Family Dog Productions was a commune based in San Francisco producing and promoting shows featuring up and coming bands. Gleason fell in love with the band that night, and not only did he dedicate an entire column in the San Francisco Chronicle to them, he would go onto be the groups biggest cheerleader. $2,500.00, FD-38Big Brother Janis Joplin1966 PosterAvalon BallroomExcellent, Regular price [citation needed] In 1969, it reopened as the Regency II Movie Theater, operated by Blumenfeld Enterprises until 2000. The hall now houses fashion classes for the Academy of Art. 6/21/1965 . Edit your search. Clear-Com Intercoms(1) The Family Dog(0) . The hay bales, yes. Family Dog Productions. The ballroom was 80 to 100ft (24 to 30m) by 160 to 180 feet (49 to 55m). And ice skating at Sutro! As the stepmom of one of the five buyers, Anderson told the board that there would be nothing wrong with hippies coming to the theater for rock 'n' roll, since they would be exposed to culture in the process -- the owners had planned to host poetry readings and even Shakespeare. San Francisco bought the carousel and it is now located off Fourth Street downtown in. These two guys are sitting right on the spot of the original Cliff House overlooking Seal Rock House. 1 mailer NM- on front, insignificant tape pull at very upper 1/8" on back, $25.00; 1 VG+ mailer with tack hole top center, $15.00; 2 NM copies . $850.00, FD-47Steve Miller Blues BandMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.0, Regular price Postcard Handbill is in near mint conditi I moved there in 1971 and just missed Family Dog being open, also playland. Anyone know anything about this rendition? . $400.00, FD-9Beefheart LoveWes Wilson Signed1966 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.5, Regular price It survived into the "teens." The Family Dog Numbered Series includes 147 numbered posters that advertised Family Dog showsprimarily at the Avalon Ballroom in San Franciscofrom 1966 to 1968. The area that was Playland began as a 19th Century squatters settlement, Mooneysville-by-the-Sea at the western edge of San Francisco. San Francisco, CA 94121. Saw a show there around Christmas 69-or70. Complaints against noise led to the venue losing its performance licence early in 1969. Everybody who played there sounded like shit. That was the worst gig in town, Jordan said. Other audience members then surrounded the dancers and escorted them off stage. Me and my hippie friend Pat trying to scrounge up ten bucks between us so we could get in AND have enough to buy a couple doobs. The long shed adjacent to Seal Rock House was a wind-sheltered stable for the horses of hotel guests. The Avalon was founded . Independence July 4th Quicksilver Messenger Service Avalon BallroomSan Francisco: Family Dog Productions, 1967. Family Dog postcards have several different types of backs: Place Stamp Here (PSH), Blank backs and Bulk Rate Permit backs (as well as combinations of these types in the case of double sized cards). SHOP OVER 4000+ VINTAGE AND MODERN ROCK POSTERS! The ballroom was designed by local architect, Alfred Henry Jacobs, and constructed in 1911. Many cards were produced in more than one back style. It wasnt long before the place started packing in all the local eccentrics, who would be treated to early performances from the Doors, Grateful Dead and the Steve Miller Blues Band in an intimate setting (the club sat about 100 people). 1268 Sutter Street. Art by Stanley Mouse* and Alton Kelley, image is # 27 in the Family Dog/Avalon series. Avalon Ballroom: San Francisco, California, United States: Mar 12, 2004 Strung Out / NOFX: Avalon Ballroom: San Francisco, California, United States: Nov 18, 2003 Puddle of Mudd. Description. It was not until 1913, that Arthur Looff leased land for the carousel and its house-the Looff Hippodromethat the carousel came to Playland. Helms had the phrase "May the baby Jesus shut your mouth and open your mind painted above the entrance, and went on to book a series of concerts that focused not just on music but an entire experience. [9], On January 29, 1967, it hosted the Mantra-Rock Dance musical event, organized by the local Hare Krishna temple, which featured Hare Krishna founder Bhaktivedanta Swami, along with Allen Ginsberg, The Grateful Dead, Moby Grape and Big Brother and the Holding Company, with Janis Joplin. Even Otis Redding came down to the club when he was living in a Sausalito houseboat and writing his hit, (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay.. Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library--Dr. Weirde. Saw many a show there. Hosted & presented by Family Dog Productions the concert was held over the 28th and 29th October 1966 and included the bands "Blackburn & Snow" & "Sons of Champlin", with promotion poster by designer Victor Moscoso. Browse Avalon Ballroom vintage concert posters and rock memorabilia. Gavin Newsoms company, the Plumpjack Group. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for ORIGINAL 1967 FAMILY DOG POSTER - AVALON BALLROOM at the best online prices at eBay! Medium glossy-coated index stock poster is in mint/near mint to near mint (A/A- to A-) condition; an absolutely . This same building apparently dated to the 1880s and lasted through the mid-1970s. Much of the library was destroyed during the fire that followed the Great Earthquake of. [25] According to Sam Andrew in the documentary Nine Hundred Nights, he wrote Combination of The Two for the San Francisco late 60s scene, and "The Two" were The Fillmore and The Avalon. The Family Dog Numbered Series includes 147 numbered posters that advertised Family Dog showsprimarily at the Avalon Ballroom in San Franciscofrom 1966 to 1968. The Family Dog was the other concert promoter in San Francisco, headed by Chet Helms. Venue used by Chet Helms, a well-known 1960s San Francisco promoter and one-time partner of Bill Graham, for rock concerts; Helms was the leader of the San Francisco hippie commune/music promoters, The Family Dog; he paid $800 a month for the Avalon, from April 1966 until Novemeber 1968, when the City of San Francisco refused to grant sound permits to him; the Avalon and Graham's Fillmore . Opened as the Haight Theater in 1910, it operated as the 'hoods main movie house until it closed in 1964, after two of its owners turned it into an experimental gay theater. $350.00, FD-22Grateful DeadStanley Mouse Signed1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.2, FD-1Jefferson AirplaneBig Brother1966 HandbillFillmore AuditoriumCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price FDD-7Canned HeatStanley Mouse Signed1967 PosterFamily Dog DenverCGC Graded 9.8, Regular price The structure site chosen for this colossal collection of literary treasure is in Golden Gate Park, near the music stand. FD115 Family Dog; Avalon Ballroom (San Francisco, CA) April 19-21, 1968 concert card psychedelic hippies 60s ad vertisement by GyanarthiBooks. Sly & the Family Stone New Salvation Army Band. An omnipresent light show was created by several local lighting companies.[14][15]. The Matrix came to be after Marty Balin convinced three guys he met randomly at a bar to put up $3,000 each for a club he wanted to start. Moby Grape Big Brother and the Holding Company Country Joe 1967 Mar 15 San Francisco Avalon Ballroom Postcard B Kiln ad vertisement by oicvintage. Once the San Francisco Sound became mainstream, all kinds of new clubs popped up, providing gigs for groups who werent on that weeks bill at the Fillmore. Built in 1916, the Charles Van Damme was a steamboat that shuttled commuters from Richmond to San Rafael for over 20 years. It was here in June 1966 that Janis Joplin made her first public appearance with Big Brother and the Holding Company. Poster for a show at the Avalon Ballroom. "Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world!". 2 tracks of their "Live/Dead" album were also recorded there in early 1969, The Eleven and Turn On Your Love Light. 1268 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109. Image: Tim Drescher. Regular price $100.00 AUCTION FD-33 Related Items. The buckets of laced KoolAid, not so much. There are also numbered posters for shows produced by the Family Dog in Denver and Portland, as well as unnumbered posters and handbills associated with shows produced by the Family Dog in San Francisco in 1969 and 1970. Family Dog Productions 639 Gough St. San Francisco, Calif. 94102" appears in the lower right corner. Today, the Regency Ballroom, a live music venue right next door, is often mistaken for the Avalon. Tier upon tier of seats rise to the galleries, while at their base are the swimming tanks. The Family Dog - San Francisco, 1968 . Avalon Ballroom: San Francisco, California, United States: Photos from 1966 View All 1966 Photos . All we wanted to do . The Family Dog on The Great Highway was far from downtown. $125.00, FD-133Bill Haley Flamin' Groovies1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 8.0, FD-95Jim Kweskin1967 Poster Avalon Ballroom CGC Graded 8.0, FD-110Blood, Sweat, and Tears1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, FD-133Bill Haley Flamin' Groovies1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 6.5, FDD-8Allmen Joy1967 PosterFamily Dog DenverCGC Graded 7.5, FDD-10Blue Cheer1967 PosterFamily Dog DenverCGC Graded 9.6, FD-5Blues Project1966 HandbillAvalon BallroomVery