Jimi Hendrix: Experience

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Summary: NOEL ...
Review: This is a great video, and has excellent performances all around except for Noel. Time and time again, Noel just doesn't work. He isn't involved in the song the same way Jimi or Mitch are. I mean, that is one ...bass solo during the seemingly 40 minute version of "Sunshine Of Your Love." While doing his "solo," Noel pauses and SCRATCHES HIS NOSE. COME ON, WHAT THE HELL?!?!?! Jimi should have thrown him off the stage, or gotten a bass player that puts his playing before a scratch he had on his nose. Noel's backing vocals are also whinny and raspy. Let Mitch take some of the vocals (if he's not scratching his nose). So in short, Jimi and Mitch are spectacular, but Noel is enough to give this excellent collection four stars.

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Summary: Buy this only if you are a serious Hendrix fan!
Review: This is only worth while to the real hard core Jimi fan. If you want to see who the "Experiance" really was, then you might like this. You can also see some mistakes Jimi made during "Sunshine of your love". He seems to have gotten lost somewhere in the song's solo. But this is a good example of the bands nature. There is also a live perfomance of Purple Haze which is pretty good considering it was from a filming. There is not a lot of high tech used here.

Rating:
Summary: Buy this only if you are a serious Hendrix fan!
Review: This is only worth while to the real hard core Jimi fan. If you want to see who the "Experiance" really was, then you might like this. You can also see some mistakes Jimi made during "Sunshine of your love". He seems to have gotten lost somewhere in the song's solo. But this is a good example of the bands nature. There is also a live perfomance of Purple Haze which is pretty good considering it was from a filming. There is not a lot of high tech used here.

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Summary: Don't Be Mislead--There are better Hendrix videos
Review: When I read the short description of this video, I had hoped it was the video of the unreleased film 'Experience' from Hendrix' Royal Albert Hall performance. It definitely is not. First, the production quality of this video is horrendous. It appears to be a bootleg of previously released clips. Most of it is so overexposed as to be a blur on the screen. There are three 'live' performances documented. One can be found on the 'Soundtrack from the Film Jimi Hendrix' (Hear My Train a Comin' [acoustic]). The other two are 'Purple Haze' and 'Wild Thing'. Both appear to be from the same performance, but unfortunately the poor video and audio of this tape get in the way of making this tape a nice find. There is also a 1960s 'video' (in 8mm format) of the studio version of the song 'Foxy Lady', comprising mostly of a woman in a fur coat running around what appears to be a parking lot. Nice retro piece, but no big deal. There are also interviews with Hendrix, Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell. These appear to have been lifted and slapped together to stretch out this tape. In short, look elsewhere. There are better performances recorded on film. Look for Pennebacker. The poor quality and scant content make this a letdown even for a hardcore Hendrix enthusiast.