Paris: AGIP / Cinemonde, Circa 1971. Vintage borderless photograph of Aretha Franklin. With the stamp of photographer Robert Cohen to the verso, along with a printed French mimeo snipe dated September 14, 1971, noting an upcoming television broadcast of Franklin's performance at the Olympia Theatre in Paris. 7 x 7 inches. Near Fine.
N.p. N.p., Circa 1971. Collection of three vintage borderless color photographs from the 1971 film. A documentary capturing a 1971 concert in celebration of the 14th anniversary of Ghana's independence day, held at Black Star Square in Accra and featuring performances by Roberta Flack, Les McCann and Eddie Harris, Wilson Pickett, Ike and Tina Turner, Santana, The Staple Singers, and The.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of the American R&B and jump blues musical group The Treniers from the 1956 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures Corp. stamp on verso. Rock and Roll star Arnie Haines (Alan Dale) returns home to the town of Melondale, which banned Rock and Roll music, and with the help of.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1983. Vintage photograph of Gil Scott-Heron, circa 1983. American poet, jazz musican, and author whose socially conscious spoken-word performances and recordings through the 1970s and 1980s heavily influenced and foreshadowed much of contemporary American music, most notably Hip Hop. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
N.p. N.p., 1974. Vintage photograph of Gladys Knight and the Pips performing for a group of young children in front of English Avenue Elementary School in Atlanta, Georgia, for the 1974 television special "Midnight Train to Georgia." English Avenue, an all-Black elementary school, was bombed in December 1960, the result of years of tension after the school's racial designation had.....
London: Island Records, Circa 1964. Vintage pamphlet catalogue released by Island Records to promote their releases through Sue, Black Swan, and Jump Up Records. A rare piece of ephemera relating to reggae and island music of the late mid-century. Island Records was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong. The label has been credited.....
Philadelphia: N.p., 1988. Original flier for four shows by the hardest working man in show business held at the Nu-Tec Uptown on Broad Street in Philadelphia at 7:00 and 10:30 PM on May 7th and at 4:00 and 7:30 PM on May 8th, 1988. 8.5 x 11 inches, photocopied. About Fine.
Universal City: Universal City Studios, 1978. Vintage reference photograph from the 1978 film, showing director John Landis on the set of the film's final scene in Joliet Prison, wearing a "Joliet" baseball cap, with the iconic painted motto reading "It's Never Too Late to Mend" visible in the background. With the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. An.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1978. Vintage photograph of Marvin Gaye, circa 1978. 7 x 5 inches. Fine.
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1973. Two original posters, each with a different design, for the well-loved 1973 documentary about the famed Wattstax music festival, the largest all-black soul music concert of all time, held by Stax Records on August 20, 1973 commemorating the seventh anniversary of the Watts race riots. Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Documentary. Includes.....
N.p. N.p., 1963. Archive of eleven double weight photographs of Chubby Checker in concert, apparently unpublished, by noted photographer Michael Montfort, from his estate. All but one of the photographs are bear the stamp of German weekly newspaper "Bild am Sonntag" crediting Montfort, and a separate date stamp of "5.8.63." Born in Freiburg, Germany, Michael Montfort began his career working as.....
Amsterdam: Paradiso, 1981. Vintage multi-color silkscreen poster for a May 29, 1981 performance by Prince at Paradiso, Amsterdam, designed by Martin Kaye. Dutch band Streetlight, listed as the supporting act on the poster, didn't actually open for Prince, but played earlier the same night in the upstairs secondary auditorium. Prince's first concert outside the US, and one of three European shows.....
Paris: Universal, 1970. Vintage borderless photograph of Ray Charles in performance. With the stamp of Universal Photo to the verso, along with a printed mimeo snipe in French, noting Charles' upcoming performances in Marseille, Bordeaux, and Toulouse. 3.5 x 5 inches. Near Fine.
N.p. N.p., Circa 1965. Collection of four vintage reference photographs from the 1965 film. A blind musician (Ray Charles, playing himself) helps a blind boy and his down-on-their-luck family, including the boy's overprotective mother and her hard-drinking composer boyfriend. Shot on location in Paris and London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
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Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs of musician Ray Charles in performance from the 1964 film. A blind musician (Ray Charles, playing himself) helps a blind boy and his down-on-their-luck family, including the boy's overprotective mother and her hard-drinking composer boyfriend. Shot on location in Paris and London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine...
Universal City: Universal, 1978. Vintage Variety Weekly advertising supplement for the 1978 film, full color, two-sided fold-out, five double sided panels with fifth panel extending out from bottom. Loosely based on the 1974 musical with book by William F. Brown, and music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls, a contemporary African American reimagining of the 1900 L. Frank Baum children's novel "The.....
Paris: Warner Columbia Film, Circa 1973. Vintage press kit for the French release of the 1973 documentary film. Full-color illustrated folder, containing seven black and white photographs, and three gatherings of promotional reading material. Promotional reading material in French. A US documentary about the 1972 Watts Summer Festival, held by Tennessee label Stax Records at the Los Angeles Coliseum to.....