Vanilla Fudge with Led Zeppelin Pacific Coliseum Concert Poster (Concerts West, 1968). This poster for a December 28, 1968 s...

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Vanilla Fudge with Led Zeppelin Pacific Coliseum Concert Poster (Concerts West, 1968). This poster for a December 28, 1968 show, featuring chart-toppers Vanilla Fudge (whose remake of the Supremes song "You Keep Me Hangin' On" was burning up the charts late that year), looks pretty ordinary at first glance, unless you happened to have been at the Vancouver Pacific Coliseum that Saturday night. Opening for Mark, Vince, Tim and Carmine was a new band out of England who were briefly known the New Yardbirds -- that's right, Led Zeppelin, shortly before the release of their debut album, were on that tour! In fact, the earliest-known live recording of Zep would take place two nights later, at Spokane, Washington's Gonzaga University. While Led Zeppelin's name does not appear anywhere on this poster, take it from us they were there: we've seen the ticket stub from this same show, which does list the band by name. Actually, this was Led Zeppelin's fourth show in the United States. The poster measures 16" x 20", and is in NM- condition.

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