PINK FLOYD Original__1968__FILLMORE CONCERT TICKET__SYD BARRETT & ROGER WATERS

Description

Here's an
authentic
PINK FLOYD
ticket
from 1968
at the Fillmore West, San Francisco
.
This was the very early days with Syd Barrett and several years before David Gilmour came along.  The band members (including Gilmour) give Syd Barrett a lot of credit for the creation of their early psychedelic musical style.  He was the main driving force initially, the pioneer and founder.  This was following their first break out tour to the USA in 1967 and still new to the US.  This ticket was printed for the planned October 1967 shows, only those were cancelled as the band had visa issues to enter the country.  So, this ticket was likely used in the re-scheduled shows in early November.  Then, it was re-used in July 1968 right when the band was embarking on a new US tour.
The ticket measures roughly 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" and is in EX(-) condition, just very slight handling wear, some age related darkening and rubber stamp on the back .
Purchase with confidence, I deal
only
in original vintage items guaranteed authentic.
Here's an excellent quality 10 min. video clip shot in 1967 with Syd:
Go to YouTube and paste in:
Pink Floyd - Live With Syd Barrett - 1967 - Prt 1/3
The Fillmore:
T
his was from the period
i
n the late 60's and 70's
when
Bill Graham owned and operated the F
illmore and Winterland
venues in SF.  He
decided to have his
own promotional posters
designed to promote
the co
ncerts.  F
irst, he would choo
se
an artist
to draw a
nd print a poster
custom
ized
for each individual
show
.  The
tickets
were just a reduced
facsimile
of the posters and then typically color-coded to indicate multi
ple
night engagements.
Back then,
t
he Fillmore West and Winterland
were rather busy
venues that
constantly held
extended engagements by the then
curre
nt and popula
r
performers.  So many
well know
n b
ands played there
.
This was p
ro
bably
due to being located in SF, w
hich
became the focal point for psychedelic
music
and
countercultu
re
in genera
l
.  San Francisco was the ultimate
city for rock concerts and
Bill was
both a promoter and own
er of
the venues where they could play.
So that
he
could reconcile sales each night, patrons purchased tickets at the venue box office and handed them right back over at the door, thus most ending up in the archive in EX or NM- condition.  T
oday the original F
illmore
in SF
still
operates
with Live Nation
having been leas
ing
it
and it is also expand
ing
the Fillmore 'bran
d' by naming other
venues it owns or leases around the coun
try in cities such as M
i
ami, Phili, Denver, Detroit
, DC & NYC.