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Jimi Hendrix / Janis Joplin / The Who - 1967 Monterey Pop Festival Poster (AOR-3

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia Start Price:155.00 USD Estimated At:798.40 - 1,197.60 USD
Jimi Hendrix / Janis Joplin / The Who - 1967 Monterey Pop Festival Poster (AOR-3
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Jimi Hendrix / Janis Joplin / The Who - 1967 Monterey Pop Festival Poster (AOR-3.5). Original standard-sized Monterey Pop poster designed by Tom Wilkes and printed on silver foil stock, to both advertise and be sold at the seminal three-day festival on June 16-18, 1967.

Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick recalled this festival fondly in her autobiography, Somebody to Love?(Grand Central Publishing, 1999, written with Andrea Cagan): "Outdoor concerts are common now, but when Monterey Pop happened, I'd never seen anything like it. Produced by Lou Adler and The Mamas and the Papas, it's the only festival I can think of that was excellent in every way.

"The musical line-up boasted an all-inclusive representation of 'new' music. Black, white, East, West, rock, blues, instrumental, pop and folk - the three-day list of performers was nothing but headliners. We all combined to create a peaceful and extraordinary offering; even the police cruisers had orchids on their antennas. I felt lucky to be there, observing one of the great examples of human celebration."

Poster measures 12 1/4" by 21 3/8" and grades to Very Good condition. COA from Heritage Auctions.

Literature: See Grushkin, Paul, The Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punk,Abbeville Press, New York, 1987, p.258 (illustrated).