FLAMIN GROOVIES - THE 1976 UK TOUR BUNDLE -AUCTION ITEM !! MINIMUM BID $1,000- CLOSING WED JAN 14th

 AMAZING ITEMS, STRAIGHT FROM THE BOMP ARCHIVES! MUSEUM-WORTHY STUFF. PACKED IN A VINTAGE BOMP PROMO FOLDER 

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 This is a very special package of ephemera, not only for Flamin’ Groovies fans, but also for students of the 1970s punk movements – a selection of one-of-a-kind paper items from the time of the band’s late 1976 tour of the UK to promote the “Shake Some Action: album, a record, and trip that had a profound influences on the emergent punk and new wave scenes. As many of you know, Greg was the Groovies’ manager at the time and, having helped them get signed to Sire Records, was also their staunchest champion. Eventually he didn’t want to herd the cats any more, but these fascinating documents capture Greg’s efforts and would be a prize for any Groovies archivist.

-Original Bron Agency contract for the famous “Amazin’ High Energy” performance at Imperial College, London, December 12^th 1976, signed by promoters;

-Original rider contract prepared by Greg as an adjunct to the above, signed;

-Cyril Jordan’s room service bill from the London Ryan Hotel  (in the name of his co-occupant, roadie John Seaton);

-Authorization from Greg for expenses relating to the tour, signed;

 -An “interim itinerary” of the dates to be played on the tour, with handwritten notes;

-An extensive list of the Groovies’ equipment, prepared for transportation and customs purposes.

-Flamin Groovies vintage "Monthly book" July 1976 

-Flamin Groovies stationery, with SIRE RECORDS address on the bottom 

-Flamin Groovies Fanclub postcard "OPEN MARKET" (The Open Market shop was an epicenter for the French punk movement in the 1970s, stocking influential American garage and punk rock imports from London, Amsterdam, and New York. The shop was known for its carefully curated selection of records, including those by the Flamin' Groovies, the Stooges, and Kim Fowley)