LED ZEPPELIN__1969__Original FILLMORE CONCERT TICKET___San Francisco__EX-

Description

Here is
an
authentic
LED ZEPPELIN
ticket
from Saturday January 11th, 1969 at the Fillmore West, San Francisco.
This was roughly their 10th appearance in the US, so very early in their career.  In their very short lived humble beginning, opening up for Country Joe.
They had just finished up their 1st album which was only released a few days later.
This ticket measures roughly 2 1/2" x 4 1/2".  It is in great condition with light wear and the white has discolored.  Has the fairly common and appropriate handwritten BG 155 written on the back.  This ticket was used for a very short time in the lobby from the purchase at the box office and handed back at the entrance.   This ticket originally came from Bill Graham's archives where it was stored for decades.  He kept thousands of items, some that he would re-purpose, especially the tickets.  Since many acts would add shows during the year, he would just rubber stamp a new date on the already used tickets that he kept.
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only
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FILLMORE WEST
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 special
venues that
constantly held
extended engagements by the then
curre
nt and popula
r
performers.  Just about ever
y well know
n b
and played there except for a few
more established bands like
The Beatles and Rolling S
tones.
This was p
ro
bably
due to being located in SF, w
hich
became a major 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 great 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.
Fairly typical set list for the 1969 tour:
1. "Train Kept A-Rollin' " (Bradshaw, Kay, Mann)
2. "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Dixon)
3. "As Long As I Have You" (Mimms)
4. "Dazed and Confused" (Page)
5. "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, John Paul Jones, Page)
6. "You Shook Me" (Dixon, Lenoir)
7. "White Summer"/"Black Mountain Side" (Page)
8. "Pat's Delight" (Bonham)
9. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" (Bredon, Page, Plant)
10. "How Many More Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page)
11. "Killing Floor" (Burnett)
12. "For Your Love" (Gouldman