Jimi Hendrix - Mitch Mitchell - Billy Cox
Saturday, May 30, 1970
Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA
Stereo SB > Reel > DAT
Conversion by Casey Bohl: DA-20 > ZA2
Early Show:
01 Intro
02 Fire
XX Johnny B. Goode (removed, on JHE boxed set d4)
04 Hear My Train A Coming
05 Foxy Lady
06 Machine Gun
07 Freedom
08 Red House
09 Message Of Love
10 Ezy Ryder
11 Voodoo Child (Slight Return)*
Total Time = 71:33
Received from an etree ftp server circa 1999 .shn > .wav > CD-R > EAC (Log Files Included) > .flac
for post to http://zombtracker.the-zomb.com by Jw603
per request of ognetty
Part of this text file was from the '99 tree, transcribed by Jw from a print out of the .txt file
It seems the SB tapes were edited and rearranged a bit.
These discs almost matches with
http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=66139 and
http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=201740
some tracks missing or out of order.
+++
Venue: Berkeley Community Centre
Date: May 30th 1970 (Early show)
Title: Live At Berkeley
Label: Rock Of Ages
Matrix: ROA 1006
Personnel:
Jimi Hendrix: Guitar/Vocals
Billy Cox: Bass
Mitch Mitchell: Drums
Setlist:
1. Fire
2. Johnny B. Goode
3. Hear My Train A'comin'
4. Foxy Lady
5. Machine Gun
6. Freedom
7. Red House
8. Message to Love
9. Ezy Rider
10. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
Review of 2005 release on Radioactive label courtesy of http://hendrix.guide.pagesperso-orange.fr/hendrix2.htm
When MCA put out the 2nd set at Berkeley in 2003, it left us asking "what about the 1st set?" It didn't happen, so Radioactive adopted a bold stance with this release. These recordings have been circulating among traders for some time with top soundboard quality and that is the case here. This is the same mix as the three track CD that was free with the old videocassette "Jimi Plays Berkeley".
Jimi came out that evening looking tough in leather pants and a multicoloured waistcoat to delivered a great set apart from the usual little difficulties with the newer songs. Freedom isn't too bad but seems to suffer from tuning problems and drags in parts as Jimi tries to put across what he was busy putting together in the studio. "Message To Love" gets off to a shakey start but soon pulls together well. "Ezy Ryder" suffers a little from a couple of moments of uncertainty, but it's great to hear it live. Mitch puts in a little drum solo on that one.
On the opening "Fire", we hear Billy Cox sing what used to be Noel's backing vocals. He also tends to overplay his bass lines a little but it comes over well, as does that other Experience showstopper "Foxy Lady".
There are of course the terrific and now legendary versions of "Johnny B. Goode" and "Hear My Train a Comin". Jimi's playing is perhaps his best ever here and this is I feel the best sounding recording there is of him in action. A special effort had been made for the recording, destined for an eventual live album. The two sets were filmed of course and the footage eventually became "Jimi Plays Berkeley".
The set also features excellent performances of "Voodoo Child", "Machine Gun" and "Red House" ("that we've been playing for about 99 000 years" says Jimi).
To make this a single CD release, the superb "Star Spangled Banner"/"Purple Haze" has been left off (if the details I have here are correct). Whatever, this is a great release and it captures Jimi at his best on the last American tour.
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