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The Stones' appearance at The Cali came just as their career was taking off, two months after the release of their first UK single Come On/I Want To Be Loved, 1963.
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The Rolling Stones
An early publicity photograph by Philip Townsend, signed on the margin in blue ballpoint pen by all five members of the group -- 4¾x5¼in. (12x13.3cm.), in common mount with two black and white shots of The Stones at The California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, one of the group performing on stage on the 9th August, 1963, the other of them backstage with the owner and founder of the ballroom Edwin Green, both -- 4¾x6½in. (12x16.5cm.), overall measurements -- 7¾x24½in. (19.7x62.3cm.) framed; and another black and white group shot of the band backstage on that occasion in 1963 -- 4¾x6½in. (12x16.5cm.) (2)
An early publicity photograph by Philip Townsend, signed on the margin in blue ballpoint pen by all five members of the group -- 4¾x5¼in. (12x13.3cm.), in common mount with two black and white shots of The Stones at The California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, one of the group performing on stage on the 9th August, 1963, the other of them backstage with the owner and founder of the ballroom Edwin Green, both -- 4¾x6½in. (12x16.5cm.), overall measurements -- 7¾x24½in. (19.7x62.3cm.) framed; and another black and white group shot of the band backstage on that occasion in 1963 -- 4¾x6½in. (12x16.5cm.) (2)
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