Grateful Dead - 1966 Trips Festival -196? Longshoremen's Hall S.F. Concert Poster

NO QUESTION MARK ABOUT THIS ONE, IT’S A CLASSIC
Grateful Dead 1966 Trips Festival 196? Longshoremen's Hall S.F. Concert Poster (AOR-2.187). An original cardboard window card advertising a reprise of the January Trips Festival exactly three months later, also at San Francisco's Longshoremen's Hall, over the weekend of April 22-24, 1966. This is a wildly cool, rare and sought-after poster by many, having been made in a much tinier quantity than any standard paper psychedelic poster of the day. This is the very first time Heritage has ever been able to offer one.
The Grateful Dead headlined, of course, and they rushed back from their failed experiment of living in Los Angeles (with Owsley Stanley) to play this weekend and earn themselves a total of $375. The organizers were hoping to continue the magic of the original Trips Festival, and they certainly did so with their poster. The very nature of "196?" on there sets this poster apart from all others. Its fascinating hybrid of psychedelic artwork and boxing-style lettering can be attributed to the Tilghman ("till-man") Press of Oakland, who almost never made psych posters but filled the west coast with boxers. Notice Tilghman's trademark "split fountain" ink coloring, too... from red at the top morphing into black in the middle and then dark green in the bottom third.
History has treated this poster extremely well, but at the time it wasn't considered gorgeous like the Wes Wilson posters all over town, so not many people saved it. Today it's a prized catch and only the lucky few have one. This first-ever Heritage offering measures 16" x 24 3/8" and grades to Very Good Plus condition. From the David Swartz Concert Poster Collection. COA from Heritage Auctions.
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