1982 ZAPPA HAMBURG ORIGINAL CONCERT POSTER W/ STEVE VAI 1982 EURO ONLY TOUR NEVER REPRINTED VERIFIED NON WEASEL Start Price USD 125.00 Current Price USD 125.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, August 20, 2008 End Time Saturday, August 30, 2008 Location JACK O' LOAF, MARYLAND See more about '1982 ZAPPA HAMBURG ORIGINAL CONCERT POSTER W/ STEVE VAI' Description JUNE 8TH 1982 - ZAPPA '82 IN CONCERT - { THIS WAS THE 1982 EUROPEAN ONLY TOUR OF THAT YEAR AND WAS THE LAST TOUR THAT FRANK HAD STEVE VAI IN THE BAND } - PRESENTED BY MIKE SCHELLER CONCERTS - ORIGINAL APROX. 23 1/2 X 33 1/2 CONCERT POSTER FROM THE AMAZING COLLECTION OF REV. A. WEST { HEY FOLKS, VIRTUALLY SQUARE INCH OF WALL SPACE IN MY HOUSE HAS FRAMED ZAPPA POSTERS } - THIS POSTER WAS PRINTED AND USED IN GERMANY ONLY FOR GERMAN CONCERT DATES N 1982. THEY'D JUST CHANGE THE DATE AND VENUE PRINTED ON THE POSTER - COOL " YOU ARE WHAT YOU IS " AND " SHIP ARRIVING TOO LATE " ALBUM COVERS AND A DISCOGRAPHY FROM " SHEIK YERBOUTI " TO " SHIP ARRIVING TOO LATE " PRINTED IN THE WHITE BORDER ON THE BOTTOM, AS WELL AS CBS RECORDS { WHO WERE THE RECORD COMPANY THAT WAS RELEASING ZAPPA ALBUMS IN GERMANY AT THE TIME } PRINTED IN THE WHITE INFORMATION BLOCK AT THE BOTTOM - ABSOLUTELY ORIGINAL PRINTED BEFORE THE EVENT IN GERMANY TO PROMOTE THE CONCERT - WAS ACTUALLY DISPLAYED NEAR THE VENUE, AND REMOVED BY THE GUY THAT I GOT IT FROM IN GERMANY - HAS NEVER BEEN REPRINTED - SEE THE PHOTOS THAT E-BAY CHARGES ME A FORTUNE SO THAT HALF BLIND POOTERS CAN ENLARGE EM' - { I'M A VERIFIED NON-WEASEL SELLER } - HELLO BOYS AND GIRLS, I'M REV. A. WEST, AND AM THE GREATEST LIVING ZAPPA SELLER KNOWN TO MANKIND. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL POSTER CONCERT POSTER OBTAINED BY ME IN A TRADE WITH SOME OTHER CRAZY OBSESSIVE ZAPPA FAN / COLLECTOR IN GERMANY FROM THE EARLY 90'S. I REMEMBER TRADING WITH A ZAPPA COLLECTOR IN GERMANY, WHO HAD ACTUALLY ATTENDED VIRTUALLY EVERY GERMAN ZAPPA CONCERT KNOWN TO MANKIND, AND GRABBED POSTERS AND WHAT EVER ELSE THAT HE COULD GET HIS GRUBBY HANDS ON AT EACH EVENT. I MADE CONTACT WITH THIS GUY THRU A ZAPPA FANZINE. I ALSO REMEMBER TRADING A PILE OF VERVE YELLOW AND WHITE LABEL PROMOS FOR POSTERS WHICH IS WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR. I COULD FIND AND HAD THOSE PROMOS AT THE TIME, BUT FINDING ZAPPA CONCERT POSTERS FROM 1982 WAS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR SOMEBODY IN THE U.S.A. BACK THEN, SINCE THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT FRANK ONLY TOURED IN EUROPE. IT'S EVEN MORE DIFFICULT OF COURSE THESE DAYS, EVEN WITH E-BAY AND THE INTERNET TO FIND ORIGINAL ZAPPA CONCERT POSTERS FROM 26 YEARS AGO, AND THESE HAVE NEVER BEEN REPRINTED. THIS IS THE ONLY ONE FOR THIS DATE AND VENUE THAT I'VE EVER SEEN OR OWN. I DO HAVE