Hi,
bought this at a store at Carnaby Street in the 80s.
Long time ago... Was stored among other things in the garage and found it last weekend.
Still like it and will hang it on my walls again.

What I want to know: Is this a genuine merchandise poster from the 60s?

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MrBird65
Hi,
bought this at a store at Carnaby Street in the 80s.
Long time ago... Was stored among other things in the garage and found it last weekend.
Still like it and will hang it on my walls again.

What I want to know: Is this a genuine merchandise poster from the 60s?

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Put the image somewhere where it's not necessary to log in to see it. Thanks.

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ROCKMAN

Hey MrBird65, let us know what else you found in the garage!

Unfortunately this was the only interesting thing I found...

Thx Rockman for posting the picture!

I would buy that. You looking to sell?

Sorry, not for sale... Memories of a great time in London and I really like that poster, if real or fake or whatever.

Cool lookin poster you got there.

That is a nice poster!

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ROCKMAN

Nice poster. I always wondered why they would use a reverse negative of Brian?

Nice poster, it’s hard to say if it’s real or repro…

They probably flipped Brian's image to better balance the poster, which I've seen done many times.

ok before this poor guy loses mind

can anyone comment on its authenticity?

either way cool poster

It's not that important for me if it's authentic or not. I just wanted to share it here with you on IORR and maybe get some information about it.

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MrBird65
It's not that important for me if it's authentic or not. I just wanted to share it here with you on IORR and maybe get some information about it.

that's alright but now i'm curious too

seems like something matt lee would know if anyone could contact him



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Curious is the right term... and yes, probably Matt is the one that can bring light into the darkness...

Looks like it’s mounted on cardboard? It’s a nice clean good looking poster.
Probably authentic and was used to promote the record release. To be sure of
authenticity you should compare (both poster size and image quality) to a known authentic example. Some of these early promotional posters are very rare - with
only a handful surviving.

It's not mounted on cardboard, it's just in a frameless holder. That was the cheapest solution for me as pupil. I think I have to change that frame...
It's printed on relatively thin paper and I remember that I had to carry it in my hand (rolled and a paperbag around the middle to avoid the sweat of my hands will make it wavy) all the way from London to Cologne because I only had a small rucksack with me and it was kind of stressful to avoid damage to it. Luckily no rain on that journey.

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Looks like it’s mounted on cardboard? It’s a nice clean good looking poster.
Probably authentic and was used to promote the record release. To be sure of
authenticity you should compare (both poster size and image quality) to a known authentic example. Some of these early promotional posters are very rare - with
only a handful surviving.

You may be right because not even Matt could give some info.And I have some promotional posters of other bands from the 80s from a recordstore in Cologne and they all are printed on cheap thin paper.

My gut says it's a bootleg but I could be wrong and I would want to inspect it in person to add more evidence for or against. I first thought it looked like a press ad but it's actually pretty big. The large white boarder was unusual but now I am looking on a laptop it appears that there is a white background making it look larger that it is. For me the two things I am uncomfortable about are the resolution of the reproduction and perhaps even more importantly the in correct font for The Rolling Stones. The EP had this cover design but No Rolling Stones, In my view it's been made from the EP artwork, hence the poorer resolution and then because the EP didn't have The Rolling Stones written that has been added in the same font but if it were real The would have had a capital T and the whole name would have been a tighter font consistent with the Album cover. As a general rule I tend to believe nothing until there is overwhelming evidence to support somethings authenticity.

Thank you Matt!

Personally, I think it is a bootleg and agree with Matt.

Most of the older posters I have show numbering or lettering either at the very bottom or on the back.

And the reverse negative of Brian doesn't make sense on a professionally made poster. There were plenty of images of Brian they could have used where they were not reversed.

It would also seem to me if it was a legit poster there would be images on Google when you do a search.

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And the reverse negative of Brian doesn't make sense on a professionally made poster. There were plenty of images of Brian they could have used where they were not reversed.

The reversed image of Brian is also in the original EP

A very nice poster indeed!

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