{"product_id":"1968-flatt-scruggs-the-story-of-bonnie-clyde-columbia-records-lp-promo","title":"1968 Flatt \u0026 Scruggs The Story of Bonnie \u0026 Clyde Columbia Records LP Promo","description":"\u003cp\u003eDate: 1968\u003cbr\u003eArtist: Mediate  \u003cbr\u003eSize (in): 33” x 22”\u003cbr\u003eSize (cm): 83.8 x 55.9\u003cbr\u003eCondition: B+\u003cbr\u003eLinen backed: No \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a vintage original record store promotional poster for the 1968 Flatt \u0026amp; Scruggs Bluegrass album \u003cem\u003eThe Story of Bonnie \u0026amp; Clyde\u003c\/em\u003e.  This album was released on the Columbia label to capitalize on the surging popularity of Bluegrass music that followed director Arthur Penn’s acclaimed 1967 film \u003cem\u003eBonnie and Clyde\u003c\/em\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBonnie and Clyde\u003c\/em\u003e was nominated for nine Academy Awards and featured the Flatt \u0026amp; Scruggs instrumental \u003cem\u003eFoggy Mountain Breakdown\u003c\/em\u003e throughout the film as fast-paced background music for the gang’s frantic car chases, robbery and getaway scenes.  While the film’s use of Bluegrass music was anachronistic that mattered little in propelling the music into the mainstream of American popular culture.  The Bluegrass genre of American roots music developed in Appalachia in the 1940s while Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow’s crime spree came to an end the decade before in a hail of police bullets near the sleepy hamlet of Gibsland, Louisiana on May 23, 1934. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis poster would have been used to in record stores and other retail locations to promote the sale of Flatt \u0026amp; Scrugg’s 1968 album \u003cem\u003eThe Story of Bonnie \u0026amp; Clyde\u003c\/em\u003e.   The lower margin is printed “\u003cem\u003eColumbia Broadcasting System, Inc. Columbia Special Products\u003c\/em\u003e”.  This vintage original poster is free of tape or pinholes and shows light to moderate handling wear including some slight bumping to the edges in places and some slight toning from age. There is a small bit of what looks like insect damage along the upper left edge near the upper corner but this is minor and doesn’t really detract much.  Overall condition is very good.          \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Golden Age Posters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52421333680408,"sku":"26030213","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/7794\/1863\/files\/IMG_0660.jpg?v=1784590170","url":"https:\/\/goldenageposters.com\/products\/1968-flatt-scruggs-the-story-of-bonnie-clyde-columbia-records-lp-promo","provider":"Golden Age Posters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}