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List Price: $16.98 | | Label: Mca
Salesrank: 162801
Released: August 2, 1994 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Jimi Hendrix: Woodstock Track Listing:
1. Introduction
2. Fire
3. Izabella
4. Hear My Train A Comin' (Get My Heart Back Together)
5. Red House
6. Jam Back At The House (Beginnings)
7. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) / Stepping Stone
8. The Star Spangled Banner
9. Purple Haze
10. Woodstock Improvisation
11. Villanova Junction
12. Farewell
Jimi Hendrix: Woodstock Reviews:
Best of Hendrix 
2007-12-14 - This is the very best example of Hendrix as an artist, not a good choice for a first timer, but one that a true Hendrix lover MUST have. Consummate Hendrix.
One of Jimi's most famous performances
2004-11-11 - This is definitely not the best release of Hendrix's Woodstock live show, but this was the first of them. Anybody interested in Hendrix or virtuoso guitar playing in general must own this performance. Jimi left us very little of his studio works, and the main part of his impressive musical legacy is his numerous live performances. Here he plays his usual mix of popular hits, like "Fire" and "Purple Haze", some very emotional pieces, like "Red House" and "Villanova Junction", funky "Hear My Train A Comin'", one of his most famous pieces, "Star-Spangled Banner", and a live jam. As usual, live versions of songs differ much from their studio interpretations. I can't say that Jimi's or his supporting band's performance is absolutely flawless, but that's live show, and it is precious as it was played.
The "but" part of my review only concerns this release. As it's been stated in other reviews, it's been edited and altered somewhat, and there are better releases available now. My 5* rating only concerns the music, not the release.
Might want to go with the 2-disc reissue 
2004-07-15 - 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 bnad'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.
Excellent
2004-02-09 - Izabella shows the greatest work of Hendrix career. All around a must have!!!
Jimi is spectacular, but this release is flawed. 
2002-07-19 - I'll keep it brief: every rock fan should hear this performance, as it is a virtuoso work. The big HOWEVER is that whoever re-mastered/re-mixed this performance PIPED IN MASSIVE CROWD NOISE DURING THE SONGS. It's total fakery; listen to Star Spangled Banner and you'll know what I mean. Jimi performed at Woodstock very early Monday morning. Most of the crowd had left and the few that remained were definitely vocal, but not to the levels that this CD portrays. I am replacing this with the new release and hope the same flaw is not there.
