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Jimi Hendrix - Live At Woodstock (1999)
Cover Front Album
Artist Jimi Hendrix
Length 96:29
Format CD
Genre Rock
Label MCA
Index 12
Collection Status In Collection
Packaging Jewel Case
Track List
Live At Woodstock (Disc 1) 50:01
01 Introduction 0 02:21
02 Message To Love 0 07:21
03 Hear My Train A Comin' 0 09:49
04 Spanish Castle Magic 0 07:05
05 Red House 0 05:24
06 Lover Man 0 05:11
07 Foxey Lady 0 05:06
08 Jam Back At The House 0 07:44
Live At Woodstock (Disc 2) 46:28
01 Izabella 0 06:41
02 Fire 0 03:42
03 Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 0 13:40
04 Star Spangled Banner 0 03:43
05 Purple Haze 0 04:23
06 Woodstock Improvisation 0 03:59
07 Villanova Junction 0 04:28
08 Hey Joe 0 05:52
Personal Details
Purchase Date 22/03/2004
Price
Store Ben
Rating 0
Owner Bean
Details
Spars DDD
Rare No
Sound Stereo
Notes
18.08.69 Woodstock Music And Arts Fair

Like most products issued from the Jimi Hendrix archive in the '90s, several separate releases featuring identical recordings of this one performance have been issued. 1994's Jimi Hendrix: Woodstock on MCA is the first formal packaging of this most famous of rock shows. Other, more collectable discs followed, often with much more extensive track lists. The Woodstock show that these discs commemorate was supposed to be a headline performance for Hendrix and his band, but after many delays and a fan exodus, the guitarist ended up playing to only a fraction of listeners a full day after the event was scheduled to end. The first performance with new backing outfit Hendrix's Gypsy Sun & Rainbows, this expanded outfit is often difficult to hear over Hendrix and his guitar on this recording. Although very significant, this isn't one of Hendrix's best recorded performances. Relatively pedestrian versions of hits like "Purple Haze" and "Fire" are included. The redefinition of "The Star Spangled Banner" is still considered one of the most chilling rock performances ever, and funky jams like "Hear My Train a Comin'" are also very impressive. Fans might want to consider later releases of this performance that include more material, but one way or another, all devoted scholars of the greatest musician to ever plug in a Stratocaster should own at least one packaging of this performance.
Vincent Jeffries