Grateful Dead, Signed (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. GRATEFUL DEAD - TWENTY FIVE YEARS - EUROPE 1990. SIGNED & INSCRIBED in SILVER on the FRONT COVER by KEN KESEY, Friend, Mentor and LSD Guru to the Grateful Dead: "Hmmm. / that's either Bill Graham's ghost or a live version of / Ken Kesey". SIGNED & INSCRIBED in GOLD on the first two page panel by KEN BABBS, an LSD laden Merry Prankster and friend of the Grateful Dead and Ken Kesey: "I didn't Go! - DURN! - Ken Babbs". Softcovers, side stapled, 11.75x11.75 inches (the shape of a vinyl album cover), 26 pages. illustrated with photographs of the band and its Dead members. NEAR FINE condition, just lightly handled, tight, bright, clean and clear. A lovely copy. RARE SIGNED & INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY that combines the GHOST of BILL GRAHAM, with the MERRY PRANKSTER MISCHIEVOUS WIT of KEN KESEY, and the LSD mindset of Prankster and Dead Friend KEN BABBS. A Unique Item from the Pranksters and the Dead. About KEN KESEY (excerpts from Wikipedia): ******Ken Kesey, b.1935 d.2001, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Sometimes a Great Notion, Merry Pranksters, Acid Tests, Grateful Dead. After One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was published, Kesey began hosting happenings with former colleagues, miscellaneous bohemian and literary figures, and other friends (Ken Babbs et al), collectively known as the MERRY PRANKSTERS; these parties, known as ACID TESTS, integrated the consumption of LSD with multimedia performances. KESEY MENTORED THE GRATEFUL DEAD (THE ACID TESTS' HOUSE BAND) throughout their early years and continued to exert a profound influence upon the group throughout their career.****** About KEN BABBS (from Wikipedia): ******Ken Babbs, b.1936, is a famous Merry Prankster who became one of the psychedelic leaders of the 1960s. He, along with best friend and Prankster leader Ken Kesey, wrote the book Last Go Round. Babbs is best known for his participation in the Acid Tests and on the bus Further. He and Ken Kesey said The Acid Tests were conceived when the Pranksters met the Grateful Dead.****** About BILL GRAHAM (from Wikipedia): ******Bill Graham, b.1931 d,1991, was a German-American rock concert promoter from the 1960s until his death in 1991 in a helicopter crash. On July 4, 1939, he was sent from Germany to France due to political uncertainty in his home country. At age 10, he settled into a foster home in the Bronx, New York. In the early 1960s, Graham moved to San Francisco, and in 1965, began to manage the San Francisco Mime Troupe which eventually led to his becoming one of the world's greatest Rock Concert Promoters. His promoted concerts at the Fillmore and Winterland Ballrooms made such bands as the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin, world famous. The San Francisco Civic Auditorium was renamed The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in his honor.******. Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition. The iconic 1975 Monster calendar, signed by both Mouse and Kelley, and rare thus. 17x11" [14]pp. Art by Kelley and Mouse, and signed by both on the front cover. T-shirt order form on the inside rear cover. Spiral bound along the top edge with some staining to front cover and to a lesser extent, the first three pages, mainly marginal. Very good.

First printing. Record store promo poster for the 1973 studio album,Wake of the Flood.Rare signed. Due to the frame, additional shipping charge will be added. 23x17" poster, matted and framed, 27x17" Signed by Griffin in gold in the margin of the album art. Fine condition and tastefully framed.

Iconic image of Jerry, nicely signed in gold. Large format, and ready for framing. Color photo print, on paper, 16.5x11" signed by Jerry Garcia in gold marker. Likely removed from a larger promotional publication or book, with text on the verso. Light edge wear, nearly fine. Comes with COA from the previous seller.