Now we featured another set called Cantanti but that was not this one - it was earlier, being issued in 1968. That card showed Charles Asnavour, and you will need to scroll down the newsletter until you get to Wednesday, 22nd of May 2024 in order to see it.
In fact there are three sets by this name in total, one in 1968, one in 1969, and ours in 1972 - and all of them have several variants of back, ours having this red back, a similar blue back, and one entirely different known as "bisvalida". I have no idea what that means. Do please enlighten me!
I am not sure why the sets were not released in the United Kingdom, either, because although most of the stars are European, a lot of them were known to us too. You can see the whole list at the Trading Card Database/Cantanti72
Anyway here we have Arlo Guthrie, or more correctly, Arlo Davy Guthrie. You may not know him but you ought to know his father Woody Guthrie.
In fact both singers are known for folk songs protecting against a whole range of injustices.
One of our man`s best known songs was the 1967 "Alice`s Restaurant", and it was turned into a motion picture in 1969. It is a strange film. Sadly his father was no longer alive to play himself, but our man did, and I guess it is worth a look just for that.
Most curious of all, this card, or rather the three variant back of this card, appear to be the only true trade card of him in existence. Unless you know of any others?
When he played at Woodstock he was just nineteen years old. He performed on Saturday morning at 1:45 am, through the pouring rain, for forty minutes, and was followed on stage by Joan Baez.