Live at Winterland
{{Infobox album
| name = Live at Winterland
| type = live
| artist = The Jimi Hendrix Experience
| cover = Live at Winterland.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1987
| recorded = October 10–12, 1968
| venue = Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 68:12
| label = Polydor (UK)
Rykodisc (US)
| producer = Alan Douglas, Chip Branton
| prev_title = Band of Gypsys 2
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = Radio One
| next_year = 1988
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{sfn|Wynn|n.d.}}
|rev2 = Blender
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{sfn|Christgau|2005}}
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{sfn|Evans|Brackett|1992|p=316}}
|rev4 = Tom Hull – on the Web
|rev5 = The Village Voice
|rev5Score = A{{sfn|Christgau|1987}}
}}
Live at Winterland is a live album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It compiles performances from the band's three concerts at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, where they played two shows each night on October 10, 11 and 12, 1968. The album was released posthumously by Rykodisc in 1987 and was the first Hendrix release to be specifically conceived for the compact disc format.
Release and reception
Live at Winterland was released by Rykodisc in 1987 and became the best-selling album from an independent label that year. With sales of over 200,000 copies, it sold more than any other Jimi Hendrix recording had in years.{{harvnb|Morse|1988}}; {{harvnb|Pederson|2007|p=330}} In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau was highly impressed by the performances compiled for the album, which he said is ideal for the emerging CD format and surpasses previous live recordings of Hendrix: "The sound is bigger and better in every way for an artist whose sound was his music".{{sfn|Christgau|1987}} He named Live at Winterland the tenth best album of 1987 in his year-end list for The Village Voice.{{sfn|Christgau|1988}} Christgau remarked on its significance to Hendrix's discography in a retrospective review for Blender magazine:
{{blockquote|"It's been eclipsed sonically (Berkeley) and conceptually (Woodstock). But this pioneering digitalization, piecing together songs from three San Francisco nights in October 1968 to simulate one uninterrupted concert, redefined posthumous Hendrix and remains a surpassingly realistic live keepsake."{{sfn|Christgau|2005}}
}}
In 1992, Live at Winterland was re-released with a bonus disc, which contained three additional songs from the same concerts.{{sfn|CD Universe}} A 4 disc box set (titled Winterland) drawn from all 6 performances was released on September 12, 2011. A limited edition sold exclusively on Amazon.com includes a 5th bonus disc containing a bootleg soundboard recording of a performance at the Fillmore Auditorium on February 4, 1968.{{sfn|Amazon.com}}
Track listing
All songs were written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.
{{track listing
| extra_column = Recording date
| title1 = Prologue
| extra1 = October 11, 1968, 1st show
| length1 = 0:57
| title2 = Fire
| extra2 = October 11, 1968, 2nd show
| length2 = 3:12
| title3 = Manic Depression
| extra3 = October 12, 1968, 2nd show
| length3 = 4:46
| title4 = Sunshine of Your Love
| note4 = Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Pete Brown
| extra4 = October 10, 1968, 2nd show
| length4 = 6:25
| title5 = Spanish Castle Magic
| extra5 = October 12, 1968, 2nd show
| length5 = 5:32
| title6 = Red House
| extra6 = October 11, 1968, 1st show
| length6 = 11:32
| title7 = Killing Floor
| note7 = Howlin' Wolf
| extra7 = October 10, 1968, 2nd show
| length7 = 8:05
| title8 = Tax Free
| note8 = Bo Hansson, Janne Carlsson
| extra8 = October 11, 1968, 2nd show
| length8 = 8:00
| title9 = Foxy Lady
| extra9 = October 11, 1968, 2nd show
| length9 = 4:50
| title10 = Hey Joe
| note10 = Billy Roberts
| extra10 = October 12, 1968, 1st show
| length10 = 6:44
| title11 = Purple Haze
| extra11 = October 12, 1968, 1st show
| length11 = 4:34
| title12 = Wild Thing
| note12 = Chip Taylor
| extra12 = October 12, 1968, 1st show
| length12 = 3:05
| title13 = Epilogue
| extra13 = October 12, 1968, 1st show
| length13 = 0:30
}}
{{track listing
| headline = 1992 Live at Winterland +3 bonus disc
| extra_column = ...
| title1 = Are You Experienced
| extra1 = October 11, 1968, 1st show
| length1 = 13:28
| title2 = Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
| extra2 = October 11, 1968, 1st show
| length2 = 6:43
| title3 = Like a Rolling Stone
| note3 = Bob Dylan
| extra3 = October 11, 1968, 2nd show
| length3 = 11:48
}}
Personnel
Credits are adapted from AllMusic.{{sfn|Wynn|n.d.}}
=The Jimi Hendrix Experience=
- Jimi Hendrix – guitar, vocals
- Mitch Mitchell – drums
- Noel Redding – bass guitar, backing vocals on track 2 & 11
=Additional personnel=
- Chip Branton – producer
- Jack Casady – bass guitar on track 7
- Alan Douglas – producer
- Mark Linett – engineer
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
Bibliography
- {{cite web|ref={{SfnRef|CD Universe}}|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=4165482&style=music&fulldesc=T|title=Jimi Hendrix - Live At Winterland + 3 CD Album|publisher=CD Universe|access-date=January 6, 2015}}
- {{cite web|ref={{SfnRef|Amazon.com}}|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055PL5KO |title=Winterland (5 CD Box Set) (Amazon.com Exclusive): Jimi Hendrix Experience: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=January 8, 2015}}
- {{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|issue=September 29|year=1987|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv9b-87.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|access-date=January 16, 2014}}
- {{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|issue=March 1|year=1988|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/deans87.php|title=Pazz & Jop 1987: Dean's List|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|access-date=January 9, 2015}}
- {{cite journal|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=December 2005|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cdrev/hendrix-ble.php|title=Back Catalogue: Jimi Hendrix|journal=Blender|location=New York|access-date=January 16, 2013}}
- {{cite book|last1=Evans|first1=Paul|last2=Brackett|first2=Nathan|author-link2=Nathan Brackett|chapter=Jimi Hendrix|editor1-last=DeCurtis|editor1-first=Anthony|editor1-link=Anthony DeCurtis|editor2-last=Henke|editor2-first=James|editor3-last=George-Warren|editor3-first=Holly|year=1992|title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Random House|edition=3rd|isbn=0679737294}}
- {{cite news|last=Morse|first=Steve|issue=October 30|year=1988|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8085881.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311202124/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8085881.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 11, 2016|title=Jimi Hendrix Lives on 'Radio One' Album|newspaper=The Boston Globe|access-date=January 9, 2015}} {{subscription required}}
- {{cite book|last=Pederson|first=Jay P.|year=2007|title=International Directory of Company Histories|publisher=St. James Press|volume=83|isbn=978-1558625877}}
- {{cite web|last=Wynn|first=Ron|year=n.d.|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-winterland-mw0000194108|title=Live at Winterland - Jimi Hendrix,The Jimi Hendrix Experience|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=January 8, 2015}}
Further reading
- {{cite news|last=Hilburn|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Hilburn|issue=March 14|year=1987|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-14-ca-9477-story.html|title=Hendrix And 'Toga Party' Available Now--on Cds Only|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 9, 2015}}
- {{cite news|last=Phillips|first=Chuck|author-link=Chuck Philips|issue=September 16|year=1990|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-16-ca-1278-story.html|title=. . . And the Wind Cries Money : Jimi Hendrix rivals Elvis Presley, John Lennon and Jim Morrison for posthumous profitability|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 9, 2015}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|type=album|24707}}
- {{Discogs release|type=album|name=Live at Winterland +3|3111587}}
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