Monterey Pop Festival

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Monterey - the First Big Rock Festival

The Monterey Pop Festival was held June 16 - 18, 1967 at the County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California, also the site of established folk, jazz and blues festivals. It was the first large rock festival, with around 200,000 people attending, and served as a template for the Woodstock Festival in New York State two years later. Many of the performers got their first big-time exposure at Monterey.

The festival was captured on film by D. A. Pennebaker to become the hit documentary Monterey Pop. Audio recordings from the festival continue to be very popular.

One of the Best Organized Rock Festivals 

The Monterey Pop Festival was put together in only seven weeks, yet it stands as one of the best-organized festivals of its kind. The organizers, headed by promoter Lou Adler and John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, producer Alan Pariser, and publicist Derek Taylor, wanted to provide the best of everything for the performers. The sound system set a standard for future events, and in the film, performer David Crosby can be seen remarking on its greatness. There was an on-site first aid clinic because they knew there would be a need. It was, after all, the '60s, and drugs were everywhere. The festival security worked with the Monterey police, who, according to Lou Adler, never expected to like the people they came in contact with as much as they did.

Monterey Pop Festival Performers 

Friday, June 16: The Association, The Paupers, Lou Rawls, Beverly, Johnny Rivers, The Animals, Simon and Garfunkel

Saturday, June 17: Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Country Joe and the Fish, Al Kooper, The Butterfield Blues Band, The Electric Flag, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Steve Miller Band, Moby Grape, Hugh Masekela, The Byrds, Laura Nyro, Jefferson Airplane, Booker T. & the M.G.s, Otis Redding

Sunday, June 18: Ravi Shankar, The Blues Project, Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Group With No Name, Buffalo Springfield, Scott McKenzie, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Grateful Dead, The Mamas & the Papas

Monterey Pop Festival Film Intro 

This film intro lists the performers in the film in order of their appearance. I have used the list as the basis for organizing the videos. Videos below Ravi Shankar's are for those performers not in the film.

The order of appearance in the film appears to differ widely from the order of appearance at the festival, given that Scott McKenzie and the Mamas & Papas didn't perform until Sunday.

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Monterey Pop on DVD and CD 

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Monterey Pop - Criterion Collection

Monterey Pop - Criterion Collection

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The Complete Monterey Pop Festival - Criterion Collection

The Complete Monterey Pop Festival - Criterion Collection

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Monterey International Pop Festival

Monterey International Pop Festival

Monterey International Pop Festival

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Scott McKenzie 

Scott McKenzie's "San Francisco (Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)" became an unofficial anthem for the Summer of Love. The song was written for McKenzie by his friend John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas.

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Scott McKenzie on CD 

San Francisco

San Francisco

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The Mamas & the Papas 

The Mamas and the Papas-Somebody Groovy live Monterey

The Mamas and the Papas en el festival Pop de Monterey 1967.Somebody groovy..pop sunshine.

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The Mamas & the Papas Greatest Hits 

The Mamas & the Papas - Greatest Hits

The Mamas & the Papas - Greatest Hits

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Canned Heat 

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Canned Heat - Best of CD 

The Very Best of Canned Heat

The Very Best of Canned Heat

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Simon & Garfunkel 

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Simon & Garfunkel 

Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound (Monterey 1967)

Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound (Monterey 1967)

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Simon & Garfunkel - Best of CD 

The Best of Simon & Garfunkel

The Best of Simon & Garfunkel

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Jefferson Airplane 

Pop Monterey Festival, Jefferson Airplane

Pop Monterey Festival, Jefferson Airplane ... nié ...

