Live Isle of Wight '70 explained

Live Isle of Wight '70
Type:live
Artist:Jimi Hendrix
Cover:Hendrixwight70.jpg
Recorded:August 31, 1970
Venue:Isle of Wight Festival, Isle of Wight, England
Genre:Rock
Length:62:06
Label:Polydor
Producer:Alan Douglas
Prev Title:Stages
Prev Year:1991
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Next Year:1992

Live Isle of Wight '70 is a posthumous live album by Jimi Hendrix released in 1991. It contains some of the songs from Hendrix's last U.K. live performance at the Isle of Wight Festival on August 31, 1970, three weeks before his death.

The set list for the concert contained songs from the original Experience albums, as well as newer songs. The album includes an eight-minute version of "Voodoo Chile" and a 12-minute version of "Machine Gun" that includes walkie-talkie interference from security personnel feeding through the sound equipment.

The album is the second Hendrix release with some material from the festival (Isle of Wight was issued in 1971) and has been superseded by the 2002 album , which contains the complete performance.

Track listing

All songs were written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

  1. "Intro/God Save the Queen" (Traditional)3:00
  2. "Message to Love"6:26
  3. "Voodoo Child"8:01
  4. "Lover Man"3:25
  5. "Machine Gun"12:37
  6. "Dolly Dagger"5:32
  7. "Red House"11:10
  8. "In from the Storm"4:20
  9. "New Rising Sun"7:31

Personnel