On the Road Again: Episode 7

Why did this week’s road trip require a ladder and needle nose pliers?  To remove original Boston Tea Party & Fillmore West posters from the walls of an old New Hampshire barn, of course! Until we pulled the tacks and staples, these posters had been hanging in this barn since the 1960s.  All are “as found” but they are rare finds in any condition.  The Fillmore posters include The Kinks & Taj Mahal; The Mothers of Invention; Otis Rush, The Grateful Dead & The Canned Heat Blues Band; and The 13th Floor Elevators, Sopwith Camel & The Great Society (handbill). The Boston Tea Party posters include Lothar & The Hand People with The Hallucinations; The Velvet Underground; Lothar & The Hand People with The Raven; The Grateful Dead; Quicksilver Messenger Service; and Ultimate Spinach with Canned Heat.

We have spent our morning gently brushing off the dust with cotton balls and soft toothbrushes! Though in all honesty, the tack holes & dirt just add to the story of these pieces. These posters traveled to New Hampshire from historic Sixties concerts in San Francisco & Boston and were proudly tacked in the owner’s old barn. Incredible. Now the dilemma begins…which ones to keep and which ones to sell…