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Splatt Gallery's History of Michigan Concert Posters
Volume Eleven - 1975 - Page Eight
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A full-page ABC Records ad, featuring another photograph by Ed Caraeff, for Three Dog Night with tour dates that include four Michigan shows, three at Pine Knob, July 10-12, 1975, and a show at Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo on July 29th.
A new image being used for this ad for Alice Cooper’s Welcome to My Nightmare tour, although the James Gang had replaced Suzi Quatro as the opening act by the time of this show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 11, 1975.
A pair of ads in a Dallas, Texas newspaper with Rare Earth appearing at the Electric Ballroom on July 12, 1975, while the Detroit band Shotgun was at Dooley’s, July 9-13.
An ad for the Summer Free Concerts in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The dates are incorrect, June should be July on both dates. Kicking off their ninth year, the 1975 season started on June 22nd, with the Stillhouse String Band, Lightning Red Blues Trio, Melodioso and Skip Van Winkle. The following week featured Eric Glatz, Rabbits, Lyman Woodard Organization and Mojo Boogie Band.
The poster/ad above is for July 13, 1975, featuring the band Express, and the following week, on July 20th, featuring Radio King.
A very cool ad for the King Biscuit Flower Hour featuring Slade on July 13, 1975. As mentioned in the ad, the program coincided with a US tour, they would reach Detroit on August 19th, for the band’s fifth, and final, Michigan appearance.
Poster by Gary Grimshaw for Joe Walsh with Bob Seger in Muskegon, Michigan on July 14, 1975.
A poster by Crow Quill for Joe Walsh with Bob Seger in Muskegon, Michigan on July 14, 1975.
Newsprint version of a poster by Hugh Surratt for Todd Rundgren’s Utopia at Michigan State University in East Lansing on July 14, 1975.
A record store ad with tie-in to Alice Cooper’s “Welcome to My Nightmare” show in Montreal, Canada on July 13th, and a pair of ads for the 77th, and final, show of the first leg of the tour, in Providence, Rhode Island on July 16, 1975.
Front cover of a special supplement of the Ann Arbor SUN newspaper for the Ann Arbor Art Fair in Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 16-19, 1975.
A map of Ann Arbor, Michigan by Chris Frayne, aka Ozone for the Ann Arbor Art Fair, July 16-19, 1975.
Illustration by Gary Kell (self portrait?) printed for the schedule for the Ann Arbor Art Fair, July 16-19, 1975.
The back cover of the July 17, 1975 edition of the SUN newspaper, “serving Greater Michigan” with the subscription form and a free album premium, including the eighth studio album by Rare Earth (with apologies to Willie Hutch for taking his box to show the back cover of the Rare Earth album).
The album featured a significant band line-up change, only three of the eight musicians had previously recorded as Rare Earth. The new members included vocalist Jerry La Croix, formerly of Edgar Winter’s White Trash, bassist Reggie McBride, formerly with Stevie Wonder, keyboardist Gabe Katona, recently with the Jackson 5, drummer Barry “Frosty” Smith, formerly with Sweathog, and Motown guitarist Paul Warren, who co-wrote three of the album tracks, including this lead-off song:
Rare Earth - It Makes You Happy (But It Ain't Gonna Last Too Long) (1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb1otXnd6Ic&pp=QADQAwE%3D
An ad from the July 17, 1975 issue of the Michigan Daily newspaper in Ann Arbor, Michigan showing that the nightclub Chances Are had added a restaurant called Second Chance. Both names would coexist for another year until Second Chance would become the singular name, debuting with an appearance by Herman & the Hermits in June 1976.
An ad for Brownsville Station in Akron, Ohio on July 18, 1975 with Slade as the openers.
The Detroit Afro-American Ethnic Festival took place at the Detroit Riverfront, July 18-20, 1975. Rainbow Productions handled promotion, with a logo featuring Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, and John Sinclair’s Strata Productions coordinated the three days of music including a highlight performance by former Motown singer Carolyn Crawford, recently signed to Gamble & Huff’s Philadelphia International Records.
The SUN newspaper also announced that it would no longer be known as the Ann Arbor SUN, although the offices would remain in Ann Arbor, the focus would be more regional, with special emphasis on the Motor City in the new SUN Kulchur supplement.
Gary Grimshaw poster for a second Summer Celebration at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan on July 20, 1975, featuring Yes, Dave Mason, Peter Frampton and Ace. The previous event, on May 25th, also included Peter Frampton, with Santana and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Gary Grimshaw poster for the Electric Light Orchestra with Triumvirat and Pavlov’s Dog at Grand Valley College Dome in Allendale, Michigan on July 25, 1975.
