Live at Berkeley

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Field	Value
name	Live at Berkeley
type	live
artist	Jimi Hendrix
cover	Jimi_Hendrix_Live_At_Berkeley.jpg
released
recorded	May 30, 1970
venue	Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California
genre	Rock
length	67:47
label	MCA
producer	Abe Jacob
prev_title	Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix
prev_year	2003
next_title	The Singles Collection
next_year	2003
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| name = Live at Berkeley | type = live | artist = Jimi Hendrix | cover = Jimi_Hendrix_Live_At_Berkeley.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = May 30, 1970 | venue = Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California | genre = Rock | length = 67:47 | label = MCA | producer = Abe Jacob | prev_title = Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = The Singles Collection | next_year = 2003

Live at Berkeley is a live album by American rock musician Jimi Hendrix. It documents his second performance at the Berkeley Community Theatre on May 30, 1970, and was released by MCA Records on September 16, 2003.

Background

Hendrix performed in Berkeley about one month into his The Cry of Love Tour with bassist Billy Cox and drummer Mitch Mitchell. The set list was fairly typical for the toura mix of popular tunes and some newer material. "Hey Joe", "Foxey Lady", "Purple Haze", and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" had been in Hendrix's concert repertoire since he first recorded them. | last1 = Shapiro | first1 = Harry | authorlink1 = Harry Shapiro (author) | last2 = Glebbeek | first2 = Cesar | title = Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy | publisher = St. Martin's Press | location = New York City | year = 1990 | edition = 1st | isbn = 978-0-312-05861-6 | pages = 422–426

Critical reception

| rev1 = About.com | rev1Score = | rev2 = All About Jazz | rev2Score = | rev3 = AllMusic | rev3Score = | rev4 = Blender | rev4score = | rev5 = Q | rev5Score = |rev6 = Tom Hull – on the Web |rev6Score = A− | rev7 = Uncut | rev7Score = Rob Fawcett of BBC Music called Live at Berkeley "the strongest newly-released Hendrix material in a long time". Robert Christgau cited "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" and "I Don't Live Today" as highlights and deemed it "the Cox-Mitchell band at its most documentable" in his consumer guide for The Village Voice. In his review for Blender, he said Cox was a significant improvement over Noel Redding in a group that was Hendrix's best. Uncut magazine was less enthusiastic and felt "there are still better versions of these tracks elsewhere."

Track listing

| all_writing = Jimi Hendrix, except where noted | total_length = 67:28 | title1 = Introduction | length1 = 1:47 | title2 = Pass It On (Straight Ahead) | length2 = 6:58 | title3 = Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) | length3 = 6:07 | title4 = Lover Man | length4 = 2:59 | title5 = Stone Free | length5 = 4:08 | title6 = Hey Joe | length6 = 4:49 | note6 = Billy Roberts | title7 = I Don't Live Today | length7 = 5:26 | title8 = Machine Gun | length8 = 11:22 | title9 = Foxy Lady | length9 = 6:30 | title10 = The Star Spangled Banner | length10 = 2:45 | note10 = Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith | title11 = Purple Haze | length11 = 3:48 | title12 = Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | length12 = 10:49

Personnel

Musicians

• Jimi Hendrixguitar, vocals
• Billy Coxbass guitar
• Mitch Mitchelldrums

Production

• Janie L. Hendrix – compilation production
• Eddie Kramer – compilation production, mixing
• George Marino – mastering
• John McDermott – compilation production
• Pete Scriba – assistant engineering

References

References

1. Gordon, Keith A.. "Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live At Berkeley (2012)". [[About.com]].
2. Collette, Doug. (November 10, 2012). "Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live atBerkeley". [[All About Jazz]].
3. Westergaard, Sean. "Live at Berkeley: 2nd Show - Jimi Hendrix". [[AllMusic]].
4. Christgau, Robert. (December 2005). "Back Catalogue: Jimi Hendrix". [[Blender (magazine).
5. (2003). "Review".
6. Hull, Tom. (n.d.). "Grade List: Jimi Hendrix".
7. Fawcett, Rob. (2002). "BBC - Music - Review of Jimi Hendrix - Jimi Plays Berkeley". bbc.co.uk.
8. Christgau, Robert. (2005). "Consumer Guide: Christians and Heathens". [[The Village Voice]].
9. (2005). "The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Live At Berkeley". [[Uncut (magazine).

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