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Offered Here: KISS 1975 Lot of 3 BW Contact Sheet & Partial Negatives of KISS During The Cadillac, MI City Council Meeting With Transfer Rights
Item Details: Acquire a rare behind-the-scenes archive with this exceptional lot of three original black-and-white contact sheets and 15 partial negative frames documenting KISS attending the Cadillac City Council meeting and a subsequent stop in a local park on October 10, 1975, uniquely offered with transfer rights. Sourced directly from the private collection of acclaimed rock photographer Waring Abbott, this historic lot features 104 photographic frames accompanied by a limited selection of 15 cut, partial negatives (no whole sheets included). As authentic studio artifacts, the sheets remain in good condition and display classic characteristics of working production documents, including handwriting, grease pencil marks, folds, punched holes, cuts, edge and corner wear, along with common signs of age.
Provenance / Authenticity: The items in this lot are sourced directly from the personal archives of renowned photojournalist Waring Abbott. Abbott’s iconic imagery has graced the pages of Time, Newsweek, People, Rolling Stone, and countless foreign publications, alongside legendary album covers and photo spreads for KISS, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, and Bob Dylan and others.
KISS's 1975 visit to Cadillac, Michigan, grew out of a story that began on the high school football field, where coach Jim Neff played the band's music to motivate his struggling Cadillac Vikings, who then turned their season around. The band responded by traveling to the small town for homecoming festivities, where they were welcomed by local officials and residents in an event that became one of the earliest and most celebrated examples of KISS engaging directly with its grassroots fan base. The visit came the same autumn that Alive! gave the group its commercial breakthrough, and it remains a well-known chapter in the band's rise from cult act to national phenomenon.
Condition: Good with handwriting, grease pencil marks, folds, punched holes, cuts, edge and corner wear, along with common signs of age. This lot includes only partial negatives and not every frame from the contact sheet has a corresponding negative. Only 15 cut negative frames are included in this lot.
SKU: WBB1041