Live at Berkeley
Live at Berkeley | ||||
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Live album by Jimi Hendrix | ||||
Released | September 16, 2003 (2003-09-16) | |||
Recorded | May 30, 1970 | |||
Venue | Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 67:47 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Abe Jacob | |||
Jimi Hendrix chronology | ||||
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Live at Berkeley is a live album by American rock musician Jimi Hendrix. It documents his second performance at the Berkeley Community Theatre on May 30, 1970, and was released by MCA Records on September 16, 2003.
Background
Hendrix performed in Berkeley about one month into his The Cry of Love Tour with bassist Billy Cox and drummer Mitch Mitchell. The set list was fairly typical for the tour – a mix of popular tunes and some newer material. "Hey Joe", "Foxey Lady", "Purple Haze", and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" had been in Hendrix's concert repertoire since he first recorded them.[1] "Machine Gun" was released two months earlier on the live Band of Gypsys album, and "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" was in development for his planned fourth studio album.[1] Portions of some of these songs were included in the 1971 concert film Jimi Plays Berkeley.[1]
Critical reception
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Tom Hull – on the Web | A−[7] |
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Rob Fawcett of BBC Music called Live at Berkeley "the strongest newly-released Hendrix material in a long time".[9] Robert Christgau cited "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" and "I Don't Live Today" as highlights and deemed it "the Cox-Mitchell band at its most documentable" in his consumer guide for The Village Voice.[10] In his review for Blender, he said Cox was a significant improvement over Noel Redding in a group that was Hendrix's best.[5] Uncut magazine was less enthusiastic and felt "there are still better versions of these tracks elsewhere."[8]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Introduction" | 1:47 |
2. | "Pass It On (Straight Ahead)" | 6:58 |
3. | "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" | 6:07 |
4. | "Lover Man" | 2:59 |
5. | "Stone Free" | 4:08 |
6. | "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) | 4:49 |
7. | "I Don't Live Today" | 5:26 |
8. | "Machine Gun" | 11:22 |
9. | "Foxy Lady" | 6:30 |
10. | "The Star Spangled Banner" (Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith) | 2:45 |
11. | "Purple Haze" | 3:48 |
12. | "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" | 10:49 |
Total length: | 67:28 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Jimi Hendrix – guitar, vocals
- Billy Cox – bass guitar
- Mitch Mitchell – drums
Production
- Janie L. Hendrix – compilation production
- Eddie Kramer – compilation production, mixing
- George Marino – mastering
- John McDermott – compilation production
- Pete Scriba – assistant engineering
References
- ^ a b c Shapiro, Harry; Glebbeek, Cesar (1990). Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy (1st ed.). New York City: St. Martin's Press. pp. 422–426. ISBN 978-0-312-05861-6.
- ^ Gordon, Keith A. "Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live At Berkeley (2012)". About.com. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^ Collette, Doug (November 10, 2012). "Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live atBerkeley". All About Jazz. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^ Westergaard, Sean. "Live at Berkeley: 2nd Show - Jimi Hendrix". AllMusic. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert (December 2005). "Back Catalogue: Jimi Hendrix". Blender. New York. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
- ^ "Review". Q. No. December. New York City. 2003. p. 153.
- ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Grade List: Jimi Hendrix". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Live At Berkeley". Uncut (December). London. 2005. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^ Fawcett, Rob (2002). "BBC - Music - Review of Jimi Hendrix - Jimi Plays Berkeley". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2005). "Consumer Guide: Christians and Heathens". The Village Voice. No. November 1. New York. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
External links
- Live at Berkeley at Discogs (list of releases)
- v
- t
- e
- Are You Experienced
- Axis: Bold as Love
- Electric Ladyland
- The Cry of Love
- Rainbow Bridge
- War Heroes
- Loose Ends
- Crash Landing
- Midnight Lightning
- Nine to the Universe
- Voodoo Soup
- First Rays of the New Rising Sun
- South Saturn Delta
- Valleys of Neptune
- People, Hell and Angels
- Both Sides of the Sky
- Band of Gypsys
- Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival
- Experience
- Isle of Wight
- Hendrix in the West
- More Experience
- The Jimi Hendrix Concerts
- Jimi Plays Monterey
- Johnny B. Goode
- Band of Gypsys 2
- Live at Winterland
- Radio One
- Stages
- Live Isle of Wight '70
- Woodstock
- BBC Sessions
- Live at the Fillmore East
- Live at Woodstock
- Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight
- Live at Berkeley
- Live at Monterey
- Winterland
- Miami Pop Festival
- Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival
- Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show
- Songs for Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts
- Live in Maui
- Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969
retrospective
albums
- Smash Hits
- Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix
- The Essential Jimi Hendrix
- The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two
- The Singles Album
- Kiss the Sky
- Live & Unreleased: The Radio Show
- Cornerstones: 1967–1970
- Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story
- The Ultimate Experience
- Blues
- South Saturn Delta
- Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection
- The Singles Collection
- Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix
- West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology
- Fire: The Jimi Hendrix Collection
and tributes
- Rainbow Bridge
- Jimi Hendrix
- Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
- Hendrix
- Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
- Room Full of Mirrors
- An Illustrated Experience
- Becoming Jimi Hendrix
- Jimi: All Is by My Side
and acts
- Curtis Knight
- Lonnie Youngblood
- Jimmy James and the Blue Flames
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Noel Redding
- Mitch Mitchell
- Chas Chandler
- Eddie Kramer
- Roger Mayer
- Michael Jeffery
- Billy Cox
- Buddy Miles
- Alan Douglas
- Leon Hendrix
- Kathy Etchingham
- Monika Dannemann
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