Stages (Jimi Hendrix album)
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2011) |
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | November 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1967–1970 | |||
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| Studio | Radiohuset (Stockholm) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 197:19 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Alan Douglas, Bruce Gary | |||
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Stages is a four-CD
Atlanta International Pop Festival with five songs missing from the set. These additional five songs can be found on the album Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival
, which also presents the performance in the correct playing order.
Stages was released in November 1991 on Reprise Records, and is currently out of print.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Greg Prato gave the album three out of five stars. He described the recording quality "crystal clear":
The four discs are an obviously interesting musical journey, showing the rapid musical transformation of Hendrix from showman to serious virtuoso. And although there is a bit of overlap on the discs ("Purple Haze" rears its head on all four), the versions of the repeated songs are strikingly different.[1]
Track listing
All tracks written by Jimi Hendrix except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | " Lennon-McCartney) | 1:58 |
| 2. | "Fire" | 3:11 |
| 3. | "The Wind Cries Mary" | 3:58 |
| 4. | "Foxy Lady" | 3:48 |
| 5. | "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) | 4:13 |
| 6. | "I Don't Live Today" | 4:43 |
| 7. | "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" | 4:17 |
| 8. | "Purple Haze" | 5:27 |
| Total length: | 31:35 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Killin' Floor" (Howlin' Wolf) | 4:28 |
| 2. | "Catfish Blues" (Muddy Waters) | 8:49 |
| 3. | "Foxy Lady" | 5:22 |
| 4. | "Red House" | 4:35 |
| 5. | "Drivin' South" (Curtis Knight) | 9:00 |
| 6. | "The Wind Cries Mary" | 4:08 |
| 7. | "Fire" | 4:00 |
| 8. | "Little Wing" | 4:15 |
| 9. | "Purple Haze" | 5:53 |
| Total length: | 50:30 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro Riffs" | 4:25 |
| 2. | "Fire" | 4:01 |
| 3. | "Hey Joe" (Roberts) | 5:16 |
| 4. | "Spanish Castle Magic" / "Sunshine of Your Love" (Pete Brown, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton) | 10:52 |
| 5. | "Red House" | 13:42 |
| 6. | "I Don't Live Today" | 7:04 |
| 7. | "Purple Haze" | 4:50 |
| 8. | "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" | 10:20 |
| Total length: | 60:30 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fire" | 4:35 |
| 2. | "Lover Man" | 2:59 |
| 3. | "Spanish Castle Magic" | 5:07 |
| 4. | "Foxy Lady" | 4:30 |
| 5. | "Purple Haze" | 3:54 |
| 6. | " Star-Spangled Banner " (trad. arr. Hendrix) | 2:47 |
| 9. | "Straight Ahead" | 4:36 |
| 10. | "Room Full of Mirrors" | 3:12 |
| 11. | "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" | 7:09 |
| Total length: | 54:44 | |
Personnel
Musicians
Stockholm '67, Paris '68, San Diego '69 –
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
:
- Jimi Hendrix – guitar, vocals
- Mitch Mitchell – drums
- Noel Redding – bass guitar
Atlanta '70 – The Cry of Love Tour band:
- Jimi Hendrix – guitar, vocals
- Mitch Mitchell – drums
- Billy Cox – bass guitar, backing vocals
Production
- Producer: Alan Douglas
- Associate Producer: Bruce Gary
- Project Consultant: Michael Fairchild
- Mixing Engineer: Mark Linett (San Diego '69 & Atlanta '70)
- Assistant Engineer: Michael Kloster (San Diego '69 & Atlanta '70)
- Mixed At: Sunset Sound
- Mastering: Joe Gastwirt at Ocean View Digital
- Album Notes: Michael Fairchild
- Photography: Jim Marshall (Stockholm '67), Jean-Pierre Leloir (Paris '68), Barry Wentzell/Repfoto (San Diego '69), Joe Sia (Atlanta '70)
- Art Direction: Jeff Gold, Deborah Norcross
- Design: Deborah Norcross
References
- ^ a b Prato, Greg (2011). "Jimi Hendrix: Stages – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
