Original Ellman Film Enterprises One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Peter Clifton music documentary, THE LONDON ROCK AND ROLL SHOW (1973) starring Mick Jagger, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Bill Haley. Originally distributed in the U.K. by Pleasant Pastures, this U.S. one sheet poster is folded and in fine condition.

Original MGM One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Pierre Adidge music documentary, MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN (191) starring Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, and a host of some of the best rock musicians of the period. Cocker finds that he has several American tour dates left to play but no band. So, he recruits over 40 of his friends and family to help him out, and for the next six weeks Cocker and friends become a kind of touring commune. With over twenty songs, this is certainly one of the best concert films ever made. This original one sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition.

In 1978, Bob Dylan, through his own film production and distribution company, Lombard Films, released RENALDO AND CLARA, a quasi-fictional, semi-documentary record of the famous Rolling Thunder Revue Concerts of 1975. Dylan and an entourage of friends and musical colleagues set out to play smaller surprise venues throughout the U.S. Musicians on the tour included Joan Baez, Bob Neuwirth, Ronee Blakelee, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Sam Shepherd, Allen Ginzburg, Mick Ronson, and several others. Dylan’s then wife Sara Dylan also appears in the film. Critics did not know what to make of the movie and quickly pronounced it a mess, more or less. It was long, sometimes discursive, always obtuse. But in its 235 minute run-time, it documented a lot of good music in what was one of the most interesting tours in the history of American Popular Music. The film was cut to two hours and received some additional but minimal distribution. This one sheet is for the original release from Dylan’s own company. Rare. Rolled one sheet has some minor edge glitches, but is overall in very fine plus condition. No folds.

In 1978, Bob Dylan, through his own film production and distribution company, Lombard Films, released RENALDO AND CLARA, a quasi-fictional, semi-documentary record of the famous Rolling Thunder Revue Concerts of 1975. Dylan and an entourage of friends and musical colleagues set out to play smaller surprise venues throughout the U.S. Musicians on the tour included Joan Baez, Bob Neuwirth, Ronee Blakelee, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Sam Shepherd, Allen Ginzburg, Mick Ronson, and several others. Dylan’s then wife Sara Dylan also appears in the film. Critics did not know what to make of the movie and quickly pronounced it a mess, more or less. It was long, sometimes discursive, always obtuse. But in its 235 minute run-time, it documented a lot of good music in what was one of the most interesting tours in the history of American Popular Music. The film was cut to two hours and received some additional but minimal distribution. This one sheet is for the original release from Dylan’s own company. Rare.

Original Warner Brothers One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Michael Wadleigh iconic rock documentary, WOODSTOCK (1970). Considered by many critics to be the best music documentary of all time, others consider it to be one of the very best documentaries ever filmed on any subject. It is a very intimate look at the Woodstock Music and Art Festival held in Bethel, New York in 1969 and in a broader sense a record of the 1960′s “hippy” culture or, as they were often called, the “counterculture.” Peace, love, and music were the themes of the day, and many of the performances are nothing short of amazing. Jimi Hendrix (complete with his frenzied version of “The Star Spangled Banner”), Country Joe and the Fish, Joan Baez, The Who, and Crosby, Stills, and Nash are just some of the legendary performers immortalized in this film. It deservedly won the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary, as well as being nominated for Best Editing and Best Sound. This original one sheet poster is an unbacked folded one sheet in very fine plus condition. Great color. No missing paper.

Original 20th Century Fox One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Albert and David Maysles rock concert documentary, GIMME SHELTER (1971) starring the Rolling Stones, the Jefferson Airplane, and the Flying Burrito Brothers. This film is a documentary of the 1969 Rolling Stones Tour, with much of the focus on the tragic concert at Altamont Speedway in December of 1969—only four months after the iconic Woodstock Festival. About 300,000 people came to the concert, and the organizers put the Hell’s Angels in charge of security, who spent most of their time beating up spectators and killing at least one. This original one sheet poster is folded and in near mint condition—with only one minor fold separation.

Original Pennebaker Films One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the masterful cinema-verite music documentary by D. A. Pennebaker, DON’T LOOK BACK (1967)—about the early career of folk-rock legend Bob Dylan. In 1965 at age 23, Dylan spends three weeks touring England where he performs and meets other musicians like Joan Baez, Donovan, and Bob Neuwirth. This original one sheet poster is folded and in very fine to near mint condition.

Original Warner Brothers One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Peter Clifton and Joe Massot hybrid music concert film, THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME (1976). This is Led Zeppelin’s 1976 concert film shot at Madison Square Garden during the band’s American tour three years earlier. While the film did well in the States, it was a surprising flop in the UK and perhaps prevented the band from making a comeback in their homeland (where tax exile had prevented them from performing for several years). Within the last couple of years a new remastered version of the film was prepared for DVD release. This original 1976 poster is folded, and in near mint condition. Beware of reproductions of this poster. This is the authentic sheet!

