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Summary: Creative people will understand.....
Review: ....everything he says. Very introspective and gifted man. As photographer Jim Marshall said: "He had more talent, more energy, and more sex appeal than any one man has a right to." We are even treated to a performance of him playing his three pickup White SG Les Paul Custom from the September 9th show. Well worth it for any Hendrix fan. One thing: The photo on the front cover is from the Newport Pop Festival (Devonshire Downs 22ndJune1969) and NOT from the Cavett shows! (Anyone notice the Telecaster neck on his Stratocaster?) And why doesn't anyone ever give Juma Sultan any credit? Thanks for reading:-)
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Summary: Great performance but little else
Review: Experience Hendrix really know how to make the bucks, first get 10 min of footage of Jimi and add 40 more minutes of [stuff] and put it out on DVD and sell heaps of em....
I'm a fan but was caught off gaurd with this one, ...
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Summary: Good for what it is....
Review: First let me say I love Hendrix and I really did enjoy what's here.... BUT... There's really not much content to this disc....it's basically his two cavett appearances, which aren't his two best live performances by a long shot and a "documentary" of which 80% is those two same appearances.... Let's be honest this disc might really be for hardcore Hendrix junkies only....I am one so I liked it, and I always love listening to him talk....but I think most folks would feel there's far too little actual content... Why not put ALL of Hendrix's television appearances on a DVD ? I'm sure they'd all fit on one....let's hope Experience Hendrix does better then this in the future...Hendrix at Monterey, Hendrix at Berkley, Royal Albert Hall, the remastered Isle of Wight, the rest of Hendrix on TV...where is it? d
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Summary: Nice to see these interviews are finally released!
Review: For decades I've read and heard about Hendrix' appearance on the long cancelled Dick Cavett Show. I vaguely remember the show when I was a child, and used to watch it in the early '70s. Later in life, when I rabidly embraced Jimi's guitar wizardry and began obsessively collecting anything and everything I could, I longed for this footage. I bumped into this DVD release in an FYE about a year ago and immediately snapped it up. What impressed me first was the nostalgic value of the shows. They don't just give you Hendrix' appearances, they give you the entire show, minus the presence of other guests. I mean, the opening, Cavett's monolog, the interview and/or performance, and the show's close. It gives you a real feel for the times. For those that lived through that era and remember the show, it's a real flashback! Also, the quality of the footage is spectacular! It's almost as though you're watching it aired live for the first time. For any Hendrix fanatic, this is a must have. For the person who's curious about the man, you will catch a glimpse of the real Jimi, but only under the context of lights and cameras. Jimi was a shy man when interviewed for live broadcast. Get him on stage and it's a whole different story. I would not suggest this disk for his performance, if you're new to Jimi or just a casual fan. Jimi appears with the show's big band, but only with a small amp and guitar, no pedals. He satisfies his spot on the show but doesn't perform anything that outstanding. It's well put-together and an interesting watch. I would have loved to see bundled with this release his appearance on the Tonight Show, where he also played with the big band. Perhaps that'll be released separately at a later date.
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Summary: Rare Jimi
Review: Given the age factor, when this was recorded...this interview of Jimi Hendrix is a good collector's item!
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Summary: picked this up the other night
Review: had too have a Jimi Performance&Interview all tied in together&this one was the ticket for me.cool exchanges with Dick Cavett.Jimi had alot of SOul&Emotion not only in His Playing but His Overall vibe as a Person.this Dvd Captures that ELement of a Cat that went too soon.
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Summary: Good........Not Great..............Average!!!!!!!!!
Review: I collected alot of Hendrix material I had seen bits and pieces of The Dick Cavett Show on earlier releases but never thought they would actually release it on DVD. Experience Hendrix did release this on DVD and I bought it the day they came out with it. I was kind of disapointed I mean come on...... this DVD is really all interviews with Dick Cavett and the hendrix performence is O.K........still worth a buy for a Hendrix collector. I think this DVD is is worth 3 stars and I know any true hendrix fan would love this DVD but if your looking for a real good hendrix DVD try looking at The Isle Of Wight Festival. I do still watch the Dick Cavett Show with Jimi Hendrix and I really do enjoy the material they included on this DVD. Enjoy!
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Summary: Just like it was aired yesterday
Review: I saw the original 8/69 show and seeing this DVD took me right back to that summer night. The video transfer is really crisp, and the sound is too. Both shows were out on bootleg video, most were of high generation, so the image was fuzzy to say the least. The DVD features comments from Dick Cavett and members of Jimi's band, Billy Cox, Mitch Mitchell and Juma. But, the star of the show is Jimi Hendrix. Cavett's show was Jimi's first network appearance, and you could tell Jimi was having fun. A lot of us really miss him.