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Jefferson Airplane 

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Jefferson Airplane "Worst of" CD 

The Worst of Jefferson Airplane

The Worst of Jefferson Airplane

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Janis Joplin 

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Janis Joplin 

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Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits 

Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits

Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits

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The Animals 

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The Animals - Best of CD 

Retrospective

Retrospective

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The Who 

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The Who Ultimate Collection 

The Who: The Ultimate Collection

The Who: The Ultimate Collection

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Country Joe & the Fish 

Country Joe & the Fish Live at the Monterey Pop Festival '67

"Not so Sweet Martha Lorraine" is an organ-drenched classic that is about a reclusive woman who is unpredictable and is obsessed with death. Their full-length debut is their most joyous and cohesive statement and one of the most important and enduring documents of the psychedelic era, the band's swirl of distorted guitar and organ at its most inventive. In contrast to Jefferson Airplane, who were at their best working within conventional song structures, and the Grateful Dead, who hadn't quite yet figured out how to transpose their music to the recording studio, Country Joe & the Fish delivered a fully formed, uncompromising, and yet utterly accessible -- in fact, often delightfully witty -- body of psychedelic music the first time out. Ranging in mood from good-timey to downright apocalyptic.

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Country Joe & the Fish - Collected 

The Collected Country Joe & the Fish

The Collected Country Joe & the Fish

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Otis Redding 

Otis Redding (live) @ Monterey, 1967. Part 1 of 3

Shake & Respect.

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Otis Redding 2 

Otis Redding live @ Monterey, Part 2 of 3

I've been Loving You Too Long & Satisfaction.

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Otis Redding 3 

Otis Redding live @ Monterey, Part 3 of 3

Try a Little Tenderness

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Otis Redding - Very Best of CD 

The Very Best of Otis Redding

The Very Best of Otis Redding

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Jimi Hendrix 

Jimi Hendrix - Like A Rolling Stone @ Monterey Pop

Jimi Hendrix covers Bob Dylan at Monterey Pop Festival, Sunday June 18, 1967

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Jimi Hendrix 

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Jimi Hendrix 

Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe (teeth solo) (live)

Jimi Hendrix playing hey joe at the monterey pop festival, teeth solo. Please Check Out my Other Video's.

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Jimi Hendrix on DVD & CD 

Jimi Hendrix: Live at Monterey

Jimi Hendrix: Live at Monterey

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Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix

Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix

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Ravi Shankar 

Ravi Shankar's performance on Sunday afternoon lasted four hours. He was the only performer who was paid to perform.

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Ravi Shankar 2 

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Ravi Shankar on CD & DVD 

At the Monterey International Pop Festival

At the Monterey International Pop Festival

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Ravi Shankar: Concert for World Peace

Ravi Shankar: Concert for World Peace

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The Byrds 

The Byrds (Monterey Pop Festival 1967) - Hey Joe

The Outtake Performances

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The Byrds Greatest Hits CD 

The Byrds - Greatest Hits

The Byrds - Greatest Hits

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Grateful Dead 

Grateful Dead 6-18-67 Viola Lee Blues MPF Monterey CA

6-18-67 Monterey Pop Festival, Monterey CA Viola Lee Blues

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Grateful Dead - Very Best of CD 

The Very Best of the Grateful Dead

The Very Best of the Grateful Dead

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Quicksilver Messenger Service 

Quicksilver Messenger Service LIVE 1967

Monterey pop festival, incredible film of "All I ever wanted to do" extract from "Monterey Pop"

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Quicksilver Messenger Service - Best of CD 

The Best of Quicksilver Messenger Service

The Best of Quicksilver Messenger Service

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Buffalo Springfield 

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (Monterey 1967)

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (Monterey 1967)

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Buffalo Springfield Retrospective 

Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield

Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield

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The Association 

Pop Monterey Festival, The Association

Un groupe sympatoche si il en est ^^

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The Association Greatest Hits 

Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits

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Paul Butterfield Blues Band 

Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Driftin' Blues (Monterey 1967)

Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Driftin' Blues (Monterey 1967)

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Paul Butterfield Blues Band Anthology 

An Anthology: The Elektra Years

An Anthology: The Elektra Years

An Anthology: The Elektra Years

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