Jimi Hendrix Spring 1967 U.K. Concert Poster w/Walker Bros. and Cat Stevens. ...

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A REMINDER THE EXPERIENCE WAS FORMED IN ENGLAND

Jimi Hendrix Spring 1967 U.K. Concert Poster w/Walker Bros. and Cat Stevens. An original British concert poster for the Jimi Hendrix Experience touring England as the opening act for the Walker Brothers and joining Cat Stevens, Englebert Humperdinck and others. The date for this particular 'tour-blank' poster was Saturday, April 8, 1967 in Chesterfield, England.

Heritage has auctioned off this tour's handbill before, but the very scarce poster only once before. It's a very attractive five-color piece using white, purple, blue, orange and black effectively. While the handbill looks nice, it's just printed on plain paper with regular inks; this poster was printed on bright, glossy cardstock which really pleases the eye. As another delightful bonus, the orange on this poster is florescent Day-Glo, so it really pops dramatically under a blacklight. We're extra pleased with that aspect of the poster.

The press didn't know what to make of Hendrix on this initial trek, many having come to hear the Walker Bros.' hits or Engelbert sing "Release Me." A reviewer of one show on this tour wrote, "The Jimi Hendrix Experience are surely the oddest-looking group to appear [locally]. When I tried not to look, the sound they made was different and not unattractive." Measures 10" x 15" and grades to repaired Very Good condition. From the David Swartz Concert Poster Collection. COA from Heritage Auctions.

More Information: The Walker Brothers were not brothers and not British; they were an American pop trio that had moved to England in 1965. This was their moment in the sun, no question about it; they had considerable chart success from '65-'68 before breaking up. They were the antithesis of the British Invasion, in that they were Americans who crossed the pond and had much more success in the U.K. than in their home country. They hit #1 in England with "Make It Easy on Yourself" in '65 and "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" in '66, both of which just nudged into the Top 20 in America. They then managed a couple of Top 30 hits in the U.K. in '67, but that would be it until "No Regrets" surprised everyone in 1975.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Cat Stevens released his debut album this year, which hit the British Top 10 along with its single "Matthew and Son." Cat's current British single was "I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun" from the same album, and it reached #6 on the U.K. singles chart this spring; it might've been in that spot for this very concert. Needless to say, Stevens would go on to enormous singer-songwriter stardom in the early 70's with hits like "Moonshadow," "Peace Train" and "Morning Has Broken."

Engelbert Humperdinck... what can you say? His name may be at the bottom of this flyer, but he had two monsters in 1967... "Release Me" and "The Last Waltz" were both #1's in England. So he released albums of the same name this year, both hitting the Top 10 on both sides of the pond. In between, Engelbert "only" hit #2 with "There Goes My Everything." And he kept rolling strongly for the rest of the 60's, much bigger in the U.K. than in America. Still, we hope there was some separation between his and Jimi's sets on this tour. Would an hour be enough?

Condition details: Chameleon Restoration addressed a few edge and corner issues, touching up any printing or color where necessary, mending pinholes, eradicating surface blemishes and greatly reducing any creasing it might have had. The poster was once folded in half across the middle; all visuals have been vanquished by Chameleon, but there is a small amount of flexing weakness there. There is prominent surface creasing on the top two Walker Bros. faces and over into the venue box. But most of this is detectable only when the poster is tilted at an angle to the light. Jimi's hair also has a very, very minor little surface dent. The poster's verso is very toned from age, and shows the signs of repair work performed.


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