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Summary: Interesting, But...
Review: Surprisingly, Jimi Hendrix only appeared on US television (as "Jimi") only 4 times during his career as bandleader of the Experience and the Band of Gypsys. He did 2 appearances on the Dick Cavett Show (an ABC summer replacement series); a brief filmed interview in New York for WABC TV News, and an appearance on the Tonight Show (with Flip Wilson substituting for Johnny Carson). But his first televised guest spot was on Cavett. There were a lot of things going wrong in his life at the time of the first telecast. The Experience had broken up only weeks before, the spectre of a drug possession trial in Toronto was looming large, his management and his record labels were on his back to complete and deliver an album to follow up Electric Ladyland. He was tired and preoccupied, and it showed, even through the heavy TV make-up. He performed "Hear My Train A' Comin'" with the house band, since at the time he didn't have a band of his own. The second appearance was weeks after the Woodstock festival. He played "Izabella" on a white Gibson SG, instead of his trademark Fender Stratocaster, and an early version of "Machine Gun", with Mitch Mitchell on drums, Juma Sultan on percussion and Billy Cox on bass. I remember staying up late to watch this one when I was a 12-year-old, back in the Bronx projects, on a black-and-white set. The DVD presents both appearances in their entirety, including the opening monologues. Including spots for Sani-Flush and Woolite. There's also a so-called "behind the scenes documentary", which is basically a full run-through of both shows with comments from Cavett, Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, the show's producer and Cavett's trumpet player edited in. A latter-day Cavett, for his part, was less-than-effusive about Hendrix. Generally, he just says that he found Hendrix to be polite and personable, and that Hendrix seemed to "rather enjoy it" when he said something that made the audience laugh. Cavett in the 1969 interviews, however, seemed to not quite know what to make of Jimi, or say to him, which explains long moments of awkward silence. Jimi was true to his off-stage personna -- very shy, talking through his hands, avoiding eye contact until he was sure he connected. The one telling moment in the whole video had nothing to do with Hendrix, but instead with Janis Joplin. They got into a discussion about how rich rock stars can sing the blues, and he asked Jimi whether he knew Janis Joplin, the superstar. Jimi says "What? ...Superstar?", to which Cavett responds, "At least in MY heart, she is!" Joplin died within a week of Hendrix' death the following year. Cavett was on record as being "smitten" and in love with Joplin, who for her part, found it all rather funny. Jimi wears the same blue kimono on both shows, which is why certain filmed and televised retrospectives suggest that Hendrix was only on Cavett once. The musical performances don't represent Hendrix at his best. In the documentary, Mitchell attributes that to the fact that there were no sound checks. In the case of the first performance ("Hear My Train"), there was very little rehearsal, either. The house band didn't pick up on the chord changes, leaving Jimi to wing it on his own. Where was Paul Shaffer? To add value to the package, and to give perspective to the documentary, Experience Hendrix included "Star-Spangled Banner" from Woodstock and rarely seen footage of Jimi performing "Foxy Lady" at the Isle Of Wight from their forthcoming "Wild Blue Angels" film. While interesting, this is just another bone thrown at the fans by Experience Hendrix. They know we really want Royal Albert Hall, but they keep us at bay with these teasers. Now that the CEO, Jimi's father, has recently passed away, it will be interesting to see how Jimi's step-sister, Janie and her husband, former Earth, Wind and Fire guitarist Sheldon Reynolds, manage Jimi's legacy in future releases.
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Summary: Excellent DVD For Hendrix Collectors
Review: The Dick Cavett Show (W/ Jimi Hendrix) is a DVD that celebrates Hendrix's appearance on the famed talk show. The first part of the DVD compliles Hendrix's 2 appearances on the Dick Cavett show (7/69 and 9/69) in their entirety (including Cavett's opening Monologue on both shows). This does not count though the other guests' interviews, just the one's featuring Hendrix (along with musical performances). The second part of the DVD contains a 60 minute documentary covering these legendary appearances as well as mention of the Woodstock performance, and Dick Cavett's show that appeared on August 18, 1969 with some performers from the festival. Interviews with Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Cavett, Juma Sulton, and Cavett's band member, are provided to compliment the footage from the Cavett show (much of it shown like in the above mentioned area). Not much revelation as far as the interviews in the documentary go - apart from Dick Cavett's views of Hendrix as a guest. But the archival footage is priceless! Great quality also! Definately recommended for the diehard Hendrix fan!
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