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Here's a little preview of 1970 Voice ad mania. First, from the August 27, 1970 issue, an ad for the infamous Cincinnati Pop Festival telecast, shown on channel 5 in the New York area. A review of the show also appeared in the 9/17/70 "Riffs" column.

And here are a few ads for Truth and Soul, the knitwear company owned by Billy Murcia and Syl Sylvain. Some hardcore New York Dolls freak has probably located them already, but if they're anywhere else online, I haven't seen them--the only ad I have previously seen was in Nina Antonia's Dolls bio. Did Putney Swope inspire the name?

3/12/70 issue.

4/2/70 issue.

10/15/70 issue.

Much more to come next week.

1969 Ads: Steve Paul's The Scene

Selected '69 Voice ads for Steve Paul's the Scene. Some issues were missing and sometimes I miss things, so this collection is far from complete.

1/2/69 issue.

1/2/69 issue. Seems like many jazz shows were presented on Sunday evenings, which were given their own separate smaller ads--I saved a few of 'em.

1/9/69 issue. Did the Small Faces show actually happen?

1/16/69 issue. Note "Lead Zeppelin." That's not nearly as hilarious as an ad a facebook pal found for a Vanilla Fudge/Zep gig at the Kennedy Pavilion in Spokane, Washington--which spelled it "Len Zefflin."

In that week's "Pop Eye" column, Richard Goldstein muses, "Steve Paul's Scene has changed a bit, grown stern and funky like the rest of us. I hadn't been there in, say, six weeks. I can't explain why. It's as good a place to hear music as any in this promopolis." Later in the column he reviews a Slim Harpo/Lightnin' Slim show for which I didn't find an ad--but if he hadn't been there in a while, perhaps it took place in late '68.

1/30/69 issue. Read this fun Scene-related encounter between "Jimmy Paige" and N.Y. Rocker editor Andy Schwartz.

2/6/69 issue.

2/20/69 issue.

2/20/69 issue.

3/6/69 issue.

3/6/69 issue.

3/20/69 issue.

3/20/69 issue. To the best of my knowlege, that "Psychedelic Stooges" engagement didn't actually happen...apparently the Pavilion show later in September was their NYC debut.

4/3/69 issue.


4/3/69 issue.

4/10/69 issue.

5/1/69 issue. Annie Fisher briefly reviews the PG&E/Ten Wheel Drive in the 5/8/69 "Riffs" column.

5/1/69 issue.

5/8/69 issue.

5/15/69 issue.

5/22/69 issue.

5/29/69 issue.

6/5/69 issue.

6/12/69 issue.

6/19/69 issue.

6/19/69 issue.

6/26/69 issue.

6/26/69 issue.

7/3/69 issue.



7/3/69 issue.

7/10/69 issue.

7/10/69 issue. See more of Annie Fisher's effusively positive review of Sha-Na-Na in the 7/3/69 "Riffs" column (scroll back a little, I had to link to a nearby ad).

7/17/69 issue.

8/7/69 issue. I didn't find any more "rock" ads after the 7/17 issue...and the only mention of the club's closing that I found was in the 9/11/69 "Scenes" column.

Speaking of the Scene, I recently got a couple of nice notes from a former staffer of Billboard and Record Retailer, who offered this fun description of the joint: "I remember Steve Paul's The Scene with some affection. The most dangerous club in Manhattan. I'm talking about the flight of stairs that had to be negotiated to get into the place and I'm surprised Sherpa guides were not on hand to assist your departure."


UPDATE 3/15/2012: Please see the revised and improved post on 1969 Scene ads here.

Another year for me and you

Only one day left 'til FREE Stoogemania at Yonge-Dundas, so I couldn't be happier to locate these holy grails in the 8/28/69 ish of the Voice today.

Oh yeah, LED ZEPPELIN just happened to play there a few days earlier, 8/29 and 30. The links have better images of the ads and other artifacts from the shows.

Lots more Pavilion and many other '69 ads to come. Sorry to bisect them like this, but the little Google Archives viewing window doesn't accommodate the full length of these particular ads.