San Francisco: Alternative Tentacles. One Sheet. (21.5 x 28 cm.) Promotional Newsletter. Black, typewriter-style, photo-mechanically printed type on Halloween-Orange colored paper. Top corners with record label logo and contact information center with star border. Dead Kennedys logo bottom right. Thick, black border separates text from reproduced, now iconic image of..... More
(10.8 x 24 cm.) Glossy stock photograph. Signed "Fats Domino" in blue felt pen in upper right corner. Catalog entry on verso: "6.475 Fats Domino". Fine. I'm a King but you can wear my crown. - "Be My Guest" (1959) Classic, circa 1950s promotional photo of music pioneer, Antoine "Fats" Domino..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. First Edition. Original pictorial dust jacket of club owner, Max Gordon, surrounded by jazz musicians. Half-cloth, wheat-colored paper boards, copper titles on black spine. A closed tear to bottom of front panel of dust jacket, not affecting type, minimal creasing and light wear to..... More
New York: Celluloid, 1982. Vinyl LP. 12" One song per side. Black vinyl, metallic-silver paper center. Graffitti-style titles in black. Plain white paper record jacket. Photo-pictorial album cover depicts the Grand Mixer himself. Verso artwork is by subway and graffitti artist, Futura 2000. Vinyl record is fine and fresh. Album..... More
Chicago: Curtom Records, 1973. Oblong Broadside. (61 x 30.5 cm.) Promotional poster advertising "Back To The World" album. Some foxing to top of sheet, front and verso with some additional mild foxing along one verso fold. Three folds with very slight wear to center fold. Poster remains bright and colorful..... More
[Publisher: Unknown]. Later Edition. Octavo. (30 cm.) Unpaginated. (160 pp.) Machine Staple Bound. Heavy cardstock paper boards. Glossy photo-pictorial front paper board reproduces images of band members, plain white rear paper board. Front board titles in orange and black with orange framing border device. Fine. "Somewhat limited and fairly samey...See..... More
Paisley Park Records, 1993. Herb Ritts. First Edition. Casssette Single. (Cassingle) Two sides. Side 1: Pink Cashmere, Side 2: Soft and Wet Black cassette with original photographic card stock slipcase. Small dampstain to verso of slipcase but barely noticeable. Cassette Single written, produced and recorded by Prince at his Paisley Park..... More
1987. Two original illustrated promotional flyers. (14 x 11 cm., 13.5 x 11 cm.) "Pirate Skull" printed on heavy glossy white cardstock, art and logo printed in black. "Zombie" and club logo printed in black on cream colored, heavy laid paper. Both with band lineups and club contact information printed..... More
Paris: 7L, 2007. Limited Edition. Small Quarto. (18.5 cm.) 116 pp. Stark-black and white, glossy photo-illustrated boards. White spine, titles in black. Light rubbing to boards. Near Fine. This is a facsimile edition of Dutch photographer, Ed Van Der Elsken's, personal copy of "Jazz". It is an embarrassment of riches..... More
1992. Three, full-play, cassettes. Original case for "Check Your Head" with "Parental Advisory" sticker affixed to front, missing one hinge and minor cracking. All other clear cassette cases replaced, else all original cassettes and inner sleeves in fine, playable, condition. Very Good, overall. We had to tear this ____ up..... More
Durham: Duke University Press, 2002. Octavo. (24 cm.) xiv. 326 pp. Full black cloth. Bronze titles on spine, likewise bronze-colored endpapers. Fully photo-illustrated dust jacket depicting author with his signature trombone. Inscribed on half-title. Fine. "Most fun I ever had." - Fred Wesley, Jr. (On his years as a trombone..... More