The Bopcats | Rare Debut Album Promo Poster
If you remember The Bopcats, congratulations! You're old like me. If you don't, here's the skinny: These Torontonians were Canada's chief contribution to the early ’80s rockabilly resurgence spearheaded...
Bob Seger | Vintage Nine Tonight Promo Poster
Now that Bob Seger is on his farewell tour, it seems like a good time to spotlight this vintage promo poster from his 1981 live album Nine Tonight. I...
Mick Jagger | 1985 She’s The Boss Promo Posters
"It looks like a Third World dictator press conference!" cracked Mick Jagger as I plunked down my Sony tape deck amid the dozens of microphones and recorders strewn on...
Tom Petty | Vintage Hard Promises Album Promo Poster
I don't have any Tom Petty stories to share that I haven't posted already. So, to go with my vintage promo poster for Petty's 1981 album Hard Promises, here...
Teenage Head | Rare 1982 Western Canada Tour Poster
Since I wrote about the new reissue of Teenage Head’s 1983 EP Tornado the other day, it seems like a good time to show off this poster from their...
Tom Petty | Rolling Stone Cover Poster
Here's something you don't see every day: A poster-sized reproduction of an old Rolling Stone cover featuring Tom Petty. I honestly have no idea how, where or when I...
Iron Maiden | Number of The Beast Promo Poster & 2012 Concert Review
I honestly can't tell you how many times I've seen Iron Maiden in my life. I can tell you that the last time I saw them was on the...
Burton Cummings | Rare 1979 Hot August Night Concert Poster
Like pretty much everybody else who grew up in Winnipeg in the ’60s and ’70s, I've seen my share of Burton Cummings gigs. I don't remember if this outdoor...
The Go-Go’s | Rare 1982 Western Canada Tour Poster
For my money, The Go-Go's didn't get the respect they deserved. At least, not back in the day. When the all-female L.A. quintet first appeared in the early ’80s,...
Black Sabbath | Rare 1982 Western Canada Mob Rules Tour Poster
Like any metal fan — or really, almost any rock fan who came of age in the ’70s and ’80s — I've seen Black Sabbath a few times. And in...
KISS | Animalize Promo Poster
Comedy and tragedy can be two sides of the same coin. This post-apocalyptic promo poster for KISS’s 1984 album Animalize illustrates that quite succinctly, I would say. On the...
The Who | Hooligans Promo Poster
The main thing I remember about The Who’s Hooligans anthology is that I barely remember it at all. I had to look it up online to find out that...
Nash the Slash | Rare 1980s Tour Posters
I am old enough not only to remember Nash the Slash, but to remember seeing the Canadian indie-rock outlier multiple times. Almost always in some tiny, grotty club or...
Rickie Lee Jones | Vintage Pirates Promo Poster
One thing I've learned from this site: You can never predict what's going to be popular. Like my recent review of Rickie Lee Jones’ eclectic covers album Kicks. I...
Randy Newman | Rare 1980s Concert Poster
You can't win them all. Here's one that I lost out on: I had front-row tickets to these solo shows by Randy Newman in Edmonton in the early 1980s....
