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  • Audio CD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • ASIN: B000002UVX
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 236,808 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Tired of the showboating image that his early live performances had saddled him with--and that his black audience viewed as demeaning and degrading to his musical talent--Hendrix dissolved his Experience in 1969 in search of a more terra-firma-grounded, blues-oriented persona. On New Year's Eve, Hendrix, his old Army buddy bassist Billy Cox, and ex-Electric Flag drummer Buddy Miles performed a loose, jam-filled set at New York's Fillmore East (completists will want the panoramic though uneven Live at the Fillmore East). Released a few months after his New Year's Eve 1969 concert, Band of Gypsies underscored Hendrix's desired return to basics--even if his basic was at a level most guitarists could never attain in a lifetime of playing. --Billy Altman

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars They don't know what I know..., 2 April 2002
By "thomasbirch2" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Band of Gypsys (Audio CD)
"Band of Gypsys" is a fine album, and the blueprint for funk-rock, funk-metal and a hundred other funks which, ironically enough, languish in the CD players of a multitude of twenty-first century white kids. Buddy Miles' soulful songs of love and life are a refreshing contrast to Hendrix's new-found didacticism (witness "Message to Love"), and the whole thing is spolighted in an uncluttered performance, Cox and Miles a solid rhythm section a million miles from the flashy Experience.

The high-point on this album, recorded live on New Year's Eve, 1969, is "Machine Gun", Jimi's musings upon the Vietnam War, made shockingly real by the guitarist's otherworldly playing and Buddy Miles' onamatopoeic percussion. Other classics are the groovesome opener "Who Knows" and Miles' effervescent "Changes".

As well as being arguably the most successful live album of all-new material ever issued, "Band of Gypsys" shows Hendrix as less of a band-leader and more of a band-member. Furthermore, it grooves, it rocks, and it's excellent. Anyone who cares a jot about rock, funk or twentieth century popular music in general ought to purchase this.

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply stunning!, 27 Nov 2004
By The Rocker (Broadlands, Bridgend United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Band of Gypsys (Audio CD)
This is quite simply the most amazing live guitar album ever. Everything on this album is perfect..I cannot find a single fault and I've listened to it many many times. Jimi's masterpiece Machine Gun is the most amazing piece of guitar work I've ever heard in my life......and the bass and drums throughtout the entire album are spot perfect. If you like Hendrix...or a big fan of guitarists like me....you just have to own this album. It's like a law of the universe.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars PURE GENIUS, 19 Mar 2002
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This review is from: Band of Gypsys (Audio CD)
Joe Satriani once described jimi's playing on this album,as the best live guitar work ever.Machine gun the centerpiece of this album sends shivers down your spine,pure genius.Together with miles (Buddy) power drumming.And (Cox) Billy steady bass lines.Hendrix seems free to just play from within. Anyone who likes MUSIC MUST OWN THIS.
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5.0 out of 5 stars an album to treasure hendrix one of my heroes r.i.p
this is fantastic still one of my top 10 albums ever he was a genius and the best guitarist ever in my opinion buy this possibly the best rock album ever but most of his albums... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. S. L. Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars Still great after all these years
Bought this when it first came out on vinyl and at price on Amazon too good a bargain to miss. Miss the crackles of the black plastic, but this is Hendrix pretty near his best. Read more
Published 4 months ago by S. Harris

5.0 out of 5 stars Hendrix Magnus Opus
Band of Gypsys is an album that must belong in every serious music collection. I think that it is the greatest rock album ever, live or studio included. Read more
Published 5 months ago by E. Mathiasen

5.0 out of 5 stars An Epiphany.
...there is brilliance, then genius and then there is Jimi Hendrix.

The most astonishing thing of all is that you reading this are an electric guitar fan and you... Read more
Published 6 months ago by J. Berry

5.0 out of 5 stars Another one to add to your collection
New york new years eve the fillmore east 1969.Jimi Hendrix, Billy Cox, and Buddy Miles astound the crowd with blues rock fusion work outs .. Read more
Published 8 months ago by G. G. Saunders

5.0 out of 5 stars BOG
This is one great album that needs to be played loud.Jimi's guitar wails through all the songs and notably "Machine Gun" in which he brings forth the Vietnam War fought by the USA... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Dmtembo

5.0 out of 5 stars A unique meeting of hard rock and soul
One of the greatest `what if's of 1960's rock music must be if the all black, 1969 Hendrix project Band of Gypsies had survived more than a few weeks and developed their own... Read more
Published 18 months ago by M. Shankland

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspired
Considering this album was given to Ed Chalpin to settle arguments over some highly dubious contract signed before Jimi became famous I can only imagine that it's true worth must... Read more
Published 20 months ago by A. Tranter

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely the finest virtouso guitar-playing ever
Throughout his career, Jimi Hendrix strove combine 'earth' (a blues, funk or jazz rhythm section) with 'space' (his psychedelic guitar sounds'. Read more
Published on 13 May 2007 by Jeff Twat

5.0 out of 5 stars supreme hendrix
I doubt very much that this live performance by Hendrix can ever be bettered by any blues/rock guitarist in the world, past or present. Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2006 by Mr. Gerald J. Lister

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