The Who 1969 Georgetown University "Love Cry Want" Silkscreened Concert Poster. ...

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The Who 1969 Georgetown University "Love Cry Want" Silkscreened Concert Poster. An original standard-sized concert poster for England's The Who performing on a college campus in Washington D.C. on Sunday, November 2, 1969. This silkscreened beauty has lovely colors of green, orange, pink/magenta and black against a white background. Moved by Tommy's spirituality and aware of the Georgetown's Catholic and Jesuit heritage, poster designer Lou Stovall chose to use a Sistine Chapel motif. Just really delightful hand-lettering on this poster gives it a terrific balance of psychedelic oeuvre and commercial efficiency.

A rendering of Michelangelo's ethereal depiction of the Book of Genesis was used to flack a rock band that once snuck an explosive device onto the set of the Smothers Brothers television show. Irony!

This was the year of Tommy, of course, and the Who were making the most of it after Time magazine called the album "rock's first masterpiece." Even at a pricey five dollars a pop, the 4,200 legit concert tickets sold out almost immediately. This was also just two months before the recording of Live at Leeds, the follow-up, so if you know that album, you know how incredible the 'Oo were sounding right about now.

The set consisted of Tommy, performed virtually in its entirety-and playfully dedicated by Townshend to the concert's gatecrashers. Even Georgetown Jesuit theologian William McFadden enjoyed the show, although he complained for days afterward that his ears "hurt from the inside."

Measures 23 1/8" x 17 1/2" and grades to Mint condition. COA from Heritage Auctions.

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