Never-before released Jimi Hendrix live show to be pressed on vinyl

Mythical tapes from the 1968 Miami Pop Festival get first ever release on any format.

Recorded on site by Hendrix’s long-time sound engineer Eric Kremer in 1968 a year before the maverick guitarist’s legendary Woodstock appearance, The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Miami Pop Festival is set to be released for the first time ever on any format.

Slated for release on CD and super-heavyweight 200g audiophile double vinyl, the live set saw maiden performances of “Hear My Train A Comin'” and “Tax Free” alongside classics “Fire”, “Purple Haze” and “Hey Joe”, proving to be a crucial early document of Hendrix, bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell’s powerhouse live shows.

In what looks set to be a bountiful autumn for Hendrix fans, the vinyl release will be accompanied by an expanded home DVD edition of the comprehensive Hendrix documentary Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin’, which will also feature never before seen footage from the Miami festival performance, itself the first major music festival to be held on the East Coast and in many ways a dry run for promoter Michael Lang, who would go on to organise Woodstock in ’69. [via Jazz News]

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Miami Pop Festival is due to be released on 5th November. Click here for more info and watch a clip from the documentary below courtesy of Rolling Stone: