With the upcoming 30th anniversary of the
Master of Puppets album on my mind, here we have a poster from the mighty
Master of Puppets tour (and depending on your perspective the not so mighty
Ultimate Sin tour) featuring the Boris Vallejo artwork for the cover of Ozzy's Ultimate Sin album. Often compared to Frank Frazetta, Boris Vallejo's work is usually a little too slick for my taste. I find his art lacks the raw emotion, tension and aggression of Frazetta. However, this poster is adorned with one of his finer works in my opinion and I always liked this particular painting of his.
The poster itself is on high quality card stock and while this poster is not extremely rare due to Bill Graham's unparalleled foresight in recognizing the importance of preserving concert posters, one can expect to pay around $75-$125 for it. The first printing of it can probably still be bought via wolfgangs vault which is where I got mine many years ago now.
