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1969 Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden ad...

Item # 730458 ·

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

Page 45 has a full page inch advertisement for a very early Rolling Stones concert at Madison Square Garden. 
Background: The Rolling Stones’ November 27–28, 1969 performances at Madison Square Garden carry immense historical weight and legendary rarity, capturing the group at their absolute peak as Mick Taylor made his live U.S. debut with the band. Spread across three iconic concerts—a Thanksgiving night show followed by a matinee and evening gig the next day—these performances served as the primary recording source for their seminal 1970 live album Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!, widely regarded by critics as one of the greatest and most authentic live rock-and-roll records ever produced. Beyond the official album audio, the run is highly sought after by collectors and fans due to the sheer concentration of talent on a single bill—supported by B.B. King and Ike & Tina Turner—and because these exact shows were immortalized in the Maysles brothers' groundbreaking 1970 documentary Gimme Shelter. The rarity of these MSG shows lies not only in the unmatched quality of bootleg multi-tracks, soundboard recordings, and unreleased film footage capturing the band's ferocious energy and blistering guitar interplay, but also in their placement as the ecstatic, triumphant high-water mark of the 1969 U.S. tour—standing in stark, poignant contrast to the tragic decay of the 1960s counterculture that unfolded just days later at Altamont.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
The Village Voice was an American counterculture newspaper known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. It introduced free-form, high-spirited, and passionate journalism into the public discourse - a tradition it maintained throughout its 60+ year history. It is quite common to find great political cartoons, satirical cartoons and articles, thought-provoking editorials, and ads and reviews for both concerts and theater productions - both on and off Broadway. Many iconic writers and musicians credit their appearance in The Village Voice for at least a portion of their success.
Complete with 80 pages, tabloid size, nice condition.

Provenance note: This issue comes from The Village Voice's own archives, part of their in-house collection used to create their digital archive. Rare as such.

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Category: The 20th Century
Price
$112
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.