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1967: A Complete Rock Music History of the Summer of Love

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Acclaimed journalist Harvey Kubernik explores the summer that defined an era through the lens of rock 'n' roll.

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Girl at Be-In, San Francisco, January 1967


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Fifty years ago, tens of thousands of flower children flocked to the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco and began a counterculure movement that helped define the hippie era that followed. In his new book, 1967: A Complete Rock Music History of the Summer of Love, noted journalist and historian Harvey Kubernik explores the months preceeding, during and after that influencial summer using the rock music and stars popular at that time as his guide. His colorful tome includes interviews with musicians, iconic imagery, festival posters and concert flyers to help bring the psychedelic aesthetic of the movement to life. Here, a selection photographs from the book.

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Corner of Cole and Haight Streets, San Francisco, June 1967

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Brian Jones at the Monterey Pop Festival, June 1967

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A Collage of Love by Photographer Guy Webster, with images from his 1966 photo shoot of the band in Beverly Hills for their Album Da Capo.

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Be-in, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, January 1967

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Jefferson Airplane, at the Human Be-In; Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, January 14, 1967

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Portrait of photographer and actress Nurit Wilde at the Elysian Park love-in

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Janis Joplin belting out her ground-breaking version of"Down on Me" at Monterey Pop

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Monterey Pop festival attendees giving flowers to police officers

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Jimi Hendrix at the Anaheim Convention Center, February 9, 1968

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1967: A Complete Rock Music History of the Summer of Love