Jimi Plays Monterey & Shake! Otis at Monterey

Edition no. 169

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Jimi Plays Monterey | Shake! Otis at Monterey
Licensor Information
The Monterey International Pop Festival Foundation
Directed by: D.A. Pennebaker
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, a venerable star of Memphis’s 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 sets of these legendary musicians, performances that have entered rock-and-roll mythology.

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Technical Specifications

Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
English DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English

Supplements

Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Theatrical Trailer, Interview, Booklet
  • Audio commentary by music critic and historian Charles Shaar Murray
  • Theatrical trailer for Jimi Plays Monterey
  • Video excerpt of Pete Townshend discussing Jimi Hendrix
  • Two audio commentaries by music critic and historian Peter Guralnick: the first on Otis Redding's Monterey performance, song by song, and on Redding before and after Monterey
  • Interview with Phil Walden, Redding's manager
  • A booklet featuring a new essay by music critic David Fricke

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Release Credits

Producer: Kim Hendrickson

Release Notes on Restoration

Jimi Plays Monterey
Jimi Plays Monterey and Shake! Otis at Monterey are presented in their original theatrical aspect ratios of 1.33:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. Supervised by director D.A. Pennebaker, thesehigh-definition digital transfer were created on a Spirit Datacine from the 35mm duplicate negatives. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, jitter, and flicker were manually removed using MTI's DRS system and Pixel Farm's PFClean system, while Digital Vision's DVNR system was used for small dirt, grain, and noise reduction.

The soundtracks were remixed by Eddie Kramer from the original analog 8-track tapes made at the concerts by Wally Heider, and conformed to picture by Ted Hall at POP Sound, Santa Monica. The soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD.
Shake! Otis at Monterey
Jimi Plays Monterey and Shake! Otis at Monterey are presented in their original theatrical aspect ratios of 1.33:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. Supervised by director D.A. Pennebaker, thesehigh-definition digital transfer were created on a Spirit Datacine from the 35mm duplicate negatives. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, jitter, and flicker were manually removed using MTI's DRS system and Pixel Farm's PFClean system, while Digital Vision's DVNR system was used for small dirt, grain, and noise reduction.

The soundtracks were remixed by Eddie Kramer from the original analog 8-track tapes made at the concerts by Wally Heider, and conformed to picture by Ted Hall at POP Sound, Santa Monica. The soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD.