| Jimi Hendrix: Jimi Plays Berkeley (1971) |
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| There is no denying it: Jimi Plays Berkeley ain't The Last Waltz. Visually, Peter Pilafian's direction and camerawork look like a student film compared to Scorsese's rock masterpiece. Instead of thanking fans and formally saying farewell to the road, Hendrix's manager Michael Jeffery created an exploitation film to simply squeeze as much cash he could out of the overworked guitarist. Despite the cheesy documentary footage, clips of silly protesters, butchered songs ("Hear My Train A Comin'" is literally chopped in half!), and the continuously shaky head shots, Jimi Plays Berkeley is great. Why? Because of Hendrix's flawless performance with Mitch Mitchell on drums and Billy Cox on bass. The band never sounded better live, and Eddie Kramer's 5.1 surround remix on the DVD really lifts the sound to a new level. In addition, the DVD includes the entire audio recording of Jimi Plays Berkeley: 2nd Set, arguably Hendrix's best live performance ever recorded. It's just perfect. --Rob Bracco |
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| In addition to the original Jimi Plays Berkeley documentary, as an added bonus, this special edition features an audio only, never before released presentation of Jimi's complete Berkeley second set performance mixed in 5.1 surround sound. The audio-only bonus concert recordings from Jimi's second Berkeley set include" Pass It On (Straight Ahead) Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) Lover Man Stone Free Hey Joe I Don't Live Today Machine Gun Foxey Lady Star Spangled Banner Purple Haze Voodoo Child (Slight Return) |