-- Hendrix, Jimi - Live at Woodstock | (Audio CD) MSRP $ 19.98 Amazon Price $ 16.99 Savings $ 2.99 | |  Release Date: 06 July, 1999, Experience Hendrix
TRACK LISTING - Introduction
- Message to Love
- Hear My Train a Comin`
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Red House
- Lover Man
- Foxey Lady
- Jam Back at the House
- Izabella
- Fire
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- Star Spangled Banner
- Purple Haze
- Woodstock Improvisation
- Villanova Junction
- Hey Joe
Usually ships in 24 hours | | | Jimi Hendrix - `Live At Woodstock` (MCA) | | This 2-CD title is the release of Jimi`s entire set he played at the historic music festival. It was previously put out as a single disc, so there are several tracks that either I never heard of or I simply don`t remember. Like "Izabella" and "Villanova Junction".The tunes that grab your full attention would be "Message Of Love","Spanish Castle Magic"(one of my personal Hendrix favorites),"Foxey Lady","Hey Joe","Fire","Red House","Purple Haze" and the famed "Star Spangled Banner".This would make a GREAT gift. | | | | The Most Potent Documentation of The Late Jimi Hendrix | | This is a fantastic record, and a definite must for any Jimi-aholic or aspiring fan. It`s known by most that although the Hendrix studio albums were fantastic, to get the real Jimi, you have to listen live. And live this is, although I was a little dissapointed by two things: 1) They`ve edited out two songs that were written by Larry Lee, and 2) Just about all of Larry Lee was edited clean off the disc. Now I understand that the guitar was out of tune and fuzzy, but apparantly Experience Hendrix doesn`t realize that we want the whole experience. It adds realism. Keeping that in mind, the album is still extraordinary, with great, gritty vocals soaring, distorted guitar work, and even interplay with the crowd who had stayed behind to watch Jimi perform ("Jimi, are you High?" a crowd member asks at the beginning of the set). Jimi constantly cracks wise about their "shoddy performance," despite it`s true greatness. Highs on the album include Jimi classics like "Purple Haze", an extraordinary extended "Voodoo Child," "Fire," and "Foxey Lady," (complete with classic Jimi grunting and groaning). But, it also includes some not as well known Jimi tracks, my personal faves being the brand new at the time "Izabella," and "Hear my Train `a Comin`." And for those who just want to sit and listenin awe to some of Jimi`s amazing guitar technique there are a few instrumentals in which he rips it up. The now classic "Star Spangled Banner," an extended jam called "Woodstock Improvisation," and last but certainly not least "Villanova Junction." All things considered, this is a fantastic album, and arguably the most potent documentation of the late Jimi Hendrix before his death. This was the first Hendrix album I bought, but it wasn`t the last. I know cherish this album and own all the studio albums, plus Jimi`s other great live album, Live at The Fillmore East. Whatever you do, make sure you buy this record, it is possible the best one in my collection. | | | | Woodstock was a legendary event... | ...but musically it wasn`t THAT great.
This double live album is a dream come true for many Hendrix fans. Yet it isn`t as revelatory as you`d think.
Jimi is superb, of course, but it would seem that he overcompensated quite a bit for his under-rehearsed band by jamming. A lot. Almost everything clocks in at over five minutes, with a couple of numbers weighing in at ten minutes or more.Hardcore Jimi Hendrix fans will not see that as a detriment, though, and they will love this CD. The complete Woodstock concert, finally available in the Experience Hendrix series of definitive Hendrix reissues. And Jimi Hendrix is spinning off lenghty solos which are alternately fascinating and frustrating.
There`s a great "Foxy Lady" here, a pretty good "Hey Joe", and several other highlights, but songs like "Purple Haze" and "Fire" are relatively pedestrian, and it takes dedication to sit down and listen to "Live At Woodstock" in one long sitting.
To me, this album is NOT for casual fans. Although very significant, this isn`t one of Hendrix`s best recorded performances...his then-new band is struggling to match him, and if he won a lot of hearts at Woodstock, he did it through excess, not through focus. 3 3/4 stars. A great document for diehards, and devoted guitar lovers should certainly own this material in one form or another, but considering what Jimi Hendrix was capable of, "Live At Woodstock" remains a bit of a dubious pleasure for casual listeners. | | |
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