1975 Patti Labelle NYC concerts advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, April 14, 1975



* Patti Labelle - Nona Hendryx - Sarah Dash

* LABELLE trio - funk rock band - pre-solo

* "Godmother of Soul" - R&B singer - actress

* Harkness Theatre - Manhattan concert performances



Page 111 has a full page advertisement for a "LABELLE" concerts in Manhattan. (see images)

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1975 "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" premiere...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, April 28, 1975



* "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" advertisement

* Grand opening day premiere in United States

* Medieval British comedy group film- movie

* Graham Chapman - John Cleese - Terry Gilliam



Page 80 has 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inch advertisement for the American premiere of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"... See More  

1964 comic Lenny Bruce ad and conviction...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 24, 1964



* Lenny Bruce - stand-up comedian - satirist ad

* Conviction for obscenity comedy performance

* Sentence to four months of penal labor



Beginning on the front page is a report headed: "Final Performance Nets 4 Months Hard Labor" with lead-in: "Lenny Bruce" Continues on multiple inside pages.

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1963 The Fat Black Pussycat Phantom Cabaret...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 25, 1963



* The Fat Black Pussycat - late night hangout

* Wavy Gravy, Tiny Tim and Moondog photo

* Debut of the Phantom Cabaret



The front page has a heading: "Ghouls at the Pussy Cat" with photo showing Wavy Gravy, Moondog and Tiny Tim. (see images) Article continues on a inside page. This is very early for Tiny Tim, a... See More  

The Grateful Dead in 1972....

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 17, 1972



* Grateful Dead concerts in Jersey City NJ

* Stanley Theater performances advertisement

* Dick's Picks Volume 11 - live album fame

* Jerry Garcia - Bob Weir - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan



Page 33 has a 12 1/2 x 4 inch advertisement "The GRATEFUL DEAD" for their 3 night concert performance at Stanley Th... See More  

1968 be-in... MLK funeral... Black Panthers...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 18, 1968



* Central Park be-in against racism (Yippies)

* Martin Luther King Jr. assassination - funeral

* Eldridge Cleaver & Bobby Hutton - Black Panthers



The front page has a heading: "Sunday in the Park: Yip-Out or Has-Been?" with 4 related photos. (see images) Coverage continues inside.

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The March on Washington... Martin Luther King, Jr....

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Sept. 12, 1963  



* Martin Luther King Jr. - civil rights movement

* March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

* Letter to the editor - eyewitness account

* "I Have a Dream" speech fame



Beginning on page 4 is a lengthy letter the editor headed: "An 'Invisible Man' Replies" Text continues on page 6 and... See More  

1966 Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 1, 1966



* American musician - guitarist Frank Zappa

* "The Mothers of Invention" rock band (early)

* Timothy Leary - Allen Ginsberg - Ralph Metzer

* Psychedelic celebration at Village Theatre



The front page has a photo of Frank Zappa with a page 32 editorial on the first New York appearance of The Mothers Of Inventio... See More  

1967 THE DOORS early concert advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, Nov. 2, 1967



* THE DOORS very early performance ad

* American rock band - Jim Morrison

* Assembly Hall - Hunter Collage (NYC)



Page 22 has a small but early advertisement for "THE DOORS" concert at Hunter Collage in New York City. A school fraternity apparently put on this show. (see image)

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1971 veterans march on Washington D.C...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 29, 1971



* Vietnam Veterans Against the War

* "Operation Dewey Canyon III"

* March on Washington D.C. w/ photos

* Alice Cooper rock singer and songwriter

* "Love It to Death" album tour - I'm Eighteen

* Manhattan concert advertisement



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Neil Armstrong selected for future Moon flight...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 18, 1962



* NASA Astronaut Group 2 is selected

* Apollo program - human spaceflights

* Neil Armstrong - Moon missions



The front page has a two column heading: "9 New Astronauts Named To Train for Moon Flights" (see images) The top of page 18 has a 7 column heading: "Sketches of the Nine New Astronauts Chosen by U. S. to Train for Flights to the Moon... See More  

1966 James Brown & The Byrds concert ads...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, March 17, 1966



* American singer James Brown "Mr. Dynamite"

* Madison Square Garden concert advertisement

* The Byrds - rock band upcoming performances ad



Page 16 has a small advertisement for a "Mr. Dynamite James BROWN" performance at Madison Square Garden. He is known as the "Godfather of Soul".

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1967 "Black Power/White Power" illustration...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 21, 1967



* French artist & writer Tom Ungerer

* Black Power/White Power racial illustration

* Paul Thek's "Dead Hippie" sculpture



The front page has Tomi Ungerer's racist illustration titled: "Black Power/White Power" (see image)

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1969 Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 30, 1969



* The Rolling Stones American Tour 1969

* Madison Square Garden concert advertisement

* "History's first mystic rock and roll tour "

* Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Mick Taylor

* Raymond Buckland - occult - witchcraft ad



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THE WHO "Tommy Tour" Concerts ad (1969)...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, June 5, 1969



* Early The Who - English rock band

* "Tommy Tour" concerts advertisement

* Fillmore East rock venue - Manhattan

* Roger Daltrey - Pete Townsend - Keith Moon

* Opening acts w/ Chuck Berry and more



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1967 THE DOORS Jim Morrison gig ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 31, 1967



* The Doors - Jim Morrison counterculture rock band

* Village Theater performance advertisement

* Peter Max - American artist - psychedelic pop art



Page 18 has a early advertisement for "THE DOORS" which performed at the Village Theater in Greenwich Village. (see image)

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1980 THE CARS & Grateful Dead concert ads...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 15-21, 1980



* Early THE CARS - American rock band - Ric Ocasek

* Madison Square Garden concert advertisement

* The Grateful Dead - Halloween night concert ad

* Jerry Garcia - Bob Weir - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan



Page 95 has a 6 x 4 1/2 inch ad for "The Cars" concert at Madison Square Garden.

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The Beatles & Maharishi in 1967...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 9, 1967



* Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - The Beatles guru

* Post "More popular than Jesus" remark

* John Lennon - Paul McCartney

* Transcendental Mediation Swami

* New religious movement



The front page has a heading: "What's New in America? Maharishi & Mediation" with related photo. (see images) Lengthy t... See More  

1966 Timothy Leary and LSD acid trips...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 15, 1966



* Timothy Leary - Allen Ginsberg - Ralph Metzer

* "Illumination Of The Buddha" w/ photos

* Psychedelic celebration at Village Theatre



Page 28 has two photos during the "Illumination Of The Buddha" with two scenes on stage at the Village Gate. (see images) Also a heading: "The Fragmented Man: Lo... See More  

1964 comic Lenny Bruce ad and conviction...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 26, 1964



* Lenny Bruce - stand-up comedian - satirist ad

* Conviction for obscenity comedy performance



The top of the front page has a heading: "Lenny's Censors on the Couch - p.5"

Page 5 has a heading: "The Bruce Conviction: A View from the Couch" Coverage continues on another page.

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1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd concert advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 20, 1977



* Lynyrd Skynyrd - American Southern rock band

* Pre Ronnie Van Zant airplane crash disaster

* Upcoming area concerts advertisement

* "Street Survivors Tour" - Nassau Coliseum



Page 55 has a nice full page advertisement for upcoming "LYNYRD SKYNYRD" concerts including one at the Nassau Coliseum... See More  

1979 Iranian Revolution ends w/ Ayatollah Khomeini victory...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Feb. 19, 1979



* Iranian Revolution comes to an end

* Ruhollah - Ayatollah Khomeini

* Becomes Leader of the Revolution

* Iranian Shia Islam religious leader



The front page has a headline: "The Worst Domino" with related photo. (see images) This is an editorial on the recent ending of the Iranian Revolution that put Ay... See More  

1972 Chicago rock band concert advertisement...

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



* Chicago - American rock band

* Carnegie Hall concert advertisement



Page 49 has a full page advertisement for "Chicago" concert performances at Carnegie Hall. (see images)

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

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1979 "Jethro Tull" MSG concert ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 3, 1979



* Jethro Tull - British rock band

* Madison Square Garden concert ad

* Aqualung album fame - MSG



Page 63 has a 7 x 4 1/2 inch advertisement for a upcoming "Jethro Tull" concert at Madison Square Garden. (see images)

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1979 premiere of "Hair" & "Twisted Sister" ads......

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 12, 1982



* "Hair" musical film advertisement

* Grand opening day movie premiere

* Anti-war comedy drama - Milos Forman

* Very early Twisted Sister nightclub ad

* American heavy metal rock band - Dee Snider



Page 42 has a full page advertisement for the opening day of the film "HAIR" (see images)

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