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2d ago
A rare, large Grateful Dead cardboard promotional poster, sent to record stores by Warner Bros. Records circa 1971 for display purposes. This was never available for sale. As this poster doesn’t include Micky Hart, who temporarily left the Dead in February 1971, we can date this to the era of their classic live albums Skull ..read more
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2d ago
A rare 1968 UK Export copy of The Beatles White Album, on Parlophone Records, catalog number P-PCS 7067. Manufactured in the UK, these scarce Parlophone pressings were exported to European countries that hadn’t yet trademarked the Apple label name. The album cover, poster and photos are all standard UK issue. The very lightly played discs ..read more
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2d ago
A promotional poster made to advertise the 1977 Grateful Dead complilation What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been: The Best of the Grateful Dead, made by Warner Bros. Records. The dark artwork pictures a metallic skeleton, by longtime Dead collaborator Rick Griffin. In near mint condition, machine folded, as it was sent out to record ..read more
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6d ago
A Near Mint mono UK first pressing of the Beatles Please Please Me album, with the earliest gold and black Parlophone labels, and the original plastic outer sleeve from Brian Epstein’s NEMS record shop in Liverpool. This 1963 pressing was the first Beatles album released anywhere in the world. Soon after it was issued, on ..read more
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1w ago
An oversize vintage photograph of Tom Waits in Amsterdam, by Dutch photographer Claude Vanheye/Clouds Studios. This print was one of a group submitted to Bizarre Straight Records, who chose similar images by Vanheye for the covers and CD booklets for Tom Waits’ The Early Years and The Early Years Vol. 2. In 2012, the Amsterdam ..read more
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1w ago
An oversize vintage photograph of Tom Waits in Amsterdam, by Dutch photographer Claude Vanheye/Clouds Studios. This print was one of a group submitted to Bizarre Straight Records, who chose similar images by Vanheye for the covers and CD booklets for Tom Waits’ The Early Years and The Early Years Vol. 2, and is very similar ..read more
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1w ago
An outstanding hand painted three cell production setup from the Beatles animated film Yellow Submarine. Consisting of three animation cells stapled together, this depicts John Lennon standing by a tree with a hanging green apple, highly evocative of the Beatles newly formed Apple Records. The large Lennon image measures 10 1/2″ wide and 8 1/4 ..read more
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1w ago
A very clean and very rare UK first pressing of Led Zeppelin’s self-titled debut album, with the earliest cover with turquoise lettering and a grey stripe across the bottom, uncorrected matrixes and Superhype/Jewel publishing credits. The earliest pressings of Led Zeppelin’s 1969 debut were mistakenly printed with turquoise lettering on the front cover, instead of ..read more
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2w ago
A scarce, large Janis Joplin cardboard promotional poster, sent to record stores by Columbia Records circa 1970 for display purposes. This was never available for sale. In excellent condition, wth minor creasing to the corners. Will frame beautifully. 20″ x 28 ..read more
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2w ago
Three Jimi Hendrix promotional photographs for the film Rainbow Bridge, issued by the production company Antahkarana Productions. The Antahkarana credit and two hour running time mentioned indicate these were produced during the film’s initial phase of independent distribution. As Wikipedia notes, The original length of the theatrical release was 123 minutes. However, it was soon ..read more