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1854 . R . E . O . SPEEDWAGON SOUTH BEND , INDIANA 1977 CONCERT POSTER . 17.5x23 ” on medium gloss paper . Promoting a concert for May 3 , 1977 at the Morris Civic Auditorium in South Bend , Indiana . This was the year R . E . O . Speedwagon both moved to Los Angeles and released their first live album , Live : You Get What You Play For , which eventually hit platinum . Edge wear , slight age toning , paper loss in corners from tack marks , corner bumps , creasing upper right . Fine . ( H ) $ 100.00 1855 . BLUE OYSTER CULT & FLEETWOOD MAC CAPITOL THEATRE NEW YORK 1975 CONCERT POSTER . 17.5x26.5 ” glossy paper poster for the final season for The Capitol Theatre in Portchester , NY . Poster advertises series of concerts that took place May 16 through May 31 , 1975 . Acts included - Blue Oyster Cult ( May 16 ), Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen ( May 17 ), Return to Forever w / Chick Corea and The Eleventh House w / Larry Coryell ( May 23 ), Bonnie Raitt , Buddy Guy and Jr . Wells ( May 24 ), Fleetwood Mac ( May 30 ) and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ( May 31 ). 1975 was the first year for Fleetwood Mac ’ s new line-up . Poster features images of crying people at top w / freshly dug grave and “ Capitol R . I . P .” tombstone w / coffin marked “ Capitol Theatre .” Minimal handling wear . Soft horizontal crease lower mid-right side . Exc . Scarce . ( H ) $ 100.00 1856 . JIMMY BUFFETT RARE MISPRINT FLORIDA 1976 TWO SIDED CONCERT POSTER . 18x24 ” on card stock paper . Promoting “ Wine & Dine Under The Stars ”, a concert for July 9 , 1976 aboard the Tom Sawyer cruise ship in St . Petersburg , FL . Legend has it , there were only 20 or so of the misprints ever made by the Suncoast Surf Shop , where Jimmy came in to proof the poster and said “ You spelled my ****** name wrong !” “ Allstars ” was then dropped to fit the extra T for Buffett ’ s name . Two sided poster has horizontal wrinkles with scattered wear , corner bumps , handling wear , aging , tack holes in corners , one side has clear tape on all margins , paper loss upper right corner of other side . VG . ( I ) $ 200.00 1857 . SANTANA COLUMBIA , MARYLAND 1980 CONCERT POSTER . 12x20 ” on thin glossy card stock . Promoting a Santana concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion . Graphic hands applauding a photo figure of Santana across a horizontal rainbow design . Trivial handling wear . Exc . Bold colors and nice portrait ensure this will frame nicely . ( H ) $ 100.00 1858 . AC / DC , JUDAS PRIEST “ HIGHWAY TO HELL ” GERMAN 1979 CONCERT POSTER . 23.75x33.25 ” on thin paper . Promoting two concerts in Germany on Nov . 16 and 21 . Featuring an image of the band including original lead singer Bon Scott . This tour prompting the band ’ s masterpiece Highway to Hell album would be Scott ’ s final before his untimely death w / his last gig occurring Jan . 27 , 1980 only two months after these concerts . Small margin tears mid-left edge and lower right edge . VF . A superb lineup featuring two of hard rock and metal ’ s biggest names . ( H ) $ 100.00 1859 . AC / DC 1980 CANADIAN CONCERT POSTER INCLUDING THE DAY “ BACK IN BLACK ” WAS RELEASED . 12.75x19.5 ” on thin coated paper . Promoting a six date tour in Canada from July 20 to July 28 including the “ Friday , July 25 ” gig in London , Ontario occurring the day “ Back In Black ” was released . Well flattened vertical and horizontal crease , two less than . 5 ” horizontal tears at top right stabilized on reverse and three tiny light brown spots in the white background at bottom right . Technically Fine and will frame to display above grade . After briefly considering disbanding after the death of original front man Bon Scott , the Aussie hard rockers returned to the studio to record their seventh studio album “ Back In Black ” bringing in English singer Brian Johnson . The album has achieved legendary status as not only the best selling hard rock album of all time but among the top five selling albums of any genre w / sales over 50 million world wide . A historic poster for an important band that dominated the 1970s and 1980s . ( I ) $ 200.00 1860 . ELVIS COSTELLO ARMED FUNK TOUR PROVIDENCE , RHODE ISLAND 1978 CONCERT POSTER . 17.5x23 ” on glossy cardstock . Promoting a concert for April 14 , 1978 at Rhode Island College ’ s Walsh Gym . This was just after releasing his second album , This Year ’ s Model , which followed My Aim Is True , widely considered one of the best debut albums of all time . Corner bumps w / slight creasing and minimal handling wear . Exc . Bold design for an artist at the height of his game . ( H ) $ 100.00 1861 . THE ADVERTS DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE , UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER , ENGLAND FEBRUARY 17 , 1978 CONCERT POSTER . 20x30 ” on paper . Four pairs of mismatched eyes stare out to promote the UK punk band ’ s University of Lancaster concert which took place February 17 , 1978 , the same day of the release of the band ’ s debut album , Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts , which went on to become one of the most influential and highly regarded albums of the punk scene . Minor handling , corner bend lower left . Exc . ( H ) $ 100.00 1862 . BLONDIE & BADFINGER LAS VEGAS ALADDIN HOTEL 1979 CONCERT POSTER . 14x22 ” on glossy cardstock . Promoting a concert for August 9 , 1979 at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas . The show featured guest star Badfinger , and was during Blondie ’ s Parallel Lines tour , which led them to mainstream pop punk prominence . General aging / handling wear w / moderate scattered foxing , age toning , and horizontal creasing from being rolled . Two margin bites lower side edges . Fine . ( H ) $ 100.00