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

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FD-37 Buffalo Springfield 1966 Avalon Poster Graded 9.8, 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 autographed by the Springfield's Neil Young 20 years ago, and dated as such. It was subsequently graded a brilliant 9.8 Near Mint/Mint by CGC (the Certified Guaranty Company).

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 December 5, Atco Records released their debut album, Buffalo Springfield. Talk about synchronicity!

Heritage auctioned off this very specimen in April 2022 for $8,125. Measures 14 1/4" x 20". Originally from the KC Murphy Bindweed Press Collection, with Pedigree in the grading strip. COA from Heritage Auctions.

More Information: Mr. Young signed this poster in front of our original consignor, KC Murphy Thompson, at the Valley Music Festival concert she produced with Young and David Crosby in 2003.

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 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.


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