Bob Dylan 1963 Carnegie Hall, New York Concert Program....

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Bob Dylan 1963 Carnegie Hall, New York Concert Program. An original 32-page concert program (including the covers) for a young Bob Dylan appearing at New York City's prestigious Carnegie Hall on Saturday evening, October 26, 1963.

It's amazing to see the program's little biographical blurb on Dylan repeat his myths about Gallup, NM, Sioux Falls, SD and so forth, all under an outdated photo of him in his corduroy cap. Then the program's four-page center spread becomes key with that big, important Columbia Records ad and the printing of Dylan's "My Life in a Stolen Moment."

This first-ever Heritage offering measures 8 1/4" x 11 1/4" and grades to Very Good condition. The program was once folded in half vertically, meaning a crease across the middle of the front and back covers which breaks a little color. But remarkably, that fold had very little effect on the inside pages... it just disappears most of the time. Only the color of the front & back covers really brings it out. The program's back cover has about three charcoal-colored lines across it, and a toning strip at the bottom. Otherwise the program has just an expected amount of light handling creases from over the decades. The crucial center spread with all the specific Dylan information is still firmly held in place by the dark staples. From the Archives of Charlie Rothschild. COA from Heritage Auctions.

Charlie Rothschild is a music manager with a career that spanned decades. In his early career, Charlie booked musical acts at Gerde's Folk City in Greenwich Village, most notably Bob Dylan in September 1961, Dylan's first paid gig in New York City. He went on to work for renowned manager Albert Grossman (Dylan, Peter, Paul & Mary, Janis Joplin). As a manager, touring manager and concert promoter himself, Charlie worked alongside folk and rock 'n' roll greats Bob Dylan, the Velvet Underground, Gordon Lightfoot, Judy Collins, Peter, Paul & Mary, Allen Ginsberg, Ian & Sylvia, The Clancy Brothers, Odetta, The Fugs and Pearls Before Swine, among others. Charlie also ran the storied 1960's New York City music venue Balloon Farm, before going out on his own in 1972.

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