Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1955. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1955 film. A short subject documentary about the life and career of Nat "King" Cole, and exploring his shift from jazz trio leader to solo R&B artist. 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm). Near Fine.
US: Decca, 1940. Vintage Decca Records catalog listing race records released by the label through May 2, 1940. Records are listed alphabetically both by artist and title, each listing with the corresponding label number, and feature blues, jazz, and "sacred" music, as well as sermons and speeches. A scarce primary source discography of black music at the start of the...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1978. Vintage photograph of Marvin Gaye, circa 1978. 7 x 5 inches. Fine.
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.
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 Archive of 11 black and white, double weight photographs of Chubby Checker in concert, apparently unpublished, by noted photographer Michael Montfort, from his estate.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...