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The Carpenters (officially known as Carpenters) were an American vocal and instrumental duo consisting of siblings Karen (1950–1983) and Richard Carpenter (born 1946). They produced a distinct soft musical style, combining Karen’s contralto vocals with Richard’s harmonizing, arranging and composition skills. During their 14-year career, the Carpenters recorded 10 albums along with numerous singles and several television specials.
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Karen Richard Carpenter Signatures. Sold for nearly $1,000.
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One of the most covered and influential songs of all time, ”Like a Rolling Stone” lyrics are here handwritten and signed by their creator, Bob Dylan. With this song, Dylan reinvigorated his passion for his own work and fully embraced rock music (”play it fucking loud” he told his band) as a complement to folk. Clocking in at 6 1/2 minutes long, the song was initially thought too long to be commercially successful, until listeners in the mid-60s harassed radio stations to play it in its entirety. ”Like a Rolling Stone” has been covered by Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and countless others, and inspired even more. Bruce Springsteen first heard it when he was 15 years old: ”on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody’d kicked open the door to your mind…The way that Elvis freed your body, Dylan freed your mind, and showed us that because the music was physical did not mean it was anti-intellect. He had the vision and talent to make a pop song so that it contained the whole world. He invented a new way a pop singer could sound, broke through the limitations of what a recording could achieve, and he changed the face of rock’n’roll for ever and ever.” Perhaps the greatest mystery in music is trying to figure out who Dylan is referring to in the song — even Andy Warhol has been mentioned — but ultimately, rock historians believe it speaks to anyone, even Dylan himself, who eschews an easy, pretentious life for one that is riskier but ultimately more fulfilling, with ”nothing to lose” and ”no secrets to conceal”. Single page measures 8.5” x 11”. In near fine condition. With COA from Jeff Rosen, Bob Dylan’s manager. Sold for $90,000.
Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to “The Times They Are a-Changin'” — The Song of a Generation
Scarce handwritten and signed lyrics by Nobel-Prize winning lyricist Bob Dylan of his classic, “The Times They Are a-Changin'”. Considered one of the greatest songs ever written, its powerful lyrics have transcended the political turbulence of the 1960s that gave birth to them to inspire subsequent generations, revealing their timelessness in the human experience. In recent years, Dylan has shied away from playing his masterpiece in concert which has imbued it with an almost mythical quality. Dozens of major recording artists have covered the song through the years, including Simon & Garfunkel, Peter Paul & Mary, The Beach Boys, Nina Simone, Billy Joel, Joan Baez, Tracy Chapman, Bryan Ferry and Bruce Springsteen to name a few. Dylan wrote the song in the fall of 1963, shortly after Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, wanting to create an anthem for social justice. As he said, folk music and the Civil Rights movement were natural allies and he felt he could make a contribution to the movement by writing a powerful, “hypnotic” anthem. It is one of the songs that earned Dylan a Nobel Prize in Literature, as the Nobel Committee wrote: “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” Handwritten lyrics by Dylan read in full, “The Times They Are-A-Changin’ Come gather around people wherever you roam And admit that the waters around you have grown And accept it that soon you’ll be drenched to the bone If your time to you is worth saving Then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone For the times they are-a-changing Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide the chance won’t come again And don’t speak too soon for the wheel’s still in spin And there’s no telling who that it’s naming For the loser now will be later to win For the times they are-a-changing Come senators congressmen please heed the call Don’t stand in the doorway don’t block up the hall He that gets hurt will be he who has stalled There’s a battle outside and it’s raging It’ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls For the times they are-a-changin’ Come mothers and fathers throughout the land And don’t criticize what you can’t understand Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command Your old road is rapidly aging Get out of the new one if you can’t lend a hand For the times they are-a-changin’ The line it is drawn the curse it is cast The slow one now will later be fast As the present now will later be past The order is rapidly fading And the first one now will later be last For the times they are-a-changin’ Bob Dylan”
Handwritten lyrics and signature have been authenticated by Bob Dylan’s manager. Single page measures 8.5″ x 11″. In near fine condition. Apart from the original draft, these are the only known lyrics of “The Times They Are a-Changin'” that have been offered at auction. Sold for $89,505.
