Band of Gypsys 2

Released

October 1986

Recorded

December 31, 1969; January 1, 1970; July 4, 1970; May 30, 1970

Venue

Fillmore East in New York City, Atlanta International Pop Festival in Byron, and the Berkeley Community Theatre in Berkeley

Jimi Hendrix chronology

Johnny B. Goode
(1986)

Band of Gypsys 2
(1986)

Live at Winterland
(1987)

Band of Gypsys 2 is a posthumous live album by American rock musician Jimi Hendrix, released in October 1986 by Capitol Records. This was the second time producer Alan Douglas supervised a Hendrix record for the label, the first being the live mini LP Johnny B. Goode, which was released earlier the same year.

Critical reception

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau gave Band of Gypsys 2 an "A–" and said he preferred it over the original Band of Gypsys (1970) record because it lacks the "brotherhood bromides" that were on that album's second side. He added that the versions of classic Hendrix songs on this record's second side "sound a lot fresher now than they would have fifteen years ago, and not just because pressing techniques have taken such a leap".^[1] Paul Evans gave the album three-and-a-half out of five stars in The Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992).^[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hear My Train A Comin'"	9:05
2.	"Foxy Lady"	6:36
3.	"Stop" (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman)	4:48

Side two
No.	Title	Length
4.	"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"	7:12
5.	"Stone Free"	4:17
6.	"Ezy Ryder"	8:02

Alternate rare pressing of Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ezy Ryder" (Berkeley, May 30th 1970 (Live at Berkeley))	8:16
2.	"Hey Joe" (Atlanta Pop Fest. July, 4th 1970)	4:25
3.	"Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" (Berkeley, May 30th 1970)	6:18
4.	"Lover Man" (Berkeley, May 30th 1970)	3:05

Recording details

Track 1 recorded at the Fillmore East, New York City, New York, USA on December 31, 1969 (1st of 2 shows)
Tracks 2 and 3 recorded at the Fillmore East, New York City, New York, USA on January 1, 1970 (1st of 2 shows)
Track 4 recorded at the Atlanta International Pop Festival, Middle Georgia Raceway, Byron, Georgia, USA on July 4, 1970
Tracks 5 and 6 recorded at Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California, USA on May 30, 1970

Personnel

Jimi Hendrix – guitar, vocals
Billy Cox – bass guitar
Buddy Miles – drums on tracks 1, 2 and 3
Mitch Mitchell – drums on tracks 4, 5 and 6

References

↑ Christgau, Robert (February 24, 1987). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice (New York). Retrieved June 1, 2014.
↑ Evans, Paul (1992). "Jimi Hendrix". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly. The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 315. ISBN 0679737294.

External links

Band of Gypsys 2 at Discogs (list of releases)

Jimi Hendrix

Original 1966–1970 releases are marked in bold.

Studio albums	Are You Experienced Axis: Bold as Love Electric Ladyland The Cry of Love Rainbow Bridge War Heroes Loose Ends Crash Landing Midnight Lightning Nine to the Universe Voodoo Soup First Rays of the New Rising Sun South Saturn Delta Valleys of Neptune People, Hell and Angels

Live albums	Band of Gypsys Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival Experience Isle of Wight Hendrix in the West More Experience The Jimi Hendrix Concerts Jimi Plays Monterey Johnny B. Goode Band of Gypsys 2 Live at Winterland Radio One Stages Live Isle of Wight '70 Woodstock BBC Sessions Live at the Fillmore East Live at Woodstock Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight Live at Berkeley Live at Monterey Winterland Miami Pop Festival Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival

Compilations	Smash Hits Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix Musique Originale du Film Jimi Plays Berkeley Re-Experienced The Essential Jimi Hendrix The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two Stone Free The Singles Album Kiss the Sky Live & Unreleased: The Radio Show Cornerstones: 1967–1970 Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story Stages The Ultimate Experience Blues Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection The Singles Collection Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology Fire: The Jimi Hendrix Collection

Official bootlegs	Live at the Oakland Coliseum Live at Clark University Morning Symphony Ideas Live in Ottawa Baggy's Rehearsal Sessions Paris 1967/San Francisco 1968 Hear My Music Live at the Isle of Fehmarn Burning Desire Live in Paris & Ottawa 1968 Live at Woburn

Singles	"Hey Joe"/"Stone Free" "Purple Haze" "The Wind Cries Mary"/"Highway Chile" "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"/"The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice" "Foxy Lady" "Up from the Skies"/"One Rainy Wish" "All Along the Watchtower" "Crosstown Traffic"/"Gypsy Eyes" "Fire" "If 6 Was 9" "Stepping Stone" "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" "Freedom"/"Angel" "Dolly Dagger"/"Star Spangled Banner" "Johnny B. Goode"/"Little Wing" "Hear My Train A Comin'"/"Rock Me Baby" "Day Tripper" "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" "Valleys of Neptune" "Bleeding Heart" "Come On (Part 1)" "Like a Rolling Stone"/"Spanish Castle Magic"

Songs	"1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" "Are You Experienced?" "Blue Suede Shoes" "Bold as Love" "Born Under a Bad Sign" "Catfish Blues" "Castles Made of Sand" "Drifter's Escape" "Ezy Ryder" "Gloria" "God Save the Queen" "Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)" "Hoochie Coochie Man" "Hound Dog" "I Don't Live Today" "It's Too Bad" "Killing Floor" "Machine Gun" "Manic Depression" "Mannish Boy" "May This Be Love" "My Friend" "Peace in Mississippi" "Red House" "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" "Sunshine of Your Love" "Third Stone from the Sun" "Voodoo Chile" "Wait Until Tomorrow" "Wild Thing"

Concert tours	The Jimi Hendrix Experience French Tour The Cry of Love Tour

Films, books, tributes	Rainbow Bridge Jimi Hendrix Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix Hendrix Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix An Illustrated Experience Becoming Jimi Hendrix Jimi: All Is by My Side

Related people and acts	Curtis Knight Lonnie Youngblood Jimmy James and the Blue Flames The Jimi Hendrix Experience Noel Redding Mitch Mitchell Chas Chandler Eddie Kramer Roger Mayer Michael Jeffery Billy Cox Buddy Miles Alan Douglas Leon Hendrix Kathy Etchingham

Related articles	Original discography Posthumous discography Videography "Testify" "Mercy, Mercy" Canadian drug charges and trial Electric Lady Studios Black Gold Death of Jimi Hendrix

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