Jimi Hendrix: Woodstock

Released by MCA Records and Polydor in 1994, this album contains various tracks from 
Hendrix's performances at Woodstock on Monday August 18, 1969.  Produced 
under the supervision of Alan Douglas, the arrangement of songs has been 
changed from that of the original venue as well as several songs having been
removed altogether.

Playlist:

	1.  Introduction (1:56)
	2.  Fire (3:53)
	3.  Izabella (5:10)
	4.  Hear My Train A Comin' (Get My Heart Back Together) (9:16)
	5.  Red House (5:40)
	6.  Jam Back at the House (aka Beginnings) (7:58)
	7.  Voodoo Child (Slight Return)/Stepping Stone (12:49)
	8.  The Star Spangled Banner (3:42)
	9.  Purple Haze (3:25)
	10. Woodstock Improvisation (4:59)
	11. Villanova Junction (3:04)
	12. Farewell (1:54)

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Review By  Nichomachus - 

I've owned this 1994 MCA release for almost ten years and have long thought it was a lousy production, despite an amazing performance with the Band of Gypsies' often visionary group improvisation. 
They had minimal rehearsal before this performance, which in no way inhibited their creativity and energy on stage. 
A few of the songs they whipped up the day before.

But with this MCA release, you have to listen really hard in order to appreciate all the band's dynamics, such as what other musicians are doing and how they are relating to each other. 
Often times, Jimi will basically be playing a two-chord rhythm chug, which makes sense if someone else is soloing but otherwise sounds lousy. 
And Lo! Larry Lee is there in the background, almost totally edited out, and indistinguishable unless you are listening for it. 
Most of the percussion is waaaay in the background, apart from Mitch who is barely keeping time at more than one point and in his soloing sounds at the end of his rope. 

The engineers also monkeyed around with the crowd noise a lot, which is irritating (the photos in the booklet are also blatantly manipulated). One reviewer below notes that most of the crowd had left, and if you listen closely you can easily hear the idiot editor almost randomly waving the volume knob on the canned crowd track. Pathetic. All in all a botched edit.

So I give it two stars for the crap production. The Experience Hendrix label has a 1999 two-disc release that I haven't listened to closely, but I suggest you favor that one and AVOID this MCA release. Not only that, the '99 release (called, "Live at Woodstock," this one is "Jimi Hendrix: Woodstock") actually has the tracks in order.

PANCHO EDIT= THE E.H. 1999 TWO CD'S RELEASE ALSO SUFFER OF SONGS AND SOUNDS BUTCHERING..

             THIS 1994 ONE HAS SOME START/END POINTS OF THE TRACKS WRONGLY PLACED, APPART FROM BUTCHERING, HEAVY EDITS, WRONG TRACK LIST               ORDERING, ETC..
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