The Rolling Stones 1973 Honolulu, HI Bill Graham Concert Poster (AOR-4.147). ...

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The Rolling Stones 1973 Honolulu, HI Bill Graham Concert Poster (AOR-4.147). An original first-printing concert poster for the Rolling Stones playing at the Honolulu International Center in Hawaii on Sunday and Monday nights, January 21 & 22, 1973. At Mick Jagger's request, the barely known Texas band ZZ Top opened all three shows and got encores every time, a major early confidence-booster for Billy Gibbons & Co. (although they're not on the poster). Measuring 20 1/4" x 28 1/2", this specimen grades to Very Good Plus condition. From the David Swartz Concert Poster Collection. COA from Heritage Auctions.

Literature: See Grushkin, Paul, The Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punk, Abbeville Press, New York, 1987, p.379 (illus.).

More Information: The poster features striking artwork of "Wild Horses" running through water in a seemingly magical kingdom setting, with rainbow colors and scores of birds frolicking about. Bill Graham and Denver-based Barry Fey co-promoted the three shows (one on Sunday and two on Monday), which kicked off the band's brief tour of New Zealand and Australia.

Condition details: The top edge has a couple of small blemishes. Off to the far left, it's so even that it's hard to determine the origin but could be a printer's hash mark. The upper right one is a small edge mark to the upper right of "Present." There's a very light toning strip running down the left edge which peters out about halfway down. About 60% of the way down the left edge, there is also a miniscule 1/8" edge tear that you can barely see.


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