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Jimi Hendrix Winterland

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edited November 2011 in Other Music
Winterland (5 CD Box Set)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055P ... B0055PL5KO

Vinyl
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055P ... B0055PL5KY

Disc: 1
1. Tax Free
2. Lover Man
3. Sunshine of Your Love
4. Hear My Train A Comin
5. Killing Floor
6. Foxey Lady
7. Hey Joe
8. Star Spangled Banner
9. Purple Haze
Disc: 2
1. Tax Free
2. Like a Rolling Stone
3. Lover Man
4. Hey Joe
5. Fire
6. Foxey Lady
7. Are You Experienced
8. Red House
9. Purple Haze
Disc: 3
1. Fire
2. Lover Man
3. Like a Rolling Stone
4. Manic Depression
5. Sunshine of Your Love
6. Little Wing
7. Spanish Castle Magic
8. Red House
9. Hey Joe
10. Purple Haze
11. Wild Thing
Disc: 4
1. Foxy Lady
2. Are You Experienced
3. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
4. Red House
5. Star Spangled Banner
6. Purple Haze
7. Jimi Hendrix: Boston Garden Backstage Interview
Disc: 5
1. Killing Floor
2. Red House
3. Catfish Blues
4. Dear Mr. Fantasy [Part One]
5. Dear Mr. Fantasy [Part Two
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  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    I just got this today. Well technically my neighbor got it and I ripped it to my computer. It's cool I guess, but I'm not really that impressed. There isn't anything that really stands out from the already large amount of Hendrix live material that's been released. It's a definite improvement over the old "Live At Winterland" CD that I've had since high school, in both abundance of material (obviously) and sound quality.

    But between "Band Of Gypsys", "Live At Filmore East", "Live At Woodstock", "Blue Wild Angel: Live At The Isle Of Wight", "Live At Monterey", "BBC Sessions" and various other live tracks I have, there isn't really much on here I haven't heard.

    There wasn't a whole lot of variety in Jimi's sets (at least on what's been released) so if you own 1-2 of his live albums, you pretty much have all you need. The Amazon.com bonus disc provides the only real gems, like Traffic's "Dear Mr. Fantasy" but other than that it's a pretty standard Hendrix live album.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 27,991
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    SatansFuton wrote:

    There wasn't a whole lot of variety in Jimi's sets (at least on what's been released) so if you own 1-2 of his live albums, you pretty much have all you need.

    Given that I have just about every available live Jimi boot (including merges), I have to say, respectfully, that this is complete bollocks. Setlists might be similar from gig to gig, particularly come the 1970 US tour, but the performance of each song is always different.

    However, I'll acknowledge that the Winterland gigs were, by JHE standards, sloppy. Around this time, the band was on the verge of breaking up (not for the first or last time), and they were at TTG Studios working on a fourth studio album and failing miserably.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,027
    I was thinking about that WInterland show again tonight.
    I saw Jimi twice, and of course he had those guitar chops that left your jaw hanging open.  But there was so much more to his live performance than just great guitar playing and, of course, it was great guitar playing.  But he also had a presence and energy that radiated outward.  Watching him, you felt the presence of the muse coursing through his body and mind.  His rapport with the audience was something unmatched.  He was serious, he joked, he played and sang with his whole body.  When everything was clicking, there was a crease of laughter on his lips and a sweetness in his eyes. 
    And at the Winterland show I saw, when things did not go well toward the end of the set because his amp crapped out, he displayed a fiery rage that was not for show but, rather, from frustration and anger at the interruption of his work, and he used that anger to create something equally brilliant and generous.  He nearly begged forgiveness for the flaws that were not of his making, flashed us the peace sign, and tore into that failing amp, sacrificing his strat as a bayonet.   And no, not as a gimmick.  This was not what he wanted.  It was merely what he had to give.
    There has never been another performer like Jimi Hendrix.

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,456
    Awesome Brian. Keep sharing the stories. 

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