Fillmore West Dancing Avocado Postcard

[Evan Goldstein]

Hi everyone!

I Picked this up awhile ago and stuck it in with my other zeppelin collectables, but times are tough. If anyone has any additional info on it or is interested in purchasing it (I hate ebay...), please hit me up!

Thanks, Dagingerrocker

[SteveAJones]

The first time Led Zeppelin played San Francisco, they opened for Country Joe & the Fish; just three months later, they headlined four nights at Fillmore West. BG170 was unlike any other Led Zeppelin poster or, in fact, any other poster in the BG series. Artist Randy Tuten had tired of seeing blimps in every Led Zeppelin advertisement, so he came up with the green avocado. Tuten liked it so much he "... wanted to do one a month that way- a series of crazy fruit posters."

The 1st printing poster was printed before the concert on stock that has a "grid pattern" machine finish. It is shorter than the reprint, measuring 13 7/8" x 20 3/8".

The 2nd printing poster is taller than the original, measuring 13 15/16" x 21". It was printed after the concert on slightly rougher stock.

The 3rd printing is on smooth opaque cover stock and has a Wolfgang's Vault notation in the lower right hand margin. It was printed in 2006 by the Bill Graham Archives LLC in a 1000 copy run. This reprint measures 14" x 21 1/16".

The 4th printing is on glossy cover stock and also bears a Wolfgang's Vault notation in the lower right hand margin. It was printed in 2006 by the Bill Graham Archives LLC in a 1000 copy run, and is larger than the other printings, measuring 21 9/16" x 32 1/2".

Having said all that, you have the much smaller-sized promotional postcard that was also produced for this event.

Edited March 3, 2013 by SteveAJones

[Evan Goldstein]

Bump

[Ace Of Spades]

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Are you a fan or just a grifter?

Try eBay.

[Evan Goldstein]

Are you a fan or just a grifter?

Try eBay.

Full time fan but I gotta sell it. I guess Gotta just throw it on ebay. (I was hoping I could sell it to a fellow fan..)