Jimi Hendrix - Blue Wild Angel/Isle of Wight [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Jimi Hendrix: Film & TV

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Actors: Jimi Hendrix
Format: Colour, DVD-Video, PAL
Language English
Subtitles: German, French, Spanish, English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: Exempt
Studio: Universal Island
DVD Release Date: 18 Nov 2002
Run Time: 315 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00006ZSQK
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 61,067 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
- #25 in Film & TV > Music DVDs > Artists & Bands > Hendrix, Jimi

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not as bad as people make out, 22 May 2004

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This review is from: Jimi Hendrix - Blue Wild Angel/Isle of Wight [DVD] (DVD)

God, I'm sick of people slagging this performance off. The older material is performed in a lacklustre manner true, also the technical problems didn't help although I feel that Jimi's struggling with the equipment produced a far more emotive set than for example, the Berkeley concert.

The IOW set has much more passion and feeling than many of his '70's gigs especially the newer material such as Dolly Dagger, Ezy Rider, In from the Storm etc, and the version of Machine Gun is right out there in the stratosphere. If you want to here a bad Jimi performance then track down a bootleg copy of his Arhus gig 02/09/70 - now that is a bad gig!!!

The IOW gig shows a more passionate and humane version of the performer, even if he wasn't in the best of shape.

The 5.1 mix is excellent too

My main gripe with this DVD is that it's not the full set but hey, there's still enough.

Maybe not ideal as an intro to the man, but an absolute classic performance (even tho lots of people including Mr Chandler, stated it was dreadful) in that the struggle with the equipment brings out more passion and feel to the songs in my opinion.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars isle of might!!!, 23 Jan 2005

Mr. J. P. Ham "jonnytwinkle" (torpoint , cornwall) - See all my reviews
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people in general have always said it wasnt the best documented
gig he has done. i bought the vhs reissue back in 1990. This new version gives it total justice,what you get is a full concert from backstage before, through to the end,murray learner had full access to the stage and the filming is pure class for the period
ok, for the first half of the gig jimi struggles to get into it, but his playing is pure virtuoso.. top stuff. and the film restoration is superb, complete with a build up documentary before. Interviews with mitch,billy cox and his road manager.
I recomend this purely as a musician and a fan if you are either get it...

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Hendrix DVD i've seen, 2 Nov 2006

Macca "Macca" (Swindon, Wiltshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jimi Hendrix - Blue Wild Angel/Isle of Wight [DVD] (DVD)

This is a great DVD, capturing one of Hendrix's final performances.
It's a strange film, it looks like it was filmed in a tiny club - considering there were hundred's of thousands of people in the crowd!!
That said you do get a fantastic view of Hendrix in action and the performances of Red House and Machine Gun show his full command of the instrument, switching from rock and blues with ease.

Excellent stuff!

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