1973 "The Dark Side of the Moon" concert Ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, June 7, 1973



* "The Dark Side of the Moon" album tour

* Pink Floyd - Roosevelt Satadium concert advertisement

* British psychedelic rock group - band performance



Page 31 has a 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch advertisement for a "PINK FLOYD" concert at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey shorty after the release of th... See More  

Weekend premiere of "Monty Python's Life of Brian", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 19, 1979 (Front & Calendar Sections)



* "Monty Python's Life of Brian" (small ad)

* Apocalypse Now (full-page ad)

* Opening weekend for both



A terrific issue on the premiere weekends of the motion picture hits "Monty Python's Life of Brian" and "Apocalypse Now". Additional large ads are for "Hooper", "Ro... See More  

Premiere of "Rocky", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 1, 1976



* Best "Rocky" advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere

* American sports drama film

* Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Balboa



A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Rocky" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the Hollywood are... See More  

Early 1974 KISS concert tour ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 25, 1974



* Very early KISS - American hard rock band

* Gene Simmons - Paul Stanley - Ace Frehley

* Capitol Theatre - Passaic, New Jersey

* w/ Blue Oyster Cult concert advertisement



Page 59 has a advertisement for upcoming performances at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey. Within this ad is a April 27th concert for Bl... See More  

1918 Battle of Belleau Wood... Marne River... France...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 8, 1918



* Battle of Belleau Wood - France

* United States Marines Corps

* Marne River - German Spring Offensive

* World War I - WWI



The front page has a banner headline: "AMERICANS AND FRENCH GAIN" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find... See More  

1973 David Bowie & Neil Young concert advertisements...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 18, 1973



* David Bowie - English singer songwriter musician

* Neil Young - Canadian American singer songwriter

* Radio City Music Hall & Madison Square Garden

* Manhattan concert performance advertisements



Page 46 has a 6 1/2 x 5 inch ad for a "David Bowie & the spiders from mars" concert at Radio City Music ... See More  

1973 The Allman Brothers Band concert ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Sept. 20, 1973



* The Allman Brothers Band - Dickey Betts

* American rock band concert advertisement

* New Jersey State Fairgrounds - Hamilton NJ



Page 51 has a full page decorative advertisement for the "THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND" concert at the New Jersey State Fairgrounds. (see images)

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Early Disney World description in 1973...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Sept. 6, 1973



* Early Walt Disney World description

* Entertainment resort complex

* Orlando, Orange Co., Florida



The front page has a heading "Das Disney World" Text continues on page 64. See images for portion. 

I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the time.

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Premiere of "The Blues Brothers"... "Blue Lagoon"...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 20, 1980 



* "Blues Brothers" w/ John Belushi & Dan Aykroyd 

* Full page ad & Revies for "The Blue Lagoon"



This issue is packed with full page ads and accompanying reviews from blockbusters including: "The Blues Brothers", "Brubaker", staring Robert Reford, "Can't Stop the Music", and "... See More  

Earliest report on McKinley's death we have offered...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE San Diego, California, Sept. 13, 1901 



* President William McKinley assassination (day of death)



This is the earliest report on the death of President McKinley we have offered in our 44 years, as he died in Buffalo, New York at 6:25 p..m., however California had a three hour time-change advantage allowing this newspaper to offer this say-day report on his death. The ... See More  

1973 Return to Forever w/ Chick Corea advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 15, 1973



* Return to Forever - jazz fusion band

* Chick Corea - jazz pianist & composer

* Bitter End nightclub performances ad



Page 55 has a full page ad for "Return To Forever featuring Chick Corea" performances at The Bitter End night club in Greenwich Village"

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Battle of the Bulge begins... Initial attack by the Germans...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, December 16, 1944



* Battle of Bulge begins

* Initial German attack

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a six column heading: "Nazis Launch Heavy Counter-Attack" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 10 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spine wear, nice condition.



