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Jeff Foust's Collection

Jimi Hendrix   05/03/1970

Civic Center, St. Paul, MN
Media CDR   2 discs
Notes 1970-05-30 (Saturday): Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California, USA

soundcheck

01) Message to Love
02) Blue Suede Shoes
03) Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
04) Earth Blues I
05) Earth Blues II
06) Room Full Of Mirrors
07) Villanova Junction>>
08) Midnight Lightning
09) Freedom
10) Power Of Soul
11) Machine Gun

1st show

01) Fire
02) Johnny B Goode
03) Hear My Train A Comin
04) Foxy Lady
05) Machine Gun
06) Freedom
07) Red House
08) Message To Love
09) Ezy Rider
10) Voodoo Child (slight return)

PYE listing:
audio: stereo soundboard recording by Abe Jacob for Wally Heider Recording; 40 minutes, excellent quality (1-3,5-11)
audio: stereo soundboard recording; 75 minutes, excellent quality (1-9,12)

Two songs are missing from this and every other circulating soundboard for the 1st show, Purple Haze and Star Spangled Banner, which come between Ezy Rider and Voodoo Child. No trader tape known to circulate has these. Purple Haze appears in all its soundboard glory on the "Jimi Hendrix" documentary released in 1973, and is now out on DVD. Star Spangled Banner has never to my knowledge appeared in soundboard form. An average audience tape exists for this show, and has both songs missing from the circulating soundboard. The soundcheck is missing one track, Ezy Rider. The circulating soundboard is missing this entire song. It does appear for a few seconds in the Jimi Hendrix: Berkeley video, which is now out on DVD.

This tape for the 1st show was transferred from a DAT clone of a 1st gen analog tape. Any other details are unknown. The second set also circulated as a 1st gen tape, but isnt included here since the entire second set was released officially recently. The soundcheck is from a different source, and its generation is "unsure". It is believed to be either 2nd or 3rd gen, but there isnt really much certainty with that. It was the best source we could track down, quality-wise.
Tech Notes 1
Trades Allowed Yes
Reference / Generation 0004566787
Owned by Jeff Foust · Last Updated May 23, 2023