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Jimi Hendrix 1968 Newark Symphony Hall Ticket Stub

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Jimi Hendrix 1968 Newark Symphony Hall Ticket Stub

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Auction Date:2017 Dec 14 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:236 Commercial St., Suite 100, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Original 1.75 x 1.5 ticket stub for a Jimi Hendrix Experience concert at Symphony Hall in Newark, New Jersey, on April 5, 1968. The ticket is issued for the Orchestra section, left center, “P 18.” In very good condition, with a vertical crease and expected handling wear. Accompanied by an unsigned photo of the Experience. On Friday, April 5, 1968, the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, the Experience were scheduled to play two concerts at Newark’s Symphony Hall. According to bass player Noel Redding, what greeted the band upon their arrival was beyond his comprehension. ‘Our gig in Newark brought home to me how little I understood about America. We got into the limo and drove from Manhattan and as soon as we crossed into Newark we were somewhere weird, a place with tanks in the streets, but no people. I didn't know what was going on. At the hall we were met by police. We freaked. What had we done? Then we heard that Martin Luther King had been assassinated and Newark was under siege. This was beyond my experience. The cops told us that there might be a riot and that we should do one show, do it quick and f--k off. The hall was huge—a several-thousand-seater—but contained at most two hundred people.’ The Experience cancelled their second show and shortened their first, playing for roughly 45 minutes. The night concluded with Hendrix informing the crowd that ‘this number is for a friend of mine.’ The trio played an improvised song in honor of King, and then quietly walked off the stage. An extremely rare and highly coveted ticket stub amongst Jimi Hendrix collectors, as a majority of ones that have surfaced over the years have been replicas.