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Charles Brown Window Card, Percy Mayfield Concert Poster 1950s

Posted on November 9, 2011 by postercentral

Here we have a pair of scarce 1952 concert posters from Charles Brown and Percy Mayfield, two practitioners of slow, smoky, piano-bar rhythm & blues music in the post-war era. Both are very colorful window cards from the deep south, … Continue reading →

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Jimi Hendrix Experience Concert Posters – Wash. D.C. & Philly 1968

Posted on November 6, 2011 by postercentral

1968 was probably Jimi Hendrix’s best year, and he toured incessantly. And yet his management never used a so-called “tour blank” concert-poster template, so that means for every individual show Jimi gave that year, some local poster artist would design … Continue reading →

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Santana Concert Poster 1968 Lee Conklin Classic Artwork BG-134

Posted on November 3, 2011 by postercentral

On the rare occasion when a concert poster subsequently gets turned into album-cover art, that poster quickly becomes immortalized. Such is the case with this summer 1968 masterpiece by poster artist Lee Conklin. It’s often thought of as “a Santana … Continue reading →

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Buddy Holly and the Crickets Concert Poster w/ Everly Bros. 1958

Posted on October 31, 2011 by postercentral

One of the best-looking and most exciting 1950s rock ‘n roll concert posters you’ll ever see, period. This January 1958 gem features a wonderfully colorful line-up of household names and long-gone one-hit wonders. Buddy Holly and the Crickets are down-billed … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan Concert Poster 1965 Acoustic & Electric Sets (3 Different)

Posted on October 28, 2011 by postercentral

Bob Dylan was once called “the coolest person on the planet” in 1965, and it would be hard to disagree. Here we have not one, not two, but three vintage Dylan concert advertisement posters from ’65, both before and after … Continue reading →

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