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Pete Townshend smashing his Stratocaster, 1967 — Vintage Print

Pete Townshend of The Who kneels on stage as he smashes his Sunburst Fender Stratocaster while performing My Generation at the Opera House in Peoria, Illinois in 1967. Townshend was known for destroying his guitars on stage. It is estimated he broke over 35 guitars in 1967 alone. 

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  • Vintage Print
  • Signed on reverse in pencil by Ed Caraeff
  • Slight corner creases and wear to the edges, slight surface scratches, slight stains on the reverse
Vintage Print

A vintage often refers to a print that was produced around the time of when the photograph was originally taken. In some cases, a vintage print can also mean a print created by the photographer, usually hand-signed, that remained in the photographers archive following the photographer’s death

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Ed Caraeff

About the Artist

Photographer and art director Ed Caraeff has worked with, photographed, designed, and art directed hundreds of album covers.  His ground-breaking photo of Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar on-stage at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, when Caraeff was just seventeen, is widely considered to be one of the most iconic rock photos of all-time and is the only photo ever to appear twice on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

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