Jimi Hendrix - East & West (2022)

FEBRUARY & MAY ‘68 SHOWS AT THE TWIN FILLMORES There is no ‘Bill Graham Presents’ poster more iconic than the infamous "Flying Eyeball" image for the series of February 1968 concerts headlined by Jimi Hendrix. Topping a sold-out eight show/four-night run that began and ended at the Fillmore Auditorium and which featured two nights at the larger Winterland sandwiched in between, this legendary run also included openers of a very high calibre, including bluesman Albert King, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and local favourites, Big Brother & The Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin. In terms of recordings, not much survives from this legendary stand with the notable exception of the recording presented here. This complete broadcast of Hendrix's late show on February 4, 1968, captures Jimi's final performance from this monumental run. Fresh off the sessions for his second album and kicking off the US tour to support it, Hendrix's 1968 performances were rarely less than incendiary, and this particular show is unique compared to others of the era. In May ’68, the Experience were back at Graham’s opposite Coast venue, the Fillmore East in New York, where equally the power trio performed early and late sets, and this new CD features the corresponding later gig too. What was captured across both dates back in 1968 at the twin Fillmore’s are performances that remain as potent and compelling today as they were more than half a century ago.