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Label:    Experience Hendrix – 88883769931, Legacy – 88883769931
Series:    The Hendrix Family Authorised Editions
Format:    2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, 200 Gram
Country:    US
Released:    Nov 5, 2013
Genre:    Rock
Style:    Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock

A1        Introduction    1:54
A2        Hey Joe    6:22
A3        Foxey Lady    4:32
A4        Tax Free    8:44
B1        Fire    2:47
B2        Hear My Train A Comin'    7:59
B3        I Don't Live Today    4:50
C1        Red House    12:07
C2        Purple Haze    4:19
Bonus Performances:    
D1        Fire [Afternoon Show]    3:07
D2        Foxey Lady [Afternoon Show]    4:56

Recorded At – Miami Pop Festival
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Pressed By – Quality Record Pressings
Licensed To – Sony Music Entertainment
Distributed By – Sony Music Entertainment
Produced For – Experience Hendrix, L.L.C.
Published By – Experience Hendrix, L.L.C.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Experience Hendrix, L.L.C.
Copyright © – Experience Hendrix, L.L.C.
Bass, Backing Vocals – Noel Redding
Design – Phil Yarnall, Smay Design
Drums – Mitch Mitchell
Engineer [Assistant] – Will Hensley
Engineer [Original Location Recordings] – Eddie Kramer
Guitar, Lead Vocals – Jimi Hendrix
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By – Eddie Kramer
Photography By – Authentic Hendrix LLC*, Ken Davidoff
Producer – Eddie Kramer, Janie Hendrix, John McDermott
Research [Photo Research Assistance By] – Steve Pesant
Written-By – Billy Roberts (tracks: A2), Bo Hansson & Janne Karlsson* (tracks: A4), Jimi Hendrix (tracks: A1, A3, B1 to D2)
This version was after the amount of pressings surpassed the ltd. numbers limit. so no numbers but i think its all the same

The Hendrix Family Authorised Editions.

Deluxe 2 LP set includes never before
released performances from Hendrix's
legendary Miami Pop concerts.

8 page booklet filled with never before seen
photos and detailed liner notes.

All Analogue Mastering

Pressed on 200 gram audiophile grade vinyl
by Quality Record Pressings.

Produced for Experience Hendrix L.L.C.

All songs published by Experience Hendrix L.L.C. (ASCAP) except: tracks A2 and A4.

Miami Pop Festival, May 18, 1968
Gulfstream Park, Hallandale, Florida

℗ & © 2013 Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment / Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment

Gatefold Cover
Barcode: 888837699310

Recording information: Miami Pop Festival, Gulfstream Park, Hallandale, FL (05/18/1968). In the spring of 1968, the Miami Pop Festival became the first major multi-day rock festival to be held on the East Coast in the wake of 1967's groundbreaking Monterey Pop Festival. The Jimi Hendrix Experience had been the breakthrough act that wowed audiences at Monterey, so promoter Michael Lang (who would help put together the Woodstock Music and Art Fair a year later) persuaded Hendrix to headline the Miami event. Hendrix, who was recording Electric Ladyland at the time, brought along recording engineer Eddie Kramer to tape his gig in Miami, and while Hendrix's set has circulated for years as a bootleg, Miami Pop Festival finally gives this performance an authorized release, with Kramer mixing the 45-year-old tapes. This recording has long been celebrated by Hendrix enthusiasts over the years, and it's not hard to see why; thanks to Kramer, the recording is clean and full of detail (right down to the rattle of the springs in Hendrix's whammy bar), and the Experience sound quite good, with Hendrix and drummer Mitch Mitchell interacting with their usual intuitive skill, while Noel Redding serviceably holds down the bottom end on bass. However, while this is a dynamic and well-preserved performance from Hendrix and the Experience (and you can't have too many of those), it isn't an especially exciting one. There's plenty of nuance but noticeably less fire in Hendrix's guitar work, and he seems most comfortable stretching out on slow blues numbers, while sounding just a bit too relaxed on Are You Experienced? material like "Foxey Lady," "Purple Haze," and "Fire" (though he brings a welcome emotional intensity to "I Don't Live Today"); the group curiously ignores songs from the more recent Axis: Bold as Love. It's worth noting that Hendrix played two sets on the first day of the May 1968 Miamifest; this release features the evening set in full, while just two tunes from the afternoon show are included as a bonus, and "Fire" and "Foxey Lady" sound tougher and more committed in their first run through of the day than their second. Perhaps Kramer and the Hendrix estate should scour the vaults to find the rest of the afternoon set; as it is, Miami Pop Festival is a welcome addition to the authorized Hendrix catalog, but it doesn't cast much new light on his music or his performance style, making for a good but not a great live release. ~ Mark Deming

• Format Type: 2xLP
• Genre: ROCK
• Format: Vinyl
• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Released: 11/05/2013