PENTAGRAM - Bluefield, West Virginia - 30 May 1975 - Vintage Show Poster

$

75

PENTAGRAM

Concert Poster

30 May 1975

Bluefield, West Virginia


This is an incredibly rare, and impossible to obtain show/performance poster.

From the "Original Line-up" era which included Geof O'Keefe, Vincent McAllister, Greg Mayne and Bobby Liebling.

Printed on blue offset paper with black ink.

Poster measures 8 1/2" X 14".

Suitable for framing and display.

It exhibits slight waves (due to humidity), and two creases : one from side to side, three inches from the bottom (as if it had been previously folded), and one corner crease in the lower right.
Otherwise the poster is intact (see provided image).

Given the age  (36 years) and rarity of this piece...it's in damn fine shape.

This is from one of PENTAGRAM's rare excursions to perform outside the immediate Washington, D.C. area.

As described by drummer Geof O'Keefe in his liner notes of "First Daze Here Too (The Vintage Collection) :

"...and we played to a packed auditorium such as in Bluefield, West Virginia, where the music-starved kids treated us like the Beatles, demanding three encores despite us being virtually unknown and with no records they could buy."

I obtained this from Geof O'Keefe back in the early 1980s, and one would be hard-pressed to get him to give up one of his few that are left.

Poster is an exceptional rare piece of PENTAGRAM history.

This is as genuine, as it is unique.

Guaranteed  Authentic.

It is not a reproduction of any kind.
It is not a xerox copy.
It is not a digital print.
It is not a facsimile.
It is not a forgery.

Anyone familiar with PENTAGRAM, and "The PENTAGRAM Archives" on MySpace, is probably already aware that there are numerous items in the collection.
I have decided it's time to loosen the grip on a number of these and make them available.
Most are one-of-a-kind, which makes them highly collectible.
This is your chance to acquire a unique piece of PENTAGRAM history.

I am not offering any sort of 'Certificate of Authenticity', as a COA is not worth the paper it's printed on.
I do offer my word of honor as to it's authenticity, as I have been associated with the band since the DEATH ROW era.
I have maintained possession of said items in a climate controlled, smoke free environment, and it has been safely stored as an historical archive piece should.
Any questions, comments, or concerns regarding this particular item will be addressed via eBay message.

I will entertain serious bidders only.

Payment will be made in full via PayPal only.

All shipping costs, including insurance will be the responsibility of the winning bidder.

The item will be packed carefully as to avoid any damage during shipping.
It can be mailed flat, or rolled inside a durable mailing tube - it's your choice.

An Addendum dated 06 January 2012

As eBay and PayPal are inextricably linked together...
I would ask any winning bidder to appreciate the need for Positive Feedback.
This is necessary for PayPal holds all funds 21 days in escrow pending no positive feedback from the winning bidder/buyer.
Therefore I would deeply appreciate the positive feedback.

I would not sell any fan of PENTAGRAM / DEATH ROW a false bill of goods...it's simply not my way.
You have my word of honor on this.
Some of this material was acquired during Bobby Liebling's impending move from his parents apartment in Crystal City, Virginia, to his roommate in Rosslyn, Virginia in the 90's.
Bobby's mother (Diane Liebling) asked me to discard into the dumpster behind Crystal Towers) the contents of several trash bags.
Knowing the contents was from Bobby's bedroom: I summarily placed them into my vehicle for later inspection.
Much to my shock and overwhelming joy I found a multitude of historical ephemera relating to the past history of PENTAGRAM and DEATH ROW.
Current PENTAGRAM bassist and my long-time friend Greg Turley will vouch for this, as he was the recipient of some of Victor Griffin's (Greg's uncle) original  hand written lyrics, such as "Evil Seed", and was there when I dumped the contents onto my living room floor.
Even Joe Hasselvander later exclaimed - "Man...what a haul !".
Included in the trash was innumerable vintage artifacts relating to both bands; including band contracts (including one for "Under My Thumb" with all five signatures of the "Original line-up" band members; Randy Palmer included, and their respective managers, Skip Groff and Bob Fowler), photographs, miscellaneous pieces of paper, set-lists, non-sports bubble gum cards (including Mars Attacks and Monster Laffs, of which I offered and gave to Randy Palmer), and piles of rock music magazines such as CREEM, HIT PARADER, ROLLING STONE, and many other related publications.
I also found (among the cache) the hand signed resignation notices of Greg Mayne, Geof O'Keefe, and Vincent McAllister dated 06 January 1976, terminating their involvement with PENTAGRAM.
After informing Bobby of this this...he simply said to me "Go ahead and keep it".
And to think this was intended to be dumped and bull-dozed over in the local landfill....