Jimi Hendrix – Hendrix In The West (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1972

Hendrix In The West is an LP by Jimi Hendrix from 1972 released on the Polydor label.

About this album

Hendrix In The West is a potent live document that finds Jimi Hendrix expanding blues rock into something volatile, fluid and unmistakably his own. Issued in 1972, the album draws on West Coast and European performances, mixing standards such as Johnny B. Goode and Blue Suede Shoes with extended takes on Voodoo Chile, Little Wing and Red House. Rather than a tidy greatest-hits live set, it shows Hendrix using the stage as a laboratory for improvisation, tone and volume. The result is one of the more revealing posthumous Hendrix releases, underlining both his command of the blues and his role in shaping psychedelic rock.

Genre: Pop & Rock

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