The Kaleidoscope Club 1st Anniversary Rare Concert Poster April 1968
Item History & Price
The Kaleidoscope 1968 Psychedelic Rock Concert Venue, Sunset and Vine, Hollywood.
Rare Original Round Concert PosterCelebrating The Kaleidoscope's 1st Anniversary with artists, HP Lovecraft / James Cotton Blues Band / Mint Tattoo12th - 14th April 1968
There are only 20 numbered venue posters except no poster exist for numbers 11 and 12. Artwork by Dick Dahlgren, rare circle-shape, #8 in a series for The Kaleidoscope. First printing.
D...iameter: 18 1/2 inches
The Venue
The well-known 1968 iteration of the Kaleidoscope was housed in a built in 1938 by one Earl Carroll, and named the Earl Carroll Theatre. The theatre, at 6230 Sunset Boulevard (at Argyle near Vine) in Hollywood, featured two concentrically rotating stages at the centre of the venue. That theme continues through to the only 20 designs in total for the venue's concerts.
Skip Taylor, the manager of Canned Heat, had been interested in running his own venue for some time. In early 1967, he attempted to book shows at a building on 1228 Vine Street, but they were stopped by an injunction and the project was put on hold. The circular poster became more famous than the abortive venue.
By Spring 1968, Canned Heat was a popular band with a successful single ("On The Road Again"), so Taylor was in a better position. Taylor, William Morris agent John Hartmann and Gary Essert took over the lease on former Hullabaloo (Taylor and Morris had been agents together at William Morris). It was presumably easier to take a venue that presented music and dancing already than to create a new one. Since Taylor and Hartmann were Canned Heat's manager and booking agent, respectively, the band played the venue often.
The unique design of the Earl Carroll Theatre meant that The Kaleidoscope, as a rock venue, had a unique stage set up that allowed acts to set up prior to performing, and then rotated into place. A new sound system brought the Kaleidoscope up to Fillmore standards. However, the venue only held about 1, 000 people, and it was not able to become a profitable venture. Kaleidoscope shows were advertised by posters, some of them quite interesting, but not every show appears to have featured a poster. Like many LA venues (and contrary to contemporary San Francisco ones), the Kaleidoscope was probably open many nights with only local bands, or other entertainment like films.(Source - Rock Prosopography)
Condition is excellent. Unique Round Poster mounted - see pics.
Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class signed for delivery (UK).International buyers are welcome - dispatched using Royal Mail International Track and Signed delivery service.
Rare Original Round Concert PosterCelebrating The Kaleidoscope's 1st Anniversary with artists, HP Lovecraft / James Cotton Blues Band / Mint Tattoo12th - 14th April 1968
There are only 20 numbered venue posters except no poster exist for numbers 11 and 12. Artwork by Dick Dahlgren, rare circle-shape, #8 in a series for The Kaleidoscope. First printing.
D...iameter: 18 1/2 inches
The Venue
The well-known 1968 iteration of the Kaleidoscope was housed in a built in 1938 by one Earl Carroll, and named the Earl Carroll Theatre. The theatre, at 6230 Sunset Boulevard (at Argyle near Vine) in Hollywood, featured two concentrically rotating stages at the centre of the venue. That theme continues through to the only 20 designs in total for the venue's concerts.
Skip Taylor, the manager of Canned Heat, had been interested in running his own venue for some time. In early 1967, he attempted to book shows at a building on 1228 Vine Street, but they were stopped by an injunction and the project was put on hold. The circular poster became more famous than the abortive venue.
By Spring 1968, Canned Heat was a popular band with a successful single ("On The Road Again"), so Taylor was in a better position. Taylor, William Morris agent John Hartmann and Gary Essert took over the lease on former Hullabaloo (Taylor and Morris had been agents together at William Morris). It was presumably easier to take a venue that presented music and dancing already than to create a new one. Since Taylor and Hartmann were Canned Heat's manager and booking agent, respectively, the band played the venue often.
The unique design of the Earl Carroll Theatre meant that The Kaleidoscope, as a rock venue, had a unique stage set up that allowed acts to set up prior to performing, and then rotated into place. A new sound system brought the Kaleidoscope up to Fillmore standards. However, the venue only held about 1, 000 people, and it was not able to become a profitable venture. Kaleidoscope shows were advertised by posters, some of them quite interesting, but not every show appears to have featured a poster. Like many LA venues (and contrary to contemporary San Francisco ones), the Kaleidoscope was probably open many nights with only local bands, or other entertainment like films.(Source - Rock Prosopography)
Condition is excellent. Unique Round Poster mounted - see pics.
Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class signed for delivery (UK).International buyers are welcome - dispatched using Royal Mail International Track and Signed delivery service.
