Original 1st printing 5&1/2 x 8&1/2" schedule/marquee-style concert handbill for a series of concerts held at the Kinetic Playground (formerly Electric Theatre) in Chicago, IL from 5/23-6/22/1969. Art by (And SIGNED in pencil by) Mark Twain Behrens, image is featured in the Art of Rock on page 295 (plate 3.127) and lists performances by Led Zeppelin with Pacific Gas & Electric and Illinois Speed Press on 5/23-24 (ISP only 5/25), the Who, Buddy Rich and His Orchestra and Joe Cocker & the Grease Band on 5/29-31, Soup on 6/1, Vanilla Fudge with Muddy Waters and Rotary Connection (featuring Minnie Ripperton) on 6/6-7 (Muddy and R.C. only on 6/8), Eric Burdon, the Zombies and It's A Beautiful Day on 6/13-14, (Zombies and IABD only on 6/15) and the Crazy World of Arthur Brown with the Youngbloods on 6/20-21 (Youngbloods only on 6/22). Thin flat index card stock handbill is in absolutely fantastic mint/near mint (A/A-) condition, basically flawless. UNREAL lineup of acts on this one.
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