Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival
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| Released | August 28, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | July 4, 1970 | |||
| Venue | Atlanta International Pop, Byron, Georgia | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 85:42 | |||
| Label | Legacy | |||
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| Jimi Hendrix chronology | ||||
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Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival is a posthumous live album by Jimi Hendrix, released in 2015. It documents his July 4, 1970, performance at the Atlanta International Pop Festival. The audience of 300,000 to 400,000 was the largest Hendrix had played for in the U.S.[1][2]
Recorded around the middle of his The Cry of Love Tour, Hendrix is backed by Billy Cox on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums.[2] The sixteen songs were recorded during their evening performance and include a mix of popular Jimi Hendrix Experience-era tunes, and his newer compositions, "Message to Love", "Freedom", and "Straight Ahead".[1][3] However, the album does not include his closing number, "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)"; biographer Keith Shadwick notes tuning problems with the song.[3]
Electric Church video and other releases
The album was released on August 28, 2015, and a video documentary, Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church, including Hendrix's performance premiered on the American cable television network Showtime on September 4, 2015, with a commercial DVD/Blu-Ray release on October 30.[1]
Prior to 2015, songs and video clips of Hendrix's performance had been released several times,[2] such as on Johnny B. Goode (1988) and disc four of Stages (1991).
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
In a review for AllMusic, critic Sean Westergaard gave the album four out of five stars. He notes that Hendrix falters a bit on the rarely played "All Along the Watchtower", but praises his performance of "Hear My Train A Comin'", which he calls "an absolutely incredible version ... a guitar performance nearly equal to "Machine Gun" on Band of Gypsys, [and] one of the greatest solos of his career."[2]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fire" | 4:41 |
| 2. | "Lover Man" | 2:59 |
| 3. | "Spanish Castle Magic" | 5:21 |
| 4. | "Red House" | 8:27 |
| 5. | "Room Full of Mirrors" | 3:19 |
| 6. | "Hear My Train A Comin'" | 9:32 |
| 7. | "Message to Love" | 4:54 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) | 4:20 |
| 2. | "Freedom" | 4:05 |
| 3. | "Foxey Lady" | 4:30 |
| 4. | "Purple Haze" | 4:19 |
| 5. | "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) | 4:37 |
| 6. | "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" | 7:59 |
| 7. | "Stone Free" | 5:25 |
| 8. | "Star Spangled Banner" (Traditional) | 2:47 |
| 9. | "Straight Ahead" | 4:52 |
Personnel
- Jimi Hendrix – guitar, vocals
- Billy Cox – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Mitch Mitchell – drums
Charts
| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[4] | 86 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[5] | 33 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6] | 22 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[7] | 89 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[8] | 87 |
| US Billboard 200[9] | 63 |
References
- ^ a b c Kreps, Daniel (August 3, 2015). "New Jimi Hendrix Documentary Focuses on Historic Atlanta Pop Concert". rollingstone.com. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Westergaard, Sean. "Jimi Hendrix: Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival 1970". AllMusic. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ a b
Shadwick, Keith (2003). Jimi Hendrix: Musician (1st ed.). San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 228. ISBN 0-87930-764-1.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ "Ultratop.be – Jimi Hendrix Experience – Freedom - Atlanta Pop Festival" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Jimi Hendrix Experience – Freedom - Atlanta Pop Festival" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jimi Hendrix Experience – Freedom - Atlanta Pop Festival" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Jimi Hendrix Experience – Freedom - Atlanta Pop Festival". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
- ^ "Jimi Hendrix Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