ANOTHER 1982 CONCERT POSTER FROM 1982 WITH A DIFFERENT DATE AND VENUE IN MY E-BAY STORE. AT LEAST I STILL DO AT THE TIME OF THIS LISTING. SO CHECK IT OUT. UNLIKE SOME ZAPPA CONCERT POSTERS THAT YOU SEE BEING LISTED VIRTUALLY EVERY SINGLE DAY ON E-BAY AS ORIGINALS, THEN AFTER SOME POOR SCHMUCK BUYS IT YOU SEE THE SAME ONE LISTED A FEW DAYS LATER, THIS POSTER IS ACTUALLY AN ORIGINAL PRINTING. LET ME TELL YA FOLKS FROM OVER 35 YEARS OF FRANK ZAPPA AND RELATED COLLECTING EXPERIENCE, WHEN THEY DID MAKE POSTERS TO PROMOTE ZAPPA CONCERTS, THEY USUALLY ONLY PRINTED OUT A HUNDRED OR SO, AND MANY OF THOSE WOUND UP NEVER EVEN BEING DISPLAYED. ACTUALLY JUST THROWN AWAY BY THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PAID TO HANG EM' UP. YES, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOME PROMOTER HAS 20 OR 30 ORIGINAL ZAPPA POSTERS STILL STASHED AWAY IN HIS ATTIC, BUT HOW MANY TIMES DOES THAT REALLY HAPPEN?, AND THEN HOW MANY TIMES ARE THEY EVER FINALLY DISCOVERED AND SOMEBODY DECIDES TO SELL EM? ALSO IN THE LATE 70'S AND 80'S WHEN RADIO WAS BIG, THE ADVERTISING BUDGETS OF PROMOTERS WERE SPENT MORE ON CONCERT RADIO SPOTS THAN PRINTING OUT POSTERS, MOST OF WHICH WERE RIPPED OFF HOURS AFTER THEY WERE DISPLAYED IN MOST CASES ANYWAY. BUT IN THE 80'S WHEN COLLECTING CONCERT POSTERS STARTED TO BECOME A HUGE EXPENSIVE INDUSTRY, MORE THEN BEATLES AND STONES POSTERS WERE RE-PRINTED, AND SELLERS WERE GETTING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR SOME OF EM'. SO NOW THOSE RE-PRINTS FROM THE 80'S HAVE HAD OVER 20 YEARS TO AGE AND EVEN LOOK OLD. THERE ARE EVEN SELLERS THAT ACTUALLY THINK THAT THEY'RE SELLING ORIGINAL POSTERS THAT THEY FOUND AT SOME GARAGE SALE FOR A NICKLE, BUT THEY'RE RE-PRINTS. THE REST OF THESE SELLERS EITHER KNOW OR SUSPECT THAT THEY'RE SELLING RE-PRINTS, BUT ARE JUST MONEY GRUBBING WEASELS THAT WON'T EVEN PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY VASELINE IN THEIR CORNHOLE PROCESS. YEAH, THERE'S NOBODY LIKE ERIC KING THAT'S WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT ZAPPA POSTERS EXCLUSIVELY, AND UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN TRADING AND COLLECTING ZAPPA POSTERS SINCE THE 60'S YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING. THERE ARE NO DISCOGRAPHIES OR CATALOGS OF ZAPPA POSTERS, OF COURSE THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE WHO DO SELL ORIGINAL POSTERS, BUT THEY TEND TO BE FROM THE 60'S, WHERE IF YOU DID HAVE A BOOK LIKE ERIC KING'S, YOU COULD EASILLY FIND OUT IF IT'S A RE-PRINT OR NOT. I'VE BEEN IN THE ZAPPA SCENE FOR OVER 35 YEARS NOW, AND WILL BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU IF A POSTER THAT I'M SELLING IS AUTHENTIC OR NOT. BEAUTIFUL CONDITION ORIGINAL CONCERT POSTER. { I KNOW THAT I'M SELLING IT FOR LESS THAN IT'S REALLY WORTH, AND ORIGINAL