Jimi Hendrix
1970-08-30
Isle of Wight Festival
East Afton Farm, UK
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included
CD 1:
01. Stage announcement
02. God Save The Queen
03. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
04. Spanish Castle Magic
05. All Along The Watchtower
06. Machine Gun
07. Lover Man
08. Freedom
09. Red House
CD 2:
01. Dolly Dagger
02. Midnight Lightning
03. Foxy Lady
04. Message To Love
05. Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
06. Ezy Ryder
07. Hey Joe
08. Purple Haze
09. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
10. In From The Storm
One of the most iconic memories of Woodstock is that of Jimi Hendrix playing the Star Spangled Banner as part of his set to close the festival. Of course, Jimi wasn't playing for a crowd "half a million strong" but rather about 20,000 folks who remained at Bethel on Monday morning. The festival had run so long that most folks were gone before the legendary guitarist took the stage. One other note - this wasn't the first time Jimi played our national anthem in concert - it had actually become a regular part of his set list. For example, he played it at both shows at the Royal Albert Hall in February 1969.
Today's post features Jimi a year after Woodtsock at yet another massive festival. For 3 straight years, from 1968 to 1970, The Isle of Wight, a small island just off the south east coast of England, was the site of major rock festivals attracting some of the biggest names in rock music. The 1968 festival was headlined by The Jefferson Airplane while the 1969 concert featured Bob Dylan and The Who. The 1970 festival, however, has garnered the most attention, however, for two reasons. First, Jimi Hendrix headlined the show, which in turn attracted additional acts such as Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Chicago, The Doors, The Who, ELP, The Moody Blues, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, and Miles Davis. Second, the event attracted over 600,000 people, making the largest concert ever held until that point. The massive nature of the event also meant it would be the last such show on the Isle of Wight for over 32 years. In 1971 the British Parliament passed the "Isle of Wight Act" preventing gatherings of more than 5,000 people on the island without a special license. This soundboard recording captures Hendrix’s set at the Isle of Wight on August 30, 1970, 54 years ago today. Jimi would play only 8 more shows after this one prior to his tragic death on September 18, 1970.
8 comments:
Thanks for the heads up justdave! Didn't realize there was an official release of this one. I've taken the link down!
Is the official release the complete show speedy, I have an isle of wight cd from several years ago but its an edited version and not the complete show. Was really looking forward to this,very disappointed that you removed it but I understand if its official that you have no choice. Since Jimi has been gone for over 40 years maybe overdubs were not added but knowing how record companies are it wouldn't surprise me if they messed with it somehow,Please respond and thanks for your great blog.
Yep - its the complete show that's been released. Ypu can buy it here: http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Wild-Angel-Wight-Digipak/dp/B000070GVV
Do you know if the official release is A warts and all release , or was it another of those studio recreations with edits , overdubs, songs out of order ecc that official releases are famous for. Sorry you had to remove it, don't trust official unless of course you know in advance what was done, please respond and thanks for your great blog
Sorry I don't - you can check the Amazon link above to see what they say about it.
Thank you Rocking Eddie
Speedy! Hope all is well with you and yours...Thank you so much for the Stills link...days worth of new entertainment. I have finished with the folder my friend so you can use it for other things! That was so cool of you...above and beyond my friend, Thank You!
Dave
For you my friend, my pleasure. Don't hesitate to askfor anything else you afre interested in!
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