[Item #5087] Original Concert Poster: Blues Project, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Sons of Adam ("The Laugh Cure Dance and Concert," May 13-14, 1966). Blues Project, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Sons of Adam, Bill Ham, Wes Wilson.
Original Concert Poster: Blues Project, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Sons of Adam ("The Laugh Cure Dance and Concert," May 13-14, 1966)

Original Concert Poster: Blues Project, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Sons of Adam ("The Laugh Cure Dance and Concert," May 13-14, 1966)

San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1966. First Edition, Third Printing. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 14&1/4" x 20&1/2") announcing "The Laugh Cure Dance and Concert" with performances headlined by the Blues Project, along with the Quicksilver Messenger Service & the Sons of Adam, during May 13-14, 1966 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The acclaimed American artist Wes Wilson (1937-2020) created the artwork & graphics reproduced here, & "Wes Wilson 5.66" in facsimile hand-lettering/numbering is found just below the two-line border under "14" at lower margin near lower right corner (see image). Also credited for "Lights" is Bill Ham, among the foremost pioneers of the psychedelic light shows so exemplary of these early "acid rock" happenings, & who is still active as of this writing. According to the Talmudic scholarship we have studied regarding this poster (which is similar in its depth to that of our underground comix from this period), this copy is a third printing, with "(c) Family Dog Productions, 1725 Washington Street, San Francisco" & "No. 8-3" fine-printed near bottom of white lower margin (below larger-print quote & ticket outlet information). King, FD-8-RP-3, pg. 48. King's entry notes that the images of a smiling woman & man at upper corners of image are "...probably from some sort of 1920's self-help book, hippies in the 1960s immediately would have associated such a giggling look with people who were stoned." King also emphasizes that although this & many other images in the FDP series are "bizarre," they were created or appropriated in a hippie spirit of benevolence, rather than ridicule. Another outstanding relic of the early psychedelic era that would come to full bloom a year later during the "Summer of Love," in its third-rarest contemporary form. From the collection of Dion Wright (b. 1937), a most respected & prolific artiste & sculptor who was at the center of the scene that produced this & the many other iconic posters that symbolize a fabled time & place. (see Wright's memoir, Tempus Fugitive, Item No. 5008) In our alert & experienced estimation, this poster is in relatively very fine condition with mild rubbing, browning, faint scratching & occasional tiny/very small spot-stains to margins, edges outside of image (which is substantially pristine); a bit of wear & some tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners. This item is too delicate to be rolled & must be shipped flat to assure no damage, therefore extra shipping costs will be required. Very Fine. [Item #5087]

Price: $100.00