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'Lee Gordon Presents the Big Show Rock 'n' Roll with Little Richard' concert program
PrintedSummary
Object No.
98/77/7Object Statement
Concert program, 'Lee Gordon Presents the Big Show Rock 'n' Roll with Little Richard', paper / metal, printed by Publicity Press Pty Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1957Physical Description
Paper booklet, staple bound, 12 pages, single colour printed cover, monochrome printed text and photographs. Cover in red, which a black and white photograph of Little Richard (American rock 'n' roll star) appearing to burst through the cover, opposite a black and white image of 2 separate performers. Text in white with black shadow, 'Lee Gordon presents The Big Show, Rock 'n' roll with Little Richard, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Alis Lesley, 1st Australian tour 1957'. Frontispiece contains a black and white image of Little Richard. Contains articles about the performers and various advertisements. Within are various handwritten song titles and comments written at the top of separate pages. Punched holes in booklet for storage in a ring binder.Marks
Printer on back cover at base, monochrome print 'Printed by Publicity Press (1938) Pty. Ltd., 71-75 Regent Street, Sydney.'Song titles on page 3 at upper edge, handwritten text in blue biro 'Rip It Up - Ready Teddy - Tutti Frutti - Long Tall Sally', on page four above the story on Gene Vincent 'Lotta' Loving - Wear My Ring'.
Short URL
https://ma.as/164523Dimensions
Height
272 mmWidth
423 mmProduction
Printed
Notes
Concert program printed by Publicity Press Pty Ltd, 71-75 Regent Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in 1957.The Little Richard Australian tour took place in October 1957.
History
Owned
Notes
Purchased by the donor Maureen Goddard at the Little Richard performance she attended at Sydney Stadium on 4, 5 or 12 October 1957. Maureen collected concert programs and photographs as souvenirs of the performances she attended at the Stadium. She was involved in rock stars' fan clubs and this helped her to gain access to the stars to obtain their autographs. She was also a member of an organisation called Fan Club of Australia, a club for fans of rock 'n' roll in general, and appeared on ABC-TV's 'Six O'Clock Rock' to promote the organisation. She attended lunch hour shows hosted by the 2SM disc jockey Allan Lappin and it was there she met Fabian. She also attended Bob Rogers' regular Saturday morning 2UE broadcasts from a studio at Anthony Hordern's department store, where she met Crash Craddock and obtained his autograph.Source
Credit Line
Gift of Maureen Goddard, 1998Acquisition Date
25 May 1998Cite this Object
Harvard
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