Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$1,150.00
Starting bid: $1.00
Wow! We couldn’t be happier to offer this historic original handbill for the FIRST TIME in our auction! Here we have the JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE and Cat Stevens on the same bill with Englebert Humperdinck! Stories have been passed down for generations about this show. It was early ’67 and the Jimi Hendrix Experience were just entering their rise to stardom. Noel Redding recalls in several interviews this show had a “bad crowd” and the place was mobbed with screaming hysterical girls. He said “We got ambushed and mauled going into the gig. Girls in the audience would scream our names louder than we could play our songs.” Apparently Scott Walker of the Walker Brothers had to be rescued when they clung desperately to him as he sang. In sensational scenes during their performance dozens of screaming and weeping girls were dragged to the door and thrown out. Many more had to be treated by St John Ambulance Brigade workers after they had fainted. When the Walkers came on stage the screams reached fever pitch and hundreds of fans surged to the stage and threw embroidered cushion scarves and handkerchiefs on stage. It is also widely known from various interviews with friends of Hendrix that after the show the band headed for their hotel but the hotel manager took one look at them and told them that no arrangements had been made. After being turned away from all the other hotels in Blackpool they finally found a bed and breakfast at 6 am. “Jimi lost a lot of hair to girls with scissors and Mitch Mitchell received leg injuries.” Jimi Hendrix material is one of the most popular treasures in the collectible market today. This original historic gem is a gold nugget to the early Hendrix collector!
Handbill – Jimi Hendrix Walker Brothers Cat Stevens Odeon Blackpool Theatre
Grade – PAE Extra Fine 69
Bands/Bill – Walker Brothers Jimi Hendrix Cat Stevens Englebert Humperdinck more
Venue – Odeon Blackpool Theatre
City – Blackpool England
Date – 4/15/67
Dimensions – 5 15/32” x 11”
Printing – OHB-A Original Pre-Concert First Printing
Printer – Electric Modern Printing LTD
Series/Promoter – Capable Management LTD Present
Condition Details- Edge nicks and creases on the left edge Severe creasing and handling on the bottom edge Top edge creases. 100% Original with no restoration. View the detailed high res photo of this lot. Click on the thumbnail photo to see an enlarged photo. Click a second time on the magnifying glass in the upper right corner of the enlarged photo. A super high res image with every millimeter will now be clearly displayed. For a personalized eyewitness examination call 410-464-6180 11:00 am to 6:00pm eastern.
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