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You say you're goin' down to the trash can, you don't wanna be messin' round with this one? Heyey Joe, why'd they have to release it? Oh yeah, to fulfill a contractual obligation--I get it now. Ok, so maybe I ain't no James Taylor, but you can at least get my drift. Jimi, you deserved a better tribute to your genius than this. Still, for die-hard Jimifans, this concert's b&w audio challenged versions of "You Don't Know" and "Machine Gun" and a very fine guitar solo in "Foxey Lady" are worth catching. Personally, and probably like most of his fans, I prefer some of his other (aka his earlier) stuff.
The concert footage is terrific, but they don't let Jimi play more than two minutes without a voiceover. By the time I was halfway through the movie, I was ready to strangle things in frustration. Even Machine Gun, the only song they allow to be played through, is split between performance and news footage of Vietnam, like we won't know what the song's about without being told. If anyone ever just runs the concert from start to finish, I'll buy it in a second - lots of it is incandescent, even in black and white - but I'd have skipped this one if I'd known what "live from Filmore East" really meant - broken up snippets of that, Filmore West and even Isle of Wight with voiceovers throughout. Isle of Wight, titled Blue Wild Angel, is a much more satisfying vid, and features many of the same people interviewed in Filmore, but they're all up front and the concert runs straight through, without voiceovers.Read full review
This is Jimi Hendrix and the Band of Gypsies Live at the Fillmore East New Years eve 1970. One of the best Jimi Hendrix concerts ever. With Billy Cox on Bass and Buddy Miles on Drums. Powerful. Groovy. R+B. Blues. The Soundtrack to my Dreams.
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love everything Hendrix. the show part is kinda short and he has a problem keeping his guitar in tune, which is kind of distracting. overall good if you can get a deal.
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In the menu, you can watch either full concert footage, without the interview, or you can watch the full movie, with quality interviews about the life of Jimi Hendrix. The concert footage is nothing short of amazing, and it's one of the last performances Jimi ever puts on in his career. A great DVD to own.
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