Rare original 7.75 x 9.75 program from The Jimi Hendrix Experience's April 1967 UK Tour—the band's first first ever tour, opening for The Walker Brothers—neatly signed on the group's full-page portrait in blue ballpoint by Jimi Hendrix. The program has been folded open to the Hendrix-signed page, archivally corner-mounted, matted, and framed under Tru Vue Museum Glass to an overall size of 16 x 18. The inside of the program has also been signed by Cat Stevens, Engelbert Humperdinck, and John, Gary, and Scott Walker. Buried behind the chart-topping Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens, and Engelbert Humperdinck, the Jimi Hendrix Experience received modest billing at the start of the tour. By year's end they were one of the most sought-after tickets in live music, soaring high off the successful debut of Are You Experienced and their now-legendary performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks, indicating that the autographs were obtained at the Finsbury Park Astoria on March 31, 1967, the opening night of the UK tour, as well as a typed provenance statement from the original owner, in part: “I was given the signed programme by my eldest sister who worked for the ABC Cinema organisation for approximately five years the company had offices above our local cinema, the Granby in Reading. A perk of the job was that she often had the opportunity to attend pop concerts in London, this allowed her to go backstage where she could meet a few of the performers, so that she was able to get signed programmes which were given to me.” In fine condition, with light handling wear; the piece has not been examined outside of the frame.
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