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Winterland
Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2011 (2011-09-13)
RecordedOctober 10–12, 1968
Venue Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California
Genre Rock
Length275:46
LabelExperience Hendrix/ Legacy
Producer
Jimi Hendrix album chronology
West Coast Seattle Boy
(2010)
Winterland
(2011)
People, Hell and Angels
(2013)
Singles from Winterland
  1. " Like a Rolling Stone" / " Spanish Castle Magic"
    Released: August 23, 2011

Winterland is a posthumous live box set by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Released on September 13, 2011, by Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings, the four-disc collection documents the band's six performances at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California between October 10 and 12, 1968. A single disc "highlights" edition was released the same day. [1]

On August 23, 2011, " Like a Rolling Stone" was released as a single, backed with " Spanish Castle Magic". [2] Several of recordings that are included on the box set had been previously released on The Jimi Hendrix Concerts (1982) and Live at Winterland (1987). The Amazon.com exclusive disc five was recorded at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco on February 4, 1968 and was previously released on Paris 1967/San Francisco 1968 (2003).

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [3]
PopMatters8/10 [4]
Rolling Stone [5]

Track listing

Details taken from the original Experience Hendrix box set notes; [6] other sources may show different information.

All tracks are written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted

Disc one: October 10, 1968
No.TitleShowLength
1."Tax Free" ( Bo Hansson, Janne Carlsson)2nd15:15
2."Lover Man"2nd5:21
3." Sunshine of Your Love" ( Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, Pete Brown)2nd7:30
4." Hear My Train A Comin'"2nd11:33
5." Killing Floor" (Chester Burnett a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf)2nd7:55
6." Foxey Lady"1st5:36
7." Hey Joe" ( Billy Roberts)2nd7:19
8." The Star-Spangled Banner" ( arr. Hendrix)2nd5:56
9." Purple Haze"2nd5:37
Total length:72:02
Disc two: October 11, 1968
No.TitleShowLength
1."Tax Free" (Hansson, Carlsson)2nd10:01
2." Like a Rolling Stone" ( Bob Dylan)2nd11:46
3."Lover Man"2nd3:45
4."Hey Joe" (Roberts)2nd5:12
5." Fire"2nd3:20
6."Foxey Lady"2nd5:12
7." Are You Experienced?"1st12:13
8." Red House"1st12:24
9."Purple Haze"2nd5:18
Total length:69:11
Disc three: October 12, 1968
No.TitleShowLength
1."Fire"1st4:59
2."Lover Man"1st4:29
3."Like a Rolling Stone" (Dylan)1st11:48
4." Manic Depression"2nd5:34
5."Sunshine of Your Love" (Bruce, Clapton, Brown)2nd9:01
6." Little Wing"2nd4:01
7." Spanish Castle Magic"2nd6:28
8."Red House"2nd9:13
9."Hey Joe" (Roberts)1st6:45
10."Purple Haze"1st3:42
11." Wild Thing" ( Chip Taylor)1st3:30
Total length:69:30
Disc four: Bonus (mixed)
No.TitleDate (all 1968) [7]Length
1."Foxey Lady"October 12, 2nd show6:05
2."Are You Experienced?"October 10, 1st show7:27
3." Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"October 10, 1st show7:43
4."Red House"October 10, 1st show15:21
5."The Star-Spangled Banner" (arr. Hendrix)October 11, 1st show6:10
6."Purple Haze"October 11, 1st show6:13
7."Interview at Boston Garden backstage"November 1619:04
Total length:68:03
Amazon.com exclusive disc five: Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, February 4, 1968
No.TitleLength
1."Killing Floor" (Burnett)4:06
2."Red House"5:43
3."Catfish Blues"11:44
4." Dear Mr. Fantasy (Part one)" ( Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood, Chris Wood)5:10
5."Dear Mr. Fantasy (Part two)" (Capaldi, Winwood, Wood)6:27
Total length:33:10
Single disc "highlights" edition
No.TitleShow (all 1968)Length
1."Fire"October 12, 1st show3:30
2."Foxey Lady"October 10, 1st show5:35
3."Like a Rolling Stone" (Dylan)October 12, 1st show11:00
4."Hey Joe" (Roberts)October 11, 2nd show5:00
5."Hear My Train a Comin'"October 10, 2nd show12:00
6."Sunshine of Your Love" (Bruce, Clapton, Brown)October 10, 2nd show7:10
7."Little Wing"October 12, 2nd show3:45
8."Are You Experienced?"October 10, 1st show7:27
9."Manic Depression"October 12, 2nd show5:30
10."Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"October 10, 1st show7:45
11."Purple Haze"October 11, 2nd show5:20
Total length:74:02

Personnel

Exclusive disc five (Fillmore, February 4, 1968)

  • Jimi Hendrix – guitar, vocals
  • Mitch Mitchell – drums
  • Noel Redding – bass guitar
  • Buddy Miles – drums on "Dear Mr. Fantasy Part 1 & 2"

References

  1. ^ "Experience Hendrix LLC & Legacy Recordings Launches Fourth Wave of Releases in Critically Acclaimed Jimi Hendrix Catalog Project". jimihendrix.com (official website). June 16, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  2. ^ "Jimi Hendrix: Like a Rolling Stone CD Single". authentichendrix.com (official online). Retrieved September 5, 2011.
  3. ^ Westergaard, Sean. "Jimi Hendrix Experience: Winterland [Box set] – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  4. ^ Murphy, Sean (December 15, 2011). "Jimi Hendrix Experience: Winterland". PopMatters. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  5. ^ Rosen, Jody (September 13, 2011). "Winterland (Reissue)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  6. ^ Experience Hendrix (2011). Winterland (Box set booklet). The Jimi Hendrix Experience. New York City: Experience Hendrix/ Legacy Recordings. pp. 30, 34. 88697936192.
  7. ^ The box set booklet does not list the shows for disc 4.