The Tell-Tale Hearts (and more) in flyers

Detail: Tell-Tale Hearts flyer; Studio 517; July 27, 1984 (collection Tom Goddard)The latest showpieces from the Tom Goddard Collection of classic San Diego flyers.

Today’s batch includes additional Tell-Tale Hearts ephemera (Exhibit A, from a July 27, 1984, show at Studio 517, bears autographs dedicated to Tom’s sister Suzie); a very early appearance (probably August 18, 1984) by “the Morlochs” (sic) with the Hearts at the same venue; a Nashville Ramblers gig; Tell-Tale Hearts and Chesterfield Kings at SDSU’s Backdoor; and a Distillery East show with Manual Scan, the Untouchables and UXB, a band I’m afraid I’d forgotten completely before taking delivery of this cache.

Detail: Tell-Tale Hearts/Morlocks, Studio 517, August(?) 18, 1984 (collection Tom Goddard)Detail: Tell-Tale Hearts/Chesterfield Kings, SDSU Backdoor, Nov. 16, 1985 (collection Tom Goddard)Detail: Nashville Ramblers; Cavern Club; Nov. 30, 1985 (collection Tom Goddard)Detail: Manual Scan/Untouchables/UXB; Distillery East; July 12, 1984 (collection Tom Goddard)

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The Gravedigger V in flyers

Detail: Gravedigger V flyer, August 7, 1984 (artwork by Dave Anderson, collection Tom Goddard)Another Che Underground archivist joins the ranks, as dancing fool-turned-Spain-based sail stitcher Tom Goddard weighs in with a disc of fabulous flyers and photos from the Tell-Tale Hearts, the Morlocks and more.

Detail: Gravedigger V/Meenies flyer, June 16, 1984 (artwork by Dave Anderson, collection Tom Goddard)Today’s installment marks the first flyers in our collection from the Gravedigger V, the short-lived but hugely influential group who tore it up in 1984, recorded one great album and presaged the Morlocks. (I like the flyer dedicated to Tom’s sister Suzie by GDV drummer Dave “Peter Criss” Anderson, who also created both flyers.)

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