New York City, in the fall of 1966, Alan Pariser had an idea for the greatest concert in the history of rock and roll. As a counter-concert to the annual Monterey Jazz Festival, Pariser, an L.A. scene maker and sometime concert promoter, along with John Philips (leader of the Mamas and the Papas) an

A record of the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival. Interviews are conducted with "flower children," festival producer John Phillips, policemen, and some of the sound and lighting crew. The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones is the festival's announcer, and the acts include Big Brother and the Holding Company (with Janis Joplin), The Mamas and the Papas, Canned Heat, Hugh Masekela, the Jefferson Airplane (with Grace Slick), Eric Burdon and The Animals, The Who, Country Joe and the Fish, Otis Redding (backed by Booker T and the MG's), Jimi Hendrix, and a final sequence with Ravi Shankar.