IMHO Hendrix at Monterey is greatest EVER live album. Best ever live version of Like A Rolling Stone is the one that wound up on the “Lifelines” box set. Would love to hear the full show
Ehhh...tighter? It's all subjective of course, and thanks for prompting me to have another listen. The section from :10 to :18 at 1st show, Berkeley is super cool because he waits to play the main riff. Then again, it's an earlier version: a work in progress. His vocals are way off, while the version from IoW are tighter with the words. Not perfect, though. From 1:09 to 1:21 someone is playing an extremely sour note. I'm pretty sure it's Jimi. No sour notes at I0W. The second chorus at Berkeley is way cool, even if it's not close to the studio take. Then more sour notes before the middle 8. Both solos from both shows sound oddly good. I can't decide. The "country picking" part that was left out of the studio version, but present at both Berkeley and IoW is far superior at IoW. All in all, not to bolster IoW too much, but I think the IoW version slays all others. I might have to revisit other shows, though, because I haven't heard all of them in a while.
And the annoying thing is if you keep them together and move them to one disc (can’t remember which), you’d have two discs of the same length instead of the unbalanced ones we have
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Royal Albert Hall 1969 FULL 2018 REMASTER 1080p Does it really get any better than this? What planet is this dude from?
We're all waiting for a real and well mastered release. ..... Physical media will be obsolete before they get to it.
IOW really captures his frustration of the difficult gig and how he wants to be Free in the moment. "Bustin' Out."
Agee its live but many of these are 1 song or up to 3 True but in fairness the Hey Baby that ended this show was not one of his finer moments thats for sure.
This is quite interesting as what you refer to is a classic EH double dip. Actually Blue Wild Angel has been released on video twice by EH. A 2002 release and a 2011 release. These are different video edits and the 2011 release contains Hey Joe while the 2002 does not. Additionally the 2002 release has the drum/bass jam included in the bonus footage (albeit with talking heads over part of it) while the 2011 release edits the bass and drum jam out completely. In fact both releaseses are essential..... due to the different camera edits as well as the other stuff I already mentioned. I read somewhere there were 6 cameras total at IOW. This means EH can still release this again with the raw camera footage from each camera as bonus footage (similar to how they did Monterey). I actually would probably go for it (Again...)
Isle of Weight PtII Foxy Lady * Some good part, some bad parts; therefore too uneven to rate very highly Message of Love * Pretty much trash throughout. Very painful to listen to Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) * his tone is once again too muscular for the gentle parts. His not choice isn't too bad, but this is where tone works against him. At about the 3:00 mark the ton still doesn't work, but the notes are better placed, and his voice is phenomenal. Another uneven song Ezy Ryder * not ghastly, but not good either. Things have been falling apart after "Midnight Lighting." Hey Joe * back to form. It's a little too heavy-handed, like an acid rock rendition, but those licks and solos, including his vocals are all top notch. The heaviest version of "Hey Joe?" Purple Haze * not too shabby. kind of back to junky. it's nice to hear a guitar growl like that. mailing it in a little here, though the end cacophony is definitely on purpose. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) * like "Foxy Lady," it has good parts and bad ones. Not going to rate this very high In From the Storm * probably the best live version. Hendrix had enough energy to go out with a bang. I really dig the version of "In From the Storm" at Maui, 07-30-1970, too.
IOW In From the Storm again uses the 'storm' of the difficult gig (and general life position? ) to raise the storm that is right upon us as we gain sanctuary. Tour de Storm.
And the fade out of Midnight Lighting misses a few seconds. You’d have to patch in that part from the 1971 album.
'Wild Blue Angel ' as a title for an album of Isle of Wight. Doesn't tell you anything or make it easy to remember or find. Stupid.
I have always liked IOW and said In From The Storm was stellar. But i would be delusional to say he was not tired, under rehearsed as as we later learned unwell. Jimi would not have "shut down" a festival performance in front of a huge crowd unless he was extremely unwell. Despite this he put on as good a show as he could and i am not one to dismiss the show and link it with his soon to come death etc.
The first time I saw The Jimi Hendrix Experience was one of the October '68 Winterland Shows but have never been able to remember/ track down exactly which show. I took photos but cameras then didn't give dates. The second time was at the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival in Santa Clara, California, May 1969.
Imagine what the picture could be like on a frame by frame clean up full on bluray release, mixed in full BG awsomeness. In my opinion this could be one of Jimi's best, certainly the Experience's best recorded/filmed shows. The set list is perfect, though he could of sacked off Wild Thing in favour on Come On (Let The Good Times Roll). There is bound to be a lot of great performances that where never documented but it is a blessing the R.A.H Feb 24th show was captured. We will probably have to keep imagining that it ever sees the light of day though.
Shouldn’t be too hard to track down the date of the Winterland show you saw based on the clothing he wore
It’s out there.. I have a copy though it is in storage and in bootleg form.. Great doc for its era.. Chris Wood on flute was interesting but definitely unrehearsed. Since it is the most complete and best shot of all unreleased filmed performances it will be released eventually but it is obviously the last remaining “Holy Grail” thus the big stall New Movie Unveils Lost Hendrix Footage – Rolling Stone
Monterey is a great show, unsure where Lifelines LARS comes from but Monterey is the best live Hendrix version i have heard. Great vocal feel, timing and those exquisite guitar flourishes.
