File:The Vault - Rock Memorabilia Museum, Hard Rock Cafe London (2022-03-26 15.03.46 by Marcus Grbac).jpg

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Hard Rock Vault

[left] Hohner ST Series (stratocaster copy)

     STEREOPHONICS
DURING THE SUMMER OF 1997, PRIOR TO THE GROUP MARKIING IT BIT,
A FAN MET THE MEMBERS OF STEREOPHONICS AT A LOCAL RECORD STORE
IN CARDIFF AND HAD THIS GUITAR SIGNED. A SHORT TIME LATER, THEIR
DEBUT ALBUM “WORD GETS AROUND” WAS RELEASED. THE GUITAR WAS
LATER DONATED TO HARD ROCK'S MEMORABILIA COLLECTION.

[center left] Gibson Flying V

JIMI HENDRIX
JIMI HENDRIX EXPANDED THE VOCABULARY
  OF THE ELECTRIC ROCK GUITAR MORE
THAN ANYONE BEFORE OR SINCE. HENDRIX
 WAS A MASTER AT COAXING ALL MANNER
   OF UNFORESEEN SONICS FROM HIS
 INSTRUMENT, OF TEN WITH INNOVATIVE
   AMPLIFICATION EXPERIMENTS THAT
  PRODUCED ASTRAL-QUALIRTY FEEDBACK
AND ROARING DISTORTION. THIS FLYING V
  WAS CUSTOM BUILT FOR JIMI. ALSO ON
DISPLAY IS A BELT WORN BY JIMI HENDRIX
 AND A PAIR OF ROSE-TINTED SUNGLASSES
  WORN BY NOEL REDDING WHILE A MEMBER
    OF THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE.

[center right] watch.

JIMI HENDRIX
...
  •       U.S.ARMY shirt, glasses & spectacles.
JOHN LENNON
      THE BEATLES
THE BEATLES WERE THE GREATEST AND
MOST INFLUENTIAL ACT OF THE ROCK
   ERA, AND INTRODUCED MORE
 INNOVATION INTO POPULAR MUSIC
THAN ANY OTHER ROCK BANC OF THE
20TH CENTURY. ON DISPLAY IS A PAIR
  OF EYEGLASSES AND JACKET WORN
EXTENSIVELY BY JOHN LENNON IN THE
   '70S DURING PEACE CONCERTS.
  YOU CAN ALSO SEE HIM WEAR THE
  JACKET IN A CLIP FROM THE FILM
          "FORREST GUMP".

[right wall: left] Baldwin Combo Harpsichord

THE BEATLES
...
  •       a pair of boots.
LITTLE RICHARD[1]
 ONE OF THE ORIGINAL ROCK N' ROLL
 GREATS, LITTLE RICHARD MERGED THE
  FIRE OF GOSPEL WITH NEW ORLEANS
    R&B, POUNDING THE PIANO AND
   WAILING WITH GLEEFUL ABANDON,
 WITH HIS BULLET-SPEED DELIVERIES,
ECSTATIC TRILLS, AND THE OVERJOYED
FORCE OF PERSONALITY IN HIS SINGING,
   HE WAS CRUCIAL IN UPPING THE
  VOLTAGE FROM HIGH-POWERED R&B
  INTO ROCK N' ROLL. THESE BOOTS
 WERE WORN BY “THE ARCHITECT OF
  ROCK N' ROLL”, LITTLE RICHARD.

[right wall: right] Kramer axe guitar and Marshall branded air-conditioner ?

     GENE SIMMONS
                      KISS
KISS MUSIC WAS A COMMERCIALLY POTENT MIX OF ANTHEMIC,
FIST-POUNDING HARD ROCK DRIVEN BY SLEEK HOOKS AND BALLADS
POWERED BY LOUD GUITARS, CLOYING MELODIES, AND SWEEPING STRINGS.
IT WAS A SOUND THAT LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR BOTH ARENA ROCK
AND THE POP-METAL THAT DOMINATED ROCK IN THE LATE '80S.
DISPLAY IS GENE SIMMONS' SIGNATURE AXE BASS.
  •       stage clothing.
                        SLASH
...
                        SLASH
                  GUNS N' ROSES
THIS LES PAUL PROTOTYPE WAS ONE OF THREE CREATED B[Y GIBSON]
CUSTOM SHOP AND WAS USED ON “DOUBLE TALKI[N' JIVE” AND ...]
YOUR ILLUSION I LP. THIS INSTRUMENT CAN ...
            SLASH'S BED IN THE “PATI...”
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  1. dtsomp (2008-06-13 11:17:49). Bo Diddley's custom guitar and hat. (photo). In: London - June 2008 (album). Flickr. "Words can not describe it. London Hard Rock Cafe". See image : 1. Note: Little Richard's boots are on the bottom right.
Baldwin Combo Harpsichord
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