Electric Light Orchestra ELO Kingfish Rare Vintage Original 1978 Promotional Poster
The Out Of The Blue tour, billed as The Big Night in the USA, was not ELO's longest tour schedule nor did it have the biggest setlist, but it was certainly the most ambitious and highest profile tour. It was the highest grossing concert ever in the USA up to that time. 1978 was the peak of ELO's popularity with Out Of The Blue as their best selling album yet, a wildly popular stage show, and general high respect from radio and music critics. The stage show involved a laser lightshow and sometimes a giant hamburger-shaped spaceship for a stage, thus presenting an incredible visual spectical to go along with the audio program.
One of the biggest stars of the show was the stage itself. Conceived by ELO's manager, Don Arden, this was a gigantic metal hamburger-shaped spaceship that opened up at the beginning of the show with lasers, fog machines and taped music of an excerpt of Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (as performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn) blasting out to the audience. As it opened, the band was raised from out of the floor on hydraulic risers. There the band played until the end of the show, when they walked off stage and it closed back up with more laser and fog theatrics and a repeat of the Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20excerpt once again blasting out to the audience. Jeff Lynne has commented in several interviews that he sometimes left the stage after the performance and rushed out to stand with the audience so he could watch it close.
Item Measures 20 15/16" X 32"
Item is in Near Mint to Mint Condition (C9-C10)
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C10 Mint - Investment quality. No perceptible flaws of any kind.
C9 Near Mint - Investment quality. Minor flaw on an otherwise unused item.
C8 Excellent - Investment quality. A few minor defects. Pin holes, small tears,etc.
C7 Very Good to Excellent - Fine. Several defects. Still a very nicely preserved item.
C6 Very Good - The typical used item in average condition. Several defects
C5 Good to Very Good - A heavily-worn item.
C4 Good - Below average but still suitable for display.
C3 Fair - Heavily worn, but yet still complete.
C2 Poor to Fair - An extremely worn, possibly even incomplete item.
C1 Poor - The lowest grade, representing items in the lowest possible condition.
These lithographs were painstakingly produced to match the colorimetry, with the most accurate possible detail and subtlety. Paper and inks were carefully chosen for the most felicitous effect. They cannot be compared to most recent prints and giclées,in which the colors, tonality and details are often dull and imprecise by comparison.
Kept Flat, in a Smoke, Dust, and UV Light Free storage facility for over 35 years that has allowed the Image to retain its brilliancy without any fading.
Item is Not Reprint ,Giclee Print Nor Ink Jet Print, Item is Original Promotion Item .
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