Kensington Road, Catalogue 1 - from The Bill D. Collection

 Today I am posting in its entirety Catalogue One from Kensington Road, the successor to Bruce of LA's trademark after his death.  The physical book was sent to me by Bill D. of California, for which I am eternally grateful.  I will post these in page order with only a few captions.  KR was set up and run by Bruce Bellas' protoge', model, and likely lover, Scotty Cunningham, aka Scotty Buono when he worked for Bob Mizer of AMG.  Rather than repeat all that I know about KR, which isn't as much as we might wish, here's a link to a previous piece I did on the subject:  

http://www.vintagemusclemen.com/search?q=kensington

Kensington Road lasted only a few years, and no one seems to know what happened to Scotty thereafter.  One of our most knowledgeable contributors, Cambria, has researched this with diligence, as have I, and neither of us has come up with anything.  If any of you know, please comment.

 

Front Cover - Ed Fury

 

Pages 2-3

We shouldn't be at all surprised that Joe Dallesandro shows up prominently in the opening pages.  (He even appears again on page 4.)  After all, he was a hot commodity at the time, and I mean that in the very commercial sense of the word.  "Everybody had to pay and pay."

 

Pages 4-5

 

Pages 6-7

 

Pages 8-9

 

Pages 10-11

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Pages 12-13

 

Pages 14-15

For those of you who view the blog on PCs, I cropped and rotated page 14 above.

Page 15 below is as it appeared.

 

Pages 16-17, Centerfold

Paul Strand and Drew Burton got the centerfold spot.

I rotated it for ease of viewing online.

 

Pages 18-19

 

Pages 20-21

Not that we should be surprised, but Scotty Cunningham included his own photos in the catalog.

 

Pages 22-23

 

Pages 24-25

 

Pages 26-27

 

Pages 28-29

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Pages 30-31

 

The back cover features a G-rated photo of Drew Burton instead of the commonly used device of a derriere shot.  Perhaps the hat was homage to Bruce Bellas' penchant for cowboys.

Again, if anyone has any knowledge of the post-Kensington life of Scotty Cunningham, aka Steve Buono, please comment.  You will be lavishly thanked and credited in future sets.

 

Ledermeister in Gallery 5 by Colt

It's been a disgracefully long time since I posted one of the full magazines so generously sent to me by Bill D.  This time it will be all Ledermeister in Gallery 5, a Colt publication from 1971.  Jim French describes Ledermeister, aka Paul Gerrior, as a sort of wild man who liked living rough in remote locations.  By other accounts, however, Mr. Gerrior was a civilized gentleman who was friendly, cultured, and a recognized actor in the Bay Area theater scene.

 

Pgs. 2-3

Ledermeister seems to be welcoming us into the magazine at left.