The Jimi Hendrix Memorial Concerts Explained

The Jimi Hendrix Memorial Concerts: 1995
Type:	live
Artist:	The Hamsters
Cover:	Hendrix Memorial Concerts (album).jpg
Released:	1996
Recorded:	Recorded live during October, 1995 at the Robin Hood, Brierley Hill West Midlands, UK
Genre:	Blues rock
Length:	118:00
Label:	Rockin' Rodent Recordings
Producer:	The Hamsters
Prev Title:	Route 666
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Pet Sounds: 10 Years Of Rodent Rock
Next Year:	1998

The Jimi Hendrix Memorial Concerts: 1995 is a live, double CD composed entirely of Jimi Hendrix covers. It is The Hamsters fifth CD release.

The tour the album ultimately derived from was performed as a tribute to Jimi Hendrix as a celebration of 25 years since his death. The band's first album, Electric Hamsterland, also a compilation of Hendrix covers, was released in 1990, 20 years after the death of Hendrix. For the 25th anniversary the band decided to do a full UK tour playing predominantly Hendrix covers. This album was recorded during that tour, as was a concert film, Band of Gerbils which was initially released on VHS with a subsequent release on DVD ten years later.

Track listing

Disk 1 (Red CD)

1. "Foxy Lady" – 4:20
2. "Fire" – 3:53
3. "Little Wing" – 6:39
4. "Izabella" – 5:05
5. "Up From The Skies" – 4:51
6. "Power of Soul" – 1:10
7. "Spanish Castle Magic" – 3:54
8. "Rock Me, Baby" – 2:49
9. "Voodoo Chile" – 6:49
10. "Hey, Baby (Land of the New Rising Sun)" – 5:53
11. "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" – 3:48
12. "Ezy Rider" – 4:10
13. "Hey Joe'" – 5:52

Disk 2 (Purple CD)

1. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" – 6:58
2. "Room Full of Mirrors" – 4:31
3. "Third Stone From The Sun" – 3:59
4. "Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)" – 3:46
5. "51st Anniversary" – 3:55
6. "I Don't Live Today" – 2:12
7. "Love or Confusion" – 3:37
8. "The Wind Cries Mary" – 3:38
9. "Manic Depression" – 4:05
10. "Stone Free" – 3:44
11. "All Along the Watchtower" – 5:53
12. "Star-Spangled Banner" – 3:38
13. "Purple Haze'" – 4:32
14. "Angel" – 4:19

Musicians

• Snail's-Pace Slim —- guitars, lead vocals.
• Rev Otis Elevator —- drums, vocals.
• Ms Zsa Zsa Poltergeist —- bass, vocals.

Production

• Recorded live at the Robin Hood, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, UK on the 'Zipper Mobile'.
• Recording supervised by Richard Willis
• Mixed by Dave Morris & Mark Tempest at Workshop Studios, Redditch, Worcestershire.
• Post-production sonic enhancement and editing by Jerry Stevenson.
• Mastered by Iestyn Rees.
• Produced by The Hamsters
• Cover design by Phil Smee of Waldo's Design Emporium.
• Cover concept by The Hamsters
• 'Jimi Hamster' design by Des Penny
• Photography by Nixon