farewell dates and disbanded in early 1970, although they have reunited and toured together since. Following the release of their final album, Rock & Roll, Vanilla Fudge played a few U.S. Carefully wrapped, and labelled, by hand. In 1969, Vanilla Fudge released its first album without Morton, the symphonic Near the Beginning. Single Slabs of creamy Vanilla, each slab weighing a mighty 75g. The band toured with Jimi Hendrix, opened several dates on Cream’s farewell tour, and headlined a tour with the fledgling Led Zeppelin as their opening act. It was followed by the Top 20 hit album Renaissance. In 1968, Vanilla Fudge headlined Fillmore West with the Steve Miller Band, performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, and released their second album, The Beat Goes On. The band members settled on Vanilla Fudge, after a favorite ice cream flavor, and would go on to create one of the few American links between psychedelia and what would become heavy metal.
The group landed a deal with Atco Records, who requested a name change. Impressed by their heavy, hard-rocking recasting of The Supremes’ “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” Morton offered to record the song. Toward the end of 1966, they welcomed drummer Carmine Appice into the fold, and the following year their manager convinced legendary producer George “Shadow” Morton to catch their live act. Organist Mark Stein, bassist Tim Bogert, drummer Joey Brennan, and guitarist Vince Martell built a following gigging extensively up and down the East Coast and earned extra cash providing in-concert backing for girl groups. It was a Top 10 hit in the United States, and a Top 20 hit in the UK in 1967.In 1965, Long Island’s Vanilla Fudge began as a blue-eyed soul cover band called the Electric Pigeons (later shortened to “The Pigeons”). This version featured Stein's psychedelic-baroque organ intro and Appice's energetic drumming. The band's biggest hit was its cover of "You Keep Me Hangin' On," a slowed-down, hard rocking version of a song originally recorded by The Supremes. When Led Zeppelin first toured the United States in early 1969, they opened for Vanilla Fudge on some shows. Vanilla Fudge was managed by the reputed Lucchese crime family member Phillip Basile, who operated several popular clubs in New York. We liked it and so did Atlantic, so Vanilla Fudge it was! She added, “Maybe you guys should call yourselves that-you're like white soul music”.
Playing a gig at the club on Long Island they met a woman named Dee Dee who worked there who said her grandfather used to call her Vanilla Fudge. But Ahmet Ertegun, the label's founder and legendary rock tastemaker, didn't like that name. Originally called The Pigeons, the band was ready to be signed by Atlantic Records in April 1967. The band's original line–up - vocalist and organist Mark Stein, bassist and vocalist Tim Bogert, lead guitarist/vocalist Vince Martell, and drummer and vocalist Carmine Appice - recorded five albums during the years 1967–69, before disbanding in 1970. Vanilla Fudge has been called one of the few American links between psychedelia and what soon became heavy metal. Notoriously fussy, easily clogged and more, they have long since gone out of fashion. Conklin, like many artists in the late 60’s used a rapidograph, a sort of mechanical pen that would help draw repetitive straight lines creating this crosshatch effect. It would be followed by his famous “Santana Lion” poster and like that iconic work, this one was so strong as a black and white image that it could save Bill Graham some money on color.
This rare first printing is the first poster that wild psychedelic artist Rich Conklin did for Bill Graham.
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