Original promotional flyer, 6"x8".
After the break up with Mick Jones in September 1983, Strummer and Simonon regrouped with new band members on an extended self-financed tour. That the experiment ended a year later with the Bernie Rhodes-engineered debacle of the Cut The Crap album tends to obscure how revitalised Strummer was in this period. Greil Marcus: "I'd never seen Strummer more exhilarated, or more convincing".
Original photograph by Burt Goldblatt, 10"x8".
© Burt Goldblatt label on reverse.
Provenance: Burt Goldblatt collection.
Fine shot of Armstrong, reading sheet music on the piano, at the recording of 'The Real Ambassadors' with Dave Brubeck in September 1961.
Original silver gelatin photograph by Burt Goldblatt, c.9"x8".
Handwritten Burt Goldblatt notation on the reverse: "Zoot Sims listens to a playback 1958 NYC".
Provenance: Burt Goldblatt collection.
Burt Goldblatt was a pioneering and remarkably versatile modern graphic designer, illustrator and photographer, who created now-classic jazz record sleeves from the early 1950s for Bethlehem, Savoy, EmArcy, Verve, Atlantic, and other labels.
Outstanding image of the great tenor man, one of Woody Herman's original "Four Brothers".
Original silver gelatin photograph by Burt Goldblatt, 10"x8".
Burt Goldblatt annotated label on reverse.
Provenance: Burt Goldblatt collection.
This image appears to be from the photo shoot undertaken for the cover of the 1960 album 'Mingus Revisited'.
The photographer's hand written label on the back indicates the photograph's page no. in his 1982 book 'Jazz Gallery One'.
Original Pace Minerva poster, 33" x 23.5".
Artwork by Roger Dean.
Whilst his brother Martyn designed and fitted out the new Virgin shops, brother Roger worked on the graphics side, creating the famous logo of the label's early years.
Original Chrysalis promo poster, 38"x20".
Art by Martin Hoffman.
Autoamerican saw Blondie's focus becoming more diffuse, but 'Rapture' was a groundbreaking early Pop-Rap classic.
Martin Hoffman became part of the NASA Art Program in the 1980s, assigned to document five shuttle launches, with special access to restricted areas. These paintings were exhibited at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.
For the artwork, the band were photographed on a rooftop at Broadway and 8th Avenue.
Original Chrysalis promo poster, 12"x38".
Design by Ramey Communications, photography Edo Bertoglio.
'Parallel Lines' was Blondie's third album and their greatest success, with four hit singles coming off it. The design captured perfectly their New Wave/classic Pop mix.
Original CBS tour promo poster, 38"x20".
Photography by David Gahr.
David Gahr was one of the greatest American music photographers and an early chronicler of Springsteen, shooting the cover for 1973's The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle.
Original promo poster, 24.5"x17".
Artwork by Barney Bubbles.
Before his celebrated designs for Stiff, Radar et al, Barney Bubbles created a spectacular body of work for Hawkwind. The band's manager Doug Smith has called Bubbles 'the most important artist of our generation' for the visual identity he created for artists, whereas Peter Saville has simply said "Barney Bubbles should be canonised".
Original Virgin promo poster, 39.5"x27.5".
Design by Jamie Reid.
This infamous design was subject to a successful injunction by American Express. Genuine original examples are very hard to find. NB beware numerous recent repros.
This poster comes with a unique provenance from an employee of Virgin Records at the time.
Original US promo display, 24"x 24".
Design Paul Wakefield, Fabio Nicoli and Dick Ward.
Although the album was made under rushed circumstances, it was an accomplished work that built on the band's growing audience. The cover concept was sketched out by Rick Davies during a break in the frustrating recording sessions.
Original London tour dates poster.
Superb design for Kraftwerk's three London dates on the 'Computer World' tour, the high point of their worldwide popularity: Lyceum, Hammersmith Palais, Hammersmith Odeon.
Very scarce; we've only seen this poster once before.
Original Capitol promo poster, 30"x20".
Art direct and lettering Karl Klefisch, photography by Guenter Froehling.
Striking design owing an obvious debt to Soviet Constructivism (El Lissitzky is acknowledged in the credits). The album features two of Kraftwerk's best known tracks, The Model and The Robots. Scarce.
Original ATCO promo poster, 19"x26".
