THE WILD DOCUMENTS OF GRACE JONES. THE PRESS PACK FOR HER DEBUT

ALBUM PORTFOLIO AND HER FIRST EVER APPEARANCE IN LOS ANGELES AT THE BULLSHOT DISCO CLUB. RICHARD BERNSTEIN

GRAPHIC ART AND ANTONIO LOPEZ PHOTOGRAPHS. THE VISUAL HISTORY OF LA VIE

EN ROSE. LEGENDARY.

The album was always a bit of a looker. But in this portrait cropped folder format. Good grief, it is good. Richard Bernstein (yes, the man who made two hundred Interview covers) really had a good day at the office here. 
 

It is so gorgeous. On the right, the annoucement of Grace's debut appearances in Los Angeles at the Bullshot on North La Brea. Three nights in April 1978.
 

The Plaza (performers twice nightly Fridays and Saturdays) is on the site of the Bullshot Western Disco (aka very male, macho, gay disco) club. For more on the Bullshot read here. For images or even words on Grace Jones at the Bullshot - nope, sorry, nothing found... 
 

...but it may have looked a little something like this (above). 
 

Beautifully written press release. But above all that - the colour! 
 

The most brilliant of brilliant photographs - used as the cover for the single version of La Vie En Rose. Grace in Issey Miyake (we are pretty sure - as also pretty sure Hans Feurer phtotographed that outfit in East Meets West). Anyway with that hat, those sandals and that early boombox - paradise! 
 

Also extraordinary. The folder reproduces press from various titles including After Dark and Interview - piece written by our friend and avid reader/sub-editor of this newsletter, Vince Aletti. 
 

One more pic before we go. Beam Junction was Grace's first label and management company. Island, Chris Blackwell, well, the rest is history. 

And to own a piece of it... the pink button below.