ZAPPA CONCERT POSTERS WILL ONLY INCREASE IN PRICE, ESPECIALLY THE ONE THAT NOBODY'S REPRINTED }. OK, THERE ARE TINY PIN OR TACK HOLES IN THE CORNERS, 2 ALONG THE VERY EDGES OF THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE, THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE BY THE EDGE NEAR THE BOTTOM ON THE LEFT SIDE, AND ONE ABOUT AN INCH AWAY. LIKE THE GUY WHO WAS DISPLAYING THIS POSTER COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE EXACTLY TO THE PINS WERE GOING TO BE PLACED TO DISPLAY IT INITIALLY. HOWEVER, HE FIGURED IT OUT QUICKLY, WITHOUT PUTTING ANY MORE HOLES IN IT. THESE PIN HOLES ARE TINY, ACTUALLY I HAD TO LOOK FROM THE BACK TO FIND THE OTHER TWO. WHICH ARE NEAR THE EDGE AROUND THE CENTER AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM. I DIDN'T NOTICE THEN AT FIRST. BUT THAT'S BASICALLY IT. NO TEARS, HAS NEVER BEEN FOLDED. THERE VERY LIGHT YELLOWING ON THE BACK, BUT NO SPOTS OR STAINS, NONE ON THE FRONT EITHER OF COURSE. NO TAPE MARKS OR ANY TAPE. NO WRITING. LIKE I SAID, A REALLY NICE ORIGINAL CONCERT POSTER. WILL BE SENT ROLLED IN A POSTER SHIPPING TUBE. PAYMENT ONLY BY PAYPAL. $7.00 FOR PRIORITY MAIL SHIPPING IN THE USA. NO, I WON'T CHARGE YOU FOR PRIORITY MAIL SHIPPING THEN WAIT A WEEK AND SEND IT BY MEDIA MAIL, WHILE USING THE EXTRA MONEY SQUEEZED OUTTA YOU TO BUY AN EXTRA TRIPLE CHEESE CATTLEBURGERS AT THE LOCAL CORNHOLE BURGER BARN THEREBY CAUSING FURTHER PROTRUSION OF MY BUTTOCKS. $8.00 FOR AIR MAIL SHIPPING TO CANADA. $13.00 FOR AIR MAIL SHIPPING TO ANY OTHER LOCATION IN THE WORLD. SEND AN E-MAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS, AND CHECK OUT MY OTHER FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART { DON VAN VLIET } AND THE MAGIC BAND, JETHRO TULL, PINK FLOYD, JIMI HENDRIX, STEVE VAI, KING CRIMSON, WILD MAN FISCHER, GTO'S { GIRLS TOGETHER OUTRAGEOUSLY }, BLUE CHEER WITH THE LEGENDARY DICKIE PETERSON, LORD BUCKLEY AND VARIOUS OTHER ARTISTS ITEMS { MOSTLY ZAPPA } SELLING INSIDE O' MY E-BAY STORE. WE KNOW YOU'RE HUNGRY AND PROBABLY WEIRD TOO, SO NOW JUST MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO MENTION, THAT THE SOUP CANS SEEN IN THE SOME OF THE PHOTOS WILL NOT BE INCLUDED WITH THE ACTUAL ITEM. YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR THE LOCATION OF THE NEAREST SOUP KITCHEN IN YOUR AREA. THIS HAS BEEN A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT BY REV. A. WEST, THE GREATEST LIVING ZAPPA SELLER KNOWN TO MANKIND, AND SINCE IT MIGHT BE A WHILE BEFORE THE LAZY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE ANSWERS THE PHONE, WHY NOT JUST VISIT MY E-BAY STORE? SIR RICHARD PUMP A LOAF'S BAKERY, TO CHECK OUT OTHER RARE FRANK ZAPPA AND RELATED POSTERS. THE ADMISSION IS ABSOLUTELY FREE. SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH? Place a Bid!