Allen Ginsberg 1966 Town Hall, New York City Concert Poster. ...

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Allen Ginsberg 1966 Town Hall, New York City Concert Poster. An original red, white & blue advertising window card for beat-poet legend Allen Ginsberg performing at Town Hall in the Big Apple on Saturday evening, October 15, 1966. Interesting and catchy design of the artist & venue being presented in seven identical circles of diminishing size. It was designed by the well-known Murray Poster Printing Co. of NY and includes a union printer's bug in the lower right.

Measures 18 ½" x 23 ¾". and grades to Near Mint Minus condition. The board has only brown toning around all four edges and soft corners, both the result of decades in storage. 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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