Anyone here got copies of rare old soul show posters.

In our first house (after I married), I made the mistake of pasting up some posters from the Mojo Club (Sheffield) that I had 'liberated' at a few of the club's final live act shows back in the 60's. I put them up inside a built-in wardrobe in our bedroom but of course, when we sold the house, I had to leave the posters behind.

In addition to UK club posters, there are also 100's of great US soul show posters, many printed up by the likes of Globe Posters in Baltimore back then. Venues would commission such posters but many times the acts themselves would have 'standard' posters made up, justleaving the actual venue details off. When they were to it a town for a live show, these posters (with the venue / date details hand writtenin, would be fly-posted around the area.

Then, when the psychedelic era kicked in, loads of arty looking posters were produced, some being for soul acts such as Sly & the Family Stone & the Parliaments.

So anyone got paper or electronic copies of really interesting soul act posters from back in the day?

 

I'll post one up for a show that never actually took place ..... on December 9th 1967 Otis Redding was in Cleveland for a live show and a TV appearance ........... see here ..........   https://rockhall.com/blog/post/7045_otis-reddings-last-day-in-Cleveland/

Late that night, Otis & some members of his band boarded a plane to head for their next engagement at the Factory Club in Madison. They never made it as the plane came down in a lake near their destination.

The posters for that show had been produced & hung around town though.

Edited July 12, 201311 yr by Roburt

 

 

 

 

 

Dug these out of the files recently, and posted to my FB page.

 

 

I'll post one up for a show that never actually took place ..... on December 9th 1967 Otis Redding was in Cleveland for a live show and a TV appearance ........... see here ..........   https://rockhall.com/blog/post/7045_otis-reddings-last-day-in-Cleveland/

Late that night, Otis & some members of his band boarded a plane to head for their next engagement at the Factory Club in Madison. They never made it as the plane came down in a lake near their destination.

The posters for that show had been produced & hung around town though.

 

 

Look who the last act on that show bill is....The Grim Reapers !

Two of Motown's best female groups on together at the Apollo in Harlem in 1966 (?) ........

 

 

Fats Domino at the Wigan Casino .........

 

NO, sorry, that's the Wig Wam Casino

Edited July 12, 201311 yr by Roburt

..... OR ........ just maybe it was at Wigan Casino ...........

watch out there are loads of fake posters doing the rounds out there !!

I've got a Globe poster for Winfield Parker's retirement appearance at Ellicott City Armory which I think dates from mid-90's.

 

He signed it for me.

 

ROD

Any chance that we can get to see it ?

Take a photo of it & post that photo on here !!

A poster for one of the Motown Review shows ............

 

No chance I'm afraid.

 

No camera. No camera on phone.

 

 

ROD

Here is a nice rarity for all you fine people out there, Got this in Australia 1999 from a well known record fair promoter and collector of black music.

 

It was originally owned by a chap called Chris Dell who was a promoter of live acts in sydney, He attended the show around early 80's with a view to booking them to perform in Australia, the poster is signed by most of the acts and support crew.

 

Unfortunally the show in Aus was never to happen as Chris died from cancer shortly after

 

 

Anyone have an idea of value ?

 

Garry

Edited July 14, 201311 yr by Garry Huxley

Last ever live act to play the Mojo ...........

 

Anyone here got copies of rare old soul show posters.

 

 

I've got quite a few original pages from Trade magazines that are

promoting new record releases rather than live acts if they are of interest to you.

Kegy

I've got quite a few original pages from Trade magazines that are

promoting new record releases rather than live acts if they are of interest to you.

Kegy

Kegy (!?!?!), start a new thread & get em posted up.

I have quite a lot as well that I can add in. 

When they include a picture of the artist, some can be quite enlightening (lots of white singers doing soul tracks back in the 60's when it was that sound that was selling). 

Edited July 15, 201311 yr by Roburt

Here's a few more I found on the net

 

 

 

 

 

There is of course the famous telegraph pole sign for Fluorescent Smogg in concert......now that would be a nice poster to have.....

There is of course the famous telegraph pole sign for Fluorescent Smogg in concert......now that would be a nice poster to have.....

 

I'll post one of those up later Steve.............

Kegy (!?!?!), start a new thread & get em posted up.

I have quite a lot as well that I can add in. 

When they include a picture of the artist, some can be quite enlightening (lots of white singers doing soul tracks back in the 60's when it was that sound that was selling). 

 

 

been there done that.

Kegsy

Sam & Dave

 

 

 

Sam & Dave

Yep, those two are the duo that famously never talked to each other for years unless they were in public.

It's also rumoured that Dave tried to get rid of his kid by leaving him at a bar & then tried to leave the country without his passport.

The guy's quite a plonka but then as he used to go riding with the 'Ginger Winger from News Int' I guess you already realised that !!!

