THIS FILM, CONSISTING OF 16 IMAGES, WAS ACTUALLY ONSTAGE WITH JIMI HENDRIX AT WOODSTOCK AND PUBLISHED IN THE BOOK, ‘THE WOODSTOCK STORYBOOK’
On Aug. 18, 1969, legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix stepped onto the stage at the Woodstock, N.Y., Music Festival and embarked upon an uninterrupted set lasting nearly two hours–one of the longest performances of his career.
The photographer, Barry Lavine was onstage with Jimi Hendrix, Gerardo Velez, Billy Cox, and the Woodstock film crew at Woodstock in 1969. There, he snapped many original iconic images that came to define Woodstock. Offered here is the original film from Lavine’s camera (16 slides) containing the images we have all grown up with. These are not just the “images”, but the actual film that was onstage that day at Woodstock!
As the only still photographer on the Warner Bros. film “Woodstock,” Barry Z Levine has quite a few color slides from the nearly 4-day Woodstock Festival. His access pass allowed him to ride in the helicopters and to film performers off- and on-stage. He was able to document the construction and the cleanup of the grounds during his 10-day attendance. The renowned Levine collection is unique in the world and represents a once in a lifetime opportunity to own a piece of this American history.
This offering consists of sixteen original 35mm color transparencies (slides) of Jimi Hendrix and members of his Band of Gypsies: Gerardo Velez, Billy Cox, and Juma Sultan. Shown in some individual and group photos are these band members: Jimi; guitar and vocals; Gerardo “Jerry” Velez, congas; Mitch Mitchell, drums; Larry Lee, rhythm guitar ; Billy Cox, bass; Juma Sultan, percussion. Some of the images from this lot appear on pages 140-142 and 144 of “The Woodstock Storybook.”
The film “Woodstock” is the reason the 1969 Festival has become world famous. The Academy Award winning film is the highest grossing documentary film in history. The “Woodstock” film (1970) has been preserved by the Library of congress in our National Registry for being culturally, aesthetically, and/or historically significant. In the film, Barry’s voice is heard interviewing Joan Baez as he shoots her image with his film crew. You can also see some of these slides in the film. His slides are featured world-wide. No one else has anything like Barry’s collection filmed in historic Ectachrome color. Barry’s slides of the Woodstock event include a playful 9 shot “walk up” series on Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix playing the National Anthem, and the only shot of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young at the event. Besides Barry’s famous hardcover Woodstock Story Book, his newest books, in collaboration with his wife, Linanne Sackett, include the interactive Woodstock Story eBook and “The Cameramen of Woodstock” – a look behind the scenes of the Academy Award winning film WOODSTOCK, on its 50th Anniversary.
Getty Images sells Mr. Levine’s photos throughout the world today. They are featured in shows in London, Italy, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, San Francisco and other venues, as well as in famous Woodstock books, movies, and TV media. His images can be seen at Gettyimages.com or on Barry’s website: www.WoodstockWitness.com
Barry Z Levine holds ALL copyrights for his creative materials. The re-sale or reproduction of these images in any form will require the written permission of Barry Z Levine or his heirs in the form of a new copyright agreement or license between the purchaser and Barry Z Levine. Currently, the images from these slides are protected by copyright law and licensed for world-wide sale and distribution to Getty Images in their Premium Archive.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to own the only original 35mm slides of the images of Jimi Hendrix’s famous Woodstock performance on August 18, 1969.
