Jimi Plays Monterey/Shake! Otis at Monterey [Criterion Collection]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding arrived in California virtually unknown. Returning stateside from London, where he had moved to launch his musical career, Hendrix exploded at Monterey, flooring an unsuspecting audience with his maniacal six-string pyrotechnics. Redding, venerable star of Memphis' Stax record label, seduced the "love crowd" in one of his best, and last, performances. Jimi Plays Monterey and Shake! Otis at Monterey feature the entire Monterey sets of these legendary musicians, performances that have entered rock and roll mythology.

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Screen: Color
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard)
• Features:
  • Jimi Plays Monterey: New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by D. A. Pennebaker
  • Jimi Plays Monterey: New 5.1 mix by legendary recording engineer Eddie Kramer, presented in Dolby Digital and DTS
  • Jimi Plays Monterey: Audio commentary by music critic and historian Charles Shaar Murray
  • Jimi Plays Monterey: Excerpts from an interview with Pete Townshend
  • Jimi Plays Monterey: Trailer
  • Shake! Otis at Monterey: New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by D. A. Pennebaker
  • Shake! Otis at Monterey: New 5.1 mix by legendary recording engineer Eddie Kramer, presented in Dolby Digital and DTS
  • Shake! Otis at Monterey: Two audio commentaries by music critic and historian Peter Guralnick - on Otis Redding's Monterey performance, song by song, and on Redding before and after Monterey
  • Shake! Otis at Monterey: Interview with Phil Walden, Redding's manager from 1959 to 1967
  • Plus: a new essay by David Fricke

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Jimi Hendrix

• Director:

  Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker

• Producer:

  D.A. Pennebaker