''Isle of Wight'' is a posthumous live album by

Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most ...

, released in November 1971 by

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in the UK and Europe. It documents some of Hendrix's performance at the

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on August 31, 1970, his last official performance in England before his death less than three weeks later on September 18, 1970. The album was engineered by Carlos Ohlms (a British-based engineer). The cover photo is from a live concert on September 4, 1970 at

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, Berlin. The album spent two weeks on the

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, peaking at Some tracks appeared on the three record set The First Great Rock Festivals of the Seventies on Columbia Records in the US. The album went out-of-print and is superseded by '' Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight'' (2002), which contains the full performance.

Track listing

All songs were written by Hendrix, except where noted. The track durations are taken from the first (1988) Polydor CD reissue (earlier LPs did not list timings) and may differ from other sources.

Personnel

guitar, vocals *

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drums *

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bass guitar

References

External links

* Live albums published posthumously Albums produced by Eddie Kramer Polydor Records live albums Jimi Hendrix live albums 1971 live albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub