There is (unsurprisingly) some amazing guitar work on this album. Vintage Hendrix like 'Little Wing' and the slow burning 'Wild Thing', as well as the extended jam pieces 'Bleeding Heart' and 'Room Full Of Mirrors', sounds wondrous in Royal Albert Hall, so it's irritating that, once again, 'Purple Haze' sounds like it's being played in a tin can. The stunning seven minute instrumental version of 'Sunshine Of Your Love', with lyrical phrasing from Jimi, is magnificent, but the horrible white noise 'Smashing of the Amps' is perhaps the worst piece of 'music' that Hendrix ever put his name to.
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