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JIMI HENDRIX

Songs For Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts SONY LEGACY

9/10

Hendrix’s four shows with the Band Of Gypsys get a full release, “warts and all”… By Peter Watts

GIVEN the importance of live shows to the Jimi Hendrix story, it seems fitting that he should have Gun: The Fillmore East First Show. Despite this piecemeal history, this box debuts eight previously unreleased tracks. Another three are appearing on CD/LP for the first time and several others can be heard for the first time in their unedited form. Most importantly, the box gives us four distinct

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