Construction at an NYU building at 27 West 4th Street has revealed three music posters that were hidden for decades. They appear to be from 1979.
Two of them are visible here.
Testors were a rock & roll band that were regulars at the famous Max's Kansas City on Park Avenue South.
George Gerdes was a folk-singer, and you can see 1979-dated review quotes from the New York Post, New York Times, Aquarian, Soho News, Village Voice and New Yorker. In the 1980s he became an actor, and appeared in many well-known movies and TV shows until his death in 2021.
One more, a little less accessible. I took a more zoomed-in photo but didn't realize until later it was blurry. The bands here are Tin Huey and Marble, and the dates are Friday June 29 and Saturday June 30, 1979.
The terrific website Forgotten New York has a
post with better photos of the posters, and information and videos of the bands.
That’s pretty cool. Would be neat if there were also a “post no bills” sign.
ReplyDeleteLove old music posters! Not familiar with any of these artists... but love the fact that they've survived all these years... hidden until recently.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing that these won't be visible for long, so it's a good thing that a few folks are getting pictures while they can.
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