Category Archives: Handbills & Flyers

Bob Dylan Handbill 1961 Folk City w/John Lee Hooker, Part Two

Posted on June 3, 2011 by postercentral

CONTINUED FROM PT. 1: The first known concert piece (poster, handbill or flyer meant to be posted) for Bob Dylan, dating from April 1961. What’s exciting is that this exact item was actually mailed by Dylan back to his Minnesota … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan Concert Flyer 1961 Gerdes Folk City New York, Part One

Posted on May 31, 2011 by postercentral

The first known concert piece (poster, handbill or flyer meant to be posted) for Bob Dylan, dating from April 1961. What’s exciting is that this exact item was actually mailed by Dylan back to his Minnesota friend at the time, … Continue reading →

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Trips Festival Handbill 1966 Grateful Dead, Merry Pranksters

Posted on May 1, 2011 by postercentral

A January 1966 handbill for the seminal Trips Festival in San Francisco, designed (and later autographed) by Wes Wilson, the man who also designed 45 of the first 50 posters in Bill Graham’s numbered poster series (and the first 10 … Continue reading →

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Billie Holiday Concert Flyer – New York’s Carnegie Hall

Posted on April 6, 2011 by postercentral

A stellar jazz handbill advertising a Carnegie Hall benefit concert on Thanksgiving weekend 1957 that featured Lady Day herself, Billie Holiday, plus the star-studded line-up of Dizzy Gillespie, Chet Baker, Zoot Sims, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and “Introducing… the brilliant … Continue reading →

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Elvis Presley Concert Ticket 1950’s & Handbill from Hawaii

Posted on March 25, 2011 by postercentral

Nearly the size of a dollar bill, this 1956 Elvis Presley concert ticket from Miami, Florida is about as big as rock-concert tickets come. It’s a lovely, huge specimen from the exact moment that Elvis’s biggest two-sided hit ever, “Don’t … Continue reading →

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