One of the best jazz-related American film posters. This poster is in very fine condition and is linen backed. In the mid fifties Louis Armstrong and his orchestra was persuaded by Edward R. Murrow to take American jazz abroad in a goodwill tour for the USIA. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly produced this film under the aegis of the USIA, and several luminaries are seen in the movie. W.C. Handy makes an appearance as does Leonard Bernstein. This is the famous tour that took jazz abroad. In this film that tour was documented. Here is an Armstong filmography:

Ex-Flame Victor Halperin 1930
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You Dave Fleischer 1930
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue Aubrey Scotto 1932
Pennies from Heaven Norman Z. McLeod 1936
Artists & Models Raoul Walsh 1937
Every Day’s a Holiday A. Edward Sutherland 1937
Dr. Rhythm Frank Tuttle 1938
Going Places Ray Enright 1938
Cabin In The Sky Vincente Minnelli & Busby Berkeley 1943
Show Business at War Louis De Rochemont 1943
Jam Session Charles Barton 1944
Atlantic City Ray McCarey 1944
Pillow to Post Vincent Sherman 1945
New Orleans Arthur Lubin 1947
A Song Is Born Howard Hawks 1948
Botta e risposta Mario Soldati 1949
Young Man with a Horn Michael Curtiz 1950
Here Comes the Groom Frank Capra 1951
The Strip László Kardos 1951
Glory Alley Raoul Walsh 1952
The Glenn Miller Story Anthony Mann 1953
High Society Charles Walters 1956
Satchmo the Great 1957
Die Nacht vor der Premiere Georg Jacoby 1959
The Beat Generation Charles F. Haas 1959
La Paloma Paul Martin 1959
Kærlighedens melodi Bent Christensen 1959
Jazz On A Summer’s Day Bert Stern 1959
The Five Pennies Melville Shavelson 1959
The Five Pennies Melville Shavelson 1959
Paris Blues Martin Ritt 1961
Auf Wiedersehen Harald Philipp 1961
When the Boys Meet the Girls Alvin Ganzer 1965
A Man Called Adam Leo Penn 1966
Hello, Dolly! Gene Kelly 1969
On the Road with Duke Ellington Robert Drew 1974

Original one sheet poster, folded, for the 20th Century-Fox concert film, FILLMORE. Concert performances from the heyday of empresario Bill Graham’s
premiere psychedelic ballroom, The Fillmore Auditorium. The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver (Messenger Service), Boz Scaggs, The Elvin Bishop Group, Carlos Santana, Hot Tuna, Cold Blood and It’s a Beautiful Day are featured in this film which was produced by Claude Jarman. Jarman, you may remember, played in the MGM film THE YEARLING as a young boy. Very fine condition.

Original United Artists One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the music concert film/documentary, SATCHMO THE GREAT (1957)—starring Louis Armstrong, Leonard Bernstein, W. C. Handy, and other famous jazz musicians of the time. Originally recorded as an interview on Edward R. Murrow’s “See It Now” TV program in 1951, Murrow later expanded it into a feature-length documentary movie about the jazz great. Within the film, Armstrong’s life is portrayed through his music. The documentary features his trip to West Africa, which he immediately adopted as his ancestral home because of how much he liked the people there. This original one sheet poster is linen-backed and in very fine to near mint condition.

Signed original Pennebaker Films One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the masterful cinema verite music documentary by D. A. Pennebaker, DON’T LOOK BACK (1967)—documenting Bob Dylan’s first performing tour of The United Kingdom. In 1965, at age 23, Dylan spends three weeks touring England where he performs, hangs out, and meets the press, various characters and other musicians. The film documents a period in Dylan’s career just before he morphs from a “folk” singer into a rocker. Dylan brings an entourage with him, including singer Joan Baez and musician-buddy Bobby Neuwirth. The entourage encounter British singer Donovan (Leitch), rocker Alan Price and folk legend Derroll Adams among others. Fascinating glimpses of Dylan’s manager Albert Grossman and a mysterious appearance by poet Allen Ginsberg in the movie’s “film within a film” opening add to the eternal lure of this fascinating film. Simply put, one of the most famous documentary films ever made. An artifact from the period when young singers and performers were not overexposed, the film was influential in creating the young Dylan’s public persona. The film was not released until 1967. By that time, two major rock masterpieces, BLONDE ON BLONDE and HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED had been released. The Dylan performances seen in this film by then were slightly antique. But generations can be happy that Pennebaker and his specially modified 16mm Auricon camera were on hand to capture impressions of the late acoustic Bob Dylan. This film, perhaps more than any other, sowed the seeds of verite documentary filmmaking in the U.S. This original one sheet poster is rolled – never folded – and signed by master documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker. The poster, which dates from the original release is not the normal Donald Velde-distributed one sheet but rather was among a special printing of the poster for the very first New York City showings. A stellar Dylan collectible with a famous high contrast image lifted directly from one of the films’ frames is in near mint condition.