Saturday, August 20, 2011

1977 Ads: CBGB and the CBGB Theater

Selected 1977 Voice ads for CBGB and the short-lived CBGB Theater at the old Anderson, whose official name appears to have been CBGB's Second Avenue Theater.


1/3/77 issue.

3/14/77 issue.


3/14/77 issue.

3/14/77 issue.


3/21/77 issue.

3/21/77 issue.

3/28/77 issue.



3/28/77 issue.



7/4/77 issue.


7/11/77 issue.


7/18/77 issue.


7/25/77 issue.


8/1/77 issue.




8/8/77 issue.


8/15/77 issue.


8/22/77 issue.


8/29/77 issue.


9/5/77 issue.


9/12/77 issue.

9/19/77 "Voice Choices" column excerpt.


9/19/77 issue.


9/26/77 issue.


10/3/77 issue.


10/10/77 issue.

10/10/77 issue.



10/10/77 issue.


10/17/77 issue.


10/17/77 issue.


10/24/77 issue.

10/31/77 "Christgau's Consumer Guide" excerpt.


10/31/77 issue.


11/7/77 issue.


11/14/77 issue.

11/21/77 issue.


11/21/77 issue.

11/28/77 issue. Jonathan was forced to find somewhere else to relieve himself.

11/28/77 issue.


11/28/77 issue.

11/28/77 issue.

11/28/77 issue.


12/5/77 issue.

12/12/77 issue.

12/12/77 issue.

12/12/77 issue.

12/12/77 issue.  Did they forget to include the band's name, or were the Cramps recognizable enough by photo alone as early as '77?


12/12/77 issue.

12/19/77 issue.


12/19/77 issue.

12/26/77 issue.

12/26/77 "Voice Choices" column excerpt.

12/26/77 issue.


12/26/77 issue.


Reviews, articles, etc.:

"Peter Tork at CBGB?" by Lester Bangs, 8/8/77 "Riffs" column.

Richard Hell and the Voidoids' Blank Generation review, 9/26/77 "Riffs" column.

The 10/24/77 issue has a special center supplement on punk; none of the articles are CB's-specific, but there are fab profiles on Danny Fields and Vom, plus longer pieces by Christgau and Simon Frith   Also, Lester Bangs reviews the Dead Boys' Young Loud and Snotty in the "Riffs" column.

Talking Heads 77 review, 11/7/77 "Riffs" column.

Greil Marcus on the Ramones' Rocket to Russia, 12/12/77 "Riffs" column.



CB's 1977 Youtube clips, including the Ramones, the Dead Boys, AC/DC, the Damned, the Dictators, and  Blondie.

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