Original 1st printing 4&3/8 x 7&1/8" postcard-backed (red Grande Ballroom imprint) concert handbill for the Jimi Hendrix Experience appearing with the Soft Machine, MC5 and the Rationals at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, MI on 2/23/1968. Art by Gary Grimshaw, image is # 68 in the Russ Gibb Presents/Grande series (OPC-C in the Eric King guide and is featured in the Art of Rock book on page 299 (plate 3.139). Medium-thin flat vellum stock postcard is in BEAUTIFUL near mint (A- to A-/B+) condition; just a hint of softening in the corner tips and that's pretty much IT. A VERY crisp example of this ULTRA-psychedelic Jimi Hendrix image by Gary Grimshaw. photo: Leni Sinclair
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