Jimi Hendrix: Live at Berkeley

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Jimi Hendrix: Live at Berkeley
Live album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Released	September 2003
Recorded	May 30, 1970 at the Berkeley Community Theatre
Genre	Psychedelic rock, Funk-rock
Length	01:07:47
Label	MCA
Producer	Abe Jacob
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience chronology
The Last Experience Concert: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1990) Jimi Hendrix: Live at Berkeley (2003)

Jimi Hendrix: Live At Berkeley is a live album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was recorded live at the Berkeley Community Theatre in Berkeley, California on May 30, 1970. It is the second of two sets recorded that night. The album includes liner notes by John McDermott.

After his Band of Gypsys phase, Hendrix had decided to reunite the original Experience, but bass player Noel Redding declined, perhaps convinced that his own band, Fat Mattress, was bound for glory. With drummer Mitch Mitchell and bass player Billy Cox, the trio played through "old" chestnuts such as "Hey Joe" and "Purple Haze", pushing the boundaries with works-in-progress including embryonic versions of what would become "Straight Ahead" and "New Rising Sun".

[edit] Track listing

• All songs written by Jimi Hendrix, unless stated otherwise.

1. "Introduction" – 1:47
2. "Pass It On (Straight Ahead)" – 6:58
3. "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" – 6:07
4. "Lover Man" – 2:59
5. "Stone Free" – 4:08
6. "Hey Joe" – 4:49 (Roberts)
7. "I Don't Live Today" – 5:26
8. "Machine Gun" – 11:22
9. "Foxey Lady" – 6:30
10. "The Star Spangled Banner" – 2:45 (Traditional)
11. "Purple Haze" – 3:48
12. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" – 10:49

[edit] Personnel

• Jimi Hendrix – guitar, vocals
• Billy Cox – bass
• Mitch Mitchell – drums