Live In Maui (QRP Pressing)

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Jimi Hendrix Experience Live In Maui ( Numbered Limited Edition 3LP + Blu-ray + booklet)

New collection accompanies feature length documentary film chronicling the Jimi Hendrix Experiences storied visit to Maui for performances in July 1970.

Blu-ray includes both stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes

Mixed by longtime Jimi Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer, and mastered by Bernie Grundman

150-gram LPs plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings!

Experience Hendrix Ltd. announces a brand new collection that couples the brand new feature length documentary Music, Money, Madness . . . Jimi Hendrix In Maui with the accompanying live performances on both audio and video. The film chronicles the Jimi Hendrix Experiences storied visit to Maui, their performance on the dormant lower crater of Haleakala volcano on the island and how the band became ensnared with the ill-fated Rainbow Bridge movie produced by their controversial manager Michael Jeffery. Directed by John McDermott and produced by Janie Hendrix, George Scott and McDermott, the documentary incorporates never before released original footage and new interviews with firsthand participants and key players such as Billy Cox, Eddie Kramer, Warner Bros. executives and several Rainbow Bridge cast members, as well as its director Chuck Wein.

The Blu-ray will include the full documentary as well as the 16mm color film shot of the two afternoon performances captured on July 30, 1970 mixed in both stereo and 5.1 surround sound. Also included in the package will be Live In Maui both of the aforementioned sets spread across 3LPs, newly restored and mixed by longtime Jimi Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer, and mastered by Bernie Grundman. Plating and pressing of the 150-gram LPs is by Quality Record Pressings, makers of the worlds finest-sounding LPs.

The sets portray The Experience Hendrix, Billy Cox on bass, Mitch Mitchell on drums at the height of its powers playing flawlessly against a stunning natural backdrop. Included are breathtaking renditions of crowd favorites such as Foxey Lady, Purple Haze and Voodoo Child (Slight Return), as well as then-unreleased songs like Dolly Dagger and Freedom that showcased the new direction Hendrix was moving toward.