Iggy Pop, the original Leper Messiah! Cincinnati’s Crosley Field, June 23 1970, by Thomas Copi.
Patti Smith (wearing an Eat the Rich t-shirt) at a record store signing for her album Easter, NYC, by Waring Abbott/Getty. Released March 1978, it climbed all the way to #13 in the US, #5 in the UK.
Debbie Harry, Blondie, wearing a shirt from the Licorice Pizza record store chain, and a name tag “Deb” from Peaches Records, via pinterest
Patti Smith, record shopping in NYC, John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme in hand. Photo by Danny Clinch
“I was shooting Patti shopping in a New York City record store. She grabbed Coltrane’s A Love Supreme and said, ‘I have to buy it. I can’t stand to see it in a bin, not being played.’ She had six copies, and bought that one, too.”
-Danny Clinch