Poster For Mr. Lee Grant's Farewell Concert 1968

Mr Lee Grant was a huge Pop star in New Zealand in the mid 1960’s. His real name was Bogdan Kominowski. He was born to Polish parents in a Nazi concentration camp just outside Dusseldorf. Sadly, his father didn’t survive the war. Bogdan and his mother emigrated to Palmerston North, New Zealand in 1949. Using the stage name Mr Lee Grant he had six New Zealand top ten singles including three number ones. In 1968 at the hight of his popularity he decided to leave New Zealand and try his luck in Britain. This poster is from his farewell concert. In Britain his pop star career ended quickly. He ended up moving into musical theatre. He did have a small part in the James Bond film "A View To A Kill". In which he played a Russian. 

West Auckland Punk Gig Poster 2 1983

 

Firstly, sorry about the poor quality of the poster. It’s a scan of a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy. Not many of these West Auckland gig posters survived. This one is from 1983. No Tag were just about to release their album. The Plunket Boys had become Vicious Circle on their way to becoming The Warners.  Zyklon-B contained members of The Mormons and Agent Orange (the Mt Roskill Punk band not U.S. one).

Here’s three songs by bands who played at this gig.

The Henchmen - Bitch Goddess

Zyklon-B - Youth On Our Side

No Tag - Mistaken Identity

Or all of them as a .zip

West Auckland Punk Gig Poster

Ainsworths / Regulators: Double B-Side 1980

 

Both the Ainsworths and Regulators were part of the late 1970’s early 80’s Pop/Mod scene based in Auckland New Zealand’s North Shore.  Other bands included Screaming Meemees, The Killjoys and Rebel Truce. In 1980 the two bands self-released a split sided 7 inch with Ainsworths’ Coin on one side and Regulators’ Neat Boy on the other. It was to be the only release for the Regulators.  However, Ainsworth also contributed a track (Danger man) to the compilation Class Of ’81.

Ainsworths

Ainsworths – Coin

Producer – Steve Kennedy

Rowan Sheddon       Guitar
Hillary Hunt              Vocals
Adam Holt                   Bass
Phil                           Drums

Regulators – Neat Boy

Producer – Doug Rogers

Andrew Boak                  Guitar/Vocals
Geoff Hayden                              Bass
Richard Foulkes                        Drums

***Recorded from vinyl. Some Surface Noise.***

Ainsworths - Coin

Regulators - Neat Boy

Flying Nun Records 1987 Catalogue

This is not a photocopy of the 1987 Flying Nun catalogue. The 1987 Flying Nun catalogue was a  photocopied double sided A4 folding in half. You could still buy copies of The Clean's Tally Ho wholesale for $2.30 plus GST (a sales tax. In 1987 it was 10%). Some of these records now go for over a hundred times the then listed prices.

 

Stevie Wonder Gig Poster 1973

A poster for a 1973 concert by Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind and Fire at The University of Maryland. Unlimited free parking and tickets from only $2 to see Stevie Wonder, those where the days.

Toy Love Gig Poster 1979

A gig poster from New Zealand band Toy Love. From 1979 when cut and paste meant scissors and glue. It's photocopied not printed. The Island of Real was an "all ages" venue on Airedale street in Auckland. I have never heard of the support act.

Queen Street Riot. 7th December 1984

This is a poster from New Zealand’s most infamous concert. 10,000 people turned up and it turned ugly. Six million dollars worth of damage was done in two hours. At the time, the Police blamed Dave Dobbyn. Truth was, after the 1981 Springbok tour the Auckland Police had adopted an it’s “us against them bastards” altitude. Any pub or club goer at time would have had at least one story of bad Police behaviour to tell. The riot was a reaction to three years of heavy handed policing not Dave Dobbyn's remakes. After the Commission of Inquiry into the riot Police training methods were changed.