We are delighted to offer two worldwide exclusive JIMI HENDRIX personally owned and used pieces of memorabilia for sale here at www.rareandsigned.com

• ORIGINAL JIMI HENDRIX OWNED AND STAGE WORN SCARF
• ORIGINAL JIMI HENDRIX USED GUITAR PICK

JIMI HENDRIX OWNED & STAGE WORN SILK SCARF

This original 1960s silk scarf was owned and worn on stage by the late rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix.

The event was “Christmas On Earth Continued”. Billed as an “All-Night Christmas Dream Party” and held in the vast London Olympia Exhibition Hall on 22nd December 1967. The all day and night event featured some of the biggest names in music - The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd with the final live stage appearance of Syd Barrett, Traffic, The Move, Soft Machine, Tomorrow and Eric Burdon & The New Animals.

Backstage Jimi Hendrix chatted and drank with original lead singer of Pink Floyd, Chris Dennis, whom he gave this scarf.

This scarf is now offered to the public accompanied by a hand signed letter detailing the event direct from Pink Floyd original lead singer, Chris Dennis. Also accompanied by a 6x4 reprint photograph of Jimi Hendrix holding the scarf between his legs. This photograph is the only known backstage photograph in existence from the famous December 1967 concert. Though it is a grainy photograph it clearly shows the item (see below)

This major event was professionally filmed, but with the exception of only three Hendrix songs the footage is thought to be lost.The last major underground event of the year, the pre-publicity was hopelessly inadequate and this, plus a particularly severe winter freeze, resulted in a sparse attendance and financial disaster for the organisers, despite a fabulous line-up of acts—Jimi Hendrix Experience, Eric Burdon, Pink Floyd, The Move, Soft Machine, Tomorrow, Graham Bond Organisation, Sam Gopal and Paper Blitz Tissue. The Who failed to turn up! The projected film of the event fails to materialise owing to poor picture quality of the footage, probably caused by the use of old, cheap film stock. The only known surviving footage shows Hendrix having a blast on stage performing The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper, Wild Thing & Foxy Lady. It is a tragedy more film does not exist as Hendrix is clearly completely into the music and having a fantastic night.

The event was an iconic but sad time for Pink Floyd fans. People close to the band realised Syd was losing it but perhaps did not realise this was to be his final appearance. The ongoing riff within the band had finally come to an end. Syd on stage was totally spaced out and the night was far from Pink Floyd’s finest hour.

David Larcher filmed it for the promoters, Image Inc. It was early days and Hendrix was overpriced for those times in the UK, and there wasn’t enough money to pay everybody. The idea was that they’d sell the film to pay the cost of putting on the show, because shows didn’t make any money. But old film stock was used, which wasn’t very good, so most of the film was pretty useless.

Jimi Hendrix is widely considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in musical history, and one of the most influential musicians of his era across a range of genres. After initial success in Europe with his group The Jimi Hendrix Experience, he achieved fame in the United States following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival and the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. He often favored raw overdriven amplifiers with high gain and treble and helped develop the previously undesirable technique of guitar amplifier feedback. Hendrix, as well as his friend Eric Clapton, popularized use of the wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock which he often used to deliver an exaggerated pitch in his solos, particularly with high bends, complex guitar playing, and use of legato. As a record producer, Hendrix also broke new ground in using the recording studio as an extension of his musical ideas. He was one of the first to experiment with stereophonic phasing effects for rock recording. Hendrix won many of the most prestigious rock music awards in his lifetime, and has been posthumously awarded many more, including being inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the UK Music Hall of Fame an English Heritage blue plaque was erected in his name on his former residence at Brook Street, London, in September 1997. A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (at 6627 Hollywood Blvd.) was dedicated in 1994. In 2006, his debut US album, Are You Experienced, was inducted into the United States National Recording Registry, and Rolling Stone named Hendrix the top guitarist on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all-time in 2003. Hendrix is widely considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in musical history

Also included with this rare Jimi Hendrix owned silk scarf: 

• A rare DVD of surviving footage showing Jimi Hendrix performing on stage at this amazing event.
• Original hand signed letter of authenticity from original Pink Floyd lead singer Chris Dennis detailing the origins of the scarf and it’s history.
• Various 6x4 repro photographs of surving images from the event, including the promo posters.
• Original Rare and Signed full authentification and replacement insurance valuation at £30,000 - £40,000

We are currently inviting offers in the region of £15,000 - £20,000 on this piece

JIMI HENDRIX OWNED & STAGE USED GUITAR PLECTRUM

This original 1960s guitar plectrum was owned and used on stage by the late rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix.

The event was “Christmas On Earth Continued”. Billed as an “All-Night Christmas Dream Party” and held in the vast London Olympia Exhibition Hall on 22nd December 1967. The all day and night event featured some of the biggest names in music - The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd with the final live stage appearance of Syd Barrett, Traffic, The Move, Soft Machine, Tomorrow and Eric Burdon & The New Animals.

Backstage Jimi Hendrix chatted and drank with original lead singer of Pink Floyd, Chris Dennis, whom he gave this plectrum.

This plectrum was actually used by Jimi Hendrix and is now offered to the public accompanied by a hand signed letter detailing the event direct from Pink Floyd original lead singer, Chris Dennis.

Jimi Hendrix is widely considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in musical history

Also included with this rare Jimi Hendrix owned and used plectrum: 

• A rare DVD of surviving footage showing Jimi Hendrix performing on stage at this amazing event.
• Original hand signed letter of authenticity from original Pink Floyd lead singer Chris Dennis detailing the origins of the plectrum and it’s history.
• Various 6x4 repro photographs of surving images from the event, including the promo posters.
• Original Rare and Signed full authentification and replacement insurance valuation at £20,000 - £25,000

We are currently inviting offers in the region of £10,000 - £15,000 on this piece

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