Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys

 

Spectacular Fillmore East performances from Jan. 1, 1970

Includes 8-page booklet and reprint of a classic Capitol Records poster!

Long hailed as a touchstone of blues, funk, fusion, and rock, Jimi Hendrix's immortal 1970 live album Band of Gypsys — six live recordings captured on tape during two spectacular Fillmore East performances on January 1, 1970 — is getting a special 50th Anniversary Edition release to recapture the album's boundry-breaking spirit.

Featuring Jimi Hendrix (guitar), Billy Cox (bass), and Buddy Miles (drums), Band Of Gypsys presents six of the most heralded live recordings in rock history including the classics, “Machine Gun,” “Who Knows,” “Message To Love,” and “We Gotta Live Together.”

As the 1960s drew to a close, Hendrix was at the apex of his fame and influence. His first three albums with The Jimi Hendrix Experience — Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold As Love and Electric Ladyland — had established him as both a musical visionary and an international superstar. By the end of the decade, though, Hendrix was looking for new musical challenges and feeling the need to work with new collaborators. Toward that end, he assembled the Band of Gypsys lineup, with bassist Billy Cox, an old friend from Hendrix's early days playing in R&B combos, and drummer Buddy Miles, already well known for his work with the Electric Flag and the Buddy Miles Express. The resulting album is a revolutionary fusion of blues, funk and rock that stands as a unique chapter in Hendrix's seminal body of work.

Originally released in America on March 25, 1970, Band of Gypsys peaked at No. 5 during a 61-week run on the Billboard album chart. At the time of his death in September 1970, it was Hendrix's bestselling U.S. album since Are You Experienced. The last album that Hendrix released during his lifetime, Band of Gypsys offers a tantalizing glimpse at what might have been.

Side A

1. Who Knows

2. Machine Gun

Side B

1. Changes

2. Power To Love

3. Message To Love

4. We Gotta Live Together

Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 1 person(s) rated this product.

BoG masterpiece posted on 07/22/2020 5 Stars Reviewer: Gordon Johnson While not the first time to 180grm in the US as claimed, this pressing is exemplary. Flat, centred and about as good as a standard pressing will ever get. Should be in everyone's collection. No surface noise to distract in any way. Be it the physical pressing or the sound in the grooves this is a mighty fine re-issue of a stone cold classic title.

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