Live at Berkeley

Live at Berkeley
Live album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Released	September 16, 2003
Recorded	May 30, 1970 at the Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California, USA
Genre	Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues-rock
Length	67:47
Label	MCA
Producer	Abe Jacob
The Jimi Hendrix Experience chronology
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix (2003) Live at Berkeley (2003) The Singles Collection (2003)

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Live at Berkeley is a posthumous live album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience released on September 16, 2003. The album documents the band's second performance at the Berkeley Community Theatre on May 30, 1970.

After the Band of Gypsys split up, Jimi's manager, Michael Jeffery, wanted to reunite the original Experience. He announced the re-formation of the Experience, and set up an interview with Rolling Stone magazine (with interviewer John Burks) on March 19, 1970, but 2 weeks later, Jimi had decided he did not want to work with bassist Noel Redding anymore. So with drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Billy Cox, the trio formed the new Jimi Hendrix Experience, also known as The Cry of Love, and at this particular concert pushed the boundaries with works-in-progress including embryonic versions of what would become "Straight Ahead" and "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)". Hendrix didn't tune his guitar down a half step as he usually did at all other shows and on most of his albums. Instead, he stayed in standard tuning.

Track listing

All songs were written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

1. "Introduction" – 1:47
2. "Pass It On (Straight Ahead)" – 6:58
3. "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" – 6:07
4. "Lover Man" – 2:59
5. "Stone Free" – 4:08
6. "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) – 4:49
7. "I Don't Live Today" – 5:26
8. "Machine Gun" – 11:22
9. "Foxy Lady" – 6:30
10. "The Star Spangled Banner" (Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith) – 2:45
11. "Purple Haze" – 3:48
12. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" – 10:49

First Show Track Listing

The track listing for the first show is provided below. A few of these songs have been released previously, including "Johnny B. Goode" and "Lover Man" on the posthumous album Hendrix in the West and "Hear My Train A Comin'" on Rainbow Bridge and Blues. This show has not been released on CD in its entirety but is available on the Wolfgang's Vault web site.

1. "Introduction/Tuning" – 1:01
2. "Fire" – 4:08
3. "Johnny B. Goode" – 4:52
4. "Hear My Train A Comin'" – 11:28
5. "Foxy Lady" – 4:48
6. "Machine Gun" – 10:56
7. "Freedom" – 5:00
8. "Tuning/Red House" – 8:43
9. "Message Of Love" – 5:25
10. "Ezy Rider" – 7:56
11. "The Star Spangled Banner" – 2:18
12. "Purple Haze" – 3:46
13. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" – 12:26

(Total Time 1:22:47)

Personnel

• Jimi Hendrix – guitar, vocals
• Mitch Mitchell – drums
• Billy Cox – bass guitar