Bill Graham's S.F. Mime Troupe 1965 Berkeley, CA Performance Poster Graded 9.2 (AOR-2.32)....

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Bill Graham's S.F. Mime Troupe 1965 Berkeley, CA Performance Poster Graded 9.2 (AOR-2.32). An original San Francisco advertising poster for the S.F. Mime Troupe, managed by Bill Graham at the time, performing "A Minstrel Show" in the Little Theatre in Berkeley, California on Friday and Saturday nights over two straight weekends, spanning December 3 thru 11, 1965.

BG historians will covet the fact that it says "Bill Graham Presents" in tiny letters at the top, and the fact that Graham produced his first-ever Fillmore show on December 10 (a Mime Troupe Appeal II dance-concert) during the second weekend advertised by this poster. So it was very incestuous at the moment, as Graham made his transition from the nonprofit Mime Troup to the soon-explosive and lucrative new rock scene emerging in the Bay Area. This first-ever Heritage offering measures 14 1/2" x 20" and was graded 9.2 Near Mint Minus by CGC (the Certified Guaranty Company). COA from Heritage Auctions.

Literature: See Grushkin, Paul, The Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punk, Abbeville Press, New York, 1987, p.112 (illus.).

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