Collectors are Out Of Their Heads for early Rolling Stones signed items in the latest RR Auction.

Early Rolling Stones autographed items continue to bring strong prices in auction even in this down economy.

I imagine this gives Stones collectors some “Satisfaction” in knowing their collections are continuing to increase in value and scarcity.

Just recently RR Auction of Amherst, New Hampshire ran the Joey Ramone auction ending February 21st featuring rare items from Joey’s estate. The Beatles, The Stones, Elvis, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix among others were also represented.

An Out of Our Heads album signed on the back cover in blue ballpoint by Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, black felt tip by Keith Richards and Charlie Watts, and black ballpoint by Bill Wyman. In very good condition, with some light scattered foxing and toning, general rubbing wear to the front cover, and a few slight brushes to the signatures brought a whopping $7620.00 plus a 20% buyer’s premium.

Below you can see a copy of the album described.

Also a more recent Rolling Stones limited edition lithograph for the album “Stripped” signed by Mick, Keith, Ronnie and Charlie brought $4300.00.

Both a steal when you consider there were two Beatles signed red label Parlophone 45′s that each went in excess of $22,000.

Wait, what?!?!?!?

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The TAMI Show afterparty….Mick Jagger’s glass? Bill Wyman’s cigarette?

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN THIS POST ARE FOR SALE. Contact me at ggae55@gmail.com

L to R standing: Ron Armstrong, Bill Wyman, Keith Richards, Earl Steely (Misfits), Mick Jagger, Joey Paige (“Shindig” regular), Charlie Watts, Bob Mosley and Eddie Dunn (both Misfits).”“L to R kneeling: Joel Scott Hill, (later Canned Heat and Flying Burrito Brothers), unknown press photographer, Harold Kirby (Joel’s bassist, now deceased; by the way, Willie Kellogg played with Joel but was packing his drums).

On Nov. 1, 1964, the Rolling Stones, fresh off of taping “The T.A.M.I. Show” (where the upstart Brits were upstaged by James Brown), made their first San Diego appearance, at Balboa Bowl (now Starlight Bowl).
Also performing that night were locals Joel Scott Hill & the Invaders (also known as the Strangers), The Misfits and Rosie and the Originals. Downtown record-shop owner Danny Milsap, who promoted the concert, paid the Stones $400, he recalled in a 1998 retrospective in the San Diego Reader: “I remember paying Rosie and the Originals $500!”
Hitmaker (“Angel Baby”) and future Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Rosie Hamlin and company didn’t stick around for the backstage photo, but Misfits drummer Ron Armstrong identifies who did.

In honor of the release of The TAMI Show on DVD, some rare and never seen collectibles from the after party.
Mick Jagger’s glass scoffed up by this fan as well as a cigarette bummed from Bill Wyman.
Both labeled the night of the party by him packed away in a box and just recently unearthed and purchased by me. The letter from the original owner can be seen below.

I wonder how long DNA hangs around?

I should know having watched enough CSI and Law and Order
marathons with my girls.

The T.A.M.I. Show is a 1964 concert film, released by American International Pictures. It includes performances by numerous popular rock and roll and R&B musicians from the United States and England. It was shot with TV cameras by director Steve Binder and his crew from The Steve Allen Show, and was the second of a small handful of productions to be recorded in Electronovision – one of the first high-definition video cameras that captured somewhere between 1000-1100 lines at 25fps. Then, via kinescope recording, it was converted to film with sufficient enhanced resolution to allow big-screen enlargement.

The concert was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on October 28 and 29, 1964. Free tickets were distributed to local high school students. Jan and Dean emceed the event and performed its theme song, “Here They Come (From All Over the World)”. Jack Nitzsche was the show’s music director. The acronym “T.A.M.I.” was used inconsistently in the show’s publicity to mean both Teenage Awards Music International and Teen Age Music International. The best footage from each of the two concert dates was edited into the film, which was released on December 29, 1964.

The T.A.M.I. Show is particularly well known for James Brown’s performance, which features his legendary dance moves and remarkable energy. In interviews, Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones has claimed that choosing to follow Brown & The Famous Flames was the biggest mistake of their careers, because no matter how well they performed, they could not top him. In a web-published interview,

Binder takes credit for persuading the Stones to follow James Brown, and serve as the centerpiece for the grand finale where all the performers dance together onstage. In addition, throughout the film, were numerous go-go dancers in the background or beside the performers. Among them were a very young Toni Basil and Teri Garr. It also featured The Supremes performing three back-to-back #1 singles, signaling their reign as the most successful girl group of that era. Diana Ross would go on to work with the director Steve Binder on several of her television specials including her first solo television special and more importantly her iconic Central Park concert, Live from New York Worldwide: For One and for All.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_T.A.M.I._Show

Read more: http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-12-03/concerts-music-clubs/misfits-rolling-stones-snapshot-provides-glimpse-into-san-diegos-rock-n-roll-roots#ixzz0j8AOxdsD

The film was shown unedited and in its entirety on cable television in Canada in 1984 (20th anniversary of its release), on the First Choice Network. However, there has never been an authorized home video release of the film in any format until the authorized DVD release in March 2010, though bootlegs have abounded. (A DVD release of the complete film by First Look Studios was planned for 2007, but subsequently withdrawn.) Also, because of a rights dispute, the footage of The Beach Boys’ performance was deleted from all prints made after the movie’s brief initial theatrical run, and is therefore absent from most of the bootlegs. All of the four Beach Boys tunes eventually surfaced on DVD in Sights and Sounds of Summer, a special CD/DVD edition of Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys.

In 2006, The T.A.M.I. Show was named to the National Film Registry by the U.S. Library of Congress. Dick Clark Productions acquired ownership of the concert film. On March 23 2010, Shout! Factory released the full show on a restored, digitally remastered and fully authorized DVD.

A sequel, 1966′s The Big T.N.T. Show, was produced by the same executive producer, Henry G. Saperstein.

Here’s a rare ticket from that show both front and back.

Mick Jagger stands by himself while everyone rush the food table.

You’re no rock star, until they make you into a doll.

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Too be immortalized in plastic with fake hair and a tiny replica guitar.
Isn’t that what every rock star dreams about?
To be cuddled by their fans in bed every night?
Seems like you don’t even have to be inducted into the Rock and roll Hall of Fame to have a miniature figure in a blister pack hanging in a hobby store these days.
Check out the McFarlane Toy line and others.
Joey Ramone, Sid Vicious, Jim Morrison, Jimi, Janis, you name it, there are figures galore.
They are truly amazing works of art.
Impeccable likenesses.
Detailed and adorned with love beads, guitar straps, amp cords and microphones so real looking you think you could sing into them.
Back in the day, like say the 60′s, well you were lucky if you could tell Paul from Ringo.
Well, maybe that’s a bit of a stretch.

Here’s a few pics of dolls from the 60′s unlicensed that are supposed to be the Stones. They were marketed under the “Play-Pal” name and have no markings relative to any of the Stones.

What do you think?

Charlie Watts?

Charlie Watts?

Keith Richards???

Keith Richards???

Brian Jones?

Brian Jones?