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The Experience (Mitch Mitchell; Jimi Hendrix; Noel Redding)

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The Experience (Mitch Mitchell; Jimi Hendrix; Noel Redding)

by Ian Wright
bromide print, 2 February 1967
11 3/4 in. x 10 3/8 in. (300 mm x 263 mm) image size
Given by Ian Wright, 2008
Photographs Collection
NPG x132221

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  • Ian Wright, Photographer. Artist or producer of 7 portraits.

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Current affairs

Harold Wilson decides to devalue the pound by nearly 15% in order to ' break out from the straitjacket' of boom and bust economics. The decision was controversial and prompted Wilson to reassure the public that the 'pound in your pocket' would not be worth any less.

Art and science

The Beatles release Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, with a record sleeve designed by pop artist, Peter Blake. The band's musical experimentation and colourful new look was an example of psychedelic, and the LP is often regarded as one of the first concept albums.

International

Che Guevara is captured and executed in Bolivia. The guerrilla leader and revolutionary icon was hunted down by the CIA and captured and shot by Bolivian Special Forces. He had been leading Bolivian insurgents in an attempt to overthrow the government.

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