 

BTW, be careful as there was a 'FAKE' version of Sam & Dave doing gigs at one time ...........

This woman would be happy at the moment (if she was in the UK) .....

... coz she couldn't stand the rain ............

 

Don't know if this guy ever amounted to much (musically) ......

... he maybe managed to carve out a music career for himself ....

This show he did in Texas was around 55 years ago !!!!

Mind you, since then the thrill is gone (& it's gone for good) ...

 

Mr. Excitement on with Sam Cooke (& others) back at the end of the 50's .........

 

 

BTW, be careful as there was a 'FAKE' version of Sam & Dave doing gigs at one time ...........

 

In fact I believe at one time there were two Sam & Dave gigging. Sam & Dave on the east Coast and Sam & Dave on the west coast

 

The animosity is still going ( or was until about 3 years ago)

 

https://theihatesammooreblog.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/dave-praters-daughter-speaks.html

Edited July 15, 201311 yr by Dave Turner

Blimee that makes the old deep funk forum look like a Teddy Bears picnic.....

Oh the painful memory, I had a signed poster from Wilson Pickets gig in Liverpool somewhere around the late 70' also signed by Phillip Mitchell.The only place my wife at the time would it and a few others displayed was on the wall going down the cellar sreps. Needles to say when we sold the cottage they were forgotten about until in bed the first night in our new house I jumped up shouting "mi fffing posters.Back to the cottage next day and you guessed it, torn down and burnt, bugger!

_{Somewhere on top of the wardrobe I've got a cinema sized poster from Jackie Wilson's appearance at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park, London, early 70's...personally signed as well as we crashed his dressing room! :-)}

No posters but have some unpublished film negative of Barbara McNair perfoming live at some US politicians rally from the 60's, should really get them developed.

Here's three I found in Georgia

Liberation, that had 45's on GSF & SOA

The Smogg (had two one that read Fluorescent Sogg & this one)

Trac III, I know nothing about ????

 

 

Edited July 16, 201311 yr by Dave Thorley

Here a couple more. One is a one off concert for a well know Detroit DJ George White. The other not a poster strictly speaking, but a news paper add for The Bitter & Sweet, but it's possible this is the closest they came to a poster.......

 

 

Edited July 18, 201311 yr by Dave Thorley

and one more the group the Significants that had two releases on  Alesvers

 

 

 

 

 

Some shows Carole Hughes did in the LA area .............

 

The West Coast group the Blendells ("La La La La") on a show in San Diego with UK group the Dave Clark Five .....

More from the Blendells (Rampart / Reprise)  ...........

A gospel show poster ...........

 

The Ike & Tina Turner Revue...............

Ike & Tina feature again on this montage of East LA shows ..........

Dancing at the Ipswich swimming baths ..........

Edited July 18, 201311 yr by Roburt

And sitting down to watch a show in London on a Sunday .........

 

Some gigs in 1971 in Baltimore ......

.. 4 live shows in 4 nights at the Scene Nightclub ....

one of the guys on was Cap City's Marion Black ...

Edited July 18, 201311 yr by Roburt

Another Otis Redding Show ..........

 

A poster (from Baltimore's Globe Posters) to get you to order your own show poster ........

$5.50 for 100 full colour posters ........ I'll have a bit of that deal !!!! .........

Edited July 19, 201311 yr by Roburt

Come see Gloria Lynn ............

 

A poster for a nightclub / disco now .............

 

Lots of great repros of original posters on EBay - they look great framed on the wall.

 

Cue the backlash from the "original posters only" crew lol........

If you were 'YOUNG AT HEART' no doubt you would have attended this show .............

 

The Coasters were on here ......

Anyone for a cup cake ? ...........

Edited July 19, 201311 yr by Roburt

I'd have gone along to this show just to watch 'the queen of quiver & shake' do her stuff ............

 

 HI ALL I HAVE A FEW RICKY TIC CLUB POSTERS (ORIGANAL) 70'S ALL NIGHTER POSTERS YATE, ST IVES WIRRINA, WIGAN, A BOX OF HANDOUTS FROM THE WHEEL, TORCH, I HAVE POSTED THEM BEFORE, GOT ALL THE POSTERS THAT USE TO BE ON THE WALLS OF THE MERC CARNABY STREET, THEY WERE NEARLY THROWN INTO A SKIP??     

I USED TO HAVE THE ISC LEEDS FESTIVAL 74, THIS IS A BIG WANT FOR ME, REPRO WOULD DO, ALSO I HAVE 10 DIFFERANT FILM POSTERS FROM BRONCO  BULLFROG,  DAVE K

Edited July 20, 201311 yr by dthedrug

A St Louis area poster for a 1960's show .............

... wonder who the members of the Olivettes were ??