Music - The Golden Age (well, actually, waaayyy more colors!)

[Frog]

I was just reading the current Rolling Stone's article on the best concerts of the last fifty years. I went and found the poster from my first rock concert. back in '68.
After five or so years of folk, in clubs, coffee houses, and even big shows at the Hollywood Bowl, and a few "Surfers' Stomps", you can only imagine how this powerhouse line-up blew me away!

[nascarstan]

That's a great line up!
All super talented musicians!

[Frog]

and. would you believe $4?

[im_mcguire]

You might want to get that framed right there.  That poster is worth some serious money if I am not mistaken...

[Frog]

You might want to get that framed right there.  That poster is worth some serious money if I am not mistaken...

That's actually a link to one online, not one I have.
The sad thing is, though I had a half dozen from Pinnacle (the promoters of that show), and a couple from the Kaleidoscope), a short lived venue that used to be the Hullabaloo and before that the Moulin Rouge on Sunset blvd, the big stash was after I moved to the Bay Area where we had between 2 and 4 shows a week from the Fillmore, Avalon, Winterland, eventually the Carousel, and the Family Dog at the beach.  Whew!
Those shows tended to hand out posters at the door.

That stash, along with the cool billboard murals I had from an old job were lost when my shop burned some time back.

[Sbrem]

I saw Jimi that year, and Soft Machine opened for him... as for the best concerts over the last 50 years, in who's opinion? Not real big on polls...

Steve

[Frog]

I saw Jimi that year, and Soft Machine opened for him... as for the best concerts over the last 50 years, in who's opinion? Not real big on polls...

Steve

Well, obviously subjective, but Rolling Stone has a little bit of cred in the music department.

[inkman996]

I saw Jimi that year, and Soft Machine opened for him... as for the best concerts over the last 50 years, in who's opinion? Not real big on polls...

Steve

If I had the chance to go back in time and pick one concert to see live I would have to go either with one of Zepplins pre 75 NY concerts, or Dire Straights Alchemy live in London.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pa9x9fZBtY

[Frog]

I saw Jimi that year, and Soft Machine opened for him... as for the best concerts over the last 50 years, in who's opinion? Not real big on polls...

Steve

If I had the chance to go back in time and pick one concert to see live I would have to go either with one of Zepplins pre 75 NY concerts, or Dire Straights Alchemy live in London.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pa9x9fZBtY

Just before leaving Los Angeles, in June of '68, I saw a Pinnacle concert featuring "The New Yardbirds" soon to become Led Zep.
Here's a good read that deals with that transition.
Soon after moving to Berkeley, we saw them as Led Zepplin at the Carousel in San Francisco supporting their first album.

[inkman996]

I saw Jimi that year, and Soft Machine opened for him... as for the best concerts over the last 50 years, in who's opinion? Not real big on polls...

Steve

If I had the chance to go back in time and pick one concert to see live I would have to go either with one of Zepplins pre 75 NY concerts, or Dire Straights Alchemy live in London.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pa9x9fZBtY

Just before leaving Los Angeles, in June of '68, I saw a Pinnacle concert featuring "The New Yardbirds" soon to become Led Zep.
Here's a good read that deals with that transition.
Soon after moving to Berkeley, we saw them as Led Zepplin at the Carousel in San Francisco supporting their first album.

There is a lot of history concerning Page and the Yard Birds. Jeff Beck Eric Clapton, page to name a few were the Yard Birds, when The Yard Birds broke up they gave Page permission to use the Yard Bird name hence The New Yard Birds emerged. Frog you are one really lucky person to have seen both versions of Zepplin.

[nascarstan]

Looks like we tore up the same venues in the San Francisco area Frog. Great times were had at all.
I was especially fond of Winterland.

[tonypep]

Genesis w/Peter Gabriel, The Tubes, Bowie Diamond Dogs tour, whole bunch of Punk bands in New Haven clubs. U2 at Toads Place middle of a blizzard. 30 people in the club that night. OK so like most, that's going to be a long list

[inkman996]

Genesis w/Peter Gabriel, The Tubes, Bowie Diamond Dogs tour, whole bunch of Punk bands in New Haven clubs. U2 at Toads Place middle of a blizzard. 30 people in the club that night. OK so like most, that's going to be a long list

I spent many mahy nights in Toads and New Haven Colosseum, some I truly do not remember. Thats just New Haven, there also The Webster, Sting, Arch Street

[Sbrem]

I saw Jimi that year, and Soft Machine opened for him... as for the best concerts over the last 50 years, in who's opinion? Not real big on polls...

Steve

Well, obviously subjective, but Rolling Stone has a little bit of cred in the music department.

not to me... never read it, and apparently, missing nothing at all. Again, it's subjective, so no actual truth, just someone's opinion. For instance, I would never compare the Sex Pistols to John Coltrane, but somewhere, someone would...

Steve

[Frog]

I saw Jimi that year, and Soft Machine opened for him... as for the best concerts over the last 50 years, in who's opinion? Not real big on polls...

Steve

Well, obviously subjective, but Rolling Stone has a little bit of cred in the music department.

not to me... never read it, and apparently, missing nothing at all. Again, it's subjective, so no actual truth, just someone's opinion. For instance, I would never compare the Sex Pistols to John Coltrane, but somewhere, someone would...

Steve

First off, let me emphasize that I never defended their choices, but merely pointed out that it got me remembering my own first real live rock experience. (which, coincidentally or not, was the same main artist as their first chronological choice as well.)
For those interested, here's their list. And remember, they are not judging musicians as such, but rather specific concerts or tours.
https://atrl.net/forums/topic/32480-rolling-stone-50-greatest-concerts-of-the-last-50-years/