Jimi Hendrix, Allman Bros. Band 1970 Atlanta Pop Festival Concert Poster (AOR-4.178). ...

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Jimi Hendrix, Allman Bros. Band 1970 Atlanta Pop Festival Concert Poster (AOR-4.178). An original pre-show glossy-paper concert poster advertising a big lineup of musicians playing at the Second Annual Atlanta International Pop Festival in Byron, GA over the Fourth of July weekend in 1970. Performers included Jimi Hendrix, the Allman Brothers Band with Duane, Sly & the Family Stone, Jethro Tull, B.B. King, Richie Havens, Ginger Baker, Spirit, John Sebastian and "many more," plus a giant fireworks show.

Given the holiday, the poster pulls off the red, white & blue U.S. flag/patriotic/hippie motif adroitly. This poster's been reprinted and bootlegged repeatedly, but this was definitely printed in the spring of 1970 for advertising purposes. AOR liked it so much they gave it a full page. Measures 28" x 22" and grades to Very Good condition. From the David Swartz Concert Poster Collection. COA from Heritage Auctions.

Literature: See Grushkin, Paul, The Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punk, Abbeville Press, New York, 1987, p.390 (full-page illus.).

More Information: Poster was initially machine-folded down in eighths for mailing out, and of course those factory folds remain. Red & blue color is lightly broken along the folds in various areas. The top center had a small seam split that's been addressed; the bottom center has a ½" seam split that remains unaddressed. There's also a tiny 1/8" split under the "E" in "Race" at the bottom. Next to that, there's a ½" edge tear under "Way." Poster otherwise has just general light surface blemishing and handling creases throughout.


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