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The Beatles 1966 St. Louis Original Concert Poster

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia / Music Memorabilia Start Price:NA Estimated At:50,000.00 - 75,000.00 USD
The Beatles 1966 St. Louis Original Concert Poster
ItsOnlyRocknRoll.com is extremely fortunate to be able to bring to auction the only known example of this visually delightful Beatles concert poster advertising the group’s August 21, 1966, concert at St. Louis’ Busch Memorial Stadium. This remarkable find comes to us from the same consignor who helped make our recent June 2nd auction a rousing success, thanks to the inclusion of the only known copy of a Shea Stadium 1966 one-sheet concert poster that was, incidentally, procured at the same time as this Busch Stadium gem! Here, in her own words, are her memories of the acquisition of the two posters and of the concert at Busch Stadium: “My friend and I were at the ticket agency on Olive Street in downtown St. Louis early in the morning the first day tickets were available …we sat on the floor and waited for them to open…when the doors opened we bought almost the first tickets. The ticket agent sold us tickets that were directly above the field entrance where The Beatles would enter and leave….We asked the manager if we could have the poster on display. He took our names/addresses and said he would send it. Some weeks later at school we saw each other in the hall and both said “Guess what I got in the mail yesterday!” She had gotten the Shea poster, I had gotten the St Louis poster…She was disappointed because she wanted the poster for the concert we were to attend…and gave me the Shea poster…I attended the concert as a screaming teenager. After the concert we noticed four limousines lined up by the curb, and everyone was gathered around there waiting for the Beatles. We thought that was a little obvious, and went to the other side of the stadium, where a single rather nondescript car was at the curb. We stood near the car door. The huge crowd was by the limos, there weren’t many people where we were. We were right, the Beatles ran from the stadium door right for the car. I touched John’s right shoulder (didn’t wash that hand for a week!) and Ringo grabbed my friend’s hand and tried to pull her into the car. She said the only thing stopping her, was knowing that her Mom would get mad, since her Mom was our transportation for the night.” A wonderful memory, for sure! More than 23,000 Beatles’ fans, many rain-soaked from the intermittent rain, were on hand for The Beatles only appearance at the newly-opened Busch Memorial Stadium, home to both the baseball and football Cardinals. It marked the first time The Beatles played concerts in two cities on the same day; this due to the fact that the previous night’s concert in Cincinnati had been postponed by rain until noon the next day. The show went off without a hitch. The Beatles played a 35 minute show, but performed no songs from their current “Revolver” album. The 28 x 41”, one-sheet paper poster was produced by Murray Poster Printing Co.; the same company known for producing those classic cardboard “boxing style” posters, many of which have passed through our auctions over the years. While Murray was also known for printing one-sheet movie posters for display in standardized theatre lobby display frames, the format was hardly suitable for concert posters that were usually displayed at the box office, placed in record store windows or stapled to telephone poles. This one-sheet sized paper poster, along with the Shea Stadium paper poster, has caused quite a bit of excitement in the poster collecting hobby. Just goes to show that you never know what new discoveries can still turn up, in this case, 41 years after the fact!”