![]() ![]() She made them a hit at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, whereher stunning version of "Ball and Chain" (perhaps her very best performance) was captured on film. Although their loose, occasionally sloppy brand of bluesy psychedeliahad some charm, there can be no doubt that Joplin - who initially didn't even sing lead on all of the material - was primarilyresponsible for lifting them out of the ranks of the ordinary. Shehad already been to California before moving there permanently in 1966, when she joined a struggling early San Franciscopsychedelic group, Big Brother & the Holding Company. ![]() Thereare a few live pre-Big Brother recordings (not issued until after her death), reflecting the inspiration of early blues singers likeBessie Smith, that demonstrate she was well on her way to developing a personal style before hooking up with the band. She'd been singing blues andfolk music since her teens, playing on occasion in the mid-'60s with future Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen. She also did much to redefine the role of women in rock with her assertive, sexually forthrightpersona and raunchy, electrifying on-stage presence.Joplin was raised in the small town of Port Arthur, TX, and much of her subsequent personal difficulties and unhappiness hasbeen attributed to her inability to fit in with the expectations of the conservative community. Although she wasn't always supplied with the best material or mostsympathetic musicians, her best recordings, with both Big Brother and on her own, are some of the most excitingperformances of her era. First rising to stardom as the frontwoman for San Franciscopsychedelic band Big Brother & the Holding Company, she left the group in the late '60s for a brief and uneven (thoughcommercially successful) career as a solo artist. The greatest white female rock singer of the 1960s, Janis Joplin was also a great blues singer, making her material her ownwith her wailing, raspy, supercharged emotional delivery. ![]() Although she wasn't always supplied with the best material or mostsympathetic musicians, her best recordings, with both Big Brother and on her own, are some of the most excitingperformances of. Sold for $3,936.The greatest white female rock singer of the 1960s, Janis Joplin was also a great blues singer, making her material her ownwith her wailing, raspy, supercharged emotional delivery. Poster measures 18.75″ in diameter, with some pinholes around the edge and very minor creasing. Previously owned by Alan Brackett, the original bass player in the Peanut Butter Conspiracy, who played with The Doors at this venue, along with The UFO. Circular poster depicts a silhouette of the faces of The Doors, with the band names in psychedelic 60’s font, and is printed in bright shades in a color combination meant to play tricks on the eye, as if looking through a psychedelic kaleidoscope. Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, (which is now the Comedy Store) since the original location of the club at the Earl Carroll Theatre had yet to be finalized. For The Doors performance, the show was moved to a club called Ciros, at 8433 W. The venue was housed at the Earl Carroll Theater, which was then located at 6230 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and featured two concentrically rotating stages at the center of the venue. It was only open for roughly six months in 1967, with many memorable bands performing in that brief time. The Kaleidoscope was a psychedelic rock venue run by the management of the band Canned Heat. Posters in this series are almost non-existent because they were issued for promotion only, and the silkscreens used to produce the posters were burned in a fire. This dayglo fluorescent poster is considered to be the most rare in the Kaleidoscope series because of the type of ink used by artist John Douglas Kline in production. A series of 20 posters were issued by Kaleidoscope in 1967, one for each concert that year. Original circular hand-pulled silkscreen poster, promoting a three day performance by the up-and-coming band The Doors, at the Kaleidoscope Club in Hollywood on 21-23 April 1967. Very Rare Doors Poster From a 1967 Performance at the Kaleidoscope Club in Hollywood ![]() The following are some additional concert posters we sold: One of the Rarest of 1960s Rock Posters - Janis Joplin & Big Brother and the Holding Company Poster From April 1968. ![]()
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