Bob Dylan signed, handwritten lyrics from November 1961, when Dylan was performing at clubs in New York, shortly after he signed with Columbia Records. Dylan pens a song about Wisconsin, where he lived in late 1960 before moving to New York, and also where he spent time as a teenager at summer camp. The lyrics were given by Dylan to Peter Crago, a musician with whom Dylan briefly lived in New York in 1961. Full uncorrected lyrics by Dylan read,
”Bob Dylan – 11/20/61 / N.Y.C
1. Wisconson is the dairy state
I guess you all know well
I was in Wow Wow Toaster there
The truth to you I’ll tell
It’s milk & cheese & cream
I’ve known ’em all my days
I’m going back to my hometown I’m leaving right aways
2. I’m a heading out Wisconson ways
2000 miles to go
Madison, Milwakee set’s my heart aglow
I’m a coming to that dairy state
My heart’s a beating fast
I’ll pick my banjo gently there
And twiddle my mustache
3. There’s thoughts I left there long ago
One a coming now it seems
I’ll tune my banjo than the hills
And feast on milk and cream
And stamp my foot all thru the grass
And never know a care
My homes in Wow Wow Toaster
And I’m a going there”
The song continues on the verso:
”1. These people with you city ways
Are driving me insane to drink
My home’s in Wisconson it’s a better place I think
I’ve been in California
My home’s in Wisconson
And I”m gonna own the town”
Several words in the draft are crossed out and replaced, such as ”dreams” being crossed out and replaced with ”thoughts” in section 3. Paper measures approximately 8.5” x 10.75”. Top portion torn off, horizontal fold and light toning, otherwise near fine. With a COA from Roger Epperson. Sold for $24,000.
Charlie Parker Rare Signed 8” x 10” Photo — With Roger Epperson COA
A very rare signature by jazz legend Charlie Parker, who here signs an 8″ x 10″ photo, writing, “To The Madcaps, The most in entertainment! Charlie Parker”. Addendum in red ink reads “Joe of”, referring to Madcaps member Joe DiFulvio; the Madcaps were a harmonica duet comprised of DiFulvio and Carl Ford, who performed with big acts of their day, including Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope and likely Charlie Parker. Glossy publicity photo has some light creasing, otherwise near fine. With Roger Epperson COA. Sold for $10,000.
Incredible 55th Grammy Awards collection of signatures from 70+ leading musicians who have shaped the contemporary music scene. Each musician signed his or her name while backstage, either during rehearsals or the show itself, which was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on 13 February 2013. Most signatures are quite large, some measuring 9” in diameter. Performers’ signatures in black marker include: Adele, Beyonce, Elton John, Jack White, Sting, Jay-Z, Bonnie Raitt, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine, John Mayer, Tim McGraw, Nas, Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, Timbaland, Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, Kelly Rowland, Quincy Jones, Wiz Khalifa, Ziggy Marley, Damian Marley, Carly Rae Jepsen, Travis Barker, Ne-Yo, Kat Dennings, Solange Knowles, Miranda Lambert, Miguel, Frank Ocean, Pitbull, Amber Rose, David Guetta, Skrillex and more. Also signed by bands The Lumineers, Fun and Mumford & Sons, as well as by host and producer Ryan Seacrest, comedienne Ellen DeGeneres, actors Vin Diesel and Neil Patrick Harris, actress Jessica Biel, and actress/director Lena Dunham. Impresario Mark Cuban signs as well, with further signatures totaling more than 70 in all. ”Epica” brand handmade Italian book is bound in marbled brown leather and measures a grand 13” x 12”. Album includes 51 sheets with signatures on front and verso of each. Measures 11.75” x 11.75” on thick cream-colored cardstock. Front board has one minor indentation. Near fine overall. With an LOA from the Grammy Foundation. From our Elton John Costume Auction. Sold for $9,799.
Bob Dylan Signed “The Lyrics: Since 1962” — #15 of Only 50 Signed by Dylan
Bob Dylan signed deluxe edition of “The Lyrics: Since 1962″, #15 of a very limited edition of 50 signed copies. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014, with book design done by The Un-Gyve Limited Group. This limited edition is set apart not only by Dylan’s signature, but also by its outstanding craftsmanship, beginning with the custom slipcase, accented with antique gilt tooling. Book displays gilded edges, headband and ribbon, and acid free text paper showcasing the literary stylings of the Nobel Prize winner for Literature. Book runs 961pp. with lyrics interspersed with album artwork from Dylan’s career. Slipcase measures 13.75″ x 13”, snugly fitting the book. In pristine, fine condition. With LOA from Un-Gyve Ltd., as well as with original shipping box. Sold for $9,432.
The Beatles signed fan club photo measuring 5.75” x 4”, signed in green ink by all four when Pete Best drummed for the band. Signed ”John Lennon”, ”George Harrison”, ”Pete Best” and ”Paul McCartney”, who also adds the inscription ”To Hank / Best Wishes”. Upon the verso of the photo is printed, ”With Best Wishes / from / Paul Pete / John George / THE BEATLES / April 5th 1962”. Light creasing to photo and some fading to ink, overall in very good condition. Slabbed by PSA/DNA and also with their COA. Sold for $8,750.
