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Released
  
January 1972 (1972-01)

Hendrix in the West(1972)
  
War Heroes(1972)

Artist
  
Jimi Hendrix

Label
  
Polydor Records

Length
  
40:21

Hendrix in the West(1972)
  
More Experience(1972)

Release date
  
January 1972

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Recorded
  
February 1969 to August 1970

Venue
  
Royal Albert Hall in London, San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California, Berkeley Community Theatre in Berkeley, California, Isle of Wight Festival, Isle of Wight, UK

Genres
  
Rock music, Psychedelic rock, Blues rock, Acid rock

Similar
  
Jimi Hendrix albums, Psychedelic rock albums

Hendrix in the West is a posthumous live album by Jimi Hendrix, released in January 1972 by Polydor Records, and later in February by Reprise Records. The album contains songs from Hendrix's performances at the Royal Albert Hall on February 24, 1969, the San Diego Sports Arena on May 24, 1969, Berkeley Community Theatre on May 30, 1970 and the Isle of Wight Festival on August 30, 1970. The album's credits mislabel "Little Wing" and "Voodoo Chile" as being recorded at the San Diego Sports Arena, when in fact these two tracks were recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on February 24, 1969. The album reached No. 7 in the UK albums chart, and No. 12 in the Billboard 200.

Contents

This album was re-released on September 13, 2011 as part of the Hendrix family's project to remaster Hendrix's discography. Since the rights to the Royal Albert Hall performance of "Little Wing" and "Voodoo Child" on the original LP are in dispute, the newly released CD contains alternate performances of the two songs.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted

Recording details

  • Tracks A1 and A2 recorded at The Isle of Wight Festival on the morning of August 31, 1970 (appears on Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight)
  • Tracks A3 and B4 recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England on February 24, 1969
  • Track A4 recorded at the San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California on May 24, 1969
  • Track B1 recorded at the Berkeley Community Theatre on May 30, 1970, 1st show
  • Track B2 recorded at the Berkeley Community Theatre on May 30, 1970, 2nd show (appears on Live at Berkeley)
  • Track B3 recorded at the Berkeley Community Theatre on May 30, 1970, afternoon rehearsals

    • This is the track listing of the Reprise Records release, reversing side one and two of the original Polydor Records release.

    Recording details

  • Tracks 1, 2 recorded at The Isle of Wight Festival on the morning of August 31, 1970
  • Track 3 recorded at Winterland, San Francisco on October 12, 1968 (appears on Winterland). Original album track 7/A3 "Little Wing" is from Albert Hall, London, England on February 24, 1969
  • Tracks 4, 5, 6, 7, 11 recorded at the San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California on May 24, 1969. Original album track 4/B4 "Voodoo Chile" is from Albert Hall, London, England on February 24, 1969
  • Track 8 recorded at the Berkeley Community Theatre on May 30, 1970, 1st show
  • Track 9 recorded at the Berkeley Community Theatre on May 30, 1970, 2nd show
  • Track 10 recorded at the Berkeley Community Theatre on May 30, 1970, afternoon rehearsals

    • Personnel

  • Jimi Hendrix — guitar, vocals
  • Mitch Mitchell — drums
  • Noel Redding — bass on 1968 and 1969 tracks
  • Billy Cox — bass on 1970 tracks

    • Songs

    1Johnny B Goode4:45
    2Lover Man3:05
    3Blue Suede Shoes4:27

    References

    Hendrix in the West Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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