The Doors / James Cotton / Richie Havens (closing night)
BG-75 · Bonnie MacLean
San Francisco
James Cotton Blues Band
Richie Havens
Sunday, July 30, 1967 closed the BG-75 week at the Fillmore Auditorium — the last of the Doors' three nights, with the James Cotton Blues Band and Richie Havens.
One poster, two headliners, and a support bill that stayed put while the top of the card changed completely: the Yardbirds with Jimmy Page on the 26th and 27th, the Doors on the 28th, 29th and 30th. It is the cleanest example in this chronicle of why a poster's date span and a night's actual bill are different things.
Bonnie MacLean's peacock sheet has an afterlife worth recording, because it is the kind of thing only collectors notice and only a chronicle like this one bothers to write down. There are three printings. The original is on white index stock and carries the printer's credit "Neal, Stratford and Kerr" beside the number. The second printing is on uncoated index stock with that credit removed. The third is on glossy white index stock, also uncredited. And **Eric King's guide numbers them backwards** — what the standard collector's reference lists as RP-3 is in fact the true second print, and what it lists as RP-2 is the third. The sequence was worked out after the guide had established itself, and the wrong numbering stuck.
There is also a small date disagreement on the sheet itself. classicposters titles it "7/25-30/67" and calls it a six-night show; the Fillmore's own listings run the bills from the 26th. This chronicle records both rather than choosing.
Verification Notes
ANTAGONIST-CHECKED. 1967-07-30=Sunday, closing night of the split BG-75 (Bonnie MacLean) run; the Doors leg (7/28-30) after the Yardbirds leg (7/25-27). Same poster/engagement already LIVE-heroed on 07-25 -> secondary here. Per-night act rotation across the 6-night run is an honest gap; the poster bill is authoritative. COAU Fillmore Auditorium listings (Hannan/Arnold), 30 July 1967. Closing night of the BG-75 Doors bracket. DEEPENED 2026-09-03 (pass 3). Bill per COAU Fillmore Auditorium listings (Hannan/Arnold), 30 July 1967. Closing night of the BG-75 Doors bracket. The three printings, the 'Neal, Stratford and Kerr' credit, and the Eric King RP-2/RP-3 inversion from classicposters.com product page (browser session 2026-09-03). DATE DISCREPANCY RECORDED: classicposters titles BG-75 '7/25-30/67' (six nights) while COAU's per-night listings begin on the 26th. Both stated; neither silently chosen.
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