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After two unsuccessful American albums Ron and Russell Mael relocated to Britain in 1973 and signed with Island Records.

'Kimono My House', rated by many fans as their best lp, was Sparks' breakthrough release, with 'This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us' reaching no.2. Truly unique, Sparks were to prove very influential.

Original Rough Trade promo poster
24"x11.5"

The cover star is an unknown model from Margaret Walters' book
'The Nude Male', photographed by Jim French.

The poster for the band's debut release is extremely scarce, and this is the first we've ever been able to offer for sale.

Original Rough Trade promo poster
23.5"x11.5"

Unusually two different posters were printed to promote the single. This is the scarcer version reproducing Morrissey's hand written lyrics.

Original Rough Trade promo poster
24"x11.5"

Morrissey took the famous image of a determinedly non-Aquarian young Vietnam 'grunt' (from Emile de Antonio's 1969 anti-war film 'In the Year of the Pig') whose helmet bore the words "Make War Not Love" and replaced them with a message of his own.

Designer John Pasche created early 70's tour posters for the band, but most famously created the 'lips' logo in 1971 for the Stones' own label. A fine example of the Acid-tinged 30's revival style of the time.
Note: Repros are very common on this poster.

Appropriately known as the "Good-Bye Britain Tour", this was their first proper UK tour since 1966, launched just before their disastrous tax affairs forced them into the two year exile that was to result in the recording of 'Exile On Main Street'.

Reproductions exist - this is the genuine original poster.

Springsteen's celebrated five night run at New York's Bottom Line club was a defining moment in his career and in the history of rock music.

This remarkable poster was carefully picked off the wall of the club itself at the time by an enterprising young English CBS employee, who had been queuing for tickets outside from 10 that morning.

This historic item is offered completely unrestored with all options open to the next fortunate owner. Comes with letter of provenance.

Springsteen strongly took against Columbia's full-blown promotion and personally ripped down the "Finally the world is ready for Bruce Springsteen" posters in the lobby at his first UK concert at the Hammersmith Odeon. This is one of the originals that survived the Boss's displeasure, one of the all-time great rock posters.

This was Jagger's first solo tour and his first ever performances in Japan (see '73 poster below).
Warhol's fascination with celebrity and Jagger's enjoyment of New York and its nightlife at the time (1975) made them a natural pairing.

Scarce original US release banner, in electric colours.

Original British quad poster, unfolded.
30"x40"

The magnum opus of Malcolm McLaren's re-invention of the band's history (in his favour) that began almost the moment it ceased to exist. It took 20 years for 'The Filth And The Fury' to set the record straight. A proposed Jamie Reid design was ditched in favour of the final (aptly) 'Carry On..'-style artwork.

Re-energised by the challenge of Punk and the disco and Latin flavours of New York City, Jagger led the band to cut their best album since 'Exile..' and their last great album of properly new recordings.

Superb and rare original promotional piece.

Unusual and striking record store display piece, of a kind that rarely survives intact.

Rare poster for the group's debut release. The 7" single version was released in June on the band's own Enigma Records label, and a 12" version in October on Anonymous Records, for which this is the poster.

As well as being one of Punk's great originals in their own right, Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto were responsible for organising the Sex Pistols gig at Manchester's Free Trade Hall in June 1976, which lit the touch paper for Manchester's remarkable creative musical explosion.

In a characteristically sharp turn, Bowie shed his glam rags for an exploration of America and the polished sound of Philadelphia soul. The title single was a breakthrough for him in the U.S. and the album also yielded the classic Lennon collaboration 'Fame'.

This original unused (still flat) die-cut mobile is a rare find.

Bowie's makeup was created by Pierre Laroche, who also did the makeup for the film 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. Duffy, a great character and photographic innovator, made up along with Terence Donovan and David Bailey what Terry O'Neil called 'the holy trinity' of fashion photography in Britain in the late 50's and 1960s.

Published by Big O Posters.
24"x33"

The album 'Yessongs' was released on three discs in a unique fold-out package featuring four narrative artwork panels by Roger Dean, continuing the theme that began with 'Fragile' in 1971. "Escape", showing the craft leading the planetary fragment through space, is the first panel.

Original full-size concert poster for the 1991 Kill Uncle Tour, advertising the October Hammersmith Odeon and Kilburn National dates, surviving in excellent rolled condition.
Very scarce.

Striking and very unusual poster design for The Faces' 1973 North American tour. A section of the artwork was used on the subsequent live lp 'Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners', long out of print. Printed on card stock.
Scarce.

Scarce original promo poster for Talking Heads' brilliant fourth album, arguably their best, revealing the full development of their earlier Afro-polyrhythmic experiments. Their last collaboration with Brian Eno, they re-emerged three years later with an increasingly commercial sound.

Unusual multi-purpose card display, with instructions on the reverse for display options.

Surprisingly little original promo material from Pink Floyd's classic years survives.

Original in-store standee version of the infamous S&M billboard poster put up by Atlantic on Sunset Boulevard to promote the new album, with the caption "I'm 'Black and Blue' from the Rolling Stones - and I love it!". Howls of protests rapidly saw the campaign withdrawn. This is a very rare item.

Ultra-rare original poster for the Stones' greatest album.

Not a collage but a photo of a 1955 tattoo parlour wall from Robert Frank's classic book "The Americans" the bizarre cover was the creation of a stellar creative trio, with Jagger's the final say. Working with Marshall Chess on the poster, Van Hamersveld said. "why don't we take the guy with the balls in his mouth. That is the most amazing photograph I've ever seen. And doesn't it look like Charlie!"

Original poster from the aborted date at the Budokan. The Japanese leg of the Australasia tour sank when Mick was refused entry to Japan due to his past drug convictions.

This poster is extremely rare

Infamous culinary masterpiece from the end of the band's greatest period, ending with producer Jimmy Miller utterly burnt out. Recorded in Jamaica, Bill Wyman remembers: "We would be driven to Byron Lee's studio through downtown Kingston. Two large, double gates guarded by the man with the shotgun would open and let us in and then close behind us.
Very scarce original poster.

Ultra rare promo for the landmark album, the first produced by Jimmy Miller (the last to involve Brian Jones), that saw The Stones return to the Blues and the key to their classic period.

Keith Richards: "After 3 or 4 years of constantly being on the road..I started to listen to some blues again. On the road, none of us had had the time to listen to much beyond the Top 10...But when we finally came off the road..a whole lot of blues had become available that we just couldn't get in England back in '61 or '62."