FD-33 Grateful Dead, Oxford Circle 1966 Avalon Concert Poster Graded 10 Gem Mint. ...

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FD-33 Grateful Dead, Oxford Circle 1966 Avalon Concert Poster Graded 10 Gem Mint. First-printing San Francisco concert poster for the Grateful Dead and Oxford Circle playing at the Avalon Ballroom on Friday and Saturday nights, November 4 and 5, 1966. Known as FD-33 in the Family Dog numbered series, this poster was designed by Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley and is nicknamed "Logo." It's been graded a glorious, impossible-to-beat 10 Gem Mint by CGC (the Certified Guaranty Company), a real rarity for a 1966 poster.

This poster represents a reunion of sorts between the Grateful Dead, Oxford Circle, Mouse & Kelley and the Family Dog; the last time they all got together, six weeks prior, the FD-26 "Skeleton & Roses" masterpiece was created. Call this one the encore. Measures 13 3/4" x 20". Originally from the KC Murphy Bindweed Press Collection, with Pedigree in the grading strip. COA from Heritage Auctions.

More Information: These shows happened just days after Jerry Garcia had flown to Los Angeles, joined Jefferson Airplane recording Surrealistic Pillow in an RCA studio, totally rearranged "Somebody to Love" into its famous hit version, played lead guitar on a few other songs, and even helped create the album title Surrealistic Pillow. For all this, Garcia was credited only as "Musical and Spiritual Advisor" on the LP jacket. Opening act the Oxford Circle were a feedback-heavy psychedelic band out of Davis, California, about 75 miles northeast of San Francisco.

One has to wonder why Mouse Studios simply blew up the company's logo for their poster design this time. Perhaps they ran out of time, had creative block, or simply wanted to show off the FD logo in a size never seen before. It certainly gave people a chance to see the logo's slogan in readable size: "May the baby Jesus shut your mouth and open your mind."