Griffin 1990 Europe Tour design (red background with dinosaur and tiger) in full color. Beautiful and scarce ticket. Nice item for collector of Rick Griffin stuff as well as Dead memorabilia. 2 NM copies available, $30 each. (*)

Grateful Dead, 10/24/90, Hamburg Sporthalle, Germany; beautiful large size unused ticket with the Rick Griffin 1990 Europe Tour design (red background with dinosaur and tiger) in full color. Beautiful and scarce ticket. Nice item for collector of Rick Griffin stuff as well as Dead memorabilia. 3 NM copies available, $30 each. (*)

Grateful Dead, Steve Miller Band, 5/29/92, Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, UNLV, Unused ticket, mail-order type with Grateful Dead jester logo on it; NM $10.00.

Grateful Dead, 8/22/92, County Fairgrounds, Veneta, Oregon (field trip), Unused ticket, mail-order type with Grateful Dead logo on it; NM $7.50. 3 copies available. (*)

Grateful Dead, 1/24/93, Oakland Coliseum Arena, Unused ticket, mail-order type with Grateful Dead Egyptian eye on it; NM $7.50.

Grateful Dead, 1/25/93, Oakland Coliseum Arena, Unused ticket, mail-order type with Grateful Dead bear on it; NM $7.50.

Grateful Dead, 5/27/93, Cal Expo, Sacramento; Unused ticket, mail-order type with Grateful Dead logo on it; NM $7.50.

Grateful Dead, 8/26/93, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View; Unused ticket, mail-order type with skeleton in swimming pool on it; NM $7.50.

Miscellaneous ticket stubs, standard electronic printed tickets, stubs for 1980's SF Bay Area shows, $1.50 each except as noted below:

• Beach Boys, 12/4/81, Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos, $3.00
• Mr. Mister, 9/7/86, Concord Pavilion
• Eddie Money, Omar & the Howlers, 8/21/87, Concord Pavilion
• Eddie Money, Henry Lee Summer, 6/2/89, Concord Pavilion
• Charlie Sexton, 3/24/89, The Stone, SF
• Psychedelic Furs, 8/28/87, Greek Theatre, Berkeley
• Whitesnake, Bad English, 5/19/90, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
• Whitesnake, 4/15/88, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
• Eddie Money, 10/29/88, Concord Pavilion, Concord, CA

The Sons (of Champlin), Aum, Joy of Cooking, 2/21/70, Contra Costa Co. Fairgrounds; TICKET; old numbered style ticket with black typeset lettering on bright red background; UNUSED with attached ticket stub. Have 4 of these, NM/NM- $6.50 each. (*)

J.J. Cale, 10/9/2004, Raven Theatre, Petaluma, CA, unused pinted ticket with nice Raven Theatre Raven Logo; black on bright orange-pink; 2 NM copies, $3.25 each. (*)

Boz Scaggs, 7/9/71, Rainbow Ballroom, Fresno, CA; unused tickets for this fairly early show; typical printed non-image tickets; 2 slightly different ones; blue on wavy green stock and blue on dark pink stock. All NM; your choice $2.00 each or set of 2 for $3.50. (*)

Tribal Stomp, 1979, Monterey, CA; 9/8/79, unused general admission ticket; this is the computer generated type ticket with computer printed dates and events; performers at this event included Peter Tosh, Lee Michaels, Maria Muldaur, SVT, Big Mama Thornton. Blues Project, Country Joe & the Fish, Dan Hicks, Mighty Diamonds, others; also the usual ads, all that kind of stuff. 10 copies available, $3.50 each. Also have 4 printed (non-computer) tickets for this event, $4.50 each; or set of one of each ticket, $6.50. Both versions say "Family Dog presents..." (*)