Live at Berkeley

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Live at Berkeley
Jimi Hendrix Live At Berkeley.jpg
Live album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Released September 16, 2003
Recorded May 30, 1970
Venue Berkeley Community Theatre in Berkeley, California
Length 67:47
Label MCA
Producer Abe Jacob
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Live at Berkeley is a posthumous live album by English-American rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It documents the band's second performance at the Berkeley Community Theatre on May 30, 1970, and was released by MCA Records on September 16, 2003.

Background

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com 4.5/5 stars[1]
All About Jazz 4/5 stars[2]
AllMusic 3/5 stars[3]
Blender 3/5 stars[4]
Q 3/5 stars[5]
Uncut 4/5 stars[6]

Rob Fawcett of BBC Music called Live at Berkeley "the strongest newly-released Hendrix material in a long time".[7] 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.[8] In his review for Blender, he said Cox was a significant improvement over Noel Redding in a group that was Hendrix's best.[4] Uncut magazine was less enthusiastic and felt "there are still better versions of these tracks elsewhere."[6]

Track listing

All songs were written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

  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" - 4:49 (Billy Roberts)
  7. "I Don't Live Today" - 5:26
  8. "Machine Gun" - 11:22
  9. "Foxey Lady" - 6:30
  10. "The Star Spangled Banner" - 2:45 (Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith)
  11. "Purple Haze" - 3:48
  12. "Voodoo Child (slight return)" - 10:49

Personnel

The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Additional Personnel
  • Janie L. Hendrix – compilation production
  • Eddie Kramer – compilation production, mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • John McDermott – compilation production
  • Pete Scriba – assistant engineering

References

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External links

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