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1968 Andy Warhol superstar Viva w/ photos...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 22, 1968



* Andy Warhol superstar actress VIVA w/ photos

* Underground cinema - The Factory editorial



The front page has a heading: "Viva of the Visions: A Scar is Borne" with lead-in: "Andy's Juliet" with photo. (see images) Lengthy text continues inside with another related photo. See images for portion ... See More  

Very 1st "Earth Day" observation in 1970...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 16, 1970



* First "Earth Day" observation notice

* Environmental protection demonstration

* Climate change - global warming concerns



Page 21 has full page notice headed: "New York...We've had it!" (see images) This was for the very first "Earth Day" which was observed less than a week later.

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U2's "Peace with Honor" & a young Adolf Hitler on his mother's knee...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, May 24, 1983  While this issue has all of the iconic articles typically found within its pages, none could be more polar-opposite then a review of U2's latest album, "Peace with Honor", and an article headed: "Hitler: Dead and Alive", yet both scream of a world under the crushing threat of annihilation - albeit one with a tinge of hope. See... See More  

Baseball.... 4th of July...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, May 30, 1914



* Beautiful 4th of July, patriotic color wrapper



In this issue there are several illustrations including "Captains of Industry--VII--George Broadhurst" by James Montgomery Flagg; "Pen and Inklings" by Oliver Herford; the double page centerfold illustration which is titled "Tryin the Old Swing" by Everett... See More  

World premiere ad for "The Godfather Part II"...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village (weekly), New York, Dec. 16, 1974



* "The Godfather Part II" World premiere advertisement

* American epic crime film - Sicilian mafia - Cosa Nostra

* Francis Ford Coppola movie - Actor Al Pacino & more



Page 88 has a nice advertisement for "The Godfather Part II" for it's World premiere in Manhattan. This ad is for that very fi... See More  

Mona Lisa painting comes to town...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 7 1963



* The Mona Lisa portrait painting in New York City

* Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece

* Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) display

* Only time the famous piece of art was in America



The front page has a small one column heading: "Mona Lisa Is at the Met" (see images)

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1972 review of the Rolling Stones days after their Madison Square Garden performances...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, July 27 1972



* The Rolling Stones North American Tour 1972

* Madison Square Garden concerts review

* "Exile on Main St." album

* Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts,



Two photos on the front page (which includes a photo of Mick Jagger), but starting on page 33, is a multi-page review of Mick Jagger and The Roll... See More  

1973 Johnny Winter MSG concert advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 5, 1973



* Johnny Winter - singer, songwriter & guitarist

* High energy blues rock music performer 

* "Still Alive and Well" album tour

* Madison Square Garden concert advertisement



Pages 46 & 47 has a nice double full page advertisement for a "Johnny Winter" concert at Madison Square Garden. (s... See More  

1971 Evel Knievel MSG motocylcle jump stunt...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 15, 1971



* Evel Knievel performs at Madison Square Garden

* American stunt performer and entertainer

* Ramp-to-ramp Harley Davidson motorcycle jump



The front page has a heading: "Evel Knievel: No easy rider" (see images) First report coverage continues on page 12. 

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1973 "The Dark Side of the Moon" concert & album Ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, March 8, 1973



* "The Dark Side of the Moon" tour & album release

* Pink Floyd - Radio City Music Hall  concert advertisement

* British psychedelic rock group - band performance



Page 45 has a duo advertisement for a "King Karol" record store for the recent release of "The Dark Side of the Moon" a... See More  

1962 "Lawrence of Arabia" film opening day ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 13, 1962



* Lawrence of Arabia opening day premiere

* Epic biographical adventure drama film

* Peter O'Toole & Alec Guinness movie ad



Page 12 has a 5 x 3 1/2 inch advertisement for the opening day of "Lawrence of Arabia" in New York City.

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Jill Johnston's 1961 "Dance: Cunningham In Connecticut" in the Village Voice...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 19, 1963



* Jill Johnston's "Motorcycle" at Judson Church

* Author, cultural critic, feminist activist

* Noteworthy columnist for The Village Voice

* Radical lesbian separatism movement - theory



The feature article of this issue is an early piece done by cultural critic and icon, Jill Johnston under "dance&quo... See More  

1963 guitarist John Williams concert advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 5, 1963



* Australian guitarist John Williams

* Classical & progressive rock music

* Town Hall concert advertisement



Page 8 has a 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 inch advertisement for a "John Williams" concert at the local Town Hall. (see image)

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