FD-37 Buffalo Springfield 1966 Avalon Poster Graded 9.8 and Signed by Neil Young. ...

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FD-37 Buffalo Springfield 1966 Avalon Poster Graded 9.8 and Signed by Neil Young. First-printing San Francisco concert poster for the Buffalo Springfield, Daily Flash and Congress of Wonders playing at the Avalon Ballroom on Friday and Saturday nights, December 2 & 3, 1966. Known as FD-37 in the Family Dog numbered series, this poster was designed by Tom Glass (using the name "Ned Lamont") and is nicknamed simply "Buffalo Springfield" in the Eric King poster guide. It's been graded 9.8 Near Mint/Mint by CGC (the Certified Guaranty Company). As a huge bonus, the poster was signed and dated by BS member Neil Young for our consignor in 2003.

Led by Young and Stephen Stills, Buffalo Springfield was just gathering a head of steam at this point. And talk about timing: right after this weekend, the band returned to Los Angeles, went into the recording studio and on Monday (December 5) recorded their signature song, "For What It's Worth," which became their one & only hit single. But wait, there's more: Also on Monday Dec. 5, Atco Records released the first version of their debut album, Buffalo Springfield. Talk about synchronicity! Measures 14 1/4" x 20" and grades to 9.8 Near Mint/Mint condition, a fabulous and very scarce grade for any 1966 Family Dog poster. From the KC Murphy Bindweed Press Collection. COA from Heritage Auctions.

More Information: Neil Young signed this poster in front of our consignor, KC Murphy Thompson, at the Valley Music Festival concert she produced with Young and David Crosby in 2003. In fact, the concert poster from that very event is coming in our May 15 Showcase sale of concert posters, in an extension of the Bindweed Press Collection.

This poster features a fun design of three mountaintops, or pyramids, each carrying a band name and featuring a male figure dancing at the top of each one. The color scheme is also unusual, with magenta and a honey-colored hue that can be variously described as tan, goldenrod or yellow-orange, take your pick. Poster artist Glass put his "Ned Lamont" credit in extremely subtle fashion, in the lighter color, right off the "Y" in "Saturday."

The Daily Flash hailed from Seattle and shared a manager with Buffalo Springfield, but never broke through to any commercial success. The Congress of Wonders were a San Francisco comedy team who made a couple of albums reflecting the concerns of the late-'60s/early-'70s hippie counterculture: drugs, sex and political/social satire, writes journalist Richie Unterberger in AllMusic. They weren't quite as sophisticated as, say, the Firesign Theatre or National Lampoon, and were a little more stoner-centric, as one might imagine.