Poster by an unknown artist for the Electric Light Orchestra with Triumvirat and Pavlov’s Dog at Grand Valley State College Dome in Allendale, Michigan on July 25, 1975.
Poster by Gary Grimshaw for the Electric Light Orchestra with Triumvirat and Pavlov’s Dog in Madison, Wisconsin on July 26, 1975, the same poster that Grimshaw had made for the night before at Grand Valley State College in Allendale, Michigan, with just the date and venue changed.
A full-page ad in the July 26, 1975 issue of Billboard magazine for the album “Back to Earth” by Rare Earth. Their 8th studio album and the first without founding member, drummer and lead vocalist Peter Hoorelbeke, who was replaced by Jerry La Croix on vocals and Barry Frost on drums. Additional new band members were Paul Warren on guitar, Reggie McBride on bass, and Gabriel Katona on keyboards and backing vocals.
An ad for Ted Nugent at the Electric Ballroom in Dallas, Texas on July 26, 1975, in a dual with local guitar hero Bugs Henderson.
Poster by an unknown artist for Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes, opening for Blue Oyster Cult, with Kansas, in Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 27, 1975.
Newspaper ad for Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes, opening for Blue Oyster Cult, with Kansas, in Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 27, 1975.
An ad for the King Biscuit Flower Hour radio show, presenting a concert from Alice Cooper’s Welcome to My Nightmare tour, broadcast on July 27, 1975. The concert was the June 17th show at the Forum in Los Angeles, and the full show is found here:
Alice Cooper – Welcome to My Nightmare (complete live show 6/17/75)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELLlsobD8Tc
Full-page ad for the Rolling Stones 1975 Tour of the Americas, with two shows in Detroit, Michigan, July 27-28, 1975.
A giant billboard on Broadway in New York City for the Rolling Stones 1975 Tour of the Americas, with two shows in Detroit, Michigan, July 27-28, 1975.
A really nice poster for New Order with the Mojo Boogie Band at Chances Are in Ann Arbor, Michigan on July 29, 1975, with both band’s logos, photos, and members list. Also celebrating the Mojo’s third anniversary.
A pair of ads for Bob Seger at the Starwood in Los Angeles, California from July 31, 1975 through August 3rd. There are bootlegs from these shows, apparently an FM simulcast, soundboard, but we believe that they are misidentified as being from the Whisky a Go Go, since the Whisky was closed in March 1975. It re-opened in May 1975, but only presented low cost stage revues and cabarets until November 1976 when it returned to live rock and roll. The date on the bootlegs appear to be incorrect as well, listed as August 8, or August 18.
The recordings have been compared to the “Live Bullet” album as a juxtaposition to the change in the band’s sound over a year’s time, however, “Live Bullet” was recorded only a month after these Starwood shows, at Cobo Arena September 4th and 5th, the album was released in April 1976. The true juxtaposition is probably the difference of the small club opposed to an arena.
Here are the tracks, in running order:
Bob Seger – Steal Your Love Away (live Los Angeles 1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j1hi9Pg_Yw
Bob Seger – Back in ’72 (live Los Angeles 1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qK3ItTEGJA
Bob Seger – Bo Diddley (live Los Angeles 1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev-xdnFsTNs
Bob Seger – Travelin’ Man (live Los Angeles 1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rehqwL9oQXc
Bob Seger – Beautiful Loser (live Los Angeles 1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v48jF-4FDo&pp=QAA%3D
Bob Seger – Bringing It Back from Mexico (live Los Angeles 1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UTeFR1sFhY
Bob Seger – Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man (live Los Angeles 1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HbfHOwf0iQ
Bob Seger – Katmandu (live Los Angeles 1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDaHptjfHSM
A full-page Capitol Records ad for Grand Funk Railroad’s album “Caught In The Act”, a live double-album, released in August 1975. The band had re-added the Railroad to their name and added two female singers to their live act, Lorraine Feather and Jana Giglio, known as “The Funkettes”.
The All Music review gave the album high praise, writing, “All the songs benefit from the amped-up live atmosphere and several improve over the studio versions thanks to the consistent high level of energy that the band pours into each tune. The end result is a live album that is the equal of the studio's best studio-recorded outings. Simply put, Caught in the Act is a necessity for Grand Funk Railroad fans and may even attract non-fans with its effective combination of energy and instrumental firepower.” Many agree that it is their most essential release.
Grand Funk Railroad – Caught In The Act (album) (1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQskaS6Kf6s&list=PLDAZvE8yXIYuqKZDDSZdVLhLwQuuUPhhD
A record store ad for the second live album by Grand Funk Railroad, “Caught in the Act”, released in August 1975.
Suzi Quatro as the “CREEM Mate of the Month” in the August 1975 issue of CREEM magazine.
