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Live at the Fillmore East
Live album by
ReleasedFebruary 23, 1999 (1999-02-23)
RecordedDecember 31, 1969 – January 1, 1970
Venue Fillmore East, New York City
Genre
Length115:02
Label MCA
Producer
Jimi Hendrix chronology
BBC Sessions
(1998)
Live at the Fillmore East
(1999)
Live at Woodstock
(1999)

Live at the Fillmore East is a posthumous live album by Jimi Hendrix released on February 23, 1999. The album documents Hendrix's performances with the Band of Gypsys at the Fillmore East on December 31, 1969, and January 1, 1970. It is drawn from the same performances as, and can be seen as an extended complement to, the album Band of Gypsys (1970), consisting mostly of songs not on the original album. The album peaked at No. 77 on the Canadian RPM Album charts. [1]

Since its original release, additional recordings from the Fillmore East performances have been issued on West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology (2010), Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show (2013), and Songs for Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts (2019).

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]
Pitchfork Media(9.2/10) [3]
Rolling Stone [4]
Tom Hull – on the WebA− [5]

Track listing

All details are taken from the original MCA Records CD liner notes. [6] All tracks written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

Disc one
No.TitleDateLength
1." Stone Free"1/1/70 2nd show12:56
2."Power of Soul"1/1/70 1st show6:19
3." Hear My Train A Comin'"12/31/69 1st show9:01
4."Izabella"12/31/69 1st show3:41
5." Machine Gun"1/1/70 2nd show11:36
6." Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"1/1/70 2nd show6:02
7."We Gotta Live Together" ( Buddy Miles)1/1/70 2nd show9:55
Disc two
No.TitleDateLength
1." Auld Lang Syne" (Traditional; adaptation by Hendrix)12/31/69 2nd show3:54
2."Who Knows"12/31/69 2nd show3:56
3."Changes" (Miles)12/31/69 1st show5:37
4."Machine Gun"12/31/69 2nd show13:36
5." Stepping Stone"1/1/70 1st show5:20
6."Stop" ( Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman)1/1/70 1st show5:43
7."Earth Blues"1/1/70 2nd show5:58
8."Burning Desire"1/1/70 1st show8:22
9." Wild Thing" ( Chip Taylor)1/1/70 2nd show3:06

Personnel

  • Jimi Hendrix – guitar, lead vocals (except those by Miles)
  • Buddy Miles – drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "We Gotta Live Together", "Changes", "Stop"
  • Billy Cox – bass guitar, backing vocals

References

  1. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - March 15, 1999" (PDF).
  2. ^ Koda, Cub. "Jimi Hendrix: Live at the Fillmore East Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  3. ^ Lieberman, Neil (December 31, 1999). "Pitchfork: Jimi Hendrix: Live at the Fillmore East". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 19, 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  4. ^ DeCurtis, Anthony (March 18, 1999). "Jimi Hendrix: Live at the Fillmore East : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 16, 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  5. ^ Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Jimi Hendrix". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  6. ^ McDermott, John (1999). Live at the Fillmore East (CD booklet). Jimi Hendrix. Universal City, California: MCA Records. p. 24. MCAD--2-11931.