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Jimi Hendrix
1969-05-24
International Sports Arena
San Diego, CA
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included
01. Intro
02. Fire
03. Hey Joe
04. Spanish Castle Magic > Sunshine Of Your Love
05. Red House
06. I Don't Live Today > Star Spangled Banner
07. Foxy Lady
08. Purple Haze
09. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
10. crowd
When Jimi Hendrix arrived in San Diego for a show on May 24, 1969, a half century ago today. change was in the air. The Coronado Bay Bridge, designed to replace the ferry that shuttled folks across the was in the final phase of construction before its scheduled August 3rd opening. Also nearing completion was the Fashion Valley Mall, a fifty million dollar shopping center covering seventy-eight acres of land that had previously been home to The Padres' Westgate Park . Other changes brewed on college campuses in the area, Students at San Diego State University responded to headlines about the war in Vietnam by making headlines of their own with campus anti-war rallies, while academic strikes were held in symbolic protest of U.S. bombing raids. Bob Dylan, whose tune The Time's They Are A Changing could have been the theme song of 1960's, turned 28 that day, Also on May 24, The Beatles, who had revolutionized rock and roll, saw their single Get Back hit #1 on Billboard charts, knocking Aquarius/Let The Sunshine, from the landmark musical Hair, from the top slot. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, whose music and style was symbolic of the times, also was in the midst of change. Hendrix had grown tired of constant conflicts with bassist Noel Redding, so much so that he even let slip to a local reporter that personnel changes in tn the band might be on the horizon. In fact, just about a month later, on June 20, 1969 in Denver, the original Experience played its lats show. Redding would be replaced by Billy Cox. Yet, despite swirling uncertainty, one thing remained constant - the virtuoso abilities of Hendrix on stage. This soundboard recording of that May 24 show catures Jimi at his peak, and descriptions of the show place it in the pantheon of his finest performances. Download and listen for yourself.
6 comments:
Speedy,
Yes, this is an amazing show by Jimi. I thought you might want to know that the apparently out-of-print Hendrix box set called "Stages" contains four full concerts, as follows:
09/06/67, Stockholm
01-29/68, Paris
05/24/69, San Diego
07/04/70, Atlanta.
So while this show was commercially released it doesn't appear to be commercially available anymore. Thank you for continuing to share such wonderful music. Looking forward to your ABB theme in June!
Alan - thanks for the kind words and the heads up. I saw the box set was out of print so I figured this one was safe to put up!
all the solidfiles links are coming up as a virus from Norton
Sorry you are having an issue but those links are working fine - I've tested them and have had friends do the same
I've just grabbed this and the Cream San José and wanted to thank you for the two most powerful of power trios, and to say how much I like the solidfiles host. Very straightforword and 'clean' Thanks as always.
My pleasure my friend! And glad solidfiles is working so well!
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