Rypro 525

there seems to be so many. i want one that has decent pq (no stoner like images), and 5.1 audio.

emhello

I like woodstock, berkeley and monterey personally.

Chill Pill

They all seem to have big flaws. I wish someone would get on the ball and release a quality dvd release of a hendrix show.

He was only the baddest musician ever fer chrissakes!!

whaaat

Njål

The Hendrix part of the Criterion The Monterey Pop Festival is probably the best for both sound and picture (and a great show, not to mention that a lot of the other stuff on the disc is great).
The second best of the ones I've seen is the Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at the Isle of Wight.

emhello

I heard the Isle of Wight has good sound but performance is riddled with problems.

slop101

I have a CD of his Isle of Wight performance, and Jimi just doesn't sound like he's into it.

Montery Pop all the way.

TomOpus

Another vote for Jimi Plays Monterey.

Here's a good review on the Criterion DVD:

The Complete Monterey Pop Festival

Rypro 525

briefly reading over amazon, isle of wright has a bunch of technical problems with his amp (he is apparently seen changing the settings often), but its his best performance.
on monterey pop, how does the who sound?

emhello

I've held off on getting Blue Wild Angel, but I may get it at some point.

Brett44

Speaking as someone who has almost 100 Hendrix concerts on cd, the Isle Of Wight '70 concert is far from his best performance. It's average at best.

With that being said, the DVD is quite nice. The 5.1 mix by Eddie Kramer is outstanding.

Brett