Very Clean, Exceptional Postcard with the Beatles Autographs — With COA by Beatles Expert Frank Caiazzo
Very attractive Fan Club photo card with The Beatles autographs; “Paul McCartney,” “George Harrison,” “John Lennon” and “Ringo Starr.” Each man signed his name in red ball point pen near his respective image. Photocard features a black and white photo of the Beatles, playfully posed circa 1963, and is in very good condition, unusually so for a card signed by all the band members. Official Fan Club signed cards are quite rare, as secretaries would often sign them them in lieu of the Fab Four themselves. Light spot of discoloration above Paul McCartney’s image and creasing to corners. The ink in Paul’s name also ran out as he was signing so the “tney” is not readily visible. Paper and tape residual to verso from being affixed to a photo album. Overall an exceptional, clean piece. Measures 5.5″ x 4.25″ With Frank Caiazzo COA certifying that the Beatles autographs are authentic. Sold for $8,400.
Bob Marley Signed ”Kaya” Album — Signed ”Rasta Love Kaya / Bob Marley” — With Roger Epperson COA
Bob Marley signed ”Kaya” album, inscribed by the legend in blue ballpoint pen, ”Rasta Love Kaya / Bob Marley”. Released in 1978, ”Kaya” include the iconic songs ”Is This Love” and ”Sun Is Shining”, promoted by Bob Marley & The Wailers in a worldwide tour in 1978, where this autograph was obtained on their stop in Paris in June. Some creasing to album cover, small bit of abrasion at upper left and inconspicuous tape along left side. On the verso is written ”Pascal 78” in orange marker. Vinyl record included, which has some shallow scratching. With Roger Epperson COA. A visually interesting and rare signed piece by Marley, ideal for display. Sold for $6,655.
Bob Dylan Signed Album “Highway 61 Revisited” — With Roger Epperson, Jeff Rosen & PSA/DNA COAs
Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 30, 1965 by Columbia Records. Having until then recorded mostly acoustic music, Dylan used rock musicians as his backing band on every track of the album, except for the closing track, the 11-minute ballad “Desolation Row”. Critics have focused on the innovative way Dylan combined driving, blues-based music with the subtlety of poetry to create songs that captured the political and cultural chaos of contemporary America. Author Michael Gray has argued that, in an important sense, the 1960s “started” with this album.
Bob Dylan signed album, “Highway 61 Revisited”, his 1965 album that “started” the 1960s. Leading with “Like a Rolling Stone”, Highway 61 is Dylan’s homage to the blues music that deeply influenced his writing and life. Signed by the master along the bottom of the album’s cover. Near fine condition. With COAs from PSA/DNA, Jeff Rosen and Roger Epperson. Sold for $6,074.
Jerry Lee Lewis Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins Signed Photo
“Million Dollar Quartet” is a recording of an impromptu jam session involving Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash made on December 4, 1956, at the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. An article about the session was published in the Memphis Press-Scimitar under the title “Million Dollar Quartet”. The recording was first released in Europe in 1981 as The Million Dollar Quartet with 17 tracks. A few years later more tracks were discovered and released as The Complete Million Dollar Session. In 1990, the recordings were released in the United States as Elvis Presley – The Million Dollar Quartet. This session is considered a seminal moment in rock and roll.
The jam session seems to have happened by pure chance. Perkins, who by this time had already met success with “Blue Suede Shoes”, had come into the studios that day accompanied by his brothers Clayton and Jay and by drummer W.S. Holland, their aim being to record some new material, including a revamped version of an old blues song, “Matchbox”. Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records, who wanted to try to fatten this sparse rockabilly instrumentation, had brought in his latest acquisition, Jerry Lee Lewis, still unknown outside Memphis, to play piano (at the time, a Wurlitzer Spinet) on the Perkins session. Lewis’s first Sun single would be released a few days later. Sometime in the early afternoon, 21-year-old Elvis Presley, a former Sun artist now with RCA Victor, arrived to pay a casual visit accompanied by a girlfriend, Marilyn Evans. After chatting with Phillips in the control room, Presley listened to the playback of Perkins’s session, which he pronounced to be good. Then he went into the studio and some time later, the jam session began. At some point during the session, Sun artist Johnny Cash, who had recently enjoyed a few hit records on the country charts, arrived as well. (Cash wrote in his autobiography Cash that he had been first to arrive at the Sun Studio that day, wanting to listen in on the Perkins recording session.) Jack Clement was engineering that day and remembers saying to himself “I think I’d be remiss not to record this,” and so he did. After running through a number of songs, Elvis and girlfriend Evans slipped out as Jerry Lee pounded away on the piano. Cash wrote in Cash that “no one wanted to follow Jerry Lee, not even Elvis.” Whatever Elvis’s feelings may or may not have been in regard to “following” Lewis, Presley was clearly the “star” of the impromptu jam session, which consisted largely of snippets of gospel songs that the four artists had all grown up singing. The recordings show Elvis, the most nationally and internationally famous of the four at the time, to be the focal point of what was a casual, spur-of-the-moment gathering of four artists who would each go on to contribute greatly to the seismic shift in popular music in the late 1950s.
Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins signed photo of their historic jam session with Elvis Presley on 4 December 1956, an impromptu once-in-a-lifetime recording session of the four men who would shape late 1950s rock ‘n roll. Large 14″ x 11″ glossy photo is signed by Lewis in orange felt-tip and by Cash and Perkins in black felt-tip. Photo is nicely framed to a size of 21.625″ x 17.75″. Not examined out of frame, but appears near fine. With COA from Odyssey Group. Sold for $5,960.
Complete lyrics to Blondie’s 1979 hit song ”Heart of Glass,” signed and written by lead singer Debbie Harry. The glamorous star of punk and new wave imparts a lipstick kiss and signs: ”X Love, Debbie Harry” to the conclusion of the 25-line song. It begins: ”Once I had a love and it was a gas / Soon turned out had a heart of glass…” For the last line, she transcribes the famous chorus: ”…Ooh ooh oh!” 2pp. on yellow ruled pages in blue ink. A photo of Harry is affixed near the bottom edge. Matted and framed to an overall size of 22.25 x 18.25”. In near fine condition. Dings to black metal frame, else near fine. Scarce handwritten lyrics signed by Debbie Harry. Sold for $5,530.
Billie Holiday Signed 8” x 10” Photograph — ”Stay as Great as you Are / Billie Holiday”
Billie Holiday signed 8” x 10” glossy photograph. Holiday elegantly signs ”Stay as Great as you Are / Billie Holiday” in blue ink to publicity photograph. Lot also includes LP of Holiday’s 1954 release ”Volume 3” with colorful cover designed by renowned artist Burt Goldblatt. Very light creasing to photograph, overall near fine. Sold for $3,750.
Billie Holiday 8” x 10” Signed Photo — With PSA/DNA COA
Billie Holiday signed glossy photo, signed in vibrant blue ink: ”Best always / Billie Holiday”. Publicity photo has ”Associated Booking Corp.” printed at bottom, which represented Holiday beginning in the 1940s. 8” x 10” photo has some creasing, especially along lower right; overall in very good condition. With PSA/DNA COA. Billie Holiday signed photos are quite rare. Sold for $3,125.
Charlie Daniels handwritten, signed lyrics to one of the most iconic songs of all time, ”The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, along with signed sheet music for the song. One of the most memorized, recited, downloaded and beloved songs of the 20th century, ”The Devil Went Down to Georgia” went RIAA Platinum ten years after its release in 1979. Daniels handwrites the lyrics, describing Johnny’s successful deal with the devil on a sheet of 14” x 17” paper, affixed to red mat underneath sheet music for the song, also signed by Charlie Daniels. Measures 18” x 34” with mat. Near fine condition. Sold for $3,025.
The Who Vintage Signed Photo PSA/DNA Keith Moon
Vintage glossy black and white photo of iconic rock band The Who, signed vertically in black ballpoint by Keith Moon, John Entwistle, and Pete Townshend, and in blue ballpoint by Roger Daltrey. Inscribed “To Angelina,” likely in Daltrey’s hand, between Daltrey and Townshend’s images. Of The Who, Rolling Stone magazine aptly states, “Along with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, The Who complete the holy trinity of British rock.” Measures 9.5″ x 7.25″. In near fine condition. Accompanied by PSA/DNA COA. Sold for $2,527.
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Swing Jazz Legends Book of Autographs — Including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington
1940’s autograph book containing more than 40 signatures of swing and jazz greats including Louis Armstrong, Horace Henderson, Fletcher ”Smack” Henderson, Chet Kruley, Walter Harris, Eddie Durham, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Red ”Mr. Swing” Norvo, Earl Father Hines, Duke Ellington, Hal McIntyre, and more. Additional signatures on a Red Norvo concert stub include Milt ”Shorty” Rogers, Clyde Lombardi, Gordon ”Specs” Powell and more. Separate sheets filled with signatures and individually signed slips include Earl Hines, Kermit Scott, Dolores Parker, Helen Humes, Coleman Hawkins, Norma Granz, Earl Father Hines, Eugene Thomas Bass, Clifton Smalls, Dolores Parker, Druie Bess, Wallee Wood, Harris Arhl, Warden Gray, Earl Hines, Scoups Carry, Willie Cork, Kermit Scott, Clive B, John Williamson and more. Some sign twice, including Duke Ellington, who signs the book and a slip. Abundant autograph book features multicolored pages and silk moire endpapers. Bound in lime green velour boards with gilt lettering and a pictorial design. Measures 5” x 4”. Assorted slips measure the same or smaller. Some toning, sunning and ink blotch to rear board, else near fine. A delightful assortment of the greatest big band and jazz personalities. Sold for $385.
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