Wednesday, June 29, 2016

The Deutschland Halle/Berlin,Germany/September 4,1970

"Straight Ahead"
"Spanish Castle Magic"
"Sunshine of Your Love"
"Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" (very beginning cut)
"Message to Love"
"Machine Gun"
"Purple Haze"
"Red House"
"Foxy Lady" (very beginning seems cut)
"Ezy Ryder"
"Hey Joe"
"Lover Man" (segment only)
"Power of Soul" (incomplete)
"Power of Soul"/"Lover Man" (incomplete)

time-65:06

Jimi begins with some unaccompanied flamenco guitar before leading into "Straight Ahead". Some lyrics are forgotten during the first part of "Spanish Castle Magic". With no introduction,Jimi begins a rare (for 1970) version of "Sunshine of Your Love". This one is under 4 minutes long: nothing like the marathon jams of 1968.

A quick tape cut brings us to the intro of "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)". This song flows along nicely for about 4 minutes until Jimi decides to speed things up with "Message to Love". The "Machine Gun" that follows is highly recommended by this author. The tail end features a gentle quote of "The Breeze and I". From this quietness,Jimi starts "Purple Haze".  Interestingly,the guitar coda of "Purple Haze" bleeds right into "Red House".

After the end of "Foxy Lady" Jimi plays the chords of "Ezy Ryder" to (seemingly) signal the next tune to Mitch. After "Hey Joe" we hear a fragment of an apparently instrumental "Lover Man". This cuts off abruptly and then we are hearing the very start of "Power of Soul". After about 2 minutes "Power of Soul" cuts off and then we hear the start of the same song again. Around the 2:25 mark Jimi hops into "Lover Man" again. This continues until the tape cuts out. It sounds like this was the same "Lover Man" we previously heard on the tape.

This is an enjoyable above-average audience tape. Jimi's voice sounds a little rough throughout the show.





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