Stages | |
Type: | live |
Artist: | Jimi Hendrix |
Cover: | Stages by Jimi Hendrix.jpg |
Recorded: | 1967–1970 |
Studio: | Radiohuset (Stockholm) |
Genre: | Rock |
Length: | 197:19 |
Label: | Reprise |
Producer: | Alan Douglas, Bruce Gary |
Prev Year: | 1990 |
Next Title: | Live Isle of Wight '70 |
Next Year: | 1991 |
Stages is a four-CD box set consisting of live performances by Jimi Hendrix covering four years of his career. Disc one is the complete September 5, 1967, concert in Stockholm. Disc two is the complete January 29, 1968 (late show) concert in Paris; this was later released on Dagger Records as part of Live in Paris & Ottawa 1968. Disc three is most of the May 24, 1969, concert in San Diego with "Foxey Lady" missing from the set. Disc four is a majority of the July 4, 1970, concert at the Atlanta International Pop Festival with five songs missing from the set. These additional five songs can be found on the album , which also presents the performance in the correct playing order.
Stages was released in November 1991 on Reprise Records, and is currently out of print.
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Greg Prato gave the album three out of five stars. He described the recording quality "crystal clear":
All tracks written by Jimi Hendrix except where noted.
Stockholm '67, Paris '68, San Diego '69The Jimi Hendrix Experience:
Atlanta '70The Cry of Love Tour band: