JIMI HENDRIX IN MAUI

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Live in Maui

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Live album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience

Released November 20, 2020

Recorded July 30, 1970

Venue Upcountry Maui, Hawaii

Genre Rock

Length 100:18

Label Experience Hendrix/Legacy

Producer

Janie HendrixEddie KramerJohn McDermott

Jimi Hendrix album chronology

Songs for Groovy Children

(2019) Live in Maui

(2020)

Live in Maui is an album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience documenting their performance outdoors on Maui, Hawaii, on July 30, 1970. It marks the first official release of Hendrix's two full sets recorded during the filming of Rainbow Bridge (1971).The two-CD and three-LP set was released on November 20, 2020, along with a video documentary titled Music, Money, Madness ... Jimi Hendrix in Maui.

Their performance on Maui was the trio's second-to-last in the U.S. during their final The Cry of Love Tour. During the first set, they played mainly songs from the Experience studio albums and Band of Gypsys. The second set mostly contains new songs Hendrix was in the process of recording for a planned fourth studio album.

Although both the 1971 Rainbow Bridge film and album identify the artist as "Jimi Hendrix", Live in Maui lists "the Jimi Hendrix Experience"with Mitch Mitchell on drums and Billy Cox on bass.Despite claiming to be a soundtrack, the Rainbow Bridge album did not include any of Hendrix's Maui performances. Several heavily edited songs totaling 17-minutes were first released with the Rainbow Bridge film. Additional songs were released on The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set (2000) (a medley of "Hey Baby" / "In from the Storm") and Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection (2001) ("Foxey Lady").

The trio performed two fifty-minute sets; however, there were technical problems partly due to the high winds in the unprotected former pasture.[2] For the portions used in the film Rainbow Bridge, and Mitchell re-recorded his drum parts at Electric Lady Studio in New York City in 1971, but Hendrix had no further input.

Critical reception

In a review for AllMusic, Mark Deming gave Live in Maui a rating of four out of five stars. He noted the less than ideal recording conditions and added:

The Maui recordings don't find him [Hendrix] exploring much in the way of anything new, but he's in excellent form, playfully relaxed and fully engaged at the same time, and Mitch Mitchell's drumming is, as always, an excellent foil for Jimi's melodies and instrumental attack, while Billy Cox's subtle but solid bass anchors this music better than his predecessor, Noel Redding

Hugh Fielder, writing for Classic Rock, also commented on the recording problems, which led to the Maui recordings being passed over for years in favor of Hendrix's performances at the Atlanta International Pop Festival (1970) (latest release Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival, 2015) and Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (Blue Wild Angel, 2002). However, he noted that " ow the latest digital audio technology has enabled them to be brought up to scratch (almost)" and gave the album three and a half out of five stars. But, he felt that "he second set is looser and in danger of falling apart at times, before Hendrix wakes up and rips through "Stone Free".

Track listing

Because of recording difficulties, the album sequencing differs somewhat from the actual performance. The first set opened with "Spanish Castle Magic" and "Lover Man" before "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" and "Message to Love" followed "In from the Storm". Mitchell re-recorded the drums parts in 1971 on "Hey Baby" (both sets), "In from the Storm", "Foxy Lady", "Hear My Train A Comin'" (1st set), "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)", "Purple Haze", and "Star Spangled Banner"; the original drums parts are included on the balance.

All songs were written by Jimi Hendrix, except "Sunshine of Your Love", "Star Spangled Banner", and "Hey Joe".

Disc one

No. Title Including parts of[a] Length

1. "Chuck Wein Introduction" (spoken, no music) 1:47

2. "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" 4:33

3. "In from the Storm" 4:26

4. "Foxey Lady" 4:40

5. "Hear My Train A Comin'" 9:26

6. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" Drum solo 7:12

7. "Fire" "Sunshine of Your Love" 3:43

8. "Purple Haze" "Star Spangled Banner" 4:32

9. "Spanish Castle Magic" 4:16

10. "Lover Man" 2:42

11. "Message to Love" 4:21

Total length: 51:34

Disc two

No. Title Including parts of[a] Length

1. "Dolly Dagger" 4:49

2. "Villanova Junction" 5:49

3. "Ezy Ryder" 5:05

4. "Red House" 6:40

5. "Freedom" 4:21

6. "Jam Back at the House" 8:21

7. "Straight Ahead" 3:03

8. "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" / "Midnight Lightning" 4:52

9. "Stone Free" "Hey Joe" 5:44

Total length: 48:44

Personnel

Jimi Hendrix – guitar (Gibson Flying V used for 2nd set)

Mitch Mitchell – drums (original live and overdubs)

Billy Cox – bass guitar