The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live In Ottawa and Live At The Oakland Coliseum
	Released: 2001 / 1998 Label: Dagger Records Cat. No.: 12739-2 / 23532-2 Total Time: 56:15 / 47:22 & 35:05
	Reviewed by: Keith "Muzikman" Hannaleck, July 2002 These two former bootlegged concerts are now legitimized by the Hendrix family label Dagger Records. Live In Ottawa (recorded March 19, 1968 at the Capitol Theater) was a big disappointment for me. With the exception of "Tax Free" and "Fire," the sound is terrible on this disc. At one point Jimi tells the crowd that they were having some problems with the sound. That coupled with the fact that it was a bootlegged recording are the reasons that the sound quality is so poor I imagine. Live At The Oakland Coliseum (recorded April 27, 1969) is different story however. The sound quality is very good and it shows The Experience in top form, performing at their peak as a powerful well-oiled musical machine. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" goes on for over 18 minutes, and it's Hendrix at his jammin' best. That song alone is worth the purchase of the CDs. If you can't get enough of the same songs by Hendrix performing live variations of those songs, you will enjoy the endless flow of music from the archives that has come out in the last several years. My hope is that more of his studio and live material is unearthed; I for one have an appetite for this music that remains unsatisfied. Rating: Ottawa 2/5, Oakland 4/5 More about Live In Ottawa and Live At The Oakland Coliseum: Track Listing: LIO: Killing Floor (6:07) / Tax Free (10:51) / Fire (3:38) / Red House (9:20) / Foxey Lady (5:32) / Hey Joe (6:19) / Spanish Castle Magic (7:48) / Purple Haze (6:51) / Wild Thing (2:49) LATOC: Disc One: Introduction (0:42) / Fire (4:19) / Hey Joe (4:26) / Spanish Castle Magic (8:53) / Hear My Train A Comin' (10:25) / Sunshine Of Your Love (6:45) / Red House (13:12) Disc Two: Foxey Lady (10:35) / Star Spangled Banner (2:58) / Purple Haze (4:08) / Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (18:04) Musicians: Jimi Hendrix - guitar Mitch Mitchell - drums Noel Redding - bass Contact: Website: www.jimi-hendrix.com Note: will open new browser window Discography Are You Experienced? (1967) Axis: Bold As Love (1967) Electric Ladyland (1968) Smash Hits (1969/2002) Band Of Gypsys (1970) Jimi Hendrix Rock N Roll (1990) Blues (1994) Crosstown Conversation (1997) First Rays Of The New Rising Sun (1997) South Saturn Delta (1997) BBC Sessions (1998) Experience Hendrix - Best of Jimi Hendrix (1998) Jimi Hendrix Story (1998) NYC '68 (1998) Woke Up This Morning/Found Myself (1998) Live At The Oakland Coliseum (1998) His Greatest Hits 2 (1999) Live At Woodstock (1999) Live At Fillmore East (1999) Live At Clark University (1999) Vol. 1 - His Greatest Hits (1999) Drivin South (2000) Early Years (2000) Experience Hendrix (2000) Jimi Hendrix: Audio Biography (2000) Best Of (2001) Summer Of Love (2001) Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix Collection (2001) Live In Ottawa (2001) Fire (2002) Jimi Hendrix Experience Live In (?) (2002) Jimi Henndrix As It Happened (2002) Morning Symphony Ideas (2002) The Dick Cavett Show (DVD) (2002) Jimi Hendrix - The Last 24 Hours (DVD) (2004) Live At Woodstock (DVD) (2005)
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