BG-176 Grateful Dead 1969 Fillmore West Concert Poster Graded 9.2. ...

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BG-176 Grateful Dead 1969 Fillmore West Concert Poster Graded 9.2. First-printing San Francisco concert poster for the Grateful Dead, Jr. Walker & the All Stars and the Glass Family playing at the Fillmore West on Thursday thru Sunday nights, June 5-8, 1969. Designed by Randy Tuten and known as BG-176 in the Bill Graham numbered series, this poster has been graded a walk-the-walk 9.2 Near Mint Minus by CGC (the Certified Guaranty Company).

June 1969 is when Warner Bros. Records released the Dead's third LP, Aoxomoxoa. And second-billed Jr. Walker had a major feather in his cap at this moment, too. Three weeks earlier, his most recognizable and enduring hit was released: "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)," which rose to #4 on the national pop charts.

This was an adventuresome four-night run for the Dead. According to the authoritative coffee-table book Grateful Dead - The Illustrated Trip (DK Publishing, New York, 2003), on Friday night Elvin Bishop came out and jammed on the only Dead performance ever of "Checkin' Up on My Baby," and the band also broke out "The Green, Green Grass of Home."

Saturday night marked the first-ever performance of "Dire Wolf," and Janis Joplin came out and joined her drinking buddy Pigpen on the classic "Turn on Your Love Light." And then on Sunday the Dead did two songs they apparently haven't done since: "The Things I Used to Do" and "Who's Lovin' You Now."

Measures 14" x 21". From the David Swartz Concert Poster Collection. COA from Heritage Auctions.

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