While living in Sebastopol in Northern California, I handled marketing for a great country festival. The Luke Bryan record, Tanlines and Tailgates was released that very week, so he went down a storm. The record has gone on to be one of the biggest country sellers of the last few...
ZZ Top Concert Poste...
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I bought it at the Hatch printing store in Nashville. I especially love the coarseness of the brown paper stock it’s printed on. Strangely enough, I was outside the store a few weeks later when a town car stopped and out climbed Billy...
Tommy Steele Poster ...
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Original poster for the 1957 movie, Rock around the World. Tommy Steele was positioned in the UK as the Brit Elvis. He became more of a Dick Van Dyke, but there’s nothing wrong with that. At least the Cockney accent was genuine, me ole cock...
U2 Firehouse poster ...
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Another rare Firehouse poster created as an exclusive giveaway for Virgin Megastores in the US. Extremely original and quite daring for the U2...
Transatlantic lentic...
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This is a lovely promo card for their newly released Kaleidoscope, featuring the airship icon. I saw this show in London. Portnoy’s performance was the greatest drumming I’ve ever seen – even better than Peart, Bruford, Bozzio, Palmer and any other drummer I’ve ever...
Whitesnake Poster ...
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This was the sleeve of Whitesnake’s second album, released when they were still hard blues and had flat hair. It was released in the UK but immediately banned in the US. Never understood...