$20,000 Rewards Offerd for 1969 Günther Kieser Jimi Hendrix Concert Posters

Cash Rewards

Concert Poster with Venue Information - We will pay $20,000 in cash for original Kieser Jimi Hendrix 1969 German tour show posters with dates show dates and venue information printed on the poster. 

Tour Blanks - We will pay $10,000 for a 1969 Kieser Jimi Hendrix first printing tour blank without concert information printed on the poster.

Concert Programs - We will pay $5,000 for original Kieser Jimi Hendrix 1969 concert programs. The program is two-sided and folds out into a poster. It has band photos and bio info written in German.

If you have this poster, please email or text a photo to Andrew at rareboard@aol.com or at (310) 346-1965‬.

Two great artists met in Germany in early 1969. One a virtuoso guitarist named Jimi Hendrix, and the other was German's foremost graphic artist Günther Kieser. Hendrix became the most influential electric guitarist in the history of rock n' roll music. Kieser produced a tour blank for the Hendrix Germany tour. This image of Hendrix is probably the most enduring in rock concert poster history.

The "medusa head" poster served as a tour blank for a nine-show tour over 12 days in Germany in January 1969. The German tour started in Hamburg and ended in Berlin with two concerts in France and Austria. The Hendrix concert poster comes in two sizes. The largest, at 32 x 40 inches, is enormous. The back-up band Eire Apparent was is listed at the bottom of the poster next to the venue information. Kieser printed his poster credit in small letters along the right middle edge. American GIs stationed in Germany went to the Hendrix concerts, so veterans may possess these posters.

Hawley is searching for the following Kieser Hendrix posters with venue information printed on the layout:

Jan 11 Germany Hamburg Musikhalle

Jan 12 Germany Düsseldorf Rheinhalle

January 13 Germany Cologne The Sporthalle

Jan 14 Germany Münster Halle Münsterland

Jan 15 Germany Munich Kongressaal

Jan 16 Germany Nuremberg Meistersingerhalle

Jan 17 Germany Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle

Jan 19 Germany Stuttgart Liederhalle

Jan 21 France Strasbourg Hall du Wacken 9

Jan 22 Austria Vienna Wiener Konzerthaus

Jan 23 Germany Berlin Sportpalast

15.1.69 Jimi Hendrix German Tour Posters

Please note that all Jimi Hendrix German tour posters with the 15.1.69 date printed on them are merchandise posters. They are a nice representation of what we are looking for, but the 15.1.69 posters have no value, unfortunately.

$15,000 Reward for 1967 Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, and The Move United Kingdom Tour Concert Posters

The sixteen date United Kingdom package tour kicked off on November 14, 1967, and featured The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, The Move, Nice, and Amen Corner. All bands were considered top acts because the Experience had three top ten singles' Hey Joe', 'Purple Haze', and 'The Wind Cries Mary.' Pink Floyd's songs 'Arnold Layne' and 'See Emily Play' reached the top 20. The Move's song 'Flowers In The Rain' was popular, and Amen Corner had a top hit, 'Bend Me, Shape Me.' 

Vintage Rock Posters offers a $15,000 reward for original concert posters of the venues listed below. A British printer produced the 30 x 40 quad poster for advertising the band package in each city visited. We offer additional rewards for:

• $300 for concert flyers

• $100 for tour programs

If you have an original 1967 Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and the Move band package poster, please take pictures of it and send them to rareboard@aol.com. Any condition is accepted.

The Hendrix-Pink Floyd-Move tour thundered off on its trip around Britain with an earsplitting start in London. Below are the venues the band package played between November 14 and December 5. 

• November 14 - London Royal Albert Hall

• November 15 - Bournemouth Winter Gardens

• November 17 - City (Oval) Hall, Sheffield

• November 18 - Empire Theatre Liverpool

• November 19 - Coventry Theatre, Coventry

• November 22 - Portsmouth Guildhall

• November 23 - Sophia Gardens Pavillion, Cardiff

• November 24 - Colston Hall, Bristol

• November 25 - Opera House, Blackpool

• November 26 - Palace Theatre, Manchester

• November 27 - Whitla Hall, Queen's College, Belfast

• December 1 - Central Hall, Chatham

• December 2 - The Dome, Brighton

• December 3 - Theatre Royal Nottingham

• December 4 - City Hall Newcastle

• December 5 - Green's Playhouse Glasgow

The tour was a grind with the bands staying in basic city hotels and driving in small vans across the United Kingdom. They played two shows per night, with each group getting its allotted time on stage. Hendrix got precisely 40 minutes; The Move played 30 minutes with Pink Floyd allowed between 15 and 20 minutes. Tickets cost between 7 to 15 shillings.

Hendrix wore a glimmering, pale blue, crushed velvet suit with flared trousers. His band delivered an extraordinary act displaying his virtuoso guitar playing skills. The set included 'Hey Joe' and 'Purple Haze' and a version of the Beatles' 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' and The Troggs' 'Wild Thing.' At the City Hall Newcastle show, Hendrix got so frustrated with the ongoing equipment problems; he shoved his Gibson guitar into a speaker cabinet. On November 27, it was Jimi's 25th birthday, and before the show, he was presented a birthday cake by the promoters, which is the only time Hendrix ever played in Ireland. On the final night of the tour at Green's Playhouse in Glasgow, Jimi Hendrix had the curtains closed on him halfway through his set because the authorities thought his movements were too sexual. Many consider this band package one of the best to tour the UK.

If you have an original Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and the Move band package poster for any of the cities listed above, please take pictures of it and send them to rareboard@aol.com.

$10,000 Reward Offered For 1969 Jimi Hendrix  Raleigh and Charlotte Concert Posters Printed by Globe Posters

Vintage Rock Posters is searching for two 1969 Jimi Hendrix concert posters. The first is a Globe Poster boxing style poster produced for two shows at the Dorton Arena in Raleigh and the Charlotte Coliseum. The gigs were on April 11 and May 9, respectively. The second concert poster Vintage Rock Poster seeks is the Hendrix "medusa head" tour blank created by Gunther Kieser to advertise for a nine-show tour over 12 days in Germany in January 1969.

The Globe Hendrix posters printed on thick cardboard are classic boxing-style concert posters and are 22 x 28 inches in size. The poster layout features bright, flashy neon colors and song titles next to Jimi Hendrix's photograph. About 200 posters were printed for the Raleigh and Charlotte shows and were hung in local laundry mats, record stores, and department stores. These are the only Globe posters ever printed for Jimi Hendrix concerts.

Reward

Vintage Rock Posters will pay $10,000 cash for each original poster.

Offering Cash Rewards for Original Concert Posts and Tour Blanks

Vintage Rock Posters offers cash rewards for original Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and Buddy Holly rock concert posters. Promoters used these posters to sell tickets and to promote concerts. Dail W. Beeghley ushered in the psychedelic look with his first Hendrix layout. Globe Poster Printing Corporation, Hatch Show Print, and the Murray Poster Printing Company printed many of the posters we seek. If you have an original vintage Dylan, Stones, Elvis, Zed Zeppelin, or Hendrix rock concert poster, please call 310-346-1965. We pay cash for original vintage concert posters within 24 hours.