Wednesday, June 30, 2010

1969 Ads: Other Venues and Miscellany, Part 2


5/1/69 issue.



5/1/69 issue.




5/8/69 issue.




5/8/69 issue--the only Purple Onion ad I spotted for the whole year.





5/8/69--Tarot discotheque, juxtaposed with an incredible Village Gate bill.




5/8/69 issue--but this is the last Turntable ad I saw.





5/15/69 issue--South Mountain Arena in West Orange, N.J.





5/15/69 issue.


5/29/69 issue--Emmylou Harris in an opening spot at Folk City.




6/5/69 issue. Certain album ads just begged to be saved.



6/5/69 issue: Weissglass Stadium, Staten Island.





6/12/69 issue--The Cafe Au Go-Go up for lease.






6/12/69 issue.




6/12/69 issue.











6/12/69 issue--Schaefer Music Festival.





6/12/69 issue. Shepheards pops up every now and then in the course of my searchin', so I had to save a few of their ads, even though they're usually kinda squaresville.




6/12/69 issue: WBAI Benefit at the Village Gate.




6/19/69 issue--last shows before Cafe au Go Go went under new management.




6/19/69 issue.



6/19/69 issue.



6/26/69 issue.



6/26/69 issue.



6/26/69 issue--Trude's didn't advertise all that often.




6/26/69 issue.




7/3/69 issue.



7/3/69 issue--did this really happen?




7/10/69 issue--one of the earliest collections of rock criticism.




7/10/69 issue.



7/10/69 issue.



7/24/69 issue.



7/17/69 issue.



7/17/69 issue.



7/17/69 issue.


7/24/69 issue.



7/24/69 issue.




7/31/69 issue. While the future Paulie Walnuts was making trouble for club owners further uptown, the future Uncle June was singing for his supper in folk clubs downtown. Juxtaposed with yet another typically eye-popping Village Gate listing.




7/31/69 issue.




8/7/69 issue.



8/7/69 issue--couldn't resist a close-up.





8/7/69 issue--site of the following year's New York Pop Festival.




8/7/69 issue.



8/14/69 issue.



8/14/69 issue.



8/14/69 issue. These ladies also made a record, excerpts of which I have on a comp called Queer to the Core.



8/14/69 issue.




8/14/69 issue. Inexplicably printed in Spanish.





8/21/69 issue.




8/21/69 issue. I presume the Figaro East was somehow related to the MacDougal Street original, which closed in late '68. The 11/27/69 "Scenes" has a report on owner Tom Ziegler's opening of an L.A. Cafe Figaro on Melrose Avenue.




8/21/69 issue. Bolan wasn't an electric warrior just yet though.




8/21/69 issue.



8/28/69 issue.

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