They were an LA band who never quite made it. Their second record, All Of Us, was rather...

I think it was at the Wiltern...

Great...

Love ’em or hate ’em, they are true...

In the extravagance of the day, WEA flew a few of us over to New York to see and meet Bette Midler at Radio City Music Hall. They also paid for lavish dinners and a helicopter tour over Manhattan....

I bought it on the 1979 Hawklords tour and sewed it proudly on my...

My ticket for the unbelievable Who show at the...

  The first of the Who’s Albert Hall shows in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust, it was a cracker. Baba O’ Riley with classical violinist Nigel Kennedy, So Sad About Us with Paul Weller and even Let’s See Action with Eddie Vedder. I’ve still got the goose...

The first Who show I ever saw. The opening acts were AC/DC, Nils Lofgren and the Stranglers. At the time it was the biggest show they’d ever played at almost 80,000 people. More stories on this show elsewhere on the blog....

  It’s always difficult to choose for any of us, but I think this could be my favorite show of all time. I flew back to London from LA that afternoon specifically to see the show and it was amazing. Here’s the setlist. Amazing....

I bought a pile of used vinyl at a garage sale one Sunday and this wee beauty was inside a (non-Elton) sleeve. It’s from the Caribou tour and Kiki Dee opened for, and guested with...

Nice poster for a Rhode Island show. It’s 83/200 and signed by the artist. Here’s the...

It’s a repro of the poster for the second IOW festival, but still great. An amazing lineup of talent including Dylan, The Who, King Crimson, Free and the Moody Blues. And just look at the ticket...

A truly fantastic poster by Firehouse for the launch of the great 16th St Virgin Megastore. It could have been so cliched but I think it works so well, especially the colors. As an aside, at his peak at the time, Marilyn Manson opened the...

I think that this is an exquisite shot and one of my favorite posters. It was for a Bailey show at the Barbican. Big thanks to Jill for this...

I’ve always loved this one. Apparently Joe Walsh and Pete got pretty tight on this tour. Would have loved to have been a fly on the wall listening to those...

I was given this by our Virgin merch expert, Sian, back around 1991. It’s a colorized version of a shot that was allegedly found in the 80’s. I think it maybe from a Marquee show. Anyone know any...

One of the first big live outdoor mini-shows presented by the Jimmy Kimmel show just outside the studio on Hollywood Blvd. Virgin was involved and they gave some of us these commemorative framed passes....

This was given by WEA in 2000 to celebrate 19 million sales of Back In Black. It’s now sold 50 million worldwide and is the biggest selling hard rock record of all...

It was presented to me by Richard just before I left the US business. Not that it mattered, but it was actually my 21st...