The Complete Monterey Pop Music Festival, June 1967 + Jimi Plays Monterey & Shake! Otis at Monterey (2009) 2BD Blu-ray 1080p AVC DTS-HD MA5.1

On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the height of the Summer of Love, the first and only Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade’s spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey would launch the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few among a wildly diverse cast that included Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas, the Who, the Byrds, Hugh Masekela, and the extraordinary Ravi Shankar. With his characteristic vérité style, D. A. Pennebaker captured it all, immortalizing moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend destroying his guitar; Hendrix burning his. The Criterion Collection is proud to present the most comprehensive document of the Monterey International Pop Festival ever produced, featuring the films Monterey Pop, Jimi Plays Monterey, and Shake! Otis at Monterey, along with every available complete performance filmed by Pennebaker and his crew.

Disc Features
Restored high-definition digital transfers of all three films, supervised and approved by D. A. Pennebaker
Soundtracks featuring 5.1 mixes by legendary recording engineer Eddie Kramer, presented in Dolby Digital and DTS-HD Master Audio on Blu-ray edition
THE OUTTAKE PERFORMANCES: Two hours of performances not included in Monterey Pop, from the Association, Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Blues Project, the Byrds, Country Joe and the Fish, the Electric Flag, Jefferson Airplane, Al Kooper, the Mamas and the Papas, Laura Nyro, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Simon and Garfunkel, Tiny Tim, and the Who
Audio commentaries by Pennebaker and festival producer Lou Adler, and music critics and historians Charles Shaar Murray and Peter Guralnick
Video interviews with Adler and Pennebaker and with Phil Walden, Otis Redding’s manager from 1959-1967
Audio interviews with festival producer John Phillips, festival publicist Derek Taylor, and performers Cass Elliot and David Crosby
Photo-essay by photographer Elaine Mayes
Original theatrical trailers and radio spots
Monterey Pop Festival scrapbook
PLUS: New essays by critics Michael Lydon, Barney Hoskyns, Armond White, and David Fricke (DVD and Blu-ray); and a 1968 Rolling Stone article by Jann Wenner (DVD only)

New covers by Neil Kellerhouse

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DISC 1-The Complete Monterey Pop Music Festival, June 1967

• A special message from Lou Adler, an original promoter/producer for the Monterey International Pop Festival:
It was the first major Rock ‘n’ Roll Festival. No prerequisite…no precedents. We had no idea what to expect. The question of would people come was answered by mid-week prior to the start of the festival. They came and kept on coming. A major surprise was the extent of mainstream media coverage. When John Phillips and I arrived at the fairgrounds on the morning of the first day there were camera crews, photographers and journalists from all over the world. Add to that the advent of FM radio; and the following year Rolling Stone Magazine…Rock ‘n’ Roll was here to stay. Monterey gave birth to the first rock charity Monterey International Pop Festival Foundation, which continues to fund worthwhile causes in the names of the artists who appeared at Monterey. Precedents and prerequisites would be set for future concerts and festivals, including the overall treatment of the artist…Derek Taylor’s handling of the press…Chip Monks’ sound and lights…Pennebaker’s groundbreaking movie “Monterey Pop. The true legacy of The Monterey International Pop Festival is not the crowd size…not the weather…not a violent incident…it is the music. The groundbreaking artists who were introduced (Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and The Who) and the “rock royalty” (Simon & Garfunkel, Otis Redding and The Mamas & The Papas) that performed there continue to be revered and continue to impact to this day the music and musicians who came after it happened in Monterey on June 16, 17, and 18, 1967.

• Monterey Pop is essentially a raw documentary – it contains footage from unedited performances by The Who, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, The Mamas and The Papas, Hugh Maskela, Big Brother and The Holding Company, Scott McKenzie, Canned Heat, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother & The Holding, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Country Joe & The Fish, and Ravi Shankar. In between each of these performances, director Pennebaker also captures the reactions of the audience, many of which are just as fascinating to behold.
• Judging by director Pennebaker’s comments found in the supplemental features section of this Blu-ray disc, shooting the entire event was an enormously challenging task – he was assisted by six cameramen, strategically positioned around the stage (and amongst the audience), who had no way of effectively communicating with each other. As a result, certain performances ended up being rather poorly filmed.
• Monterey Pop does not include all of the performances from the Monterey International Pop Festival. Many of the missing ones, however, are found in the outtakes included with this Blu-ray release – The Who (“Substitute”, “Summertime Blues”, “A Quick One While He’s Away”), The Byrds (“Chimes of Freedom”, He Was a Friend of Mine”, “Hey Joe”), Al Kooper (“I Heard Her Say Wake Me, Shake Me”), Jefferson Airplane (“Somebody to Love”), etc.
• Still, Monterey Pop is a remarkable film. It captures the raw energy of a historic event unlike any other music documentary film that I could recall. From Jimi Hendrix and Pete Townshend’s notorious acts to Ravi Shankar’s unforgettable improvisations, there are moments of pure magic in it.
• Something else that is worth mentioning is the colorful crowd that attended the Monterey International Pop Festival – hippies, members of the Hells Angels, casual music lovers, confused cops, etc. At times, they are as fascinating to behold.

