Jimi Hendrix Blu-Ray due 7-10-12

[trampledunderfoot]

How can amazon allow pirate recordings now? What's next, DVDs from China for $2........

Well...I've just bought an "unofficial" Page & Plant live DVD from the Walmart I work at, so, who knows?

[GourmetAudio]

Really? At a walmart? it makes me want to just check... so this vinyl, the same mix as 2003? I'm sure it is... they would be saying "holy shitties it has been newly remixed by eddie and sounds better than better than ever and has never been heard like this" (their advertising sounds like a boot company called Empress Valley, not the other way around)

[trampledunderfoot]

Really? At a walmart? it makes me want to just check... so this vinyl, the same mix as 2003? I'm sure it is... they would be saying "holy shitties it has been newly remixed by eddie and sounds better than better than ever and has never been heard like this" (their advertising sounds like a boot company called Empress Valley, not the other way around)

I'm sure it is the same 2003 mix - not much to change, there!

And yeah, at Walmart...it's one of those semi-legal (but seemingly mostly illegal) releases put out by a German company called "Rock Tapes." It's super shitty, but a great novelty to have.

[RasFreeman]

Well there's a new cover, let's hope there's something new inside too.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...pf_rd_i=507846

[weavzy]

I don't even think that photo is from berkeley. Jimi didn't have a moustache at that gig.

[Voodoo Kush]

Yes, I believe that is Dallas 1969 lol the saga continues...

[ranasakawa]

Amazon has the following product info, is this from the DVD that was already released?


This special, expanded edition of Jimi Plays Berkeley showcases some of Jimi's finest ever performances filmed over two concerts at the Berkeley Community Theatre on May 30, 1970. The film documented the political unrest and student uprisings in Berkeley juxtaposed against such legendary Hendrix live performances as "Johnny B. Goode," "Star Spangled Banner," "I Don't Live Today" and "Purple Haze."

This deluxe edition also includes:
A new, digitally restored transfer from the original 16mm negative. More than fifteen minutes of newly discovered, previously unseen documentary and performance footage of such classic songs as "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)," "Machine Gun" and "Hear My Train A Comin'" not featured in the original film release.

Track List:
1.Pass It On (Straight Ahead)
2.Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
3.Lover Man
4.Stone Free
5.Hey Joe
6.I Don't Live Today
7.Machine Gun
8.Foxey Lady
9.Star Spangled Banner
10.Purple Haze
11.Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

[Ezy Rider]

Well there's a new cover, let's hope there's something new inside too.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...pf_rd_i=507846

this all sounds very promising. But what a sad looking photograph did they choose for a cover. EH has so many fine photographs, couldn't they find any better than this?

[Fenders Fingers]

slightly off topic.
Do we have a full list of what has been upgraded on the visual front?
The recent release's with small sections of added material comes to mind but which Hendrix visual material is now available on bluray?

[J.Lucas]

slightly off topic.
Do we have a full list of what has been upgraded on the visual front?
The recent release's with small sections of added material comes to mind but which Hendrix visual material is now available on bluray?

Only ones that come to mind on blu-ray are 'Monterey' and 'Woodstock'....I don't think there even was a blu-ray Isle of Wight....unless I missed it.
J.L.

[Luigi]

In the early seventy (1971 max 1972) i saw at cinema "Jimi play Berkley" with some additional footage because i remember accurately some footage what I've never seen again.

[Sharpstat]

Only ones that come to mind on blu-ray are 'Monterey' and 'Woodstock'....I don't think there even was a blu-ray Isle of Wight....unless I missed it.
J.L.

No you didn't miss it. I am wondering if EH will ever release IOW on Blu Ray? I'm waiting for Atlanta Pop festival to get released on Blu Ray, I had it on Laserdisc and still have the VHS tape. It will be awhile, Miami and RAH are yet to be released.

[Sharpstat]

In the early seventy (1971 max 1972) i saw at cinema "Jimi play Berkley" with some additional footage because i remember accurately some footage what I've never seen again.

I have seen Jimi plays Berkeley several times at different independent theaters in the mid 70's. I cannot remember additional footage but I still remember however this one little art house theater in Hollywood with a great projector and screen that somehow must have somehow obtained a new or rarely used reel of the film. It was the sharpest cleanest sounding version ever.

[stplsd]

It was the sharpest cleanest sounding version ever.

Was it better than the original "tour", "live" sound system version? I doubt it!

[wallybag]

Ive see IOW in the early 1990`s and and the 1973 film about Jimi Hendrix, in the early 1980`s. Seeing a film on the big screen is way bettler than Blue Ray. IOW i sat in the front Row at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto, after the show while i was waiting for my girlfriend to finish in the washroom the IOW film was right on the floor in front of me by the projection booth the thought of walking out with the film did enter my mind. The guy came down a short time later and told me there was only 2 copies of this film in north america that could be shown on the big screen. Any time you can see a Jimi Hendrix on the big screen its way better and worth it.

[Sharpstat]

Was it better than the original "tour", "live" sound system version? I doubt it!

You know I was referencing the film only and not the performance, stop it!

[Sharpstat]

Ive see IOW in the early 1990`s and and the 1973 film about Jimi Hendrix, in the early 1980`s. Seeing a film on the big screen is way bettler than Blue Ray. IOW i sat in the front Row at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto, after the show while i was waiting for my girlfriend to finish in the washroom the IOW film was right on the floor in front of me by the projection booth the thought of walking out with the film did enter my mind. The guy came down a short time later and told me there was only 2 copies of this film in north america that could be shown on the big screen. Any time you can see a Jimi Hendrix on the big screen its way better and worth it.

Wallybag, have you seen Blu ray projected on a large screen (over 100 inches)? Home projectors are starting to gear up for 4K unfortunately there's no real 4K source material yet. The proper soundsystem and the right screen at home makes going to the cinema a step backwards these days. Most movies you attend are already digital, you're just viewing it on a huge screen with larger speakers and amps with more output. I agree that seeing Jimi properly requires a big screen to get the full effect. Good on you for not knicking the reel of film!

[Luigi]

I have seen Jimi plays Berkeley several times at different independent theaters in the mid 70's. I cannot remember additional footage but I still remember however this one little art house theater in Hollywood with a great projector and screen that somehow must have somehow obtained a new or rarely used reel of the film. It was the sharpest cleanest sounding version ever.

Indeed, i saw the film in a sports arena (indoor stadium) with a great projector and screen.

[Fenders Fingers]

...we will be issuing an expanded edition of Jimi Plays Berkeley in July. It will be both Blu-Ray and DVD. There is some additional footage--particularly "HMT" and "VC (SR)" from the first show--that is notable. The print is directly from the original negative which I was able to find recently. I think this is as good as we will be able to do unless the remaining outtakes that Alan Douglas never turned over in 1995 materialize.

John Mc Dermott.

[paul387]

So, Alan Douglas still has outtakes from Berkeley!! Why don't they sue the bastard!!!