Fritz Poster

[Oona]

I have the postcard and poster of this show...it is listed as "BG", or "F" 225, even tho the graphic looks like 224. I have had this for so many years and thought the band was "Family Fritz" rather than than two bands, one "Family" and the other "Fritz". Amazing!!!...Thx a ton for the clarification, Mr. Pacheco. I was sitting on this for so ling and never knew it. I thought mabye it was a similar confusion I was having to a band called "Mother Earth". Could this be the same as "The Mother Earth Bluesband" later called "Earth" who became Black Sabbath? It's all too much!
Oddly enough, my postcard also has the printing on the back...did u get yours from a remarkable fellow named Johnathan Burns some time back, pray tell? It seems his coppies had this extra stuff on the back.

On that note, I also have a Fritz handbill featuring The Moody Blues, Norman Greenbaum, and Fritz....after some research, i think the show may have been march 5th, 1970.

[seeker007nmss]

Originally Posted by Oona

Oddly enough, my postcard also has the printing on the back...did u get yours from a remarkable fellow named Johnathan Burns some time back, pray tell? It seems his coppies had this extra stuff on the back.

The postcard was part of a two part one they sent out. On half had the "postal" part on it, the other had the schedule of events coming up. I think most were cut apart. (see fritz2.jpg above) the schedule was behind the blue fritz one. The Fritz Blue skelly is usually labeled as BG225 (I think it referrs to Bill Grahm at the Fillmore west posters) The other attached is from BF226.

I am not familar with Johnathan Burns. Does he sell from a website or ebay?

Can you post a scan of that handbill? Inquiring minds want to see!

seeker007nmss

Here are the tickets from that same show:

[Oona]

Yup...I will post the Moody Blues one as soon as i figure out how...i am not intimidated, i can prolly work it out. As far as the tickets go, I still kick myself for not investing in them with Micheal VanDyke from the pasychedellic shop way back. the only time i saw any of those was from an interesting cat named Kazamir, who worked in BG's printshop. He even has an embroidered pillow given to the late BG by FM mapping out their Asian/Australian tour.

Johnathan burns has been out of the poster biz for some time. He had an outfit called height st. graphics around 15 years ago. altho my copy may have come from the late/great Ben Freidman's Postermat.....not sure anymore

[seeker007nmss]

Originally Posted by Oona

Yup...I will post the Moody Blues one as soon as i figure out how...i am not intimidated, i can prolly work it out. As far as the tickets go, I still kick myself for not investing in them with Micheal VanDyke from the pasychedellic shop way back. the only time i saw any of those was from an interesting cat named Kazamir, who worked in BG's printshop. He even has an embroidered pillow given to the late BG by FM mapping out their Asian/Australian tour.

Johnathan burns has been out of the poster biz for some time. He had an outfit called height st. graphics around 15 years ago. altho my copy may have come from the late/great Ben Freidman's Postermat.....not sure anymore

OOOH, How cool. Yeah, there are a number of things I have had to pass on over the years for a lack of cash. I kick myself now, but no cash = no cash.
woulda-coulda-shoulda. I am still happy with many things I did pick up. (Oh I know, should have picked up extras.......). The prices of what things go on Ebay at times is just mindboggling to me. Each their own, if it is worth it to you and you got the cash....go for it! I still enjoy the hunt, every so often I come across a nice piece or one I haven't seen before. Ebay mispellings are fun to to find things inexpensive. Steevie Nicks has been good to me at times. hehe.


seeker007nmss

[Oona]

ok...here we go...it didn't scan very well. kinda fuzzy and the color didn't come out. mabye a preferance thing or something. I tries to sharpen it up a bit, but it made it worse. The original isn't exactly the crispest printing, but what the heck....it's not a super high budget outfit i guess....anyway, here is my first attempt......

i am borrowing a buddy's dig. camera in a few minutes, it may photograph better than it scans...lesseee...can't wait to see how the contraption works.....hang in there.....i will be back in a few shakes (not of the rattlesnake variety)

[seeker007nmss]

Originally Posted by Oona

ok...here we go...it didn't scan very well. kinda fuzzy and the color didn't come out. mabye a preferance thing or something. I tries to sharpen it up a bit, but it made it worse. The original isn't exactly the crispest printing, but what the heck....it's not a super high budget outfit i guess....anyway, here is my first attempt......

Cool!!!! 4/05/69 - Santa Claire Fairgrounds - San Jose CA handbill. I have seen them, but never had a chance to get one yet. Thats a nice piece. Thanks for the scan!


seeker007nmss

[Oona]

not bad....prolly can do better, but u get the idea....

"fearlessness is fearlessness" sln

[javier]

Originally Posted by Oona

"fearlessness is fearlessness" sln

A Little history. We opened the show and did a rousing end number that we usually ended our sets with--"Keep on Running" by Spencer Davis, with a dynamic drum solo climaxing at the end. After we got off the stage, we went out front to check out the second bill, Norman Greenbaum. His band was really bad, amateurish, and garage-quality. They did not sound nearly as good as Fritz. And their rousing finale number was the only big hit Greenbaum ever had, the tepid "Spirit in the Sky." We were totally blown away by this band--not because they were any good, but because this poor group convinced us--if they could make it, then we knew we had a very good shot at glory too. That's what I remember most about that show. OF course, the Moody Blues were fantastic. Thanks for sharing the poster! Great to see that! ITs wonderful that y'all are finding this stuff!