Pink Floyd 1968 Sacramento, CA Concert Poster Graded 9.4 (AOR-3.19). ...

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UNDERGROUND BRITISH INVASION HITS CALIF. STATE CAPITOL

Pink Floyd 1968 Sacramento, CA Concert Poster Graded 9.4 (AOR-3.19). An original first-printing psychedelic concert poster for England's Pink Floyd playing at the Sound Factory in California's state capitol of Sacramento on Friday and Saturday nights, August 16 & 17, 1968. Opening acts were Initial Shock and the A.B. Skhy Blues Band.

Scenes from 1930s Flash Gordon films add to the cosmic mystique of this terrific, scarce Pink Floyd poster, with artwork done by San Andreas Fault. The concert occurred not long after the release of the band's second album, A Saucerful of Secrets, and helped introduce the group's newest member, David Gilmour. The venue was the mysterious Sound Factory in Sacramento, about which little is known today outside of a selection of beautifully designed posters from 1968-69. (We love the way the tiniest print in the ticket box says, "Park under the freeway.")

This poster measures 13 7/8" x 20 1/2" and has been graded 9.4 Near Mint by CGC (the Certified Guaranty Company). COA from Heritage Auctions.

Literature: See Grushkin, Paul, The Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punk, Abbeville Press, New York, 1987, p.261 (illus.).

More Information: Initial Shock were actually from Missoula, Montana and had formed in 1966 as The Chosen Few. Then they moved to San Francisco to join the scene in 1967 and changed their name to The Initial Shock, but sometimes "the" was dropped. They broke up in '69 due to drugs and personal problems.

A.B. Skhy was another band out of the Midwest, from Milwaukee, an electric blues band that formed in '68. They signed to MGM Records but never gained commercial traction. Their keyboard player, Howard Wales, went on to play with the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia.


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