Jimi Plays Monterey

by Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Plays Monterey cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1986
  • Label: Reprise
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:13
  • Community rating: 4.24/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Capturing the explosive 1967 US debut of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, this archival release documents a set of unbridled, wildly charismatic psychedelia. Concluding with his infamous sacrifice of a burning guitar during 'Wild Thing', the performance instantly launched Hendrix as a superstar of the burgeoning rock counterculture.

Genres

Descriptors: Soundtrack, improvisation, noisy, live, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Killing Floor (3:35)
  2. Foxey Lady (3:34)
  3. Like A Rolling Stone (6:51)
  4. Rock Me Baby (3:29)
  5. Hey Joe (4:10)
  6. Can You See Me (2:42)
  7. The Wind Cries Mary (3:24)
  8. Purple Haze (3:18)
  9. Wild Thing (9:10)

Credits

  • Jimi Hendrix - primary artist, written-by
  • Chester Burnett - written-by
  • Bob Dylan - written-by
  • B.B. King - written-by
  • Joe Josea - written-by
  • Billy Roberts - written-by
  • Chip Taylor - written-by

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