Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4018 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-29
• Rating: Exempt
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: AC-3, Colour, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Live, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 282 minutes

DVD Description
Tracklist Live At Monterey: KILLING FLOOR FOXEY LADY LIKE A ROLLING STONE ROCK ME BABY HEY JOE THE WIND CRIES MARY PURPLE HAZE WILD THING Chelmsford, England - February 25, 1967 STONE FREE LIKE A ROLLING STONE American Landing Documentary A Second Look multi angle viewer controlled previously unseen footage Music Love And Flowers: The Monterey International Pop Festival Documentary

Bonus features

The DVD soundtrack features a new 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo mixes by Eddie Kramer, Jimi’s original engineer. The CD will feature the brand new, stereo mix heard here for the first time. DVD bonus features include the brand new documentary, American Landing, which traces Jimi’s remarkable transformation from obscurity to his triumphant U.S. ‘debut’ at the Monterey Festival. Also included, A Second Look, a unique feature that allows viewers to switch between multiple, previously unseen camera angles to view several of Jimi’s celebrated performances like never before. Music, Love & Flowers: The Monterey International Pop Festival, a behind the scenes glimpse of the festival’s origins, operations, and lasting impact, brought to you by legendary composer, producer and Monterey Festival co-founder Lou Adler. As an extra special bonus to the DVD, watch the earliest known film and sound recordings of The Jimi Hendrix Experience in concert from February 25, 1967 before a packed audience in Chelmsford, England. Songs featured are "Stone Free" and "Like A Rolling Stone."

Synopsis
Historic archive footage of Jimi's performance at the Monterey Pop Festival, California, in 1967. Tracks featured are 'Wild Thing', 'Killing Floor', 'Foxey Lady', 'Like A Rolling Stone', 'Rock Me Baby', 'Purple Haze', 'Hey Joe' and 'The Wind Cries Mary.'

Customer Reviews

Hendrix: 40 years and he's still on fire
Back in 1967 Jimi Hendrix made his US live debut with The Experience at the Monterey Pop Festival. This year marks the 40th Anniversary of Jimi's legendary performance (including the historic 'guitar-on-fire' sequence).

The DVD has been digitally remastered and mixed in 5.1 Surround Sound by Jimi's original sound recording engineer, Eddie Kramer. The picture quality is sharp as a razor, almost impeccable. The original analogue recording mixed in 5.1 is raw, punchy, dangerous and exciting.

The film footage is crystal clear, almost three dimensional. There is no no sign of grain. It's like you are watching a rock'n'roll hologram.

A few years ago, Hendrix fans were blown away with the release of the longform DVD of Jimi Hendrix Live At Woodstock. That DVD was the number one best selling music DVD in the UK for six consecutive weeks. This time around, Live at Monterey, continues to celebrate the genius that is Jimi Hendrix.

It's Hendrix at his most exciting; a raw, untamed, sexually explicit and pulsating guitar performance from one of the greatest guitarists known to man.

What really gives this release the ultimate rush, are the extras. The DVD is steeped with several documentaries including the brand new film American Landing.

40 years of rock'n'roll. Live at Monterey is a masterpiece. The legacy continues. . .

Be prepared to be impressed!
Ok so bought both the DVD and the CD yesterday on my lunch break. Got back to the office and gave the CD a spin and subsequently did a review for the CD yesterday. Got back home and then watched the DVD. Ok so the CD blew me away and the DVD just showed my why. What you hear is a band on top form playing brilliantly and really on a great vibe. What you see...well that's something else! Jimi Hendrix was a master showman who really wanted to impress and please the audience. I started my review of the CD saying that I never really got Hendrix until now. What the DVD showed me was what I have been missing all these years.

Technically the picture quality is extremely impressive given the age of the original 16mm print, coupled with a brilliant 5.1 re-master and re-mix by Eddie Kramer, who worked with the man back in the day really sucks you in to the whole performance.

The money shot as they say gives you probably one of the most iconic, history making moments of rock music in glories quality and is worth the purchase just for that moment when he sacrifices his guitar by setting fire to it. Wow!!! The look on the audiences faces in the cut away shots says it all. Can there ever be a greater moment in rock!

So if you have ever had any hint of an interest in Jimi Hendrix but never quite got it, and want to be wowed, buy this DVD and prepare to be very impressed.

Finally...
For years we've been waiting for the Hendrix estate to re-release this piece of music history. In short, this is the Holy Grail of music DVDs... You cannot do without it.