Tracklist:

“Combination of the Two” by Big Brother and the Holding Company,
“San Francisco” by Scott McKenzie,
“Creeque Alley” & “California Dreamin’” by the Mamas and the Papas,
“Rollin’ and Tumblin’” by Canned Heat,
“59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” By Simon and Garfunkel,
“Bajabula Bonke (Healing Song)” by Hugh Masekela,
“High Flyin’ Bird” and “Today” by Jefferson Airplane,
“Ball and Chain” by Big Brother and the Holding Company,
“Paint it Black” by The Animals,
“My Generation” by The Who,
“Section 43” by Country Joe and the Fish,
“Shake” and “I’ve Been Loving you too Long” by Otis Redding,
“Wild Thing” by Jimi Hendrix,
“Got a Feelin’” by the Mamas and the Papas,
“Raga Bhimpalasi” by Ravi Shankar

• Outtakes:
a) Friday, June 16 – performances by The Association (“Along Comes Mary”) and Simon & Garfunkel (“Homeward Bound” and The Sounds of Silence”). (1080i).
b) Saturday, June 17 – performances by Country Joe & The Fish (“Not-so-sweet Martha Lorraine”), Al Kooper (“I Heard Her Say Wake Me, Shake Me”), The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (“Driftin’ Blues” – video cut and full performance), Quicksilver Messenger Service (“All I ever Wanted To Do Was Love You”), The Electric Flag (“Drinkin’ Wine”), The Byrds (“Chimes of Freedom”, He Was a Friend of Mine”, “Hey Joe”), Laura Nyro (“Wedding Bell Blues”, Poverty Train”), and Jefferson Airplane (“Somebody to Love”).
c) Sunday, June 18 – performances by The Blues Project (“The Flute Thing”), Big Brother and the Holding Company (“Combination of the Two”, original and 5.1 mix), Buffalo Springfield (“For what it’s worth”), The Who (“Substitute”, “Summertime Blues”, “A Quick One While He’s Away”, original and 5.1 mix) and The Mamas and the Papas. (1080i).
d) The Hunt Club – Using only the illumination of a cigarette lighter, D. A. Pennebaker captured Tiny Tim performing a number of traditional songs at Monterey’s Hunt Club, the official greenroom for the festival (“King for a Day”, “Laugh, Clown, Laugh”, “May God Be With Our Boys Tonight” and “My What a Funny Little World This Is”). (1080i).
e) Artist Index
• Interviews:
a) Adler and Pennebaker – This video interview with festival producer Lou Adler and filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker was conducted in the summer of 2001 in Los Angeles. (30 min, 1080i).
b) Audio interviews – four interviews with John Phillips, Cass Elliot, David Crosby, and Derek Taylor.
• Promotional Material – theatrical trailer and radio spots.
• Festival Ephemera – Elaine Mayes photographs and Festival Program.
• MIPFF – info on the Monterey International Pop Festival Foundation.
• Commentary – and audio commentary recorded for the Criterion Collection in 2002, featuring Monterey Pop Festival producer Lou Adler and filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker.

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DISC 2-Jimi Plays Monterey & Shake! Otis at Monterey

• Jimi Plays Monterey (50 min) was assembled in 1986. The film offers a quick summation of the famous guitarist’s life while at the same time shows additional footage (a total of nine songs) from his appearance at the Monterey International Pop Festival. It is narrated by John Phillips from The Mamas and the Pappas. In 1987, Jimi Plays Monterey was screened at the Sundance Film Festival.

• Shake! Otis at Monterey (19 min) was assembled in 1989. The film offers the complete set of songs (a total of five) Otis Redding performed at the Monterey International Pop Festival. This proved to be one of his very last performances as the gifted singer was killed in a plane crash just a few months after he had dazzled the crowds with his incredible voice.

Tracklist:

• Jimi plays Monterey:
“Can You See Me?”
“Purple Haze”
“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
“Monterey”
“Killing Floor”
“Foxy Lady”
“Like a Rolling Stone”
“Rock Me Baby”
“Hey Joe”
“The Wind Cries Mary”
“Wild Thing”.
• Shake! Otis at Monterey:
“Shake”
“Respect”
“I’ve Been Loving You Too Long”
“(I Can’t Get No) Staisfaction”
“Try a Little Tenderness”

• Jimi Plays Monterey:
Commentary – an audio commentary with audio excerpts, featuring music critic and historian Charles Shaar Murray, recorded in London in the Spring of 2002. The additional audio excerpts provide further details on the music career of Jimi Hendrix.
Interview – an interview with Pete Townshend conducted in London in 1987 and produced for VH1 by Tom Kaniewski. In this excerpt, he discusses his memory of the Monterey International Pop Festival. (5 min, 1080i).
Trailer – (4 min, 1080i).
• Shake! Otis at Monterey:
Commentaries – two commentaries featuring music historian Peter Guralnick recorded in Boston in the winter of 2002. The first commentary is a song-by-song reading of the film. The second is a look at Otis’s career, pre- and post-Monterey.
Interview – an interview with Phil Walden, Otis Redding’s manager from 1959 until Otis’s death in 1967. The interview was recorded in Atlanta in the spring of 2002.

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