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A lively set for an appreciative Paris audience, marking the Experience's second, and last trip to the Olympia. Sound quality is excellent. The setlist includes the following songs: 1. Killin' Floor: Jimi pays homage to Howlin' Wolf and his blues roots with a manic, frantic Hendrix version not unlike the one he delivered at Monterey in the Experience's U.S. debut 2. Catfish Blues: an old Muddy Waters tune betraying Jimi's love of the blues starts out simmering and builds up it's electric steam. With only 7 known recorded versions of Hendrix doing this song, a few months later it transformed/evolved into what we now know as Voodoo Chile. (Compare this to Voodoo Chile - track 4 on Electric Ladyland) 3. Foxy Lady: Thumping! 4. Red House: This version is notable for the fact that Noel Redding plays Keith Richard's gold top Les Paul for the bass lines under Jimi's sizzling leads and crisp vocals. 5. Drivin' South: based on a 1962 Albert Collins instrumental titled "Kool Aid". Jimi played this live as a tribute to Albert Collins. This is a fave of mine as it sounds very improvisational, Jimi being very exploratory on his lead while Noel and Mitch melt together as one cohesive rhythm instrument. Of the more than 120 concert tapes of Jimi after he reached England, this may be the only version before a live audience. At the end, perhaps out of sheer glee, Noel states "We just learned that!" 6. The Wind Cries Mary: Not played in concert very often after mid 1968, this is a very dreamy, thoughtful version. 7. Fire: Often a crowd favorite, and often played for that reason, in this one Mitch Mitchell breaks a snare drum. Killing time while a replacement drum head is located, Jimi remarks that "Mitchell over there, better known as Queen Bee, is having slight trouble". Jimi nick-named Mitch "Queen Bee" because out of the corner of Jimi's eye, Mitchell's flying drumsticks over the curve of his drum kit looked like a wing-buzzing bee. 8. Little Wing: A simply beautiful version of this amazing and poetic classic. Of 9 known live Hendrix recordings of "Little Wing" this version is the only one to have an extended length of 30 perfect bars in Jimi's end solo. And 30 bars is barely enough. 9: Purple Haze: Wow. Can you imagine what it was like to hear a live intro like this, in 1968? Eerie, out of this world, war-like sirens melting into a grinding guitar tone that kicks into that ever-famous, oft-heard intro riff of one of the most famous songs in rock history. A great set with very good sound quality and The Experience in fine form.Read full review
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