Here is an authentic PINK FLOYD ticket from July 1967 at the Fillmore West, San Francisco.
Super
early for this band. This is the early days with
original founder Syd Barrett, no Gilmour yet. They sounded completely different then, but it was Syd's creative psychodelic style that got them noticed.
Unlike Led Zeppelin, The Doors and other bands playing at the Fillmore
at the time, they had no popular songs yet. The more progressive Meddle album was more akin to what they would become, but still 4 years away.
Sadly, by 1968 Syd was doing mega amounts of LSD and
before long he ended up losing it and started going
crazy. That was the year Gilmour replaced Syd. Yet both Waters and Gilmour give Syd a lot of credit for their early success and their musical style going forward. Syd was the inspiration behind the
song 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond'. They more or less all stayed friends until Syd finally passed away. Roger still brings him up on his video screens during his recent tours as he has done before.
So this was their first break out tour to the USA. The ticket measures roughly 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" and is in EX condition, just very slight wear to the corners and edges and age related discoloration. Purchase with confidence, I deal only in vintage original items, guaranteed authentic.
The Fillmore:
This was from the period in the late 60's and 70's when Bill Graham owned and operated the Fillmore and Winterland venues in SF. He decided to have his own promotional posters designed to promote the concerts. First, he would choose an artist to draw and print a poster customized for each individual show. The tickets were just a reduced facsimile of the posters and then typically color-coded to indicate
multiple night engagements. Back then, the Fillmore West and Winterland were rather special venues that constantly held extended engagements by the then current and popular performers. Just about every well known band played there except for a few more established bands like The Beatles and Rolling Stones. This was probably due to being located in SF, which became the focal point for psychedelic music and counterculture in general. San
Francisco was the ultimate city for rock concerts and Bill was both a promoter and owner of the venues where they could play. So that he could reconcile
sales each night, patrons purchased tickets at the venue box office and
handed them right back over at the door, thus most ending up in the archive
in EX or NM- condition. Today the original Fillmore in SF still operates with Live Nation having been leasing it and it is also expanding the Fillmore 'brand' by naming other venues it owns or leases around the country in cities such as Miami, Phili, Denver, Detroit, DC & NYC.
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