Hendrix In The West - 2LP Vinyl

Consisting of live material recorded at venues ranging from the Berkeley Community Theatre, San Diego Sports Arena, Winterland Ballroom, to the Isle of Wight Festival, Hendrix In The West captures the guitarist exploring new directions in sound during 1969-70. Robert Christgau, the Dean of American Rock Critics, called Hendrix's versions of "Red House" and, "Johnny B. Goode" on this album "definitive." Out of print in the U.S. since 1974 and for more than two decades internationally, Hendrix In The West has remained one of the most requested albums by fans to return to the commercial marketplace. Mastered from the original sources and pressed on high-quality 200-gram audiophile grade vinyl at the new world-class Quality Record Pressings facility in Salinas, Kansas; and up to the same stellar standards as fellow Experience Hendrix / Legacy Recordings' reissues of Jimi Hendrix's groundbreaking studio efforts, the record has never sounded or looked better. Each of the first 5,000 copies of the vinyl edition of Hendrix In The West will also be individually crash numbered. The album's iconic cover features a classic Jim Marshall photograph of the guitarist, while a lavish booklet is filled with rare and previously unseen images captured by Marshall's distinctive lens. Moreover, listeners get to discover five previously unavailable bonus tracks that, believe it or not, add on to Hendrix's considerable legacy. In addition to the Chuck Berry cover, Hendrix also re-imagines the Beatles ("Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band") and Carl Perkins ("Blue Suede Shoes"). Release Date: September 13th, 2011