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- Artist: Jimi Hendrix
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- Release Date: February 23, 1999
- Total Time: 115:01
- Type: Live
- Genre: Rock
Review
A series of Jimi Hendrix performances from the Band of Gypsys concerts finally gets the deluxe treatment from MCA and Experience Hendrix, as tapes from both first and second shows are brought together, correctly identified (1986's Band of Gypsys 2 actually featured three tracks that weren't by the band at all) in one deluxe two-disc set. This newly expanded edition contains the only live versions of "Earth Blues," "Auld Lang Syne," "Stepping Stone," and "Burning Desire"; Hendrix tunes specifically worked up for the performance that rarely surfaced again like "Izabella," "Power of Soul," and "Who Knows"; newly remastered versions of "Stop" and "Hear My Train a-Comin'" (both originally presented on Band of Gypsys 2 in horrendous sound) and classic performances of "Stone Free," "Changes," "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)," and "Wild Thing." Equally as revelatory is one of the two alternate versions included of "Machine Gun," every bit as stunning as the better-known version. Though this new edition hardly makes all previous incarnations obsolete, it presents the man at his most challenged and brilliant. ~ Cub Koda, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Stone Free (Lyrics) | Jimi Hendrix | Jimi Hendrix | (12:56) |
| Power of Soul | Jimi Hendrix | Jimi Hendrix | (6:19) |
| Hear My Train a Comin' | Jimi Hendrix | Jimi Hendrix | (9:02) |
| Izabella | Jimi Hendrix | Jimi Hendrix | (3:40) |
| Machine Gun | Jimi Hendrix | Jimi Hendrix | (11:35) |
| Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | Jimi Hendrix | Jimi Hendrix | (6:01) |
| We Gotta Live Together | Buddy Miles | Jimi Hendrix | (9:55) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Auld Lang Syne | Traditional, |
Jimi Hendrix | (3:54) |
| Who Knows | Jimi Hendrix | Jimi Hendrix | (3:55) |
| Changes | Buddy Miles, Jimi Hendrix | Jimi Hendrix | (5:38) |
| Machine Gun | Jimi Hendrix | Jimi Hendrix | (13:36) |
| Stepping Stone | Jimi Hendrix | Jimi Hendrix | (5:20) |
| Stop (Lyrics) | Mort Shuman, Jerry Ragovoy | Jimi Hendrix | (5:43) |
| Earth Blues | Jimi Hendrix | Jimi Hendrix | (5:58) |
| Burning Desire | Jimi Hendrix | Jimi Hendrix | (8:23) |
| Wild Thing (Lyrics) | Chip Taylor | Jimi Hendrix | (3:07) |
