Stagedoor brings to you music art and memorabilia from the personal collection of Rock-it-Cargo founder David Bernstein. Working backstage at Philadelphia music venues in the 1970s put David at the forefront of the Rock-n-Roll Revolution. He got his start at the Electric Factory, moving equipment and gear for the likes of Joni Mitchell and the Allman Brothers before they became household names.
Since then his company Rock it Cargo has handled moving and logistics for music industry legends including The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, and Madonna, as well as NBA teams, Broadway Acts, Cirque du Soleil, and the Pope. Inspired by a lifelong love affair with all things rock-n-roll, Stagedoor features the largest collection of music memorabilia and art sourced directly from music and entertainment venues in the Tri-State area.
Searching for memorabilia from a particular show in New Jersey or Philadelphia over the past 50 years? If it is not in our product database, contact us! We have a massive inventory with many one of a kind items so it may not be listed yet!
POSTERS
Stagedoor’s poster collection is composed of original limited edition prints of concert posters, promotional posters, and album release posters. Posters were collected from the concert or music venue during the event, and stored flat in plastic sleeving.
PASSES
Backstage passes have become popular collectors items, but truly authentic ones are in limited supply. Stagedoor has a massive inventory of authentic fabric and laminate backstage passes, sourced from concerts and tours going back to the 1980s.
1.Fabric (Satin) Passes
These are single use passes printed on adhesive satin cloth, collected as unused extras at the end of concerts or tours. As such they still have their adhesive backing intact, and have the date and sometimes a job specification such as promoter or crew written or stamped on the front. This was done so security personnel could quickly validate the authenticity of these single use passes.
2.Laminate Passes.
Laminate Passes are much rarer than cloth adhesive passes as they are given out to only a few select people at each concert, usually management, record company people, select crew members, and close friends of the band. They are heavy duty passes, meant to last the entire tour and often have a lanyard hole punched in the top. Many of our laminates are the personal passes of famous music industry names such as John Stevenson and Adam Spivak.
Autographed Work
All autographed photos and posters in the Stagedoor Collection were hand signed by the artist at the event itself before being placed in storage. All signed work was individually wrapped and stored flat in mint condition.
Accounting Cards from Electric Factory Concerts
Stagedoor’s accounting cards collection is an analog archive of the concerts booked by Electric Factory Concerts from 1968-1987. Each card was handwritten or typed by Larry Magid, owner of EFC, so he would have an easily accessible summary of concert sale revenues for each booking. At events with multiple performances, he wrote a card for each act, enabling him to track bookings and concert sales by artist in the age before spreadsheets.
Venues booked by Electric Factory Concerts during this time include Philadelphia’s Bijou Cafe, the Electric Factory, the Spectrum, and Tower Theater, Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, and The Mid-South Coliseum and Ellis Auditorium in Memphis.
Check out our backstage stories for more information on these historic venues, in addition to records from memorable shows performed there.
We are currently in the process of producing NFTs of our accounting records memorabilia. If you are interested in the purchase or use of our records, please contact us.
Rare Rock Relics
All autographed photos and posters in the Stagedoor Collection were hand signed by the artist at the event itself before being placed in storage. All signed work was individually wrapped and stored flat in mint condition.
