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Boston: Zebra Concerts, 1975. Vintage handbill for two November 21, 1975 performances of the Rolling Thunder Revue, featuring Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Jack Elliott, and Bob Neuwirth at the Boston Music Hall, 4:00 and 9:00 p.m.. Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue was a 1975-1976 concert tour with an evolving roster of musicians, including Baez, Elliott, and Neuwirth, as well… Read more about this item

London: London Features International, 1978. Vintage photograph of the Sex Pistols during the first performance of their 1978 US tour, at the Great Southeast Music Hall in Atlanta, on January 5, 1978. Mimeo snipe and the label of London Features International on the verso. Initially scheduled for nine dates, the Pistols' tour was cut short after five… Read more about this item

New York: N.p., 1984. Vintage invitation to a performance by Frank Zappa at Limelight nightclub, 660 Sixth Ave., New York, on August 4, 1984. The invitation features a black and white photograph of Zappa by Steve Schapiro on the recto, donning an oven mitt over a raised fisted left hand, with an oven mitt graphic and text… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1986. Vintage borderless color photograph of Patti Smith in 1977, taken by Lynn Goldsmith for the iconic "Easter" photoshoot, and struck circa 1986 for a showing of Goldsmith's work at The Rencontres d'Arles. Mimeo snipe in French affixed to the verso. Born in Detroit, Lynn Goldsmith has worked variously as a band manager, musician, film director,… Read more about this item

Austin, Texas: Armadillo World Headquarters, 1975. Vintage poster for a performance by Rory Gallagher at Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, Texas, on November 28, 1975, illustrated by Micael Priest. One of the most influential and unsung guitarists of the 1970s, Gallagher released his fifth studio album, "Against the Grain," a month before this particular performance. Micael Priest was… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1992. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Several months before the outbreak of World War II, a group of German teenage boys band together over their shared love of forbidden swing music from the US. As the Nazi party tightens its grip over the country, the boys must decide where their loyalties lie. … Read more about this item

Paris: N.p., 1978. Two vintage borderless photographs of Debbie Harry performing with Blondie at the Stadium in Paris on September 26, 1978. Stamp of photographer Jean-Louis Rancurel on the verso. Blondie completed the recording of their third studio album, "Parallel Lines," in the summer of 1978. The album launched the band into international fame, and was met… Read more about this item

Paris: Nuit Blanches Productions, 1987. Vintage grande poster for David Bowie's The Glass Spider tour, for a performance at La Courneuve, Paris, July 3, 1987. Launched in support of Bowie's 1987 "Never Let Me Down" album, The Glass Spider tour began in May 1987, and was preceded by a two-week press tour in nine countries throughout Europe… Read more about this item

London: Fiction Records, 1985. Vintage record store poster, created to advertise The Cure's sixth studio album, "The Head on the Door," released on August 30, 1985. Featuring the hit singles "In Between Days" and "Close to Me," the album was the band's first big international success, and was certified gold in the US, UK, and France. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 2000. Vintage "An acoustic evening with Medeski Martin and Wood" poster for Medeski Martin and Wood's 2000 acoustic tour, in promotion of their live acoustic album, "Tonic." Formed in 1991 by keyboardist John Medeski, drummer Billy Martin, and bassist Chris Wood, Medeski Martin and Wood developed their own unique brand of improvisational jazz fusion, incorporating influences… Read more about this item

New York: N.p., 1970. Four vintage promotional photographs of progressive folk-rock group McKendree Spring from the estate of violinist Michael Dreyfuss, likely dating from the 1970s. Dreyfuss pioneered the use of violins distorted by electronic and analog synthesizers, counting synthesizer inventor Robert Moog amongst his close friends, and McKendree Spring largely became known for the experimental sound… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1983. Revised Draft script for the 1984 film, here under the working title "Tin Soldiers." With a single manuscript annotation to the verso of the final leaf, noting No. 88. After the death of his mother, a straitlaced cadet is taken out of his military academy by his alleged father, a wild-spirited rock star. … Read more about this item

San Francisco: New College of California, 1990. Vintage "Harm Farm and The Heads of the Town Join Various Poetic Performers to Celebrate the Publication of NCOC's Poetics Journal Prosodia" poster, for a performance at San Francisco's New College Valencia Center, Saturday, June 30, 1990. The critically acclaimed Harm Farm were an alternative San Francisco band, whose use of… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1978. Two vintage borderless photographs of Patti Smith onstage with the Patti Smith Group at the Pavillon de Paris on March 26, 1978, in support of the group's breakthrough album "Easter." Stamp of photographer Jean-Louis Rancurel on the versos. 6.75 x 9.5 inches. One photograph Near Fine, the other photograph Very Good plus, with moderate wear… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Vintage black and white double weight satin-finish photograph of Christine McVie posing with a Raggedy Ann doll, circa 1970s. McVie joined Fleetwood Mac in 1970, two years after after marrying bassist John McVie, having already contributed backup vocals and painted the cover art for the band's third album, "Kiln House." She wrote several key releases… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1978. Two vintage matte-finish borderless photographs of Bob Dylan performing at the Pavillion de Paris on July 5, 1978. Stamp of photograph Jean-Louis Rancurel on the verso. Dylan's performance in Paris was part of his yearlong world tour in 1978. During the later stages of the tour Dylan would convert to evangelical Christianity, resulting in… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1977. Three vintage borderless matte-finish photographs of the Ramones in concert on May 2, 1977, at the Bataclan in Paris. One with the stamp of photographer Jean-Louis Rancurel on the verso. The Ramones' performance in Paris was the fifth stop on the Ramones' European tour, which ran from April 24 to June 6, 1977. The… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books, 1968. First Edition. No. Q4334. First Edition, a paperback original. Illustrated throughout with photographs by Linda Eastman. Very Good in wrappers, lightly rubbed, with reading creases on the spine. Holroyd, p. 144.

Los Angeles: United Artists Records, 1974. Vintage press kit for the German experimental rock band and krautrock pioneer Can, 1974, including a group portrait photograph of the band and a two-page "Bio" of the band and its members, on United Artists letterhead, dated December, 1974. One of Krautrock's most influential bands, with backgrounds in the avant-garde and jazz,… Read more about this item

Forest, Brussels: Dietvorst, 1985. Vintage tour poster for a performance at Forest National in Belgium on November 26, 1985, in support of the 1985 album "The Head on the Door." The Cure's sixth studio album, featuring the hit singles "In Between Days" and "Close to Me." The album was the band's first significant international success, and was named… Read more about this item