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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
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EAN: 9780780025042
ISBN: 0780025040
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Discs: 3
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Criterion
Release Date: November 12, 2002
Running Time: 270 minutes
Sales Rank: 10813
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: November 12, 2002
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DISC ONE: 'Monterey Pop' New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by D.A. Pennebaker. New 5.1 mix by legendary recording engineer Eddie Kramer, presented in Dolby Digital and DTS. Audio commentary by Festival producer Lou Adler and D.A. Pennebaker.New video interview with Lou Adler and D.A. Pennebaker.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 trailer.Orginal theatrical radio spots. Monterey Pop scrapbook. Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition.
DISC TWO: 'Jimi Plays Monterey' and 'Shake! Otis at Monterey' New high-definition digital transfers, supervised by D.A. Pennebaker. New 5.1 mixes by legendary recording engineer Eddie Kramer, presented in Dolby Digital and DTS. Audio commentary on Jimi Plays Monterey by music critic and historian Charles Shaar Murray. Two audio commentaries on Shake! by music critic and historian Peter Guralnick: the first on Otis Redding's Monterey performance, song by song; the second on Redding before and after Monterey. Interview with Phil Walden, Otis Redding's manager from 1959 to 1967. Original theatrical trailer for Jimi Plays Monterey. Video excerpt: Pete Townshend on Monterey and Jimi Hendrix. Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
DISC THREE: 'Monterey Pop -- The Outtake Performance' Two hours of performances not included in the original film, from the following artists: Buffalo Springfield performing 'For What It's Worth, ' The Association, Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Blues Project, The Byrds, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Country Joe and the Fish, The Electric Flag, Jefferson Airplane, Al Kooper, The Mamas and the Papas, Laura Nyro, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Simon and Garfunkel, Tiny Tim, and The Who.
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The Monterey International Pop Festival, the three-day event staged in 1967 that has become one of rock music's most famous and in some ways greatest concerts, gets the royal treatment with this three-disc boxed set.
Material on two of the three discs has already been widely available. Monterey Pop, D.A. Pennebaker's 79-minute, 1968 film, effectively sets the scene for the festival, which took place during the fabled 'Summer of Love,' when the hippie ethos was in its fullest flower, especially on the West Coast. And while not all the featured performances are thrilling, those that are--principally by the Who, Jimi Hendrix, and the amazing Ravi Shankar--are worth the price of admission, especially in the high-definition digital transfer and new 5.1 mix seen and heard here. The same can be said for Jimi Plays Monterey and Shake! Otis at Monterey, which appear in the boxed set on a separate disc and provide a much fuller look at Hendrix's and Otis Redding's incendiary sets (literally, in the former case).
Those two discs are also loaded with bonus features, including audio commentary by Pennebaker, festival producer Lou Adler (on Monterey Pop), and author Peter Guralnick (Shake!); audio-only remarks by some of the performers; photos; trailers; and other material. There's also a substantial booklet, filled with essays and photos. But it's the third disc, 'The Outtake Performances,' comprising some two hours of music that didn't make the final film edit, that will be of most interest to many viewers. The disc supplies a taste of some of the artists who didn't appear in Monterey Pop at all (the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Quicksilver Messenger Service), and a more complete look at some who did (the Who, Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas). A nice addition to an already very impressive DVD collection. --Sam Graham
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Three Days of Music and Love
I have a confession to make. I did not know anything about the Monterey International Pop Festival nor about documentary made by the famous filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker until last Saturday when I turned on my TV and it was showing on MHD channel. Even more, I only caught the last 20 minutes of the film but what I saw and what I heard during the great finale simply mesmerized me. The last performance in the film belongs to Ravi Shankar, the legendary sitarist who along with Alla Rakha on tabla and Kamala ... Read More
Rating: - Review of disc 3 outtakes
Where to start, where to start....Well, I see on the main menu a 'Artist Index', so I decided to check out the Electric Flag first. And man they were in full flight on this day! Ripping through "Drinkin Wine". Everyone in the group is just smilin' ear to ear-thrilled to be up on this stage in front of the festivals second day Saturday afternoon crowd. I have a new idol. He's the bass playing big papa bear cool cat with the cheshire cat grin, the shades and the bushy goatee-one Harvey Brooks. Just watchin' ... Read More
Rating: - Monterey Revisited
The Criterion Collection is a must have for all who cameof age in the 60's and for those who wished they did. The original Monterey Pop '67 film remains the outstanding concert film, and can be wonderfully re-experienced by the aging Baby Boomers. For all other generations, the legendary performances of Hendrix, Joplin, Otis Redding, and countless others are an absolutely incredible introduction to the music of the 60's.
The added material, while something of a mixed bag, is filled with historic ... Read More
Rating: - Ground Zero for the Summer of Love
June 1967 brought the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and just a couple of weeks later The Monterey Pop Festival. Wow! This is not only a fabulous record of the birth of theSummer of Love, but also the beginning of modern day concerts and festivals to come. If you didn't live through it, and even if you did, this one is a keeper. the sound is great and I really enjoyed the outtake disc. The Who, Jimi, Otis and Janis
before they were legends. What a treat!
Rating:  - This is oneof the only clips of Janis Joplin singing.Amazing!
Janis Joplin was the main reason I bought this.The mamas and papas and simon and garfunkle were great too.
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