Good, Regular price The Avalon Ballroom was my favorite. Family Dog Postcards - Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA. [3], By 1915, and at least until 1923, it housed a dance academy called "Puckett's College of Dancing",[4][2] which one source described as "the home of refined dancing. Balins share was eventually bought out by two of the other partners, and after a few different bookers, the club closed in 1972. . I remember bands playing their first show there and breaking up afterward.. . Mr. Helms continued producing concerts under the name Family Dog at the Avalon Ballroom, an old dance academy at Sutter and Van Ness. The Great Highway - A Family Dog Productions concert venue in San Francisco, California. Bill Ehlert, a.k.a. The space is known as the location of many concerts of the counterculture movement, from around 1966 to 1969.It also had a reopening 34 years later, from 2003 to 2005. 5" x 7" cards, featuring art from the original posters used to promote Chet Helm's series of Family Dog rock concerts at the legendary Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. At Classic Posters, we guarantee that every Family Dog poster we sell is correctly attributed according to the current edition of The Collectors Guide to Psychedelic Rock Concert Posters, Postcards and Handbills 1965-1973 by Eric King. However, the Avalon had the capacity of up to 500. 1880's or so. Helms was also Joplins earliest supporter, and he believed in her so much that he drove to Texas to bring her back with him to San Francisco -- twice. Subsequent repairs forced the club to shut down for a little while, but the owners tried to keep it going for a few months more until closing it for good. Chet was a direct competitor of Bill Graham. By 1890, there were three streetcar lines to Ocean Beach: the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad, the Park & Ocean Railroad and the Sutro Railroad. Search . (Anderson was also clear that she wasnt a fan of the hippie cult, citing their "sick faces and hideous behavior.). $14.99 + $22.00 shipping. This is known as an "image set," for people who love the posters, the music and the culture, but don't . It hadn't been long since locals ran out the owners who'd showed a movie about a crossdresser, and now they had a hippie problem on their hands. The owners won their permit, and by June of '67, the Straight hosted shows for the Steve Miller Band, Clover (pre-Huey Lewis and the News) and the Grateful Dead, who in the beginning had to bill their concerts as "dancing lessons because the owners didnt yet have the proper permits. Together they created a series of psychedelic posters that energized San Franciscos developing counterculture. $150.00, FD-138Steve Miller Muddy Waters1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-135The Youngbloods1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-134Spirit Sir Doug1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-133Bill Haley Flamin' Groovies1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, FD-118Quicksilver Flamin Groovies1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-114The Fugs1968 Poster- Avalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-110Blood, Sweat, and Tears1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, FD-103Country Joe1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.8, FD-100Youngbloods Ace Of Cups1968 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, Regular price $7,500.00, FD-74Charles Lloyd QuartetRobert Fried1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.6, FD-690707Wild WestJefferson Airplane Joan Baez1969 PosterFillmore WestCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price The Family Dog Series includes both posters and handbills. McDonald, Melton and a few others would end up recording a song McDonald wrote in a matter of minutes called I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag. Released on an EP, the song -- a satire-laden protest of the Vietnam War -- became a regional hit, so McDonald and Melton began playing at the Jabberwock as Country Joe McDonald and the Fish. Chester Leo "Chet" Helms (August 2, 1942 - June 25, 2005), often called the father of San Francisco's 1967 "Summer of Love", was a music promoter and a cultural figure in San Francisco during its hippie period in the late Sixties. $50. I went to the Family Dog as a kid of 12 [1969]. Jack Hatfield, High Yo Silver (Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Other Half.Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California 8/17/67-8/20/67), 1967, color offset lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sidney Lawrence III, 2007.27.12 . A large turnout could be expected for such monthly events as peanut parties with peanuts and favors for all, a Serpentine Battle, and an informal indoor picnic party. In June of 1907 the Cliff House was leased to John Tait of Taits at the Beach, and seven partners. Red Dog Saloon: George Hunter Michael Ferguson : Original Poster: N/A: AOR 2.2: Charlatans. Books for free > > > Feasting with the Family Dog, Part Two. 660 The Great Highway, San Francisco, California, Rock Festival/ Ride The Wind/ Good And Dusty, Family Dog At The Great Highway, San Francisco, June 13th 1969, Bootleg Series, Volume One The Quine Tapes, Been A Long Time Coming, Be A Long Time Gone, Found In The Ozone (Family Dog At The Great Highway San Francisco, California, March 28, 1970), Family Dog At The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA, April 18, 1970, Family Dog At The Great Highway San Francisco, CA, April 18, 1970, Dave's Picks, Volume 43 (San Francisco, 11/2/69 Dallas, 12/26/69), Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen. [19] Acts including George Clinton and P-Funk, Robert Hunter, Arlo Guthrie, and Spearhead performed at the reopened venue. Bands like the Redlegs would play and use the cover charges to help keep up the deteriorating boat. Avalon Ballroom's concert list along with photos, videos, and setlists of their past concerts & performances. The "Bindweed Press" credit has been omitted. Both Chet Helms and Bill Graham employed many of the same artists to produce the posters and handbills. Avalon Ballroom: Artist: San Andreas Fault: Photographer: Jerry Wainwright: By many accounts, the "San Francisco Sound" came from the Fillmores stage -- and as young people came to San Francisco in droves, Grahams shows were practically tourist attractions. At a Permit Appeals board hearing, Dame Judith Anderson, considered one of the greatest classical stage actors of the 20th century, testified in support of the club. The space operated from 1966 to 1969, at the height of the counterculture movement. 415 South Street Avalon Poster (19 results) You searched for: Title: avalon poster. The Family Dog On The Great Highway opened on June 13, 1969 with the Jefferson Airplane. I wish I could go back in time to this place. Feb 17 It shut down in 1969 and sat empty for over a decade before it was torn down. He had owned the finest private library in America. A few months later on September 7, 1907, after extensive remodeling and just prior to reopening, the most resplendent and beloved of all Cliff Houses burned to its foundation. The Family Dog Denver (also known as The Family Dog or simply The Dog) was a concert dance hall located at 1601 West Evans Avenue in Denver, Colorado.Opened from September 1967 to July 1968, it is regarded as a seminal music venue that launched Denver on its trajectory to its current status as a major concert destination by introducing never-before-seen acts like The Doors, Van Morrison, Jimi . $600.00, FD-61-RP-2The DoorsMoscoso1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price Sight alone will give a comprehensible idea of Sutro Baths. Photo taken in 1865. 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Second, the last show as Family Dog was 8/14/70. Santana Dates: Oct or Nov 1966 - March 20, 1968 - May 13, 1968 - May 17/18/19, 1968 - May 28, 1968 - June 28/29/30, 1968 - Aug 9/10/11, 1968 - March 12, 1969 - March 21/22/23, 1969 - March 26, 1969 Originally opened as The Puckett Academy of Dance in 1911, and then renamed the Trianon Ballroom with an opening on April 9, 1926. June 18-20, 1968, Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco. Great Highway was once called Ocean Boulevard. Avalon Ballroom, Fillmore, Winterland, Family Dog, and free concerts in Golden Gate Park. . Among the rarest tomes and incunabula, may be mentioned duplicates of the early printer's art, from the famous Munich Library, four thousand in number; folios of the classics from the monastery of Boxheim and the Duke of Dahlberg, the Sunderland Library and the confiscated monasteries of Bavaria. The recognized Family Dog poster series is 147 posters, comprised of all the Fillmore and Avalon posters, and 3 of the Denver dog posters that were numbered . There are some heaven-sent lineups that happened at the California Hall -- a fundraiser for the Sexual Freedom League is a standout, which featured the Doors, Captain Beefheart and the 13th Floor Elevators. the Family Dog and the Charlatans. Avalon Ballroom ,Longshoreman's Hall 8/6/66, John Hammond and His Screaming Nighthawks. When asked why decades later, Martinez said that the muddy lot where the Ark sat clashed with the clubs fancier vibe, keeping it from fulfilling its potential, so they moved on. From 1966 to 1968 The Family Dog produced a series of rock posters used to advertise their weekly concerts at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. Its why many call Helms the father of the Summer of Love.. Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Sir Douglas Quintet, 13th Floor Elevators, The New Peanut Butter Sandwich. . Housed inside a 1912 building, the hall itself didnt have great acoustics. The red roofed building would become Family Dog. It is also a post-concert reprint. 11/2/69, Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, IIp, CDR, A, SBD>MR>C>DAT>CDR>CDR>CDR, 1 disc, , 12/12/69, Thelma Theater, Los Angeles, partial II, CDR, A, Fred Marti Martinez and Frank McGinnis then bought the Van Damme, cleaned up the boats interior, and by 1965 they had turned it into a plush after-hours nightclub. thank you, MJS -- Michael J. Sanders (mjs 49r [email protected]), January 19, 1998 Answers The Avalon ballroom was on the north side of Sutter Street, just a little to the east of VanNess Avenue. [citation needed] Posters advertising each event were produced by psychedelic artists, including Rick Griffin, Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley and Victor Moscoso. Stay informed with one email every other weekright to your inbox. One huge bonus for bands playing the Matrix was the high-quality recording setup used to capture performances. The carousel was sold at auction in 1972, and went to, . As San Francisco was becoming a breeding ground for psychedelic rock, Berkeley was still enjoying its reputation as part of the folk circuit. The Avalon Ballroom lost its lease in 1968. Chet Helms held his dance concerts at the Avalon Ballroom. Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company, February 19, Fillmore Auditorium, "Earthquake," Bo Diddley, Big Brother & the Holding Company, August 12 & 13, Avalon Ballroom, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, March 25 - 27, Fillmore Auditorium, "The Head," Grateful Dead, Mother Earth, September 22 & 23, 1601 West Evans St., Denver, Junior Wells, Sons of Champlin, Santana Blues Band, May 17 - 19, Avalon Ballroom, Quicksilver Messenger Service, John Lee Hooker, Miller Blues Band, March 22 - 23, Avalon Ballroom, "Triplets," Jerry Steig & the Satyrs, Sons of Champlin, The 4th Way, Alexander's Timeless Bloozband, March 29 - 31, Avalon Ballroom, "Girl in the Red Circle," Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, January 27 & 28, Avalon Ballroom. Tall, bearded, and with hair to his shoulders before it was a hippie standard, Helms was a messiah-like figure with a religious view of music that he was hell-bent on preaching. . Lemonado de Sica D. Performers A-Z: Big Brother & The Holding Company, Performers A-Z: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Performers A-Z: Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, Performers A-Z: Notes from The Underground, Performers A-Z: Qucksilver Messanger Service, Performers A-Z: Quicksilver Messenger Service, Performers A-Z: West Coast Natuaral Gas Company. Special thanks to Ross Hannan for expertise and connections. . The Family Dog's weekly dance hall revues gave the local bands a forum to perform their groundbreaking music. $60.00, FD-137John Mayall1968 PostcardAvalon BallroomNear Mint, Regular price Family moved there the 50's. An L-shaped, second-floor balcony surrounded the first-floor along the south and western walls, and the dance area was in front of the elevated stage in the northeast corner where musicians performed. Fishing at Muni, Pier, Bocci Ball Courts, playing congas at Aquatic Park. A basin scooped out of solid rock receives the water that dashes over the top, thence it is conducted to a settling tank; by numerous small canals it makes its way into the various swimming tanks, of which there are six in all, the largest containing the sea water in its natural state, the others being heated to different temperatures to suit the varying requirements of visitors. I saw It's a Beautiful Day there in late August or early September 1969. On one of the nights I was there they showed The Mad Adventures of Mister Frog. Only private events were held here in 1971 until it became Friends and Relations Hall later . The Straight Theater holds the honor of being the only live venue actually located in the Haight-Ashbury during the neighborhoods hippie heydays. In the early '80s it was condemned by local authorities, and after an unsuccessful attempt to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for restoration, it was bulldozed. The Jabberwock closed in 1967 when Ehlert couldnt afford to bring the club up to code. The Family Dog On The Great Highway opened on