Chambers Brothers; Iron Butterfly; Moscoso, Victor; Hillyard, Roger; van Meter, Ben

Original Concert Poster: Chambers Brothers, Iron Butterfly (April 28-29, 1967)

San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1967. First Edition. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 14" x 20") announcing a "Dance Concert" with performances headlined by the Chambers Brothers, along with Iron Butterfly, during April 28-29, 1967 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. According to King, The great Spanish-American artist Victor Moscoso (b. 1936) created the artwork & graphics reproduced here, although "Moscoso" in facsimile cursive handwriting is not present as it usually would be below lower border of image, or outside of right image border. Credited on the poster for "Lights" are "van Meter & Hillyard." Roger 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 as of this writing. Per 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 first printing, identifiable by a final row of six horizontal dots which are all orange, just above innermost dark-pink image border against blue background near lower right corner; & distinctive colors of "close to pink," two shades of blue & orange (see image). King, FD-59-OP-1, pg. 121. We duly note that a characteristic of the second printing as described by King appears to be possibly present on this copy: "Under black light the back will appear gray or bright lavender." (FD-59-RP-2, pgs. 121-122) Our training of a black light on verso of this copy brought out what appeared to us as gray & (not particularly bright) lavender. King, however, is emphatic about the six exclusively orange dots & the distinctive colors noted above (quite differently shaded on later printings) as a first printing confirmation, & he does not write whether this effect is, or for that matter is not, a point of the first printing. Therefore, we are confident that this copy belongs in King's first printing category. King's description & commentary on this poster is unusually brief: "The central image is two women one of whom is holding the Family Dog logo." Nevertheless, he has whimsically titled this production the "Bobbsey Twins." Another glorious example of the psychedelic style as it hurtled toward its apex during the "Summer of Love" less than two months later that year, in its rarest contemporary form. From the collection of Dion Wright (b. 1937), a venerable artiste & sculptor who was at the center of the scene that produced this & the many other iconic posters that symbolize a legendary time & place (see Wright's memoir, Tempus Fugitive, item No. 5008). In our seasoned & sensitive estimation, this poster is in relatively fine-verging-on-very-fine condition with light rubbing & what appear to be small, light spot-stains at mostly blank dark-pink outer borders; a touch of wear & a few tiny bumps, creases at/near edges & corners; a few thin lines, spots of rubbing at image which appear to us as very likely minute production flaws. We usually do not describe (but always provide an image of) blank poster versos, as we presume that the Third Mind purchaser will lavish archival framing on such collectibles as this in order to preserve them for display as they steadily increase in value. But we note, as shown on our image, that the blank verso of this poster is particularly scuffed & even appears to have light shoe(or Hippie sandal?)-sole marks. However, none of this has penetrated to recto. This item is too delicate to be rolled & must be shipped flat to assure no damage, and so extra shipping costs will be required. Fine- Very Fine. [Item #5687]

Price: $500.00