Woodstock (Jimi Hendrix album)
1994 live album by Jimi Hendrix
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Woodstock is a live album by Jimi Hendrix released posthumously on August 20, 1994. It presents some of Hendrix's performance at Woodstock Festival on August 18, 1969. The album was replaced by a more-complete version in 1999 titled Live at Woodstock, albeit with some of the performances edited.
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| Released | August 20, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | August 18, 1969 | |||
| Venue | Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 63:46 | |||
| Label | MCA - Polydor | |||
| Producer | Alan Douglas | |||
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Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Blender | [2] |
| New Musical Express | 5/10[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [4] |
| The Village Voice | A−[5] |
In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau said the under-rehearsed, highly eccentric music on Woodstock makes for what was a transitional but all-important live album by Hendrix: "All in all, your basic rock concert as act of flawed genius. Does this kind of thing happen any more? Not on such a scale for sure."[5]
Although Live at Woodstock (1999) was later released as a more comprehensive record of Hendrix's performance, Christgau felt the "condensed reconfiguration" offered by the 1994 album magnified the concert's "aura".[2] AllMusic's Jason Anderson was less enthusiastic, deeming it "very significant" but not very well recorded, with fairly dull versions of "Fire" and "Purple Haze".[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Introduction" | 1:56 |
| 2. | "Fire" | 3:53 |
| 3. | "Izabella" | 5:10 |
| 4. | "Hear My Train A Comin' (Get My Heart Back Together Again)" | 9:16 |
| 5. | "Red House" | 5:40 |
| 6. | "Jam Back at the House (Beginnings)" | 7:58 |
| 7. | "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" / "Stepping Stone" | 12:49 |
| 8. | "Star Spangled Banner" (Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith) | 3:42 |
| 9. | "Purple Haze" | 3:25 |
| 10. | "Woodstock Improvisation" | 4:59 |
| 11. | "Villanova Junction" | 3:04 |
| 12. | "Farewell" | 1:54 |
Personnel
- Jimi Hendrix – lead guitar, vocals
- Mitch Mitchell – drums
- Billy Cox – bass guitar
- Larry Lee – rhythm guitar
- Juma Sultan – percussion
- Jerry Velez – percussion
