Audio CD review:
Jimi Hendrix - Jimi Hendrix: Blue Wild Angel Live at the Isle of Wight (Digipak)

Jimi Hendrix - Jimi Hendrix: Blue Wild Angel Live at the Isle of Wight (Digipak)

Band: Jimi Hendrix Title: Jimi Hendrix: Blue Wild Angel Live at the Isle of Wight (Digipak) Rating: Release Date: 12 November, 2002 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: God save the queen 2: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 3: Spanish Castle Magic 4: All Along The Watchtower 5: Machine Gun 6: Lover Man 7: Freedom 8: Red House 9: Dolly Dagger 10: Midnight Lighting 11: Foxey Lady 12: Message to Love 13: Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) 14: Ezy Ryder 15: Hey Joe 16: Purple Haze 17: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 18: In From The Storm

Editoral Review Sadly, it was also to be his last major public appearance: less than three weeks later, he would be dead. In 1970, Jimi Hendrix returned to the country where he'd skyrocketed to fame and gave his first performances in almost two years when he headlined the Isle of Wight festival. This double-disc marks the first complete release of Hendrix's set at the festival, a warts-and-all recording that reveals a guitar legend in good humor, yet restlessly exploring the broader musical directions he'd just laid down on sessions for what would become First Rays of the New Rising Sun (initially released posthumously as Freedom). Backed by Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell and Band of Gypsies bassist Billy Cox, Hendrix ranges from the improvisatory cacophony of "Machine Gun" and reworkings of his standard blues workouts "Red House" and "Hey Joe" to renditions of "Dolly Dagger," "Ezy Rider," "Freedom," and "Hey Baby" that trade on the more rhythmic R&B and jazz influences he'd diligently worked into his music. At times jagged, and straining the limitations of the trio format (Hendrix had publicly mused about working with a big band shortly before his death), it's nonetheless a passionate, intriguing clue as to Hendrix's true ambitions and potential beyond his initial hype and stardom. --Jerry McCulley .. You can see a complete list of all Jimi Hendrix discography, or go back to the Jimi Hendrix tabs