Category Archives: Boxing-Style Concert Posters

Muddy Waters Window Card 1950s w/ Ray Charles & Ruth Brown

Posted on August 19, 2012 by postercentral

Talk about a stellar line-up… this 1954 gem features an astonishing array of R&B talent, with four of the five acts now members of the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame. Most poster collectors consider this a “50s Muddy Waters … Continue reading →

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1930s Big Band Jazz Concert Posters – Cab Calloway, Earl Hines

Posted on August 8, 2012 by postercentral

Here were take a look at three late-1930s cardboard advertising window cards made to sell tickets for Cab Calloway, Earl “Fatha” Hines and Jimmie Lunceford in concert, along with their respective big bands. Now approaching 75 years old, these authentic … Continue reading →

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Ike & Tina Turner Concert Posters 1960s Soul Music Revue Display

Posted on July 23, 2012 by postercentral

In the 1960s, the Ike & Tina Turner Revue was probably the most combustible R&B act to grace a concert stage, with the possible exception of James Brown. That’s why The Rolling Stones picked them as the opening slot on … Continue reading →

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Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars Concert Poster 1960s Window Card

Posted on July 17, 2012 by postercentral

Dick Clark was known for a lot of things in music history, including the creation of American Bandstand for television. It was that TV fame which lead him to spearhead some traveling pop-music revues in the early 1960s, dubbed Dick … Continue reading →

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Jimi Hendrix Concert Poster 1960s Columbus Ohio & 2 Bootlegs

Posted on July 13, 2012 by postercentral

Think you can tell an original 1960s concert poster from a counterfeit that was printed much later? Try this test with the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s March 3, 1968 concert poster from Columbus, OH. Reprints are readily available on eBay, but … Continue reading →

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