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THE WHO ,Alice Cooper, THE BAND, Frank Zappa and JANIS JOPLIN 1969 Concert Poster

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THE WHO ,Alice Cooper, THE BAND, Frank Zappa and JANIS JOPLIN 1969 Concert Poster
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This is an ultra ultra rare and significant probably one-of-a-kind item! It is a guaranteed original (printed before the events) two-sided poster.
It is very likely the only copy to have survived!


In 1969 The Electric Factory in Philadelphia put out a handful of these, one each month announcing, advertising and promoting their upcoming concerts masquerading as a newspaper-like newsletter.
Measure 11" x 17" and were folded, stuffed in envelopes and mailed to their mailing list instead of sending out the handbills they had previously sent to members of their list.
They were laid out to appear like a page from a newspaper and state "PAID ADVERTISEMENT" at the top of one side.

In the upper left box of the "front" side of the poster is a schedule of upcoming shows at the Electric Factory. The rest of this side is laid out like articles about the various shows. This one, "May 1969 Vol. 1 No. 4" has the distinction of announcing THE WHO May 23-24, 1969, THE BAND on May 28 (at Convention Hall), Alice Cooper on June 13-14, 1969 and others including Iron Butterfly, Ray Charles, It's A Beautiful Day, Bobby Darin and more.

The amazing plus for this is that this also includes the first official announcement of the line-up for the Atlantic City Pop Festival, August 1-3, 1969 at the Atlantic City Race Track including the initial line-up of:
Friday, August 1 - Iron Butterfly, Johnny Winter, Crosby Stills & Nash, Procol Harum, Chicago;

Saturday, August 2 - JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, Creedence Clearwater, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Butterfield Blues Band, B.B. King, THE BYRDS, Santana Blues Band, American Dream;

Sunday, August 3 - JANIS JOPLIN, Mothers of Invention (FRANK ZAPPA), Canned Heat, Moody Blues, Three Dog Night, Little Richard, Sir Douglas Quintet.

A few of these would end up being moved to other days and the GRATEFUL DEAD were added a bit later to the line-up.




The poster measures 11" x 17" inches and is printed on newsprint paper.