The sophisticated shocks of Roxy's early albums were matched by the warped glamour of their famous covers, never more so than on 1975's acclaimed 'Siren', where mermaid Jerry Hall crawls across the rocks of Anglesey's South Stack coast.
This poster rarely survives in such good condition.
Original Rolling Stones Records promo poster, 35"x23".
Photography by David Montgomery.
Sticky Fingers was the band's first release on their own Rolling Stones label (and the first to sport the lips logo), and the first with Mick Taylor fully on board. Like Exile it wasn't entirely well received by contemporary critics; like Exile it's now regarded as the Stones at their absolute peak.
Original tour poster 22 ¼x33¼
Art by Craig.
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''. Printed on card stock.
Original promo poster, 40"x60"
Art by Craig.
Adam's third album after the whirlwind rise and split of Adam and the Ants was hindered by record company under-promotion and a long delayed release which negated the chart success of the single 'Apollo 9'. The album was reissued in 2005 to greater acclaim. Producer Tony Visconti said of him "What a creative ball of energy! He was great to work with."
Original A & M promo poster, 20"x30"
Photography James Wedge.
Multi-talented James Wedge has enjoyed successful careers variously as a top milliner, Kings Road boutique owner (clients The Beatles and Rolling Stones) and a leading fashion photographer.
Original exhibition poster, 19.5"x24"
Few artists sum up a whole era as thoroughly as the work of Peter Max evokes the playful psychedelia of the 60s. His playful imagery captured the imagination of a whole generation and launched the young artist to remarkable fame and fortune.
Original CBS promo poster, 23"x35.5"
Unusual and superior poster for Culture Club's debut album, which featured the huge international hit 'Do You Really Want to Hurt Me'.
Original tour poster, 38.5"x29".
Original White Riot tour poster, which doubled as a plug for the first album. With the LP and 'White Riot' single out, the band - and Punk - exploded out of a small club scene into broad daylight.
American photographer Kate Simon took the famous shot of the three in an alleyway in Camden Market.
Original 20"x30" UA promo poster.
Striking poster for The Stranglers second album. The title track became one of the most played songs of the era. A successful, at times controversial, anomally within Punk, the band were really entirely unclassifiable.
Original F-Beat poster proof, 31"x21".
Art and design by Barney Bubbles.
'Get Happy' was the first album release on manager Jake Riviera's new label F-Beat, which he set up after Costello's split from Radar. Barney Bubbles, eschewing credits for his designs, instead placed his VAT number in tiny print; an ironic reference to his perennial financial woes.
Uncommon original proof printing.
Original 8"x10" Ken Regan photograph.
As with Elvis Presley in 1956, the Beatles three February appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show were landmarks moments in popular culture, effectively marking the beginning of the British Invasion and the greatest love affair of any country for any band in history.
Ken Regan was one of America's top political, sports and rock photographers.
Photographer's stamp on verso.
Original 6.5"x8.5" Chalkie Davies photograph.
Very likely from around the time of the release of 'Plastic Letters' and its UK hit single 'Denis'.
Chalkie Davies was one of Britain's leading rock photographers, with extensive work for the NME in this period.
Photographer's stamp on verso.
Original 8"x10" Richard Creamer photograph.
Terrific original photo with Debbie Harry in front of the Hollywood sign by Richard Creamer, one of the leading (and most popular amongst his subjects) American rock photographers of the 70's.
Photographer's stamp on verso.
Original 8"x10" Paul Canty photograph.
Almost certainly from the 10th March 1977 'Dandy in the Underworld' tour date at Newcastle City Hall, with The Dammed in support.
Bolan's career enjoyed a sadly cut-short resurgence in the early years of Punk, of which he was a keen supporter.
Detailed credits on verso.
Original 6.5"x8.5" Andre Csillag photograph.
Costello is playing his signature Fender Jazzmaster guitar.
Photographer's stamp on verso.
Original Swan Song promo photograph, 10"x8".
Superb original Swan Song promo still. Jimmy is wearing the red poppy white Dragon Suit. These outfits were inspired by the extravagant suits designed by Nudie Cohn for stars of Country music, and adopted famously by Gram Parsons and The Flying Burrito Brothers.
Photographer's stamp on verso.
Original DinDisc poster, 20"x30".
Design Trevor Key and Peter Saville. Photography by Richard Nutt.
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