Woodstock (Jimi Hendrix album)

Woodstock
Woodstock
Live album by Jimi Hendrix
Released	August 20, 1994
Recorded	August 18, 1969
Venue	Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York
Genre	Rock
Length	63:46
Label	MCA - Polydor
Producer	Alan Douglas
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Last updated October 16, 2025

Woodstock is a live album by Jimi Hendrix released posthumously on August 20, 1994. It presents some of Hendrix's performance at Woodstock Festival on August 18, 1969. The album was replaced by a more-complete version in 1999 titled Live at Woodstock , albeit with some of the performances edited.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Blender	^[2]
New Musical Express	5/10^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]
The Village Voice	A−^[5]

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice , music critic Robert Christgau said the under-rehearsed, highly eccentric music on Woodstock makes for what was a transitional but all-important live album by Hendrix: "All in all, your basic rock concert as act of flawed genius. Does this kind of thing happen any more? Not on such a scale for sure."^[5]

Although Live at Woodstock (1999) was later released as a more comprehensive record of Hendrix's performance, Christgau felt the "condensed reconfiguration" offered by the 1994 album magnified the concert's "aura".^[2] AllMusic's Jason Anderson was less enthusiastic, deeming it "very significant" but not very well recorded, with fairly dull versions of "Fire" and "Purple Haze".^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction"	1:56
2.	"Fire"	3:53
3.	"Izabella"	5:10
4.	"Hear My Train A Comin' (Get My Heart Back Together Again)"	9:16
5.	"Red House"	5:40
6.	"Jam Back at the House (Beginnings)"	7:58
7.	"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" / "Stepping Stone"	12:49
8.	"Star Spangled Banner" (Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith)	3:42
9.	"Purple Haze"	3:25
10.	"Woodstock Improvisation"	4:59
11.	"Villanova Junction"	3:04
12.	"Farewell"	1:54

Personnel

Jimi Hendrix – lead guitar, vocals
Mitch Mitchell – drums
Billy Cox – bass guitar
Larry Lee – rhythm guitar
Juma Sultan – percussion
Jerry Velez – percussion

References

1 2 Anderson, Jason (2011). "Woodstock - Jimi Hendrix | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
1 2 Christgau, Robert (December 2005). "Back Catalogue: Jimi Hendrix". Blender . New York. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
↑ Harris, John (August 6, 1994). "Jimi Hendrix: Woodstock". New Musical Express . p. 37.
↑ Evans, Paul; Brackett, Nathan (2004). "Jimi Hendrix". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 374-75. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 . Retrieved July 19, 2014.
1 2 Christgau, Robert (February 21, 1995). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved June 21, 2014.

External links

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[AM-1] 1 2 Anderson, Jason (2011). "Woodstock - Jimi Hendrix | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 28, 2011.

[Blender-2] 1 2 Christgau, Robert (December 2005). "Back Catalogue: Jimi Hendrix". Blender . New York. Retrieved March 27, 2013.

[3] Harris, John (August 6, 1994). "Jimi Hendrix: Woodstock". New Musical Express . p. 37.

[RSguide-4] Evans, Paul; Brackett, Nathan (2004). "Jimi Hendrix". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 374-75. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 . Retrieved July 19, 2014.

[VV-5] 1 2 Christgau, Robert (February 21, 1995). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved June 21, 2014.

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