- Actors: Jimi Hendrix
- Format: Colour, DVD-Video, PAL
- Language English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Exempt
- Studio: Universal Island
- DVD Release Date: 23 July 2001
- Run Time: 139 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00000JGNX
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- #26 in Film & TV > Music DVDs > Artists & Bands > Hendrix, Jimi
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Jimi Hendrix--Live at Filmore East along with a Band of Gypsys was an album recorded live to fulfil a contractual obligation for a long-forgotten deal Jimi Hendrix signed when he still spelled his name "Jimmy". Hendrix had just disbanded the Jimi Hendrix Experience and, in order to dispense with the album as quickly as possible, he put together a new trio featuring Billy Cox (an old Army buddy) and drummer Buddy Miles, whose bombastic singing and thudding drum style would soon pollute FM airwaves across the nation. (Former Hendrix drummer Mitch Mitchell refers to him here as "William the Concreter," for his cement-mixer sense of rhythm.) They booked the Fillmore East with the idea of recording the shows for a live album, with Hendrix at the top of his powers (despite Miles's excesses). If you've only heard the album you've only gotten half of this particular Jimi Hendrix experience.--Marshall Fine
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The Band of Gypsys album is probably Jimi Hendrix's least known but best album. The album a live recording at the Filmore East, in New Year 1970 I have no hesitation in saying, contains probably the most virtuoso guitar playing in exsistance. If you love the album the video/dvd is a must have. Much more like the "Classic Albums" documentrys than a live Hendrix concert, it has interviews with the Band of Gypsys members Billy Cox and Buddy Miles amongst others. It traces the history and creation of the album, and the dynamics and the ultimate demise of the group. It also shows what remains of the rare footage at the Filmore East, which is wonderful to see. I have always felt that Buddy Miles got a bad rap with comparisons to Mitch Mitchell. Although you do miss Mitchell on the Experience numbers, Buddy Miles is a really fine laid back, much more funky drummer. His more economical style really gave Hendrix's guitar work the chance to really breathe and shine out. In his interview he (Miles) said: "When we opened on that first night, people were just in awe of this sound we were creating." And the Band of Gypsys music still has that enduring quality, the power to inspire such awe.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
It is absolutely essential for any guitarist to see and hear this performance of Machine Gun. All the rest is icing on the cake. Who cares that the video quality isn't up to present day standards or that parts may be black and white? For a guitarist, it's equivalent to going back in a time machine to see one of the most, if not THE most awesome guitar performance/improvisations that ever happened, and Hendrix's personal best. If you get this and pay close attention to Machine Gun, you'll either give up the guitar or redouble your efforts, because it is both sublime and transcendent. Jimi had gone beyond the stage histrionics by this time and just buckled down to play the living hell out of the guitar, and everything came together in this performance (unlike many other live Hendrix performances): the sound quality/tone, the level of amplification/feedback, the inspired concentration and a backup band that pushed back hard. I still get chills when I see and listen to this!
Format:DVD
great dvd of hendrix playing live at the filmore east, incredible guitar playing especially machine gun worth buying the dvd alone, a must for hendrix fans.
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