{"id":42708,"date":"2012-07-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/live-at-berkeley\/"},"modified":"2012-07-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T00:00:00","slug":"live-at-berkeley","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/live-at-berkeley\/","title":{"rendered":"Live At Berkeley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jimi Hendrix kept an odd schedule during the first part of 1970. He would spend weekdays in the recording studio and his weekends in concert with the Experience, which at the time consisted of bassist Billy Cox and drummer Mitch Mitchell. The only problem with this approach was that the income stream had dried up a bit, and so the decision was made to record a documentary film, comprising Hendrix\u2019s two concerts at the Berkeley Community Theatre, Saturday, May 30, 1970. Experience Hendrix L.L.C. and Legacy Recordings are releasing a restored and expanded version of Jimi Plays Berkeley <\/i>on both Blu-ray and DVD on July 10th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

The company has gone the second mile with the resurrection of these two concerts. <\/i>The entire second show, and the subject of this review, is being released on CD. This concert by Hendrix is presented in its entirety and original sequencing. Since it is one complete concert, it gives an excellent picture into the live experience of Hendrix near the end of his life. There is a lot of Hendrix concert material out there but this release moves to the forefront of what has been available and should please any fan.<\/p>\n

The CD really communicates a concert experience. The show began with what Hendrix called an instrumental jam to make sure everything was in tune. \u201cPass It One\u201d was a seven minute introduction to the evening\u2019s music. This was a song in its early stages and would eventually evolve into \u201cStraight Ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

The material is a little different than the usual Hendrix concert fare, as the famous cuts were combined with some deeper catalogue songs. A laid back \u201cStone Free\u201d and a slow and bluesy rendition of \u201cHey Joe\u201d found Hendrix on familiar ground. The show piece was \u201cFoxey Lady,\u201d where he played his guitar with his teeth and ground the strings against the microphone. By this time, \u201cThe Star Spangled Banner\u201d had become a regular part of his live show, which was always a showcase for his guitar virtuosity. A rollicking version of \u201cPurple Haze\u201d set up the concert closing \u201cVoodoo Child,\u201d which at over ten minutes was a virtual microcosm of Hendrix on stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI Don\u2019t Live Today\u201d is a good example of bassist Billy Cox\u2019s influence upon Hendrix and his music. He was a steady bassist and that fact allowed Hendrix to take off on his improvisations without worrying about a lack of foundational sound. \u201cMachine Gun\u201d contained one of those guitar solos that just need to be savored. \u201cHey Baby (New Rising Sun)\u201d\u201d and \u201cLover Man\u201d are both welcome additions to the live Hendrix experience and helped to bridge the gaps between his oft played material.<\/p>\n

Had Hendrix lived, he would have turned 70 this year. While his material will no doubt continue to emerge and be rereleased, The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live At Berkeley <\/i>CD <\/i>is a fine addition the Hendrix legacy and is a worthwhile purchase for any Hendrix aficionado.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":31025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6666],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-42708","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-jimi-hendrix-experience","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42708"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}