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New Jimi Hendrix Documentary Gets DVD/Blu-Ray Release

• 20th Jun 2012

Experience Hendrix LLC and Sony Commercial Music Group will release a restored and newly expanded edition of Jimi Plays Berkeley, on Blu-ray and DVD, on Monday 9th July 2012.

An historic documentary film chronicling the two concerts Jimi Hendrix performed at the Berkeley Community Theatre on Saturday, 30 May 1970, Jimi Plays Berkeley captures the cultural milieu surrounding one of the finest Hendrix performances ever lensed.

Made from a new, digitally-restored transfer from the original 16mm negative, Jimi Plays Berkeley premieres more than 15 minutes of previously unseen documentary and performance footage of Hendrix classics including “Voodoo Child (Slight Return),” “Machine Gun” and “Hear My Train A Comin'” not featured in the original film release.

“We take great pride in doing our part to preserve the music of my brother, Jimi, especially during his 70th birthday year,” said Janie Hendrix, President and CEO of Experience Hendrix and co-producer (with John McDermott) of the Jimi Plays Berkeley DVD. (Jimi Hendrix, born November 27, 1942, would be 70 this year.)

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