Original 1st printing 4 x 7&1/2" blank-reverse concert handbill for Up appearing with Southbound Freeway and Billy C. and the Sunshine on 9/22/1967, MC5 appearing with Buoys on 9/23/1967 and MC5 (again) appearing with the Charles Moore Ensemble, Up, John Sinclair and Jim Semark (Trans-Love Benefit/Homage to John Coltrane) on 9/24/1967, all shows held at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, MI. Art by Gary Grimshaw, image is # 545 in the Russ Gibb Presents/Grande series (the VERY FIRST full-color format "postcard" in the series). Medium-thin flat vellum card stock postcard is in absolutely STUNNING mint/near mint to near mint (A/A- to A-) condition; aside from a whisper of handling and a corner bump or two, there is nary a flaw to be found on this one- a VERY crisp/clean specimen of this GORGEOUS Gary Grimshaw-designed image from the Grande. The card that started it all!
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