An intriguing tape containing interviews with Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd’s Richard Wright will be auctioned off. The interviews were recorded by British soap opera actor John Altman (EastEnders). At the time of the recording, Altman met the rock stars when as a 15-year-old he helped carry their equipment into Central Hall in Chatham, Kent, on 1 December 1967.
The three-minute recording is expected to fetch up to £2,000 when it is auctioned at Ewbank’s in Send, Surrey, on May 22, 2025.
Other items being auctioned include autographs and rare seven-inch singles, with the collection estimated to fetch up to £17,000.
Altman said: “l played truant with my best friends. We had tickets to see the Jimi Hendrix tour, along with Pink Floyd and Keith Emerson’s band, The Nice.
“We arrived early at Chatham, Central Hall and helped the roadies carry in the gear. The stage door closed and there we were locked in with all these rock stars.
“We saw the afternoon show and the one in the evening. In-between shows l managed to interview Rick Wright from Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix in his dressing room.
“Jimi was gentle and cool, and showed us his new album – Axis Bold As Love.”
