''Live at the Fillmore East'' is a posthumous

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

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 on February 23, 1999. The album documents Hendrix's performances with the

Band of Gypsys ''Band of Gypsys'' is a live album by Jimi Hendrix and the first without his original group, the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was recorded on January 1, 1970, at the Fillmore East in New York City with Billy Cox on bass and Buddy Miles on drums, ...

at the

Fillmore East The Fillmore East was rock promoter Bill Graham's rock venue on Second Avenue near East 6th Street in the (at the time) Lower East Side neighborhood, now called the East Village neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan of New York City. ...

on December 31, 1969 and January 1, 1970. It is drawn from the same performances as, and can be seen as an extended complement to, the album ''

'', consisting mostly of songs not on the original album. Since its original release, additional recordings from the Fillmore East performances have been issued on '' West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology'' (2010), '' Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show'' (2013), and '' Songs for Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts'' (2019).

Critical reception

Track listing

All details are taken from the original

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CD liner notes. All tracks written by

, except where noted.

Personnel

guitar, lead vocals (except those by Miles) *

Buddy Miles George Allen "Buddy" Miles Jr. (September 5, 1947February 26, 2008) was an American composer, drummer, guitarist, vocalist and producer. He was a founding member of the Electric Flag (1967), a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys (1969–197 ...

drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "We Gotta Live Together", "Changes", "Stop" *

Billy Cox William Cox (born October 18, 1941) is an American bassist, best known for performing with Jimi Hendrix. Cox is the only surviving musician to have regularly played with Hendrix: first with the experimental group that backed Hendrix at Woodstoc ...

bass guitar, backing vocals

References

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