Original 1st printing 25 x 38" concert poster for the Grateful Dead appearing (*with Sons of Champlin- not listed) at Nassau Coliseum in Hempstead, NY (Long Island) from 3/15-16/1973. (*another show added on 3/19, New Riders of the Purple Sage opened)

 Design by David Byrd, image ("A Swell Dance Concert") is pictured in the Art of Rock book on page 403 (plate 4.220) and is (informally) known as # 288 in the Bill Graham/Fillmore series.

 Medium-thick flat index stock poster is in good (B) condition; there is a 1&1/2" tear in the lower left border, along with a series of subtle moisture stains along the left border, a touch of toning (smoke damage) to the paper, a tiny drag tear in the "N" of "Nassau", tack holes in all four corners, light handling wear, a few stray edge dings, tape marks on the reverse... definitely a bit on the used side, but still one of the better-looking examples I have seen in a LONG time. Most of these posters were SEVERELY damaged in the BGP office fire of 1985, but this one seems to have escaped with only minimal damage.

 A classic Grateful Dead image from the first shows performed after Pigpen died.... interestingly, David Byrd's design depicts a couple doing a popular 1940's-era dance called "the Big Apple"- an amusing New York tribute. Listen to the 3/16 show (with Bill Graham intro) here; 

http://archive.org/details/gd73-03-16.sbd.cribbs.19141.sbeok.shnf