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Jimi Hendrix Experience .... February 25, 1968 (One of two shows)
Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Jimi Hendrix (R.I.P.) - guitar & lead vocals
Noel Redding (R.I.P.) - bass & backing vocals
Mitch Mitchell (R.I.P.) - drums


Taper: unknown
Taping Gear: Likely a portable reel to reel
Lineage: Capitol "The Music Tape" trade cassette> Teac A-550RX cassette playback> TASCAM CDRW-700> Trade CD-R> (wav) EAC (secure mode)> (flac) Trader's Little Helper level 6 (align on sector boundaries)
Quality: vg (or a tad better) (PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION BELOW)
Length: 32:01 minutes
Artwork: none.
Samples: none.


Set List:

01. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
02. Fire
03. The Wind Cries Mary
04. Foxy Lady
05. I Don't Live Today
06. Hey Joe
07. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
08. Manic Depression
09. Like A Rolling Stone (in fragments)
10. Purple Haze (ending cut)


Comments:
1 - HELP!! If you have any uncirculated SPIRIT shows, or better quality FM
broadcasts than what's been posted here before, please share them. If you
know anybody who has shows that fit this category that aren't on DIME, please
dub off their stuff and share it. I'm trying to write a book on SPIRIT and need
all the information I can get. I have a database of over 1500 gigs 1967-1996, and
want to find as much information as I can to add to it. If you have any memories
of where you saw SPIRIT, the more specific the better (venue, city, date, supporting
bands, etc.), I'd love to know that as well. Please leave that in the comments
section or PM me. Thank you!

2 - Show description & comments follow:
It always breaks my heart when you do a Hendrix post and note that everybody is
dead. I received the cassette of this show about forty years ago, so I can't imagine
it passed through too many hands on the way to me. In my opinion, it's one of the
best sounding shows from the early 1968 tour. I suspect the taper had a thirty minute
reel, and did their best to conserve tape by stopping and starting the tape at the
end and beginning of each song. As a result, sometimes a few notes at the end or
beginning of each song is missing. I suspect towards the end the taper wanted to
save some tape for "Purple Haze", which is why "Like A Rolling Stone" is in fragments.
Unlike most Hendrix audience tapes from this era, the vocals are strong in the mix. If
there's any shortfall, it's in the bottom end. The performances are strong, the sound
quality is good, and the song selection is interesting. I'd highly recommend this if you
don't have it. If anybody over the years has ever been able to determine if it's the early
or late show, please leave that info in the comments section. Enjoy!

bpthree



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