Thursday, June 30, 2016

Love & Peace Festival/Isle of Fehmarn,Germany/September 6,1970

introduction
"Killing Floor"
"Spanish Castle Magic"
"All Along the Watchtower"
"Hey Joe"
"Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)"
"Message to Love"
"Foxy Lady"
"Red House"
"Ezy Ryder"
"Freedom"
bass/drums
"Room Full of Mirrors"
"Purple Haze" (incomplete)
"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"

time-77:23

"Peace,anyway. Peace" says Jimi upon entering the stage. The crowd responds with cheering and booing. (Long story. This concert was a logistical nightmare.) A lively "Killing Floor" starts things off quite well. The Cry of Love band gives the crowd three *oldies* before diving into newer material in the form of "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)". The rowdy crowd is surprisingly receptive to this mellow song. "Hey Baby" weaves seamlessly into "Message to Love".

After "Foxy Lady" Jimi gives the crowd a blazing 10 minute "Red House". Following "Freedom" Billy plays a brief bass solo which morphs into a solo by Mitch. This eventually bleeds into "Room Full of Mirrors". Next we get "Purple Haze" already in progress. (The "lately things they don't seem the same" section.) "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" wraps up this final concert by Jimi Hendrix. "Goodbye...peace" are his last words to the crowd.

This show was recorded by at least 3 sources. Two of those audience sources have circulated for many years. For this review I listened to the official 2005 release of the show from Experience Hendrix. It is a fairly enjoyable above-average recording from onstage microphones placed by the concert promoters.





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