The original Jimi Hendrix Experience had been together for two years and were probably playing at the height of their powers in October 1968 (they would break up in June of 1969). The Winterland shows were notable for a few reasons. These special performances celebrated the two year anniversary of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and. Winterland is drawn from six stellar shows recorded over three days (October 10, 11 and 12, 1968) at San Francisco's historic Winterland Ballroom. The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Winterland Formats: 4CD Box Set 8LP Box Set Single CD Highlights.
Back home, they'd record for a day or two, then fly off again to gigs. Most gigs were one-offs that the band would fly to, then fly home. This was before the days of setting up a tour that proceeds from city to city in an orderly manner.
These special performances celebrated the two year anniversary of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and came just as the groundbreaking album Electric Ladyland was released. No one can play the guitar like Jimi Hendrix did-No one Verified purchase: NoWinterland is drawn from six stellar shows recorded over three days (October 10, 11 and 12, 1968) at San Francisco’s historic Winterland Ballroom. The records are heavy vinyl and they all sound amazing.
In fact, disc one (October 10) is the entire second set intact, with the insertion of "Foxey Lady" from the first set. Jimi's opening sets were practically identical on October 10 and 11 so the producers chose to focus mostly on the second sets from those days. Producers John McDermott and Eddie Kramer have done a really nice job of sequencing and editing to maintain much of the ebb and flow of Jimi's sets while avoiding too much track repetition. Was that the first set was mostly "the hits," or at least known tunes, while the second set generally had some surprises. The Experience repertoire was not that deep, so most tunes were played at least twice, if not more ("Purple Haze" was played in every set). Website of Jimi Hendrix with news, music, videos, album information and moreAlthough presented as three days, there were actually six shows.
This version of "Tax Free" is about the same length but is actually quite different from the first night. The set is intact until "Foxey Lady," except "Spanish Castle Magic" was removed as the second tune. It's nearly three minutes into this version before anything remotely resembling "The Star-Spangled Banner" emerges.Disc two is also mostly the second set, but it's edited a bit more. This version from the 10th makes Woodstock sound downright conventional. Jimi's version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock is well known, but the Experience had been performing it for quite some time by Woodstock. "Lover Man" and "Sunshine of Your Love" are pretty loose, but Jimi really digs in on an amazing "Hear My Train A-Comin'." Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor" with Jack Casady is next, then Jimi turns to some fan favorites to close the set.
"Manic Depression" and "Little Wing" were very rarely played live ("Are You Experienced?" as well, for that matter) and Jimi's take on "Sunshine of Your Love" would have been a surprise to most as well. Then we go to set two for several surprises. The first three tracks on disc three originally opened set one. It's interesting to hear how Jimi plays the songs differently by adding different licks or guitar figures in order to keep the old warhorses interesting, and here he uses the microphone stand as a slide to great effect.On the third night, Hendrix really opened things up and pulled out a few surprises. An excellent version of "Red House" also comes from the first set, while "Hey Joe" was the closer from the second set. After "Foxey Lady," we go back to the opener from set one, "Are You Experienced?," with Virgil Gonsalves (also from the Express) sitting in on flute.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience gave us some great music from these shows and McDermott and Kramer have done a great job of making what could have been a slightly tedious listen for some (if presented in its entirety) into a thoroughly enjoyable set for any Hendrix fan. They're the icing on the cake that is Sony/Legacy's Winterland box. As an additional bonus, there's an interesting, almost confrontational interview with Jimi from about a month after the Winterland shows.Throughout his stage announcements, Jimi constantly talks about "playing with feeling." There are numerous great photos enclosed that really show what he meant by that.
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