New York: Chrysalis Records, 1978. Original pressbook for the tour supporting Blondie's third album, "Parallel Lines," released by Chrysalist Records in 1978. Named after an unfinished song, a record that saw Blondie at the peak of its powers, containing the lion's share of the band's most famous singles, including "Hanging on the Telephone," "One Way or Another," and "Heart of.....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983. Vintage press kit for the 1973 music documentary chronicling David Bowie's final live performance as Ziggy Stardust. Included in the press kit are four vintage black and white film still photographs and 21 pages of production information. Shot on location with only four cameras in London's Odeon theater on July 3, 1973, the film witnesses.....
N.p. N.p., 1978. Two vintage promotional bumper stickers for Devo's 1978 debut album, with each sticker printed with one part of the album's title, "Q: Are We Not Men? and A: We Are Devo! respectively. Each sticker 9 x 1.5 inches. Backing unpeeled. Near Fine with a touch of rubbing.
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Manchester: Factory Records, 1981. Vintage promotional sticker announcing upcoming releases from Factory Records from July through December, 1981. Included are the release dates, Factory Records number, artist and title information, and format. Featuring the rarely seen FCL (Factory Records Division) designation and logo. The period covered by the sticker includes releases by Joy Division, the double album of studio and.....
Rome: Stampa Alternativa, 1988. First Edition, a paperback original. Includes a 7-inch vinyl record featuring Tuxedomoon performing "Michael's Theme" by Nino Rota, and an interview with the band on the B-side. Rare. Contains selected photographs, an essay, brief member biographies, a discography, and selected lyrics through the pioneering avant garde new wave band's 1987 album, "You." Compiled by Italian composer.....
Los Angeles: Continental Distributing, 1967. Collection of six vintage reference photographs from the 1967 film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. The first film adaptation of James Joyce's influential modernist novel, and one of the only adaptations to take its dialogue directly from the book. The film came under heavy threat of censorship due to profane (for the.....
Los Angeles: Continental Distributing, 1967. Collection of ten vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. The first film adaptation of James Joyce's influential modernist novel, and one of the only adaptations to take its dialogue directly from the book. The film came under heavy threat of censorship due to profane (for the time) language, and was given an X......
Los Angeles: Continental, Circa 1967. Vintage reference photograph of director Joseph Strick and screenwriter Fred Haines on the set of the 1967 film, leaning against a car, examining a copy of their screenplay and a copy of "Ulysses" side by side on the car's roof. With two printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso, crediting both men also as producers.....
N.p. N.p., 1981. Vintage flyer for two screenings of the 1981 concert film at the Artculture Resource Center in Toronto on December 14 and 15, 1981. The flyer, which doubled as a ticket for the event, is stamped on the verso with location, the date of the December 15 screening, and Record on Wheels, the record store where the ticket.....
Unknown: Unknown, Circa 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. A pitch black comedy about a man sentenced to death who survives his hanging, leading to a two-hour debate among his executioners over how best to handle the situation. Loosely based on a 1958 crime and execution, and a rare (for its time) discussion of the discrimination faced by ethnic.....
Manchester: Factory Records, 1981. Vintage offset lithograph poster for the release of the 1981 album. Based on the record sleeve designed by lead Factory designer Peter Saville. The band's debut album, after the dissolution of their previous band Joy Division following the death of lead singer Ian Curtis, a mix of their earlier post-punk style and the synth-pop that would.....
Manchester: Factory Records, 1985. Vintage two-sided promotional sticker for the band's 1985 album, with the verso noting the release of the album, the first single "The Perfect Kiss," and the Jonathan Demme-directed video for the same. The third studio album by the band, considered among their best, and the moment they fully embrace the use of synthesizers and other electronic.....
Burbank, CA: Sire Records PRO 696 / Warner Brothers, 1977. First Edition. Early promotional compilation of notable "New Wave" bands of the late 1970s, including Talking Heads and Richard Hell. Includes two 33-1/3RPM, 7-inch EP vinyl records. Released during the height of the New Wave movement (1977-1982). By the time this album was produced, New Wave had replaced "punk" as.....
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. First US Edition, preceded by the UK edition published the same year by Omnibus Press. Heavily photo-illustrated throughout, in both black and white and color. Scarce. Comprehensive biographical dictionary of late seventies and early eighties rock, punk, punk-post, and new waves acts. Written by two Australian music journalists, centered primarily on the UK scene.....
New York: Sire Records, 1977. Vintage UK tour poster for "Talking Heads 77," promoting Talking Heads' first tour outside US borders in—you guessed it—1977. Any vintage posters from the first year of the band's existence are uncommon; this is one we have never encountered before. 27.5 x 19 inches, rolled. In a custom archival frame. Near Fine, with a few.....
1979. Original poster promoting the release of the 1979 album, the band's second collaborative effort with Brian Eno. Like its predecessor, "More Songs about Buildings and Food," "Fear of Music" accomplished several things at once. A rollicking (and today classic) single, "Life During Wartime" put the record immediately in the black, but at the same time the band took major.....
Various cities: Various Publishers, 1979-82. Collection of three catalogs compiling hundreds of listings of releases by small and independent record labels from 1979 to 1982. A treasure trove of information on the underground music scene of the era. Included in the listing are: "Great bands, small labels," published by "Gorilla Beat" magazine, Mulheim, Germany, 1979. "Small Labels Catalogue 1980," published by.....
Paris: Les Films Marceau, circa 1968. Three Draft scripts for the 1969 film by three different screenwriters. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner, whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye” (Robert Altman, 1973), "The Missouri Breaks" (Arthur Penn, 1976), and “Heat” (Michael Mann, 1996). The first script is an undated draft script by screenwriter George Bluestone, who previously.....