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Jimi Hendrix Experience poster
His Fillmore East Hendrix poster became one of rock’s most reproduced images — later ranked among the century’s great designs, with Hendrix inviting Byrd to Electric Lady Studios.
His Fillmore East poster for the Jimi Hendrix Experience became one of rock's most reproduced images.
Billboard later ranked the Hendrix Fillmore East poster #8 among the Top 25 rock posters of all time.
Pratt Institute later named the Hendrix poster among the century’s hundred most important designs by a Pratt teacher or alumnus; Hendrix invited Byrd to Electric Lady while the studio was being built.
Poster Child recounts Hendrix rejecting bandmates on quarter moons, Byrd inking a hexagonal circle grid by hand, and front-row seats to feel “Jimi’s sweat flying.”
Poster Child describes listening to Sgt. Pepper’s on professional headphones with Hendrix after a reefer session in the new control room.
Wilfried Sätty displayed the Hendrix poster among West Coast masters — a moment Byrd felt he had “arrived.”
The estate shop and archive treat this sheet as a cornerstone collector edition.
Sources: Poster Child ch. Hendrix (p. 64); Wikipedia; Billboard Top 25 Rock Posters.