I'm sure more and more things are going to pop up over the next couple of weeks, so why don't we share the rare and old Hip stuff we find - merch, posters, interviews, etc. - here.
I'll start. Woke up to seeing this poster shared through the Vintage Kingston Facebook page. It's advertising a show from the summer of 1985.
Across The Causeway '04 | Big Music Fest '08 | Kingston '09 | Bobcaygeon '11 | Cobourg '13 | Bluesfest '13 | Danforth Music Hall '15 | Kingston '15 | Bluesfest '15 | Toronto I '16 | Toronto II '16 | Toronto III '16 | Hamilton '16 | Ottawa '16 | Kingston '16
I posted this on FB
I did a US 5 show swing on the east coast on the phantom power tour with my friend Candice - Pearl Street in Northampton Virginia, Hampton Beach Casino in Hampton Beach New Hampshire, Hot Tin Roof in Martha's Vinyard (100 people in attendance), State Theatre in Portland Maine and Sugarbush Vermont. At the Hampton Beach Casino show Gord gave Candice this banana which he used at every show and some of you might remember (it had a hole in it and you can see the tape on it to stop the shaker stuff from falling out). The other thing that happened was Gord tripped during the show and landed on his acoustic guitar which ended up getting broken - later in the show it reappeared with duct tape on the top corner - which he ended up using for years with the tape on it.
Here's the oldest piece of Hip memorabilia I own. Road Apples poster from 1991. I got it free for being the first kid through the door on release day at A&A Records and Tapes, Southcentre Mall, Calgary. That was a good day.