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$1,020.00
Starting bid: $10.00
Vintage Grateful Dead at its finest! The poster for this early Avalon Ballroom show was presented by the Straight Theater as a benefit concert called A Reading and Dance Concert, along with The Wildflower, Michael McClure, and the Outfit.
This was the FIRST TIME the Grateful Dead performed at the Avalon Ballroom. The timeline puts this concert between FD-8 and FD-9 in the numbered series. The FD-10 poster is the first Family Dog advertisement for the band at this historic venue, but THIS POSTER is the Dead's first Avalon SHOW!
The Light Show was by Reggie Williams from the Straight Theater. Audio recordings of the two sets the Dead performed on May 19th at the Avalon have been fan favorites for decades, including a magnificent version of Cream Puff War and the early Warlocks original acid-rock song Mindbender.
Condition: Paper loss, staple holes, creases
--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: AOR-2.16 Grateful Dead Avalon Ballroom
--GRADE: Extra Fine 65
--PERFORMERS: Grateful Dead
--VENUE: Avalon Ballroom
--CITY: San Francisco
--DATE: 05/19/66
--DIMENSIONS: 19.9375 in. x 13.875 in.
--PRINTING: OP-1; Poster