Jimi Hendrix - Live At Woodstock (1999)
Cover Front Album
Artist/Composer Jimi Hendrix
Length 96:29
Format CD
Genre Rock
Label MCA
Index 12
In Collection Yes
Packaging Jewel Case
Track List
Live At Woodstock (Disc 1) 50:01
01 Introduction 02:21
02 Message To Love 07:21
03 Hear My Train A Comin' 09:49
04 Spanish Castle Magic 07:05
05 Red House 05:24
06 Lover Man 05:11
07 Foxey Lady 05:06
08 Jam Back At The House 07:44
Live At Woodstock (Disc 2) 46:28
01 Izabella 06:41
02 Fire 03:42
03 Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 13:40
04 Star Spangled Banner 03:43
05 Purple Haze 04:23
06 Woodstock Improvisation 03:59
07 Villanova Junction 04:28
08 Hey Joe 05:52
Personal
Purchase Date 22/03/04
Store Ben
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