Press release: Howard Kaylan to offer up rare and one of a kind memorabilia in an auction which will feature over 4 decades of historical artifacts direct from his personal collection.
Among the many notable pieces being offered are rare artifacts that were saved from the 1971 Montreux Jazz Festival fire, original movie scripts from Zappa’s “200 Motels” and “Billy the Mountain”, Marc Bolan (T.Rex) stage worn shoes, original handwritten lyrics, rare photos and slides, recordings and an amazing collection of vinyl, acetates and test pressings.
Howard got broke, I presume.
He looks very creepy in that photo too…
“Howard’s Personal Shoes”-Isn’t that a GTOs outtake?
Oops, that was Marc Bolan’s Personal Shoes. Joke ruined! Never mind!
Wow…Howie must be hurtin’ for money. But it does sound like he has a few gems there. Hope whomever buys this stuff doesn’t get reamed.
Could be fascinating acetates for Mothers/T Rex fans. How many T Rex fans are Zappa fans anyhow?
I personally would love to get a hold of the 200 Motels script- transcribe it and post it so everyone can enjoy it and then I gets sued by Gail!
I’ve been a Bolan fan for years…
I think my first exposure was Metal Guru; a hippy chick I knew was a big fan, she turned me on to him. I remember She was Born to be My Unicorn and Jeepster too.
Except for Bang a Gong, no one in the US has heard of him…
Yeah, i enjoy me some T. rex as well. I’m partial to electric warrior, which coincidentally was the album featuring Flo & Eddie!
wish i could even see that Billy the Mountain script. JABFLA is great!
Is it allowed to add something?
T Rex / Bolan was – essentially- ( new ) jewish music in the making. Compare it with – in France – Gainsbourg, exactly the same. Never underestimate that.
FZ was not a Jew. New, unbound music.
I get off on the strange chord progressions in T Rex- “20th Century Boy”‘s my fav.
Was he a Jew? I thought he was an elf.