Live at Woodstock (Jimi Hendrix album)


Live at Woodstock is a posthumous live album by Jimi Hendrix released on July 6, 1999. It documents most of his performance at the Woodstock Festival on August 18, 1969, and contains Hendrix's iconic interpretation of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and other songs from the original festival film and.
In his first public performance since the breakup of the Jimi Hendrix Experience on June 29, 1969, Hendrix was accompanied by an expanded lineup of
backing musicians. The short-lived group has been informally referred to as "Gypsy Sun and Rainbows", after a comment Hendrix made during the performance:
Hendrix's historic set began at 9 a.m. and lasted for about two hours; he played to a dwindling Monday morning audience and the set closed the festival. The album, produced under the family-run Experience Hendrix, supersedes the 1994 Woodstock album produced by Alan Douglas, which contains fewer and more edited tracks.

Overview

Many of the tracks on this album were released in 1994 on Woodstock. As with the earlier release, rhythm guitarist Larry Lee's medley of "Gypsy Woman" with "Aware of Love" and his "Mastermind" are not included. "Mastermind" was played between "Red House" and "Lover Man" while "Gypsy Woman"/"Aware of Love" was played between "Izabella" and "Fire". Lee's solo on "Red House" and Mitch Mitchell's drum solo on "Jam Back at the House" have been edited.
A two-disc DVD version of the performance was issued on September 13, 2005, and a single-disc Blu-ray version was issued on November 25, 2008.

Track listing

Details are taken from the original Live at Woodstock MCA Records CD liner notes. Other releases may show different information.

Personnel