''Miami Pop Festival'' is a posthumous live album by

the Jimi Hendrix Experience 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 ...

, documenting their May 18, 1968 performance at the Pop & Underground Festival in Hallandale, Florida. It features eight songs recorded during their evening performance, along with two extra songs. The album was released on November 5, 2013, in conjunction with the

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 ...

video documentary, ''Hear My Train A Comin. "

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" and " Foxey Lady", recorded during the afternoon-show, were also released as a stereo

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. The album reached number 39 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 album chart and number 120 on the Belgian (Walloon) chart.

Critical reception

In a review for

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, Mark Demming gave the album three and a half out of five stars and writes "the recording is clean and full of detail ... and the Experience sound quite good ... but it doesn't cast much new light on his music or his performance style, making for a good but not a great live release".

Track listing

Hendrix wrote all of the songs, except where noted. #Introduction (no music)1:54 #

Hey Joe "Hey Joe" is an American song from the 1960s that has become a rock standard and has been performed in many musical styles by hundreds of different artists. The lyrics tell of a man who is on the run and planning to head to Mexico after shooti ...

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)6:22 # Foxey Lady4:33 #Tax Free(

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, Janne Karlsson)8:44 #

2:47 #

Hear My Train A Comin' "Hear My Train A Comin'" (alternatively titled "Get My Heart Back Together") is a blues-based song written by Jimi Hendrix. Lyrically, it was inspired by earlier American spirituals and blues songs which use a train metaphor to represent salvati ...

7:58 #

I Don't Live Today "I Don't Live Today" is a song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on their debut album ''Are You Experienced'' (1967). In a 1968 interview, Hendrix said it "was dedicated to the American-Indian and all minority depression groups". The son ...

4:50 # Red House12:07 #

Purple Haze "Purple Haze" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and released as the second single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience on March 17, 1967. The song features his inventive guitar playing, which uses the signature Hendrix chord and a mix of blues and Ea ...

4:19 #Fire (afternoon show)3:07 #Foxey Lady (afternoon show)4:56

Personnel

– vocals, guitar *

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– bass guitar, backing vocals *

Mitch Mitchell John Graham "Mitch" Mitchell (9 July 194612 November 2008)In his book about the Experience, Mitchell states he celebrated his 21st birthday while on tour on 9 July 1967, which makes his birth year 1946.Mitchell's obituaries in ''Billboard' ''T ...

– drums

References

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