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Summary: A documentary on the making of a classic album
Review: If you are a Hendrix fan and want to know how this album was made then this is DVD is for you. I liked how the engineer was able to strip songs to the bare bones and explain how Hendrix was able to obtain those unique guitar sounds.
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Summary: A MUST HAVE HENDRIX FILM
Review: Jimi Hendrix's masterpiece Electric Ladyland has reached the charts standing at number 1 for a long time. This DVD is one of the best it explains everything from the musicians who played with Jimi on the masterpiece Electric Ladyland and others including Noel, Mitch, Chas Chandler, Eddie Kramer, Stevie Winwood, etc. The story of Electric Ladyland is told in this DVD in words, music, rare archival film footage, and from a contemporary diary kept by one of Hendrixs employees. Can it get any better? NO. I loved this DVD it is worth 5 stars so please buy it enjoy!
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Summary: more than a pop genius
Review: Jimi is often presented as a great guitarist in the realm of pop music. This film reveals how far from the truth that is.... The incredible delicacy and fluency Jimi created is likened in the film to Mozart, and the comparison is apt. He had an infallible sense of theme, variation, harmony, and conceptual completeness..., and the most compelling thing is that only lyrics were written down. The rest happened in Jimi's 'imagination.' The only place one can experience Jimi down deep where he really lived is found here, in "Jimi Hendrix."
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Summary: ALL ABOARD!!!!!!
Review: Just sit back with some headphones amd leave the driving to Jimi. Trust me.
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Summary: Man, Do I Miss Jimi ,,,
Review: Many, many years ago, when I was 16 years old, I heard "Hey Joe" for the first time in my life -- my brain has been fascinated and haunted by that genius and his music ever since. At the end of this DVD I had tears in my eyes ... man, do I miss jimi ... that's all I can say.
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Summary: Disappointing. Too much talk...not enough music.
Review: Only about 1 hour long, and most of this is talking. Somewhat interesting, but I wanted Dolby Digital Hendrix!
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Summary: Nice but who are these guys?
Review: The DVD was very interesting but for one glaring problem. The creator fails most of time to tell the viewer whos speaking in the interviews. For the Jimi fan who doesn't know everyone that Jimi interacted w/ by face, this is very frustrating. Other than that it had some nice clean footage.I had much more fun watching the Jimi Hendrix Story DVD...BR>Even though it is presented in Mono.
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Summary: Nice but who are these guys?
Review: The DVD was very interesting but for one glaring problem. The creator fails most of time to tell the viewer whos speaking in the interviews. For the Jimi fan who doesn't know everyone that Jimi interacted w/ by face, this is very frustrating. Other than that it had some nice clean footage. I had much more fun watching the Jimi Hendrix Story DVD...BR>Even though it is presented in Mono.
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Summary: How Hendrix made this record
Review: The video takes you through the making of the album Electric Ladyland with the guys who played,engineered, gofered, or what have you. It is done on a song by song basis with lots of videos, photos and live performances. I am not a Hendrix fanatic,but I thought it was fascinating and very well done. If you are a Hendrix fanantic you would love this.
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Summary: Lame talk, the music speaks for itself
Review: This is a very dissapointing DVD. If they allowed you to have songs without commentary interruption it might be ok, or if there was any 'previously unreleased' music on it. Even if they just had the pictures, film and diary entries with the music it would be ok. But there's no reason to watch this DVD more than once if you have to listen to all the commentary each time. The Band of Gypsy DVD has two options, Concert Footage only and Concert Footage with Commentary. Jimi's music speaks for itself, and no one can come close to him, so it's not necessary to hear what people have to say about him. The music and maybe the pictures as background are enough.
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