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Monterey International Pop Festival CD
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Track Listing:
Disc 1
1. Along Comes Mary - The Association
2. San Franciscan Nights - Eric Burdon and The Animals
3. Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel*
4. Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel*
5. Down On Me - Big Brother & The Holding Company (ft. Janis Joplin)
6. Ball and Chain - Big Brother & The Holding Company (ft. Janis Joplin)
7. Section 43 - Country Joe & The Fish
8. Born In Chicago - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
9. Wine - The Electric Flag
10. Bajabula Bonke (Healing Song) - Hugh Masekela
11. Chimes of Freedom - The Byrds
12. So You Wanna Be A Rock'n'Roll Star - The Byrds
Disc 2
1. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane
2. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
3. Booker-Loo - Booker T. & The M.G.s
4. Shake - Otis Redding
5. I've Been Loving You (Too Long) - Otis Redding
6. Duhn: Fast Teental (Excerpt) - Ravi Shankar
7. For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield*
8. Summertime Blues - The Who
9. My Generation - The Who
10. The Wind Cries Mary - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
11. Like A Rolling Stone - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
12. Straight Shooter - The Mamas & The Papas 13. San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers In Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie
14. California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas
*previously unreleased
Monterey International Pop Festival
Dates: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday June 16, 17, and 18, 1967
Place: Monterey, California
Festival Motto: “Music, Love and Flowersâ€
Number of Shows: Five
Number of Acts Performing: 32
Monterey Population Before Festival: 26,000
Total Festival Attendance: 200,000 (Estimated)
It’s been 40 years since the Monterey International Pop Festival launched the world into the summer of love, and this anniversary seems to be the one that is proving to be commemorative. In June of 1967, the spirit of “Music, Love and Flowers†brought over 200,000 people to Monterey, California to participate in the world’s first rock festival. In a historically unprecedented manner, legendary performers from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Memphis, New York and England, came together without payment to raise money in the spirit of peace and giving back. In an era of social consciousness, the first rock music charitable foundation was established; The Monterey International Pop Festival Foundation, which, in turn, lead to Live AID, Band AID, Farm AID, etc. Over those three days; June 16, 17 & 18, in Monterey California, amazing performances helped to launched the careers of Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Janis Joplin and more.
Perhaps it is because this year has some of the same makings of that transformative time 40 years ago: a controversial war happening overseas, the emergence of a new music source, and the birth of a new music press. Forty years ago it was the Vietnam War, FM radio, and Rolling Stone magazine. Today it is the Iraq War, the Internet, and the blogosphere that are being celebrated by a new generation that is seeing the emergence of a period that is every bit as world changing as it was in the 60s.
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Official Monterey International Pop Festival Blog
“The vibe was beautiful. The music was fantastic. To me, that was the purest, most beautiful moment of the whole ‘60s trip. It seemed like everything had come to that moment. And if that could have continued, it really would have been Camelot.â€
-Dennis Hopper
“Have you ever been to a Love-In? God, I think it’s gonna be like Easter and Christmas and your birthday, you know - having a whole bunch of different bands. I’ve heard a lot of them, but at the same time – it’s just gonna be too much! The vibrations are just going to be flowing everywhere!â€
-Young hippie chick at Monterey,
As seen in D.A. Pennebaker’s Monterey Pop