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Band of Gypsys 2

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Released
  
October 1986

Release date
  
October 1986

Label
  
Capitol Records

Artist
  
Jimi Hendrix

Producer
  
Alan Douglas

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Recorded
  
December 31, 1969; January 1, 1970; July 4, 1970; May 30, 1970

Venue
  
Fillmore East in New York City, Atlanta International Pop Festival in Byron, and the Berkeley Community Theatre in Berkeley

Band of Gypsys 2 (1986)
  
Live at Winterland (1987)

Genres
  
Rock music, Psychedelic rock

Similar
  
Jimi Hendrix albums, Psychedelic rock albums

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Band of Gypsys 2 is a posthumous live album by American rock musician Jimi Hendrix, released in October 1986 by Capitol Records. This was the second time producer Alan Douglas supervised a Hendrix record for the label, the first being the live mini LP Johnny B. Goode, which was released earlier the same year.

Contents

Critical reception

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau gave Band of Gypsys 2 an "A–" and said he preferred it over the original Band of Gypsys (1970) record because it lacks the "brotherhood bromides" that were on that album's second side. He added that the versions of classic Hendrix songs on this record's second side "sound a lot fresher now than they would have fifteen years ago, and not just because pressing techniques have taken such a leap". Paul Evans gave the album three-and-a-half out of five stars in The Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992).

Track listing

All tracks written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

Recording details

  • Track 1 recorded at the Fillmore East, New York City, New York, USA on December 31, 1969 (1st of 2 shows)
  • Tracks 2 and 3 recorded at the Fillmore East, New York City, New York, USA on January 1, 1970 (1st of 2 shows)
  • Track 4 recorded at the Atlanta International Pop Festival, Middle Georgia Raceway, Byron, Georgia, USA on July 4, 1970
  • Tracks 5 and 6 recorded at Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California, USA on May 30, 1970

    • Personnel

  • Jimi Hendrix – guitar, vocals
  • Billy Cox – bass guitar
  • Buddy Miles – drums on tracks 1, 2 and 3
  • Mitch Mitchell – drums on tracks 4, 5 and 6

    • Songs

    Ezy Ryder8:16
    Hear My Train A Comin'9:05
    Foxy Lady6:36

    References

    Band of Gypsys 2 Wikipedia
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