June 13, 1969 with the Jefferson Airplane. The Grateful Dead and Country Joe played fundraising concerts at the Avalon, and as many as 20 people supposedly invested in the theater. "When you come to the Avalon, some of the time, you just get entertainment, but very often, you get a connection with people. Post Card Artist: Wes Wilson, Bellmer Wright; Concert Performers: Velvet Underground, Charley Musselwhite</p> Family Dog building was constructed (not at the same site as the photo). By 1969, the corner of Telegraph and Russell where the Jabberwock once stood was a barren lot. Some of the early Family Dog . Courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library. I remember there was a room on the mezzanine off the main ballroom that had black lights and trippy fluorescent posters and paint all over the walls; OMG, I'm swooning with nostalgia! There are Mexican works, relating to the war of independence, from the ancient archives of the Aztec capital; two thousand three hundred Japanese manuscripts were borne from the bright land of the "Morning Calm; " collections of Semitic philology, the chemical literature of the late Secretary Wells, of the English Society of Industrial Chemistry, have furnished about two thousand five hundred volumes. in 1906 for a little amusement park that was originally on Market and Van Ness in San Francisco, but because of the. When police caught wind of the plans, they attempted to force the halls owners to shut it down. In fact, for forty years, Playland was the only place you could find It's It. Remember Playland, Cliff House with it's Sky Tram, playing congas at Sutro Baths and all along the beach. Like early BG posters, the first Family Dog posters were printed on vellum and were subject to damage and wear. From January 1966 to March of '69, Helms booked bands of all stripes at the Avalon, including psychedelic rock pioneers like the 13th Floor Elevators and Captain Beefheart and almost-forgotten-by-then blues musicians like Bo Diddley and Buddy Guy. Avalon Ballroom: San Francisco, California, United States: Nov 04, 1966 . var ANS_customer_id="efdda751-42f9-4333-99a0-38aff150ca9e"; Dennis King / D. King Gallery All Rights Reserved. $750.00, FD-52Big Brother Janis JoplinRick Griffin1967 PosterAvalon BallroomCGC Graded 9.4, Regular price . Though the theater held memorable shows, it always struggled for money. Acid was given our in the cool aid before Mr Frog was projected on a wall. In actuality, the old Avalon is now an office space -- and, for a brief time, the shell of the Avalon served as living quarters for the cast of MTV's The Real World. . the two most elusive are the "Avalon Ballroom," located at 1268 Sutter Street at Van Ness . 17 comments. Today, the Regency Ballroom, a live music venue right next door, is often mistaken for the Avalon. The building that housed the Avalon Ballroom was built in 1911 and was originally called the Colin Traver Academy of Dance. When completed, as designed, it will be accessible to every disciple of science, that being the special motive of its magnanimous founder. Grateful Dead Skeleton And Roses Family Dog Avalon Ballroom 1966 Concert Poster | Art, Art Posters | eBay! My birthday parties when I was a kid were always at Playland. A classic San Francisco psychedelic concert poster from the summer of 1966, featuring the Jefferson Airplane without Grace Slick and the Great Society with Grace Slick. In addition, some variations of back print ink color and top to bottom placement of the stamp box also exist. "[7], In the 1960s, at the Avalon, two bands typically performed two sets during the evening beginning at about nine o'clock. Unforgettable night. In 1969, Playland ebbed as the San Francisco pop culture was taking hold. After number 41, the handbills were replaced with postcards. "[5], By the 1930s, a public dance hall called the Avalon Ball Room had opened at 1268 Sutter Street, hosting "popular and old-fashioned dances" five times per week (according to the Federal Writers' Project guide to San Francisco).[6]. The site was at the former Edgewater Ballroom, part of the Playland At The Beach complex. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. The space is known as the location of many concerts of the counterculture movement, from around 1966 to 1969. was invented in 1928 by George Whitney, and sold only at Playland-at-the-Beach. Seal Rock House (1858) seen here was the pioneer resort and hotel in the area. Almost every groups set was put to tape, and recordings of Steppenwolf, Santana, the Great Society (Grace Slicks first band) and the Velvet Underground were later released as live albums. 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