Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$1,080.00
Starting bid: $10.00
When it comes to music memorabilia, most experts agree that there is The Beatles… and then everyone else.
That’s why, when you open up the Art of Rock book, staring you right in the face—before the preface, before the introduction, before even the title page—is a full-page picture of THIS POSTER!
The fact that the creators of Art of Rock chose THIS POSTER to be the very first image on the very first page, set aside all by itself when they had several hundred images to choose from, tells you everything you need to know about the historical importance of this piece.
This poster marks The Beatles at the height of their powers. By this point in 1965, manager Brian Epstein had secured their place in music history, forever changing their lives—and the world.
The Beatles already had two United States tours under their belt, and their new album Help! had been released just two weeks prior.
Many Beatles fans are very familiar with this famous concert for several reasons:
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The 12-song set was one of the first major stadium concerts.
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It was the first show on the band’s 1965 North American Tour—and without question, the highlight of the tour, with over 55,600 fans in attendance.
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It was the largest Beatles concert up to that point. Beatlemania was at its peak, prompting John Lennon to proclaim, “Shea Stadium... I saw the top of the mountain.”
The editors of Art of Rock are not the only experts to designate this concert as historically important.
The officially released Anthology 2 album contains a recording of “Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby” from this show. A fifty-minute-long documentary of the concert was also filmed and released by Ed Sullivan Productions. The film captures images of many fans crying, screaming, and even fainting—many of them young girls. The security guards were shown covering their ears due to the deafening noise from the crowd.
We constantly receive requests for this poster from collectors across the globe, and it very seldom turns up in public auctions.
Condition Details: Severe water damage right edge
--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: AOR-2-A Poster
--GRADE: Fine 51
--PERFORMERS: Herman's Hermits, The Dave Clark 5, The Kinks, Moody Blues, The Beatles, more
--VENUE: Academy of Music, Shea Stadium, Carnegie Hall
--CITY: New York, NY
--DATE: 1965
--SIZE: 11 x 16.75"
--PRINTING: OP-1; Original Pre-Concert First Printing Poster
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