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$780.00
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Buffalo Springfield headlined this Vernal Equinox Dance Concert that was held on March 30th 1968 at the Salt Lake Coliseum. The central photograph of a dark haired nude portends the arrival of Springtime after a long winter rest. The nude girl featured sitting on a bed, is staring at a framed photo of the very early Mormon Prophet & Leader, Brigham Young, who led the Mormon Church members all the way out west to Utah, where he declared "This is The Place".
Due to the huge size, expensive, quality stock and color printing, only 200 to 300 posters were printed to promote the concert and far fewer copies survived in beautiful condition, as a result of its gargantuan size and very limited distribution. Definitely one of the most sought-after late sixties Salt Lake City concert posters!
The beautiful psychedelic artwork was designed by the late great Kenvin Lyman. Lyman was one of the two RAINBOW JAM Light Artists, along with Richard Winn Taylor, that produced a plethora of high tech mind blowing light shows for rock concerts & planetarium shows in Utah. They also produced some for the Family Dog during the late 60's & 1970s.
The show also featured H.P. LOVECRAFT and THE YOUNGBLOODS, with a MIND BOGGLING light show manifested by San Francisco's JERRY ABRAMS HEADLIGHTS, which inspired Kenvin Lyman to utilize his artistic skills to later found RAINBOW JAM light shows along with Richard Winn Taylor.
The incarnation of Buffalo Springfield at this gig was comprised of Neil Young, Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Jim Messina and Dewey Martin. Jim Messina produced their forthcoming album "Last Time Around", meshed together from recordings made while the group was together earlier on. It was released about two months following this concert, after the group officially broke up. Their last concert together was May 5, of 1968 at the Long Beach Sports Arena in California.
--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: Buffalo Springfield Salt Lake City
--GRADE: NEAR MINT 89
--PERFORMERS: Youngbloods, Buffalo Springfield, Jerry Abrams, H.P. Lovecraft
--VENUE: Salt Lake Coliseum
--CITY: Salt Lake City
--DATE: 03/30/68
--SIZE: 28 in. x 22 in.
--PRINTING: OP-1; Original Pre-Concert First Printing Poster
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