First Avenue (3 results)

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 18 x 28 cms. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

3.5" x 1.75" concert ticket dated July 13, 1988. Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Arkestra performed at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This is a general admission ticket and the stub has been removed for entry. Very good condition with glitter printed with the black text.

First Avenue and 7th St Entry are two music venues housed in the same building in downtown Minneapolis. During the 1980s, Prince helped put it at the forefront of Minneapolis music venues by using it as the location for many scenes in his movie, Purple Rain. He was also a frequent performer there in the late 80s and early 90s. Includes a nearly complete run of the First Avenue In-House Magazine, Sept. 1998- August 2000 (nos. 1-51, lacking only no. 23), each 14" x 8½", each 12 pages, comprising articles on and illustrations of upcoming musicians, together with a calendar of upcoming events. Among those featured are Sleator-Kinney, Gil Scott-Heron, Patti Smith, The Flaming Lips, The Jayhawks, Johnny Winter, NRBQ, Black Eyed Peas, [Spider John] Koerner, Ray, and [Tony] Glover, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, Warren Zevon, Mason Jennings, Robyn Hitchcock, Better than Ezra, Motorhead, Billy Bragg, The Cardigans, P. J. Harvey, Roger McGuinn, and many others. Together with a complete run of The Developing Music and Arts Foundation, March 2001-2001 (nos. 1-35), each 16 pages (several are only 8 pages), each 8½" x 11", saddle-stitched, each profusely illustrated. Features First Avenue acts and other news of the music industry, including features on The Wailers, The White Stripes, Sonic Youth, The Suburbs, Sleator-Kinney, Psychedelic Furs, Soul Asylum, Willie and the Bees, Spider John Koerner, Tony Glover, NRBQ, Rufus Wainwright, Mason Jennings, Hootie and the Blowfish, Placebo, Grandaddy, The Samples, Heroine Sheiks, Toots and the Maytals, The Jayhawks, Indigo Girls, Tonya Donnelly, Blackalicious, Billy Bragg, George Clinton, Motorhead, Amy Ray (of the Indigo Girls) and the Butchers, Jonathan Richman (of The Modern Lovers), Jurassic 5, The Misfits, Death Cab for Cutie, They Might Be Giants, The Strokes, Six Feet Under, Stereo Lab, Ian Hunter, Lucinda Williams, Junior Brown, and many, many others; also with various reviews of albums and performances, a tribute to John Lennon, calendar of upcoming events, pertinent ads, etc. And a significant run of First Avenue's Posters / Calendars, 2000-2002 (32 in all); the inside-spread of 17 of these feature a large poster of any number of particular bands and artists, including Propaghandi, Bob Dylan's 60th Birthday Bash, Ex-Centric Sound Syatem, Toots and the Maytals, Cradle of Filth, Buju Banton and Yellow Man, Hank III and Assjack, Killer Elite, The Squabs, The Magnolias, Cold Cut, Trailer Trash, etc. and 13 Dancteria tickets (free passes to the club), undated, but colorful; plus several duplicates, and a piece or two of First Avenue ephemera.…