Monterey Pop Festival

Janis Joplin was definitely the star performer at the Monterey International Pop Festival, the three-day event staged in 1967. Mama Cass agreed with that, and you can hear it in her commentary.

This is a stunning DVD boxed set which includes an outtakes disc, which is good, but unfortunately mostly features  Tiny Tim, but does include Janis Joplin.

DISC ONE: “Monterey Pop” is a high-definition digitaltransfer, supervised by D.A. Pennebaker.

This is a new 5.1 mix by the legendary recording engineer Eddie Kramer, in Dolby Digital and DTS.

The Audio commentary is by Festival producer Lou Adler and D.A. Pennebaker and there is a new video interview with Lou Adler and D.A. Pennebaker.  Also some great audio interviews with Festival producer John Phillips, Festival publicist Derek Taylor, and performers Cass Elliot and David Crosby. There is a photo essay by Elaine Mayes.

The Complete Monterey Pop Festival – Criterion Collection

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