Woodstock (Jimi Hendrix album)
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| Live album by Jimi Hendrix | ||||
| Released | August 20, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | August 18, 1969 | |||
| Venue | Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 63:46 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Alan Douglas | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Blender | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [3] |
| The Village Voice | A–[4] |
Woodstock is a live album by Jimi Hendrix released posthumously on August 20, 1994. The album is an edited recording of Hendrix's performance with his band Gypsy Sun and Rainbows at Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York on August 18, 1969. A more-complete version of the concert would be released in 1999 as Live at Woodstock, albeit with some of the performers mixed out.
Critical reception
In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau said the under-rehearsed, highly eccentric music on Woodstock makes for what was a transitional but all-important live album by Hendrix: "All in all, your basic rock concert as act of flawed genius. Does this kind of thing happen any more? Not on such a scale for sure."[4] Although Live at Woodstock (1999) was later released as a more comprehensive record of Hendrix's performance, Christgau felt the "condensed reconfiguration" offered by the 1994 album magnified the concert's "aura".[2] AllMusic's Jason Anderson was less enthusiastic, deeming it "very significant" but not very well recorded, with fairly dull versions of "Fire" and "Purple Haze".[1]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Introduction" | 1:56 |
| 2. | "Fire" | 3:53 |
| 3. | "Izabella" | 5:10 |
| 4. | "Hear My Train A Comin' (Get My Heart Back Together Again)" | 9:16 |
| 5. | "Red House" | 5:40 |
| 6. | "Jam Back At The House (Beginnings)" | 7:58 |
| 7. | "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" / "Stepping Stone" | 12:49 |
| 8. | "Star Spangled Banner" (Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith) | 3:42 |
| 9. | "Purple Haze" | 3:25 |
| 10. | "Woodstock Improvisation" | 4:59 |
| 11. | "Villanova Junction" | 3:04 |
| 12. | "Farewell" | 1:54 |
Personnel
- Jimi Hendrix – lead guitar, vocals, rhythm guitar on "Jam Back at the House"
- Mitch Mitchell – drums
- Billy Cox – bass guitar
- Larry Lee – rhythm guitar, lead guitar on "Jam Back at the House"
- Juma Sultan – percussion
- Jerry Velez – percussion
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