4/29/2023 0 Comments The byrds posters![]() ![]() If wishing to contact me, just use or (805) 540-0020. This Byrds boxing-style concert poster is happily shown off today by one Peter Howard, a serious collector residing on California’s central coast. So later Byrds advertising signs might have more song titles on them, but for me, you just can’t beat the super-early nature of this one. But it was probably simply too early for that… at this point, they had had only one charting single. It would be great if this Byrds window display had that song on it, or maybe “Turn! Turn! Turn!,” their following single. ![]() An example of his prime songwriting is “I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better” on the group’s first LP. The band had only a few short years before they’d morph into their country-rock mode, and start rotating personnel fairly regularly.Īnd as I’ve said, you also have the factor of guitarist and songwriter Gene Clark in the group at this time. If you’re looking for a Byrds show placard for your collection, you’d be doing very well to get this one. Right below that, at the extreme bottom, it says simply, “Globe Poster – Baltimore.” Presumably they were easily found in directory assistance of the day (if you remember that). Also given are the call letters to Top 40 station “WAKY,” which Williams surely worked at as a DJ. is listed at the bottom of this Byrds in-person poster. I researched the Oxfords and, indeed, they were known at the time as a (relatively) long-haired, wild-dressing rock band for the era – 1965 down in the deep south. “Louisville’s greatest – The Oxfords,” it says. in Louisville.Ī cutting-edge local band is listed as the opening act on this Byrds event poster. But according to this poster, you could only buy them at one location – Tiff’s Record Store, 309 S. That was if you bought tickets in advance at the door they ran $2.00, as you can see. 1 group in the country’ must’ve seemed like such a bargain, even back then. Clark would depart the band just a few months later, in early 1966, so it’s awesome to have him in the band and in the photo on this piece.Ĭan you believe this Byrds billboard states only a $1.50 admission for this show… holy cats! I’m used to seeing cheap ticket prices on old posters, but only a buck & a half for ‘the No. The photograph on this Byrds concert sign is one of its key elements… it pictures all five original members, including important songwriter Gene Clark. It was produced by Globe Posters out of Baltimore, and carries somewhat of a trademark look for them… one color added to the black & white, that being Day-Glo orange. This early Byrds placard measures the standard 14×22”, and in this case is nicely framed and matted. ![]() The band had formed in Los Angeles only the year before, 1964, and their first album had just entered Billboard magazine’s album chart a few weeks before this show. An early, exciting Byrds window card from their first real year in existence as a recording and touring entity, 1965. ![]()
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