Alice Cooper sporting the hometown hockey jersey on the cover of the August 1975 issue of the German teen magazine Bravo.
A “tour-blank” poster for Uriah Heep’s “Return to Fantasy” tour which included two Michigan shows, with Saginaw on August 1, 1975, and Detroit two days later, on August 3rd.
A story in the August 1, 1975 edition of the Los Angeles Free Press newspaper in Los Angeles, California introducing Ray Manzarek’s new, yet unnamed, band which included Plymouth, Michigan guitarist Paul Warren. Warren, who’s first recording session, while still in his teens, was for the Temptations 1972 hit "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", had also appeared on Funkadelic’s classic “Get Off Your Ass and Jam”.
When Motown moved from Detroit to Los Angeles they paid for him to move so they could continue using his services as a session guitar player. He soon after joined the group Rare Earth and is credited as being co-writer on three songs from the Back to Earth album.
The newspaper page also lists an upcoming show at the Starwood for the “Ray Manzarek Group” and incidentally has Bob Seger playing the Starwood at the time.
The “disco survey” in the August 1, 1975 edition of the Los Angeles Free Press was the sixth one since the feature began in May 1975, and there was nearly a complete turn-over in the listed records, with very few remaining from the first list, indicating a pretty vibrant scene.
One exception, remaining on every list since the first one, was “Foot Stompin’ Music” by Hamilton Bohannon, (no, not a cover of the Grand Funk song).
Born in Georgia, and a graduate of Clark College, Bohannon was hired as a drummer for Stevie Wonder’s touring band in 1964. He moved to Detroit in 1967, where he was employed by Motown as the leader and arranger of Bohannon & The Motown Sound, who provided backing for the label's top acts on tour. When Motown moved from Detroit to Los Angeles, Bohannon stayed behind to form his own ensemble, featuring members of The Fabulous Counts and including such musicians as Ray Parker Jr. and Dennis Coffey.
His third album, released in 1975, yielded his two biggest singles, “Foot Stompin’ Music” and “Disco Stomp”.
Hamilton Bohannon – Foot Stompin’ Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6K79FDhNmY&pp=QAA%3D
Hamilton Bohannon – Disco Stomp (1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X86qgsDL_4k
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Poster by Guy Juke for Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas on August 2, 1975.
A full-page record company ad for the eighth studio album by Uriah Heep, “Return to Fantasy” with tour dates that include a show at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan on August 3, 1975.
Suzi Quatro was the subject for the August 4, 1975 issue of Poster in Yugoslavia, it probably folded out for a larger poster inside.
Newspaper ad with Parliament-Funkadelic opening for WAR at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan, August 4-5, 1975.
As better described by drummer Dennis Thompson in the link below, the band New Order decided to return to Michigan. The band’s show at Chances Are in Ann Arbor can be pinned down to have happened on August 5, 1975, as found in the above listing from the SUN newspaper, New Order opened for the Mojo Boogie Band.
Machine Gun Thompson – New Order Part 3:
https://web.archive.org/web/20091111173540/http://www.machinegunthompson.com/2009/11/new-order-part-3.html
A great poster for the Jefferson Starship in Tulsa, Oklahoma on August 7, 1975 with Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen.
Poster by Gary Grimshaw for KISS at the Onondaga County War Memorial in Syracuse, New York, of all places, on August 8, 1975. The location seems a bit far afield for a Grimshaw poster and for a Steve Glanz production, although Glanz had established a close relationship with the band.
Following the KISS concert at Cobo Arena in Detroit back in May, the band presented Glantz with a "Rocker-Fellow" award to honor him for all of the support that he had given them throughout their career to date. According to Paul, explaining the award at the time, "He [Steve] treats us with as much respect now as a headlining act as he did last year when we were fourth on the bill."
The Onondaga concert was postponed by the promoters who felt they would not be able to compete with a Rolling Stones concert taking place the same night in nearby Buffalo, New York, so KISS was re-scheduled for October 2nd.
Poster by Leni Sinclair/Rainbow Productions for The Tanya Tucker Show in Wayne, Michigan on August 8, 1975.
A full-page Atlantic Records ad in the August 9, 1975 issue of Billboard magazine, with color inset of the fifth album by Brownsville Station, “Motor City Connection” which featured this nine-minute closing suite.
Brownsville Station - They Call Me Rock & Roll (1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVh9OiNWmM0
A promo sheet for Brownsville Station circa 1975.
An ad for Donald Byrd in Cleveland, Ohio on August 9, 1975.
Awesome original art by Gary Grimshaw for Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band with Mahogany Rush, REO Speedwagon and Canadian band Trooper in an intended show in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on August 10, 1975. All indications are that this show never happened and a finished poster was never made.
Volume Eleven - 1975 - continues - HERE
