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Summary: I live Jimi Hendrix
Review: I am not going to write pages complaining about the camera work like other reviews, i am overjoyed enough that they were even able to make it on dvd, This is a great dvd to watch, Jimi Hendrix is the best
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Summary: How Did He Do That?
Review: I don't have a clue how Jimi could posobly play the guitar like that. I didn't even think someone could move their fingers that fast. I was in a traze watching his fingers move. You do not know the true meaning of the Star Spanngled Banner until you watch this movie. Each one of these songs are completly different and better versions that the stuff he does in the recording studio. If you enjoy this CD you will like the movie even more. This is great for not only true Hendrix fans but for everyone. You must have it.
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Summary: Just Do It
Review: I first heard Hendrix when I was 12, I'm now 47.Get this DVD and you'll have all you need. It's a pity the huge crowd didn't stay till Monday.
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Summary: Frustrating and Brilliant
Review: I have watched and listened to this DVD about six times so far; each time I grumble at the editors for the super close-up shots of Jimi's face. I can count his molars! The entire video is one big close-up. I can only guess at what the other band members are doing, since we rarely see them. But two of the most important missing parts are Jimi's feet. What the heck was he doing with pedals and other electronics to make such as fasinating sound? I wanted to know! I think the synchronization of sound to video also is a bit lacking, but not as bad as some noteworthy messes (Yessongs). But it was the fingers, the hands, the words and the sound that first attracted me to this DVD, and I am not dissapointed. There is no viable comparison to any living individual. Jimi left a magnificent work of art and the editors captured it for us to experience 30 years later. Pretty cool.
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Summary: GREAT TEETH WORK
Review: I just loved Izzabella and how jimi played a solo with his teeth!
During hendrix's dental descent, we see the guitar and not jimi's face though but otherwise great teeth solo. Also His version of Voodo Child Slight Return is one of the most POWERFUL versions i have ever heard
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Summary: I'd like it the way it was, please!
Review: I know Larry Lee and the percussionists are largely inaudible, and Lee's 2 showcase pieces are missing. So? To me an accurate representation of the band and program would be preferable (with Hendrix front centre in the mix, ofcourse) than this, another revisionist mix / edit of the historic concert. The leader chose the musicians he wanted in his group, for better or worse. Let's hear it the way it went down, please! (This recalls Jon Astley's edited tracks / remix of Eric Clapton's heroin-era Rainbow concert: the origininal album, murk and all, trumps the cd!)
Finally, Lee was already a fine guitarist in his own right who had already and would continue to work in Memphis with numerous musicians,including Al Green among others. This dvd should be accurate document, not a star-trip for casual Hendrix fans!
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Summary: The best one
Review: I own or have rented every Hendrix tape/dvd. This one is the best. The quality of the DVD and the sound are better then any of the others, and instead of a lot of has-beens being interviewed (all saying Hendrix was great), this one is actually all music!
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Summary: This DVD delivers the goods!!!
Review: i purchased this video a few weeks ago. I have been careful in selecting music dvds b/c i've read so many horrible reviews about dvds that appear to be music videos but only talk about making music (e.g. stevie wonder/songs in the key of life, hendrix/live at the filmore east). hendrix live at woodstock is NOT one of those videos. the sound and video are excellent. lots of music. lots of style. if you want to witness the quintessential performance of a true genius, you need this video!!!
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Summary: A lesson in improvisation
Review: I remember reading a review of some posthumous Hendrix that stated "latter Hendrix is only for the staunchest". I disagree and this disc proves it. Hendrix in his last year or so really started exploring the guitar. He was not sitting still... He was getting into jazz, jamming with Miles, Roland Kirk, etc. - ready for the next step. I'm old enough to remember how boring the jazz-rock scene was in the 70s, but if Hendrix had lived he might have taken it to new (non-boring)levels. I love the improvisations on this disc. - dash of flamenco here, some Wes Montgomery there - wonderful stuff. Yes, he was exhausted, but hell I wish I could play like that when I'm fully alert! Any student of guitar and music should view this show.
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Summary: Good show - better (and more complete) CD
Review: I'm a great fan of Jimi, but not of this DVD. Wihle it's entertaining to see Jimi put on weird looks during Voodoo Chile (Slight Return), it's a shame that there's only < 1hr total running time and NO extras whatsoever. I'm not a sucker for extras (I buy a DVD for the main course, not the desert), but it came as a bad surprise to me that many songs were left out, and they even edited Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) for time (sacrilege!). Also, on my DVD-player, there's a glitch in one song where the sound stops for a very short moment, while the film rolls on. Sound quality is reasonable for this age and era, camera work is not so fine, zooming in at the wrong places at times. (typical of many concert films IMHO, but they're trying to remain fresh throughout an entire, long concert) My verdict: buy the CD. It's too big to fit on one CD (unlike this DVD, which will EASILY fit on one CD for sound/running time) and, while the CD is also edited for time, it contains more and longer songs. The DVD to me shows a lack of respect for the customers and true Hendrix fans. 3 Stars for the nice music and bonus of seeing Hendrix play seemingly effortlessly, but unless you really want to see Jimi on film (there are only 2 songs of Jimi on the 'general' Woodstock DVD) buy the double-CD.
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