Daily Flash; Country Joe & the Fish; Kelley, Alton; Mouse, Stanley; Hillyard, Roger; Van Meter, Ben

Original Concert Poster: Daily Flash, Country Joe & the Fish ("Edgar Allan Poe," October 21-22, 1966)

San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1966. First Edition, Third Printing. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 14&1/8" x 20&1/2") announcing a concert with performances headlined by the Daily Flash, along with Country Joe & the Fish, during October 21-22, 1966 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The acclaimed American artist Stanley Mouse (b. Stanley George Miller, 1940) created the artwork & graphics reproduced here, in collaboration with the noted American poster & album cover artist Alton Kelley (1940-2008, known as "Kelley"), & "Mouse! Studios (logo) (c) '66 Family Dog" in facsimile hand-lettering, illustration & numbering is found just under innermost border of image below "Concert" (see image). Also credited on the poster for "Lights" are Roger Hillyard & Ben van Meter. Hillyard (b. 1942) was highly involved with the exemplary psychedelic light shows of this era, later became the proprietor of a popular coffee shop & most lately the practicing resident of a Zen Buddhist center- all in San Francisco. Van Meter (b. 1941) was also a major light show producer & noted experimental filmmaker at this time, & still engages in cutting-edge creativity. According to the Talmudic scholarship we have consulted 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 St., San Francisco" & "No. 31-3" fine-printed at otherwise blank white lower margin. King, FD-31-RP-3, pg. 83. King writes: "The central image is an Edwin H. Manchester daguerreotype of Edgar Allan Poe. Considering Poe's taste for macabre, weird stories and the nature of his private life, Poe was a logical choice for the basis of the psychedelic poster. This poster was printed twice before the concert because the first printing bore the dates Oct. 20 and 21 which were wrong so it was necessary to print a large quantity of posters with the correct dates, Oct. 21 & 22, in order to spread the word about the correct dates for the concert." (pg. 83) A most significant relic of the early psychedelic era that would come to full fruition the following year during the "Summer of Love," especially iconic with the Poe image & in its third-rarest (almost really second-, see King quote above) contemporary form. From the collection of Dion Wright (b. 1937), a most respected artiste & sculptor who was at the center of the scene that produced this & the many other collectible posters that symbolize a legendary time & place (see Wright's memoir, Tempus Fugitive, item No. 5008). In our hard-staring (Poe-like, if you will), seasoned estimation this poster is in relatively very fine condition with only a touch of rubbing, browning & a few faint creases at mostly blank white margins/edges (bordered image substantially mint); 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 #5327]

Price: $110.00