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##MUSICGD2032 - Grateful Dead Car Window Tour Sticker/Decal - Skeleton Smoking a Joint under a Rainbow Tree

Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 4 1/2" diameter Grateful Dead sticker/decal. These are high quality art decals that were made for car windows. I peeled the cover off for the picture. They are in mint condition and can still be used. This one is from around the late 1980s. It features a skeleton smoking a joint under a rainbow tree with the sun and ocean, and of course, a couple of mushrooms growing on the ground.

These Grateful Dead stickers/decals are old tour merchandise. I found them wrapped in plastic in boxes in master cases. They came from a distributor who sold them to tour vendors. The condition is pristine and they still will work as a car decal or window/mirror sticker. We found them packed away in storage boxes dated 1992 (many are older than that) and 1995 (year Jerry Garcia died). They are high quality artist renderings of Grateful Dead themes. Back in the day, the Dead did not monitor copyrights and that sort of thing, and in fact, at one point encouraged artists to do designs. The LA times explained it well “The Grateful Dead was famously lax in enforcing it’s intellectual property rights and trademarks, allowing fans to create their own designs using the band’s expansive iconography”. Since there was no serious monitoring or much concern back then, a lot of up and coming artists got involved in designing them. This is how some of them got their starts. Some of the sticker artists who designed these stickers went on to produce official licensed works for the Grateful Dead and other famous groups. These stickers include some by now famous designers including David Opie, and others. These older stickers are very hard to find anymore.

$2.00 -+

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##MUSICBP2214 - Set of 12 David Byrne (Talking Heads) Cloth OTTO Backstage VIP Pass from the 1989 Rei Momo Tour

Click the image to see a larger more detailed image of both sides of the passes. You get 12 for $12 (that's $1 each). This is a set of 12 David Byrne backstage passes that are unused and in great condition. These cloth backstage passes are from David Byrne's (of the Talking Heads) 1989 Rei Momo Tour. The passes are 3-3/4" Square and glow under blacklight. The OTTO Manufacturing mark is on the back of the pass.

David Byrne is a singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. He was a founding member, lead singer, principal song writer and guitarist of the new wave band, Talking Heads. He has 7 Grammy Nominations and 1 Grammy win.

$12.00 -+

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##MUSICBQ0231 - 1986 W.A.S.P. Licensed Pinback Button from "Button-Up"

Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage colorful picture of the heavy metal group W.A.S.P.. Marked "Copyright 1986 W.A.S.P." around the rim, and from the late 1980s. It also says "Button-Up Co. 2011 Austin" (Please note - 2011 Austin Drive, Troy MI was their address, and the "2011" is often mistaken for the date - they are substantially older than that). These licensed types are very scarce, yet easy to identify by the licensing info on the side of the button. Most of the musical pinbacks that you see for sale on Ebay or other online sites are reproductions. These licensed types retail for much higher prices. They are unused, and we uncovered them very recently in an old vending warehouse here locally.

Group/Artist Name: W.A.S.P.

Origin: 1982 in Los Angeles

Genre: Heavy Metal

Condition: Unused

Album Sales: 12 Million Plus

$1.50 -+

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