JIMI HENDRIX
It�s Going To Be A Bit Loud [Godfather Records GR 547, 1CD]
Live at the Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden; January 9, 1969 (second show). Very good soundboard.

Stuart, collectorsmusicreviews.com (2010):

This release from the Godfather features a rare show from Jimi Hendrix & the Experience. Released originally on Disc 2 of Swingin� Pig�s �On The Killing Floor� its broadcast on Swedish radio ensures its status as one of the few Hendrix bootlegs worth its salt - the ambience is close to most of the BBC sessions that have been officially released and are in near pin drop quality although while the Beeb never usually had an audience then the audience are loud and clear here though they never distract from the entertainment.

This is the second of two shows played that day - the first being recorded for SVT Swedish Television and available on DVD synced with sound of equal quality on �Live In Sweden�. The following night to this show appears on Midnight Beat�s �Welcome To The Electric Circus� [MB CD 016] - the sound of the Midnight Beat CD is nowhere near comparable to this release. According to Hagar�s review of the above DVD then Jimi seems distracted tonight - hardly acknowledging his fellow band members or even the audience but while this may be true then his playing is never anything than exemplary and sounds like Jimi at his peek.

The disc starts with a lengthy intro while Jimi and Noel banter between each other - Jimi dedicating the following song to the far right while the audience, obviously here for the hits and not the politics, shout out for �Wild Thing� to which Noel quips: �I know her well she�s really nice.� Once Jimi has rambled with his dedication to Wally (which was apparently the lost dog of a hippy at Woodstock) and The Rabbits he spins out a riff that folds to nothing, the band begin to prepare again and warm up before launching in to �I Don�t Live Today� - a rabid, funky and skewed version - circumnavigating around a tribal beat before quickly leaving the core of the song behind and mutating into a sprawling screed that increases in speed until it melts in a crunchy, feedback heavy discord that nearly brings the roof down.

Jimi�s in a quiet mood tonight although he does get round to chatting with the crowd and the radio listeners, getting lost in his own words sometimes. Once the song finishes Noel notes the title again and then Jimi speaks at length about the loudness of the set and how the electricity affects his fuzz tones and his guitar, tuning up and yet again dedicates �Spanish Castle Magic� to the �Little Band Of Gypsies over there in the A section�.

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